Job 23

1 Then Job answered:

1 约伯回答说：

2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

2 如今我的哀告还算为悖逆； 我的责罚比我的唉哼还重。

3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

3 惟愿我能知道在哪里可以寻见 神， 能到他的台前，

4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

4 我就在他面前将我的案件陈明， 满口辩白。

5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

5 我必知道他回答我的言语， 明白他向我所说的话。

6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

6 他岂用大能与我争辩吗？ 必不这样！他必理会我。

7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

7 在他那里正直人可以与他辩论； 这样，我必永远脱离那审判我的。

8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

8 只是，我往前行，他不在那里， 往后退，也不能见他。

9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

9 他在左边行事，我却不能看见， 在右边隐藏，我也不能见他。

10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

10 然而他知道我所行的路； 他试炼我之后，我必如精金。

11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

11 我脚追随他的步履； 我谨守他的道，并不偏离。

12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

12 他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背弃； 我看重他口中的言语，过于我需用的饮食。

13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

13 只是他心志已定，谁能使他转意呢？ 他心里所愿的，就行出来。

14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

14 他向我所定的，就必做成； 这类的事他还有许多。

15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

15 所以我在他面前惊惶； 我思念这事便惧怕他。

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

16 神使我丧胆； 全能者使我惊惶。

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17 我的恐惧不是因为黑暗， 也不是因为幽暗蒙蔽我的脸。