約伯記 27
1 約伯接着說：
Job replied again [to his three friends],
2 上帝奪去我的理，全能者使我心中愁苦。 我指着永生的上帝起誓：
“Almighty God has refused to treat me justly/fairly. He has caused me to feel bitter/resentful. But [just as surely] as he lives,
3 我的生命尚在我裏面； 上帝所賜呼吸之氣仍在我的鼻孔內。
as long as God’s Spirit enables me to breathe,
4 我的嘴決不說非義之言； 我的舌也不說詭詐之語。
I will not lie; I [SYN] will not say anything to deceive anyone.
5 我斷不以你們為是； 我至死必不以自己為不正！
I will never admit that what you [three] have said is true; until the day that I die, I will insist that I have not done things that are wrong.
6 我持定我的義，必不放鬆； 在世的日子，我心必不責備我。
I will say that I am innocent, and never (say anything different/change what I say); my conscience will never reproach me as long as I live.
7 願我的仇敵如惡人一樣； 願那起來攻擊我的，如不義之人一般。
“I want my enemies to be [punished] like all wicked [people are punished]; I want [God to punish] those who oppose me like [he punishes all] unrighteous [people].
8 不敬虔的人雖然得利， 上帝奪取其命的時候還有甚麼指望呢？
When [it is time for] God [to] get rid of godless/wicked people and [to] cause them to die, there is absolutely nothing good [RHQ] that they can confidently expect [to happen to them].
9 患難臨到他， 上帝豈能聽他的呼求？
When they experience troubles, (will God hear them call [out to him for help]?/God certainly will not hear them call out [to him for help].) [RHQ]
10 他豈以全能者為樂， 隨時求告上帝呢？
(Will they be happy about what Almighty [God] does?/They certainly will not be happy about what Almighty [God] does.) [RHQ] (Will they [begin to] pray to him frequently?/They certainly will not [begin to] pray to him frequently.) [RHQ] [Certainly not!]
11 上帝的作為，我要指教你們； 全能者所行的，我也不隱瞞。
“I will teach you [three] something about the power [MTY] of Almighty God [MTY]; I will reveal what he is thinking.
12 你們自己也都見過， 為何全然變為虛妄呢？
But you [three] have seen for yourselves [what God has done]; so (why are you saying such nonsense?/you should not be saying such nonsense.) [RHQ]
13 上帝為惡人所定的分， 強暴人從全能者所得的報乃是這樣：
“[I will tell you] what Almighty God does to wicked people, the things that he does to people who oppress others.
14 倘或他的兒女增多，還是被刀所殺； 他的子孫必不得飽食。
[Even] if they have many children, [many of] those children will die in wars [MTY], and their [other] children will [die because they do] not have enough food to eat.
15 他所遺留的人必死而埋葬； 他的寡婦也不哀哭。
Their children who are still alive will die from diseases, and their widows will not [even] mourn for them.
16 他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙， 預備衣服如泥土；
Sometimes [wicked people] accumulate a huge amount [SIM] of silver and pile up clothes like [SIM] those clothes were a pile of clay,
17 他只管預備，義人卻要穿上； 他的銀子，無辜的人要分取。
but [those wicked people will die, and then] righteous people will wear those clothes, and honest/innocent people will get their silver and divide it [among themselves].
18 他建造房屋如蟲做窩， 又如守望者所搭的棚。
The houses that they build are [as frail/fragile] as [SIM] spider webs, or they are like flimsy huts that watchmen live in [while they guard people’s fields].
19 他雖富足躺臥，卻不得收殮， 轉眼之間就不在了。
Wicked people are rich when they lie down [at night], but when they wake up [in the morning, they find out that] their money has disappeared.
20 驚恐如波濤將他追上； 暴風在夜間將他颳去。
“Things that terrify them [PRS] strike them like a flood [SIM]; during the night a whirlwind carries them away.
21 東風把他飄去， 又颳他離開本處。
[It is as though] the wind from the east picks them up and carries them away from their homes, and they disappear.
22 上帝要向他射箭，並不留情； 他恨不得逃脫上帝的手。
That wind strikes them without pitying them while they are running away, trying to escape from its force/power [MTY].
23 人要向他拍掌， 並要發叱聲，使他離開本處。
That wind [is like someone] clapping his hands [MET] at them [to ridicule them], howling at them wherever they run to.”
