約伯記 9
1 約伯回答說：
Then Job replied,
2 我真知道是這樣； 但人在上帝面前怎能成為義呢？
“Yes, I certainly know that [much of] what you said is true. But (how can anyone say to God, ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it.’) [RHQ]
3 若願意與他爭辯， 千中之一也不能回答。
If someone wanted to argue with God [about that], God could ask him 1,000 questions, and that person would not be able to answer any of them!
4 他心裏有智慧，且大有能力。 誰向上帝剛硬而得亨通呢？
God is very wise [IDM] and very powerful; no one who has tried to challenge God has been able to win.
5 他發怒，把山翻倒挪移， 山並不知覺。
He even moves mountains, without them (OR, anyone) knowing about it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down.
6 他使地震動，離其本位， 地的柱子就搖撼。
He sends earthquakes that shake the ground; he causes the pillars that support the earth to tremble.
7 他吩咐日頭不出來，就不出來， 又封閉眾星。
[Some days] he speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and [some nights] he prevents the stars from shining.
8 他獨自鋪張蒼天， 步行在海浪之上。
He alone (stretched out/put in place) the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).
9 他造北斗、參星、昴星， 並南方的密宮；
He put in their places [the clusters/groups of stars that are called] The Dipper/Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars in the southern sky.
10 他行大事，不可測度， 行奇事，不可勝數。
Only he does great things that we cannot understand; he does more marvelous things than we are able to count.
11 他從我旁邊經過，我卻不看見； 他在我面前行走，我倒不知覺。
He passes by where I am, but I do not see him; he moves further on, but I do not see him go.
12 他奪取，誰能阻擋？ 誰敢問他：你做甚麼？
If he [wants to] snatch something away, no one [RHQ] can hinder him; no one dares to ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ [RHQ]
13 上帝必不收回他的怒氣； 扶助拉哈伯的，屈身在他以下。
God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated [MTY] those who [tried to] help Rahab, [the great sea monster].
14 既是這樣，我怎敢回答他， 怎敢選擇言語與他辯論呢？
“So, [if God took me to court], what could I say [MTY] to answer him?
15 我雖有義，也不回答他， 只要向那審判我的懇求。
Even though I (would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong), I would not be able to answer him. All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me.
16 我若呼籲，他應允我； 我仍不信他真聽我的聲音。
If I summoned him to [come to the courtroom] and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say.
17 他用暴風折斷我， 無故地加增我的損傷。
He sends storms to batter me, and he bruises me many times (without any reason to do that/even though I am innocent).
18 我就是喘一口氣，他都不容， 倒使我滿心苦惱。
[It is as though] he will not let me get/catch my breath, because he causes me to suffer all the time.
19 若論力量，他真有能力！ 若論審判，他說誰能將我傳來呢？
If I would try to (wrestle with/fight against) him, [there is no way that I could defeat him, ] [because] he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could [RHQ] force him to go there.
20 我雖有義，自己的口要定我為有罪； 我雖完全，我口必顯我為彎曲。
Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY]; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.
21 我本完全，不顧自己； 我厭惡我的性命。
“I have not done what is wrong, but that is not important. I despise continuing to remain alive.
22 善惡無分，都是一樣； 所以我說，完全人和惡人，他都滅絕。
But it doesn’t matter, because God will get rid of [all of us, ] both those who are innocent and those who are wicked.
23 若忽然遭殺害之禍， 他必戲笑無辜的人遇難。
When people experience disaster and it causes them to suddenly die, God laughs at it, even if they are innocent.
24 世界交在惡人手中； 蒙蔽世界審判官的臉， 若不是他，是誰呢？
God has allowed wicked people to control [what happens in] the world. [It is as though] he has caused judges to be blindfolded, [with the result that they cannot judge fairly]. If it is not God who has put wicked people in control, who has done it?
25 我的日子比跑信的更快， 急速過去，不見福樂。
“My days go by very quickly, like a fast runner; [it is as though] they run away, and nothing good happens to me on those days.
26 我的日子過去如快船， 如急落抓食的鷹。
My life goes by very rapidly, like a boat made from reeds sailing swiftly, or like an eagle that swoops down to seize a small animal.
27 我若說：我要忘記我的哀情， 除去我的愁容，心中暢快；
If I smile and say [to God], ‘I will forget what I am complaining about; I will stop looking sad and try to be cheerful/happy,’
28 我因愁苦而懼怕， 知道你必不以我為無辜。
then I become afraid because of all that I am suffering, because I know that God does not consider that I am innocent.
29 我必被你定為有罪， 我何必徒然勞苦呢？
He will (condemn me/declare that I should be punished), so why should I keep trying in vain [to defend myself]?
30 我若用雪水洗身， 用鹼潔淨我的手，
If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap [to get rid of my guilt],
31 你還要扔我在坑裏， 我的衣服都憎惡我。
he would still throw me into a filthy pit; as a result [it would be as though] even my clothes would detest me.
32 他本不像我是人，使我可以回答他， 又使我們可以同聽審判。
“God is not a human, as I am, so there is no way that I could answer him [to prove that I am innocent] if we went together to have a trial [in a courtroom].
33 我們中間沒有聽訟的人 可以向我們兩造按手。
There is no one to (mediate/hear us and decide who is right), no one who has authority over both of us [IDM].
34 願他把杖離開我， 不使驚惶威嚇我。
I wish/desire that he would stop punishing [MTY] me, and that he would not continue to terrify me.
35 我就說話，也不懼怕他， 現在我卻不是那樣。
If he did that, I would declare [that I am innocent] without being afraid of him, because I know that I really have not [done what is wrong like God thinks that I have].”
