Job 30
New International Version
30 “But now they mock me,(A)
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.(B)
2 Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed[a] the parched land(C)
in desolate wastelands(D) at night.(E)
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,(F)
and their food[b] was the root of the broom bush.(G)
5 They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.(H)
7 They brayed(I) among the bushes(J)
and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,(K)
they were driven out of the land.(L)
9 “And now those young men mock me(M) in song;(N)
I have become a byword(O) among them.
10 They detest me(P) and keep their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(Q)
11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(R) and afflicted me,(S)
they throw off restraint(T) in my presence.
12 On my right(U) the tribe[c] attacks;
they lay snares(V) for my feet,(W)
they build their siege ramps against me.(X)
13 They break up my road;(Y)
they succeed in destroying me.(Z)
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(AA)
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
15 Terrors(AB) overwhelm me;(AC)
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.(AD)
16 “And now my life ebbs away;(AE)
days of suffering grip me.(AF)
17 Night pierces my bones;
my gnawing pains never rest.(AG)
18 In his great power(AH) God becomes like clothing to me[d];
he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,(AI)
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.(AJ)
20 “I cry out to you,(AK) God, but you do not answer;(AL)
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(AM)
with the might of your hand(AN) you attack me.(AO)
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;(AP)
you toss me about in the storm.(AQ)
23 I know you will bring me down to death,(AR)
to the place appointed for all the living.(AS)
24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(AT)
when he cries for help in his distress.(AU)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(AV)
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(AW)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.(AX)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(AY)
days of suffering confront me.(AZ)
28 I go about blackened,(BA) but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(BB)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(BC)
a companion of owls.(BD)
30 My skin grows black(BE) and peels;(BF)
my body burns with fever.(BG)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(BH)
and my pipe(BI) to the sound of wailing.
Job 30
King James Version
30 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Gióp 30
Bản Dịch 2011
Gióp Lại Tiếp Tục Binh Vực Ông
30 Nhưng bây giờ những người trẻ tuổi hơn tôi chế nhạo tôi,
Những người trẻ mà cha của họ tôi coi thường và đặt làm việc chung với đàn chó chăn bầy của tôi.
2 Phải, sức lực của đôi tay chúng còn có ích gì cho tôi,
Khi sự cường tráng của chúng không còn nữa chăng?
3 Chúng gầy guộc vì nạn đói;
Chúng phải kiếm ăn trong đồng không mông quạnh,
Nơi trước kia chỉ là chỗ hoang vắng tiêu điều.
4 Chúng phải bứt lá có chất muối trong bụi để ăn;
Chúng phải ăn rễ cây bách xù để sống.
5 Chúng bị đuổi đi khỏi xã hội loài người;
Người ta la hét xua đuổi chúng như đuổi quân trộm cắp.
6 Chúng bị buộc phải sống ở các gành đá trong thung lũng,
Trong các hang hố dưới đất và trong các hốc đá.
7 Chúng la lối nhau om sòm trong các bụi rậm;
Chúng sống chen chúc với nhau dưới các lùm gai.
8 Chúng là con cái của những kẻ dại dột, những kẻ không ra gì;
Chúng đã bị đuổi xua ra khỏi xứ.
9 Nhưng bây giờ tôi đã trở thành đề tài cho chúng nhạo báng,
Làm đầu đề cho chúng mỉa mai.
10 Chúng ghê tởm tôi, chúng lánh xa tôi;
Chúng không ngần ngại phun nước bọt vào mặt tôi.
11 Bởi vì Ngài đã làm cho dây cung của tôi bị chùng và khiến tôi bị tổn thương,
Nên chúng chẳng còn kiêng nể tôi nữa.
12 Ðám người trẻ ấy nổi lên chống lại tôi ở bên phải;
Chúng xô đẩy chân tôi;
Chúng đắp mô gài bẫy trên đường tôi đi, để tôi bị tiêu diệt.
13 Chúng phá hủy đường lối tôi;
Chúng làm mọi cách để tôi sớm bị hại;
Chẳng có ai kiềm chế chúng cả.
14 Chúng ập đến như quân thù xông qua một lỗ thủng lớn nơi tường thành;
Trong lúc tôi bị hoạn nạn, chúng tràn vào tấn công ào ạt.
15 Các cơn kinh hãi ập xuống tôi;
Danh dự của tôi bị chúng đùa đi như gió;
Tài sản của tôi bị tan biến như mây gặp phải cuồng phong.
16 Bây giờ sức sống trong tôi tan đi cách mau chóng;
Những ngày khốn khổ cứ bám chặt lấy tôi.
17 Ban đêm xương tôi nhức nhối như bị đâm vào cơ thể;
Da thịt tôi đau đớn không ngừng.
18 Ngài dùng sức mạnh túm lấy áo tôi;
Ngài siết cổ tôi ngay ở cổ áo.
19 Ngài ném tôi vào vũng bùn;
Tôi trở nên như bụi như tro.
20 Con kêu cầu Ngài, nhưng Ngài không đáp lời con;
Con đứng dậy để Ngài thấy, nhưng Ngài nhìn rồi làm ngơ.
21 Ngài đối với con quá tàn nhẫn;
Ngài dùng cánh tay quyền năng của Ngài bách hại con.
22 Ngài nhấc bổng con lên và tung con theo luồng gió;
Ngài làm cho tài sản của con tan biến như bị bão tố thổi đi.
23 Vì con biết Ngài sẽ đem con vào cõi chết;
Ði đến nơi đã định cho mọi kẻ sống trên đời.
24 Tuy nhiên há chẳng phải trong lúc bị nguy khốn người ta mới đưa tay ra xin cứu giúp?
Hoặc trong lúc gặp hiểm nguy họ mới cất tiếng van nài?
25 Há chẳng phải con đã khóc cho người lầm than vất vả?
Hoặc linh hồn con buồn bã cho người gặp phải cảnh khó nghèo?
26 Khi con đợi phước hạnh, tai họa từ đâu lại ập đến;
Khi con chờ ánh sáng, bóng tối cứ lù lù hiện ra.
27 Ruột gan con rối bời, và con không thể nào an tâm;
Những ngày khốn khó đã ập đến trên con.
28 Con đi tới đi lui trong đêm tối, không chút ánh sáng mặt trời;
Con đứng giữa đại hội và kêu cầu sự giúp đỡ.
29 Con trở thành anh em của chó rừng,
Thành bạn bè của đà điểu.
30 Da của con đổi ra màu đen và trốc ra từng mảnh;
Xương cốt con cứ nóng sốt liên hồi.
31 Tiếng hạc cầm của con đã thành khúc nhạc buồn ảo não;
Tiếng sáo của con đã trỗi lên âm điệu bi thương.
Job 30
New King James Version
Job’s Wealth Now Poverty
30 “But now they mock at me, men [a]younger than I,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2 Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.
3 They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
4 Who pluck [b]mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.
5 They were driven out from among men,
They shouted at them as at a thief.
6 They had to live in the clefts of the [c]valleys,
In [d]caves of the earth and the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed,
Under the nettles they nestled.
8 They were sons of fools,
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.
9 “And(A) now I am their taunting song;
Yes, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate (B)to spit in my face.
11 Because (C)He has loosed [e]my bowstring and afflicted me,
They have cast off restraint before me.
12 At my right hand the rabble arises;
They push away my feet,
And (D)they raise against me their ways of destruction.
13 They break up my path,
They promote my calamity;
They have no helper.
14 They come as broad breakers;
Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
15 Terrors are turned upon me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
16 “And(E) now my soul is (F)poured out because of my plight;
The days of affliction take hold of me.
17 My bones are pierced in me at night,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18 By great force my garment is disfigured;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
20 “I (G)cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You regard me.
21 But You have become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You (H)oppose me.
22 You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
You spoil my success.
23 For I know that You will bring me to death,
And to the house (I)appointed for all living.
24 “Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
If they cry out when He destroys it.
25 (J)Have I not wept for him who was in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 (K)But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
27 [f]My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.
28 (L)I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29 (M)I am a brother of jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 (N)My skin grows black and falls from me;
(O)My bones burn with fever.
31 My harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
Job 30
English Standard Version
30 “But now they (A)laugh at me,
men who are (B)younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
(C)men whose (D)vigor is gone?
3 Through want and hard hunger
they (E)gnaw (F)the dry ground by night in (G)waste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[a]
5 (H)They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of (I)the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they (J)bray;
under (K)the nettles they huddle together.
8 A senseless, a nameless brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.
9 “And now I have become their (L)song;
I am (M)a byword to them.
10 They (N)abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to (O)spit at the sight of me.
11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me,
they have cast off restraint[b] in my presence.
12 On my (P)right hand the rabble rise;
they push away my feet;
they (Q)cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 They break up my path;
they promote my (R)calamity;
they need no one to help them.
14 As through a wide (S)breach they come;
amid the crash they roll on.
15 (T)Terrors are turned upon me;
my honor is pursued as by the wind,
and my prosperity has passed away like (U)a cloud.
16 “And now my soul is (V)poured out within me;
days of affliction have taken hold of me.
17 (W)The night (X)racks my bones,
and the pain that (Y)gnaws me takes no rest.
18 With great force my garment is (Z)disfigured;
it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
19 God[c] has cast me into the mire,
and I have become like (AA)dust and ashes.
20 I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you only look at me.
21 You have (AB)turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you (AC)persecute me.
22 (AD)You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
23 (AE)For I know that you will bring me to death
and to the house appointed for (AF)all living.
24 “Yet does not one in a (AG)heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
and in his disaster cry for help?[d]
25 Did not I (AH)weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 But (AI)when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, (AJ)darkness came.
27 My inward parts are in turmoil and never still;
days of affliction (AK)come to meet me.
28 I (AL)go about darkened, but not by the sun;
I stand up in (AM)the assembly and cry for help.
29 I am a brother of (AN)jackals
and a companion of (AO)ostriches.
30 My (AP)skin turns black and falls from me,
and my (AQ)bones burn with heat.
31 My (AR)lyre is (AS)turned to mourning,
and my (AT)pipe to the voice of those who weep.
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