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; how then should I look 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 be the portion of God from above, and 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 it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to 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 count all my steps?
5 我若與虛偽同行，我的腳若趨向詭詐，
If I have walked with vanity, 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 a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
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 hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved 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。
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field 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, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;
10 就讓我的妻子給人推磨，讓別人與她同寢。
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11 因為這是淫行，是應受嚴刑的罪惡；
For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished 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 unto 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 did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, 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 shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall 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 aught that the poor desired, or have 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 myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten 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。
Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide 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 wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no 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 sheep;
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 the fatherless, 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 majesty I could do nothing.
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, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art 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 shined, 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 hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath 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 were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that 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, or exulted when evil found him —
30 其實，我沒有容我的口犯罪，詛咒過他的性命。
Yea, I suffered not 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 can 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 in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.
33 我豈像凡人一樣，掩飾過我的過犯，把邪惡隱藏在胸中﹖
If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, 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 most contemptible among 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! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
36 我要把它背在我肩上，編成我的冠冕。
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto 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 go near unto 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 the furrows thereof 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, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —
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 noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
