Job 31
1 “I made a covenant for my eyes, And how do I attend to a virgin?
我與眼睛立約， 怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢？
2 And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
從至上的上帝所得之分， 從至高全能者所得之業是甚麼呢？
3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
豈不是禍患臨到不義的， 災害臨到作孽的呢？
4 Does He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
上帝豈不是察看我的道路， 數點我的腳步呢？
5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot hurries to deceit,
我若與虛謊同行， 腳若追隨詭詐； （
6 He weighs me in righteous balances, And God knows my integrity.
我若被公道的天平稱度， 使上帝可以知道我的純正；）
7 If my step turns aside from the way, And my heart has gone after my eyes, And blemish has cleaved to my hands,
我的腳步若偏離正路， 我的心若隨着我的眼目， 若有玷污粘在我手上；
8 Let me sow—and another eat, And let my products be rooted out.
就願我所種的有別人吃， 我田所產的被拔出來。
9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, And I laid wait by the opening of my neighbor,
我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念， 在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，
10 Let my wife grind to another, And let others bend over her.
就願我的妻子給別人推磨， 別人也與她同室。
11 For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
因為這是大罪， 是審判官當罰的罪孽。
12 For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, And takes root among all my increase,
這本是火焚燒，直到毀滅， 必拔除我所有的家產。
13 If I despise the cause of my manservant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候， 我若藐視不聽他們的情節；
14 Then what do I do when God arises? And when He inspects, What do I answer Him?
上帝興起，我怎樣行呢？ 他察問，我怎樣回答呢？
15 Did He that made me in the womb not make him? Indeed, One prepares us in the womb.
造我在腹中的，不也是造他嗎？ 將他與我摶在腹中的豈不是一位嗎？
16 If I withhold the poor from pleasure, And consume the eyes of the widow,
我若不容貧寒人得其所願， 或叫寡婦眼中失望，
17 And I eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,
或獨自吃我一點食物， 孤兒沒有與我同吃； （
18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led),
從幼年時孤兒與我同長，好像父子一樣； 我從出母腹就扶助 寡婦。）
19 If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering for the needy,
我若見人因無衣死亡， 或見窮乏人身無遮蓋；
20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He does not warm himself,
我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖， 為我祝福；
21 If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
我若在城門口見有幫助我的， 舉手攻擊孤兒；
22 Let my shoulder fall from its blade, And the bone from my arm be broken.
情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落， 我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。
23 For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me, And because of His excellence I am not able.
因上帝降的災禍使我恐懼； 因他的威嚴，我不能妄為。
24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
我若以黃金為指望， 對精金說：你是我的倚靠；
25 If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, And because my hand has found abundance,
我若因財物豐裕， 因我手多得資財而歡喜；
26 If I see the light when it shines, And the precious moon walking,
我若見太陽發光， 明月行在空中，
27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand kisses my mouth,
心就暗暗被引誘， 口便親手；
28 It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
這也是審判官當罰的罪孽， 又是我背棄在上的上帝。
29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜， 見他遭災便高興； （
30 Indeed, I have not permitted my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
我沒有容口犯罪， 咒詛他的生命；）
31 If not, say, O men of my tent: O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.
若我帳棚的人未嘗說， 誰不以主人的食物吃飽呢？ （
32 A stranger does not lodge in the street, I open my doors to the traveler.
從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿， 卻開門迎接行路的人；）
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, To hide my iniquity in my bosom,
我若像亞當 遮掩我的過犯， 將罪孽藏在懷中；
34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families frightens me, Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.
因懼怕大眾， 又因宗族藐視我使我驚恐， 以致閉口無言，杜門不出；
35 Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, And my adversary has written a bill.
惟願有一位肯聽我！ （看哪，在這裏有我所劃的押， 願全能者回答我！）
36 If not—on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it [as] a crown on myself.
願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裏！ 我必帶在肩上，又綁在頭上為冠冕。
37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
我必向他述說我腳步的數目， 必如君王進到他面前。
38 If my land cries out against me, And together its furrows weep,
我若奪取田地，這地向我喊冤， 犂溝一同哭泣；
39 If I consumed its strength without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
我若吃地的出產不給價值， 或叫原主喪命；
40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed!” The words of Job are finished.
願這地長蒺藜代替麥子， 長惡草代替大麥。 約伯的話說完了。
