Job 3

1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

1 后来，约伯开口咒诅自己的生日，

2 And this is what he said:

2 说：

3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

3 “愿我出生的那日和怀我的那夜都灭没。

4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

4 愿那日一片黑暗， 被天上的上帝遗忘， 没有阳光照耀。

5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

5 愿那日被幽暗和浓浓的黑影笼罩， 被密云覆盖， 被阴暗淹没。

6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

6 愿那夜被幽暗吞噬， 不列在年日中， 不算在岁月里。

7 Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

7 愿那夜无人生育， 毫无快乐之声。

8 May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

8 愿那些咒诅白日、 能惹动海怪的人， 咒诅那夜。

9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

9 愿那夜的晨星昏暗， 等不到晨光的出现， 看不见黎明的眼帘。

10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

10 因为那夜没有关闭我母胎的门， 也没有遮住我眼前的患难。

11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

11 “为何我不出生时就夭折， 出母胎时就断气？

12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

12 为何要把我抱在膝上， 用乳汁哺育我？

13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

13 不然我早已安然躺卧、长眠安息，

14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

14 与世上的君王和谋臣作伴——他们为自己建造的宫殿已荒废，

15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

15 与房屋堆满金银的王侯同眠。

16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

16 为何我没有像未见天日就流产的婴儿一样消逝？

17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

17 那里，恶人不再搅扰， 疲惫者得到安息，

18 The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

18 被囚者得到安宁， 听不见监工的斥责。

19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

19 尊贵与卑贱的人都在那里， 奴仆不再受主人的辖制。

20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

20 “为何赐光给受苦的人， 赐生命给心灵痛苦的人？

21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

21 他们等候死亡却等不到， 他们求死胜于求宝藏。

22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?

22 他们归入坟墓时非常快乐， 欣喜若狂。

23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

23 为何赐生命给前路渺茫、 被上帝围困的人？

24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

24 我以叹息为食， 呻吟如水涌流。

25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

25 我害怕的事发生了， 我恐惧的事来临了。

26 I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

26 我不得安宁， 不得平静， 不得安息， 只有患难。”