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 我真知道是这样； 但人在 神面前怎能成为义呢？

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

3 若愿意与他争辩， 千中之一也不能回答。

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

4 他心里有智慧，且大有能力。 谁向 神刚硬而得亨通呢？

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

5 他发怒，把山翻倒挪移， 山并不知觉。

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

6 他使地震动，离其本位， 地的柱子就摇撼。

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

7 他吩咐日头不出来，就不出来， 又封闭众星。

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

8 他独自铺张苍天， 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 他造北斗、参星、昴星， 并南方的密宫；

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

10 他行大事，不可测度， 行奇事，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 他从我旁边经过，我却不看见； 他在我面前行走，我倒不知觉。

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

12 他夺取，谁能阻挡？ 谁敢问他：你做什么？

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

13 神必不收回他的怒气； 扶助拉哈伯的，屈身在他以下。

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

14 既是这样，我怎敢回答他， 怎敢选择言语与他辩论呢？

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

15 我虽有义，也不回答他， 只要向那审判我的恳求。

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

16 我若呼吁，他应允我； 我仍不信他真听我的声音。

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

17 他用暴风折断我， 无故地加增我的损伤。

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

18 我就是喘一口气，他都不容， 倒使我满心苦恼。

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，他真有能力！ 若论审判，他说谁能将我传来呢？

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

20 我虽有义，自己的口要定我为有罪； 我虽完全，我口必显我为弯曲。

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

21 我本完全，不顾自己； 我厌恶我的性命。

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

22 善恶无分，都是一样； 所以我说，完全人和恶人，他都灭绝。

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

23 若忽然遭杀害之祸， 他必戏笑无辜的人遇难。

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 世界交在恶人手中； 蒙蔽世界审判官的脸， 若不是他，是谁呢？

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

25 我的日子比跑信的更快， 急速过去，不见福乐。

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

26 我的日子过去如快船， 如急落抓食的鹰。

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

27 我若说：我要忘记我的哀情， 除去我的愁容，心中畅快；

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

28 我因愁苦而惧怕， 知道你必不以我为无辜。

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

29 我必被你定为有罪， 我何必徒然劳苦呢？

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

30 我若用雪水洗身， 用硷洁净我的手，

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

31 你还要扔我在坑里， 我的衣服都憎恶我。

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

32 他本不像我是人，使我可以回答他， 又使我们可以同听审判。

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

33 我们中间没有听讼的人 可以向我们两造按手。

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

34 愿他把杖离开我， 不使惊惶威吓我。

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

35 我就说话，也不惧怕他， 现在我却不是那样。