Job 29
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
約伯又接着說：
2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
惟願我的景況如從前的月份， 如上帝保守我的日子。
3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
那時他的燈照在我頭上； 我藉他的光行過黑暗。
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
我願如壯年的時候： 那時我在帳棚中， 上帝待我有密友之情；
5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
全能者仍與我同在； 我的兒女都環繞我。
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
奶多可洗我的腳； 磐石為我出油成河。
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
我出到城門， 在街上設立座位；
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
少年人見我而迴避， 老年人也起身站立；
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
王子都停止說話， 用手摀口；
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
首領靜默無聲， 舌頭貼住上膛。
11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
耳朵聽我的，就稱我有福； 眼睛看我的，便稱讚我；
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
因我拯救哀求的困苦人 和無人幫助的孤兒。
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
將要滅亡的為我祝福； 我也使寡婦心中歡樂。
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
我以公義為衣服， 以公平為外袍和冠冕。
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
我為瞎子的眼， 瘸子的腳。
16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
我為窮乏人的父； 素不認識的人，我查明他的案件。
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
我打破不義之人的牙床， 從他牙齒中奪了所搶的。
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
我便說：我必死在家中， 必增添我的日子，多如塵沙。
19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
我的根長到水邊； 露水終夜霑在我的枝上。
20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
我的榮耀在身上增新； 我的弓在手中日強。
21 Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
人聽見我而仰望， 靜默等候我的指教。
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
我說話之後，他們就不再說； 我的言語像雨露滴在他們身上。
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
他們仰望我如仰望雨， 又張開口如切慕春雨。
24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
他們不敢自信，我就向他們含笑； 他們不使我臉上的光改變。
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
我為他們選擇道路，又坐首位； 我如君王在軍隊中居住， 又如弔喪的安慰傷心的人。
