| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1約伯回答說： |
1Again Job answered and said: |
| 2直到今天，我還是痛苦的哀訴，他沉重的手掌，使我不得不呻吟。 |
2Though I know my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy upon me in my groanings. |
| 3惟願我知道怎樣能尋到天主，能到達他的寶座前， |
3Oh, that today I might find him, that I might come to his judgment seat! |
| 4好將我的案情向他陳訴，因為我口中滿了證詞！ |
4I would set out my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments; |
| 5惟願我知道他答覆我的話，明瞭他向我說什麼！ |
5I would learn the words with which he would answer, and understand what he would reply to me. |
| 6他豈能靠強力同我爭辯？決不，他必留神聽我。 |
6Even should he contend against me with his great power, yet, would that he himself might heed me! |
| 7如此，他會分辨出同他爭論的是個正直人，也許我可永久不再受裁判！ |
7There the upright man might reason with him, and I should once and for all preserve my rights. |
| 8可是我往東行，他不在那裏；我往西行，也找不到他； |
8But if I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I cannot perceive him; |
| 9往北找，也看不見他；往南去，也見不到他。 |
9Where the north enfolds him, I behold him not; by the south he is veiled, and I see him not. |
| 10他洞悉我所有的行動。他若試驗我，我必如純金出現。 |
10Yet he knows my way; if he proved me, I should come forth as gold. |
| 11我的腳緊隨着他的足跡，謹守他的道，總沒有偏離。 |
11My foot has always walked in his steps; his way I have kept and have not turned aside. |
| 12他所發的命令，我總沒有違背；他口中的訓言，我常保存在心中。 |
12From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart. |
| 13但他所決定的，誰能變更？他所樂意的，必要實行。 |
13But he had decided, and who can say him nay? What he desires, that he does. |
| 14他為我註定的，必要完成；類似的事，還有很多。 |
14For he will carry out what is appointed for me; and many such things may yet be in his mind. |
| 15因此，為了他，我很驚慌，一想起來就害怕。 |
15Therefore am I dismayed before him; when I take thought, I fear him. |
| 16天主使我的心沮喪，全能者使我恐怖。 |
16Indeed God has made my courage fail; the Almighty has put me in dismay. |
| 17因為我雖面臨黑暗，幽暗雖遮蓋我的面，我仍不喪氣。 |
17Yes, would that I had vanished in darkness, and that thick gloom were before me to conceal me. |
