約伯記 14
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1人為婦人所生， 日子短少，多有患難；
1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2出來如花，又被割下， 飛去如影，不能存留。
2He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3這樣的人你豈睜眼看他嗎？ 又叫我來受審嗎？
3And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
4誰能使潔淨之物出於污穢之中呢？ 無論誰也不能！
4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5人的日子既然限定， 他的月數在你那裏， 你也派定他的界限，使他不能越過，
5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6便求你轉眼不看他，使他得歇息， 直等他像雇工人完畢他的日子。
6Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7樹若被砍下， 還可指望發芽， 嫩枝生長不息；
7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8其根雖然衰老在地裏， 幹也死在土中，
8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9及至得了水氣，還要發芽， 又長枝條，像新栽的樹一樣。
9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
10但人死亡而消滅； 他氣絕，竟在何處呢？
10But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
11海中的水絕盡， 江河消散乾涸。
11As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
12人也是如此，躺下不再起來， 等到天沒有了，仍不得復醒， 也不得從睡中喚醒。
12So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
13惟願你把我藏在陰間， 存於隱密處，等你的忿怒過去； 願你為我定了日期，記念我。
13Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! —
14人若死了豈能 再 活呢？ 我只要在我一切爭戰的日子， 等我被釋放的時候來到。
14If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
15你呼叫，我便回答； 你手所做的，你必羨慕。
15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
16但如今你數點我的腳步， 豈不窺察我的罪過嗎？
16But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
17我的過犯被你封在囊中， 也縫嚴了我的罪孽。
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18山崩變為無有； 磐石挪開原處。
18And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19水流消磨石頭， 所流溢的洗去地上的塵土； 你也照樣滅絕人的指望。
19The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
20你攻擊人常常得勝，使他去世； 你改變他的容貌，叫他往而不回。
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21他兒子得尊榮，他也不知道， 降為卑，他也不覺得。
21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
22但知身上疼痛， 心中悲哀。
22But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.
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