约伯记 23
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
约伯自言寻不见 神
23 约伯回答说：
2 “直到今日我还有苦情要申诉，
我虽然叹息，他的手仍然沉重。
3 但愿我知道怎样能寻见 神，
能到他的台前来。
4 好让我在他面前呈上我的案件，
满口辩论向他申诉；
5 知道他要回答我的话，
明白他对我说甚么。
6 他会以大能与我相争吗？
必不会这样，他必关怀我。
7 在他那里正直人可以与他彼此辩论，
这样，我就必永远摆脱那审判我的。
8 可是我往前走，他不在那里；
我若往后退，我也不能见他。
9 他在左边行事，我却见不到；
他在右边隐藏，我却看不见。
10 可是他知道我所行的道路，
他试炼我以后，我必像精金出现。
自言未曾背道
11 我的脚紧随他的脚步，
我谨守他的道，并不偏离。
12 他嘴唇的命令我没有离弃，
我珍藏他口中的言语，
胜过我需用的饮食（“胜过我需用的饮食”或可参照《七十士译本》等古译本翻译为“在我的心胸”）。
13 但是他既已定意，谁能使他转意呢？
他心里所愿的，就行出来。
14 他为我所定的，他必成全，
这类的事情，他还有许多。
15 因此我在他面前惊惶，
一想到这事，我就惧怕他。
16 神使我心里胆怯，
全能者使我惊惶，
17 因为我在黑暗面前并没有被消灭，
也不怕幽暗遮盖着我的脸。”
Job 23
King James Version
23 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 23
New King James Version
Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Even today my (A)complaint is bitter;
[a]My hand is listless because of my groaning.
3 (B)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 (C)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Look,(D) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But (E)He knows the way that I take;
When (F)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 (G)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the (H)commandment of His lips;
(I)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my [b]necessary food.
13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (J)His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is (K)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
16 For God (L)made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
17 Because I was not (M)cut off [c]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.
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