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; why then should I think 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 portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance 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 destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4 他豈不監視我的行徑，計算我的腳步﹖
Does 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, or if my foot has 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 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 has turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot has cleaved to mine 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 my 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 mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have 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。
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 this is an heinous crime; yea, it is 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 consumes 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 did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, 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 rises up? and when he visits, 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 the poor from their desire, 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 has 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。
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her 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 perish for lack of clothing, or any poor 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 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, when 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 mine arm fall from my 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 destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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 have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;
25 我何嘗因財產豐富，手賺的多而喜樂過﹖
If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had got 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 has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has 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 judge: for I should have denied the 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 rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found 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 wishing a curse to his soul.
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 tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
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﹖
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, 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 one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36 我要把它背在我肩上，編成我的冠冕。
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
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 against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
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 owners thereof to lose their life:
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 cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
