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約伯記-Job 第 3 章

3:1	此後，約伯開口咒詛自己的生日。 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
3:2	約伯回應說， And Job responded and said,
3:3	願我生的那日，和說懷了男胎的那夜，都滅沒。 Let the day on which I was born perish, And the night which said, A man has been conceived.
3:4	願那日變為黑暗；願神不從上麵尋找它，願亮光不照在其上。 Let that day be darkness; Let God not seek it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
3:5	願黑暗和死蔭索取那日；願密雲停在其上；願日蝕驚嚇它。 Let darkness and the shadow of death reclaim it; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let the things that blacken the day terrify it.
3:6	願那夜被幽暗奪取，不與年中的日子同樂；也不入月中的數目。 As for that night, let deep darkness take hold of it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come up in the number of the months.
3:7	看哪，願那夜沒有生育；其間也沒有歡樂的聲音。 Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyous shout come in it.
3:8	願那些咒詛日子且善於惹動鱷魚的，咒詛那夜。 Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are ready to rouse leviathan.
3:9	願那夜黎明的星宿變為黑暗；盼亮卻不亮，也不見黎明的光線。 Let its predawn stars be dark; Let it wait for light and there be none, And do not let it see the eyelids of the dawn.
3:10	因它沒有把懷我胎的門關閉，也沒有將患難向我的眼隱藏。 For it did not shut up the doors of the womb that bore me, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
3:11	我為何不出母胎而死，不出母腹而絕氣？ Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
3:12	為何有膝接收我？為何有乳哺養我？ Why did the knees receive me? And why the breasts, that I should suck?
3:13	不然，我如今早已躺臥寂靜；早已入睡安息， For now I would have lain down and been undisturbed; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest
3:14	與地上為自己重建廢墟的君王和謀士， With kings and counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
3:15	或與有金子，將銀子裝滿了房屋的掌權者，一同安息； Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver.
3:16	或像隱而未現，不到期而落的胎，歸於無有，如同未見光的嬰孩。 Or like a miscarriage that has been concealed, I would not have been, Like infants that do not see the light.
3:17	在那裏惡人不再攪擾，困乏人得享安息； There the wicked cease from their troubling, And there the weary rest.
3:18	被囚的人同得安逸，聽不見督工的聲音。 Captives are altogether at ease; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
3:19	大小都在那裏；奴仆脫離主人的轄製。 The small and the great are there, And the servant is free from his master.
3:20	祂為何賜光給受患難的人，賜生命給魂中愁苦的人呢？ Why does He give light to him who suffers And life to the bitter in soul,
3:21	他們切望死，卻不得死；求死勝於求隱藏的珍寶； Who wait for death, but it is not there; And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
3:22	他們尋見墳墓就快樂，極其歡喜； Who rejoice to the point of exultation And are glad when they have found the grave;
3:23	人的道路既然遮隱，神又把他四麵圍困，為何賜光和生命給他呢？ To the man whose way is hidden And whom God has hedged in?
3:24	我以歎息代替食物，我唉哼的聲音湧出如水。 For my sighing comes as my food, And my groaning pours out like water.
3:25	因我所恐懼的臨到我身，我所懼怕的迎我而來。 For I dread something, and it comes upon me; And what I fear comes to me.
3:26	我不得安逸，不得平靜，也不得安息；卻有攪擾來到。 I have no ease and I have no quiet And I have no rest, but trouble comes.

約伯記-Job 第 3 章