Job 31

1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

1 “我跟自己的眼睛立了约， 决不贪看女色。

2 For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

2 天上的上帝所定的是什么？ 高处的全能者赐下什么产业？

3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

3 岂不是降灾难给不义之人， 降祸患给作恶的人？

4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

4 上帝岂不鉴察我走的路， 数算我的脚步？

5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

5 我何曾与虚假同行， 疾步追随诡诈？

6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

6 愿上帝把我放在公义的天平上称量， 让祂知道我的清白。

7 If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

7 倘若我的脚偏离正路， 贪图眼目之欲， 或手上粘着罪污，

8 then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

8 愿我种的庄稼被别人享用， 我田中的出产被连根拔起。

9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

9 我的心若迷恋女人， 在邻居的门口窥探，

10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

10 愿我妻子为别人推磨， 愿别人与她同房。

11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

11 因为这是大恶， 是当受审判的罪，

12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

12 是烧向灭亡的火焰， 会吞噬我所有家业。

13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

13 我的仆婢告我， 我也会讲公道，

14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

14 否则上帝追究，我怎么办？ 祂审问我，我如何回答？

15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

15 在母腹创造我的，岂不也创造了他们？ 岂不是同一位使我们在母腹中成胎？

16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

16 我何曾拒绝穷人的请求， 或使寡妇眼露失望之情，

17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

17 或独吞我的食物， 不与孤儿同享？

18 though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

18 我自幼就如父亲般抚养孤儿， 我自出母胎就照顾寡妇。

19 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

19 倘若我见有人冻得要死， 或有穷人衣不蔽体，

20 if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

20 却没有把我的羊毛给他们御寒， 以致他们向我道谢；

21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

21 倘若我仗着在城门口有势力， 就动手欺负孤儿，

22 then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

22 情愿我的肩膀从肩胛脱落， 我的手臂从手肘折断。

23 For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

23 因为我惧怕上帝降灾祸， 我无法承担祂的威严。

24 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

24 “我若仰仗金子， 依靠纯金，

25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

25 因财富充裕、 或家产丰足而欢喜；

26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

26 我若见太阳发光， 明月在天上移动，

27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

27 就暗自心生迷恋， 向它们吻手示敬，

28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

28 就是犯了当受审判的罪恶， 因为这是背弃天上的上帝。

29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

29 “我何曾因敌人遭殃而欢喜， 因他们遇祸而快乐？

30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

30 我从未咒诅他们丧命， 以致我的口犯罪。

31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

31 住在我帐篷中的人， 谁没饱餐我的肉食呢？

32 but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

32 我的家门向路人敞开， 从未有旅客露宿街头。

33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

33 我何曾像亚当一样遮掩我的过犯， 将罪恶藏在怀中，

34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

34 因害怕群众， 畏惧族人的藐视， 就默不作声、闭门不出？

35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

35 “但愿有人听我申诉！ 看啊，我在这里画押，愿全能者回答我！ 愿我的控诉者写好状词！

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

36 我会把状词披在肩上， 如冠冕一般戴在头上。

37 I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

37 我会像王者一样到祂面前， 向祂交代我的一切所为。

38 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

38 “若我的田地向我喊冤， 条条犁沟一同哭诉；

39 if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

39 若我白吃地的出产， 或使地的主人丧命，

40 then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

40 愿地长出蒺藜而非麦子， 长出杂草而非大麦。” 约伯的话说完了。