Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
約伯繼續他的言論說：
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
我指著那剝奪我權利的天主起誓，指著使我心靈苦痛的全能者起誓：
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
幾時我還有氣息，我鼻中尚有天主賦予的生氣，
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
我的口唇決不說謊言，我的舌頭決不講虛話。
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
若叫我說你們有理，那決辨不到；到我斷氣，我決不放棄我的純正。
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
我堅持我的正義，決不罷休；對於已往的生活，我問心無愧。
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
惟願恨我的人，遭惡人的命運；起來攻擊我的人，遭罪犯的處分。
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
惡人呼籲時，有何期待﹖當他向天主舉起靈魂時，有何希望﹖
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
災難臨到他身上時，天主豈能聽他的呼求﹖
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
他豈是以全能者為喜樂，時時祈求天主﹖
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
我要將天主的作為教導你們；對全能者的意旨，我決不隱瞞。
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
其實，這一切你們都熟悉，但為何還這樣空談﹖
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
納阿瑪人左法爾就說：這是天主給惡人定的命運，是強暴者由全能者所承受的產業：
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
他的子女雖眾多，都必死於刀下；他的後代子孫，不得飽食。
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
剩餘的人，為瘟疫所葬送；他們的遺孀，不舉喪哀弔。
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
他們雖積蓄銀子，多如塵沙；備製衣服，多如土堆；
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
他們固然預備，但義人來穿，無辜者要分取他們的金銀。
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
他們建造的房屋有如蛛網，又如守望者搭的茅舍。
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
他們睡眠時，雖稱富足，但睜開眼時，已一無所有。
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
白天有恐怖侵襲，黑夜有颶風將他們颳去。
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
東風將他們吹去，把他們捲走，離其居地。
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
他們成了眾人毫不憐憫的箭靶，他們沒法逃避恐嚇的手。
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
人人都對之鼓掌稱慶，由各方向之嘲笑辱罵。
