Job 3

Complete Jewish Bible

3 ⁽²⁾Iyov said,

²⁽³⁾“Perish the day I was born
and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’
³⁽⁴⁾May that day be darkness,
may God on high not seek it,
may no light shine on it,
⁴⁽⁵⁾may gloom dark as death defile it,
may clouds settle on it,
may it be terrified by its own blackness.

⁵⁽⁶⁾“As for that night, may thick darkness seize it,
may it not be joined to the days of the year,
may it not be numbered among the months;
⁶⁽⁷⁾may that night be desolate,
may no cry of joy be heard in it;
⁷⁽⁸⁾may those who curse days curse it,
those who[se curses] could rouse Livyatan;
⁸⁽⁹⁾may the stars of its twilight be dark,
may it look for light but get none,
may it never see the shimmer of dawn —
⁹⁽¹⁰⁾because it didn’t shut the doors of the womb I was in
and shield my eyes from trouble.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾“If I had been stillborn,
if I had died at birth,
¹¹⁽¹²⁾had there been no knees to receive me
or breasts for me to suck.
¹²⁽¹³⁾Then I would be lying still and in peace,
I would have slept and been at rest,
¹³⁽¹⁴⁾along with kings and their earthly advisers,
who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾or with princes who had [plenty of] gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾Or I could have been like a hidden, miscarried
child that never saw light.

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾“There the wicked cease their raging,
there the weary are at rest,
¹⁷⁽¹⁸⁾prisoners live at peace together
without hearing a taskmaster’s yells.
¹⁸⁽¹⁹⁾Great and small alike are there,
and the slave is free of his master.

¹⁹⁽²⁰⁾“So why must light be given to the miserable
and life to the bitter in spirit?
²⁰⁽²¹⁾They long for death, but it never comes;
they search for it more than for buried treasure;
²¹⁽²²⁾when at last they find the grave,
they are so happy they shout for joy.
²²⁽²³⁾[Why give light] to a man who wanders blindly,
whom God shuts in on every side?

²³⁽²⁴⁾“My sighing serves in place of my food,
and my groans pour out in a torrent;
²⁴⁽²⁵⁾for the thing I feared has overwhelmed me,
what I dreaded has happened to me.
²⁵⁽²⁶⁾I have no peace, no quiet, no rest;
and anguish keeps coming.”

約伯記 3

Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

約伯自詛其誕辰

3 此後，約伯開口咒詛自己的生日， ²說： ³「願我生的那日和說懷了男胎的那夜都滅沒。 ⁴願那日變為黑暗，願神不從上面尋找它，願亮光不照於其上。 ⁵願黑暗和死蔭索取那日，願密雲停在其上，願日食恐嚇它。 ⁶願那夜被幽暗奪取，不在年中的日子同樂，也不入月中的數目。 ⁷願那夜沒有生育，其間也沒有歡樂的聲音。 ⁸願那咒詛日子且能惹動鱷魚的，咒詛那夜。 ⁹願那夜黎明的星宿變為黑暗，盼亮卻不亮，也不見早晨的光線^[a]。 ¹⁰因沒有把懷我胎的門關閉，也沒有將患難對我的眼隱藏。 ¹¹我為何不出母胎而死？為何不出母腹絕氣？ ¹²為何有膝接收我？為何有奶哺養我？ ¹³不然，我就早已躺臥安睡， ¹⁴和地上為自己重造荒丘的君王、謀士， ¹⁵或與有金子、將銀子裝滿了房屋的王子一同安息； ¹⁶或像隱而未現、不到期而落的胎，歸於無有，如同未見光的嬰孩。 ¹⁷在那裡，惡人止息攪擾，困乏人得享安息； ¹⁸被囚的人同得安逸，不聽見督工的聲音。 ¹⁹大小都在那裡，奴僕脫離主人的轄制。

自言死為美

²⁰「受患難的人，為何有光賜給他呢？心中愁苦的人，為何有生命賜給他呢？ ²¹他們切望死卻不得死，求死勝於求隱藏的珍寶。 ²²他們尋見墳墓就快樂，極其歡喜。 ²³人的道路既然遮隱，神又把他四面圍困，為何有光賜給他呢？ ²⁴我未曾吃飯就發出嘆息，我唉哼的聲音湧出如水。 ²⁵因我所恐懼的臨到我身，我所懼怕的迎我而來。 ²⁶我不得安逸，不得平靜，也不得安息，卻有患難來到。」

Footnotes

約伯記 3:9 「光線」原文作「眼皮」。

Job 3

New Life Version

Job Speaks Angry Words to God

3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. ²He said, ³“Let the day be lost on which I was born, and the night which said, ‘A boy is born.’ ⁴May that day be darkness. May God above not care for it. May light not shine on it. ⁵Let darkness and a heavy shadow take it for their own. Let a cloud come upon it. Let the darkness of the day bring fear upon it. ⁶As for that night, let darkness take hold of it. Let it not have joy among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of months. ⁷Yes, let that night be alone and empty. Let no sound of joy come into it. ⁸Let those curse it who curse the day, who are able to wake up the Leviathan. ⁹Let the early morning stars be made dark. Let it wait for light but have none. Do not let it see the light of day. ¹⁰Because it did not keep my mother from giving birth to me, or hide trouble from my eyes.

¹¹“Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not come from my mother and die? ¹²Why did the knees receive me, or why the breasts, that I should have milk? ¹³For now I would have lain down and been quiet. I would have slept then. I would have been at rest, ¹⁴with kings and wise men of the earth who built cities for themselves that are now destroyed. ¹⁵I would have been at rest with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. ¹⁶Why did I not die before I was born, hidden and put away, as babies that never see the light? ¹⁷There the troubles of the sinful stop. There the tired are at rest. ¹⁸Those in prison are at rest together. They do not hear the voice of the one who rules over their work. ¹⁹The small and the great are there. And the servant is free from his owner.

²⁰“Why is light given to him who suffers? Why is life given to those who feel sad in their soul? ²¹They wait for death, but there is none. They dig for it more than for hidden riches. ²²They are filled with much joy and are glad, when they find the grave. ²³Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and around whom God has built a wall? ²⁴For I cry inside myself in front of my food. My cries pour out like water. ²⁵What I was afraid of has come upon me. What filled me with fear has happened. ²⁶I am not at rest, and I am not quiet. I have no rest, but only trouble.”

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Job 3 Complete Jewish Bible

約伯記 3 Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)