Job 24

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

1 全能者既定期罚恶， 为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？

2 Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

2 有人挪移地界， 抢夺群畜而牧养。

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

3 他们拉去孤儿的驴， 强取寡妇的牛为当头。

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

4 他们使穷人离开正道； 世上的贫民尽都隐藏。

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

5 这些贫穷人如同野驴出到旷野，殷勤寻找食物； 他们靠着野地给儿女糊口，

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

6 收割别人田间的禾稼， 摘取恶人余剩的葡萄，

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

7 终夜赤身无衣， 天气寒冷毫无遮盖，

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

8 在山上被大雨淋湿， 因没有避身之处就挨近磐石。

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

9 又有人从母怀中抢夺孤儿， 强取穷人的衣服为当头，

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

10 使人赤身无衣，到处流行， 且因饥饿扛抬禾捆，

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

11 在那些人的围墙内造油，榨酒， 自己还口渴。

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

12 在多民的城内有人唉哼， 受伤的人哀号； 神却不理会那恶人的愚妄。

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

13 又有人背弃光明， 不认识光明的道， 不住在光明的路上。

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

14 杀人的黎明起来， 杀害困苦穷乏人， 夜间又作盗贼。

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

15 奸夫等候黄昏， 说：必无眼能见我， 就把脸蒙蔽。

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

16 盗贼黑夜挖窟窿； 白日躲藏， 并不认识光明。

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

17 他们看早晨如幽暗， 因为他们晓得幽暗的惊骇。

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 这些恶人犹如浮萍快快飘去。 他们所得的分在世上被咒诅； 他们不得再走葡萄园的路。

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

19 干旱炎热消没雪水； 阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈。

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

20 怀他的母 要忘记他； 虫子要吃他，觉得甘甜； 他不再被人记念。 不义的人必如树折断。

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

21 他恶待 不怀孕不生养的妇人， 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 然而 神用能力保全有势力的人； 那性命难保的人仍然兴起。

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

23 神使他们安稳，他们就有所倚靠； 神的眼目也看顾他们的道路。

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 他们被高举，不过片时就没有了； 他们降为卑，被除灭，与众人一样， 又如谷穗被割。

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

25 若不是这样，谁能证实我是说谎的， 将我的言语驳为虚空呢？