Job 24

1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

1 “全能者为何不定下审判的日期？ 为何认识祂的人要空等一场？

2 Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

2 恶人挪移界石， 抢夺羊群去牧养。

3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

3 他们牵走孤儿的驴， 强取寡妇的牛作抵押。

4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

4 他们把贫民赶离正路， 地上的穷人被迫东躲西藏。

5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

5 穷人如荒漠中的野驴， 在荒地殷勤觅食，给儿女糊口。

6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

6 他们割田间的草料， 摘恶人剩余的葡萄。

7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

7 他们整夜赤身露体， 没有被子可以御寒。

8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

8 他们被山雨浇透， 只能在岩石下栖身。

9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

9 恶人夺去寡母怀中的孤儿， 强取穷人的孩子作抵押，

10 Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

10 使他们赤身露体地流浪， 饿着肚子扛禾捆。

11 They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

11 他们在恶人的橄榄林中榨油， 在酒池踩踏，却受干渴之苦。

12 From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

12 城中传来垂死之人的呻吟， 受伤者不断呼救， 上帝却置之不理。

13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

13 “有人与光明为敌， 不认识光明之道， 也不走光明之路。

14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

14 凶手黎明起来， 杀害贫苦的人， 夜晚又去做贼。

15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

15 奸夫的眼睛盼着黄昏， 心想，‘没人会看见我’， 并把脸蒙起来。

16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

16 盗贼夜间挖墙行窃， 日间躲藏起来， 不想认识光明。

17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!

17 因为他们把暗夜当白昼， 他们熟知暗夜的恐怖。

18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.

18 “恶人如水上的泡沫。 他们的产业被咒诅， 无人踏足其葡萄园。

19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

19 阴间吞噬犯罪之人， 如同干热吞噬融雪。

20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

20 他们的生母忘记他们， 虫子在他们身上饱餐。 没有人再记得他们， 恶人像树木一样折断。

21 They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

21 他们恶待不育的妇人， 毫不善待寡妇。

22 Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

22 但上帝用大能掳走权贵， 他们再强大也难保性命。

23 He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

23 上帝让他们暂享安逸， 但他们逃不过祂的眼睛。

24 They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

24 他们一时得势，转瞬消逝； 他们沦为卑贱，像其他人一样灭亡， 像麦穗一样被割掉。

25 If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

25 我说的都是实情，谁能否认？ 谁能证明我的话是空谈？”