Job 5
Christian Standard Bible
5 Call out! Will anyone answer you?
Which of the holy ones(A) will you turn to?
2 For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.(B)
3 I have seen a fool taking root,
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
4 His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,(C)
with no one to rescue them.
5 The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.[a]
The thirsty[b] pant for his children’s wealth.
6 For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 But humans are born for trouble(D)
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to him.(E)
9 He does great(F) and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.(G)
10 He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.(H)
11 He sets the lowly on high,
and mourners are lifted to safety.(I)
12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they[c] achieve no success.
13 He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.(J)
14 They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.(K)
15 He saves the needy from their sharp words[d](L)
and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(M)
17 See how happy is the person whom God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds but he also bandages;
he strikes, but his hands also heal.(N)
19 He will rescue you from six calamities;
no harm will touch you in seven.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in battle, from the power of the sword.(O)
21 You will be safe from slander[e]
and not fear destruction when it comes.(P)
22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger
and not fear the land’s wild creatures.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.(Q)
24 You will know that your tent is secure,(R)
and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.
25 You will also know that your offspring will be many
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You will approach the grave(S) in full vigor,(T)
as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
27 We have investigated this, and it is true!
Hear it and understand it for yourself.
約伯記 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
5 「你只管呼救吧，
誰會回應你呢？
你向哪位聖者求助呢？
2 憤恨害死愚昧人，
嫉妒殺死無知者。
3 我見愚昧人扎了根，
突然咒詛臨到他家。
4 他的兒女毫無安寧，
在城門口受欺壓也無人搭救。
5 饑餓的人吞掉他的莊稼，
連荊棘裡的也不放過；
乾渴的人吞盡他的財富。
6 苦難並非從土裡長出，
患難並非從地裡生出。
7 人生來必遇患難，
正如火花必向上飛。
8 「若是我，
就向上帝求助，
向祂陳明苦衷。
9 祂行的奇事不可測度，
祂行的神蹟不可勝數。
10 祂降下雨水澆灌大地，
賜下甘霖滋潤田園。
11 祂提拔卑微的人，
庇護哀痛的人。
12 祂挫敗狡猾人的陰謀，
使他們無法得逞。
13 祂使智者中了自己的詭計，
使奸徒的計謀迅速落空。
14 他們白天遇到黑暗，
午間摸索如在夜晚。
15 上帝拯救窮苦人脫離惡人的中傷，
脫離殘暴之徒的轄制，
16 好使貧寒之人有盼望，
使不義之徒啞口無言。
17 「被上帝責備的人有福了，
不可輕視全能者的管教。
18 因為祂打傷，祂也包紮；
祂擊傷，祂也醫治。
19 六次遭難，祂都救你；
第七次，災禍也傷不到你。
20 饑荒時，祂必救你脫離死亡；
戰爭中，祂必救你脫離刀劍。
21 你必免受惡毒的譭謗，
災難來臨也不懼怕。
22 你必笑對災殃和饑荒，
毫不懼怕地上的野獸。
23 你必與田間的石頭立約，
野獸必與你和平相處。
24 你的家必安然無恙，
察看羊圈，一隻不少。
25 你必看見子孫昌盛，
後代如遍地的青草。
26 你必壽終正寢才歸墳墓，
如同莊稼熟後才被收割。
27 看啊，我們已經查驗了，
這一切真實可靠，
你當聆聽、接受。」
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