Job 19

1 Then Job answered:

1 约伯回答说：

2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

2 “你们要折磨我多久？ 用言语压碎我到何时？

3 Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

3 你们侮辱我已有十次之多， 苦待我也不以为耻。

4 Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

4 即使我真有过错， 也由我独自承担。

5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

5 你们若真要妄自尊大， 利用我的耻辱来指责我，

6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

6 也该知道是上帝冤枉了我， 用网罗套住我。

7 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

7 我喊冤，却无人回应； 我呼救，却不见公道。

8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

8 上帝筑起墙垒，阻断我的路， 祂使黑暗笼罩我的路途。

9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

9 祂剥去我的荣耀， 摘走我头上的冠冕。

10 He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

10 祂从四面攻击我，直到我消逝； 祂把我的希望像树一样连根拔除。

11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

11 祂向我发烈怒， 视我为仇敌。

12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

12 祂的大军蜂拥而来， 筑起围城坡道攻击我， 在我帐篷四周扎营。

13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

13 “祂使我的弟兄远离我， 我的熟人完全背弃我。

14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

14 我的亲属离开我， 我的挚友忘记我。

15 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

15 我的客人和婢女都视我如陌路， 把我当作外族人。

16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

16 我呼唤仆人，他却不回应； 我开口哀求，他也不理睬。

17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

17 我妻子厌恶我的气息， 我的手足都嫌弃我。

18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

18 连小孩子都鄙视我； 我一出现，他们就嘲笑我。

19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

19 我的密友都憎恶我， 我爱的人也反对我。

20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

20 我瘦得只剩下皮包骨， 我离死亡仅一线之隔 。

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

21 “我的朋友啊，可怜我吧！可怜我吧！ 因为上帝的手击打我。

22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

22 你们为何像上帝一样逼我？ 为何吃了我的肉还不满足？

23 I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

23 但愿把我的话写下来， 记录在书卷上，

24 by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

24 用铁笔和铅镌刻在磐石上， 直存到永远。

25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

25 我知道我的救赎主活着， 最后祂必站在地上。

26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

26 我的皮肉虽然要朽烂， 但我必活着 见上帝。

27 I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

27 我要亲自见祂， 我要亲眼见祂。 我心中充满渴望！

28 If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

28 你们说祸根在我身上， 还想继续迫害我。

29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

29 你们自己应当畏惧刀剑， 因为烈怒会带来刀剑的惩罚， 那时你们将知道有审判。”