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约伯责友待己宽待人严

19 约伯回答说:

“你们叫我受苦要到几时呢?

用话压碎我要到几时呢?

你们已经十次侮辱我,

你们苛刻地对我,也不觉得羞耻。

即使我真的有过错,

由我承担好了。

你们若真的妄自尊大攻击我,

用我的羞辱来证明我的不是,

那么,就知道是 神颠倒我的案件,

用他的网圈住我。

我呼叫‘强暴!’却没有回答;

我呼求,却得不到公断。

 神用篱笆拦阻我的道路,使我不能经过;

他又使黑暗笼罩我的路。

他从我身上剥去我的荣耀,

又挪去我头上的冠冕。

10 他四面拆毁我,我就离世,

他又把我这指望如树枝一样拔出来。

11 他的怒气向我发作,

把我看作他的敌人;

12 他的军队一起上来,

他们建筑高的斜道攻击我(“高的斜道”直译是“他们的道路”),在我的帐棚周围安营。

约伯被亲友疏远

13 他使我的族人远离我,

使我熟悉的人完全与我疏远。

14 我的亲戚离弃我,

我的朋友忘记我;

15 在我家中寄居的和我的婢女,都把我当作外人,

我在他们的眼中是个外族人。

16 我呼唤仆人,他不回答,

我得用口哀求他。

17 妻子厌恶我的气息,

同胞兄弟也厌弃我,

18 连小孩子也藐视我,

我一起来,他们就讥笑我;

19 我所有的密友都憎恶我,

我所爱的人也向我反脸。

20 我的骨头紧贴着皮肉,

我只剩牙皮逃过大难。

向友求怜

21 我的朋友啊!求你们怜悯我,怜悯我吧!

因为 神的手击打了我。

22 你们为甚么有如 神那样逼迫我?

还不因吃我的肉感到满足吗?

深信终必得蒙救恩

23 但愿我的话现在都写下,

都刻在书简上,

24 用铁笔又用铅,

永远刻在盘石上。

25 我知道我的救赎主活着,

最后他必在地上兴起(“最后他必在地上兴起”或译:“最后他必站立在地上”)。

26 我的皮肉遭受毁坏以后,这事就要发生,

我必在肉体以外得见 神。

27 我必见他在我身边,

我要亲眼见他,并非外人,

我的心肠在我里面渴想极了。

28 你们若说:‘惹事的根既然在他,

我们要怎样逼迫他呢?’

29 你们就当惧怕刀剑,

因为这些罪孽带来刀剑的惩罚,

好使你们知道有审判。”

约伯的回答

19 约伯回答说:

“你们要折磨我多久?
用言语压碎我到何时?
你们侮辱我已有十次之多,
苦待我也不以为耻。
即使我真有过错,
也由我独自承担。
你们若真要妄自尊大,
利用我的耻辱来指责我,
也该知道是上帝冤枉了我,
用网罗套住我。
我喊冤,却无人回应;
我呼救,却不见公道。
上帝筑起墙垒,阻断我的路,
祂使黑暗笼罩我的路途。
祂剥去我的荣耀,
摘走我头上的冠冕。
10 祂从四面攻击我,直到我消逝;
祂把我的希望像树一样连根拔除。
11 祂向我发烈怒,
视我为仇敌。
12 祂的大军蜂拥而来,
在我帐篷四周扎营,
将我团团围住。

13 “祂使我的弟兄远离我,
我的熟人完全背弃我。
14 我的亲属离开我,
我的挚友忘记我。
15 我的客人和婢女都视我如陌路,
把我当作外族人。
16 我呼唤仆人,他却不回应;
我哀求他,他也不理睬。
17 我妻子厌恶我的气息,
我的手足都嫌弃我。
18 连小孩子都鄙视我;
我一出现,他们就嘲笑我。
19 我的密友都憎恶我,
我爱的人也反对我。
20 我瘦得只剩下皮包骨,
我离死亡仅一线之隔[a]

21 “我的朋友啊,可怜我吧!可怜我吧!
因为上帝的手击打我。
22 你们为何像上帝一样逼我?
为何吃了我的肉还不满足?
23 但愿把我的话写下来,
记录在书卷上,
24 用铁笔和铅镌刻在磐石上,
直存到永远。
25 我知道我的救赎主活着,
最后祂必站在地上。
26 我的皮肉虽然要朽烂,
但我必活着[b]见上帝。
27 我要亲自见祂,
我要亲眼见祂。
我心中充满渴望!
28 你们说祸根在我身上,
还想继续迫害我。
29 你们自己应当畏惧刀剑,
因为烈怒会带来刀剑的惩罚,
那时你们将知道有审判。”

Footnotes

  1. 19:20 我离死亡仅一线之隔”希伯来文是“我只剩牙皮逃脱”。
  2. 19:26 活着”或译“在肉体之外”。

Job

19 Then Job replied:

“How long will you torment(A) me
    and crush(B) me with words?
Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error(E) remains my concern alone.
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
    and use my humiliation against me,
then know that God has wronged me(G)
    and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)

“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
    though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
    and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
    they build a siege ramp(X) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(Y)

13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
    those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)

23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(AX) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(AY) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[g]
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(AZ)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[h](BA)

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
  2. Job 19:24 Or and
  3. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  4. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  5. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  6. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  7. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  8. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty

19 Then Job answered and said,

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.