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.
約伯記 30
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
哀歎今日的痛苦
30 「但如今，比我年少的人竟嘲笑我，
他們的父親曾被我鄙視，
連我的牧羊犬都不如。
2 他們精力衰竭，
對我有何益處？
3 他們貧窮饑餓，瘦弱不堪，
夜間在乾旱荒涼之地啃食。
4 他們在草叢中拔鹹草充饑，
以羅騰樹根為食。
5 他們被趕離人群，
像賊一樣被喝斥。
6 他們只好住在荒谷，
在地洞和岩穴棲身；
7 在雜草間嚎叫如獸，
在樹叢中蜷縮一團。
8 他們是愚昧無名之輩，
被人用鞭子趕出境外。
9 「如今，他們竟唱歌諷刺我，
我成了他們的笑柄。
10 他們厭惡我，不願靠近我，
任意朝我臉上吐唾沫。
11 因為上帝苦待我，使我毫無力量，
他們才在我面前肆無忌憚。
12 這些無賴從右邊攻擊我，
迫使我逃亡，
他們展開攻勢要毀滅我。
13 他們截斷我的路，
想方設法害我，無人相助。
14 他們衝破防線，
從廢墟中向我襲來。
15 恐懼籠罩著我，
我的尊榮隨風而去，
我的榮華如雲消散。
16 「如今我的生命將盡，
痛苦的日子抓住我。
17 夜間我的骨頭刺痛，
如被啃噬，無休無止。
18 上帝猛力抓住我的衣服，
緊緊地揪住我的衣領。
19 祂把我扔進淤泥，
使我如塵埃灰燼。
20 「上帝啊！我向你呼求，你不回應；
我站起來，你也不理睬。
21 你變得對我殘酷無情，
用你大能的手迫害我，
22 把我提到風中，讓我被風吹走，
被暴風拋來拋去。
23 我知道你要帶我去死亡之地，
那是你為眾生所定的歸宿。
24 「誠然，不幸的人在困境中呼救，
無人會伸手加害他。
25 難道我不曾為受苦的人哭泣，
我的心不曾為窮困者悲傷嗎？
26 我盼望幸福，來的卻是災禍；
我期待光明，來的卻是黑暗。
27 我心裡一直煩亂不安，
苦難的日子迎面襲來。
28 我皮膚發黑，不是因為日曬，
我在會眾中站起來呼救。
29 我成了豺狼的兄弟，
駝鳥的夥伴。
30 我的皮膚發黑、脫落，
我的骨頭如被烤焦。
31 我的琴唱出哀樂，
我的簫奏出悲鳴。
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
