Job 9

1 Then Job answered:

1 约伯回答说：

2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

2 “不错，我知道你所言不虚， 但人怎能在上帝面前算为义人？

3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

3 人若想与祂辩驳， 千次也不能胜一次。

4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

4 祂充满智慧，能力无比， 谁能抗拒祂还能平安无恙？

5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

5 祂可猝然挪动群山， 在怒气中把山翻倒。

6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

6 祂震动大地，使其挪位， 以致地的支柱摇撼。

7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

7 祂一声令下， 太阳便不再升起， 众星也不再发光。

8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

8 祂独自铺展穹苍， 步行在海浪之上。

9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

9 祂创造了北斗星、参星、昴星及南天的星座。

10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

10 祂行的奇事不可测度， 奇迹不可胜数。

11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

11 祂经过我身旁，我却看不见； 祂从旁边掠过，我也无法察觉。

12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

12 祂若夺取，谁能阻挡？ 谁敢问祂，‘你做什么？’

13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

13 上帝不会忍怒不发， 海怪 的帮手必屈膝在祂脚前。

14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

14 “因此，我怎敢与祂辩驳？ 怎敢措辞与祂理论？

15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

15 我纵然无辜，也无法申诉， 只能乞求我的审判者施恩。

16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

16 即使我呼唤祂的时候，祂回应我， 我仍不相信祂会垂听我的声音。

17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

17 祂用暴风摧毁我， 无故地使我饱受创伤。

18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

18 祂不肯让我喘息， 祂使我尝尽苦头。

19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

19 若论力量，祂甚强大； 若上公堂，谁敢传祂？

20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

20 即使我清白无辜，我的口也会认罪； 即使我纯全无过，祂也会判我有罪。

21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

21 我虽纯全无过，也已毫不在乎自己， 我厌恶我的生命。

22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

22 因为，我认为都是一样， 纯全无过的人和恶人都会被祂毁灭。

23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

23 灾祸突然夺走人命时， 祂嘲笑无辜者的遭遇。

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

24 大地落入恶人手中， 蒙蔽审判官眼睛的不是祂是谁？

25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

25 “我的年日比信差还快， 匆匆而过，不见幸福。

26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

26 我的岁月疾驰如蒲草船， 快如急降抓食的老鹰。

27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

27 即使我说要忘掉怨恨， 抛开愁容，强颜欢笑，

28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

28 诸多的患难仍使我惧怕， 我知道祂 不承认我无辜。

29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

29 既然我被定为有罪， 又何必徒然挣扎？

30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

30 即使我用雪水净身， 用碱水洗手，

31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

31 祂仍会把我扔进污坑， 连我的衣服也嫌弃我。

32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

32 祂并非世人，与我迥异， 我无法与祂辩驳，一起对簿公堂。

33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

33 我俩中间没有仲裁者， 无人为我们断定是非 。

34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

34 若能拿开祂责打我的刑杖， 使我不再受祂的惊吓，

35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

35 我就会放胆发言，不必对祂心存恐惧， 但现在我却不能这样 。