| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1但現今年紀小於我的人，都嘲笑我；這些人的父親，我都不屑於列在守我羊群的狗中。 |
1But now they hold me in derision who are younger in years than I; Whose fathers I should have disdained to rank with the dogs of my flock. |
| 2他們的精力已經喪失，他們手臂的力量，對我還有何用？ |
2Such strength as they had, to me meant nought; they were utterly destitute. |
| 3他們因貧乏和饑饉而消瘦，咀嚼曠野裏的草根，以及荒山野嶺所生的荊棘。 |
3In want and hunger was their lot, they who fled to the parched wastelands: |
| 4他們由叢莽中採取鹹菜，以杜松根做自己的食物。 |
4 They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food. |
| 5人將他們由人群中逐出，在他們後面喊叫有如追賊； |
5They were banished from among men, with an outcry like that against a thief-- |
| 6他們只得避居於深谷，住在山洞和巖穴中； |
6To dwell on the slopes of the wadies, in caves of sand and stone; |
| 7在荊棘叢中哀歎，在葛藤下蝟縮。 |
7Among the bushes they raised their raucous cry; under the nettles they huddled together. |
| 8這些人都是流氓的後代，都是無名氏之子孫，由本國驅逐境外的。 |
8Irresponsible, nameless men, they were driven out of the land. |
| 9但現今我竟成了他們的歌謠，做了他們的話柄。 |
9Yet now they sing of me in mockery; I am become a byword among them. |
| 10他們因憎惡我而遠離我，竟任意向我臉上吐唾沫。 |
10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, they do not hesitate to spit in my face! |
| 11他們解開了韁繩以攻擊我，在我面前除掉了轡頭。 |
11Indeed, they have loosed their bonds; they lord it over me, and have thrown off restraint in my presence. |
| 12下流之輩在我右邊起來，向我投擲石頭，築成一條使我喪亡的路。 |
12To subvert my paths they rise up; they build their approaches for my ruin. |
| 13他們破壞了我的道路，使我跌仆，卻沒有人阻止他們。 |
13To destroy me, they attack with none to stay them; |
| 14他們由寬大的缺口進入，輾轉於廢墟之中。 |
14as through a wide breach they advance. Amid the uproar they come on in waves; |
| 15恐怖臨於我身，我的尊榮如被風吹散，我的救恩如浮雲逝去。 |
15over me rolls the terror. My dignity is borne off on the wind, and my welfare vanishes like a cloud. |
| 16現今我的心神已頹廢，憂患的日子不放鬆我。 |
16My frame takes no rest by night; my inward parts seethe and will not be stilled. |
| 17夜間痛苦刺透我骨，我的脉絡都不得安息。 |
17 One with great power lays hold of my clothing; by the collar of my tunic he seizes me: |
| 18天主以大力抓住我的衣服，握緊我長衣的領口， |
18He has cast me into the mire; I am leveled with the dust and ashes. |
| 19將我投入泥中，使我變成灰土。 |
19I cry to you, but you do not answer me; you stand off and look at me, |
| 20天主啊！我向你呼號，你不回答我；我立起來，你也不理睬我。 |
20Then you turn upon me without mercy and with your strong hand you buffet me. |
| 21你對我變成了暴君，用你有力的手迫害我。 |
21You raise me up and drive me before the wind; I am tossed about by the tempest. |
| 22你將我提起，乘風而去，使我在狂風中飄搖不定。 |
22Indeed I know you will turn me back in death to the destined place of everyone alive. |
| 23我知道你要導我於死亡，到眾生聚集的家鄉。 |
23Yet should not a hand be held out to help a wretched man in his calamity? |
| 24若窮人遇到不幸向我求救，我豈不伸手去援助他？ |
24Or have I not wept for the hardships of others; was not my soul grieved for the destitute? |
| 25人遭難，我豈沒有流淚？人窮乏，我的心豈沒有憐憫？ |
25Yet when I looked for good, then evil came; when I expected light, then came darkness. |
| 26我希望幸福，來的卻是災禍；我期待光明，黑暗反而來臨。 |
26My soul ebbs away from me; |
| 27我內心煩惱不安，痛苦的日子常臨於我。 |
27days of affliction have overtaken me. |
| 28我憂悶而行，無人安慰我，我要在集會中起立喊冤。 |
28I go about in gloom, without the sun; I rise up in public to voice my grief. |
| 29我成了豺狼的兄弟，成了駝鳥的伴侶。 |
29I have become the brother of jackals, companion to the ostrich. |
| 30我的皮膚變黑，我的骨頭因熱灼焦， |
30My blackened skin falls away from me; the heat scorches my very frame. |
| 31我的琴瑟奏出哀調，我的簫笛發出哭聲。 |
31My harp is turned to mourning, and my reed pipe to sounds of weeping. |
