Job 14

1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

1 “人为妇人所生， 一生短暂，充满患难。

2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

2 他如花盛开，转眼凋谢； 如影消逝，无法久留。

3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

3 你还察看这样的世人吗？ 还要把我带来受审吗？

4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

4 谁能使污秽产生洁净呢？ 没有人能。

5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

5 人的年日已被限定， 你掌管他的岁月， 设定他无法逾越的界限。

6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

6 求你转身，别去管他， 好让他如雇工度完他的日子。

7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

7 树木若被砍下，还有希望， 它仍可重新萌芽， 嫩枝生长不息。

8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

8 虽然树根在土里衰老， 树桩在地里死去，

9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

9 但一有水气， 它就会像新栽的树一样发芽长枝。

10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

10 但人一死，就失去力量； 人一咽气，就不知去向。

11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

11 湖水会枯竭， 江河会干涸，

12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

12 人躺下便不再起来， 到诸天不复存在， 他仍不会醒来， 不会从长眠中被唤醒。

13 If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

13 但愿你把我藏在阴间， 把我藏起来直到你息怒， 定下眷顾我的日期。

14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

14 人若死了，还能复生吗？ 我要在劳苦的岁月中等待， 直到我得释放的日子来临。

15 You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

15 那时你呼唤，我便回应， 你必惦念你亲手所造之物。

16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

16 那时你必数算我的脚步， 但不会追究我的罪恶。

17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

17 我的过犯会被封在袋中， 你会遮盖我的罪愆。

18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

18 “高山崩塌， 磐石挪移；

19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

19 流水磨损石头， 急流冲走泥土； 你也这样粉碎人的希望。

20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

20 你永远击败他，使他消逝； 你改变他的容颜，让他离世。

21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

21 他的后人得尊荣，他无从知晓； 他们遭贬抑，他也无法察觉。

22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

22 他只感受到自身的痛苦， 只为自己哀哭。”