Job 9
1 Then Job replied,
約伯答覆說：
2 “Yes, I certainly know that [much of] what you said is true. But (how can anyone say to God, ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it.’) [RHQ]
我確實知道事情是這樣，但人怎能同天主講理﹖
3 If someone wanted to argue with God [about that], God could ask him 1,000 questions, and that person would not be able to answer any of them!
人若願意同天主辯論，千個問題中，誰也回答不出一個。
4 God is very wise [IDM] and very powerful; no one who has tried to challenge God has been able to win.
雖心中明智，力量強大，但誰能對抗天主，而保平安﹖
5 He even moves mountains, without them (OR, anyone) knowing about it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down.
他可移山，山卻不知；他一發怒，山即翻轉；
6 He sends earthquakes that shake the ground; he causes the pillars that support the earth to tremble.
他振搖大地，使之脫離原處，地柱隨之搖撼震動；
7 [Some days] he speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and [some nights] he prevents the stars from shining.
他一下令，太陽即不昇起，星辰即封閉不動；
8 He alone (stretched out/put in place) the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).
惟有他展開天空，步行海波之上；
9 He put in their places [the clusters/groups of stars that are called] The Dipper/Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars in the southern sky.
他創造了北斗和參宿，昂星及南極星辰；
10 Only he does great things that we cannot understand; he does more marvelous things than we are able to count.
他所作的大事，不可勝數。
11 He passes by where I am, but I do not see him; he moves further on, but I do not see him go.
他由我身旁經過，我卻沒有看見；他走過去，我仍沒有發覺。
12 If he [wants to] snatch something away, no one [RHQ] can hinder him; no one dares to ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ [RHQ]
他若搶奪，誰能阻擋﹖誰能問他說：「你作什麼﹖」
13 God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated [MTY] those who [tried to] help Rahab, [the great sea monster].
天主一憤怒，決不收回。為虎作倀的，必屈伏在他以下。
14 “So, [if God took me to court], what could I say [MTY] to answer him?
如此我怎敢回答，我怎敢措辭與他抗辯﹖
15 Even though I (would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong), I would not be able to answer him. All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me.
縱然有理，也不敢回答，唯有哀求我的判官開恩。
16 If I summoned him to [come to the courtroom] and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say.
我向他呼求，縱然他答應我，我仍不相信他會聽我的呼聲。
17 He sends storms to batter me, and he bruises me many times (without any reason to do that/even though I am innocent).
他為了一根頭髮而折磨我，無故增加我的創傷；
18 [It is as though] he will not let me get/catch my breath, because he causes me to suffer all the time.
致使我不能喘一口氣，使我飽嘗苦辛。
19 If I would try to (wrestle with/fight against) him, [there is no way that I could defeat him, ] [because] he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could [RHQ] force him to go there.
論力量，他強而有力；論審判，誰能將他傳來﹖
20 Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY]; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.
我雖自以為正義，他的口卻判定我有罪；我雖自覺無辜，他卻證明我有偏差。
21 “I have not done what is wrong, but that is not important. I despise continuing to remain alive.
我是無辜的，我已不顧及我的生命，我已厭惡生活下去。
22 But it doesn’t matter, because God will get rid of [all of us, ] both those who are innocent and those who are wicked.
因此我說：都是一樣。善人惡人，他一概滅絕。
23 When people experience disaster and it causes them to suddenly die, God laughs at it, even if they are innocent.
若天災突然降下使人猝死，他便嘲笑無罪者的絕望。
24 God has allowed wicked people to control [what happens in] the world. [It is as though] he has caused judges to be blindfolded, [with the result that they cannot judge fairly]. If it is not God who has put wicked people in control, who has done it?
大地落在惡人的手裏，蒙蔽判官臉面的，不是他，是誰呢﹖
25 “My days go by very quickly, like a fast runner; [it is as though] they run away, and nothing good happens to me on those days.
我的日月過去比跑信的還快；疾走而過，無福樂可享。
26 My life goes by very rapidly, like a boat made from reeds sailing swiftly, or like an eagle that swoops down to seize a small animal.
急急駛過，似蘆葦船，如驟降攫食的鷹。
27 If I smile and say [to God], ‘I will forget what I am complaining about; I will stop looking sad and try to be cheerful/happy,’
我若決意忘掉我的哀怨，改變愁容，表示愉快；
28 then I become afraid because of all that I am suffering, because I know that God does not consider that I am innocent.
但一想到我的痛苦，我就恐怖。我知道你決不以我為無辜。
29 He will (condemn me/declare that I should be punished), so why should I keep trying in vain [to defend myself]?
我若是有罪，又何苦白費心血﹖
30 If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap [to get rid of my guilt],
我即便用雪洗我身，用鹹水洗我手，
31 he would still throw me into a filthy pit; as a result [it would be as though] even my clothes would detest me.
你卻把我浸在泥坑內，甚至我的衣服都憎惡我。
32 “God is not a human, as I am, so there is no way that I could answer him [to prove that I am innocent] if we went together to have a trial [in a courtroom].
因為他不像我是個人，使我能答覆他，或讓我們同去聽審。
33 There is no one to (mediate/hear us and decide who is right), no one who has authority over both of us [IDM].
在我們中間沒有仲裁，可按手在我們兩造之間。
34 I wish/desire that he would stop punishing [MTY] me, and that he would not continue to terrify me.
但願他的棍杖遠離我，他的威嚴不要恐嚇我，
35 If he did that, I would declare [that I am innocent] without being afraid of him, because I know that I really have not [done what is wrong like God thinks that I have].”
我好能講話而不害怕；但是如今我並非如此。
