今日读经

如今连卑贱人都戏笑我

¹但如今，比我年少的人戏笑我；其人之父我曾藐视，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他们壮年的气力既已衰败，其手之力与我何益呢？What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

³他们因穷乏饥饿，身体枯瘦，在荒废凄凉的幽暗中，啃干燥之地，Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

⁴在草丛之中采咸草，罗腾（小树名，松类）的根为他们的食物。They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

⁵他们从人中被赶出；人追喊他们如贼一般，They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

⁶以致他们住在荒谷之间，在地洞和岩穴中；so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

⁷在草丛中叫唤，在荆棘下聚集。They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

⁸这都是愚顽下贱人的儿女；他们被鞭打，赶出境外。A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

他们以我为笑谈

⁹现在这些人以我为歌曲，以我为笑谈。And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

¹⁰他们厌恶我，躲在旁边站着，不住地吐唾沫在我脸上。They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

¹¹松开他们的绳索苦待我，在我面前脱去辔头。Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

¹²这等下流人在我右边起来，推开我的脚，筑成战路来攻击我。The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

¹³这些无人帮助的，毁坏我的道，加增我的灾。They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

¹⁴他们来如同闯进大破口，在毁坏之间滚在我身上。They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

¹⁵惊恐临到我，驱逐我的尊荣如风；我的福禄如云过去。Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

困苦的日子将我抓住

¹⁶现在我心极其悲伤；困苦的日子将我抓住。And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

¹⁷夜间，我里面的骨头刺我，疼痛不止，好像啃我。Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

¹⁸因　神的大力，我的外衣污秽不堪，又如里衣的领子将我缠住。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，我就像尘土和炉灰一般。He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

我呼求你，你不应允

²⁰主啊，我呼求你，你不应允我；我站起来，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你向我变心，待我残忍，又用大能追逼我，You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

²²把我提在风中，使我驾风而行，又使我消灭在烈风中。You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

²³我知道要使我临到死地，到那为众生所定的阴宅。Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

²⁴然而，人仆倒岂不伸手？遇灾难岂不求救呢？Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

²⁵人遭难，我岂不为他哭泣呢？人穷乏，我岂不为他忧愁呢？Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

²⁶我仰望得好处，灾祸就到了；我等待光明，黑暗便来了。But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

²⁷我心里烦扰不安，困苦的日子临到我身。I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

²⁸我没有日光就哀哭行去（或译：我面发黑并非因日晒）；我在会中站着求救。I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

²⁹我与野狗为弟兄，与鸵鸟为同伴。I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

³⁰我的皮肤黑而脱落；我的骨头因热烧焦。My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

³¹所以，我的琴音变为悲音；我的箫声变为哭声。My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

我与眼睛立约

¹我与眼睛立约，怎能恋恋瞻望处女呢？“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

²从至上的　神所得之分，从至高全能者所得之业是什么呢？For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

³岂不是祸患临到不义的，灾害临到作孽的呢？Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

⁴神岂不是察看我的道路，数点我的脚步呢？Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

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若我与虚谎同行

⁵我若与虚谎同行，脚若追随诡诈；If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

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

⁷我的脚步若偏离正路，我的心若随着我的眼目，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就愿我所种的有别人吃，我田所产的被拔出来。then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

若我向妇人起淫念

⁹我若受迷惑，向妇人起淫念，在邻舍的门外蹲伏，If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

¹⁰就愿我的妻子给别人推磨，别人也与她同室。then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

¹¹因为这是大罪，是审判官当罚的罪孽。For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

¹²这本是火焚烧，直到毁灭，必拔除我所有的家产。For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

若我藐视仆婢

¹³我的仆婢与我争辩的时候，我若藐视不听他们的情节；If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

¹⁴神兴起，我怎样行呢？他察问，我怎样回答呢？what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

¹⁵造我在腹中的，不也是造他吗？将他与我抟在腹中的岂不是一位吗？Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

若我不顾穷人

¹⁶我若不容贫寒人得其所愿，或叫寡妇眼中失望，If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

¹⁷或独自吃我一点食物，孤儿没有与我同吃；if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

¹⁸（从幼年时孤儿与我同长，好像父子一样；我从出母腹就扶助（原文是引领）寡妇。）though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

¹⁹我若见人因无衣死亡，或见穷乏人身无遮盖；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，为我祝福；if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

²¹我若在城门口见有帮助我的，举手攻击孤儿；if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

²²情愿我的肩头从缺盆骨脱落，我的膀臂从羊矢骨折断。then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

²³因　神降的灾祸使我恐惧；因他的威严，我不能妄为。For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

若我倚靠黄金、拜日月

²⁴我若以黄金为指望，对精金说：你是我的倚靠；If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

²⁵我若因财物丰裕，因我手多得资财而欢喜；if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

²⁶我若见太阳发光，明月行在空中，if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

²⁷心就暗暗被引诱，口便亲手；so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

²⁸这也是审判官当罚的罪孽，又是我背弃在上的　神。this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

若我幸灾乐祸

²⁹我若见恨我的遭报就欢喜，见他遭灾便高兴；If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

³⁰（我没有容口犯罪，咒诅他的生命；）I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

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³¹若我帐棚的人未尝说，谁不以主人的食物吃饱呢？if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

³²（从来我没有容客旅在街上住宿，却开门迎接行路的人；）but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

³³我若像亚当（或译：别人）遮掩我的过犯，将罪孽藏在怀中；if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

³⁴因惧怕大众，又因宗族藐视我使我惊恐，以致闭口无言，杜门不出；because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

惟愿有一位肯听我

³⁵惟愿有一位肯听我！（看哪，在这里有我所划的押，愿全能者回答我！）(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

³⁶愿那敌我者所写的状词在我这里！我必带在肩上，又绑在头上为冠冕。Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

³⁷我必向他述说我脚步的数目，必如君王进到他面前。I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

若我夺取田地

³⁸我若夺取田地，这地向我喊冤，犁沟一同哭泣；if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

³⁹我若吃地的出产不给价值，或叫原主丧命；if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

⁴⁰愿这地长蒺藜代替麦子，长恶草代替大麦。约伯的话说完了。then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

三个朋友不再回答

¹于是这三个人，因约伯自以为义就不再回答他。So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

奉召传神福音的使徒

¹耶稣基督的仆人保罗，奉召为使徒，特派传　神的福音。Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

²这福音是　神从前借众先知在圣经上所应许的，the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

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论到神的儿子耶稣基督

³论到他儿子—我主耶稣基督。按肉体说，是从大卫后裔生的；regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

⁴按圣善的灵说，因从死里复活，以大能显明是　神的儿子。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我们从他受了恩惠并使徒的职分，在万国之中叫人为他的名信服真道；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其中也有你们这蒙召属耶稣基督的人。And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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问候罗马的圣徒

⁷我写信给你们在罗马、为　神所爱、奉召作圣徒的众人。愿恩惠、平安从我们的父　神并主耶稣基督归与你们！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.

为罗马信徒感谢神

⁸第一，我靠着耶稣基督，为你们众人感谢我的　神，因你们的信德传遍了天下。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我在他儿子福音上，用心灵所事奉的　神可以见证，我怎样不住地提到你们；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在祷告之间常常恳求，或者照　神的旨意，终能得平坦的道路往你们那里去。in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

切切地想见你们

¹¹因为我切切地想见你们，要把些属灵的恩赐分给你们，使你们可以坚固；For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

¹²这样，我在你们中间，因你与我彼此的信心，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弟兄们，我不愿意你们不知道，我屡次定意往你们那里去，要在你们中间得些果子，如同在其余的外邦人中一样；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.

我欠众人福音的债

¹⁴无论是希腊人、化外人、聪明人、愚拙人，我都欠他们的债，I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

¹⁵所以情愿尽我的力量，将福音也传给你们在罗马的人。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我不以福音为耻；这福音本是　神的大能，要救一切相信的，先是犹太人，后是希腊人。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因为　神的义正在这福音上显明出来；这义是本于信，以至于信。如经上所记：“义人必因信得生。”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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