Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
約伯繼續他的言論說：
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
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 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is 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 shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
我的口唇決不說謊言，我的舌頭決不講虛話。
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
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 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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 mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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 is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away 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 hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
災難臨到他身上時，天主豈能聽他的呼求﹖
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
他豈是以全能者為喜樂，時時祈求天主﹖
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
其實，這一切你們都熟悉，但為何還這樣空談﹖
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of 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 children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall 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 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
剩餘的人，為瘟疫所葬送；他們的遺孀，不舉喪哀弔。
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
他們雖積蓄銀子，多如塵沙；備製衣服，多如土堆；
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall 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 buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
他們建造的房屋有如蛛網，又如守望者搭的茅舍。
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
他們睡眠時，雖稱富足，但睜開眼時，已一無所有。
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
白天有恐怖侵襲，黑夜有颶風將他們颳去。
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
東風將他們吹去，把他們捲走，離其居地。
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
他們成了眾人毫不憐憫的箭靶，他們沒法逃避恐嚇的手。
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
人人都對之鼓掌稱慶，由各方向之嘲笑辱罵。
