今日读经

乌斯地的完全人约伯

¹乌斯地有一个人名叫约伯；那人完全正直，敬畏　神，远离恶事。There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

²他生了七个儿子，三个女儿。He had seven sons and three daughters,

³他的家产有七千羊，三千骆驼，五百对牛，五百母驴，并有许多仆婢。这人在东方人中就为至大。and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

⁴他的儿子按着日子各在自己家里设摆筵宴，就打发人去，请了他们的三个姊妹来，与他们一同吃喝。Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

⁵筵宴的日子过了，约伯打发人去叫他们自洁。他清早起来，按着他们众人的数目献燔祭；因为他说：“恐怕我儿子犯了罪，心中弃掉　神。”约伯常常这样行。And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

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天上的对话：敬畏神岂是无故

⁶有一天，　神的众子来侍立在耶和华面前，撒但也来在其中。One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

⁷耶和华问撒但说：“你从哪里来？”撒但回答说：“我从地上走来走去，往返而来。”“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

⁸耶和华问撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全正直，敬畏　神，远离恶事。”Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

⁹撒但回答耶和华说：“约伯敬畏　神，岂是无故呢？Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

¹⁰你岂不是四面圈上篱笆围护他和他的家，并他一切所有的吗？他手所做的都蒙你赐福；他的家产也在地上增多。Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

¹¹你且伸手毁他一切所有的；他必当面弃掉你。”But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

¹²耶和华对撒但说：“凡他所有的都在你手中；只是不可伸手加害于他。”于是撒但从耶和华面前退去。“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

一日之间失去一切

¹³有一天，约伯的儿女正在他们长兄的家里吃饭喝酒，One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

¹⁴有报信的来见约伯，说：“牛正耕地，驴在旁边吃草，a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

¹⁵示巴人忽然闯来，把牲畜掳去，并用刀杀了仆人；惟有我一人逃脱，来报信给你。”the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁶他还说话的时候，又有人来说：“　神从天上降下火来，将群羊和仆人都烧灭了；惟有我一人逃脱，来报信给你。”While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁷他还说话的时候，又有人来说：“迦勒底人分作三队忽然闯来，把骆驼掳去，并用刀杀了仆人；惟有我一人逃脱，来报信给你。”While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁸他还说话的时候，又有人来说：“你的儿女正在他们长兄的家里吃饭喝酒，While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

¹⁹不料，有狂风从旷野刮来，击打房屋的四角，房屋倒塌在少年人身上，他们就都死了；惟有我一人逃脱，来报信给你。”when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

赏赐的是耶和华，收取的也是耶和华

²⁰约伯便起来，撕裂外袍，剃了头，伏在地上下拜，Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

²¹说：“我赤身出于母胎，也必赤身归回；赏赐的是耶和华，收取的也是耶和华。耶和华的名是应当称颂的。”saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

²²在这一切的事上约伯并不犯罪，也不以　神为愚妄（或译：也不妄评　神）。In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

撒但再次控告约伯

¹又有一天，　神的众子来侍立在耶和华面前，撒但也来在其中。On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

²耶和华问撒但说：“你从哪里来？”撒但回答说：“我从地上走来走去，往返而来。”“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

³耶和华问撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他完全正直，敬畏　神，远离恶事。你虽激动我攻击他，无故地毁灭他，他仍然持守他的纯正。”Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

⁴撒但回答耶和华说：“人以皮代皮，情愿舍去一切所有的，保全性命。“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

⁵你且伸手伤他的骨头和他的肉，他必当面弃掉你。”But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

⁶耶和华对撒但说：“他在你手中，只要存留他的性命。”“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

约伯长毒疮，仍不以口犯罪

⁷于是撒但从耶和华面前退去，击打约伯，使他从脚掌到头顶长毒疮。So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

⁸约伯就坐在炉灰中，拿瓦片刮身体。And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

⁹他的妻子对他说：“你仍然持守你的纯正吗？你弃掉　神，死了吧！”Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

¹⁰约伯却对她说：“你说话像愚顽的妇人一样。嗳！难道我们从　神手里得福，不也受祸吗？”在这一切的事上约伯并不以口犯罪。“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

三个朋友来陪伴

¹¹约伯的三个朋友—提幔人以利法、书亚人比勒达、拿玛人琐法—听说有这一切的灾祸临到他身上，各人就从本处约会同来，为他悲伤，安慰他。Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

¹²他们远远地举目观看，认不出他来，就放声大哭。各人撕裂外袍，把尘土向天扬起来，落在自己的头上。When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

¹³他们就同他七天七夜坐在地上，一个人也不向他说句话，因为他极其痛苦。Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

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约伯咒诅自己的生日

¹此后，约伯开口咒诅自己的生日，After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

²说：And this is what he said:

³愿我生的那日和说怀了男胎的那夜都灭没。“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

⁴愿那日变为黑暗；愿　神不从上面寻找它；愿亮光不照于其上。If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

⁵愿黑暗和死荫索取那日；愿密云停在其上；愿日蚀恐吓它。May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

⁶愿那夜被幽暗夺取，不在年中的日子同乐，也不入月中的数目。If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

⁷愿那夜没有生育，其间也没有欢乐的声音。Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

⁸愿那咒诅日子且能惹动鳄鱼的咒诅那夜。May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

⁹愿那夜黎明的星宿变为黑暗，盼亮却不亮，也不见早晨的光线（原文是眼皮）；May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

¹⁰因没有把怀我胎的门关闭，也没有将患难对我的眼隐藏。For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

为何不出母胎而死

¹¹我为何不出母胎而死？为何不出母腹绝气？Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

¹²为何有膝接收我？为何有奶哺养我？Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

¹³不然，我就早已躺卧安睡，For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

¹⁴和地上为自己重造荒邱的君王、谋士，with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

¹⁵或与有金子、将银子装满了房屋的王子一同安息；or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

¹⁶或像隐而未现、不到期而落的胎，归于无有，如同未见光的婴孩。Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

¹⁷在那里恶人止息搅扰，困乏人得享安息，There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

¹⁸被囚的人同得安逸，不听见督工的声音。The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

¹⁹大小都在那里；奴仆脱离主人的辖制。Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

受苦的人为何有生命

²⁰受患难的人为何有光赐给他呢？心中愁苦的人为何有生命赐给他呢？Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

²¹他们切望死，却不得死；求死，胜于求隐藏的珍宝。who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

²²他们寻见坟墓就快乐，极其欢喜。who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?

²³人的道路既然遮隐，　神又把他四面围困，为何有光赐给他呢？Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

²⁴我未曾吃饭就发出叹息；我唉哼的声音涌出如水。I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

²⁵因我所恐惧的临到我身，我所惧怕的迎我而来。For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

²⁶我不得安逸，不得平静，也不得安息，却有患难来到。I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

保罗被带到公会

³⁰第二天，千夫长为要知道犹太人控告保罗的实情，便解开他，吩咐祭司长和全公会的人都聚集，将保罗带下来，叫他站在他们面前。The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

大祭司吩咐人打保罗

¹保罗定睛看着公会的人，说：“弟兄们，我在　神面前行事为人都是凭着良心，直到今日。”Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”

²大祭司亚拿尼亚就吩咐旁边站着的人打他的嘴。At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

³保罗对他说：“你这粉饰的墙，　神要打你！你坐堂为的是按律法审问我，你竟违背律法，吩咐人打我吗？”Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

⁴站在旁边的人说：“你辱骂　神的大祭司吗？”But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

⁵保罗说：“弟兄们，我不晓得他是大祭司；经上记着说：‘不可毁谤你百姓的官长。’”“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

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我是为盼望死人复活受审

⁶保罗看出大众一半是撒都该人，一半是法利赛人，就在公会中大声说：“弟兄们，我是法利赛人，也是法利赛人的子孙。我现在受审问，是为盼望死人复活。”Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

公会分为两党

⁷说了这话，法利赛人和撒都该人就争论起来，会众分为两党。As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

⁸因为撒都该人说，没有复活，也没有天使和鬼魂；法利赛人却说，两样都有。For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

⁹于是大大地喧嚷起来。有几个法利赛党的文士站起来争辩说：“我们看不出这人有什么恶处，倘若有鬼魂或是天使对他说过话，怎么样呢？”A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

¹⁰那时大起争吵，千夫长恐怕保罗被他们扯碎了，就吩咐兵丁下去，把他从众人当中抢出来，带进营楼去。The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

主站在保罗旁边

¹¹当夜，主站在保罗旁边，说：“放心吧！你怎样在耶路撒冷为我作见证，也必怎样在罗马为我作见证。”The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

四十多人起誓要杀保罗

¹²到了天亮，犹太人同谋起誓，说：“若不先杀保罗就不吃不喝。”When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

¹³这样同心起誓的有四十多人。More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

¹⁴他们来见祭司长和长老，说：“我们已经起了一个大誓，若不先杀保罗就不吃什么。They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

¹⁵现在你们和公会要知会千夫长，叫他带下保罗到你们这里来，假作要详细察考他的事；我们已经预备好了，不等他来到跟前就杀他。”Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”