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Job 1 Then Job answered and said: 约伯回答说： 2 Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales, 恨不得有人衡量衡量我的痛苦，把我所受的灾祸一起放在天秤上！ 3 They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint. 它们重过海岸的沙粒，难怪我出言冒失。 4 For the arrows of the Almighty pierce me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 因为全能者的箭射中了我，我的心灵喝尽它们的毒汁，天主的恐吓列阵攻击我。 5 1 Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Does the ox low over his fodder? 野驴有青草，难道还嘶叫？牛对着草料，难道还吼鸣？ 6 Can a thing insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg? 淡而无盐的食物，岂能下咽？蛋白能有什么滋味？ 7 I refuse to touch them; they are loathsome food to me. 这使我厌恶的食物，我实不愿沾唇。 8 Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for: 惟愿我的祈求实现，愿天主满全我的希望！ 9 Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off! 愿天主击毁我，松手使我消灭！ 10 Then I should still have consolation and could exult through unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One. 这样，我仍有安慰，在凄惨的痛苦中，仍然喜悦，因为我没有违犯圣者的教训。 11 What strength have I that I should endure, and what is my limit that I should be patient? 我有什么力量使我期待，有什么结局使我拖延生命？ 12 Have I the strength of stones, or is my flesh of bronze? 我的力量岂有岩石之坚？我的肉身岂是铜制的？ 13 Have I no helper, and has advice deserted me? 在我内还能找到什么作援助？任何扶助岂不都远离了我？ 谁不怜悯自己的友人，就是放弃了敬畏天主之心。 15 My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies; 我的兄弟们诡诈有如溪水，有如水过即干的河床。 16 Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them, 溪水因结冰而混浊，其上盖有积雪； 17 Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place. 季节一温暖，溪水即涸竭，天气一炎热，河床枯干。 18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the desert and perish. 商队离开大道，走入荒野，因而命丧。 19 2 The caravans of Tema search, the companies of 特玛的商队观望，舍巴的客旅期待， 20 They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated. 但他们的希望落了空，不管到了那里，必狼狈不堪。 21 It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid. 现今你们待我也是一样：看见了我，就惊惶失措。 22 Have I asked you to give me anything, to offer a gift for me from your possessions, 难道我说过：“请送我礼物！把你们的财产送我一分？ 23 Or to deliver me from the enemy, or to redeem me from oppressors? 24 Teach me, and I will be silent; prove to me wherein I have erred. 请教训我！我必静听。我有什么错，请指示我！ 25 How agreeable are honest words; yet how unconvincing is your argument! 正义的言词是多么甘美！但你们的责斥是指摘什么？ 26 Do you consider your words as proof, but the sayings of a desperate man as wind? 你们岂能只在言词上吹毛求疵？以绝望者的话当耳边风？ 27 You would even cast lots for the orphan, and would barter away your friend! 你们只想对孤儿掷骰下注，以你们的朋友作商品。 28 Come, now, give me your attention; surely I will not lie to your face. 现今请你们注视我，在你们注视之下，我决不说谎。 29 Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right. 请你们再想一下，不要不公平；请你们三思，我的正义仍然存在！ 30 Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood? 我的唇舌上岂有不义？我的口腔难道不辨邪正？ Footnotes（注解） 1 [5-6] Job would not complain if his life were as pleasant to him as fodder to a hungry animal; but his life is as disagreeable as insipid food. White of an egg: thus the obscure Hebrew has been understood in Jewish tradition; some render it "mallow juice." 2 [19] Tema: in northwest |
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