约伯咒诅自己
1后来，约伯开口咒诅自己的生日， 2说：
3“愿我出生的那日和怀我的那夜灭没。
4愿那日一片黑暗，
被天上的上帝遗忘，
没有阳光照耀。
5愿那日被黑暗和阴影笼罩，
被密云覆盖，
被阴暗淹没。
6愿那夜被幽暗吞噬，
不列在年日中，
不算在岁月里。
7愿那夜无人生育，
毫无快乐之声。
8愿那些咒诅白日、
能惹动海怪的人，
咒诅那夜。
9愿那夜的晨星昏暗，
等不到晨光的出现，
看不见黎明的眼帘。
10因为那夜没有关闭我母胎的门，
以致让我看见患难。
11“为何我不出生时就夭折，
出母胎时就断气？
12为何要把我抱在膝上，
用乳汁哺育我？
13不然我早已安然躺卧、长眠安息，
14与世上的君王和谋臣作伴——他们建造的宫殿已荒废，
15与房屋堆满金银的王侯同眠。
16为何我没有像未见天日就流产的婴儿一样消逝？
17那里，恶人不再搅扰，
疲惫者得到安息，
18被囚者得到安宁，
听不见监工的斥责。
19尊贵与卑贱的人都在那里，
奴仆不再受主人的辖制。
20“为何赐光给受苦的人，
赐生命给心灵痛苦的人？
21他们等候死亡却等不到，
他们求死胜于求宝藏。
22他们归入坟墓时非常快乐，
欣喜若狂。
23为何赐生命给前路渺茫、
被上帝围困的人？
24我以叹息为食，
呻吟如水涌流。
25我害怕的事发生了，
我恐惧的事来临了。
26我不得安宁，
不得平静，
不得安息，
只有苦难。”
Job Speaks
1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2He said:
3“May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
4That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6That night—may thick darkness seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy be heard in it.
8May those who curse days3:8 Or curse the sea curse that day,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
9May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,
10for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
11“Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?
12Why were there knees to receive me
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest
14with kings and rulers of the earth,
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
15with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
17There the wicked cease from turmoil,
and there the weary are at rest.
18Captives also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
19The small and the great are there,
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20“Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,
21to those who long for death that does not come,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?
23Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
24For sighing has become my daily food;
my groans pour out like water.
25What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded has happened to me.
26I have no peace, no quietness;
I have no rest, but only turmoil.”
