约伯记 Job 9

1 Then Job answered,
1 约伯回答说，

2 "In truth I know that this is so; but how can a man be in the right before God?
2 我真知道是这样。但人在神面前怎能成为义呢。

3 If one wished to dispute with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
3 若愿意与他争辩，千中之一也不能回答。

4 Wise in heart and mighty in strength, who has defied Him without harm?
4 他心里有智慧，且大有能力。谁向神刚硬而得亨通呢。

5 It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, when He overturns them in His anger;
5 他发怒，把山翻倒挪移，山并不知觉。

6 who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
6 他使地震动，离其本位，地的柱子就摇撼。

7 who commands the sun not to shine, and sets a seal upon the stars;
7 他吩咐日头不出来，就不出来，又封闭众星。

8 who alone stretches out the heavens and tramples down the waves of the sea;
8 他独自铺张苍天，步行在海浪之上。

9 who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
9 他造北斗、叁星、昴星，并南方的密宫。

10 who does great things, unfathomable, and wondrous works without number.
10 他行大事，不可测度，行奇事，不可胜数。

11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
11 他从我旁边经过，我却不看见。他在我面前行走，我倒不知觉。

12 Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
12 他夺取，谁能阻挡。谁敢问他，你做什么。

13 God will not turn back His anger; beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.
13 神必不收回他的怒气。扶助拉哈伯的，屈身在他以下。

14 "How then can I answer Him, and choose my words before Him?
14 既是这样，我怎敢回答他，怎敢选择言语与他辩论呢。

15 For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my Judge.
15 我虽有义，也不回答他。只要向那审判我的恳求。

16 If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
16 我若呼吁，他应允我。我仍不信他真听我的声音。

17 For He bruises me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
17 他用暴风折断我，无故地加增我的损伤。

18 He will not allow me to get my breath, but saturates me with bitterness.
18 我就是喘一口气，他都不容，倒使我满心苦恼。

19 If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
19 若论力量，他真有能力。若论审判，他说谁能将我传来呢。

20 Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; though I am guiltless, He will declare me perverse.
20 我虽有义，自己的口要定我为有罪。我虽完全，我口必显我为弯曲。

21 I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life.
21 我本完全，不顾自己。我厌恶我的性命。

22 "It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.'
22 善恶无分，都是一样。所以我说，完全人和恶人，他都灭绝。

23 If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
23 若忽然遭杀害之祸，他必戏笑无辜的人遇难。

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
24 世界交在恶人手中。蒙蔽世界审判官的脸，若不是他，是谁呢。

25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
25 我的日子比跑信的更快，急速过去，不见福乐。

26 They slip by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
26 我的日子过去如快船，如急落抓食的鹰。

27 Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,'
27 我若说，我要忘记我的哀情，除去我的愁容，心中畅快。

28 I am afraid of all my pains; I know that You will not acquit me.
28 我因愁苦而惧怕，知道你必不以我为无辜。

29 I am accounted wicked; why then should I toil in vain?
29 我必被你定为有罪，我何必徒然劳苦呢。

30 If I should wash myself with snow water and cleanse my hands with lye,
30 我若用雪水洗身，用硷洁净我的手。

31 yet You would plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes would abhor me.
31 你还要扔我在坑里，我的衣服都憎恶我。

32 For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, that we may go to court together.
32 他本不像我是人，使我可以回答他，又使我们可以同听审判。

33 There is no umpire between us, who may lay his hand upon us both.
33 我们中间没有听讼的人，可以向我们两造按手。

34 Let Him remove His rod from me, and let not dread of Him terrify me.
34 愿他把杖离开我，不使惊惶威吓我。

35 Then I would speak and not fear Him; but I am not like that in myself.
35 我就说话，也不惧怕他，现在我却不是那样。