約伯記 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
約伯咒詛自己
3 後來，約伯開口咒詛自己的生日， 2 說：
3 「願我出生的那日和懷我的那夜滅沒。
4 願那日一片黑暗，
被天上的上帝遺忘，
沒有陽光照耀。
5 願那日被黑暗和陰影籠罩，
被密雲覆蓋，
被陰暗淹沒。
6 願那夜被幽暗吞噬，
不列在年日中，
不算在歲月裡。
7 願那夜無人生育，
毫無快樂之聲。
8 願那些咒詛白日、
能惹動海怪的人，
咒詛那夜。
9 願那夜的晨星昏暗，
等不到晨光的出現，
看不見黎明的眼簾。
10 因為那夜沒有關閉我母胎的門，
以致讓我看見患難。
11 「為何我不出生時就夭折，
出母胎時就斷氣？
12 為何要把我抱在膝上，
用乳汁哺育我？
13 不然我早已安然躺臥、長眠安息，
14 與世上的君王和謀臣作伴——他們建造的宮殿已荒廢，
15 與房屋堆滿金銀的王侯同眠。
16 為何我沒有像未見天日就流產的嬰兒一樣消逝？
17 那裡，惡人不再攪擾，
疲憊者得到安息，
18 被囚者得到安寧，
聽不見監工的斥責。
19 尊貴與卑賤的人都在那裡，
奴僕不再受主人的轄制。
20 「為何賜光給受苦的人，
賜生命給心靈痛苦的人？
21 他們等候死亡卻等不到，
他們求死勝於求寶藏。
22 他們歸入墳墓時非常快樂，
欣喜若狂。
23 為何賜生命給前路渺茫、
被上帝圍困的人？
24 我以歎息為食，
呻吟如水湧流。
25 我害怕的事發生了，
我恐懼的事來臨了。
26 我不得安寧，
不得平靜，
不得安息，
只有苦難。」
Job 3
New American Standard Bible
Job’s Lament
3 Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed [a]the day of his birth. 2 And Job [b]said,
3 “(A)May the day on which I was to be born perish,
As well as the night which said, ‘A [c]boy is conceived.’
4 May that day be darkness;
May God above not care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
5 May (B)darkness and black gloom claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not rejoice among the days of the year;
May it not come into the number of the months.
7 Behold, may that night be barren;
May no joyful shout enter it.
8 May those curse it who curse the day,
Who are [d]prepared to (C)disturb Leviathan.
9 May the stars of its twilight be darkened;
May it wait for light but have none,
And may it not see the [e]breaking dawn;
10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “(D)Why did I not die [f]at birth,
Come out of the womb and pass away?
12 Why were the knees there in front of me,
And why the breasts, that I would nurse?
13 For now I (E)would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
14 With (F)kings and (G)counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt (H)ruins for themselves;
15 Or with (I)rulers (J)who had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.
16 Or like a miscarriage which is [g]hidden, I would not exist,
As infants that never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the [h]weary are at (K)rest.
18 The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.
20 “Why is (L)light given to one burdened with grief,
And life to the bitter of soul,
21 Who [i](M)long for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for (N)hidden treasures;
22 Who are filled with jubilation,
And rejoice when they find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man (O)whose way is hidden,
And whom (P)God has shut off?
24 For (Q)my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And (R)my cries pour out like water.
25 For [j](S)what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread [k]encounters me.
26 I (T)am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”
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