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。
As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, 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 yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring 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：
If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.
6 請你別看他，讓他安息，好像傭工度過自己的日期。
Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, 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。
Though there is—for a tree—hope, —if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;
8 它的根雖老於地下，枝幹縱枯死地上，
If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:
9 但一有水氣，立即生芽，好似幼苗發出枝葉。
Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,
10 但是人一死，立即僵臥；人一斷氣，他究竟在何處﹖
Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
11 海水能乾涸，江河能枯竭；
Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
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, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.
Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed 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, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until 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 shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, —For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.
16 你現今既數了我的腳步，不必再監察我的罪過。
For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
17 請把我的罪過封閉在囊中，滌淨我的一切過犯。
Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.
18 但是，山能崩裂離析，盤石能由原處挪移，
But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved 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。
Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:
20 你時常攻擊他，使他消逝；改變他的容貌，遣他離去。
Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent 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, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.
22 他只覺自己肉身的痛苦，他的心靈只為自己悲哀。
But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.
