約伯記 31

1 我同我的眼立了約，決不注視處女。

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

2 天主由上所注定的一分是什麼﹖全能者由高處所給的產業是什麼﹖

For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

3 豈不是為惡人注定了喪亡，為作孽的人注定了災殃﹖

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

4 他豈不監視我的行徑，計算我的腳步﹖

Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

5 我若與虛偽同行，我的腳若趨向詭詐，

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

6 願天主以公正的天平秤量我，他必知道我的純正。

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and God will take knowledge of my blamelessness; )

7 我的腳步如果離開了正道，我的心如果隨從了眼目之所見，我的手若持有不潔，

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

8 那麼，我種的，情願讓別人來吃；我栽的，情願讓別人拔出。

Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

9 我的心如果為婦女所迷，我如果曾在鄰人門口等候婦女，

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

10 就讓我的妻子給人推磨，讓別人與她同寢。

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 因為這是淫行，是應受嚴刑的罪惡；

For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:

12 是一種焚燒至毀滅的火，燒盡我全部產業的火。

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

13 當我的僕婢與我爭執時，我若輕視他們的權利，

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

14 天主起來時，我可怎麼辦呢﹖他若追問，我可怎樣回答﹖

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

15 在母胎造成我的，不是也造了他們﹖在母胎形成我們的，不是只有他一個﹖

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

16 我何時曾拒絕了窮苦人的渴望，我何時曾使寡婦的眼目頹喪﹖

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

17 我何時獨自吃食物，而沒有與孤兒共享﹖

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

18 因為天主自我幼年，就像父親教養了我；自我出了母胎，就引導了我。

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb; )

19 如果我見了無衣蔽體的乞丐，無遮蓋的窮人，

If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

20 如果他的心沒有向我道謝，沒有以我的羊毛獲得溫暖，

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

21 如果我在城門口見有支持我者，就舉手攻擊無罪者，

If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

22 那麼，讓我的肩由胛骨脫落，我的胳膊由肘處折斷!

[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

23 因為天主的懲罰使我驚駭，因他的威嚴，我站立不住。

For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

24 我何嘗以黃金為依靠，對純金說過：「你是我的靠山﹖」

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

25 我何嘗因財產豐富，手賺的多而喜樂過﹖

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26 我何時見太陽照耀，月亮皎潔徐行，

If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

27 我的心遂暗中受到迷惑，我的口遂親手送吻﹖

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

28 這也是應受嚴罰的罪過，因為我背棄了至高的天主。

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.

29 我何時慶幸恨我者遭殃，見他遭遇不幸而得意﹖

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

30 其實，我沒有容我的口犯罪，詛咒過他的性命。

(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse; )

31 我帳幕內的人是否有人說過：「某人沒有吃飽主人給的肉﹖」

If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? —

32 外方人沒有睡在露天地裏，我的門常為旅客敞開。

The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

33 我豈像凡人一樣，掩飾過我的過犯，把邪惡隱藏在胸中﹖

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

34 我豈怕群眾的吵鬧﹖親族的謾罵豈能嚇住我，使我不敢作聲，杜門不出﹖

Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

35 惟願天主俯聽我，這是我最後的要求：願全能者答覆我! 我的對方所寫的狀詞，

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

36 我要把它背在我肩上，編成我的冠冕。

Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;

37 我將像王侯一樣走向他面前，向他一一陳述我的行為。－－約伯的話至此為止。

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.

38 我的田地若控告我，犁溝若一同哀訴，

If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

39 我若吃田中的產物而不付代價，或叫地主心靈悲傷，

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

40 願此地不再長小麥而長荊棘，不長大麥而長惡草。

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.