约伯记 14
1 人为妇人所生， 日子短少，多有患难；
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 出来如花，又被割下， 飞去如影，不能存留。
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 这样的人你岂睁眼看他吗？ 又叫我来受审吗？
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 谁能使洁净之物出于污秽之中呢？ 无论谁也不能！
Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
5 人的日子既然限定， 他的月数在你那里， 你也派定他的界限，使他不能越过，
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
6 便求你转眼不看他，使他得歇息， 直等他像雇工人完毕他的日子。
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 树若被砍下， 还可指望发芽， 嫩枝生长不息；
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
8 其根虽然衰老在地里， 干也死在土中，
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
9 及至得了水气，还要发芽， 又长枝条，像新栽的树一样。
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
10 但人死亡而消灭； 他气绝，竟在何处呢？
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
11 海中的水绝尽， 江河消散干涸。
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
12 人也是如此，躺下不再起来， 等到天没有了，仍不得复醒， 也不得从睡中唤醒。
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, — (Sheol h7585)
14 人若死了岂能再活呢？ 我只要在我一切争战的日子， 等我被释放的时候来到。
(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
15 你呼叫，我便回答； 你手所做的，你必羡慕。
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
16 但如今你数点我的脚步， 岂不窥察我的罪过吗？
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 我的过犯被你封在囊中， 也缝严了我的罪孽。
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18 山崩变为无有； 磐石挪开原处。
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 水流消磨石头， 所流溢的洗去地上的尘土； 你也照样灭绝人的指望。
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 你攻击人常常得胜，使他去世； 你改变他的容貌，叫他往而不回。
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
21 他儿子得尊荣，他也不知道， 降为卑，他也不觉得。
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
22 但知身上疼痛， 心中悲哀。
But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
