Job 7

1 “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

1 “人生在世岂不像服劳役吗？ 他有生之年岂不像个雇工吗？

2 Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

2 他像切望阴凉的奴隶， 又如期盼报酬的雇工。

3 So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

3 同样，我注定要度过虚空的岁月， 熬过悲惨的黑夜。

4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

4 我躺在床上，盘算何时起来。 长夜漫漫，我辗转难眠，直到拂晓。

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

5 我身上布满蛆虫、伤疤， 皮肤破裂，流脓不止。

6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

6 我的年日飞逝，比梭还快， 转眼结束，毫无盼望。

7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

7 “上帝啊，别忘了我的生命不过是一口气， 我再也看不见幸福。

8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

8 注视我的眼睛将再也看不见我， 你将寻找我，而我已不复存在。

9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

9 人下到阴间不再上来， 如同烟消云散；

10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

10 他永不再返回家园， 故土也不再认识他。

11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

11 “因此我不再缄默不语， 我要吐露胸中的悲痛， 倾诉心里的苦楚。

12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

12 上帝啊，我岂是大海，岂是海怪， 值得你这样防范我？

13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

13 我说床铺是我的安慰， 卧榻可解除我的哀愁，

14 then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

14 这时你却用噩梦惊我， 用异象吓我，

15 so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

15 以致我宁愿窒息而死， 也不愿留着这身骨头。

16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

16 我厌恶生命，不想永活。 不要管我，因为我的日子都是虚空。

17 What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

17 “人算什么，你竟这样看重他， 这样关注他？

18 that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

18 你天天早上察看他， 时时刻刻考验他。

19 Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

19 你的视线何时离开我， 给我咽口唾沫的时间？

20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

20 鉴察世人的主啊， 我若犯了罪，又于你何妨？ 为何把我当成你的箭靶？ 难道我成了你的重担？

21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

21 为何不赦免我的过犯， 饶恕我的罪恶？ 我很快将归于尘土， 你将寻找我， 而我已不复存在。”