約伯記 17
1 我的氣息已斷，壽命已盡，而且墳墓已為我做好。
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
2 我豈不是成了笑罵的對象﹖我的眼睛豈不是在酸苦中過夜﹖
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
3 求你將我的抵押放在你那裏! 誰還敢與我擊掌作保﹖
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
4 因為你蒙蔽了他們的心，不叫他們明白，他們纔不敢舉起手來。
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5 人請自己的朋友分享所有，但自己的子女卻餓的眼目昏花。
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 我成了人民取笑的資料，人人在我臉上可吐唾沫。
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
7 我的眼睛因愁悶而昏花，我的肢體消失有如蔭影。
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
8 正直人因此而驚異，無罪者憤起攻擊惡人。
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
9 義人堅持自己的道，手淨的人倍增勇氣。
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
10 你們眾人，請你們再回來，但在你們中我找不到一個智者。
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 我的時日已過去，我志所謀，我心所愛，都已落空。
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
12 他們將黑夜變為白天，使光明靠近黑暗；
They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
14 我對墓穴說：你作我父! 對蛆蟲說：你作我母，我妹!
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
15 我的希望究在何處﹖我的幸福，有誰注意﹖
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
