Job 14
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
婦女所生的人，壽命不長，且飽嘗煩惱。
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
他生出像花，瞬息凋謝；急馳如影，不得停留。
3 And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
這樣的人，豈配你睜眼注視一下﹖或傳他到你面前聽審﹖
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
誰能使潔淨出於不潔﹖沒有一人!
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
他的時日既已注定，他的歲數既由你掌管，他決不能越過你定下的期限：
6 Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
請你別看他，讓他安息，好像傭工度過自己的日期。
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
若是一棵樹被砍伐了，仍有希望生出新芽，嫩枝叢出不窮。
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
它的根雖老於地下，枝幹縱枯死地上，
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
但一有水氣，立即生芽，好似幼苗發出枝葉。
10 But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
但是人一死，立即僵臥；人一斷氣，他究竟在何處﹖
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
海水能乾涸，江河能枯竭；
12 So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
同樣，人一僵臥，即不能起立，直到天不存在，仍不能醒起，仍不能由永眠中起來。
13 Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! — (Sheol h7585)
唯願你將我藏於陰府，將我隱藏，直到挽回你的憤怒；願你給我定一期限，好記念我。 (Sheol h7585)
14 If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
人若死了，豈能再生﹖我在整個從軍之日，要堅持到底，直到換班的時期到來。
15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
你若呼喚我，我必回答你：你對你手所造的，必有一種懷念。
16 But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
你現今既數了我的腳步，不必再監察我的罪過。
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
請把我的罪過封閉在囊中，滌淨我的一切過犯。
18 And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
但是，山能崩裂離析，盤石能由原處挪移，
19 The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
流水能穿過石頭，驟雨能沖出泥沙：你也照樣消滅了人的希望。
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
你時常攻擊他，使他消逝；改變他的容貌，遣他離去。
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
此後，他的兒子受尊榮與否，他也不知；他們受輕賤與否，他也不覺。
22 But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.
他只覺自己肉身的痛苦，他的心靈只為自己悲哀。
