Job 3
Christian Standard Bible
Job’s Opening Speech
3 After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born. 2 He said:
3 May the day I was born perish,
and the night that said,
“A boy is conceived.”(A)
4 If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.
5 May darkness and gloom(B) reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May what darkens the day terrify it.
6 If only darkness had taken that night away!
May it not appear[a] among the days of the year
or be listed in the calendar.[b]
7 Yes, may that night be barren;
may no joyful shout(C) be heard in it.
8 Let those who curse days
condemn(D) it,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(E)
9 May its morning stars grow dark.
May it wait for daylight but have none;
may it not see the breaking[c] of dawn.
10 For that night did not shut
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.
11 Why was I not stillborn;
why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?(F)
12 Why did the knees receive me,
and why were there breasts for me to nurse?(G)
13 Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.(H)
Then I would be at rest(I)
14 with the kings and counselors(J) of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses(K) with silver.
16 Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,(L)
like infants who never see daylight?
17 There the wicked(M) cease to make trouble,
and there the weary find rest.
18 The captives are completely at rest;(N)
they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice.(O)
19 Both small and great are there,
and the slave is set free from his master.(P)
20 Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,(Q)
21 who wait for death,(R) but it does not come,
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22 who are filled with much joy
and are glad when they reach the grave?(S)
23 Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,(T)
whom God has hedged in?
24 I sigh when food(U) is put before me,[d]
and my groans pour out like water.(V)
25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
and what I dreaded has happened to me.(W)
26 I cannot relax or be calm;
I have no rest,(X) for turmoil has come.
约伯记 3
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
約伯咒詛自己的生日
3 後來，約伯開口咒詛自己的生日。 2 約伯說：
3 “願我生的那日泯滅，
人說懷男胎的那夜滅沒。
4 願那日變成黑暗，
願 神不從上面眷顧，
願光明不照耀在其上。
5 願黑暗與死蔭索討那日，
願密雲停留在上面，
願白天的昏黑驚嚇它。
6 願那夜被幽暗奪去，
不讓它連在平日之中，列入月數之內。
7 願那夜沒有生育，
也沒有歡樂的聲音。
8 那些咒詛日子、善於惹動海怪的，
願他們咒詛那夜。
9 願那夜黎明的星星變成黑暗，
願那夜等候發光卻不亮，見不到清晨的曙光。
10 因為那夜沒有把我母胎的門關閉，
也沒有把苦難隱藏，使我看不見。
切願夭折
11 我為甚麼不一離母胎就死去？
我為甚麼不一出母腹就斷氣？
12 為甚麼有膝承接我？
為甚麼有乳哺養我？
13 不然，我早已躺下安息，
14 與世上那些為自己建造陵墓的君王和謀士同睡，
15 或與那些擁有黃金，房屋裝滿銀子的王侯同眠。
16 我為甚麼不像暗中流產的胎，未見天日的嬰孩，歸於無有呢？
17 在那裡，惡人止息攪擾，
筋疲力盡的得安息；
18 被囚的同享安寧；
聽不見督工的聲音；
19 老少尊卑都在那裡，
奴僕脫離主人的轄制。
厭惡生存
20 為甚麼有光明賜給勞碌的人，
有生命賜給苦命的人呢？
21 他們想死卻死不了，找死勝於找寶藏；
22 他們找到墳墓就高興，非常歡喜快樂。
23 為甚麼有生命賜給前途茫茫，又被 神四面圍困的人呢？
24 我以歎息代替食物，
我唉哼的聲音如水湧出。
25 我所懼怕的臨到我，
我所驚恐的向我而來。
26 我不得安逸，不得安靜，
也不得安息，卻有攪擾來到。”
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