约伯记 14
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
力言人生是短暫且可悲
14 “婦人所生的日子短少，滿有攪擾；
2 他生長如花，又遭割下；
他飛去如影，並不停留。
3 這樣的人你還睜眼看他，
又把他帶到你跟前受審嗎？
4 誰能使潔淨出於污穢呢？
無人有此本事。
5 人的日子既然被限定，
他的月數亦在乎你，
你也定下他的界限，使他不能越過。
6 就求你轉眼不看他，使他得歇息（“使他得歇息”或譯：“不去管他”），
直等到他像雇工一樣享受他的日子。
7 樹木常有希望，
樹木若被砍下，也會再發芽，
嫩枝仍生長不息。
8 雖然樹根衰老在地裡，
樹幹也枯死在土中，
9 一有水氣，就會萌芽，
又生長枝條如新栽的樹一樣。
10 人死了，就化為烏有；
人一氣絕就不在了。
11 海洋中的水消失，
江河枯竭乾涸，
12 人也是這樣一躺下去，就不再起來，
直到天都沒有了還不醒過來，
也不能從睡眠中被喚醒。
13 但願你把我藏在陰間，
把我隱藏，直到你的怒氣過去；
願你為我定一個期限，好記念我。
14 人若死了，怎能再活呢？
我要在我一切勞苦的日子等待，
等到我得釋放的時候來到。
15 你一呼叫，我就回答你，
你必渴慕你手所作的。
16 但現在你數點我的腳步，
必不再鑒察我的罪過，
17 我的過犯被你封在囊中，
我的罪孽你以灰泥遮蓋了。
18 山崩下墜，
巖石挪開原處；
19 流水磨蝕石頭，
水的氾溢沖去地上的塵土，
你也這樣滅絕人的指望。
20 你永遠勝過人，人就去世，
你改變他的容貌，把他遣走。
21 他的兒女得尊榮，他並不曉得，
他們降為卑，他也不覺得，
22 只覺自己身上的痛苦，
為自己悲哀。”
Job 14
New American Standard Bible
Job Speaks of the Finality of Death
14 “(A)Man, who is born of woman,
Is [a]short-lived and (B)full of turmoil.
2 (C)Like a flower he comes out and withers.
He also flees like (D)a shadow and does not remain.
3 You also (E)open Your eyes on him
And (F)bring [b]him into judgment with Yourself.
4 (G)Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!
5 Since his days are determined,
The (H)number of his months is with You;
And You have [c]set his limits so that he cannot pass.
6 (I)Look away from him so that he may [d]rest,
Until he [e]fulfills his day like a hired worker.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not [f]fail.
8 Though its roots grow old in the ground,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
9 At the scent of water it will flourish
And produce sprigs like a plant.
10 But (J)a man dies and lies prostrate.
A person (K)passes away, and where is he?
11 As (L)water [g]evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12 So (M)a man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens no longer exist,
[h]He will not awake nor be woken from [i]his sleep.
13 “Oh that You would hide me in [j]Sheol,
That You would conceal me (N)until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my relief comes.
15 You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for (O)the work of Your hands.
16 For now You (P)number my steps,
You do not (Q)observe my sin.
17 My wrongdoing is (R)sealed up in a bag,
And You cover over my [k]guilt.
18 “But the falling mountain [l]crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;
19 Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You (S)destroy a man’s hope.
20 You forever overpower him and he (T)departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.
21 His sons achieve honor, but (U)he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, and he does not perceive it.
22 However, his [m]body pains him,
And his soul mourns for himself.”
Footnotes
- Job 14:1 Lit short of days
- Job 14:3 As in some ancient versions; MT me
- Job 14:5 Lit made
- Job 14:6 Lit cease
- Job 14:6 Lit makes acceptable
- Job 14:7 Or cease
- Job 14:11 Lit disappears
- Job 14:12 Lit They
- Job 14:12 Lit their
- Job 14:13 I.e., the netherworld
- Job 14:17 Or unjust deed
- Job 14:18 Lit withers
- Job 14:22 Lit flesh
Job 14
King James Version
14 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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