約伯記

第14章

1 人乃婦女誕育、旣不永年、且多憂慮。

2 若花之向榮、而遭翦伐、若影之倏忽、而無定在。

3 人旣如是、爾何必過於追求、鞫其是非哉。

4 未有源濁而流清者。

5 人之生也、其數有定、其限難越、爾使之然、

6 姑舍我、俾得息肩、樂終天年、猶傭之喜於入息。

7 林木旣斫、萌櫱可望、生機難遏。

8 其植於地也、根雖老、幹雖槁、

9 潤以雨露、芽萌株發、可儗新栽。

10 人則異是、始則血衰、旣而氣絕、歸於無有。

11 如潦之易竭、如澮之立涸、

12 屈而不伸、寢而不寤、必也彼蒼窮盡之日、斯人有復生之時。

13 願上帝藏我於墓寢、否則處我於隱僻、以俟災消禍弭、又不然、定以何日、然後釋我。

14 人旣死亡、豈能復生、我生苦境、必有終年、乃逝世。

15 爾問我答、我爲爾所造、爾當眷顧。

16 乃勘我行事、察我愆尤、

17 錄我罪弗忘、增我過維倍。

18 山頹不起、磐移不囘。

19 霤穿石則漸靡、浪淘沙則不見、人而絕望亦若是。

20 爾殘人生命、使之逝世。變人容色、使之絕氣。

21 子孫之榮辱、俱不及知。

22 惟其身痛楚、其心殷憂而已。

Job

Chapter 14

1 MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

2 He comes forth like a flower, and withers and fades away; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring him into judgment with thee?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one.

5 Seeing his days are determined and the number of his months are decreed, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot trespass them;

6 Turn thy face away from him, and his days will be spent like a hireling.

7 For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and its tender shoots will not cease.

8 Though its root wax old in the earth and its stock die in the ground,

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth leaves like a plant;

10 But man dies, and fades away; yea, man perishes, and he is no more.

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and a river becomes desolate and dries up;

12 So man who lies down does not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

13 O that thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldst keep me in a secret place until thy wrath is spent, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time and remember me!

14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of his youth he waits till old age comes.

15 If thou wouldst call me, I would answer thee; thou wilt think of the work of thy hands.

16 For now thou numberest not my steps: and thou keepest not watch over my sins.

17 My transgressions are sealed up in a bag, and thou removest from me my sins.

18 Truly a great mountain falls, and a rock moves out of its place.

19 The waters wear away the stones and wash away the soil of the earth; so thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passes; thou castest him away with shame on his face.

21 If his sons multiply, he does not know it; if they decrease, he perceives it not of them.

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pal,, and his soul within him shall mourn.

約伯記

第14章

Job

Chapter 14

1 人乃婦女誕育、旣不永年、且多憂慮。

1 MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

2 若花之向榮、而遭翦伐、若影之倏忽、而無定在。

2 He comes forth like a flower, and withers and fades away; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.

3 人旣如是、爾何必過於追求、鞫其是非哉。

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring him into judgment with thee?

4 未有源濁而流清者。

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one.

5 人之生也、其數有定、其限難越、爾使之然、

5 Seeing his days are determined and the number of his months are decreed, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot trespass them;

6 姑舍我、俾得息肩、樂終天年、猶傭之喜於入息。

6 Turn thy face away from him, and his days will be spent like a hireling.

7 林木旣斫、萌櫱可望、生機難遏。

7 For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and its tender shoots will not cease.

8 其植於地也、根雖老、幹雖槁、

8 Though its root wax old in the earth and its stock die in the ground,

9 潤以雨露、芽萌株發、可儗新栽。

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth leaves like a plant;

10 人則異是、始則血衰、旣而氣絕、歸於無有。

10 But man dies, and fades away; yea, man perishes, and he is no more.

11 如潦之易竭、如澮之立涸、

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and a river becomes desolate and dries up;

12 屈而不伸、寢而不寤、必也彼蒼窮盡之日、斯人有復生之時。

12 So man who lies down does not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

13 願上帝藏我於墓寢、否則處我於隱僻、以俟災消禍弭、又不然、定以何日、然後釋我。

13 O that thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldst keep me in a secret place until thy wrath is spent, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time and remember me!

14 人旣死亡、豈能復生、我生苦境、必有終年、乃逝世。

14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of his youth he waits till old age comes.

15 爾問我答、我爲爾所造、爾當眷顧。

15 If thou wouldst call me, I would answer thee; thou wilt think of the work of thy hands.

16 乃勘我行事、察我愆尤、

16 For now thou numberest not my steps: and thou keepest not watch over my sins.

17 錄我罪弗忘、增我過維倍。

17 My transgressions are sealed up in a bag, and thou removest from me my sins.

18 山頹不起、磐移不囘。

18 Truly a great mountain falls, and a rock moves out of its place.

19 霤穿石則漸靡、浪淘沙則不見、人而絕望亦若是。

19 The waters wear away the stones and wash away the soil of the earth; so thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 爾殘人生命、使之逝世。變人容色、使之絕氣。

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passes; thou castest him away with shame on his face.

21 子孫之榮辱、俱不及知。

21 If his sons multiply, he does not know it; if they decrease, he perceives it not of them.

22 惟其身痛楚、其心殷憂而已。

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pal,, and his soul within him shall mourn.