約伯記 31
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
約伯最後的申辯
31 「我跟自己的眼睛立了約，
決不貪看女色。
2 天上的上帝所定的是什麼？
高天的全能者賜下什麼產業？
3 豈不是降災難給不義之人，
降禍患給作惡的人？
4 上帝豈不鑒察我走的路，
數算我的腳步？
5 我何曾與虛假同行，
疾步追隨詭詐？
6 願上帝把我放在公義的天平上秤量，
讓祂知道我的清白。
7 倘若我的腳偏離正路，
貪圖眼目之慾，
或手上粘著罪污，
8 願我種的莊稼被別人享用，
我田中的出產被連根拔起。
9 我的心若迷戀女人，
在鄰居的門口窺探，
10 願我妻子為別人推磨，
願別人與她同房。
11 因為這是大惡，
是當受審判的罪，
12 是燒向滅亡的火焰，
會吞噬我所有家業。
13 我的僕婢告我，
我也會講公道，
14 否則上帝追究，我怎麼辦？
祂審問我，我如何回答？
15 祂創造了我，豈不也創造了他們？
豈不是同一位使我們在母腹中成胎？
16 我何曾拒絕窮人的請求，
或使寡婦眼露失望之情，
17 或獨吞我的食物，
不與孤兒同享？
18 我自幼就如父親般撫養孤兒，
我自出母胎就照顧寡婦。
19 倘若我見有人凍得要死，
或有窮人衣不蔽體，
20 卻沒有把我的羊毛給他們禦寒，
以致他們向我道謝；
21 倘若我仗著在城門口有勢力，
就動手欺負孤兒，
22 情願我的肩膀從肩胛脫落，
我的手臂從手肘折斷。
23 因為我懼怕上帝降災禍，
我無法承擔祂的威嚴。
24 「我若仰仗金子，
依靠純金，
25 因財富充裕、
或家產豐足而歡喜；
26 我若見太陽發光，
明月在天上移動，
27 就暗自心生迷戀，
向它們吻手示敬，
28 就是犯了當受審判的罪惡，
因為這等於我背棄了天上的上帝。
29 「我何曾因敵人遭殃而歡喜，
因他們遇禍而快樂？
30 我從未咒詛他們喪命，
以致我的口犯罪。
31 住在我帳篷中的人，
誰沒飽餐我的肉食呢？
32 我的家門向路人敞開，
從未有旅客露宿街頭。
33 我何曾像亞當一樣遮掩我的過犯，
將罪惡藏在懷中，
34 因懼怕群眾，
被族人藐視，
就默不作聲、不敢出門？
35 「但願有人聽我申訴！
看啊，我在這裡畫押，願全能者回答我！
願我的控訴者寫好狀詞！
36 我會把狀詞披在肩上，
如冠冕一般戴在頭上。
37 我會像王者一樣到祂面前，
向祂交代我的一切所為。
38 「若我的田地向我喊冤，
條條犁溝一同哭訴；
39 若我白吃地的出產，
或使地的主人喪命，
40 願地長出蒺藜而非麥子，
長出雜草而非大麥。」
約伯的話說完了。
Job 31
Complete Jewish Bible
31 “I made a covenant with my eyes
not to let them lust after any girl.
2 “What share does God give from above?
What is the heritage from Shaddai on high?
3 Isn’t it calamity to the unrighteous?
disaster to those who do evil?
4 Doesn’t he see my ways
and count all my steps?
5 “If I have gone along with falsehood,
if my feet have hurried to deceit;
6 then let me be weighed on an honest scale,
so that God will know my integrity.
7 “If my steps have wandered from the way,
if my heart has followed my eyes,
if the least dirt has stuck to my hands;
8 then let me sow and someone else eat,
let what grows from my fields be uprooted.
9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;
10 then let my wife grind for another man,
and let others kneel on her.
11 For that would be a heinous act,
a criminal offense,
12 a fire that would burn to the depths of Abaddon,
uprooting all I produce.
13 “If I ever rejected my slave or slave-girl’s cause,
when they brought legal action against me;
14 then what would I do if God stood up?
Were he to intervene, what answer could I give?
15 Didn’t he who made me in the womb make them too?
Didn’t the same one shape us both before our birth?
16 “If I held back anything needed by the poor
or made a widow’s eye grow dim [with tears],
17 or ate my portion of food by myself,
without letting the orphan eat any of it —
18 No! From my youth he grew up
with me as if with a father,
and I have been her guide
from my mother’s womb! —
19 or if I saw a traveler needing clothing,
someone in need who had no covering,
20 who didn’t bless me from his heart
for being warmed with the fleece from my sheep,
21 or if I lifted my hand against an orphan,
knowing that no one would dare charge me in court;
22 then let my arm fall from its socket,
and let my forearm be broken at the elbow!
23 For calamity from God has always terrified me;
before his majesty I could never do a thing [like that].
24 “If I made gold my hope,
if I said to fine gold, ‘You are my security,’
25 if I took joy in my great wealth,
in my having acquired so much;
26 or if, on seeing the shining sun
or the full moon as it moved through the sky,
27 my heart was secretly seduced,
so that I would wave them a kiss with my hand;
28 then this too would be a criminal offense,
for I would have been lying to God on high.
29 “Did I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me?
Was I filled with glee when disaster overtook him?
30 No, I did not allow my mouth to sin
by asking for his life with a curse.
31 “Was there anyone in my tent who didn’t say,
‘No one can find a single person
whom he has not filled with his meat’?
32 No stranger had to sleep in the street;
I kept my house open to the traveler.
33 “If I concealed my sins, as most people do,
by hiding my wrongdoing in my heart,
34 from fear of general gossip
or dread of some family’s contempt.
keeping silent and not going outdoors —
35 I wish I had someone who would listen to me!
Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me!
I wish I had the indictment my adversary has written!
36 I would carry it on my shoulder;
I would bind it on me like a crown.
37 I would declare to him every one of my steps;
I would approach him like a prince.
38 “If my land cried out against me,
if its furrows wept together,
39 if I ate its produce without paying
or made its owners despair;
40 then let thistles grow instead of wheat
and noxious weeds instead of barley!
“The words of Iyov are finished.”
Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. All rights reserved.