約伯記 14
1 人為婦人所生， 日子短少，多有患難；
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 出來如花，又被割下， 飛去如影，不能存留。
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 這樣的人你豈睜眼看他嗎？ 又叫我來受審嗎？
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 誰能使潔淨之物出於污穢之中呢？ 無論誰也不能！
Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
5 人的日子既然限定， 他的月數在你那裏， 你也派定他的界限，使他不能越過，
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 便求你轉眼不看他，使他得歇息， 直等他像雇工人完畢他的日子。
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 樹若被砍下， 還可指望發芽， 嫩枝生長不息；
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
8 其根雖然衰老在地裏， 幹也死在土中，
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
9 及至得了水氣，還要發芽， 又長枝條，像新栽的樹一樣。
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
10 但人死亡而消滅； 他氣絕，竟在何處呢？
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
11 海中的水絕盡， 江河消散乾涸。
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
12 人也是如此，躺下不再起來， 等到天沒有了，仍不得復醒， 也不得從睡中喚醒。
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 人若死了豈能再活呢？ 我只要在我一切爭戰的日子， 等我被釋放的時候來到。
(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，你必羨慕。
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
16 但如今你數點我的腳步， 豈不窺察我的罪過嗎？
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 我的過犯被你封在囊中， 也縫嚴了我的罪孽。
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18 山崩變為無有； 磐石挪開原處。
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 水流消磨石頭， 所流溢的洗去地上的塵土； 你也照樣滅絕人的指望。
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 你攻擊人常常得勝，使他去世； 你改變他的容貌，叫他往而不回。
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
21 他兒子得尊榮，他也不知道， 降為卑，他也不覺得。
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.
