1「全能者為何不定下審判的日期？
為何信靠祂的人要空等一場？
2惡人挪移界石，
搶奪羊群去牧養。
3他們牽走孤兒的驢，
強取寡婦的牛作抵押。
4他們把貧民趕離正路，
地上的窮人被迫東躲西藏。
5貧窮的人如荒漠中的野驢，
殷勤覓食，給兒女糊口。
6他們割田間的草料，
摘惡人剩餘的葡萄。
7他們整夜赤身露體，
沒有被子可以禦寒。
8他們被山雨澆透，
只能在岩石下棲身。
9惡人奪去寡母懷中的孤兒，
強取窮人的孩子作抵押，
10使他們赤身露體地流浪，
餓著肚子扛禾捆。
11他們在惡人的橄欖林中榨油，
口乾舌燥地在酒池踩踏。
12城中傳來垂死之人的呻吟，
受傷者不斷呼救，
上帝卻置之不理。
13「有人與光明為敵，
不認識光明之道，
也不走光明之路。
14兇手黎明起來，
殺害貧苦的人，
夜晚又去做賊。
15姦夫的眼睛盼著黃昏，
心想，『沒人會看見我』，
並把臉蒙起來。
16盜賊夜間挖牆行竊，
日間躲藏起來，
不想認識光明。
17他們以晝作夜，
熟知黑夜的恐怖。
18「惡人如水上的泡沫。
他們的產業遭咒詛，
他們的葡萄園荒蕪。
19陰間吞噬犯罪之人，
如同乾熱吞噬融雪。
20他們的生母忘記他們，
蟲子在他們身上飽餐。
沒有人再記得他們，
惡人像樹木一樣折斷。
21他們惡待不育的婦人，
毫不善待寡婦。
22但上帝用大能擄走權貴，
他們再強大也難保性命。
23上帝讓他們暫享安逸，
但他們逃不過祂的眼睛。
24他們一時得勢，轉瞬消逝；
他們淪為卑賤，像其他人一樣滅亡，
像麥穗一樣被割掉。
25我說的都是實情，誰能否認？
誰能證明我的話是空談？」
1“Why doesn’t the Mighty One set a time for judging sinful people?
Why do those who know him have to keep waiting for that day?
2People move their neighbor’s boundary stones.
They steal their neighbor’s flocks.
3They take away the donkeys
that belong to children whose fathers have died.
They take a widow’s ox until she has paid what she owes.
4They push those who are needy out of their way.
They force all the poor people in the land to go into hiding.
5The poor are like wild donkeys in the desert.
They have to go around looking for food.
The dry and empty land provides the only food for their children.
6The poor go to the fields and get a little grain.
They gather up what is left in the vineyards of sinners.
7The poor don’t have any clothes. So they spend the night naked.
They don’t have anything to cover themselves in the cold.
8They are soaked by mountain rains.
They hug the rocks because they don’t have anything to keep them warm.
9Children whose fathers have died
are torn away from their mothers.
A poor person’s baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.
10The poor don’t have any clothes. They go around naked.
They carry bundles of grain, but they still go hungry.
11They work very hard as they crush olives.
They stomp on grapes in winepresses,
but they are still thirsty.
12The groans of those who are dying are heard from the city.
Those who are wounded cry out for help.
But God doesn’t charge anyone with doing what is wrong.
13“Some people hate it when daylight comes.
In the daytime they never walk outside.
14When daylight is gone, murderers get up.
They kill poor people and those who are in need.
In the night they sneak around like robbers.
15Those who commit adultery wait until the sun goes down.
They think, ‘No one will see us.’
They keep their faces hidden.
16In the dark, thieves break into houses.
But by day they shut themselves in.
They don’t want anything to do with the light.
17Midnight is like morning to them.
The terrors of darkness are their friends.
18“But sinners are like bubbles on the surface of water.
Their share of the land is under God’s curse.
So no one goes to their vineyards.
19Melted snow disappears when the air is hot and dry.
And sinners disappear when they go down into their graves.
20Even their mothers forget them.
The worms in their graves eat them up.
No one remembers sinful people anymore.
They are cut down like trees.
21They mistreat women who aren’t able to have children.
They aren’t kind to widows.
22But God is powerful.
He even drags away people who are strong.
When he rises up against them,
they can never be sure they are safe.
23God might let them rest and feel secure.
But his eyes see how they live.
24For a little while they are honored.
Then they are gone.
They are brought low.
And they die like everyone else.
They are cut off like heads of grain.
25“Who can prove that what I’m saying is wrong?
Who can prove that my words aren’t true?”
