Job
Chapter 23
1 Again Job answered and said:
约伯回答说：
2 Though I know my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy upon me in my groanings.
直到今天，我还是反抗哀诉，他沉重的手掌，使我不得不呻吟。
3 Oh, that today I might find him, that I might come to his judgment seat!
惟愿我知道怎样能寻到天主，能达到他的宝座前，
4 I would set out my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
好将我的案情向他陈诉，因为我口中满了证词！
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer, and understand what he would reply to me.
唯愿我知道他答复我的话，明了他向我说什么！
6 Even should he contend against me with his great power, yet, would that he himself might heed me!
他岂能靠强力同我争辩？决不，他必留神听我。
7 There the upright man might reason with him, and I should once and for all preserve my rights.
如此，他会分辨出同他争论的是个正直人，也许我可永久不再受裁判！
8 But if I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I cannot perceive him;
可是我往东行，他不在那里；我往西行，也找不到他；
9 Where the north enfolds him, I behold him not; by the south he is veiled, and I see him not.
往北找，也看不见他；往南去，也见不到他。
10 Yet he knows my way; if he proved me, I should come forth as gold.
他洞悉我所有的进退。他若试验我，我必如纯金出现。
11 My foot has always walked in his steps; his way I have kept and have not turned aside.
我的脚紧随着他的足迹，谨守他的道，总没有偏离。
12 From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart.
他所发的命令，我总没有违背；他口中的训言，我常保存在心中。
13 But he had decided, and who can say him nay? What he desires, that he does.
但他所决定的，谁能变更？他所乐意的，必要实行。
14 For he will carry out what is appointed for me; and many such things may yet be in his mind.
他所注定的，必要完成；类似的事，还有很多。
15 Therefore am I dismayed before him; when I take thought, I fear him.
因此，为了他，我很惊慌，一想起来就害怕。
16 Indeed God has made my courage fail; the Almighty has put me in dismay.
天主使我的心沮丧，全能者使我恐怖。
17 Yes, would that I had vanished in darkness, and that thick gloom were before me to conceal me.
因为我虽面临黑暗，幽暗虽遮盖我的面，我仍不丧气。