約伯記 17
1 我的心靈消耗，我的日子滅盡； 墳墓為我預備好了。
My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will be left for me.
2 真有戲笑我的在我這裏， 我眼常見他們惹動我。
I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.
3 願主拿憑據給我，自己為我作保。 在你以外誰肯與我擊掌呢？
Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.
4 因你使他們心不明理， 所以你必不高舉他們。
You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.
5 控告他的朋友、以朋友為可搶奪的， 連他兒女的眼睛也要失明。
He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.
6 上帝使我作了民中的笑談； 他們也吐唾沫在我臉上。
He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
7 我的眼睛因憂愁昏花； 我的百體好像影兒。
My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.
8 正直人因此必驚奇； 無辜的人要興起攻擊不敬虔之輩。
The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
9 然而，義人要持守所行的道； 手潔的人要力上加力。
And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
10 至於你們眾人，可以再來辯論吧！ 你們中間，我找不着一個智慧人。
Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.
11 我的日子已經過了； 我的謀算、我心所想望的已經斷絕。
My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.
12 他們以黑夜為白晝， 說：亮光近乎黑暗。
They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.
If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed. (Sheol h7585)
14 若對朽壞說：你是我的父； 對蟲說：你是我的母親姊妹；
I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”
15 這樣，我的指望在哪裏呢？ 我所指望的誰能看見呢？
Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?
