Job
1Then Job replied:
2“Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me is heavy in spite of23:2 Or heavy on me in my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
6Would he vigorously oppose me?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
約伯的回答
1約伯回答說：
2「我的哀訴至今充滿苦楚，
祂的責罰使我呻吟不止。
3但願我知道何處能尋見上帝，
知道怎樣去祂的居所。
4我好在祂面前陳明案情，
滔滔不絕地為自己申辯；
5我好知道祂的答覆，
明白祂對我說的話。
6祂會用大能與我爭辯嗎？
不會的，祂會垂聽我的申訴，
7允許正直的人與祂理論，
審判者會讓我永遠脫罪。
8「然而，我去東邊，祂不在那裡；
我到西邊，也找不到祂。
9祂在北邊工作，我看不見祂；
祂轉到南邊，我也看不見祂。
10但祂知道我的一舉一動，
我被祂試煉後必如純金。
11我緊隨祂的腳步，
持守祂的道，沒有偏離。
12我沒有違背祂口中的誡命，
我珍視祂的話語勝過我日用的飲食。
13祂獨行其事，誰能阻擋祂？
祂按自己的意願行事。
14祂在我身上的計劃必然實現，
祂還有許多這樣的計劃。
15所以，我在祂面前驚恐不安。
我想起這一切，便對祂充滿恐懼。
16上帝使我心驚膽戰，
全能者使我驚恐不安。
17然而，我不會因為置身黑暗，
被幽暗籠罩而緘默不言。
