ヨブ 記 23

1 ヨブこたへて曰く

Then Job answered:

2 我は今日にても尚つぶやきて服せず わが禍災はわが嘆息よりも重し

“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

3 ねがはくは神をたづねて何處にか遇まつるを知り其御座に參いたらんことを

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

4 我この愁訴をその御前に陳べ口を極めて辨論はん

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 我その我に答へたまふ言を知り また其われに言たまふ所を了らん

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

6 かれ大なる能をもて我と爭ひたまはんや 然らじ反つて我を眷みたまふべし

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

7 彼處にては正義人かれと辨爭ふことを得 斯せば我を鞫く者の手を永く免かるべし

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

8 しかるに我東に往くも彼いまさず 西に往くも亦見たてまつらず

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

9 北に工作きたまへども遇まつらず 南に隱れ居たまへば望むべからず

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

10 わが平生の道は彼知たまふ 彼われを試みたまはば我は金のごとくして出きたらん

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 わが足は彼の歩履に堅く隨がへり 我はかれの道を守りて離れざりき

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

12 我はかれの唇の命令に違はず 我が法よりも彼の口の言語を重ぜり

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

13 かれは一に居る者にまします 誰か能かれをして意を變しめん 彼はその心に慾する所をかならず爲たまふ

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

14 然ば我に向ひて定めし事を必らず成就たまはん 是のごとき事を多く彼は爲たまふなり

For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

15 是故に我かれの前に慄ふ 我考ふれば彼を懼る

Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

16 神わが心を弱くならしめ 全能者われをして懼れしめたまふ

God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

17 かく我は暗の來らぬ先わが面を黑暗の覆ふ前に打絶れざりき

Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.