約伯記 Job

29:1	[hb5]	約伯又接著說、
	[kjv]	Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
29:2	[hb5]	惟願我的景況如從前的月份、如　神保守我的日子。
	[kjv]	Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
29:3	[hb5]	那時他的燈照在我頭上．我藉他的光行過黑暗。
	[kjv]	When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
29:4	[hb5]	我願如壯年的時候。那時我在帳棚中．　神待我有密友之情．
	[kjv]	As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
29:5	[hb5]	全能者仍與我同在、我的兒女都環繞我．
	[kjv]	When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
29:6	[hb5]	奶多可洗我的腳、磐石為我出油成河。
	[kjv]	When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
29:7	[hb5]	我出到城門、在街上設立座位、
	[kjv]	When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
29:8	[hb5]	少年人見我而迴避、老年人也起身站立．
	[kjv]	The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
29:9	[hb5]	王子都停止說話、用手摀口．
	[kjv]	The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
29:10	[hb5]	首領靜默無聲、舌頭貼住上膛。
	[kjv]	The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
29:11	[hb5]	耳朵聽我的、就稱我有福．眼睛看我的、便稱讚我．
	[kjv]	When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
29:12	[hb5]	因我拯救哀求的困苦人、和無人幫助的孤兒。
	[kjv]	Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
29:13	[hb5]	將要滅亡的為我祝福。我也使寡婦心中歡樂。
	[kjv]	The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
29:14	[hb5]	我以公義為衣服、以公平為外袍和冠冕。
	[kjv]	I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
29:15	[hb5]	我為瞎子的眼、瘸子的腳。
	[kjv]	I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
29:16	[hb5]	我為窮乏人的父．素不認識的人我查明他的案件。
	[kjv]	I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
29:17	[hb5]	我打破不義之人的牙床、從他牙齒中奪了所搶的。
	[kjv]	And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
29:18	[hb5]	我便說、我必死在家中、〔原文作窩中〕必增添我的日子、多如塵沙．
	[kjv]	Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
29:19	[hb5]	我的根長到水邊、露水終夜霑在我的枝上．
	[kjv]	My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
29:20	[hb5]	我的榮耀在身上增新、我的弓在手中日強。
	[kjv]	My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
29:21	[hb5]	人聽見我而仰望、靜默等候我的指教。
	[kjv]	Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
29:22	[hb5]	我說話之後、他們就不再說．我的言語像雨露滴在他們身上。
	[kjv]	After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
29:23	[hb5]	他們仰望我如仰望雨．又張開口如切慕春雨。
	[kjv]	And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
29:24	[hb5]	他們不敢自信、我就向他們含笑．他們不使我臉上的光改變。
	[kjv]	If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
29:25	[hb5]	我為他們選擇道路、又坐首位．我如君王在軍隊中居住．又如弔喪的安慰傷心的人。
	[kjv]	I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.