約伯記 27

1 約伯繼續他的言論說：

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

2 我指著那剝奪我權利的天主起誓，指著使我心靈苦痛的全能者起誓：

As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;

3 幾時我還有氣息，我鼻中尚有天主賦予的生氣，

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

4 我的口唇決不說謊言，我的舌頭決不講虛話。

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 若叫我說你們有理，那決辨不到；到我斷氣，我決不放棄我的純正。

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

6 我堅持我的正義，決不罷休；對於已往的生活，我問心無愧。

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

7 惟願恨我的人，遭惡人的命運；起來攻擊我的人，遭罪犯的處分。

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.

8 惡人呼籲時，有何期待﹖當他向天主舉起靈魂時，有何希望﹖

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

9 災難臨到他身上時，天主豈能聽他的呼求﹖

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

10 他豈是以全能者為喜樂，時時祈求天主﹖

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?

11 我要將天主的作為教導你們；對全能者的意旨，我決不隱瞞。

I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 其實，這一切你們都熟悉，但為何還這樣空談﹖

Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?

13 納阿瑪人左法爾就說：這是天主給惡人定的命運，是強暴者由全能者所承受的產業：

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 他的子女雖眾多，都必死於刀下；他的後代子孫，不得飽食。

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 剩餘的人，為瘟疫所葬送；他們的遺孀，不舉喪哀弔。

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

16 他們雖積蓄銀子，多如塵沙；備製衣服，多如土堆；

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17 他們固然預備，但義人來穿，無辜者要分取他們的金銀。

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 他們建造的房屋有如蛛網，又如守望者搭的茅舍。

He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.

19 他們睡眠時，雖稱富足，但睜開眼時，已一無所有。

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.

20 白天有恐怖侵襲，黑夜有颶風將他們颳去。

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

21 東風將他們吹去，把他們捲走，離其居地。

The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.

22 他們成了眾人毫不憐憫的箭靶，他們沒法逃避恐嚇的手。

For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

23 人人都對之鼓掌稱慶，由各方向之嘲笑辱罵。

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.