約伯記 14
1 婦女所生的人，壽命不長，且飽嘗煩惱。
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 他生出像花，瞬息凋謝；急馳如影，不得停留。
He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 這樣的人，豈配你睜眼注視一下﹖或傳他到你面前聽審﹖
And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
4 誰能使潔淨出於不潔﹖沒有一人!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 他的時日既已注定，他的歲數既由你掌管，他決不能越過你定下的期限：
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 請你別看他，讓他安息，好像傭工度過自己的日期。
Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 若是一棵樹被砍伐了，仍有希望生出新芽，嫩枝叢出不窮。
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 它的根雖老於地下，枝幹縱枯死地上，
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 但一有水氣，立即生芽，好似幼苗發出枝葉。
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
10 但是人一死，立即僵臥；人一斷氣，他究竟在何處﹖
But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
11 海水能乾涸，江河能枯竭；
As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
12 同樣，人一僵臥，即不能起立，直到天不存在，仍不能醒起，仍不能由永眠中起來。
So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! — (Sheol h7585)
14 人若死了，豈能再生﹖我在整個從軍之日，要堅持到底，直到換班的時期到來。
If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
15 你若呼喚我，我必回答你：你對你手所造的，必有一種懷念。
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
16 你現今既數了我的腳步，不必再監察我的罪過。
But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
17 請把我的罪過封閉在囊中，滌淨我的一切過犯。
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18 但是，山能崩裂離析，盤石能由原處挪移，
And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 流水能穿過石頭，驟雨能沖出泥沙：你也照樣消滅了人的希望。
The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 你時常攻擊他，使他消逝；改變他的容貌，遣他離去。
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 此後，他的兒子受尊榮與否，他也不知；他們受輕賤與否，他也不覺。
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
22 他只覺自己肉身的痛苦，他的心靈只為自己悲哀。
But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.
