Job 31

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

1 我與眼睛立約， 怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢？

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

2 從至上的上帝所得之分， 從至高全能者所得之業是甚麼呢？

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

3 豈不是禍患臨到不義的， 災害臨到作孽的呢？

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

4 上帝豈不是察看我的道路， 數點我的腳步呢？

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

5 我若與虛謊同行， 腳若追隨詭詐； （

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

6 我若被公道的天平稱度， 使上帝可以知道我的純正；）

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 我的腳步若偏離正路， 我的心若隨着我的眼目， 若有玷污粘在我手上；

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

8 就願我所種的有別人吃， 我田所產的被拔出來。

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

9 我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念， 在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，

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

10 就願我的妻子給別人推磨， 別人也與她同室。

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

11 因為這是大罪， 是審判官當罰的罪孽。

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

12 這本是火焚燒，直到毀滅， 必拔除我所有的家產。

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

13 我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候， 我若藐視不聽他們的情節；

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

14 上帝興起，我怎樣行呢？ 他察問，我怎樣回答呢？

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

15 造我在腹中的，不也是造他嗎？ 將他與我摶在腹中的豈不是一位嗎？

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

16 我若不容貧寒人得其所願， 或叫寡婦眼中失望，

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

17 或獨自吃我一點食物， 孤兒沒有與我同吃； （

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

18 從幼年時孤兒與我同長，好像父子一樣； 我從出母腹就扶助 寡婦。）

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

19 我若見人因無衣死亡， 或見窮乏人身無遮蓋；

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

20 我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖， 為我祝福；

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

21 我若在城門口見有幫助我的， 舉手攻擊孤兒；

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

22 情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落， 我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。

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

23 因上帝降的災禍使我恐懼； 因他的威嚴，我不能妄為。

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

24 我若以黃金為指望， 對精金說：你是我的倚靠；

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

25 我若因財物豐裕， 因我手多得資財而歡喜；

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

26 我若見太陽發光， 明月行在空中，

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

27 心就暗暗被引誘， 口便親手；

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

28 這也是審判官當罰的罪孽， 又是我背棄在上的上帝。

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

29 我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜， 見他遭災便高興； （

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

30 我沒有容口犯罪， 咒詛他的生命；）

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

31 若我帳棚的人未嘗說， 誰不以主人的食物吃飽呢？ （

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

32 從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿， 卻開門迎接行路的人；）

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

33 我若像亞當 遮掩我的過犯， 將罪孽藏在懷中；

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 因懼怕大眾， 又因宗族藐視我使我驚恐， 以致閉口無言，杜門不出；

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 惟願有一位肯聽我！ （看哪，在這裏有我所劃的押， 願全能者回答我！）

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

36 願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裏！ 我必帶在肩上，又綁在頭上為冠冕。

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

37 我必向他述說我腳步的數目， 必如君王進到他面前。

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

38 我若奪取田地，這地向我喊冤， 犂溝一同哭泣；

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

39 我若吃地的出產不給價值， 或叫原主喪命；

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

40 願這地長蒺藜代替麥子， 長惡草代替大麥。 約伯的話說完了。