Job 5

1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

1 “你只管呼救吧， 谁会回应你呢？ 你向哪位圣者求助呢？

2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

2 愤恨害死愚昧人， 嫉妒杀死无知者。

3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

3 我见愚昧人扎了根， 突然咒诅临到他家。

4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

4 他的儿女毫无安宁， 在城门口受欺压也无人搭救。

5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

5 饥饿的人吞掉他的庄稼， 连荆棘里的也不放过； 干渴的人吞尽他的财富。

6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

6 苦难并非从土里长出， 患难并非从地里生出。

7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

7 人生来必遇患难， 正如火花必向上飞。

8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

8 “若是我， 就向上帝求助， 向祂陈明苦衷。

9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

9 祂行的奇事不可测度， 祂行的神迹不可胜数。

10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

10 祂降下雨水浇灌大地， 赐下甘霖滋润田园。

11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

11 祂提拔卑微的人， 庇护哀痛的人。

12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

12 祂挫败狡猾人的阴谋， 使他们无法得逞。

13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

13 祂使智者中了自己的诡计， 使奸徒的计谋迅速落空。

14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

14 他们白天遇到黑暗， 午间摸索如在夜晚。

15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

15 上帝拯救穷苦人脱离恶人的中伤， 脱离残暴之徒的辖制，

16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

16 好使贫寒之人有盼望， 使不义之徒哑口无言。

17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

17 “被上帝责备的人有福了， 不可轻视全能者的管教。

18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

18 因为祂打伤，祂也包扎； 祂击伤，祂也伸手医治。

19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

19 六次遭难，祂都救你； 第七次，灾祸也伤不到你。

20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

20 饥荒时，祂必救你脱离死亡； 战争中，祂必救你脱离刀剑。

21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

21 你必免受恶毒的毁谤， 灾难来临也不惧怕。

22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

22 你必笑对灾殃和饥荒， 毫不惧怕地上的野兽。

23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

23 你必与田间的石头立约， 野兽必与你和平相处。

24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

24 你必知道家里安然无恙， 察看羊圈，一只不少。

25 You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

25 你必知道子孙昌盛， 后代如遍地的青草。

26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

26 你必寿终正寝才归坟墓， 如同庄稼熟后才被收割。

27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

27 看啊，我们已经查验了， 这一切真实可靠， 你当聆听并学以致用。”