約伯記 30
1 但如今，比我年少的人戲笑我； 其人之父我曾藐視， 不肯安在看守我羊群的狗中。
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 他們壯年的氣力既已衰敗， 其手之力與我何益呢？
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
3 他們因窮乏飢餓，身體枯瘦， 在荒廢淒涼的幽暗中齦乾燥之地，
They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
4 在草叢之中採鹹草， 羅騰的根為他們的食物。
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
5 他們從人中被趕出； 人追喊他們如賊一般，
They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; They cry after them as after a thief;
6 以致他們住在荒谷之間， 在地洞和巖穴中；
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 在草叢中叫喚， 在荊棘下聚集。
Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 這都是愚頑下賤人的兒女； 他們被鞭打，趕出境外。
[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
9 現在這些人以我為歌曲， 以我為笑談。
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
10 他們厭惡我，躲在旁邊站着， 不住地吐唾沫在我臉上。
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
11 鬆開他們的繩索苦待我， 在我面前脫去轡頭。
For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
12 這等下流人在我右邊起來， 推開我的腳，築成戰路來攻擊我。
Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 這些無人幫助的， 毀壞我的道，加增我的災。
They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
14 他們來如同闖進大破口， 在毀壞之間滾在我身上。
As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
15 驚恐臨到我， 驅逐我的尊榮如風； 我的福祿如雲過去。
Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
16 現在我心極其悲傷； 困苦的日子將我抓住。
And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 夜間，我裏面的骨頭刺我， 疼痛不止，好像齦我。
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
18 因上帝的大力，我的外衣污穢不堪， 又如裏衣的領子將我纏住。
By [God’s] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 上帝把我扔在淤泥中， 我就像塵土和爐灰一般。
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
20 主啊，我呼求你，你不應允我； 我站起來，你就定睛看我。
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
21 你向我變心，待我殘忍， 又用大能追逼我，
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
22 把我提在風中，使我駕風而行， 又使我消滅在烈風中。
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.
23 我知道要使我臨到死地， 到那為眾生所定的陰宅。
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
24 然而，人仆倒豈不伸手？ 遇災難豈不求救呢？
Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25 人遭難，我豈不為他哭泣呢？ 人窮乏，我豈不為他憂愁呢？
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 我仰望得好處，災禍就到了； 我等待光明，黑暗便來了。
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 我心裏煩擾不安， 困苦的日子臨到我身。
My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
28 我沒有日光就哀哭行去； 我在會中站着求救。
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29 我與野狗為弟兄， 與鴕鳥為同伴。
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
30 我的皮膚黑而脫落； 我的骨頭因熱燒焦。
My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
31 所以，我的琴音變為悲音； 我的簫聲變為哭聲。
Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
