Job 31
1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
我與眼睛立約， 怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢？
2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
從至上的上帝所得之分， 從至高全能者所得之業是甚麼呢？
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
豈不是禍患臨到不義的， 災害臨到作孽的呢？
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
上帝豈不是察看我的道路， 數點我的腳步呢？
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
我若與虛謊同行， 腳若追隨詭詐； （
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
我若被公道的天平稱度， 使上帝可以知道我的純正；）
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands;
我的腳步若偏離正路， 我的心若隨着我的眼目， 若有玷污粘在我手上；
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
就願我所種的有別人吃， 我田所產的被拔出來。
9 If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念， 在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，
10 Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
就願我的妻子給別人推磨， 別人也與她同室。
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
因為這是大罪， 是審判官當罰的罪孽。
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
這本是火焚燒，直到毀滅， 必拔除我所有的家產。
13 If I despised the cause of my male or female servant, when they contended with me;
我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候， 我若藐視不聽他們的情節；
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
上帝興起，我怎樣行呢？ 他察問，我怎樣回答呢？
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
造我在腹中的，不也是造他嗎？ 將他與我摶在腹中的豈不是一位嗎？
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
我若不容貧寒人得其所願， 或叫寡婦眼中失望，
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
或獨自吃我一點食物， 孤兒沒有與我同吃； （
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb; )
從幼年時孤兒與我同長，好像父子一樣； 我從出母腹就扶助 寡婦。）
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
我若見人因無衣死亡， 或見窮乏人身無遮蓋；
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖， 為我祝福；
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
我若在城門口見有幫助我的， 舉手攻擊孤兒；
22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落， 我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
因上帝降的災禍使我恐懼； 因他的威嚴，我不能妄為。
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
我若以黃金為指望， 對精金說：你是我的倚靠；
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much;
我若因財物豐裕， 因我手多得資財而歡喜；
26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
我若見太陽發光， 明月行在空中，
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
心就暗暗被引誘， 口便親手；
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
這也是審判官當罰的罪孽， 又是我背棄在上的上帝。
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:
我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜， 見他遭災便高興； （
30 Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
我沒有容口犯罪， 咒詛他的生命；）
31 If the men of my tent have not said, O that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
若我帳棚的人未嘗說， 誰不以主人的食物吃飽呢？ （
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿， 卻開門迎接行路的人；）
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:
我若像亞當 遮掩我的過犯， 將罪孽藏在懷中；
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
因懼怕大眾， 又因宗族藐視我使我驚恐， 以致閉口無言，杜門不出；
35 O that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.
惟願有一位肯聽我！ （看哪，在這裏有我所劃的押， 願全能者回答我！）
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裏！ 我必帶在肩上，又綁在頭上為冠冕。
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.
我必向他述說我腳步的數目， 必如君王進到他面前。
38 If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;
我若奪取田地，這地向我喊冤， 誆溝一同哭泣；
39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
我若吃地的出產不給價值， 或叫原主喪命；
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
願這地長蒺藜代替麥子， 長惡草代替大麥。 約伯的話說完了。
