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惟願我能尋見神

¹約伯回答說：Then Job answered:

²如今我的哀告還算為悖逆；我的責罰比我的唉哼還重。“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

³惟願我能知道在哪裡可以尋見　神，能到他的臺前，If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

⁴我就在他面前將我的案件陳明，滿口辯白。I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵我必知道他回答我的言語，明白他向我所說的話。I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

⁶他豈用大能與我爭辯嗎？必不這樣！他必理會我。Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

⁷在他那裡正直人可以與他辯論；這樣，我必永遠脫離那審判我的。Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

前後左右都尋不見

⁸只是，我往前行，他不在那裡，往後退，也不能見他。If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

⁹他在左邊行事，我卻不能看見，在右邊隱藏，我也不能見他。When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

試煉之後必如精金

¹⁰然而他知道我所行的路；他試煉我之後，我必如精金。Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

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¹¹我腳追隨他的步履；我謹守他的道，並不偏離。My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

¹²他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背棄；我看重他口中的言語，過於我需用的飲食。I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

神心志已定

¹³只是他心志已定，誰能使他轉意呢？他心裡所願的，就行出來。But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

¹⁴他向我所定的，就必做成；這類的事他還有許多。For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

¹⁵所以我在他面前驚惶；我思念這事便懼怕他。Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

¹⁶神使我喪膽；全能者使我驚惶。God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

¹⁷我的恐懼不是因為黑暗，也不是因為幽暗蒙蔽我的臉。Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

為何不使人看見審判的日子

¹全能者既定期罰惡，為何不使認識他的人看見那日子呢？“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

窮人受欺壓

²有人挪移地界，搶奪群畜而牧養。Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

³他們拉去孤兒的驢，強取寡婦的牛為當頭。They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

⁴他們使窮人離開正道；世上的貧民盡都隱藏。They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

⁵這些貧窮人如同野驢出到曠野，殷勤尋找食物；他們靠著野地給兒女糊口，Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

⁶收割別人田間的禾稼，摘取惡人餘剩的葡萄，They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

⁷終夜赤身無衣，天氣寒冷毫無遮蓋，Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

⁸在山上被大雨淋濕，因沒有避身之處就挨近磐石。Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

⁹又有人從母懷中搶奪孤兒，強取窮人的衣服為當頭，The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

¹⁰使人赤身無衣，到處流行，且因飢餓扛抬禾捆，Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

¹¹在那些人的圍牆內造油，醡酒，自己還口渴。They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

¹²在多民的城內有人唉哼，受傷的人哀號；　神卻不理會那惡人的愚妄。From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

背棄光明的人

¹³又有人背棄光明，不認識光明的道，不住在光明的路上。Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

¹⁴殺人的黎明起來，殺害困苦窮乏人，夜間又作盜賊。When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

¹⁵姦夫等候黃昏，說：必無眼能見我，就把臉蒙蔽。The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

¹⁶盜賊黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，並不認識光明。In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

¹⁷他們看早晨如幽暗，因為他們曉得幽暗的驚駭。For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!

惡人終必消沒

¹⁸這些惡人猶如浮萍快快飄去。他們所得的分在世上被咒詛；他們不得再走葡萄園的路。They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.

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¹⁹乾旱炎熱消沒雪水；陰間也如此消沒犯罪之輩。As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

²⁰懷他的母（原文是胎）要忘記他；蟲子要吃他，覺得甘甜；他不再被人記念。不義的人必如樹折斷。The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

²¹他惡待（或譯：他吞滅）不懷孕不生養的婦人，不善待寡婦。They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

²²然而　神用能力保全有勢力的人；那性命難保的人仍然興起。Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

²³神使他們安穩，他們就有所倚靠；　神的眼目也看顧他們的道路。He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

²⁴他們被高舉，不過片時就沒有了；他們降為卑，被除滅，與眾人一樣，又如穀穗被割。They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

²⁵若不是這樣，誰能證實我是說謊的，將我的言語駁為虛空呢？If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

比勒達：人在神面前怎能稱義

¹書亞人比勒達回答說：Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

²神有治理之權，有威嚴可畏；他在高處施行和平。“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

³他的諸軍豈能數算？他的光亮一發，誰不蒙照呢？Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

⁴這樣在　神面前，人怎能稱義？婦人所生的怎能潔淨？How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

⁵在　神眼前，月亮也無光亮，星宿也不清潔。If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

⁶何況如蟲的人，如蛆的世人呢！how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

島上的土人接待他們

¹我們既已得救，才知道那島名叫馬耳他。Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

²土人看待我們，有非常的情分；因為當時下雨，天氣又冷，就生火接待我們眾人。The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

毒蛇咬住保羅的手

³那時，保羅拾起一捆柴，放在火上，有一條毒蛇，因為熱了出來，咬住他的手。Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

⁴土人看見那毒蛇懸在他手上，就彼此說：「這人必是個兇手，雖然從海裡救上來，天理還不容他活著。」When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

⁵保羅竟把那毒蛇甩在火裡，並沒有受傷。But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

⁶土人想他必要腫起來，或是忽然仆倒死了；看了多時，見他無害，就轉念，說：「他是個　神。」The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

醫治部百流的父親

⁷離那地方不遠，有田產是島長部百流的；他接納我們，盡情款待三日。Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

⁸當時，部百流的父親患熱病和痢疾躺著。保羅進去，為他禱告，按手在他身上，治好了他。The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

島上的病人都得醫治

⁹從此，島上其餘的病人也來，得了醫治。After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

¹⁰他們又多方地尊敬我們；到了開船的時候，也把我們所需用的送到船上。The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.