Job 6

1 Then Job answered,

约伯回答说：

2 “Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

惟愿我的烦恼称一称， 我一切的灾害放在天平里；

3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.

现今都比海沙更重， 所以我的言语急躁。

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

因全能者的箭射入我身； 其毒，我的灵喝尽了； 神的惊吓摆阵攻击我。

5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

野驴有草岂能叫唤？ 牛有料岂能吼叫？

6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

物淡而无盐岂可吃吗？ 蛋青有什么滋味呢？

7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

看为可厌的食物， 我心不肯挨近。

8 “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

惟愿我得着所求的， 愿 神赐我所切望的；

9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

就是愿 神把我压碎， 伸手将我剪除。

10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that does not spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

我因没有违弃那圣者的言语， 就仍以此为安慰， 在不止息的痛苦中还可踊跃。

11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

我有什么气力使我等候？ 我有什么结局使我忍耐？

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?

我的气力岂是石头的气力？ 我的肉身岂是铜的呢？

13 Is not it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?

在我岂不是毫无帮助吗？ 智慧岂不是从我心中赶出净尽吗？

14 “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

那将要灰心、离弃全能者、 不敬畏 神的人， 他的朋友当以慈爱待他。

15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

我的弟兄诡诈，好像溪水， 又像溪水流干的河道。

16 which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

这河因结冰发黑， 有雪藏在其中；

17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

天气渐暖就随时消化， 日头炎热便从原处干涸。

18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.

结伴的客旅离弃大道， 顺河偏行，到荒野之地死亡。

19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

提玛结伴的客旅瞻望； 示巴同伙的人等候。

20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.

他们因失了盼望就抱愧， 来到那里便蒙羞。

21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

现在你们正是这样， 看见惊吓的事便惧怕。

22 Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?

我岂说：请你们供给我， 从你们的财物中送礼物给我？

23 or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?

岂说：拯救我脱离敌人的手吗？ 救赎我脱离强暴人的手吗？

24 “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

请你们教导我，我便不作声； 使我明白在何事上有错。

25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

正直的言语力量何其大！ 但你们责备是责备什么呢？

26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

绝望人的讲论既然如风， 你们还想要驳正言语吗？

27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

你们想为孤儿拈阄， 以朋友当货物。

28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.

现在请你们看看我， 我决不当面说谎。

29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

请你们转意，不要不公； 请再转意，我的事有理。

30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

我的舌上岂有不义吗？ 我的口里岂不辨奸恶吗？