Job

我與眼睛立約，怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢？

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

從至上的神所得之分，從至高全能者所得之業是甚麼呢？

For what portion of God {is there} from above? and {what} inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

豈不是禍患臨到不義的，災害臨到作孽的呢？

{Is} not destruction to the wicked? and a strange {punishment} to the workers of iniquity?

神豈不是察看我的道路，數點我的腳步呢？

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

我若與虛謊同行，腳若追隨詭詐；

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

（我若被公道的天平稱度，使神可以知道我的純正；）

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. {Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice}

我的腳步若偏離正路，我的心若隨著我的眼目，若有玷污粘在我手上；

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

就願我所種的有別人吃，我田所產的被拔出來。

{Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念，在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

就願我的妻子給別人推磨，別人也與他同室。

{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

因為這是大罪，是審判官當罰的罪孽。

For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges.

這本是火焚燒，直到毀滅，必拔除我所有的家產。

For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候，我若藐視不聽他們的情節；

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

神興起，我怎樣行呢？他察問，我怎樣回答呢？

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

造我在腹中的，不也是造他麼？將他與我摶在腹中的豈不是一位麼？

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? {did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?}

我若不容貧寒人得其所願，或叫寡婦眼中失望，

If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

或獨自吃我一點食物，孤兒沒有與我同吃；

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

（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。）

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as {with} a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) {her: that is, the widow}

我若見人因無衣死亡，或見窮乏人身無遮蓋；

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖，為我祝福；

If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

我若在城門口見有幫助我的，舉手攻擊孤兒；

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落，我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。

{Then} let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. {bone: or, chanelbone}

因神降的災禍使我恐懼；因他的威嚴，我不能妄為。

For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

我若以黃金為指望，對精金說：你是我的倚靠；

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, {Thou art} my confidence;

我若因財物豐裕，因我手多得資財而歡喜；

If I rejoiced because my wealth {was} great, and because mine hand had gotten much; {gotten...: Heb. found much}

我若見太陽發光，明月行在空中，

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking {in} brightness; {sun: Heb. light} {in...: Heb. bright}

心就暗暗被引誘，口便親手；

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: {my mouth...: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth}

這也是審判官當罰的罪孽，又是我背棄在上的神。

This also {were} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judge: for I should have denied the God {that is} above.

我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜，見他遭災便高興；

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

（我沒有容口犯罪，咒詛他的生命；）

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. {mouth: Heb. palate}

若我帳棚的人未嘗說，誰不以主人的食物吃飽呢？

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

（從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿，卻開門迎接行路的人；）

The stranger did not lodge in the street: {but} I opened my doors to the traveller. {traveller: or, way}

我若像亞當（或譯：別人）遮掩我的過犯，將罪孽藏在懷中；

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: {as Adam: or, after the manner of men}

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；

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, {and} went not out of the door?

惟願有一位肯聽我！（看哪，在這裡有我所劃的押，願全能者回答我！）

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}

願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裡！我必帶在肩上，又綁在頭上為冠冕。

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, {and} bind it {as} a crown to me.

我必向他述說我腳步的數目，必如君王進到他面前。

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

我若奪取田地，這地向我喊冤，犁溝一同哭泣；

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; {complain: Heb. weep}

我若吃地的出產不給價值，或叫原主喪命；

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: {fruits: Heb. strength} {the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out}

願這地長蒺藜代替麥子，長惡草代替大麥。約伯的話說完了。

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. {cockle: or, noisome weeds}