Job

人在世上豈無爭戰麼？他的日子不像雇工人的日子麼？

{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}

像奴僕切慕黑影，像雇工人盼望工價；

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after}

我也照樣經過困苦的日月，夜間的疲乏為我而定。

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

我躺臥的時候便說：我何時起來，黑夜就過去呢？我盡是反來覆去，直到天亮。

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. {the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}

我的肉體以蟲子和塵土為衣；我的皮膚才收了口又重新破裂。

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

我的日子比梭更快，都消耗在無指望之中。

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

求你想念，我的生命不過是一口氣；我的眼睛必不再見福樂。

O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}

觀看我的人，他的眼必不再見我；你的眼目要看我，我卻不在了。

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}

雲彩消散而過；照樣，人下陰間也不再上來。

{As} the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no {more}.

他不再回自己的家；故土也不再認識他。

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

我不禁止我口；我靈愁苦，要發出言語；我心苦惱，要吐露哀情。

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

我對神說：我豈是洋海，豈是大魚，你竟防守我呢？

{Am} I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

若說：我的床必安慰我，我的榻必解釋我的苦情，

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

你就用夢驚駭我，用異象恐嚇我，

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

甚至我寧肯噎死，寧肯死亡，勝似留我這一身的骨頭。

So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

我厭棄性命，不願永活。你任憑我罷，因我的日子都是虛空。

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

人算甚麼，你竟看他為大，將他放在心上？

What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

每早鑒察他，時刻試驗他？

And {that} thou shouldest visit him every morning, {and} try him every moment?

你到何時才轉眼不看我，才任憑我咽下唾沫呢？

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

鑒察人的主啊，我若有罪，於你何妨？為何以我當你的箭靶子，使我厭棄自己的性命？

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

為何不赦免我的過犯，除掉我的罪孽？我現今要躺臥在塵土中；你要殷勤地尋找我，我卻不在了。

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I {shall} not {be}.