約伯記 第 29 章

¹約伯又接著說：Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

²惟願我的景況如從前的月份，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那時他的燈照在我頭上；我藉他的光行過黑暗。When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

⁴我願如壯年的時候：那時我在帳棚中，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全能者仍與我同在；我的兒女都環繞我。When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

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

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

⁸少年人見我而迴避，老年人也起身站立；The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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

¹⁰首領靜默無聲，舌頭貼住上膛。The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹耳朵聽我的，就稱我有福；眼睛看我的，便稱讚我；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無人幫助的孤兒。Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

¹³將要滅亡的為我祝福；我也使寡婦心中歡樂。The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴我以公義為衣服，以公平為外袍和冠冕。I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁵我為瞎子的眼，瘸子的腳。I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

¹⁶我為窮乏人的父；素不認識的人，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我打破不義之人的牙床，從他牙齒中奪了所搶的。And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁸我便說：我必死在家中（原文是窩中），必增添我的日子，多如塵沙。Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁹我的根長到水邊；露水終夜霑在我的枝上。My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

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

²¹人聽見我而仰望，靜默等候我的指教。Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

²²我說話之後，他們就不再說；我的言語像雨露滴在他們身上。After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

²³他們仰望我如仰望雨，又張開口如切慕春雨。And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²⁴他們不敢自信，我就向他們含笑；他們不使我臉上的光改變。If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

²⁵我為他們選擇道路，又坐首位；我如君王在軍隊中居住，又如弔喪的安慰傷心的人。I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.