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約伯記-Job 第 9 章

9:1	約伯回答說， Then Job answered and said,
9:2	我真知道是這樣；但人在神麵前怎能成為義的？ I do indeed know that it is so. But how can a man be righteous before God?
9:3	人若願意與祂爭辯，千件事中也不能回答一件。 If he is pleased to contend with Him, He cannot answer Him one thing in a thousand.
9:4	祂心裏有智慧，並且能力強大；誰抗拒祂而平安無事呢？ He is wise in heart and mighty in strength-Who has ever resisted Him and come through whole? -
9:5	祂在怒中把山翻倒挪移，山並不知覺； He who removes mountains, and they do not know it, When He overturns them in His anger;
9:6	祂使地震動，離其本位，地的柱子就搖撼； Who shakes the earth from its place, And its pillars shake;
9:7	祂吩咐日頭，日頭就不升起，祂又封閉眾星； Who commands the sun, and it does not rise, And seals up the stars;
9:8	祂獨自鋪張諸天，步行在海浪之上； Who alone stretched forth the heavens And trod upon the heights of the sea;
9:9	祂造北鬥、參星、昴星、和南方的密宮； Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
9:10	祂行大事不可測度，行奇事不可勝數。 Who does great things that cannot be searched, Indeed, wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered.
9:11	看哪，祂從我旁邊經過，我卻不看見；祂在我麵前走過，我也不察覺。 Indeed, He passes by me, but I do not see Him; And He goes by, but I do not perceive Him.
9:12	看哪，祂奪取，誰能阻擋？誰敢問祂，你作什麼？ Indeed, He snatches away; who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, What are You doing?
9:13	神必不收回祂的怒氣；扶助拉哈伯的，屈身在祂以下。 God does not turn back His anger; Under Him Rahab's helpers stoop.
9:14	既是這樣，我怎敢回答祂，怎敢選擇言辭與祂辯論？ How then can I answer Him And choose my words properly with Him?
9:15	我雖有義，也不能回答祂；隻能向那審判我的懇求。 I, though righteous, could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy before my Judge.
9:16	我若呼籲，祂應允我，我仍不信祂真聽我的聲音。 If I called out and He answered me, I do not believe that He would hearken to my voice.
9:17	因祂用旋風摧殘我，無故的加增我的損傷。 For He crushes me with a whirlwind And multiplies my wounds without cause.
9:18	祂不容我喘一口氣，倒使我飽受苦惱。 He does not permit me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
9:19	若論力量，祂真有能力；若論審判，祂說，誰能定下日期傳我來呢？ If we speak of strength, indeed, He is mighty! Or if of judgment, Who, says He, can appoint Me a time?
9:20	我雖是義的，我口要定我為有罪；我雖完全，我口必顯我為彎曲。 Though I am righteous, my mouth would condemn me; Though I am perfect, it would prove me perverse.
9:21	我本完全；我不顧自己；我厭棄我的性命。 I am perfect; I do not regard my soul; I despise my life.
9:22	行善作惡都是一樣；所以我說，完全人和惡人，祂都滅絕。 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
9:23	若有人忽然遭殺害之禍，祂必戲笑無辜人的絕望。 If some scourge suddenly kills, He derides the despair of the innocent.
9:24	地交在惡人手中；祂蒙蔽地上審判官的臉。若不是祂，是誰呢？ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If not He, then who is it?
9:25	我的日子比跑信的更快，急速過去，不見福樂。 And my days are swifter than a running messenger; They flee away, they do not see good;
9:26	我的日子過去如快船，如急落抓食的鷹。 They go by like reed boats, Like an eagle swooping on the prey.
9:27	我若說，我要忘記我的苦情，除去我的愁容，顯出愉快； If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance and look cheerful;
9:28	我就懼怕我一切的痛苦，知道你必不以我為無辜。 I fear all my pains: I know that You will not hold me innocent.
9:29	我必被你定為惡；我何必徒然勞苦？ I will be accounted wicked; Why then do I labor in vain?
9:30	我若用雪水洗身，用堿潔淨我的手， If I wash myself with soap And cleanse my hands with lye,
9:31	你還要把我扔在坑裏，連我的衣服都憎惡我。 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own garments will abhor me.
9:32	祂本不像我是人，使我可以回答祂，又使我們可以同聽審判。 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, That we should enter into litigation together.
9:33	我們中間沒有仲裁的人，可以給我們兩造按手。 There is no referee between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
9:34	願祂使祂的刑杖離開我，不使我因祂的可畏而驚惶； Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not the dread of Him terrify me;
9:35	我就說話，並不懼怕；現在我卻不是這樣。 Then I would speak and not be afraid; For I am not such.

約伯記-Job 第 9 章