Job 30

1 “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

1 “但如今，比我年少的人竟嘲笑我， 他们的父亲曾被我鄙视， 连我的牧羊犬都不如。

2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

2 他们精力衰竭， 无力的手于我何益？

3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

3 他们贫穷饥饿，瘦弱不堪， 夜间在干旱荒凉之地啃食。

4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

4 他们在草丛中拔咸草充饥， 以罗腾树根为食。

5 They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

5 他们被赶离人群， 像贼一样被喝斥。

6 so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

6 他们只好住在荒谷， 在地洞和岩穴栖身；

7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

7 在杂草间嚎叫如兽， 在树丛中蜷缩一团。

8 A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

8 他们是愚昧无名之辈， 被人用鞭子赶出境外。

9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

9 “如今，他们竟唱歌讽刺我， 我成了他们的笑柄。

10 They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

10 他们厌恶我，不愿靠近我， 任意朝我脸上吐唾沫。

11 Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

11 因为上帝苦待我，使我毫无力量， 他们才在我面前肆无忌惮。

12 The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

12 这些无赖从右边攻击我， 迫使我逃亡， 他们展开攻势要毁灭我。

13 They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

13 他们截断我的路， 想方设法害我，无人相助。

14 They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

14 他们冲破防线， 从废墟中向我袭来。

15 Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

15 恐惧笼罩着我， 我的尊荣随风而去， 我的荣华如云消散。

16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

16 “如今我的生命将尽， 痛苦的日子抓住我。

17 Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

17 夜间我的骨头刺痛， 啃噬之痛无休无止。

18 With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

18 上帝猛力抓住我的衣服， 紧紧地揪住我的衣领。

19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

19 祂把我扔进淤泥， 使我如尘埃灰烬。

20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

20 “上帝啊！我向你呼求，你不回应； 我站起来，你也不理睬。

21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

21 你变得对我残酷无情， 用你大能的手迫害我，

22 You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

22 把我提到风中，让我被风吹走， 被暴风抛来抛去。

23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

23 我知道你要带我去死亡之地， 那是你为众生所定的归宿。

24 Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

24 “诚然，不幸的人在困境中呼救， 无人会伸手加害他。

25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

25 难道我不曾为受苦的人哭泣， 我的心不曾为穷困者悲伤吗？

26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

26 我盼望幸福，来的却是灾祸； 我期待光明，来的却是黑暗。

27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

27 我心里一直烦乱不安， 苦难的日子迎面袭来。

28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

28 我皮肤发黑，不是因为日晒， 我在会众中站起来呼救。

29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

29 我成了豺狼的兄弟， 鸵鸟的伙伴。

30 My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

30 我的皮肤发黑、脱落， 我的骨头发热，如被火烧。

31 My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

31 我的琴唱出哀乐， 我的箫奏出悲鸣。