Prologue

In the land of Uz(A) there lived a man whose name was Job.(B) This man was blameless(C) and upright;(D) he feared God(E) and shunned evil.(F) He had seven sons(G) and three daughters,(H) and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys,(I) and had a large number of servants.(J) He was the greatest man(K) among all the people of the East.(L)

His sons used to hold feasts(M) in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.(N) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering(O) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned(P) and cursed God(Q) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

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烏 斯 地 有 一 個 人 名 叫 約 伯 ; 那 人 完 全 正 直 , 敬 畏 神 , 遠 離 惡 事 。

他 生 了 七 個 兒 子 , 三 個 女 兒 。

他 的 家 產 有 七 千 羊 , 三 千 駱 駝 , 五 百 對 牛 , 五 百 母 驢 , 並 有 許 多 僕 婢 。 這 人 在 東 方 人 中 就 為 至 大 。

他 的 兒 子 按 著 日 子 各 在 自 己 家 裡 設 擺 筵 宴 , 就 打 發 人 去 , 請 了 他 們 的 三 個 姊 妹 來 , 與 他 們 一 同 吃 喝 。

筵 宴 的 日 子 過 了 , 約 伯 打 發 人 去 叫 他 們 自 潔 。 他 清 早 起 來 , 按 著 他 們 眾 人 的 數 目 獻 燔 祭 ; 因 為 他 說 : 恐 怕 我 兒 子 犯 了 罪 , 心 中 棄 掉 神 。 約 伯 常 常 這 樣 行 。

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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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