Job 39

1 “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

1 山巖間的野山羊幾時生產，你知道嗎？ 母鹿下犢之期，你能察定嗎？

2 Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

2 牠們懷胎的月數，你能數算嗎？ 牠們幾時生產，你能曉得嗎？

3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

3 牠們屈身，將子生下， 就除掉疼痛。

4 Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

4 這子漸漸肥壯，在荒野長大， 去而不回。

5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

5 誰放野驢出去自由？ 誰解開快驢的繩索？

6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

6 我使曠野作牠的住處， 使鹹地當牠的居所。

7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

7 牠嗤笑城內的喧嚷， 不聽趕牲口的喝聲。

8 He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

8 遍山是牠的草場； 牠尋找各樣青綠之物。

9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

9 野牛豈肯服事你？ 豈肯住在你的槽旁？

10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

10 你豈能用套繩將野牛籠在犂溝之間？ 牠豈肯隨你耙山谷之地？

11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

11 豈可因牠的力大就倚靠牠？ 豈可把你的工交給牠做嗎？

12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

12 豈可信靠牠把你的糧食運到家， 又收聚你禾場上的穀嗎？

13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

13 鴕鳥的翅膀歡然搧展， 豈是顯慈愛的翎毛和羽毛嗎？

14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

14 因牠把蛋留在地上， 在塵土中使得溫暖；

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

15 卻想不到被腳踹碎， 或被野獸踐踏。

16 She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

16 牠忍心待雛，似乎不是自己的； 雖然徒受勞苦，也不為雛懼怕；

17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

17 因為上帝使牠沒有智慧， 也未將悟性賜給牠。

18 Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

18 牠幾時挺身展開翅膀， 就嗤笑馬和騎馬的人。

19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

19 馬的大力是你所賜的嗎？ 牠頸項上挓挲的誃是你給牠披上的嗎？

20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

20 是你叫牠跳躍像蝗蟲嗎？ 牠噴氣之威使人驚惶。

21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

21 牠在谷中刨地，自喜其力； 牠出去迎接佩帶兵器的人。

22 He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

22 牠嗤笑可怕的事並不驚惶， 也不因刀劍退回。

23 A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

23 箭袋和發亮的槍， 並短槍在牠身上錚錚有聲。

24 Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

24 牠發猛烈的怒氣將地吞下； 一聽角聲就不耐站立。

25 At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

25 角每發聲，牠說呵哈； 牠從遠處聞着戰氣， 又聽見軍長大發雷聲和兵丁吶喊。

26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

26 鷹雀飛翔，展開翅膀一直向南， 豈是藉你的智慧嗎？

27 Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

27 大鷹上騰在高處搭窩， 豈是聽你的吩咐嗎？

28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

28 牠住在山巖， 以山峰和堅固之所為家，

29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

29 從那裏窺看食物， 眼睛遠遠觀望。

30 His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”

30 牠的雛也咂血； 被殺的人在哪裏，牠也在那裏。