約伯記 Job

14:1	[hb5]	人為婦人所生、日子短少、多有患難．
	[kjv]	Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
	[bbe]	As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
14:2	[hb5]	出來如花、又被割下．飛去如影、不能存留。
	[kjv]	He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
	[bbe]	He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
14:3	[hb5]	這樣的人你豈睜眼看他麼．又叫我來受審麼。
	[kjv]	And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
	[bbe]	Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
14:4	[hb5]	誰能使潔淨之物出於污穢之中呢．無論誰也不能。
	[kjv]	Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
	[bbe]	If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
14:5	[hb5]	人的日子既然限定、他的月數在你那裡、你也派定他的界限、使他不能越過、
	[kjv]	Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
	[bbe]	If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
14:6	[hb5]	便求你轉眼不看他、使他得歇息、直等他像雇工人完畢他的日子。
	[kjv]	Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
	[bbe]	Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.
14:7	[hb5]	樹若被砍下、還可指望發芽、嫩枝生長不息、
	[kjv]	For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
	[bbe]	For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
14:8	[hb5]	其根雖然衰老在地裡、榦也死在土中．
	[kjv]	Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
	[bbe]	Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
14:9	[hb5]	及至得了水氣、還要發芽、又長枝條、像新栽的樹一樣。
	[kjv]	Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
	[bbe]	Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.
14:10	[hb5]	但人死亡而消滅．他氣絕、竟在何處呢。
	[kjv]	But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
	[bbe]	But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
14:11	[hb5]	海中的水絕盡、江河消散乾涸．
	[kjv]	As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
	[bbe]	The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;
14:12	[hb5]	人也是如此、躺下不再起來、等到天沒有了、仍不得復醒、也不得從睡中喚醒。
	[kjv]	So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
	[bbe]	So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
14:13	[hb5]	惟願你把我藏在陰間．存於隱密處、等你的忿怒過去、願你為我定了日期、記念我。
	[kjv]	O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
	[bbe]	If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!
14:14	[hb5]	人若死了、豈能再活呢。我只要在我一切爭戰的日子、等我被釋放的時候來到。〔被釋放或作改變〕
	[kjv]	If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
	[bbe]	If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
14:15	[hb5]	你呼叫、我便回答．你手所作的、你必羨慕。
	[kjv]	Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
	[bbe]	At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
14:16	[hb5]	但如今你數點我的腳步、豈不窺察我的罪過麼。
	[kjv]	For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
	[bbe]	For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
14:17	[hb5]	我的過犯被你封在囊中、也縫嚴了我的罪孽。
	[kjv]	My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
	[bbe]	My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.
14:18	[hb5]	山崩變為無有．磐石挪開原處。
	[kjv]	And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
	[bbe]	But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;
14:19	[hb5]	水流消磨石頭．所流溢的、洗去地上的塵土．你也照樣滅絕人的指望。
	[kjv]	The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
	[bbe]	The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
14:20	[hb5]	你攻擊人常常得勝、使他去世、你改變他的容貌、叫他往而不回。
	[kjv]	Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
	[bbe]	You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.
14:21	[hb5]	他兒子得尊榮他也不知道．降為卑他也不覺得。
	[kjv]	His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
	[bbe]	His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
14:22	[hb5]	但知身上疼痛、心中悲哀。
	[kjv]	But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
	[bbe]	Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.