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約伯記-Job 第 24 章

24:1全能者為何不把審判的定期貯藏起來?為何認識祂的人看不見祂的日子?
Why are times of judgment not stored up by the Almighty? And why do those who know Him not see His days?
24:2有人挪移地界,搶奪群畜而牧養。
Some remove landmarks; They seize the flock and pasture them.
24:3他們把孤兒的驢趕去,強取寡婦的牛作抵押。
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless And take the widow's ox as a pledge.
24:4他們使窮人離開所行的路;地上的困苦人盡都隱藏。
They turn the needy out of the way; The poor of the land are made to hide together.
24:5看哪,這些窮苦人出去工作,如同曠野的野驢,殷勤尋找獵物;野地供給他們食物,給他們的兒女糊口。
Indeed, like wild asses in the desert, They go forth to their work, Diligently seeking some prey; The wilderness provides them food for their children.
24:6他們在田間收割禾稼作草料,摘取惡人餘剩的葡萄。
In the field they harvest their fodder, And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
24:7他們過夜赤身無衣,在寒冷中毫無遮蓋;
They spend the night naked, without clothing; And have no covering in the cold.
24:8在山上被大雨淋濕;因沒有避身之處就緊挨著磐石。
They are wet from the mountain showers, And for lack of shelter they embrace the rock.
24:9有人從母懷中搶奪孤兒,強取窮人身上之物作抵押。
Some pluck the fatherless from the breast, And what the poor has on, as a pledge.
24:10窮人赤身無衣,到處流浪;且在饑餓中扛抬禾捆。
They go about naked, without clothing; And being hungry, they take up the sheaves.
24:11在那些人的圍牆內榨油,踹酒醡,自己卻口渴。
Between their walls they press out oil; They tread the winepresses yet suffer thirst.
24:12有人從城內唉哼,受傷者的魂呼求;神卻不理會惡人的愚妄。
From the city men groan, And the soul of the wounded cries out; Yet God does not regard the folly.
24:13又有人背棄光,不曉得光的道路,不留在光的路上。
These are among those who rebel against the light; They are not acquainted with its ways, Nor do they abide in its paths.
24:14殺人者黎明起來,殺害困苦人與窮乏人;夜間又像盜賊。
The murderer rises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy; And at night he is like a thief.
24:15奸夫的眼目守候到黃昏,說,必無眼能見我;他就把臉蒙蔽。
The eye of the adulterer also watches for the twilight, Saying, Not an eye will see me; And he disguises his face.
24:16盜賊黑夜挖穿房屋,白日把自己關起來,並不認識光。
They dig through houses in the dark; By day they shut themselves in: They do not know the light.
24:17早晨對他們如同死蔭,因為他們曉得死蔭的驚駭。
For morning is to all of them like the shadow of death, Because they are acquainted with the terrors of the shadow of death.
24:18他們在水麵上快快漂去;他們所得的分在地上被咒詛;他們沒有一人再走葡萄園的路。
Swift are they upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth; There is none who turns toward the vineyards.
24:19幹旱炎熱消沒雪水,陰間也如此消沒犯罪之輩。
Drought and heat snatch the snow water, As Sheol snatches those who have sinned.
24:20懷他的母要忘記他;蟲子要以他為甘甜;他不再被人記念;不義的人必如樹折斷。
The womb forgets him; The worm finds him sweet; He is remembered no more; And wrongdoing is broken like a tree.
24:21他搶奪不懷孕不生育的婦人,又不善待寡婦。
He despoils the barren woman who does not bear, And does no good for the widow.
24:22然而神用能力保全有權勢的人;祂興起,他們就難保性命。
But God preserves the mighty by His power; He arises, and no one is certain of life.
24:23神使他們安穩,他們就有所倚靠;神的眼目也察看他們的道路。
He grants a man to be secure, and he rests on it; And His eyes are upon their ways.
24:24他們被高舉不過片時,就沒有了;他們被降為卑,與眾人一樣被收聚,且如穗頭被割下。
They are exalted a little while, then they are no more; And they are brought low; like all others, they are gathered in And are cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.
24:25若不是這樣,誰能證實我是說謊的,使我的言語成空呢?
And if it is not so, then who will prove me a liar And bring my words to nought?
 
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