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如今連卑賤人都戲笑我

¹但如今，比我年少的人戲笑我；其人之父我曾藐視，不肯安在看守我羊群的狗中。“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

²他們壯年的氣力既已衰敗，其手之力與我何益呢？What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

³他們因窮乏飢餓，身體枯瘦，在荒廢淒涼的幽暗中，齦乾燥之地，Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

⁴在草叢之中採鹹草，羅騰（小樹名，松類）的根為他們的食物。They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

⁵他們從人中被趕出；人追喊他們如賊一般，They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

⁶以致他們住在荒谷之間，在地洞和巖穴中；so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

⁷在草叢中叫喚，在荊棘下聚集。They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

⁸這都是愚頑下賤人的兒女；他們被鞭打，趕出境外。A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

他們以我為笑談

⁹現在這些人以我為歌曲，以我為笑談。And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

¹⁰他們厭惡我，躲在旁邊站著，不住地吐唾沫在我臉上。They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

¹¹鬆開他們的繩索苦待我，在我面前脫去轡頭。Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

¹²這等下流人在我右邊起來，推開我的腳，築成戰路來攻擊我。The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

¹³這些無人幫助的，毀壞我的道，加增我的災。They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

¹⁴他們來如同闖進大破口，在毀壞之間滾在我身上。They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

¹⁵驚恐臨到我，驅逐我的尊榮如風；我的福祿如雲過去。Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

困苦的日子將我抓住

¹⁶現在我心極其悲傷；困苦的日子將我抓住。And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

¹⁷夜間，我裡面的骨頭刺我，疼痛不止，好像齦我。Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

¹⁸因　神的大力，我的外衣污穢不堪，又如裡衣的領子將我纏住。With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

¹⁹神把我扔在淤泥中，我就像塵土和爐灰一般。He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

我呼求你，你不應允

²⁰主啊，我呼求你，你不應允我；我站起來，你就定睛看我。I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

²¹你向我變心，待我殘忍，又用大能追逼我，You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

²²把我提在風中，使我駕風而行，又使我消滅在烈風中。You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

²³我知道要使我臨到死地，到那為眾生所定的陰宅。Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

²⁴然而，人仆倒豈不伸手？遇災難豈不求救呢？Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

²⁵人遭難，我豈不為他哭泣呢？人窮乏，我豈不為他憂愁呢？Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

²⁶我仰望得好處，災禍就到了；我等待光明，黑暗便來了。But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

²⁷我心裡煩擾不安，困苦的日子臨到我身。I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

²⁸我沒有日光就哀哭行去（或譯：我面發黑並非因日曬）；我在會中站著求救。I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

²⁹我與野狗為弟兄，與鴕鳥為同伴。I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

³⁰我的皮膚黑而脫落；我的骨頭因熱燒焦。My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

³¹所以，我的琴音變為悲音；我的簫聲變為哭聲。My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

我與眼睛立約

¹我與眼睛立約，怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢？“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

²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 is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

³豈不是禍患臨到不義的，災害臨到作孽的呢？Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

⁴神豈不是察看我的道路，數點我的腳步呢？Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

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若我與虛謊同行

⁵我若與虛謊同行，腳若追隨詭詐；If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

⁶（我若被公道的天平稱度，使　神可以知道我的純正；）let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

⁷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 steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

⁸就願我所種的有別人吃，我田所產的被拔出來。then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

若我向婦人起淫念

⁹我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念，在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

¹⁰就願我的妻子給別人推磨，別人也與她同室。then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

¹¹因為這是大罪，是審判官當罰的罪孽。For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

¹²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 burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

若我藐視僕婢

¹³我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候，我若藐視不聽他們的情節；If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

¹⁴神興起，我怎樣行呢？他察問，我怎樣回答呢？what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

¹⁵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？Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

若我不顧窮人

¹⁶我若不容貧寒人得其所願，或叫寡婦眼中失望，If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

¹⁷或獨自吃我一點食物，孤兒沒有與我同吃；if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

¹⁸（從幼年時孤兒與我同長，好像父子一樣；我從出母腹就扶助（原文是引領）寡婦。）though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

¹⁹我若見人因無衣死亡，或見窮乏人身無遮蓋；if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

²⁰我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖，為我祝福；if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

²¹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 because I saw that I had support in the gate,

²²情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落，我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

²³因　神降的災禍使我恐懼；因他的威嚴，我不能妄為。For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

若我倚靠黃金、拜日月

²⁴我若以黃金為指望，對精金說：你是我的倚靠；If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

²⁵我若因財物豐裕，因我手多得資財而歡喜；if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

²⁶我若見太陽發光，明月行在空中，if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

²⁷心就暗暗被引誘，口便親手；so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

²⁸這也是審判官當罰的罪孽，又是我背棄在上的　神。this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

若我幸災樂禍

²⁹我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜，見他遭災便高興；If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

³⁰（我沒有容口犯罪，咒詛他的生命；）I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

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³¹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 house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

³²（從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿，卻開門迎接行路的人；）but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

³³我若像亞當（或譯：別人）遮掩我的過犯，將罪孽藏在懷中；if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

³⁴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；because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

惟願有一位肯聽我

³⁵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 I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

³⁶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 carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

³⁷我必向他述說我腳步的數目，必如君王進到他面前。I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

若我奪取田地

³⁸我若奪取田地，這地向我喊冤，犁溝一同哭泣；if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

³⁹我若吃地的出產不給價值，或叫原主喪命；if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

⁴⁰願這地長蒺藜代替麥子，長惡草代替大麥。約伯的話說完了。then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

三個朋友不再回答

¹於是這三個人，因約伯自以為義就不再回答他。So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

奉召傳神福音的使徒

¹耶穌基督的僕人保羅，奉召為使徒，特派傳　神的福音。Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

²這福音是　神從前藉眾先知在聖經上所應許的，the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

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論到神的兒子耶穌基督

³論到他兒子─我主耶穌基督。按肉體說，是從大衛後裔生的；regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

⁴按聖善的靈說，因從死裡復活，以大能顯明是　神的兒子。and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁵我們從他受了恩惠並使徒的職分，在萬國之中叫人為他的名信服真道；Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

⁶其中也有你們這蒙召屬耶穌基督的人。And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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問候羅馬的聖徒

⁷我寫信給你們在羅馬、為　神所愛、奉召作聖徒的眾人。願恩惠、平安從我們的父　神並主耶穌基督歸與你們！To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

為羅馬信徒感謝神

⁸第一，我靠著耶穌基督，為你們眾人感謝我的　神，因你們的信德傳遍了天下。First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

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⁹我在他兒子福音上，用心靈所事奉的　神可以見證，我怎樣不住地提到你們；God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

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¹⁰在禱告之間常常懇求，或者照　神的旨意，終能得平坦的道路往你們那裡去。in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

切切地想見你們

¹¹因為我切切地想見你們，要把些屬靈的恩賜分給你們，使你們可以堅固；For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

¹²這樣，我在你們中間，因你與我彼此的信心，就可以同得安慰。that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

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¹³弟兄們，我不願意你們不知道，我屢次定意往你們那裡去，要在你們中間得些果子，如同在其餘的外邦人中一樣；只是到如今仍有阻隔。I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

我欠眾人福音的債

¹⁴無論是希臘人、化外人、聰明人、愚拙人，我都欠他們的債，I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

¹⁵所以情願盡我的力量，將福音也傳給你們在羅馬的人。That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

福音是神的大能

¹⁶我不以福音為恥；這福音本是　神的大能，要救一切相信的，先是猶太人，後是希臘人。I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

¹⁷因為　神的義正在這福音上顯明出來；這義是本於信，以至於信。如經上所記：「義人必因信得生。」For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

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