約伯記 13
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
13 「這一切，我親眼見過，
親耳聽過，且已明白。
2 你們知道的我也知道，
我不比你們遜色。
3 我想和全能者對話，
我渴望跟上帝理論。
4 而你們只會編造謊言，
都是無用的庸醫。
5 但願你們閉口不言，
那樣還算你們明智。
6 請聽我的申辯，
留心聽我的爭訟。
7 你們要為上帝說謊，
為祂說詭詐的話嗎？
8 你們要偏袒上帝嗎？
你們要替祂辯護嗎？
9 祂查問你們時豈會有好結果？
你們豈能像欺騙人一樣欺騙祂？
10 你們若暗中偏袒，
祂必責備你們。
11 難道你們不怕祂的威嚴，
不對祂充滿恐懼嗎？
12 你們的名言是無用的灰塵，
你們的雄辯是土築的營壘。
13 「你們住口，讓我發言；
我願承擔一切後果。
14 我已經豁出性命，
不惜冒生命危險。
15 祂必殺我，我毫無指望，[a]
但我仍要在祂面前申辯。
16 這樣我才能得救，
因為不信上帝的人無法到祂面前。
17 請留心聽我說話，
側耳聽我發言。
18 看啊，我已準備好辯詞，
我知道自己有理。
19 若有人能指控我，
我就緘默，情願死去。
20 上帝啊，只要你應允兩件事，
我就不躲避你的面，
21 求你把手從我身上挪開，
不要用你的威嚴驚嚇我。
22 這樣，你傳喚我，我必回應；
或者讓我陳述，你來回答。
23 我究竟有什麼過錯和罪惡？
求你指出我的過犯和罪愆。
24 你為何掩面不看我？
為何把我當作仇敵？
25 你要恐嚇一片風中的落葉嗎？
你要追趕一根枯乾的茅草嗎？
26 你記下指控我的罪狀，
讓我承擔幼年的罪惡。
27 你給我上了腳鐐，
監視我的一舉一動，
為我的腳掌設界限。
28 我消逝如朽爛之物，
又如蟲蛀的衣服。
Footnotes
- 13·15 「祂必殺我，我毫無指望」或譯「即使祂殺我，我也信靠祂」。
Job 13
Complete Jewish Bible
13 “All this I have seen with my own eyes;
with my own ears I have heard and understood it.
2 Whatever you know, I know too;
I am not inferior to you.
3 However, it’s Shaddai I want to speak with;
I want to prove my case to God.
4 But you, what you do is whitewash with lies;
you are all witch doctors!
5 I wish you would just stay silent;
for you, that would be wisdom!
6 “Now listen to my reasoning,
pay attention to how I present my dispute.
7 Is it for God’s sake that you speak so wickedly?
for him that you talk deceitfully?
8 Do you need to take his side
and plead God’s case for him?
9 If he examines you, will all go well?
Can you deceive him, as one man deceives another?
10 If you are secretly flattering [him],
he will surely rebuke you.
11 Doesn’t God’s majesty terrify you?
Aren’t you overcome with dread of him?
12 Your maxims are garbage-proverbs;
your answers crumble like clay.
13 “So be quiet! Let me be! I’ll do the talking,
come on me what may!
14 Why am I taking my flesh in my teeth,
taking my life in my hands?
15 Look, he will kill me — I don’t expect more,
but I will still defend my ways to his face.
16 And this is what will save me —
that a hypocrite cannot appear before him.
17 “Listen closely, then, to my words;
pay attention to what I am saying.
18 Here, now, I have prepared my case;
I know I am in the right.
19 If anyone can contend with me,
I will be quiet and die!
20 “Only grant two things to me, God;
then I won’t hide myself from your face —
21 take your hand away from me,
and don’t let fear of you frighten me.
22 Then, if you call, I will answer.
Or let me speak, and you, answer me!
23 How many crimes and sins have I committed?
Make me know my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
and think of me as your enemy?
25 Do you want to harass a wind-driven leaf?
do you want to pursue a dry straw?
26 Is this why you draw up bitter charges against me
and punish me for the faults of my youth?
27 You put my feet in the stocks,
you watch me closely wherever I go,
you trace out each footprint of mine —
28 though [my body] decays like something rotten
or like a moth-eaten garment.
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