约伯记 29

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1约伯又接着说:And Job continued his discourse:

2惟愿我的景况如从前的月份,如 神保守我的日子。“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

3那时他的灯照在我头上;我借他的光行过黑暗。when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

4我愿如壮年的时候:那时我在帐棚中, 神待我有密友之情;when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

5全能者仍与我同在;我的儿女都环绕我。when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6奶多可洗我的脚;磐石为我出油成河。when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

7我出到,在街上设立座位;When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

8少年人见我而回避,老年人也起身站立;the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

9王子都停止说话,用手捂口;The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

10首领静默无声,舌头贴住上膛。The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

11耳朵听我的,就称我有福;眼睛看我的,便称赞我;For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

12因我拯救哀求的困苦人和无人帮助的孤儿。because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

13将要灭亡的为我祝福;我也使寡妇心中欢乐。The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

14我以公义为衣服,以公平为外袍和冠冕。I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

15我为瞎子的眼,瘸子的脚。I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

16我为穷乏人的父;素不认识的人,我查明他的案件。I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

17我打破不义之人的,从他牙齿中夺了所抢的。I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

18我便说:我必死在家中(原文是窝中),必增添我的日子,多如尘沙。So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

19我的根长到水边;露水终夜沾在我的枝上。My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

20我的荣耀在身上增新;我的弓在手中日强。My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

21人听见我而仰望,静默等候我的指教。Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

22我说话之后,他们就不再说;我的言语像雨露滴在他们身上。After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

23他们仰望我如仰望雨,又张开口如切慕。They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

24他们不敢自信,我就向他们含笑;他们不使我脸上的光改变。If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

25我为他们选择道路,又坐首位;我如君王在军队中居住,又如吊丧的安慰伤心的人。I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.