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。」
约伯记 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
约伯咒诅自己
3 后来，约伯开口咒诅自己的生日， 2 说：
3 “愿我出生的那日和怀我的那夜灭没。
4 愿那日一片黑暗，
被天上的上帝遗忘，
没有阳光照耀。
5 愿那日被黑暗和阴影笼罩，
被密云覆盖，
被阴暗淹没。
6 愿那夜被幽暗吞噬，
不列在年日中，
不算在岁月里。
7 愿那夜无人生育，
毫无快乐之声。
8 愿那些咒诅白日、
能惹动海怪的人，
咒诅那夜。
9 愿那夜的晨星昏暗，
等不到晨光的出现，
看不见黎明的眼帘。
10 因为那夜没有关闭我母胎的门，
以致让我看见患难。
11 “为何我不出生时就夭折，
出母胎时就断气？
12 为何要把我抱在膝上，
用乳汁哺育我？
13 不然我早已安然躺卧、长眠安息，
14 与世上的君王和谋臣作伴——他们建造的宫殿已荒废，
15 与房屋堆满金银的王侯同眠。
16 为何我没有像未见天日就流产的婴儿一样消逝？
17 那里，恶人不再搅扰，
疲惫者得到安息，
18 被囚者得到安宁，
听不见监工的斥责。
19 尊贵与卑贱的人都在那里，
奴仆不再受主人的辖制。
20 “为何赐光给受苦的人，
赐生命给心灵痛苦的人？
21 他们等候死亡却等不到，
他们求死胜于求宝藏。
22 他们归入坟墓时非常快乐，
欣喜若狂。
23 为何赐生命给前路渺茫、
被上帝围困的人？
24 我以叹息为食，
呻吟如水涌流。
25 我害怕的事发生了，
我恐惧的事来临了。
26 我不得安宁，
不得平静，
不得安息，
只有苦难。”
Job 3
Good News Translation
Job's Complaint to God
3 (A)Finally Job broke the silence and cursed the day on which he had been born.
Job
2-3 (B)O God, put a curse on the day I was born;
put a curse on the night when I was conceived!
4 Turn that day into darkness, God.
Never again remember that day;
never again let light shine on it.
5 Make it a day of gloom and thick darkness;
cover it with clouds, and blot out the sun.
6 Blot that night out of the year,
and never let it be counted again;
7 make it a barren, joyless night.
8 Tell the sorcerers to curse that day,
those who know how to control Leviathan.[a]
9 Keep the morning star from shining;
give that night no hope of dawn.
10 Curse that night for letting me be born,
for exposing me to trouble and grief.
11 I wish I had died in my mother's womb
or died the moment I was born.
12 Why did my mother hold me on her knees?
Why did she feed me at her breast?
13 If I had died then, I would be at rest now,
14 sleeping like the kings and rulers
who rebuilt ancient palaces.
15 Then I would be sleeping like princes
who filled their houses with gold and silver,
16 or sleeping like a stillborn child.
17 In the grave wicked people stop their evil,
and tired workers find rest at last.
18 Even prisoners enjoy peace,
free from shouts and harsh commands.
19 Everyone is there, the famous and the unknown,
and slaves at last are free.
20 Why let people go on living in misery?
Why give light to those in grief
21 (C)They wait for death, but it never comes;
they prefer a grave to any treasure.
22 They are not happy till they are dead and buried;
23 God keeps their future hidden
and hems them in on every side.
24 Instead of eating, I mourn,
and I can never stop groaning.
25 Everything I fear and dread comes true.
26 I have no peace, no rest,
and my troubles never end.
Footnotes
- Job 3:8 Some take this to be the crocodile, others a legendary monster. Magicians were thought to be able to make him cause eclipses of the sun.
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