今日读经

惟愿我能寻见神

¹约伯回答说：Then Job answered:

²如今我的哀告还算为悖逆；我的责罚比我的唉哼还重。“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

³惟愿我能知道在哪里可以寻见　神，能到他的台前，If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

⁴我就在他面前将我的案件陈明，满口辩白。I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵我必知道他回答我的言语，明白他向我所说的话。I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

⁶他岂用大能与我争辩吗？必不这样！他必理会我。Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

⁷在他那里正直人可以与他辩论；这样，我必永远脱离那审判我的。Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

前后左右都寻不见

⁸只是，我往前行，他不在那里，往后退，也不能见他。If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

⁹他在左边行事，我却不能看见，在右边隐藏，我也不能见他。When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

试炼之后必如精金

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

相关经文 ›

¹¹我脚追随他的步履；我谨守他的道，并不偏离。My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

¹²他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背弃；我看重他口中的言语，过于我需用的饮食。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，谁能使他转意呢？他心里所愿的，就行出来。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；这类的事他还有许多。For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

¹⁵所以我在他面前惊惶；我思念这事便惧怕他。Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

¹⁶神使我丧胆；全能者使我惊惶。God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

¹⁷我的恐惧不是因为黑暗，也不是因为幽暗蒙蔽我的脸。Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

为何不使人看见审判的日子

¹全能者既定期罚恶，为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

穷人受欺压

²有人挪移地界，抢夺群畜而牧养。Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

³他们拉去孤儿的驴，强取寡妇的牛为当头。They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

⁴他们使穷人离开正道；世上的贫民尽都隐藏。They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

⁵这些贫穷人如同野驴出到旷野，殷勤寻找食物；他们靠着野地给儿女糊口，Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

⁶收割别人田间的禾稼，摘取恶人余剩的葡萄，They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

⁷终夜赤身无衣，天气寒冷毫无遮盖，Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

⁸在山上被大雨淋湿，因没有避身之处就挨近磐石。Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

⁹又有人从母怀中抢夺孤儿，强取穷人的衣服为当头，The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

¹⁰使人赤身无衣，到处流行，且因饥饿扛抬禾捆，Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

¹¹在那些人的围墙内造油，榨酒，自己还口渴。They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

¹²在多民的城内有人唉哼，受伤的人哀号；　神却不理会那恶人的愚妄。From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

背弃光明的人

¹³又有人背弃光明，不认识光明的道，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杀人的黎明起来，杀害困苦穷乏人，夜间又作盗贼。When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

¹⁵奸夫等候黄昏，说：必无眼能见我，就把脸蒙蔽。The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

¹⁶盗贼黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，并不认识光明。In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

¹⁷他们看早晨如幽暗，因为他们晓得幽暗的惊骇。For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!

恶人终必消没

¹⁸这些恶人犹如浮萍快快飘去。他们所得的分在世上被咒诅；他们不得再走葡萄园的路。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.

相关经文 ›

¹⁹干旱炎热消没雪水；阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈。As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

²⁰怀他的母（原文是胎）要忘记他；虫子要吃他，觉得甘甜；他不再被人记念。不义的人必如树折断。The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

²¹他恶待（或译：他吞灭）不怀孕不生养的妇人，不善待寡妇。They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

²²然而　神用能力保全有势力的人；那性命难保的人仍然兴起。Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

²³神使他们安稳，他们就有所倚靠；　神的眼目也看顾他们的道路。He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

²⁴他们被高举，不过片时就没有了；他们降为卑，被除灭，与众人一样，又如谷穗被割。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若不是这样，谁能证实我是说谎的，将我的言语驳为虚空呢？If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

比勒达：人在神面前怎能称义

¹书亚人比勒达回答说：Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

²神有治理之权，有威严可畏；他在高处施行和平。“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

³他的诸军岂能数算？他的光亮一发，谁不蒙照呢？Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

⁴这样在　神面前，人怎能称义？妇人所生的怎能洁净？How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

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

⁶何况如虫的人，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!”

岛上的土人接待他们

¹我们既已得救，才知道那岛名叫马耳他。Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

²土人看待我们，有非常的情分；因为当时下雨，天气又冷，就生火接待我们众人。The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

毒蛇咬住保罗的手

³那时，保罗拾起一捆柴，放在火上，有一条毒蛇，因为热了出来，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土人看见那毒蛇悬在他手上，就彼此说：“这人必是个凶手，虽然从海里救上来，天理还不容他活着。”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保罗竟把那毒蛇甩在火里，并没有受伤。But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

⁶土人想他必要肿起来，或是忽然仆倒死了；看了多时，见他无害，就转念，说：“他是个　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.

医治部百流的父亲

⁷离那地方不远，有田产是岛长部百流的；他接纳我们，尽情款待三日。Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

⁸当时，部百流的父亲患热病和痢疾躺着。保罗进去，为他祷告，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.

岛上的病人都得医治

⁹从此，岛上其余的病人也来，得了医治。After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

¹⁰他们又多方地尊敬我们；到了开船的时候，也把我们所需用的送到船上。The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.