約伯記 Job

31:1	[hb5]	我與眼睛立約、怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢。
	[bbe]	I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?
31:2	[hb5]	從至上的　神所得之分、從至高全能者所得之業、是甚麼呢。
	[bbe]	For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
31:3	[hb5]	豈不是禍患臨到不義的、災害臨到作孽的呢。
	[bbe]	Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
31:4	[hb5]	神豈不是察看我的道路、數點我的腳步呢。
	[bbe]	Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
31:5	[hb5]	我若與虛謊同行、腳若追隨詭詐．
	[bbe]	If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
31:6	[hb5]	我若被公道的天平稱度、使　神可以知道我的純正．
	[bbe]	(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)
31:7	[hb5]	我的腳步若偏離正路、我的心若隨著我的眼目、若有玷污粘在我手上．
	[bbe]	If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;
31:8	[hb5]	就願我所種的、有別人喫．我田所產的、被拔出來。
	[bbe]	Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.
31:9	[hb5]	我若受迷惑、向婦人起淫念、在鄰舍的門外蹲伏．
	[bbe]	If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
31:10	[hb5]	就願我的妻子給別人推磨、別人也與他同室。
	[bbe]	Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
31:11	[hb5]	因為這是大罪、是審判官當罰的罪孽。
	[bbe]	For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
31:12	[hb5]	這本是火焚燒、直到燬滅、必拔除我所有的家產。
	[bbe]	It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
31:13	[hb5]	我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候、我若藐視不聽他們的情節．
	[bbe]	If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
31:14	[hb5]	神興起、我怎樣行呢．他察問、我怎樣回答呢。
	[bbe]	What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
31:15	[hb5]	造我在腹中的、不也是造他麼．將他與我摶在腹中的、豈不是一位麼。
	[bbe]	Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
31:16	[hb5]	我若不容貧寒人得其所願、或叫寡婦眼中失望、
	[bbe]	If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
31:17	[hb5]	或獨自喫我一點食物、孤兒沒有與我同喫．
	[bbe]	If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
31:18	[hb5]	（從幼年時孤兒與我同長、好像父子一樣．我從出母腹就扶助寡婦．〔扶助原文作引領〕）
	[bbe]	(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)
31:19	[hb5]	我若見人因無衣死亡、或見窮乏人身無遮蓋．
	[bbe]	If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
31:20	[hb5]	我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖、為我祝福．
	[bbe]	If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
31:21	[hb5]	我若在城門口見有幫助我的、舉手攻擊孤兒．
	[bbe]	If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
31:22	[hb5]	情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落、我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。
	[bbe]	May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
31:23	[hb5]	因　神降的災禍、使我恐懼、因他的威嚴、我不能妄為。
	[bbe]	For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
31:24	[hb5]	我若以黃金為指望、對精金說、你是我的倚靠．
	[bbe]	If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
31:25	[hb5]	我若因財物豐裕、因我手多得資財而歡喜．
	[bbe]	If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
31:26	[hb5]	我若見太陽發光、明月行在空中、
	[bbe]	If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
31:27	[hb5]	心就暗暗被引誘、口便親手．
	[bbe]	A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
31:28	[hb5]	這也是審判官當罰的罪孽、又是我背棄在上的　神。
	[bbe]	That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
31:29	[hb5]	我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜、見他遭災便高興．
	[bbe]	If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
31:30	[hb5]	（我沒有容口犯罪、咒詛他的生命）
	[bbe]	(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
31:31	[hb5]	若我帳棚的人未嘗說、誰不以主人的食物喫飽呢．
	[bbe]	If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
31:32	[hb5]	（從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿、卻開門迎接行路的人．）
	[bbe]	The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;
31:33	[hb5]	我若像亞當〔亞當或作別人〕遮掩我的過犯、將罪孽藏在懷中、
	[bbe]	If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
31:34	[hb5]	因懼怕大眾、又因宗族藐視我使我驚恐、以致閉口無言、杜門不出．
	[bbe]	For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;
31:35	[hb5]	惟願有一位肯聽我、（看哪、在這裡有我所劃的押、願全能者回答我）
	[bbe]	If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
31:36	[hb5]	願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裡我必帶在肩上、又綁在頭上為冠冕．
	[bbe]	Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
31:37	[hb5]	我必向他述說我腳步的數目、必如君王進到他面前。
	[bbe]	I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
31:38	[hb5]	我若奪取田地、這地向我喊冤、犁溝一同哭泣．
	[bbe]	If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
31:39	[hb5]	我若喫地的出產不給價值、或叫原主喪命．
	[bbe]	If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;
31:40	[hb5]	願這地長蒺藜代替麥子、長惡草代替大麥．約伯的話說完了。
	[bbe]	Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.