Job 31 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

Job 31:1-40

1“I made a covenant with my eyes

not to look lustfully at a young woman.

2For what is our lot from God above,

our heritage from the Almighty on high?

3Is it not ruin for the wicked,

disaster for those who do wrong?

4Does he not see my ways

and count my every step?

5“If I have walked with falsehood

or my foot has hurried after deceit—

6let God weigh me in honest scales

and he will know that I am blameless—

7if my steps have turned from the path,

if my heart has been led by my eyes,

or if my hands have been defiled,

8then may others eat what I have sown,

and may my crops be uprooted.

9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,

or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10then may my wife grind another man’s grain,

and may other men sleep with her.

11For that would have been wicked,

a sin to be judged.

12It is a fire that burns to Destruction31:12 Hebrew Abaddon;

it would have uprooted my harvest.

13“If I have denied justice to any of my servants,

whether male or female,

when they had a grievance against me,

14what will I do when God confronts me?

What will I answer when called to account?

15Did not he who made me in the womb make them?

Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

16“If I have denied the desires of the poor

or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

17if I have kept my bread to myself,

not sharing it with the fatherless—

18but from my youth I reared them as a father would,

and from my birth I guided the widow—

19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,

or the needy without garments,

20and their hearts did not bless me

for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,

21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,

knowing that I had influence in court,

22then let my arm fall from the shoulder,

let it be broken off at the joint.

23For I dreaded destruction from God,

and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.

24“If I have put my trust in gold

or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’

25if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,

the fortune my hands had gained,

26if I have regarded the sun in its radiance

or the moon moving in splendor,

27so that my heart was secretly enticed

and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,

28then these also would be sins to be judged,

for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

29“If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune

or gloated over the trouble that came to him—

30I have not allowed my mouth to sin

by invoking a curse against their life—

31if those of my household have never said,

‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—

32but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,

for my door was always open to the traveler—

33if I have concealed my sin as people do,31:33 Or as Adam did

by hiding my guilt in my heart

34because I so feared the crowd

and so dreaded the contempt of the clans

that I kept silent and would not go outside—

35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!

I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;

let my accuser put his indictment in writing.

36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,

I would put it on like a crown.

37I would give him an account of my every step;

I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—

38“if my land cries out against me

and all its furrows are wet with tears,

39if I have devoured its yield without payment

or broken the spirit of its tenants,

40then let briers come up instead of wheat

and stinkweed instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

约伯记 31:1-40

约伯最后的申辩

1“我跟自己的眼睛立了约,

决不贪看女色。

2天上的上帝所定的是什么?

高天的全能者赐下什么产业?

3岂不是降灾难给不义之人,

降祸患给作恶的人?

4上帝岂不鉴察我走的路,

数算我的脚步?

5我何曾与虚假同行,

疾步追随诡诈?

6愿上帝把我放在公义的天平上称量,

让祂知道我的清白。

7倘若我的脚偏离正路,

贪图眼目之欲,

或手上粘着罪污,

8愿我种的庄稼被别人享用,

我田中的出产被连根拔起。

9我的心若迷恋女人,

在邻居的门口窥探,

10愿我妻子为别人推磨,

愿别人与她同房。

11因为这是大恶,

是当受审判的罪,

12是烧向灭亡的火焰,

会吞噬我所有家业。

13我的仆婢告我,

我也会讲公道,

14否则上帝追究,我怎么办?

祂审问我,我如何回答?

15祂创造了我,岂不也创造了他们?

岂不是同一位使我们在母腹中成胎?

16我何曾拒绝穷人的请求,

或使寡妇眼露失望之情,

17或独吞我的食物,

不与孤儿同享?

18我自幼就如父亲般抚养孤儿,

我自出母胎就照顾寡妇。

19倘若我见有人冻得要死,

或有穷人衣不蔽体,

20却没有把我的羊毛给他们御寒,

以致他们向我道谢;

21倘若我仗着在城门口有势力,

就动手欺负孤儿,

22情愿我的肩膀从肩胛脱落,

我的手臂从手肘折断。

23因为我惧怕上帝降灾祸,

我无法承担祂的威严。

24“我若仰仗金子,

依靠纯金,

25因财富充裕、

或家产丰足而欢喜;

26我若见太阳发光,

明月在天上移动,

27就暗自心生迷恋,

向它们吻手示敬,

28就是犯了当受审判的罪恶,

因为这等于我背弃了天上的上帝。

29“我何曾因敌人遭殃而欢喜,

因他们遇祸而快乐?

30我从未咒诅他们丧命,

以致我的口犯罪。

31住在我帐篷中的人,

谁没饱餐我的肉食呢?

32我的家门向路人敞开,

从未有旅客露宿街头。

33我何曾像亚当一样遮掩我的过犯,

将罪恶藏在怀中,

34因惧怕群众,

被族人藐视,

就默不作声、不敢出门?

35“但愿有人听我申诉!

看啊,我在这里画押,愿全能者回答我!

愿我的控诉者写好状词!

36我会把状词披在肩上,

如冠冕一般戴在头上。

37我会像王者一样到祂面前,

向祂交代我的一切所为。

38“若我的田地向我喊冤,

条条犁沟一同哭诉;

39若我白吃地的出产,

或使地的主人丧命,

40愿地长出蒺藜而非麦子,

长出杂草而非大麦。”

约伯的话说完了。