Job 31
1 A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — 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 Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
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 doth hasten to deceit,
我若與虛謊同行， 腳若追隨詭詐； （
6 He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know 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 doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,
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 my products let 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 hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念， 在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，
10 Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
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 a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
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 man-servant, 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 ariseth? And when He doth inspect, 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 not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
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 from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
我若不容貧寒人得其所願， 或叫寡婦眼中失望，
17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not 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 to 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 doth not warm himself,
我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖， 為我祝福；
21 If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
我若在城門口見有幫助我的， 舉手攻擊孤兒；
22 My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone 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 a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency 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 great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
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 shineth, 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 doth kiss 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 Yea, I have not suffered 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 ye, 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 In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.
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 as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,
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 doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not 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 giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.
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 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 against me my land doth cry out, 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 its strength I consumed 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。
