約伯記 31
1 我同我的眼立了約，決不注視處女。
A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
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﹖
And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot 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 [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?
4 他豈不監視我的行徑，計算我的腳步﹖
Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
5 我若與虛偽同行，我的腳若趨向詭詐，
[And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
6 願天主以公正的天平秤量我，他必知道我的純正。
Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my 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 have turned aside from the [proper] way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have 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; and let what I have growing 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 beguiled toward a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door:
10 就讓我的妻子給人推磨，讓別人與她同寢。
Then may my wife labor at the mill for another, and may strangers ill-use her;
11 因為這是淫行，是應受嚴刑的罪惡；
For this would be incest; yea, it would be 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 would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
13 當我的僕婢與我爭執時，我若輕視他們的權利，
If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and 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 could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could 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 make him born or a woman? and did not the same 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 ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
17 我何時獨自吃食物，而沒有與孤兒共享﹖
Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat 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 though we were of one father, and I have guided her [as though she was sprung] 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 ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the 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 have not been 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 swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
22 那麼，讓我的肩由胛骨脫落，我的胳膊由肘處折斷!
Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone;
23 因為天主的懲罰使我驚駭，因他的威嚴，我站立不住。
For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish 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 confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
25 我何嘗因財產豐富，手賺的多而喜樂過﹖
If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;
26 我何時見太陽照耀，月亮皎潔徐行，
If ever I looked at the light [of the sun] when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor:
27 我的心遂暗中受到迷惑，我的口遂親手送吻﹖
And my heart became misled in secret, and my hand kissed my mouth:
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 thus would I 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 ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him; —
30 其實，我沒有容我的口犯罪，詛咒過他的性命。
But I suffered not my mouth to sin by denouncing with a curse 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 tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh; —
32 外方人沒有睡在露天地裏，我的門常為旅客敞開。
In the street a stranger had not to lodge; my doors I held open 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 I covered up my transgressions like a common man, by hiding in my bosom my iniquity;
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 dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go 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 who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written, —
36 我要把它背在我肩上，編成我的冠冕。
Surely upon my shoulder would I carry it: I would bind it as a crown unto 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。
The number of my steps would I tell him: as [to] 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 ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept 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 ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:
40 願此地不再長小麥而長荊棘，不長大麥而長惡草。
Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)
