Job
Chapter 6
1 Then Job answered and said:
约伯回答说：
2 Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales,
恨不得有人衡量衡量我的痛苦，把我所受的灾祸一起放在天秤上！
3 They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint.
它们重过海岸的沙粒，难怪我出言冒失。
4 For the arrows of the Almighty pierce me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
因为全能者的箭射中了我，我的心灵喝尽它们的毒汁，天主的恐吓列阵攻击我。
5 1 Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Does the ox low over his fodder?
野驴有青草，难道还嘶叫？牛对着草料，难道还吼鸣？
6 Can a thing insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg?
淡而无盐的食物，岂能下咽？蛋白能有什么滋味？
7 I refuse to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
这使我厌恶的食物，我实不愿沾唇。
8 Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for:
惟愿我的祈求实现，愿天主满全我的希望！
9 Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off!
愿天主击毁我，松手使我消灭！
10 Then I should still have consolation and could exult through unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One.
这样，我仍有安慰，在凄惨的痛苦中，仍然喜悦，因为我没有违犯圣者的教训。
11 What strength have I that I should endure, and what is my limit that I should be patient?
我有什么力量使我期待，有什么结局使我拖延生命？
12 Have I the strength of stones, or is my flesh of bronze?
我的力量岂有岩石之坚？我的肉身岂是铜制的？
13 Have I no helper, and has advice deserted me?
在我内还能找到什么作援助？任何扶助岂不都远离了我？
14 A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he have forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
谁不怜悯自己的友人，就是放弃了敬畏天主之心。
15 My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies;
我的兄弟们诡诈有如溪水，有如水过即干的河床。
16 Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them,
溪水因结冰而混浊，其上盖有积雪；
17 Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place.
季节一温暖，溪水即涸竭，天气一炎热，河床枯干。
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the desert and perish.
商队离开大道，走入荒野，因而命丧。
19 2 The caravans of Tema search, the companies of Sheba have hopes;
特玛的商队观望，舍巴的客旅期待，
20 They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated.
但他们的希望落了空，不管到了那里，必狼狈不堪。
21 It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid.
现今你们待我也是一样：看见了我，就惊惶失措。
22 Have I asked you to give me anything, to offer a gift for me from your possessions,
难道我说过：“请送我礼物！把你们的财产送我一分？
23 Or to deliver me from the enemy, or to redeem me from oppressors?
救我摆脱仇人的权势，赎我脱离残暴者的掌握？”
24 Teach me, and I will be silent; prove to me wherein I have erred.
请教训我！我必静听。我有什么错，请指示我！
25 How agreeable are honest words; yet how unconvincing is your argument!
正义的言词是多么甘美！但你们的责斥是指摘什么？
26 Do you consider your words as proof, but the sayings of a desperate man as wind?
你们岂能只在言词上吹毛求疵？以绝望者的话当耳边风？
27 You would even cast lots for the orphan, and would barter away your friend!
你们只想对孤儿掷骰下注，以你们的朋友作商品。
28 Come, now, give me your attention; surely I will not lie to your face.
现今请你们注视我，在你们注视之下，我决不说谎。
29 Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right.
请你们再想一下，不要不公平；请你们三思，我的正义仍然存在！
30 Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood?
我的唇舌上岂有不义？我的口腔难道不辨邪正？
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Footnotes（注解）
1 [5-6] Job would not complain if his life were as pleasant to him as fodder to a hungry animal; but his life is as disagreeable as insipid food. White of an egg: thus the obscure Hebrew has been understood in Jewish tradition; some render it "mallow juice."
2 [19] Tema: in northwest Arabia. Sheba: see note on Job 1:15.