约伯记 第 29 章

¹约伯又接着说：Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

²惟愿我的景况如从前的月份，如神保守我的日子。Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

³那时他的灯照在我头上；我藉他的光行过黑暗。When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

⁴我愿如壮年的时候：那时我在帐棚中，神待我有密友之情；As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

⁵全能者仍与我同在；我的儿女都环绕我。When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

⁶奶多可洗我的脚；磐石为我出油成河。When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

⁷我出到城门，在街上设立座位；When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

⁸少年人见我而回避，老年人也起身站立；The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

⁹王子都停止说话，用手摀口；The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

¹⁰首领静默无声，舌头贴住上膛。The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹耳朵听我的，就称我有福；眼睛看我的，便称赞我；When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

¹²因我拯救哀求的困苦人和无人帮助的孤儿。Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

¹³将要灭亡的为我祝福；我也使寡妇心中欢乐。The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴我以公义为衣服，以公平为外袍和冠冕。I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁵我为瞎子的眼，瘸子的脚。I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

¹⁶我为穷乏人的父；素不认识的人，我查明他的案件。I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

¹⁷我打破不义之人的牙床，从他牙齿中夺了所抢的。And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁸我便说：我必死在家中（原文是窝中），必增添我的日子，多如尘沙。Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁹我的根长到水边；露水终夜沾在我的枝上。My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

²⁰我的荣耀在身上增新；我的弓在手中日强。My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

²¹人听见我而仰望，静默等候我的指教。Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

²²我说话之后，他们就不再说；我的言语像雨露滴在他们身上。After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

²³他们仰望我如仰望雨，又张开口如切慕春雨。And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²⁴他们不敢自信，我就向他们含笑；他们不使我脸上的光改变。If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

²⁵我为他们选择道路，又坐首位；我如君王在军队中居住，又如吊丧的安慰伤心的人。I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.