約伯記 30
1 但現今年紀小於我的人，都嘲笑我；這些人的父親，我都不屑於列在守我羊群的狗中。
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 他們的精力已經喪失，他們手臂的力量，對我還有何用﹖
Yea, whereto [should] the strength of their hands [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perished?
3 他們因貧乏和饑饉而消瘦，咀嚼曠野裏的草根，以及荒山野嶺所生的荊棘。
Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:
4 他們由叢莽中採取鹹菜，以杜松根做自己的食物。
They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
5 人將他們由人群中逐出，在他們後面喊叫有如追賊；
They are driven forth from among [men] — they cry after them as after a thief —
6 他們只得避居於深谷，住在山洞和岩穴中；
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
7 在荊棘叢中哀歎，在葛藤下蝟縮。
They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:
8 這些人都是流氓的後代，都是無名氏之子孫，由本國驅逐境外的。
Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
9 但現今我竟成了他們的歌謠，做了他們的話柄。
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 他們因憎惡我而遠離我，竟任意向我臉上吐唾沫。
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.
11 他們解開了韁繩以攻擊我，在我面前除掉了轡頭。
For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.
12 下流之輩在我右邊起來，向我投擲石頭，築成一條使我喪亡的路。
At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;
13 他們破壞了我的道路，使我跌仆，卻沒有人阻止他們。
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them;
14 他們由寬大的缺口進入，輾轉於廢墟之中。
They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.
15 恐怖臨於我身，我的尊榮如被風吹散，我的救恩如浮雲逝去。
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
16 現今我的心神已頹廢，憂患的日子不放鬆我。
And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 夜間痛苦刺透我骨，我的脈絡都不得安息。
The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:
18 天主以大力抓住我的衣服，握緊我長衣的領口，
By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.
19 將我投入泥中，使我變成灰土。
He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
20 天主啊! 我向你呼號，你不回答我；我立起來，你也不理睬我。
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
21 你對我變成了暴君，用你有力的手迫害我。
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
22 你將我提起，乘風而去，使我在狂風中飄搖不定。
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.
23 我知道你要導我於死亡，到眾生聚集的家鄉。
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.
24 若窮人遇到不幸向我求救，我豈不伸手去援助他﹖
Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
25 他人遭難，我豈沒有流淚﹖人窮乏，我的心豈沒有憐憫﹖
Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 我希望幸福，來的卻是災禍；我期待光明，黑暗反而來臨。
For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
27 我內心煩惱不安，痛苦的日子常臨於我。
My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
28 我憂悶而行，無人安慰我，我要在集會中起立喊冤。
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
29 我成了豺狼的兄弟，成了駝鳥的伴侶。
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
30 我的皮膚變黑，我的骨頭因熱灼焦，
My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat.
31 我的琴瑟奏出哀調，我的簫笛發出哭聲。
My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.
