Job 13
English Standard Version
Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God
13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
my ear has heard and understood it.
2 (A)What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 (B)But I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to (C)argue my case with God.
4 As for you, (D)you whitewash with lies;
(E)worthless physicians are you all.
5 Oh that you would (F)keep silent,
and it would be your wisdom!
6 Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will you (G)speak falsely for God
and speak (H)deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you (I)plead the case for God?
9 Will it be well with you when he (J)searches you out?
Or (K)can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
if in secret you show partiality.
11 Will not his (L)majesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of (M)ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and (N)put my life in my hand?
15 (O)Though he slay me, I will (P)hope in him;[a]
yet I will (Q)argue my ways to his face.
16 This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.
17 (R)Keep listening to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold, I have (S)prepared my case;
I know that I shall be in the right.
19 (T)Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
20 Only grant me two things,
then I will not (U)hide myself from your face:
21 (V)withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not (W)dread of you terrify me.
22 (X)Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
(Y)Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why (Z)do you hide your face
and (AA)count me as your enemy?
25 Will you frighten (AB)a driven leaf
and pursue dry (AC)chaff?
26 For you (AD)write bitter things against me
and make me inherit (AE)the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in (AF)the stocks
and (AG)watch all my paths;
you set a limit for[b] the soles of my feet.
28 Man[c] wastes away like (AH)a rotten thing,
like a garment that is (AI)moth-eaten.
約伯記 13
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
責友妄言證神為義
13 「這一切，我眼都見過，我耳都聽過，而且明白。 2 你們所知道的，我也知道，並非不及你們。
3 「我真要對全能者說話，我願與神理論。 4 你們是編造謊言的，都是無用的醫生。 5 唯願你們全然不作聲，這就算為你們的智慧！ 6 請你們聽我的辯論，留心聽我口中的分訴。 7 你們要為神說不義的話嗎？為他說詭詐的言語嗎？ 8 你們要為神徇情嗎？要為他爭論嗎？ 9 他查出你們來，這豈是好嗎？人欺哄人，你們也要照樣欺哄他嗎？ 10 你們若暗中徇情，他必要責備你們。 11 他的尊榮豈不叫你們懼怕嗎？他的驚嚇豈不臨到你們嗎？ 12 你們以為可記念的箴言是爐灰的箴言，你們以為可靠的堅壘是淤泥的堅壘。
13 「你們不要作聲，任憑我吧！讓我說話，無論如何我都承當。 14 我何必把我的肉掛在牙上，將我的命放在手中？ 15 他必殺我，我雖無指望，然而我在他面前還要辯明我所行的。 16 這要成為我的拯救，因為不虔誠的人，不得到他面前。 17 你們要細聽我的言語，使我所辯論的入你們的耳中。 18 我已陳明我的案，知道自己有義。 19 有誰與我爭論，我就情願緘默不言，氣絕而亡。
20 「唯有兩件不要向我施行，我就不躲開你的面， 21 就是把你的手縮回，遠離我身，又不使你的驚惶威嚇我。 22 這樣，你呼叫，我就回答；或是讓我說話，你回答我。 23 我的罪孽和罪過有多少呢？求你叫我知道我的過犯與罪愆。 24 你為何掩面，拿我當仇敵呢？ 25 你要驚動被風吹的葉子嗎？要追趕枯乾的碎秸嗎？ 26 你按罪狀刑罰我，又使我擔當幼年的罪孽； 27 也把我的腳上了木狗，並窺察我一切的道路，為我的腳掌劃定界限。 28 我已經像滅絕的爛物，像蟲蛀的衣裳。
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