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約伯記-Job 第 14 章

14:1	人為婦人所生，日子短少，飽受煩擾； Man, born of woman, Is of few days and full of trouble.
14:2	他長出如花，又被割下；他飛去如影，不能存留。 He comes forth like a blossom and is cut down, He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
14:3	這樣的人你豈睜眼看他，又叫我來與你爭訟麼？ And do You open Your eyes upon such a one And bring me into litigation with You?
14:4	誰能使潔淨之物出於汙穢之中？誰也不能！ Who can bring a clean thing out from the unclean? No one!
14:5	人的日子既然限定，他的月數在你那裏；你既然製定他的界限，使他不能越過； Since his days are determined, And the number of his months is with You; Since You have appointed his bounds, and he cannot go beyond;
14:6	便求你轉眼不看他，使他得歇息，直等他像雇工完畢他的日子。 Look away from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired hand.
14:7	樹木若被砍下，還可指望再發芽，嫩枝生長不息。 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, And its tender shoot will not cease.
14:8	其根雖然衰老在地裏，幹也死在土中， Though its root grows old in the earth, And its trunk dies in the dirt,
14:9	及至得了水氣，還要發芽，又長枝條，像新栽的樹一樣。 At the scent of water it will bud And will produce branches like a new plant.
14:10	但人死了就倒下；人氣絕後，究竟在那裏呢？ But a man dies and is laid low; Yes, a man expires, and then where is he?
14:11	海中的水退盡，江河枯竭幹涸； The waters of the sea recede, And the river becomes parched and dried up:
14:12	人也是如此，躺下不再起來，直到天不再有了，仍不得複醒，也不得從睡中喚醒。 So a man lies down and does not rise up; Until the heavens are no more, he will not awake, Nor will he be roused from his sleep.
14:13	惟願你把我藏在陰間，願你將我隱藏，等你的怒氣轉消，願你為我定下日期，並記念我！ Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your anger has passed, That You would set me an appointed time and remember me!
14:14	人若死了，豈能再活？我隻要在我一切勞役的日子等候，直到我被替換的時候來到。 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, Until a change for me should come.
14:15	你呼叫，我便回答；你手所作的，你必羨慕。 You would call, and I would answer You; You would long after the work of Your hands.
14:16	但如今你數點我的腳步，豈不察看我的罪麼？ For now You number my steps. Do You not watch over my sin?
14:17	我的過犯被你封在囊中，你也縫嚴了我的罪孽。 My transgression has been sealed up in a bag, And You have fastened up my iniquity.
14:18	但山崩塌潰碎，磐石挪開原處； However the mountain falls and crumbles, And the rock moves from its place;
14:19	流水消磨石頭；所流溢的，洗去地上的塵土：你也照樣滅絕人的指望。 Waters wear away stones; Their torrents wash away the dust of the earth: So You destroy the hope of man.
14:20	你永遠勝過人，人就去世；你改變他的容貌，遣他離去。 You prevail forever against him, and he passes away; You change his countenance and send him away.
14:21	他的子孫得尊榮，他也不知道；降為卑微，他也不覺得。 His sons gain honor, but he does not know it; And they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
14:22	他隻覺得自己肉身的疼痛，他的魂隻為自己悲哀。 Only the pain of his own flesh does he feel, And his own soul mourns for him.

約伯記-Job 第 14 章