ヨブ 記 23

1 ヨブこたへて曰く

Then Job answered by saying:

2 我は今日にても尚つぶやきて服せず わが禍災はわが嘆息よりも重し

Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.

3 ねがはくは神をたづねて何處にか遇まつるを知り其御座に參いたらんことを

Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?

4 我この愁訴をその御前に陳べ口を極めて辨論はん

I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,

5 我その我に答へ給ふ言を知り また其われに言たまふ所を了らん

so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.

6 かれ大なる能をもて我と爭ひたまはんや 然らじ反つて我を眷みたまふべし

I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

7 彼處にては正義人かれと辨爭ふことを得 斯せば我を鞫く者の手を永く免かるべし

Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.

8 しかるに我東に往くも彼いまさず 西に往くも亦見たてまつらず

If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.

9 北に工作きたまへども遇まつらず 南に隱れ居たまへば望むべからず

If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.

10 わが平生の道は彼知りたまふ 彼われを試みたまはば我は金のごとくして出きたらん

Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.

11 わが足は彼の歩履に堅く隨へり 我はかれの道を守りて離れざりき

My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.

12 我はかれの唇の命令に違はず 我が法よりも彼の口の言語を重ぜり

I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

13 かれは一に居る者にまします 誰か能かれをして意を變しめん 彼はその心に慾する所をかならず爲たまふ

For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.

14 然ば我に向ひて定めし事を必らず成就たまはん 是のごとき事を多く彼は爲たまふなり

And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.

15 是故に我かれの前に慄ふ 我考ふれば彼を懼る

And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.

16 神わが心を弱くならしめ 全能者われをして懼れしめたまふ

God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.

17 かく我は暗の來らぬ先わが面を黒暗の覆ふ前に打絶れざりき

Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.