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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Job’s Opening Speech
3 After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born. 2 He said:
3 May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”(A)
4 If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.
5 May darkness and gloom(B) reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun[a] terrify it.
6 If only darkness had taken that night away!
May it not appear[b] among the days of the year
or be listed in the calendar.[c]
7 Yes, may that night be barren;
may no joyful shout(C) be heard in it.
8 Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell(D) on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.(E)
9 May its morning stars grow dark.
May it wait for daylight but have none;
may it not see the breaking[d] of dawn.
10 For that night did not shut
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.
11 Why was I not stillborn;
why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?(F)
12 Why did the knees receive me,
and why were there breasts for me to nurse?(G)
13 Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.(H)
Then I would be at rest(I)
14 with the kings and counselors(J) of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses(K) with silver.
16 Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,(L)
like infants who never see daylight?
17 There the wicked(M) cease to make trouble,
and there the weary find rest.
18 The captives are completely at ease;(N)
they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.(O)
19 Both small and great are there,
and the slave is set free from his master.(P)
20 Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,(Q)
21 who wait for death,(R) but it does not come,
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22 who are filled with much joy
and are glad when they reach the grave?(S)
23 Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,(T)
whom God has hedged in?
24 I sigh when food(U) is put before me,[e]
and my groans pour out like water.(V)
25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
and what I dreaded has happened to me.(W)
26 I cannot relax or be still;
I have no rest,(X) for trouble comes.
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