約伯記 31 – CCBT & KJV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

約伯記 31:1-40

約伯最後的申辯

1「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。

King James Version

Job 31:1-40

1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.31.6 Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?31.15 did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?

16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)31.18 her: that is, the widow 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.31.22 bone: or, chanelbone 23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;31.25 gotten…: Heb. found much 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;31.26 sun: Heb. light31.26 in…: Heb. bright 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:31.27 my mouth…: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.31.30 mouth: Heb. palate 31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. 32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.31.32 traveller: or, way

33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:31.33 as Adam: or, after the manner of men 34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.31.35 my…: or, my sign is that the Almighty will 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;31.38 complain: Heb. weep 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:31.39 fruits: Heb. strength31.39 the owners…: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.31.40 cockle: or, noisome weeds