輕鬆讀經賞小品(II)
                         

                       目錄

                                                          11. 聖經樹教人成聖
                                                          12. 敬虔美詩一一九
                                                          13. 耶和華律法全備
                                                          14. 聖經寶樹結美果
                                                          15. 兩首詩篇美序言
                                                          16. 兩首詩篇美序言
                                                          17. 約翰福音神助譯
                                                          18. 認識聖餐記念主
                                                          19. 母親節愛的真諦
                                                          20. 大大張口我充滿

                                 11. 聖經樹教人成聖

       啟示錄談到災難樹、愛之樹和生命樹, 現特別推介前所未聞的聖經樹. 話說別迦摩教會時代
(313-590), 在教會演進歷史上代表國教時代, 這時代中, 羅馬帝國分裂, 君士坦丁大帝於主後313 年,
建立東羅馬帝國, 尊基督教為國教, 對教會而言, 逼迫停止, 自係好事, 但意想不到, 竟導致教會內部
敗壞與腐化, 其災禍較受逼害時, 更為可怕, 值得我們警惕鑑誡.
      這個時代, 有個村野少年, 游手好閒, 不務正業, 家有聖經, 更不屑一顧. 一晚, 夢見在伊甸園中,
有棵奇樹, 主幹中長出22個支幹, 每支幹有8條分枝, 每枝掛著一本聖經總共176本, 正詫異間, 忽見
一天使, 大聲向他宣告, "這是一棵聖經樹, 要好好利用, 日後必能幫你成聖." 醒來茫然, 暗自希奇,
此時床頭正好有本聖經, 順手翻開, 翻到詩篇第119篇, 這是詩篇中最長的一篇, 以22個希伯來字母
寫成的字母詩, 每一段8節, 共176節. 他頓時悟出, 夢中聖經樹, 就是天使要他看的詩篇119篇, 從此
開始, 革除閒蕩惡習, 天天勤讀聖經, 終於不負天使所望, 成為國教時代五大教父之一, 這少年就是
當時有名的大神學家, 大名鼎鼎的奧古斯汀(Augustine).
      詩篇第119篇, 是一篇默想神話語的靈修作品,
充滿對神話語的熱愛, 寫出聖經中最長的一篇經文, 以嚴謹的筆法, 從各種
不同的角度察看及體會神的話. 詳 12. 敬虔美詩一一九.
      聖經樹結成的果, 乃大衛的傑作 "我的牧者," 膾炙人口, 詳 13. 聖經寶樹結美果.

                                  12. 敬虔美詩一一九

        詩篇第119篇是詩篇中最長的一篇, 共176節, 筆者曾用此詩篇寫了一篇 "聖經樹教人成聖"
(參閱11. 聖經樹教人成聖). 鼓勵弟兄姐妹背誦, 但這詩篇太長, 背誦實屬不易, 於是靈機一動,
這麼美好的詩篇, 背不下來, 欣賞何妨? 茲將詩篇第119篇簡介如下:
   I. 四大特點：
       1. 是一篇字母詩, 以希伯來文22個子母分段, 每段八節, 共176節.
       2. 是詩篇中最長的一篇, 要耐心細讀, 仔細推敲, 方能悟出經文真義.
       3. 全篇字裏行間, 洋溢著熱愛神的話語, 是信徒操練敬虔的典範.
       4. 詩19:7-13 應是本篇序言，前後呼應，並結下美好的果子 詩23:1-6.
  II. 七大精華：
       1. 神的話藏在心裡: "我將你的話藏在心裡, 免得我得罪你."(11)
       2. 神的話當作詩歌: "我在世寄居, 素來以你的律例為詩歌."(54)
       3. 神的話勝過金銀: "你口中的訓言與我有益, 勝於千萬的金銀."(72)
       4. 神的話增人智慧: "你的命令常存在我心裡, 使我比仇敵有智慧."(98)
       5. 神的話比蜜更甜: "你的言語, 在我上膛何等甘美, 在我口中比蜜更甜."(103)
       6. 神的話腳前的燈: "你的話是我腳前的燈, 是我路上的光."(105)
       7. 神的話使人平安: "愛你律法的人有大平安, 甚麼都不能使他們絆腳."(165)
      以上七節精華經文, 均甚簡短, 可熟讀背誦, 尤其103和105兩節更是膾炙人口, 為信徒
禱告中常用之經句.
III. 讀經五訣：
       1. 看 - 開眼見妙: "求你開我的眼睛, 使我看出你律法中的奇妙."(18)
       2. 想 - 默想訓詞: "我要默想你的訓詞, 看中你的道路."(15)
       3. 解 - 解開發亮: "你的言語一解開, 就發出亮光, 使愚人通達."(130)
       4. 信 - 信主命令: "求你將精明和知識賜給我, 因我信了你的命令."(66)
       5. 行 - 行在神前: "我遵守了你的訓詞和法度, 因我一切所行的都在你面前."(168)
       這是從 詩119 發掘出來的讀聖經五個訣竅, 倘能牢牢抓住, 按 看、想、解、信、行
的程序, 認真誦讀, 當可達到 "把自己讀進去, 把聖經讀出來" 的意境, 真正把神話語的精義,
融會貫通, 讀入心頭, 身體力行, 以增進靈命, 得到造就. 其中第130節 "你的言語一解開,
就發出亮光, 使愚人通達." 頗為精闢, 值得背誦, 牢記心頭, 融入禱告, 至其餘經節, 暇時
不妨繼續挖掘, 採其精華, 免有遺珠之憾.

                                  13. 耶和華律法全備

      讀經: 詩19:7-13
      前於 12. 敬虔美詩一一九, 詩119 四大特點中, 曾特別指出詩19:7-13 是詩119 最長詩篇的序文,
對耶和華啟示的律法, 提綱挈領, 作莊嚴有序的禮讚, 成為詩119 的前奏. 律法一切要求的總結就是
操練敬虔敬畏神, 其中7-9節, 有一定句型, 但其辭句頗為相近, 反而不易記憶背誦, 現以提示法試練,
多吟幾遍, 也能順口背下, 毫不費 力, 特加說明如下:

              經節      提示                            經 文
               7a    律 全 甦         耶和華的   律法全備, 能 甦醒人心；
               7b    法 確 愚               "       法度確定,  "  使愚人有智慧;
               8a    訓 正 快               "       訓詞正直,  "   快活人的心;
               8b    命 清 明               "       命令清潔,  "   明亮人的眼目;
               9a    道 潔 存               "       道理潔淨, 存到永遠;
               0b    典 真 全               "       典章真實, 全然公義.
              上表可歸納爲下列二種句型:
               1. 前二節(7-8): 耶和華的________, 能_____________;
               2. 綬一節(9): 耶和華的________, _____________;

               新譯
               經節         提示                          經 文
            2 7a        律 全 甦      耶和華的 律法全備, 能  甦醒人心；
               7b        法 確 愚           "      法度可靠,  "  使愚人得智;
            3 8a        訓 正 快           "      訓詞正直,  "   快活人心;
               8b        命 清 明           "      命令明亮,  "   明人眼目;
            4 9a        道 潔 存           "       道理純潔, 存到永遠;
               9b        典 真 全           "       典章確實, 全然公義.
                                              英 文
                           The law of the Lord is perfect.
                                     reviving the soul.
                 5 The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
                              making wise to the simple.
                        The precepts of the Lord are right,
                                  giving joy to the heart.
                    6 The commands of the Lord are radient,
                                  giving light to the eyes.
                               The fesr of the Lord is pure,
                                       enduring forever.
                          The ordinances of the Lord are sure,
                                    and altogather righteius.

                                 14. 聖經寶樹結美果

      詩119 那棵聖經樹, 結下的美好果子就是詩篇第23篇, 這是有名的大衛詩篇. 大衛自幼即蒙神
揀選, 一生敬虔, 合神心意, 受膏為王, 凡事遵行神的旨意, 享盡榮華富貴. 但也有人性的軟弱, 跌倒
犯罪, 神毫不留情, 嚴加管教, 使刀劍不離他家, 為親子追殺, 飽嚐骨肉相殘, 顛沛流離之苦. 所幸他
自幼到老, 無時不看見神, 無處不經歷神, 即使經過死蔭的幽谷, 神也與他同在, 並用杖保守他, 用竿
安慰他, 蒙神拯救護佑, 化險為夷, 終生蒙福.
       詩人一開頭就禁不住喊出 "耶和華是我的牧者," 這是他衷心肺腑之言, 他向以活的信心, 見證
活的真神, 與神建立親密關係, 回顧神恩, 瞻望將來, 慶幸自己一生有好牧人帶領與眷顧, 最後且要
"住在耶和華的殿中, 直到永遠." 這就是他一生仰望神, 順服神, 信靠神, 得到寶貴獎賞, 耶和華的殿
是他永遠的歸宿, 怎不教他感恩頌讚, 寫下這篇不朽的詩篇, 流傳千古.
       我這蒙恩罪人, 自白白蒙恩得救, 有幸成為神的兒女後, 感念神恩, 天天讀經, 不敢稍懈,
我每天清晨, 起床第一件事, 就是反覆吟誦這篇 "詩中之詩," 初時, 手捧聖經, 逐字逐句唸出,
久而久之, 連我這古稀老翁, 竟也能朗朗上口, 隻字不漏, 背了下來, 神的話語真是奇妙, 由此足證,
我的體驗, 對神的話語, 先欣賞吟誦, 然後記住背下, 不論年齡老幼, 記憶良窳, 都是無礙可行的.
最近翻閱聖經新譯本, 見新譯詩篇第23篇, 文字雖較淺白, 但不若原譯雋永典雅, 特摘錄分享，
歡迎比較：
                                                            23. 我的牧者
                                    新譯                                                        新譯本
                      1 耶和華是我的牧者,                                  耶和華是我的牧人,
                           我必一無所缺.                                         我必不會缺乏.
                    2 祂使我躺臥在青草地 上,                            他使我躺臥在青草地上,
                         領我到安靜的水邊.                                    領我到安靜的水邊.
                       3 祂使我的靈魂甦醒,                                    他使我的靈魂甦醒;
                     為自己的名, 引導我走義路.                      為了自己的名, 他引導我走義路.
                      4 我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷,                              我雖然行過死蔭的山谷,
                               也不怕遭害;                                          也不怕遭受傷害,
                            因為你與我同在,                                        因為你與我同在;
                      你的杖, 你的竿, 都安慰我.                              你的杖你的竿都安慰我.

                             5 在我敵人面前,                                           在我敵人面前,
                              你為我擺設筵席;                                         你為我擺設筵席;
                             你用油膏了我的頭,                                       你用油膏了我的頭,
                               使我的福杯滿溢.                                            使我的杯滿溢.
                   6 我一生一世必有恩惠慈愛隨著我,                 我一生的日子, 必有恩惠慈愛緊隨著我;
                          我且要住在耶和華的殿中,                                我也要住在耶和華的殿中,
                                    直到永遠!                                                     直到永遠.
                  [註] 和合本譯文極佳, 無懈可擊, 新譯只將 "I shall not be in want."
                         原譯 "我必不致缺乏." 改譯 "我必一無所缺." 似較雅達.

      值復活節主日, 感念主耶穌恩典, 為我們的罪, 在十字架上流血捨命, 讓我們白白蒙恩得救,
特別頌讀 "十架七言," 如下, 以感主恩. 有關其真義, 詳 5. 十架七言真義.
                                                           十架七言
                      路23:34          "父啊! 赦免他們, 因為他們所作的, 他們不曉得."
                      路23:43          "我實在告訴你, 今日你要同我在樂園了."
                      約19:26-27     "母親, 看你的兒子!" 又對那門徒說: "看你的母親!"
                      太27:46          "我的神! 我的神! 為甚麼離棄我?"
                      約19:28          "我渴了!"
                      約19:30          "成了!"
                      約19:30         "父啊! 我將我的靈魂交在你手裏."

                                 15. 兩首詩篇美序言

      詩篇是聖經六十六卷書中最長的一卷, 由許多詩集, 歷經數世紀收集整理彙褊而成, 共150篇,
分為五卷: (1) 1-41篇, (2) 42-72篇, (3) 73-89篇, (4) 90-106篇, (5) 107-150篇. 雖以卷分,           但從頭到尾, 仍是一個整體. 其中開頭二篇為序言, 末五篇為結語, 可見詩篇是一卷有頭有尾, 結構             嚴謹的聖詩集成. 本文特別推介詩篇序言, 即詩篇第 一, 二 兩篇, 這是整卷詩篇的序詩, 樂章的前奏,          分述如下：
   I. 詩篇第一篇 - 論二種不同的人生：
      (I) 有福的人生:
            人若欲其人生成為美麗詩篇, 必須明白蒙福的途徑, 不隨俗浮沉, 從惡起舞, 要喜愛
神的律法, 晝夜思想, 身體力行, 過聖潔生活, 神必賜福庇佑, 如溪旁樹, 養份充足, 枝葉常青, 按時
結果, 盡都順利, 享受有福的人生.
     (II) 有禍的人生:
            人若自暴自棄, 遠善近惡, 甘心淪為撒但奴僕, 任其驅使, 在神大光照耀之下, 終必
原形畢露, 如風吹糠枇, 四散流離, 逃不過神的最後審判, 落入有禍的人生.

 II. 詩篇第二篇 - 論二個不同的世界：
      當人知道人生有禍福二途, 明擺眼前, 除應作明智抉擇外, 更要進一步了解, 我們生存的
世界, 其中真相, 才不致迷失方向, 喪失向標竿直跑的信心和勇氣, 玆就二個不同的世界, 分述如下:
     (I) 永存的世界:
           凡投靠真神, 敬畏真主, 戰兢快樂者, 神必賜他列國為業, 地極為產, 舊人變新人, 屬地
變屬天, 必朽變不朽, 暫時變永遠, 喜喜樂樂, 活在永存的世界裏.
    (II) 敗亡的世界:
           自創世以來, 世道紛擾, 日益敗壞, 不得安寧, 原因是列邦爭鬧不寧, 萬民圖謀叛神,
世上的君王臣宰, 莫不心懷不軌, 一起共謀敵擋耶和華和祂的受膏者, 大大干犯神怒, 必受神鐡杖
擊打, 審判懲處, 走向敗亡的世界, 從道中滅亡.
        詩篇序言, 雖分二篇由 詩1:1-2 "... 惟喜愛耶和華的律法, 晝夜思想, 這人便為有福." 及 詩2:12
"凡投靠祂的,都是有福的." 觀之, 序言以 "有福" 開始, 也以 "有福" 告終, 足見二篇彼此關聯, 成為
一體, 均論 "禍福之道." 這由二首詩篇構成的序詩, 著實值得欣賞, 倘能熟讀背下, 對欲作成功有福
之人者, 定有莫大裨益, 故特選出, 鄭重推介, 大家分享.

                                 16. 瑰麗三章十六節

      在這裡我要作個見證, 六十多年前, 我還年少單身, 和其他年青人一樣, 擁有追小姐的三寶:
     (1) 英俊但不瀟灑, 否則怎能吸引美女?
     (2) 忠厚但不老實, 否則怎敢大膽出擊?
     (3) 皮厚但不討厭, 否則見到你就逃溜!
     那時, 我正在台灣中部寧靜樸素的台中市工作, 見一小妞, 風資綽約, 驚為天人, 她家住台中
公園的對面, 公園旁邊有間叫思恩堂的教堂, 每次追到她家, 遠遠就看見教堂前面, 飄揚著一條長長
的白布條, 上面寫著鮮紅大字: "神愛世人, 甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們, 叫一切信他的, 不至滅亡,
反得永生." 這三十個大紅字, 每次我經過時, 都入我眼簾, 進我心房, 久而久之, 我竟能一字不漏,
朗朗上口背下來, 遺憾的是囫圇吞棗, 不知箇中真義, 與主失之交臂, 直到退休來美, 這顆神播下的
種子, 才萌芽結果, 讓我蒙恩得救, 悔改歸主, 感謝主.
      話說回來, 我擁有追女三寶, 一鼓作氣, 追得美人歸, 成為我的 "Tie Tie(太太)," 終身受捆, 失去
自由, 哀哉! 再者, 前年夏休會, 從講員孫約翰牧師的證道, 得知那時他也在台中市, 正是思恩堂的
一名小傳道! 世界真是太小, 何處不相逢?!
      歸主以後勤讀聖經, 才發現六十多年前, 教堂門口掛的三十個大紅字, 原係出自約翰福音三章
十六節, 後我又發現, 聖經非常深奧奇妙, 新約中很多書卷的三章十六節, 都是璀璨瑰麗, 光芒四射
的名言金句, 值得熟讀背誦, 融會心中, 特列挑出, 大家分享：
       1. 太3:16:
          "耶穌受了洗, 隨即從水裏上來, 天忽然為他開了, 他就看見神的靈,
           彷彿鴿子降下, 落在他身上."
       2. 路3:16:
         "約翰說: '我是用水給你們施洗, 但有一位能力比我更大的要來,
          我就是給他解鞋帶也不配. 他要用聖靈與火給你們施洗.'"
       3. 約3:16:
         "神愛世人, 甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們, 叫一切信他的, 不至滅亡, 反得永生."
       4. 提前3:16 - 道成肉身(聖經永古隱藏十二大奧秘之一):
         "大哉敬虔的奧秘, 無人不以為然, 就是:
           神在肉身顯現, 被聖靈稱義, 被天使看見,
           被傳於外邦, 被世人信服, 被接在榮耀裡."
        5. 林前3:16:
          "豈不知你們是神的殿, 神的靈住在你們裡頭麼?"
            我以此為座右銘, 時刻記住, 神的靈就在我們裡面, 舉凡心思意念, 行為舉止,
            都要力求聖潔, 以免玷污神的殿.
        6. 西3:16:
          "當用各樣的智慧, 把基督的道理, 豐豐富富的存在心裏, 用詩章、頌詞、靈歌,
            彼此教導, 互相勸戒, 心被恩感, 歌頌神."
        7. 提後3:16:
          "聖經都是神所默示的, 於教訓、督責、使人歸正, 教導人學義, 都是有益的."
        8. 弗3:16:
          "求他按著他豐盛的榮耀, 藉著他的靈, 叫你們心裏的力量, 剛強起來."
        9. 腓3:16:
          "然而, 我們到了甚麼地步, 就當照著甚麼地步行."
      10. 雅3:16:
           "在何處有嫉妒紛爭, 就在何處有擾亂, 和各樣的壞事."
      11. 約一3:16:
           "主為我們捨命, 我們從此就知道何為愛, 我們也當為弟兄捨命."
      12. 啟3:16:
          "你既為溫水, 不冷也不熱, 所以我必從我口中把你吐出去."
           (主對代表末世教會的老底嘉教會的嚴厲責備).

       彼前3:16:
      "存著無虧的良心, 叫你們在何事上被毀謗, 就在何事上, 可以叫那誣賴你們
       在基督裏有好品行的人, 自覺羞愧."
      "Keeping a clear concience, so that those who speak malicioudly against
       your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander,"                '

       經文翻譯探討
       原擬將彼前3:16列入本文, 和合本經文詰屈聱牙, 誦讀再三, 不明其意, 即翻閱英文本, 通順
易明, 又是問題出在經文翻譯一例:
       英文本:
      "Keeping a clear concience, so that those who speak malicioudly against
       your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."
       和合本:
      "存著無虧的良心, 叫你們在何事上被毀謗, 就在何事上, 可以叫那誣賴你們
       在基督裏有好品行的人, 自覺羞愧."
       新譯:
     "本著良心, 使那些惡言攻擊你們在基督裏行為良好的人, 為己惡行, 自覺羞愧."

                                    17. 約翰福音神助譯

      讀過聖經的人都知道, 整部聖經都是以耶穌基督為中心, 舊約都是預言, 預表在天的耶穌;
新約則是預言的應驗：
     (1) 四福音書 - 在地的耶穌, 道成肉身, 為人守律法, 流血贖罪.
     (2) 使徒行傳及書信 - 升天的耶穌, 在天上作人的中保, 為人代求.
     (3) 啟示錄 - 再來的耶穌, 勝過罪, 勝過死亡, 勝過撒但, 建立永遠的榮耀國度.
      四福音書的前三卷: 馬太福音、馬可福音和路加福音, 大同小異, 類似互補, 故統稱對觀福音、
符類福音或合參福音. 讀完這三卷, 進入約翰福音, 第一句話就讓人眼前一亮, 萬分震撼. 使徒約翰
以獨特風格, 生花妙筆, 描述同一人物主耶穌基督, 但令人的感受卻大大不同, 隨手拈 出下列五節,
大家分享.
         約1:1             "太初有道, 道與神同在, 道就是神, 這道太初與神同在."
                              (本節譯文通順流暢, 符合 信、達、雅 三要求, 譯者高段, 又有神助, 無懈可擊.)
         約1:14           "道成了肉身, 住在我們中間, 充充滿滿的, 有恩典, 有真理,
                                我們也見過他的榮光, 正是父獨生子的榮光."
         約4:14 "        "人若喝我所賜的水, 就永遠不渴; 我所賜的水, 要在他裏頭
                                成為泉源, 直湧到永生."
         約11:25-26    "復活在我, 生命也在我, 信我的人, 雖然死了, 也必復活.
                                凡活著信我的人, 必永遠不死."

                                 18. 認識聖餐記念主

       讀經: 林前11:23-26(太26:26-29; 可14:22-25; 路22:17-20)
      我們教會每月的第一個主日, 都舉行聖餐禮, 這是我們蒙恩歸主, 受洗加入教會, 成為基督耶穌
身體後, 必須與眾肢體一起參與的禮儀. 這不是一般表面儀式, 擘餅喝杯對每個信徒都有非常重要
的實質意義, 我們必需有正確認識, 才不致發生偏差. 聖餐是主耶穌被賣那一夜, 在與門徒共進最後
晚餐時, 親自囑咐設立的, 主以餅象徵祂的神體, 以葡萄汁象徵自己的血, 其意義有三:
   I. 記念過去:
      主為我們的罪, 在十字架上, 流血捨命, 救贖我們出死入生, 大恩大愛, 凡蒙恩得救的, 都應
永誌不忘, 常常記念, 感恩圖報.
  II. 提醒現在:
       守聖餐在提醒我們, 蒙恩得救, 感懷主恩, 在日常的行事為人上, 應與蒙召隆恩相稱, 主的
寶血已洗淨 我們的罪, 我們已得釋放, 不再是罪的奴僕, 切勿再自陷罪中, 玷污主恩, 故應不斷省察
自己, 提醒自己, 不可再犯罪行惡, 有負主恩.
III. 等候將來:
      主親自應許必要快來, 要我們與祂同在神國, 共喝新杯, 這是何等美好盼望. 守聖餐提醒
我們, 主快要再來, 我們要隨時儆醒謹守, 善用神賜智慧, 作一個好管家, 盡忠職守, 發揮才能, 等候
主來, 驗收成果.
       守聖餐禮之目的, 不在求罪得赦免, 而在順服主命、記念主死及盼望主來. 我們要在聖餐桌前
謙卑, 抱著不配和信靠的心, 反躬自省, 全心歸主, 全然靠主, 憑著信心去領受, 好叫主的救贖恩典,
藉著餅和杯, 臨到我們, 使我們的靈命不斷更新成長. 故領聖餐前, 我們必需先省察自己, 對付自己
的罪, 否則便等於吃喝自己的罪(林前11:29), 不可不慎.
        有關聖餐的經文, 馬太、馬可及路加三福音書對主設立聖餐都有大同小異的記述. 使徒保羅
綜而合之, 寫出非常精闢可讀的經文 林前11:23-26. 我們教會黃牧師每次主持聖餐禮, 在領聖餐前,
多會當眾宣讀, 每次我都洗耳恭聽, 一次又一次, 竟耳熟能詳, 由欣賞而背誦. 由於經文譯筆流暢,
合乎邏輯, 不覺已能朗朗上口, 毫不費力, 現把經文背出如下:
       "…主耶穌被賣的那一夜, 拿起餅來, 祝謝了, 就擘開, 說, 這是我的身體, 為你們捨的,
你們應當如此行, 為的是記念我; 飯後, 也照樣拿起杯來, 說, 這杯是用我的血立的新約,
你們每逢喝的時候, 要如此行, 為的是記念我. 你們每逢吃這餅, 喝這杯, 是表明主的死,
直等到祂來."(林前11:23-26)
       願主的救贖恩典, 藉著餅和杯, 常常臨到我們教會每一位弟兄姊妹, 阿們.

                                 19. 母親節愛的真諦

      每次上主日學, 逢一年一度的母親節, 必選林前13:4-8 "愛的真諦," 大家朗誦欣賞, 並獻給班上
及教會所有偉大的母親, 讓她們感受到神的愛、兒女的愛、家人的愛和教會的愛.
      使徒保羅說出愛的真諦, 無人能出其右. 古今牧師主持教會舉行的婚禮, 多以這段經文, 祝福
新人, 蔚然成風, 廣為傳誦.
      為熟背經文, 牢記經節, 特假想一棵愛之樹, 長在溪水旁, 樹幹筆挺, 枝葉成心形, 樹幹前面釘著
一塊牌子(代表林前), 上面寫著 "1345678(代表13:4-8)," 把這數字視作密碼, 輸入電腦, 即見那心形
枝葉上 顯出愛的"基因"(基本組成元素):
林前13:4-8
愛的總義
         X(一不)                                          "愛是恆久忍耐, 又有恩慈;
         XXXXXXX(七不)                                        愛是不嫉妒;
                                                                愛是不自誇, *不驕傲,
                                                                    **不粗暴無禮,
                                                            不求自己的益處, 不輕易發怒,
                                                          不計算別人的惡, 不喜歡不義,
          O(只喜)                                                 只喜歡真理,
          四凡事                              凡事包,容, 凡事相信, 凡事盼望, 凡事忍耐,
           總結                                                    愛是永不止息."
      上例說明, 背誦聖經, 倘能用點想像力和聯想法, 並非難事, 尤其上了年紀的人, 記憶力雖大不
如前, 也可用上法克服, 把聖經的章節經文, 讀進腦海, 記在心裏, 神的話語將深入你心, 永不消失,
不妨一試.
       [註]   *不張狂: 英文本 "It is not proud" 應改譯 "不驕傲" 較雅潔達意.
             **不做害羞的事 英文本 "It is not rude" 應改譯 "不粗暴無禮" 較雅潔達意.

      上述經文中, 四凡事採交叉文體結構, 內層加上總結的 "愛," 又引出林前13:13,
就是有名的信、望、愛經文：
                   "如今常存的有信、有望、有愛; 這三樣, 其中最大的是愛."

                                 20. 大大張口我充滿

      有次上主日學, 原擬背誦所羅門王的虛空名句, 不知怎的臨時改變話題, 講了個名福音佈道家
的成功故事. 話說 ,神學院一位畢業生, 剛出來在一間教堂事奉, 最讓他頭痛灰心的, 莫過於他盡心
盡力準備講章, 但是每次在講台上, 說不到半個鐘頭, 就詞窮語盡, 赧然下台, 接連好幾次都是這樣,
令他信心盡失, 不知所措; 最後, 決定回神學院, 向院長求援, 院長年近花甲, 平日嚴肅寡言, 知他的
來意, 一改常態, 份外慈祥可親, 拍拍他的肩膀說: "孩子, 不要怕, 你有沒有聽過老鼠餓死米倉, 天鵝
渴死大湖?" 他猛搖頭回答, "從沒聽過, 這怎麼可能!" 院長笑道, 這就對了, 趕快回去, 打開聖經朗誦
詩81:10, 神會幫助你解決你的困境. 他遵囑立即回去, 翻閱那節聖經, 並大聲朗誦:
                          中文                                                   英文
                   "你要大大張口,                           "Open with your mouth
                     我就給你充滿."                                 and I will fill it."
      他頓時領悟, 自己講台上的失敗, 主要是沒好好熟讀聖經, 未把神的話牢記心頭, 融會貫通所致.
從此, 他朝夕張口, 大吃靈糧, 神果然把他大大充滿, 成為當代舉世知名的美國福音佈道家, 他就是
我們熟知的葛理翰(Billy Graham).
      那天, 上完主日學, 接著參加午堂主日崇拜, 講員林力山弟兄證道, 主題正是傳道書中 "虛空的
虛空" 倘不改話題, 豈不前後呼應, 共享主言, 真巧!
      此外, 林後13:14 經文, 大有來頭, 且大家耳熟能詳, 每次聚會或主日崇拜結束時, 傳道人或牧師
常以本節經文為會眾祝福, 有志要做傳道人或牧師者, 要儘早把這節經文, "三位一體的祝福," 反覆
背頌, 牢記心頭, 方能勝任, 特此提醒.
                    "願主耶穌基督的恩惠, 神的慈愛, 聖靈的感動, 常與你們眾人同在."
                                                  直到永永遠遠. 阿們!

                                                                       (本文完)

                                                                   感謝主, 讚美主,
                                                                  一切榮耀歸我主,
                                                                  哈利路亞, 阿們!

                                                         2021年6月8日 佈樂格 台北

                                  48. 研讀聖經長靈命

  I. 前言:
      前於 "找尋真神五十年" 一文, 道盡我晚年才蒙恩得救的無知與無奈, 1999年復活節, 蒙主
不棄, 於美國加州中華歸主海沃教會受洗歸主, 初時, 每次禮拜, 誦讀聖經, 初生小羊, 靈命末開,
似懂非懂, 常覺茫然.
      我們悔改歸主, 蒙恩得救, 成為新造的人, 這新生嬰孩, 其靈命成長, 端賴主的靈糧, 天天
供給, 不斷餵養, 方能與日俱進, 漸漸成長, 朝著標竿, 向成聖的崇高目標邁進, 高舉基督, 與主
同行, 奔走那擺在我們前面的天路. 而聖經乃靈糧主要供應來源, 基督徒靈命成長, 必讀經典.
聖經博大深奧, 初信之人, 想要讀懂, 談何容易, 尤其是和合本中文聖經, 白紙黑字, 字字都識,
但讀後茫然, 不解何意, 我與其他初信弟兄姊妹, 想都經歷過初讀聖經同樣的困惑.
      寫完 "聖經經典人物故事" 上佈樂格大家分享後, 因心臟不適, 又年屆九十, 體力精神都
大不如前, 原擬就此封筆, 幾經禱告, 仍命續作文字服事, 不可怠忽. 找何題材? 多方思考, 似可
將研讀聖經心得歷程, 為文分享, 愚拙如我, 尚能從茫然中, 讀經摸索, 見到亮光, 靈命得到長進,
何況其他初信弟兄姊妹?

  II. 聖經難懂:
      (I) 譯文問題:
           聖經分新舊約, 舊約原本是用希伯來文寫的, 而新約原本是用希臘文寫的; 目前, 華人
世界基督信徒所讀聖經, 多為和合本(神版或上帝版)及近日問世的聖經新譯本, 都是從英文本
翻譯過來, 經翻閱比較, 和合本似仍勝一籌. 查和合本聖經譯文, 乃我屬靈先輩, 在聖靈帶領下,
絞盡腦汁, 竭智盡力, 方有大成, 譯文大多流暢通俗, 切合原意, 所以能傳頌百餘年, 直至今日,
實非偶然. 但譯文美中不足, 仍有商榷餘地, 文中艱澀字眼、西式語氣、錯誤譯文, 卷卷都有,
乃中譯聖經難讀難懂之主因, 往往艱澀難懂經文, 翻閱英文對照經文, 即豁然貫通, 明其真義.
返台安養, 閒來無事, 因喜愛詩篇, 特先精讀細研, 完成 "詩篇新譯" "詩篇新譯正誤探討"
及 "詩篇譯文瑕疵剖析" 三篇專文, 對誤譯經文, 有詳盡說明剖析, 均已上佈樂格, 請點閱指正.
至詩篇修正潤飾, 此舉絕非刪改經文, 褻瀆神言. "聖經無誤" 只限於聖經原文, 至於其抄本譯文,
人為錯誤, 在所難免, 故得於文字上加以修改潤飾, 使更完美, 可頌可讀, 以激盪靈命, 深入人心.
不可不察.
    (II) 家譜困惑:
           初讀聖經, 翻開第一頁, 就是舊約創世記, 開頭是神創造天地, 都是說故事, 看得津津
有味, 後越看越深, 難以了解, 祗好叫停; 以為新約較易, 轉讀新約, 豈料打開馬太福音, 一開頭
就是 "耶穌的家譜," 祇見滿篇洋名, 且係譯音, 詰屈聱牙, 讀得滿頭霧水, 不知所云, 其中除亞伯
拉罕、以撒、雅各、猶大、大衛、所羅門和馬利亞屬聖經名人, 似曾聽過, 其餘一無所知, 只好
囫圇吞棗, 暫且擱下, 否則怎讀得下去. 待讀到路加福音3:23-38, 又是 "耶穌的家譜," 心中暗喜,
以為有進一步闡釋, 不讀猶可, 一讀更是疑竇重重, 同是主耶穌的家譜, 竟完全不同(其實有 一段
相同), 後經聖靈光照, 終於在解經書中, 找到答案. 詳情請點閱 "讀經扎記 26. 耶穌家譜"
           聖經舊約及新約記載的家譜, 具各種功用, 但其結構有別, 長短不一, 且常改動. 因年代
久遠, 資料不全, 查證不易, 難求精確, 不必認真, 參考可也. 使徒保羅也告誡我們:"不可聽從荒渺
無憑的話語和無窮的家譜, 這等事只生辯論, 並不發明神在信上所立的章程."(提前1:4). 馬太及
馬可所列的耶穌家譜, 為突顯耶穌的君王和人子屬性, 配合寫書目的, 故不盡相同. 雖欠精確,
亦無傷大雅, 倘吹毛求庛, 執意細究, 則頻生爭論, 徒增困擾, 於事無益, 千祈勿陷入無謂爭辯,
羞辱主名.
           上述提前1:4 中 "並不發明神在信上所立的章程." 頗難理解, 原因在譯文大有問題,
不知所云, 此乃因譯文出了問題, 若改譯如下:
     英文: nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies.
             These promote controversiesrather than God's work - which is by faith.
     新譯: 不可聽從荒渺無憑的話語和無窮的家譜, 這等事只生爭辯, 無助於憑信心促進神的大工.
     新譯是否較易了解? 這是譯文困擾讀經者最佳例證.

III. 研讀聖經:
      (I) 聖經研究:
            受洗之初, 靈命淺薄, 亟盼靈糧餵養, 日日長進, 除了積極上主日學, 崇拜認真聽道外,
唯一途徑就是讀經, 聖經博大深奧, 初生小羊, 想要讀懂, 談何容易, 尤其和合本中譯聖經, 白紙
黑字, 字字都識, 但是讀後茫然, 不解何意, 情急禱告, 求主指引; 一日, 也許是聖靈帶領, 偶然在
教會的圖書館, 借到英國牧師巴士.德(Baxter)著, 中譯 "聖經研究" 一書, 給我打開了讀經之門,
若沒該書的指引教導, 我恐一節也讀不下去, 早就知難而退, 不知何日才能了解主的話語? 依照
該書指導, 日日認真研讀, 漸見亮光, 自覺稍有心得. 聖經不讀猶可, 一讀才知其精深博大, 徫哉
此書, 全是神的默示, 藉人手寫出, 字字珠璣, 前後一貫, 不相矛盾, 由神總其大成, 啓示是來源,
聖靈顯真道, 真理磬石, 矗立天地, 彌久長存, 直到永遠!
    (II) 文字服事:
            受洗不久, 黃嘉松牧師見我文筆尚佳, 命我寫主日證道講章, 初時, 手忙腳亂, 由語音
轉為文字, 看似容易, 實不簡單, 要成一篇好文章, 更非易事, 幸有錄音帶, 花點時間, 反覆整理,
終成章交卷, 頗獲好評; 時值依仁姊妹主編教會季刊 "芥菜子," 特囑投稿, 從此, 改精讀聖經及
廣覽名家解經書刊, 更見亮光, 迄今投稿達46篇, 均納入 "讀經扎記" 上佈樂格大家分享.
            蒙主保守, 聖靈引領, 文字服事, 十年如一日, 從未間斷, 首先完成詩篇新譯, 中英對照,
裝訂成冊, 接著, 依次完成詩歌體裁智慧書卷: 伯、箴、傳、歌及大小先知書新譯, 整理焦源濂
牧師 "使徒行傳" 錄音成冊, 以及新近完成的 "聖經經典人物故事," 共十八回, 從亞伯拉罕信心
之父講到司提反和腓利, 可說是一部通俗猶太史書及教會成長史. 全都上佈樂格, 請點閱指正.
  (III) 教學相長:
           歸主不到二年, 上黃牧師的 "新約概論" 主日學, 有一次他和師母要到大陸宣道探親,
囑我代課一次, 當時惶恐萬分, 恐難勝任, 經黃牧師再三激勵, 要我勇敢踏出事奉第一步, 只好
勉為其難, 暫且接下, 主日的那天, 我到影印室印講義, 正好碰到焦牧師, 當他知道我代課的事,
非但沒嘲笑斥責, 你敢上台! 反而慈祥親切地, 緊緊握住我的手, 給我很多指點勉勵, 令我信心
大增, 上課時, 我一再祈求聖靈帶領, 果然聖靈動工, 助我完成事奉, 一切榮耀歸給主. 事後想來,
當時焦牧師定為我捏把冷汗, 求主 "憐憫這頭新生小羊, 扶持保守, 賜他智慧, 把神的話語傳揚
出去, 榮神益人."
           大概反應尚佳, 黃牧師要我代下去, 一代就是四期(每期十主日), 還編了一套 "新約
概論講義, " 亦上佈樂格(keneth-chen.com, 鳥瞰新約), 主日學服事, 令我讀經大有突破, 我非
更深入精讀聖經, 及鉋覽解經書不可, 教學相長, 使我大大得益, 感謝主.
           新約概論後, 主日學校長李紡姊妹, 給我很多指點鼓勵, 並先後安排我開講: "啓示錄"
"撒迦利亞書" 和 "但以理書.": 這幾卷書較深奧, 講解不易, 要不是在進深學房聽過劉東昆牧師
的 "啓示錄"、馬有藻牧師的 "撒迦利亞書"和賴約翰牧師的 "但以理書" 講座, 我怎敢上台開講!
   (IV) 進深受教:
           上節所提到的 "進深學房," 是舊金山灣區一所很特別的基督學府, 係基督之家寇世遠
監督創辦, 目的在為主餵養追求長進的群羊, 為主造就傳揚福音的工人, 更為主裝備執行大使命
的精兵. 設於基督三家, 免費免考, 吸引灣區各教會有志追求, 但無法入神學院深造的弟兄姊妹,
前來進修, 寇監督安息主懷後, 由子寇紹穎長老接辦, 他認真辦學, 非常成功, 聲譽卓著.
           進深學房精心聘請的老師, 全都是主的忠僕和屬靈先進, 不是名牧師, 就是神學院的
院長或教授, 可謂一時之選. 他們盡心盡力, 深入淺出, 教導我們真道, 傳講主的真理, 為我們
釋疑解惑, 造就我們, 裝備我們, 讓我們成為神手中合用器皿, 回到自己教會中, 作見證, 傳福音,
教主日學, 大大使用.
           信主之初, 靈命淺薄空虛, 雖努力追求, 勤讀聖經, 總不得其門而入, 得不到飽足, 經文
白紙黑字, 字字認得, 就是不明白其中真正意義, 內心非常惶恐無奈. 教會劉群珍姐妹似乎察覺
我的光景, 特別推薦我上進深學房, 果然, 得名師教導指點後, 大有果效, 見到亮光, 在追求主的
真道上, 自覺大有長進.
           進深學房每週六上午上課四小時, 課後 Pot Luck 午餐, 師生同學共席, 暢敘交通, 盡歡
而散. 學房規定甚嚴, 需修完預訂課程. 且成績及格, 才能畢業. 我在學房受教五年, 勤奮上課,
專心聽講, 更認真做作業, 寇紹穎長老親自為我批改, 且賜高分, 愛護作育之恩, 永遠感激懷念.
2006年6月6日, 終於畢業, 獲頒證書. 我在進深學房進修, 蒙恩得益最大, 學到很多功課, 尤其是
在讀經解經方面, 有長足進步, 感謝主.

 IV. 總結:
       悔改歸主, 蒙恩得救, 新生嬰孩, 亟需靈糧餵養, 以促進靈命成長, 欲達此目的, 首需讀經,
而聖經博大深奧, 初信之人, 想要讀懂, 談何容易, 經將個人讀經經驗歷程, 由茫然無知, 至稍有
所得, 細述如前, 事實上, 讀經不難, 讀通至難. 但只要讀經前靜下心來, 虔誠禱告, 不管懂或不懂,
鍥而不捨讀下去, 主一定會讓你見到亮光, 得到答案, 罕有落空者, 真是: "飢渴慕義的人有福了,
因為他們必得飽足."(太5:6), 感謝主, 大家共勉.

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                                                           感謝主, 讚美主,
                                                         一切榮耀歸我主,
                                                          哈利路亞, 阿們!

                                                 2021年3月29日 初稿 台北

          使 徒 行 傳
              目 錄

                       總 目
自 序
第一部 總論
  第一章 導論
  第二章 教會誕前天下勢(1:1-26)
  第三章 教會逆境喜誕生(2:1-47)
第二部 彼得行傳
  第一章 漁夫彼得蒙恩召
  第二章 影響重大兩神蹟(3:1-26)
  第三章 教會成長遭逼害(4:1-37)
  第四章 教會內外受夾擊(5:1-42)
  第五章 教會危機化轉機(6:1-7)
  第六章 彼得周遊傳主道
  第七章 彼得打開外邦門(10:1-48)
  第八章 道傳外邦起風波(11:1-18)
  第九章 希律王殘害教會(12:1-25)
  第十章 彼得殉道榮耀神(補遺)
第三部 執事行傳
  第一章 司提反行傳
  第二章 腓利行傳
第四部 保羅行傳
  第一章 保羅身世說分明
  第二章 掃羅悔改歸真主(9:1-19a)
  第三章 初信掃羅作見證(9:19B-31)
  第四章 初信掃羅作見證(11:19-30)
  第五章 保羅海外宣道概論
  第六章 第一次宣道之旅(13:1-14:28)
  第七章 耶路撒冷開大會(15:1-35)
  第八章 第二次宣道之旅(15:36-18:22)
  第九章 第三次宣道之旅(18:23-21:16)
  第十章 保羅聖城蒙大難(21:17-22:30)
  第十一章 邁向羅馬先受審(23:1-26:32)
  第十二章 第四次宣道之旅(27:1-28:31)
  第十三章 美好的仗打過了(補遺)
附記 永遠的焦牧師

                      細 目
自 序
第一部 總論
第一章 導論
   第一節 前言
   I. 教會史書:
   II. 典範留存:
   第二節 作者考證
   I. 外證
   II. 內證:
       (I) 路加前後書關係
      (II) 路加是保羅同工
     (III) 路加是一位醫生
   第三節 在地大工
    I. 特點:
       (I) 最重要的工作
      (II) 最偉大的工作
     (III) 最長久的工作
  II. 目的:
       (I) 為主作見證
      (II) 作眾人教訓
     (III) 啟示歷史真像
      (IV) 二個重要人物:
             1. 使徒彼得(第1-12章)
             2. 使徒保羅(第13-28章)
   第四節 寫作期日
    I. 寫作日期:
       (I) 早派 - 約主後六十三年
      (II) 晚派 - 約主後七十年以後
  II. 記載期間
   第五節 教會真理
   I. 真理訓練班
   II. 教會四大特色:
       (I) 主權是主的
      (II) 根基是基督
     (III) 勝過陰間魔
     (IV) 建造你和我
第二章 教會誕前天下勢(1:1-26)
   第一節 主升天前的門徒(1:1-11)
    I. 前言(1:1-2)
   II. 主的最後教導(1:3):
       (I) 教導認識基督
      (II) 教導神國的事:
  III. 主的最後命令(1:4-8):
       (I) 勿離聖城候聖靈(1:4-5)
      (II) 徹底執行大使命(1:6-8)
   IV. 升天告別門徒(1:9-11):
    V. 造就後世信徒:

   第二節 主升天後的門徒(1:12-26)
    I. 門徒順服(1:12-13):
       (I) 絕對聽命
      (II) 正確聽命
     (III) 徹底聽命
   II. 門徒禱告(1:14):
  III. 補選使徒(1:15-26):
        (I) 猶大賣主下場(1:15-20)
       (II) 補選使徒遺缺(1:21-26)
第三章 教會逆境喜誕生(2:1-47)
   第一節 歷史新頁
   第二節 聖靈降臨(2:1-40)
    I. 三個時代:
       (I) 舊約時代 - 聖父
      (II) 福音時代 - 聖子
     (III) 教會時代 - 聖靈
   II. 降臨特點:
       (I) 最恰當時候
      (II) 最神妙奇事
   第三節 聖靈充滿
    I. 聖靈的洗(1:5):
   II. 聖靈充滿(2:4):
       (I) 充滿重點
      (II) 聖靈時代
   第四節 教會誕生(2:41-47)
    I. 奇特誕生:
       (I) 艱困地方誕生
      (II) 主升天後誕生
     (III) 門徒自建誕生
   II. 教會特色(2:41-42):
       (I) 人數激增(2:41)
      (II) 四大柱石(2:42)
             1. 使徒教訓 - 聖經真理
             2. 彼此交接 - 群體交通
             3. 擘餅 - 重溫主愛
             4. 祈禱 - 屬天交通
      (III) 美好見證(2:43-47)
              1. 神蹟奇事(2:43)
              2. 凡物公用(2:44-45)
              3. 同心合意(2:46):
              4. 眾人愛怕(2:43,47)

第二部 彼得行傳
第一章 漁夫彼得蒙恩召
   第一節 彼得蒙召
   第二節 生命改變
    第三節 鏗鏘證道(2:14-41)
I. 證詞精闢(2:14-36):
(I) 引證舊約(2:17-21, 25-28, 34-35)
(II) 見證基督(2:16-36)
(III) 大膽指責(2:22-23)
II. 聽眾反應(2:37-41):
(I) 覺得扎心(2:37)
(II) 接受指導(2:38-40)
(III) 新的生活(2:38)
(IV) 謙卑順服(2:37)
第二章 影響重大兩神蹟(3:1-26)
第一節 彼得行神蹟(3:1-11)
I. 神的器皿彼得(3:1):
(I) 同工同行
(II) 火熱愛主
(III) 熱心愛人
(IV) 美好靈性
II. 蒙神賜福的人(3:2-11):
(I) 瘸子特質
(II) 神蹟特色
第二節 彼得作見證(3:12-26)
I. 美好心態(3:11-12):
(I) 對奇事
(II) 對自已
II. 美好信息(3:13-26):
(I) 耶穌是罪人救主(3:13-19)
(II) 耶穌是萬王之王(3:20-26)
第三節 神蹟與講道
第三章 教會成長遭逼害(4:1-37)
第一節 講道受逼害(4:1-22)
I. 逼害原因:
II. 逼害首腦(4:1, 5-6):
III. 逼害行動(4:2-3, 7-23):
(I) 捉拿使徒(4:2-3)
(II) 審問使徒(4:7-12)
(III) 審問結果(4:13-22)
(IV) 釋放去處(4:23)
IV. 逼害影響(4:2-3, 7-23):
(I) 使徒表現(4:8-12)
(II) 逼害受窘(4:13-22)
第二節 教會的反應(4:23-31)
I. 開感恩大會(4:23-28)
II. 開禱告大會(4:29-31)
第三節 教會更美好(4:32-37)
I. 團結合一(4:32-33):
(I) 信徒一心一意(4:32a)
(II) 使徒大有能力(4:33a)
(III) 眾人都蒙大恩(4:33b)
(IV) 財物大家公用(4:32b, 34-37)
II. 後世典範
第四章 教會內外受夾擊(5:1-42)
第一節 從內部破壞教會(5:1-16)
I. 虛偽善行(5:1-10):
(I) 制度探源
(II) 欺哄聖靈
(III) 嚴重後果
(IV) 後世教訓
II. 美好果效(5:11-16):
(I) 百姓畏懼(5:11)
(II) 神顯權能(5:12-16)
第二節 從外面消滅教會(5:17-42)
I. 被囚奇妙見證(5:17-26):
(I) 被囚原因(5:17-18)
(II) 更美見證(5:19-26):
1. 天使拯救(5:19-20)
2. 聖殿傳主(5:29-26)
II. 受審奇妙見證(5:27-42):
(I) 官府狼狽(5:27-28)
(II) 彼得反應(5:29-32):
1. 傳道原因(5:29)
2. 嚴責罪惡(5:30-31a)
3. 勸早悔改(5:31b)
4. 救恩事實(5:32)
(III) 奇妙結局(5:33-42):
1. 老羞成怒(5:33)
2. 神妙拯救(5:34-39)
3. 安然獲釋(5:40)
4. 配得受辱(5:41-42)
第五章 教會危機化轉機(6:1-7)
第一節 教會危機起因(6:1)
I. 工作缺點
II. 言語隔閡
III. 不平怨言:
(I) 人性敗壞
(II) 怨言危險
第二節 教會圓滿處理(6:2-6)
I. 美好靈性:
(I) 未加辯解
(II) 未被激怒
II. 明智解決:
(I) 立即處理
(II) 主動溝通
(III) 建立制度
(IV) 慎選同工
(V) 解決辦法
第三節 果效美好卓著(6:7)
I. 皆大歡喜
II. 效率大增
III. 人才輩出
IV. 影響深遠
第六章 彼得周遊傳主道
第一節 呂大治癱（9:32-35)
I. 機遇巧合
II. 主客因素
第二節 多加復活(9:36-41)
I. 多加為人(9:36):
(I) 靈性美好
(II) 樂善好施
II. 多加病死(9:37-38):
(I) 停屍樓上(9:37)
(II) 敦請彼得(9:38)
III. 多加復活(9:39-41):
(I) 引領上樓(9:39)
(II) 死而復活(9:40b-41)
第三節 認識神蹟
第四節 候神指引(9:42-43)
第七章 彼得打開外邦門(10:1-48)
第一節 神妙安排
I. 教會喜誕生
II. 司提反殉道
III. 腓利新突破
IV. 掃羅突轉變
V. 回頭說彼得
第二節 異象真義
第三節 哥尼流家佈道(19:10-48)
I. 出身背景(10:1-2):
(I) 羅馬軍官(10:1)
(II) 虔誠的人(10:2a)
II. 哥尼流見異象(10:3-8)
III. 彼得見異象(10:9-16):
(I) 地點(10:9a)
(II) 時間(10:9b-10)
(III) 內容(10:11-12)
(IV) 反應(10:13-16)
(V) 結果
IV. 異象成真(10:17-33)
V. 美好態度:
(I) 哥尼流的態度:
1. 熱忱慕道(10:24, 33)
2. 帶人慕道(10:24)
3. 態度謙卑(10:25)
4. 坦誠相交(10:30-32)
(II) 彼得的態度:
1. 拒絕受拜(10:27)
2. 坦誠相見(10:38-29)
(III) 神恩被二人
VI. 教會合一
VII. 福音傳世(10:34-43):
(I) 福音源頭 - 神(10:35)
(II) 福音中心 - 耶穌基督(10:36a)
(III) 福音功效 - 和平福音(10:36b)
(IV) 福音的主 - 耶穌基督(10:38-43)
VIII. 外邦人的五旬節(10:41-48)

第八章 道傳外邦起風波(11:1-18)
第一節 興師問罪(11:1-3)
I. 佳音引風波(11:1)
II. 彼得遭責難(11:2-3)
第二節 坦誠化解(11:4-18)
I. 心平氣和(11:4)
II. 智慧開導(11:5-17):
(I) 為何要去(11:5-12)
(II) 去後如何(11:13-17)
(III) 美好收場(11:18)
第九章 希律王殘害教會(12:1-25)
第一節 希律暴行(12:1-19)
I. 逼害時間(12:1)
II. 逼害原因:
(I) 心中仇視
(II) 討人喜悅
(III) 魔鬼攻擊:
III. 逼害對象(12:2-19):
(I) 刀斬雅各(12:2):
(II) 囚禁彼得(12:3-19):
1. 奸詐希律(12:3-6)
2. 美好聖徒
3. 奇妙釋放(12:7-11)
4. 美好交通(12:12-17)
5. 仇敵蒙羞(12:18-19)
第二節 天譴希律(12:20-23)
I. 二地求和(12:20)
II. 大顯威風(12:21)
III. 被尊為神(12:22)
VI. 突然暴斃(12:23)
第三節 教會興旺(12:24-25)
I. 神的作為(12:24):
(I) 仇敵仆倒
(II) 主道興旺
II. 主裏合一(12:25)
第四節 聖徒評價
I. 經文長短
II. 救這捨那
第十章 彼得殉道榮耀神(補遺)
第一節 保羅書信記述
第二節 其他文獻記載
第三節 往何處去(Quo Vadis)

第三部 執事行傳
第一章 司提反行傳
第一節 新星乍現悲殞落(6:8-15)
I. 危機化解
II. 新星乍現(6:5-8)
III. 傳道受謗(6:9-11):
(I) 利百地那會堂
(II) 古利奈會堂
(III) 亞力山大會堂
(IV) 基利家會堂
(V) 亞西亞會堂
IV. 新星殞落(6:12-15, 7:54-58a, 59a, 60a):
(I) 情勢生變
(II) 見證受誣
(III) 選民暴行:
1. 激起惱怒
2. 蜂擁而上
3. 城外石打
4. 美好殉道
5. 遍地開花:
第二節 以古鑑今勸回轉(6:8-15)
I. 殉道影響
II. 力辯真道
III. 以古鑑今:
(I) 前言:
1. 神一貫啟示自已
2. 選民信仰屢犯錯
(II) 列祖典範(7:2-50):
1. 亞伯拉罕(一人) - 神是啟示的神(7:2-8)
2. 約瑟(一家) - 神是與人同在的神(7:9-16)
3. 摩西(一族) - 神是信實大能的神(7:17-45)
4. 大衛與所羅門(一國) (7:46-50)
(III) 勸戒選民(7:51-53):
1. 勿讓悲劇重演
2. 認識真神啟示
IV. 總結:
(I) 正確歷史觀
(II) 嚴厲責選民:
1. 硬著頸項悖逆
2. 心耳未受割禮
第二章 腓利行傳
第一節 興起腓利傳福音(8:1-8)
I. 教會受逼(8:1-3)
II. 福音外展(8:4-5)
III. 興起腓利(8:6-8)
第二節 撒瑪利亞綻奇葩(8:4-25)
I. 突進異域(8:4-8)
II. 西門事件(8:9-24):
(I) 出身背景(8:9-11)
(II) 假信歸主(8:12-13)
(III) 原形畢露(8:18-24):
1. 錢買使徒權柄(8:18-19)
2. 嚴厲斥責西門(8:20-24)
(IV) 明辨真假:
1. 信仰對錯
2. 真假信徒
III. 使徒探訪(8:14-17, 25)
第三節 福音傳非洲太監(8:26-40)
I. 太監蒙恩(8:26-39):
(I) 巧遇太監(8:26-30a)
(II) 輔導太監(8:30b-34)
(III) 善教太監(8:35)
(IV) 太監受洗(8:36-39)
II. 傳道行蹤(8:40, 21:8-9)
III. 受洗與得救:
(I) 受洗真義
(II) 真假得救

第四部 保羅行傳
第一章 保羅身世說分明
第一節 姓名考證
第二節 出生身世
I. 因父母成公民
II. 因貢獻成公民
III. 因捐錢成公民
第三節 名門受教
第四節 初期狂熱
第五節 光照歸主
第六節 保羅簡歷
第二章 掃羅悔改歸真主(9:1-19a)
第一節 大仇敵悔改(9:1-19a)
I. 最可怕的仇敵(9:1-2):
(I) 痛恨信徒
(II) 合法權力
(III) 親自出馬
(IV) 心狠手辣
II. 最奇突的轉變(9:3-19a):
(I) 出身背景:
1. 信仰虔誠
2. 修養不凡
3. 天性積極
4. 教育高深
(II) 改變歷程(9:3-7)
(III) 禱告等候(9:8-9):
1. 雙目失明(9:8a)
2. 順命而行(9:8b)
3. 禁食禱告(9:9, 11b, 12)
(IV) 成神器皿(9:10-16):
(V) 接受洗禮(9:17-19a):
第二節 基督信仰兩特點
I. 主啊, 你是誰?(9:5a)
II. 主啊, 我當做甚麼?(22:10a)
第三章 初信掃羅作見證(9:19B-31)
第一節 大馬色見證(9:19b-25):
I. 信徒同住(9:19b)
II. 大力見證(9:20, 22)
III. 基督信息(9:20, 22)
IV. 引來逼害(9:23-25)
第二節 耶路撒冷見證(9:26-30):
I. 何時到京(加1:18-19)
II. 訪京目的(9:26a)
III. 害怕拒見(9:26b)
IV. 神遣貴人(9:27):
(I) 使人和睦(4:36)
(II) 真誠奉獻(4:37)
(III) 宣慰使者(11:19-24)
V. 終被接納(9:27-28)
VI. 傳道見證(9:27-29)
VII. 避難大數(9:27-30)
第三節 教會安定興旺(9:31)
第四章 初信掃羅作見證(11:19-30)
第一節 福音廣傳(11:19-21)
I. 腓尼基
II. 居比路
III. 安提阿
第二節 教會興起
第三節 福音使者
I. 突破撒瑪利亞(8:12,14)
II. 掃羅改變歸主(9:1-19)
III. 安提阿教會成立(11:19-21)
第四節 美好反應(11:22-26)
I. 耶京教會反應(11:22)
II. 巴拿巴的反應(11:23-26):
(I) 看見神恩(11:23a)
(II) 親自勸勉(11:23b)
(III) 尋找同工(11:25)
III. "基督徒"美名(11:26b)
第五節 合一見證(11:27-30)
I. 先知探訪(11:27-28)
II. 損款賬災(11:29-30)
第六節 教會精神:
第五章 保羅海外宣道概論
第一節 神聖使命
第二節 空前突破
第三節 發展進程:
I. 耶路撒冷起點(徒1-7章)
II. 猶太全地至撒瑪利亞(徒8-12章)
III. 傳到地極(徒13-28章)
第四節 影響深遠
第五節 宣道歷程
第六章 第一次宣道之旅(13:1-14:28)
第一節 劃時代大事(13:1-4a)
I. 發動教會:
(I) 根基健全
(II) 靈裏成長
II. 發動過程:
(I) 禱告開始
(II) 聖靈發動
(III) 教會支持
第二節 居比路宣道(13:4b-12)
I. 地理位置(13:4b)
II. 宣道事工(13:5-12):
(I) 撒拉米事工(13:5)
(II) 帕弗事工(13:6-12):
1. 術士蒙羞(13:6-11)
2. 方伯信主(13:12)
III. 掃羅改名(13:9)
第三節 彼西底安提阿宣道(13:13-52)
I. 地理位置(附圖三)
II. 驚險旅程(13:13-14a)
III. 馬可退出(13:13):
(I) 退出原因:
(II) 日後關係:
IV. 宣道事工(13:14b-41):
(I) 進入會堂(13:14b-15)
(II) 保羅講道(13:16-41):
1. 宣道對象(13:16)
2. 講道內容(13:17-41)
3. 聽眾反應(13:42-52)
4. 使徒對應(13:46-49)
5. 宣道結局(13:50-52)
第四節 呂高尼宣道(14:1-21a):
I. 地理位置(詳附圖三)
II. 宣道經歷
III. 以哥念事工(14:1-7):
(I) 方式相同(14:1):
(II) 經歷相同(14:1-7)
(III) 思考問題:
1. 人分二派, 好嗎?
2. 使徒逃跑, 對嗎?
IV. 路司得事工(14:8-20a):
(I) 行治瘸神蹟(14:8-10)
(II) 兩極端反應(14:11-19):
V. 特庇事工(14:8-20b-21a)
第五節 堅固福音(14:21b-23)
I. 探訪(14:22a)
II. 勸勉(14:22b)
(I) 恆守所信的道 - 與神的關係(14:22b1)
(II) 克難進入神國 - 與世界的關係(14:22b2)
III. 選立(14:23a)
IV. 交託(14:23b)
第六節 宣道尾聲(14:24-28):
I. 最後旅程(14:24-26)
II. 任務報告(14:27)
III. 工作見證(14:28):
(I) 神的器皿
(II) 開外邦門
IV. 總結:
第七章 耶路撒冷開大會(15:1-35)
第一節 火熱爭辯(15:1-5)
I. 地點
II. 時間
III. 爭辯原因(15:1)
IV. 使徒嚴斥(15:2a):
(I) 愛護主羊
(II) 維護真理
(III) 堅固教會
V. 根本解決(15:2b)
VI. 沿途傳道(15:3)
VII. 安抵聖城(15:4-5):
(I) 歡迎來京(15:4)
(II) 反對來訪(15:5)
第二節 民主大會(15:6-29)
I. 民主精神(15:6)
II. 大會議程(15:7-21):
(I) 彼得見證(15:7-12a)
(II) 保羅和巴拿巴見證(15:12b-13a)
(III) 雅各結論(15:13b-21):
1. 雅各身世
2. 雅各見證(15:13b-18)
3. 雅各建議(15:19-21)
III. 圓滿閉幕(15:22-29):
(I) 聖徒達致共識(15:22a):
(II) 全力清除謬誤(15:22b-23):
第三節 會後宣撫(15:30-31)
第四節 使徒活動(15:32-35)
I. 猶大和西拉(15:32-34)
II. 保羅和巴拿巴(15:35)
第五節 結論 - 解決教會分爭秘訣
I. 開誠交通
II. 屬靈權柄
第八章 第二次宣道之旅(15:36-18:22)
第一節 出發前夕(15:36-40)
I. 美好動機(15:36)
II. 使徒爭執(15:37-40)
第二節 重訪舊地(15:41-16:5)
I. 敘利亞和基利家(15:41)
II. 特庇 路司得和以哥念(16:1-5):
(I) 得終身同工 - 提摩太(16:1-3)
(II) 收美好果效(16:4-5)
第三節 行程改變(16:6-10)
I. 聖靈禁止(16:6-8):
(I) 第一次禁止(16:6)
(II) 第二次禁止(16:7-8)
II. 異象呼召(16:9-10):
(I) 異象情景(16:9)
(II) 保羅反應(16:10)
(III) 異象作用
(IV) 美好教訓
第四節 傳入歐洲(16:11-18:18)
I. 馬其頓宣道(16:11-17:15):
(I) 腓立比事工(16:11-40):
1. 呂底亞蒙恩(16:12-15)
2. 鬼附女得救(16:16-24)
3. 獄卒奇得救(16:25-34)
(II) 帖撒羅尼迦事工(17:1-10a):
1. 行程簡述(17:1)
2. 傳揚福音(17:2-4)
3. 招來逼害(17:5-10a)
(III) 庇哩亞事工(17:10b-15):
1. 會堂宣道(17:10b)
2. 難得聽眾(17:11-12)
3. 受逼離境(17:13-15)
II. 亞該亞宣道(17:16-18:17):
(I) 雅典事工(17:16-34)
(II) 哥林多事工(18:1-18a)
第五節 回程小記(18:18b-22):
I. 剪髮還願(18:18b)
II. 訪以弗所(18:19-21)
III. 小停聖城(18:22a)
IV. 返安提阿(18:22b)
第九章 第三次宣道之旅(18:23-21:16)
第一節 最初行程(18:23)
I. 關懷做過的工
II. 順從神的旨意
第二節 以弗所宣道(18:24-20:1a)
I. 前言
II. 以弗所簡介
III. 亞波羅崛起(18:24-28):
(I) 聖徒出身背景(18:24a)
(II) 大有學問口才(18:24b)
(III) 最能講解聖經(18:24c-25a)
(IV) 心中極其火熱(18:25b)
(V) 虛心接受教導(18:26)
(VI) 哥城嶄露頭角(18:27-28)
(VII) 神妙造就聖徒
IV. 以弗所事工(19:1 - 20:1a):
(I) 導正門徒信仰(191b-7)
(II) 猶太會堂講道(19:8-9a)
(III) 推喇奴學房辯論(19:9b-10)
(IV) 彰顯神的大能(19:11-20)
(V) 銀匠煽起暴動(19:21-41)
(VI) 揮別以弗所(20:1a)
第三節 回程記事(20:1b-21:16)
I. 重訪馬其頓(20:1b-2a)
II. 再訪亞該亞(20:2b-3a)
III. 折返馬其頓(20:3b-6)
IV. 特羅亞七日(20:7-12)
V. 米利都之旅(20:13-38)
VI. 上耶路撒冷(21:1-16)
VII. 問題探討:
(I) 不聽勸阻, 一意孤行
(II) 忠心主僕, 事奉典範
第十章 保羅聖城蒙大難(21:17-22:30)
第一節 聖城蒙難(21:17-40)
I. 信徒殷勤接待(21:17)
II. 歡樂見證交通(21:18-26):
(I) 問安見證(21:18-20a)
(II) 長老吐憂(21:20b-26)
(III) 解憂良策(21:23-25)
(IV) 聽從遵行(21:26)
III. 同胞無情陷害(21:27-40):
(I) 風波突起(21:27-29)
(II) 風暴猛烈(21:30-31)
(III) 風暴瞬平(21:32-40)
(IV) 保羅表現
(V) 深切教訓
(VI) 問題思考:
1. 雅各獻策是對是錯?
2. 熱心律法有何不可?
第二節 聖城見證(22:1-21):
I. 見證特點:
(I) 流露基督
(II) 充滿智慧
(III) 熱情洋溢
II. 美好開始(22:1-2):
(I) 親切鄉音(22:2)
(II) 親切稱呼(22:1)
III. 見證主題 - "神改變了我"(22:3-21):
(I) 牢固傳統改變了我 - 過去的我(22:3-5)
(II) 逼害信徒改變了我 - 改變的我(22:6-16)
(III) 聖殿敬拜改變了我 - 現在的我(22:17-21)
IV. 見證結果(22:22-30)
第十一章 邁向羅馬先受審(23:1-26:32)
第一節 猶太公會受審(23:1-11)
I. 異常表現(23:1-10):
(I) 開始美好(23:1)
(II) 不久失常(23:2-10)
(III) 巧計解困(23:6-10)
II. 主施拯救(23:11):
(I) 及時慰勉
(II) 全力支持
(III) 親切鼓勵
(IV) 應許獎賞
(V) 屬靈救訓
第二節 該撒利亞受審(23:12-26:32):
I. 押解經過(23:12-35):
(I) 陰謀暴露(23:12-22)
(II) 安全護送(23:23-35)
II. 腓力斯開審(24:1-27):
(I) 三大主角
(II) 腓力斯其人
(III) 腓力斯面前的保羅(24:1--21)
(IV) 保羅面前的腓力斯(24:22--27)
III. 非斯都開審(25:1-27):
(I) 非斯都其人
(II) 到任行動(25:1-5)
(III) 審問經過(25:6-9)
(IV) 上訴該撒(25:10-12)
(V) 屬靈教訓
IV. 亞基帕王聽案(25:13-26:32):
(I) 亞基帕王其人
(II) 王蒞該城(25:13)
(III) 懸案待決(25:14-22)
(IV) 開庭審問(25:23-26:23)
第十二章 第四次宣道之旅(27:1-28:31)
第一節 該撒利亞至每拉(27:1-5)
I. 摯友同行(27:1-2)
II. 禮遇寬待(27:3a)
III. 友好照應(27:3b)
IV. 逆風前航(27:4-5)
第二節 每拉至佳澳(27:6-13)
I. 逆風緩航(27:6-8)
II. 忠言逆耳(27:9-13)
第三節 佳澳至米利大(27:14-44)
I. 怒海中的保羅(27:14-26)
II. 船毀前的保羅(27:27-38)
III. 船毀時的保羅(27:39-44)
IV 屬靈教訓
第四節 米利大奇遇(28:1-10)
I. 地理位置(28:1)
II. 熱情接待(28:2)
III. 蛇咬無傷(28:3-6)
IV. 島長貴賓(28:7-10)
第五節 最後一程(28:11-15)
I. 最後航程(28:11-14a)
II. 郊區殊榮(28:14b-15)
III. 屬靈教訓
第六節 羅馬經歷(28:16-31)
I. 入城處境(28:16, 20)
II. 羅馬見證(28:17-31)
III. 屬靈教訓
第七節 七大總結
I. 貫通橋樑
II. 教會磬石
III. 兩大使徒
IV. 聖靈主導
V. 四大柱石
VI. 歷史長河
VII. 神僕典範
結束禱告
第十三章 美好的仗打過了(補遺)
第一節 第五次宣慰之旅
I. 初訪士班雅
II. 重訪米利大
III. 再來革哩底
IV. 重登米利都
V. 探訪亞西亞
VI. 重訪馬其頓
VII. 回到羅馬城
第二節 壯烈殉道報主恩
附記 永遠的焦牧師

                                           約伯記新譯
                              第五章 神的曉諭(38:1-42:6)

  I. 第一曉諭(38:1-40:2):
1    那時, 耶和華在風暴中回答約伯, 歌曰:
     (I) 神的回答(38:1-3):
2               誰以無知的言語,                              "Who is this that darkens my counsel
                 使我的旨意晦暗?                                   with words without knowledge?
3               要如勇士束腰立,                                        Brace yourself like a man;
                我一定要質問你,                                              I will question you,
                而你必需回答我.                                         and you should answer me.
    (II) 創造奇妙(38:4-41):
            1. 創天立地(38:4-7):
4        "我立大地根基時, 你在那裏?               "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
                  告訴我若你知道?                                           Tell me, if you understand.
5                你定知誰定地界!                         Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
                  誰拉直大地量尺?                               Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6                並在何處奠地基,                                           On what were its footing set,
                  誰來豎立房角石;                                             or who laid its cornerstone -
7                何時晨星同聲唱,                                      while the morning stars sang together
                  天使一齊大歡呼?                                         and all the angels shouted for joy?
            2. 為海定界(38:7-11):
8              "當海水從母胎湧出,                              "Who shut up the sea behind doors
                 誰把海水關在門後?                               when it burst forth from the womb,
9               我以雲為海作衣裳,                               when I made the clouds its garment
                 將海包裹在漆黑中.                                  and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10             我又為大海定界限,                                          when I fixed limit for it
                 裝好了海的門與閂.                                 and set its doors and bars in place,
11     於是我說: '界限已定, 不得逾越;             when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther;
                 狂傲波濤到此為止.'                               here is where your proud waves halt?
            3. 光明黑暗(38:12-21):
12              "你曾否命令早晨                      "Have you ever given orders to the morning,
                   和黃昏明其本位.                                 or shown the dawn its place,
13               使之照遍地四邊,                        that it might take the earth by the edges
                   把惡人全都逐出?                               and shake the wicked out of it?
14             大地成形如坏中泥土,                   The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
                 萬物站出像人的衣裳;                    its features stand out like those of garment.
15                 惡人不得見亮光,                               The wicked are denied their light,
                     高舉膀臂必折斷.                               and their upraised arm is broken.

16              你曾否遊過滄海源泉,                      Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
                  走過海洋的幽暗深處?                           or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17             死亡之門曾否向你顯示?                     Have the gates of death been shown to you?
                 死蔭之門你曾否眼見過?                  Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18               你知大地廣袤遼闊嗎?              Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
                   告訴我你若全都知道.                                    Tell me, if you know all this.

19               那條路通往光明之家?                            What is the way to the abode of light?
                   黑暗住所又在那裏呢?                                    And where darkness reside?
20               你能帶他們到那裏嗎?                               Can you take them to their places?
                   知道通其居所之路嗎?                          Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
21            你當然知道, 因你早就出生!                    Surely you know, for you were already born!
                     而且活了很多年日!                                    You have lived so many years!
            4. 掌控天象(38:22-38):
22                  "你曾否進過雪庫,                   "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
                       或者也見過雹倉;                             or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23                    那都是我為災難                           which I reserve for the times of trouble,
                       及戰亂預備的嗎?                                   for days of war and battle?
24                   閃電從何處劈出,          What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
                       東風從那裏落地?        or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
25                    誰為暴雨開水道,                        Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
                        誰為雷電定行程,                                and a path for the thunderstorm,
26                    以水灌溉無人地,                              to water a land where no man lives,
                        潤濕無人的曠野,                                     a desert with no one in it.
27                    荒涼之地得滋潤,                                  to satisfy a desolate wasteland
                        野草因之遍地生?                                  and make it sprout with grass?
28                         雨有父嗎?                                        Does the rain have a father?
                             露父是誰?                                      Who fathers the drops of dew?
29                         冰從何來?                                    From whose womb comes the ice?
                            天霜誰生?                           Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
30                    水何時變硬如石,                             when the waters become hard as stone,
                        深淵表面全凍結?                             when the surface of the deep is frozen?

31                "你能夠去綁住七星嗎?                         "Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades?
                     能為獵戶三星鬆綁嗎?                             Can you loose the cords of Orion?
32                 能按時領出十二星座                 Can you bring forth the constellation in their seasons
                     和帶出北斗的星群嗎?                             or lead out the Bear with the cubs?
33                 你知道天上的律法嗎?                           Do you know the laws of the heavens?
                     能在地上建立神國嗎?                    Can you set up God's dominion over the earth?

34                 你能對密雲大聲呼喊,                            Can you raise your voice to the clouds
                     令洶湧洪水淹沒你嗎?                           and over yourself with a flood of water?
35                  你能定雷打的方向嗎?                       Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
                   並向你報告, '我們在這裏!'                           Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
36                      誰把智慧賜你心,                                Who endowed the heart with wisdom
                         又把理性賜你腦?                                 or gave understanding to the mind?
37                      誰有智慧數雲彩?                            Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
                          當塵土和成硬團,                        Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
38                       地土黏結在一起,                                      when the dust becomes hard
                          誰能傾倒天上壺?                                 and the clods of earth stick together?
               5. 掌控天象(38:39-41):
39-40                  當獅子蹲伏穴中,                          Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
                           靜靜埋伏在叢林,                            and satisfy the hunger of the lions
                           你能為母獅獵食,                               when they crouch in their dens
                           使雄獅得飽足嗎?                                    or lie in wait in a thicket?
41                       當幼鴉缺食亂飛,                              Who provides food for the raven
                           頻向神乞討求食,                                when its young cry out to God
                           誰能賜烏鴉食物?                             and wander about for lack of food?
     (III) 動物生態(39:1-30)
              1. 山羊母鹿(39:1-4):
1             "你知道山羊何時生產嗎?              "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
                你能察覺母鹿產子期嗎?                     Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
2              能算出牠們懷胎月數嗎?                         Do you count the months till they bear?
                能知道牠們的生產期嗎?                          Do you know the time they give birth?
3                   牠們蹲下產子後,                        They crouch down and bring forth their young;
                     產痛隨即就終止.                                      their labor pains are ended.
4                   幼子在荒野壯大,                        Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
                     離群而去不復返                                       they leave and do not return.
               2. 野驢野牛(39:5-12):
5                    誰把那野驢放走?                            "Who let the wild donkey go free?
                      誰解開牠的繩索?                                       who untie his ropes?
6                    我賜荒野作牠家,                           I gave him the wasteland as his home,
                      並賜鹹地作牠寓.                                    the salt flats as his habitat.
7                    牠暗笑城中喧嘩,                          He laughs at the commotion in the town;
不                     聽趕驢人吆喝.                                 he does not hear a driver's shout.
8                    踏遍山邱找草場,                                He ranges the hills for his pasture
                      四處尋覓青草料.                                 and searches for any green thing.

9                    野牛肯否供驅使?                        Will the wild ox consent to serve you?
                      願否夜宿牛欄中?                        Will he stay by your manger at night?
10                  能否馭牠犁田地?                  Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness?
                      願為你犁身後谷?                            Will he till the valleys behind you?
11                  會否全靠牠力大,                     Will you rely on him for his great strength?
                      讓牠為你作苦工;                       Will you leave your heavy work to him?
12                  靠牠為你馱五穀,                       Can you trust him to bring in your grain
                      收集送至打穀場?                         and gather it to your thresthing floor?
                3. 駝鳥振翅(39:13-25):
13                  "駝鳥歡欣拍雙翅,                         "The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
                       羽毛難與白鶴比.     but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14                    母駝下蛋地面上,                             She lays her eggs on the ground
                       沙土暖孵沙中蛋;                              and lets them warm in the sand,
15                    大意的腳踩破蛋,                         unmindful that a foot may crush them,
                        野獸也會踐踏到.                       that some wild animal may trample them.

16              駝鳥粗心待雛兒, 視非己出;        She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;
                        她不在乎生產徒勞,                        she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17                     因神沒有賜她智慧,                        for God did not endow her with wisdom
                        也沒給她良好知識.                              or give her a share of good sense.
18                    然而當牠展翅奔跑,                         Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
                        她卻嘲笑馬和騎士.                                  she laughs at horse and rider.

19                     是你把力量賜給馬,                           Do you give the horse his strength
                         把馬鬃披牠頸上嗎?                       or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
20                      你使馬跳躍如蝗蟲,                           Do you make him leap like a locust,
                          噴出傲氣令人驚嗎?                         striking terror with his proud snorting?
21                      牠凶狠刨地展蹄力,                        He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength,
                          全力猛烈衝向敵營.                                      and charges into the fray.
22                      笑看驚恐毫不懼怕,                              He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;
                          面對刀劍更不閃避.                            he does not shy away from the sword.
23                      箭袋在身旁嘎嘎響,                                The quiver rattles against his side,
                          閃亮槍矛擦身飛舞.                            along with the flashing spear and lance.
24                      狂熱振奮氣吞山河,                        In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground;
                          號角聲響奮勇向前.                        he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
25                   號角聲響牠大嚎: '阿哈!'                        At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, 'Aha!'
                           抓住遠方戰爭氣味,                             He catches the scent of battle from afar,
                           和主將吆喝吶喊聲.                           the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
                4. 飛鷹嗜血(39:26-30):
26                  "是否你給飛鷹智慧,                    "Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
                       讓牠展翅向南飛翔?                       and spread his wings toward the south?
27                  老鷹是否聽你令翱翔,                       Does the eagle soar at your command
                      並讓牠在高空築窩巢?                                and build his nest on high?
28                  牠高棲懸崖夜宿其上,                   He dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
                      岩穴乃成為牠的堡壘.                                a rocky crag is his stronghold.
29                  從那裏牠去尋找獵物,                             From there he seeks out the food;
                      牠明銳雙眼偵察遠方.                                  his eyes detest it from afar.
30                  雛鷹從小就飽餐鮮血,                                His young ones feast on blood,
                      展開殺戮之處就有牠.                            and where the slain are, there is he."
      (IV) 教訓約伯(40:1-2):
              耶和華曉諭約伯:
1           與主強辯者豈可糾正衪?          "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
2           就讓指責神的回答衪吧!                         Let him who accuses God answer him!"
        (V) 約伯回應(40:3-5):
              約伯回稟耶和華:
3         "我卑微不配, 怎能回答你?                       "I am unworthy - how can I reply to you?
4                 只好以手掩我口.                                    I put my hand over my mouth.
           我說過一次, 但得不到回答;                           I spoke once, but I have no answer -
5              說了二次, 就不再說."                                    twice, but I will say no more."

 II. 第二曉諭(40:6-41:34)
      (1) 主再教訓(40:6-14)
6          於是耶和華從暴風中回答約伯:
7             "你要如勇士束腰,                                      "Brace yourself like a man;
                   我會質問你,                                                I will question you,
                   你要回答我.                                            and you shall answer me.

8            你不信任我的審判嗎?                                  Would you discredit my justice?
              譴責我證明你清白嗎?                         Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9            你可有神那樣的臂膀,                                   Do you have an arm like God's,
              能發出像神打雷聲嗎?                                and can you voice thunder like his?
10          再以榮耀輝煌為裝飾,                          Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
              又以榮譽莊嚴為衣裳.                            and clothe yourself in honor and majestiy.
11           將你的怒氣盡情發洩,                                    Unleash the fury of your wrath,
               盯視驕傲者使之降卑.                          look at every proud man and bring him low,
12           注視驕傲者使之謙卑.                            look at every proud man and humble him,
               把惡人就地粉碎消滅.                               crushed the wicked where they stand.
13           把他們全都一起埋葬,                                  Bury them all in the dust together;
               在墳墓中以屍衣蓋面.                                     shroud their faces in the grave.
14           到那時我才會接受你,                                      Then I myself will admit to you
               讓你的右手去拯救你.                                 that your own right hand can save you.
      (II) 神造河馬(40:15-24):
15              你們看看河馬吧!                                         Look at the behemoth,
                  我造你們也造牠,                                    which I made along with you
                   餵牠吃草如餵牛.                               and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16               牠的腰幹多強壯,                                  What strength he has in his loins,
                  腹肌又多麼有力!                               what power in the muscles of his belly!
17               尾巴搖動如柏樹,                                         His tail sways like a cedar;
                   大腿肌腱真結實.                                the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.
18               骨頭強硬如銅管,                                       His bones are tubes of bronze,
                   四肢強壯似鐵棍.                                           his limbs like rods of iron.
19            在神大工中牠居首位,                               He ranks first among the works of God,
                造牠的主卻持劍對牠.                         yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.
20               山邱為牠供食物,                                         The hills bring him their produce,
                   群獸在牠附近玩.                                       and all the wild animals play nearby.
21                牠躺臥在荷葉下,                                            under the lotus plants he lies,
                   隱身泥澤蘆葦間.                                       hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22               蓮葉陰影蔽牠身,                                     The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;
                   溪畔白楊圍繞牠.                                      the poplars by the stream surround him.
23               河川暴漲牠不驚,                                      When the river rages, he is not alarmed;
                   約但洪流衝牠口,                                                            he is secure,
                   牠也安穩無危險.                               though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.
24               牠張目時誰敢抓,                                          Can anyone capture him by the eyes,
                   誰敢捕牠穿牠鼻?                                              or trap him and pierce his nose?
       (III) 神造怪鱷(41:1-34):
               [註] leviathan 由上下文觀之, 絕非一般鱷魚, 故改譯 "怪鱷" 較切合原意.
1               你能用魚鉤釣怪鱷嗎?                      Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook
                 或用繩綁住牠舌頭嗎?                              or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2               你能用繩索穿牠的鼻,                             Can you put a cord through his nose
                 或用鉤穿牠的下顎嗎?                                  or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3                牠會不住求你憐憫嗎?                             Will he keep begging you for mercy?
                  牠會溫柔對你說話嗎?                           Will he speak to you with gentle words?
4                牠樂意跟你簽訂協議,                              Will he make an agreement with you
                  去做你終生的奴隸嗎?                           for you to take him as your slave for life?
5                你能把牠像鳥當寵物,                              Can you make a pet of him like a bird
                  並為女兒栓住牠玩嗎?                                or put him on a leash for your girls?
6                 商人會把牠當物交換,                                       Will traders barter for him?
                   把牠當作貨物分掉嗎?                       Will they divide him up among the merchants?
7                 你能用魚叉穿牠的皮,                                  Can you fill his hide with harpoons
                   用魚槍去刺牠的頭嗎?                                     or his head with fishing spears?
8                 你若膽敢以手按住牠,                                            If you lay a hand on him,
                    定會牢牢記住牠掙扎,                                       you will remember the struggle
                   永遠再也不敢去碰牠!                                               and never do it again!
9                  你想把牠制住是枉然,                                       Any hope of subduing him is false;
                    瞄牠一眼就心驚膽戰.                                    the mere sight of him is overpowering.
10                沒有人夠凶狠去惹牠.                                      No one is fierce enough to rouse him.
                    那麼誰能站起反抗我?                                     Who then is able to stand against me?
11                天下萬事萬物都屬我,                                 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
                    誰的索賠我必需支付?                                    Everything under heaven belongs to me.

12                 我不能不說怪鱷四肢,                            I will not fail to speak of his limbs,
                     以及牠的力氣和美體.                            his strength and his graceful form.
13                 誰能脫下牠的外皮呢?                             Who can strip off his outer coat?
                     誰敢拿韁繩接近牠呢?                         Who would approach him with a bridle?
14                 誰膽敢去打開牠的口,                          Who dares open the doors of his mouth,
                     用環子套牠可怕利齒?                           ringed about with his fearsome teeth?
15                 牠背上有一層層麟甲,                                    His back has rows of shields
                     層層緊密連接在一起,                                         tightly sealed together;
16                 麟甲每層密切緊相連,                                     each is so close to the next
                     緊密得連氣都透不過.                                    that no air can pass between.
17                 且麟甲彼此密切連結,                                They are joined fast to one another;
                     緊密結合一起分不開.                             they cling together and cannot be parted.
18                   牠打噴嚏發出閃光,                                 His snorting throws out flashes of light;
                       雙目發出炯炯曙光.                                      his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19                   牠口中發出火把帶,                                       Firebands stream from his mouth;
                       噴出火星閃爍四射.                                              sparks of fire shoot out.
20                   兩個鼻孔冒出濃煙                                           Smoke pours from his nostrils
                       如蘆葦燒滾沸騰鍋.                                  as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
21                   牠呼氣使煤熾熱燃,                                             His breath sets coals ablaze,
                      口中嘖出猛烈火燄.                                            and flames dart from his mouth.
22                   牠的頸內充滿力量,                                               Strength resides in his neck;
                       在牠面前令人驚惶.                                                  dismay goes before him.
23                    牠的肌肉緊密結合,                                     The folds of his flesh are tightly joined;
                       異常結實很難移動.                                              they are firm and immovable.
24                   牠的胸部堅硬如石,                                                   His chest is hard as rock,
                       硬得像磨房的磨盤.                                                    hard as lower millstone.
25                    牠一起身壯士膽戰;                                    When he rise up, the mighty are terrified;
                       唰唰聲前急往後退.                                             they retreat before his thrashing.
26                   身堅體硬刀劍不入,                                      The sword that reaches him has no effect,
                       長矛利戟難傷牠身.                                  nor does the spear or the dart or the pavelin.
27                    鋼鐵對牠有如茅草,                                                  Iron he treats like straw
                        銅器對牠一如朽木                                              . and bronze like rotten wood.
28                    拉弓射箭牠不逃避,                                                Arrow do not make him flee;
                        甩石對牠有如糠秕,                                             Slingstones are like chaff to him.
29                     木棍對牠像根稻草.                                     A club seems to him but a piece of straw;
                         牠笑槍矛的呼嘯聲.                                        he laughs at the rattling of the lance.
30                     腹下盡是鋒利齒片,                                        his undersides are jagged potsherds,
                         爬過泥沼留下耙痕.                         leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31                     牠攪動深淵如滾鍋,                          He makes the depth churn like a boiling caldron
                         攪拌海洋如鍋中膏.                              and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
32                     行過路留閃亮痕蹟,                                Behind him he leaves a glistening wake;
                         使誤認深淵長白髮.                                one would think the deep had white hair.
33                     地上無物能與匹比,                                        Nothing on earth is his equal -
                         是個不知畏懼怪物.                                            a creature without fear.
34                     牠鄙視所有的狂徒,                                 He looks down on all that are haughty;
                         成為狂傲之人的王.                                     he is king over all that are proud."
       (IV) 約伯認罪(42:1-6):
               約伯回稟耶和華:
1                "我知你能作萬事,                                   "I know you can do all things;
2                 你的旨意難違逆.                                  no plan of yours can be thwarted.
                你問過: '誰愚昧無知                              You asked, 'Who is this that obscures
3               使我旨意糢糊不清?'                                   my counsel without knowledge?'

4         你也說過: '現聽著! 我要說話,                    You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak;
                      我要質問你,                                              I will question you,
                      你要回答我.'                                         and you shall answer me.'
5                  我從前風聞有你,                                      My ears had heard of you
                    現在親眼看見你.                                 but now my eyes have seen you.
6                  因此我厭惡自己,                                      Therefore I despise myself
                    塵土灰燼中懺悔."                                   and repent in dust and ashes."

                                  約伯記新譯
                              第四章 分別獨白

  I. 約伯辯白(29:1-31:40):
     (I) 緬懷過去(29:1-25)
1         約伯續論, 歌曰:
           1. 蒙神眷顧(29:1-6):
2               "神鑒察我的日子                               "How long for the months gone by,
                  和歲月要到幾時;                          for the days when God watched over me;
3               祂的明燈高照我頭,                             when his lamp shone upon my head
                 在衪光中走過黑暗!                        and by his light I walked through darkness!
4              啊! 願在我興旺之日,                         Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
                 與神親密合家蒙福;                    when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,
5                全能者仍與我同在,                              when the Almighty was still with me
                  兒女繞膝其樂融融;                                and my children were around me,
6                我的道路奶流滿地,                           when my path was drenched with cream
                  磬石中湧出橄欖油.                   and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
           2. 受人尊重(29:7-17):
7                  當我去到城門口,                                When I went to the gate of the city
                    坐在廣場我席上;                              and took my seat in the public square,
8                  青年見我都讓座,                            the young men saw me and stepped aside
                    老人起身站起來;                                  and the old men rose to their feet;
9                  首領以手摀著口,                                the chief men refrained from speaking
                    停止說話默不言;                             and covered their mouths with their hands;
10                 權貴軟聲說細語,                                   the voice of the nobles were hushed,
                     舌頭緊貼顎頭上.                       and their tongues struck to the roof of their mouths.
11                 聽我議論全叫好,                                   Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
                     見過我的都稱讚;                                 and those who saw me commended me,
12                 因我救求救窮人,                              because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
                     以及無助的孤兒.                              and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
13                  將死的人祝福我,                                     The man who was dying blessed me;
                      我使寡婦心歡唱.                                          I made the widow's heart sing.
14                  我以公義為衣裳,                                     I put on righteousness as my clothing;
                      又以公正為袍冠.                                       justice was my robe and my turban.
15                  我是盲人的眼睛,                                                 I was eyes to the blind
                      也是瘸子的雙腳,                                                   and feet to the lame.
16                  我是窮人的父親,                                                I was father to the needy;
                      也為陌生人辯護.                                          I took up the case of the stranger.
17                   我打斷惡人獠牙,                                           I broke the fangs of the wicked
                       救出牙下的獵物.                                   and snatched the victims from their teeth.
           3. 榮耀常新(29:18-20):
18                我心想, '我會安死家中,                     I thought, 'I will die in my own house,
                       我的日子多如海沙.                    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19                   我的根伸展至水邊,                              My roots will reach to the water,
                       甘露整夜潤我枝幹.                    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
20                   我的榮耀永保鮮新,                              My glory will remain fresh in me,
                       大弓在我手中常新.'                               the bow ever new in my hand.'
           4. 聲聲入耳(29:21-25):
21                     眾人期望聽我言,                                Men listened to me expectantly,
                         靜默不語候我教.                               waiting in silence for my counsel.
22                     我說完話眾無言;                          After I had spoken, they spoke no more;
                         聲聲進入眾人耳.                               my words fell gently on their ears.
23                      候我如盼甘雨露,                              They waited for me as for showers
                          喝飲我言如春雨.                         and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24                      我雖微笑仍難信,                     When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
                          珍視我的臉發光.                           the light of my face was precious to them.
25                      我選道路帶他們,                        I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;
                          在他軍中作大王,                                  I dwell as a king among his troops;
                          又像喪家安慰人.                               I was like one who comforts mourners.

    (II) 悲嘆現在(30:1-31):
            1. 傾訴悲情(30:1-8):
1            但現比我年輕的嘲笑我,                  "But now they mock me, men younger than I,
              他們的父輩我連讓他們                          whose fathers I would have disdained
              作我牧羊犬的伴都不要.                                   to put with my sheep dogs.
2            因他們的身上失去活力,                Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
              沒有力氣的手對我何用?                          since their vigor had gone from them?
3              因貧困饑餓骨瘦如柴,                                 Haggard from want and hunger,
                在乾旱荒涼曠野夜晚.                                  they roamed the parched land
                他們流浪在燥熱焦土,                                  in desolate wastelands at night.
4              他們在草叢中採鹹草,                              In the brush they gathered salt herbs,
                並且挖樹根充饑果腹.                         and their food was the root of the broom tree.
5              他們從眾民之中逐出,                            They were banished from their fellow men.
                大聲喊叫把他們當賊.                                   shouted at as if they were thieves.
6              追逼居住乾涸河床上,                          They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
                以及岩石和洞穴之中.                             among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7              他們在草叢中發哀鳴,                                        They brayed among the bushes
                並在樹叢中互擁取暖.                                        and huddled in the undergrowth.
8               他們是群赤貧無名子,                                           A base and nameless brood,
                 被人驅趕逐出在境外.                                        they were driven out of the land.
            2. 飽受打擊(30:9-19):
9              現他們子孫謳歌嘲笑我,                        And now their sons mock me in song;
                在他們之中我竟成笑柄.                       I have become a byword among them.
10               他們厭惡我遠離我;                         They detest me and keep their distance;
                   不猶豫向我吐口水.                          they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11              現神斷我弓弦苦待我            , Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me,
                  他們就對我肆無忌憚.                         they throw off restrain in my presence.
12                  暴民右邊攻擊我,                                   On my right the tribe attacks,
                     在我腳下佈羅網,                                       they lay snare for my feet,
                     建築工事圍困我.                             they build their siege ramps against me.
13                 又破壞我的道路,                                          They break up my road;
                     在無人支助之下,                                     they succeed in destroying me -
                     成功把我毀滅了.                                     without anyone's helping them.
14                  他們如破口衝入,                           They advance as through a gaping breach;
                      廢墟隨之翻滾來.                                  and the ruins they come rolling in.
15                  恐怖籠罩我全身,                                         Terrors overwhelmed me;
                     尊嚴如被風吹逝,                               my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
                      安全像雲全消散.                                      my safety vanishes like a cloud.

16                  現找的生命衰逝,                                  And now my life ebbs away;
                      痛苦日子緊抓我.                                    days of suffering grip me.
17                  黑夜刺我痛徹骨,                                      Night pierces my bones;
                      扎心劇痛不止息.                                  my gnawing pains never rest.
18                   神大能如衣裹我,                 In his great power God becomes like clothing to me;
                       又如衣領緊包我.                          he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19                   祂把我丟入淤泥,                                       He throws me into the mud,
                        頓成地上塵與土                                 and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
           3. 呼求不應(30:20-23):
20                 神啊! 我呼求你不回應,                I cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer;
                         我站起你不理我.                           I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21                     你轉而殘酷待我,                                     You turn on me ruthlessly;
                         你的大手重擊我.                         with the might of your hand you attack me.
22                     抓起我擲向風中,                      You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;
                         暴風中丟我拋我.                                   you toss me about in the strom.
23                     你要打我入陰間,                              I know you will bring me down to death,
                         活人定必去之處.                               to the place appointed for all the living.
              4. 內心痛苦(30:24-31):
24                   人在痛苦之中呼求時,                   Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man
                       沒有人忍心打落水狗.                         when he cries for help in his distress.
25                   我沒為受難者哀哭嗎?                         Have I not wept for those in trouble?
                       我心沒為窮人耽憂嗎?                        Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
26                   然而當我盼福卻來禍,                         Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
                       欲追求光明卻來黑暗.                      when I look for light, then came darkness.
27                    我內心翻騰從未止息,                          The churning inside me never stops;
                       還得面對痛苦的日子.                               days of suffering confront me.
28                    我全身發黑非因日曬,                      I go about blackened, but not by the sun;
                       我站大會中高呼求助.                      I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29                       我成為野狗兄弟,                              I have become a brother of jackles,
                           和貓頭鷹的伙伴.                                         a companion of owls.
30                       我的皮發黑剝落,                                   My skin grows black and peels;
                          身體又發燒滾燙.                                        my body burns with fever.
31                       我的琴彈奏哀音,                                     My harp is tuned to mourning,
                           我的簫吹出哭聲.                                and my flute to the sound of wailing.

    (III) 守道不渝(31:1-40):
             1. 明察秋毫(31:1-4):
1              我已與我的雙目立約,                              I made a convenant with my eyes
                絕對不以淫眼看秀女.                                   not to look lustfully at a girl.
2              人從天上神得到的福,                            For what is man's lot from God above,
                是高天全能者所賜嗎?                          his heritage from the Almighty on high?
3              難道不是惡人的廢墟,                                     Is it not ruin for the wicked,
                行差踏錯者的災難嗎?                                 disaster for those who do wrong?
4              神沒有察看我的道路,                                       Does he not see my ways
                點數我的每一腳步嗎?                                       and count my every step?
            2. 報應不爽(31:5-12):
5                  我若與虛謊同行,                                 f I have walked in falsehood
                   我的腳急隨跪詐;                            or my foot has hurried after deceit -
6                  就讓神公平秤我,                             let God weigh me in honest scales
                    必知我純正無瑕;                          and he will know that I am blameless -
7                  若我腳步離正道,                          if my steps have turned from the path,
                    我心隨眼目而行,                           if my heart has been led by my eyes,
                    我雙手不潔玷污;                              or if my hands have been defiled,
8                 就讓人吃光我所種,                         then may others eat what I have sown,
                   並連根拔起我莊稼.                               and may my crops be uprooted.

9                 我若心受淫婦誘惑,                         If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
                   或在鄰居門口淫蕩;                          or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
10                就讓我妻磨人的磨,                       then may my wife grind another man's grain,
                    與人同床共度春宵.                               and may other men sleep with her.
11                因那真是奇恥大辱,                               For that would have been shameful,
                    罪大惡極必受審判,                                            a sin to be judged.
12                 這是把燃起毀滅火,                               It is a fire that burns to Destruction;
                    可把我收成燒凈盡.                                it would have uprooted my harvest.
             3. 平等對待(31:13-15):
13                 若我虧待男僕女婢,        If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants,
                     讓僕婢聯手控訴我;                        when they had a grievance against me;
14                 神若責備我該怎辦?                         what will I do when God confronts me?
                     要我負責時該怎答?                      What will I answer when called to account?
15               神造我不也同造他們嗎?             Did not he who made me in the womb make them?
                   造我們的不是同一位嗎?          Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
              4. 不敢作惡(31:16-23):
16                     若我不遂窮人願,                          If I have denied the desires of the poor
                         又教寡婦眼落空;                         or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
17                      我若只為己飽足,                             if I have kept my bread to myself,
                         不與孤兒同分享;                               not sharing it with the fatherless -
18                      自幼如父待孤兒,                   but from my youth I reared him as would a father,
                          出母胎善待寡婦;                           and from my birth I guided the widow -
19                      我若見人無衣死,                   if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,
                          窮人無衣遮蔽體,                                  or a needy without a garment,
20                       若不以羊毛送暖,                                  and his heart did not bless me
                           其心不會祝福我;                     for warming him with the fleece from my sheep,
21                       我若舉手打孤兒,                       if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
                           自持法庭有影響,                               knowing that I had influence in court,
22                        就讓我臂從肩脫,                              then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
                           骨頭關節都折斷.                                     let it be broken off at the joint.
23                        因我害怕神毀滅,                                 For I dreaded destruction from God,
                            怕祂榮光不敢作.                    and for fear of his splendor I could not do such thing.
              5. 忠心對神(31:24-28):
24                        我若一心信靠黃金,                            If I have put my trust in gold
                      並對精金說, '你是我的保障;'             or said to pure gold, 'You are my security;'
25                       我若為我的豐裕財富                     if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,
                           和雙手得來財寶歡欣;                         the fortune my hands had gained;
26                      我若關心太陽光芒照耀,                  if I have regarded the sun in its radiance
                          以及月亮皎潔天空運行,                         or the moon moving in splendor;
27                      使得我的心暗中受誘惑,                      so that my heart was secretly enticed
                          伸手給他們作忠誠之吻;                 and my hand offered them a kiss of homage;
28                       這些都是應受審判的罪,                  then these also would be sins to be judged,
                           因為我對天上的神不忠.               for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
              6. 害怕公議(31:29-34):
29                          我若因仇敵不幸歡欣,                If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune
                              對他的災難幸災樂禍;               or gloated over the trouble that came to him -
30                           我絕不容我的口犯罪,                      I have not allowed my mouth to sin
                              口無遮攔咒詛他生命;                        by invoking a curse against his life -
31                           我的家人若從沒說過:                 If the men of my household have never said,
                             "誰沒有飽吃約伯的飯?"                     Who has not had his fill of Job's meal?' -
32                           無一異鄉客夜宿街頭,             but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
                               因為我家大門常敞開;                   for my door was always open to the traveler -
33                           我與世人一樣藏我罪,                         I have concealed my sin as men do,
                               把我的罪深藏在心中,                             by hiding my guilt in my heart
34                            因為我非常害怕群眾,                             because I so feared the crowd
                               同時懼怕族人的藐視,                      and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
                                所以我沉默足不出戶.                     that I kept silent and would not go outside.
               7. 面對控訴(31:35-37):
35                (啊! 但願有人聽我言!                       (Oh, that I had someone to hear me!
                      我現簽署我的辯狀,                                    I sign now my defense -
                      就讓全能者回應我;                                 let the Almighty answer me;
                      願告我的寫好訴狀.                      let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
36                  我必把狀子掛肩頭,                           Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,
                      並且像冠冕載頭上.                                 I would put it on like a crown.
37                  我會向他說明步驟,                     I would give him an account of my every step,
                     像個王子到他面前.)                             like a prince I would approach him.) -
               8. 厚待佃農(31:38-40):
38                   若我的田地也告我,                            if my land cries out against me
                       犁溝全被淚水潤濕;                       and all its furrows are wet with tears,
39                   我若光吃收成不付款,               if I have devoured its yield without payment
                      或強奪佃農要他性命;                        or broken the spirit of its tenants,
40                  就讓田地長草不長麥,                   then let briers come up instead of wheat
                      長滿野草長不出大麥."                           and weeds instead of barley."

                          約伯的話說完了.                                The word of Job are ended.

 II. 以利戶講論(32:1-37:24):
     (I) 引言(32:1-5):
           約伯的話一說完, 這三個人因約伯自以為義, 就不再回答他. 但蘭族布西人巴拉迦
之子以利戶向約伯大發雷霆, 因鳥約伯在神前自以為義. 同時, 他又向約伯的三友發怒,
因他們雖然 －致認為約伯有罪, 卻找不到理由駁斥他. 又因三友的年紀都比以利戶大,
以利戶只好等著向約伯說話, 今見這三人閉口無言, 不覺怒火中燒.

   (II) 講論(32:6-37:24):
          布西人巴拉迦之子以利戶講論, 歌曰:
          1. 第一講論(32:6-33:33):
             (1) 長幼無別(32:6-9);
6                  "我年輕你們年長;                           "I am young in years, and you are old;
                     因此我心存戒懼,                                       that is why I was fearful,
不                    敢直陳我己見.                                not daring to tell you what I know.
7               我想: '年歲自己會說話,                                I thought, 'Age should speak;
                   年長者應以智慧教人.'                         advanced years should teach wisdom.'
8             但人的心靈和全能者的氣息,                               But it is the spirit in a man,
                        才能使人理智.                 the breath of the Almighty, that give him understanding.
9                    不僅年長者有智慧,                               it is not only the old who are wise,
                       老者亦能明辨是非.                    not only the aged who understand what is right.
             (2) 靜候發言(32:10-22):
10                   因此我說: '請聽我言,                          Therefore I say: 'Listen to me;
                     我也會告訴你們我所知.'                         I too will tell you what I know.'
11                   你們發言時我在等待,                               I waited while you spoke,
                       你們在思索說詞之時,                             I listened to your reasoning;
                       我在傾聽你們的辯理.                         while you were searching for words,
12                    我全神貫注聽你們說,                             I gave you my full attention.
                       但無一人證明約伯錯                 , But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
                       也無人辯倒他的歪論.                   none of you has answered his arguments.
13                 千萬別說: '我們找到智慧.                    Do not say, 'We have found wisdom;
                      讓神而不是人去駁斥他.'                            let God refute him, not man.'
14                   但約伯沒有放言攻擊我,              But Job has not marshaled his words against me,
                       我不會用你們的話答他.                and I will not answer him with your arguments.

15                    他們感到驚異不再言語,                  They are dismayed and have no more to say;
                        因為他們個個詞窮語盡.                                  words have failed them.
16                    現在他們全都沉默無語,                        Must I wait, now that they are silent,
                        站立不回答我還要等嗎?                     now that they stand there with no reply?
17                    我也會有我的一套說法,                                   I too will have my say;
                        我會就我所知告訴你們.                             I too will tell you what I know.
18                    因為我充滿了要說的話,                                    For I am full of words,
                        我裏面的靈催逼我說出.                         and the spirit within me compels me;
19                     我的內心像瓶倒轉的酒,                             inside I am like bottled-up wine,
                         又像裝得快爆炸新酒囊.                            like new wineskins ready to brust.
20                      我必需放言說出而後快,                               I must speak and find relief;
                         我必需開口回答他問題.                               I must open my lips and reply.
21                     我絕對不會偏袒那一位,                               I will show partiality to no one,
                         更不會諂媚恭維任何人.                                   nor will I flatter any man;
22                      因為我若精於逢迎拍馬,                                for if I were skilled in flattery,
                          造物主很快就會剪除我.                           my Maker would soon take me away.
             (3) 公平對話(33:1-7):
1                        約伯啊! 你現要細聽我言,                     But now, Job, listen to my words;
                              注意我說的一切話.                         pay attention to everything I say.
2                              我即將開口說話,                           I am about to open my mouth;
                                 我話正在舌頭上.                     my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3                               所說發自正直心,                      My words come from an upright heart;
                                 我口真誠說所知.                        my lips sincerely speak what I know.
4                               神的靈創造了我,                            The Spirit of God has made me;
                                 主的氣賜我生命.                       the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5                                你若能就回答我,                               Answer me then, if you can;
                                  好好準備與我辯.                           prepare yourself and confront me.
6                                在神前你我一樣,                              I am just like you before God;
                                  我也是泥土做的.                            I too have been taken from clay.
7                                不必提防害怕我,                             No fear of me should alarm you,
                                  我手也不重壓你.                       nor should my hand be heavy upon you.
            (4) 切勿自義(33:8-18):
8                  你在我聽證中說的,                            But you have said in my hearing -
                      句句入耳, 你說:                                     I heard the very words -
9                       我潔淨無罪,                                 I am pure and and without sin;
                         也清白無過.                                 I am clean and free from guilt.
10                然而, 神卻吹毛求疵,                          Yet God has found fault with me;
                      竟視我如祂仇敵.                                  he considers me his enemy.
11                  祂緊鎖我的腳鐐,                                He fastens my feet in shackles;
                      緊盯我一切行為.'                           he keeps close watch on all my paths.'

12                  但是我要告訴你,                                     But I tell you,
                      在這方面你錯了;                            in this you are not right,
                      因神比世人偉大.                          for God is greater than man.
13                  衪不會回答人話,                         Why do you complaint to him
                      你為何向衪抱怨?                   that he answers none of man's word?
14                   因神的確會說話,                                For God does speak -
                    現這樣說, 又那樣說;                        now one way, now another -
                       而人可能沒察覺.                       though man may not perceive it.
15                    當人在沉睡之中.                     In a dream, in a vision of the night,
                        床上昏昏欲睡時;                         when deep sleep falls on men
                    神會在夜間藉夢和異象,                     as they slumber in their beds,
16                     向人的耳邊說話,                            he may speak in their ears
                         警告去嚇阻他們.                         and terrify them with warnings,
17                     使人不敢去作惡,                         to turn man from wrongdoing
                         也不敢驕傲自大,                            and keep him from pride,
18                     使靈魂不下陰間,                       to preserve his soul from the pit,
                         性命不會喪刀下.                     his life from perishing by the sword.
             (5) 神教訓人(33:19-33):
19                人在床上受痛苦煎熬,                 Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain
                        渾身疼痛徹骨,                             which constant distress in his bones,
20                     以致厭棄食物,                          so that his very being finds food repulsive
                        更是心惡美食.                             and his soul loathes the choicest meal.
21                     使得肌肉消瘦,                                 his flesh wastes away to nothing,
                         隱藏骨頭突出.                          and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22                     靈魂臨近陰間,                                    His soul draws near to the pit,
                         生命瀕臨死亡.                             and his life to the messengers of death.

23                      千位天使之中,                             Yet there is an angel on his side
                     若有一在他身旁作調人;                  as a mediator, one out of a thousand,
                          示人當行正事,                            to tell a man what is right for him,
24                      並且恩待他說,                                to be gracious to him and say.
                        我已為他籌得贖金,                       Spare him from going down to the pit;
                        救贖他免得下陰間;'                          I have found a ransom for him' -
25                      使他如童長新肌,                        then his flesh is renewed like a child's;
                          返回青壯的年日.                       it is restored as in the days of his youth.
26                      他祈求神蒙喜悅,                      He prays to God and finds favor with him,
                          朝見神面心歡呼;                         he sees God's face and shouts for joy;
                          神又使他成義人.                      he is restored by God to his righteous state.
27                      於是他在人前說:                              Then he comes to men and says,
                          我犯罪顛倒是非,                          I sinned, and perverted what was right,
                          但沒受應得懲罰.                               but I did not get what I deserved.
28                      衪贖我靈離陰間;                    He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit,
                          我得存活享明光.'                                and I will live to enjoy the light.'

29                          神二次三番                             God does all these things to a man -
                              對人行這事,                                    twice, even three times -
30                       使他的靈陰間返,                           to turn back his soul from the pit,
                           生命之光再照耀.                        that the light of life may shine on him.
31                     約伯啊! 請細聽我言;                       Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;
                         別作聲! 我要說話了.                                be silent, and I will speak.
32                        若有話說先答我;                       If you have anything to say, answer me;
                            說出我好說明白.                        speak up, for I want you to be cleared.
33                        不然就聽我來說;                                 But if not, then listen to me;
                     別作聲! 好讓我以智慧教你.                   be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."

         2. 第二講論(34:1-37):
             以利戶續說, 歌曰:
            (1) 斥責自義(34:1-9):
2             "智者啊! 你們要聽我話;                           "Hear my words, you wise men;
                學者啊! 你們細聽我言.                           listen to me, you men of learning.
3                     因耳試言語,                                          For the ear tests words
                       如舌嚐美食.                                         as the tongue tests food.
4              讓我們自己辨別何為是,                     Let us discern for ourselves what is right;
                    一同學習何為美.                                let us learn together what is good.

5               約伯說: '我清白無辜,                                      Job says, 'I am innocent,
                      神卻待我不公.                                         but God denies me justice.
6                    儘管我是有理,                                               Although I am right,
                      仍認為我說謊;                                             I am considered a liar;
                      我雖毫無過失,                                             although I am guiltless,
                      箭卻致命射我.'                                  his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.'
7                    有誰會像約伯,                                                What man is like Job,
                      喝羞辱如喝水?                                          who drinks scorn like water?
8                    他與壞人為伍,                                       He keeps company with evildoers;
                      又與惡人交往.                                          he associates with wicked men.
9                   因他說: '討好神,                                    For he says, 'It profits a man nothing
                     一點好處都沒有.'                                           when he tries to please God.'
            (2) 神是公義(34:10-19):
10              理智的人啊! 請聽我言.                    So listen to me, you men of understanding.
                      神絕對不會作惡,                                    Far be it from God to do evil,
                      全能者絕不行錯.                                   from the Almighty to do wrong.
11                衪以人所行報應他們,                          He repays a man for what he has done;
                    讓他們得到應得報應.                     he brings upon him what his conduct deserves.
12              神會犯罪, 全能者會不公,                      It is unthinkable that God would be wrong,
                          真不可思議!                                that the Almighty would prevent justice.
13                   誰命衪統管大地?                                 Who appointed him over that earth?
                       誰命衪管理世界?                            Who put him in charge of the whole world?
14                   如果衪真的有意,                                             If it were his intention
                       要收回衪的靈氣;                                 and he withdrew his spirit and breath,
15                   人類將一同滅絕,                                     all mankind would perish together
                       所有人都歸塵土.                                     and man would return to the dust.

16                 你若明理, 請聽這話,                                 If you have understanding, hear this;
                            細聽我說.                                                    listen to what I say.
17              不講公義的能統治萬物嗎?                               Can he who hates justice govern?
                  你們能譴責公義大能者嗎?                       Will you condemn the just and mighty One?
18                   祂不是對君王說過:                                 Is he not the One who says to kings,
                      '你們都是無用廢物!'                                             'You are worthless,'
                 對權貴說過: '你們都是惡棍!'                               and to nobles, 'You are wicked,'
19                      誰不偏袒王子                                       Who shows no partiality to princes
                         也不重富輕貧,                                  and does not favor the rich over the poor,
                    這一切不都出自衪手嗎?                              for they are all the work of his hands?
20                 他們都在午夜突然死亡,                      They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;
                     人們在天搖地動中消逝,                           the people are shaken and they pass away;
                     掌權者非因人手被剪除.                         the mighty are removed without human hand.
            (3) 神察秋毫(34:20-30):
21                衪的眼目注視世人的道路,                           His eyes are on the ways of men;
                          察看他們的腳步.                                        he sees their every step.
22                    世上無漆黑地陰暗處                          There is no dark place, no deep shadow,
                              讓惡人藏身.                                          where evildoers can hide.
23                    神毋需進一步審查人,                         God has no need to examine men further,
                        讓他們到衪面前受審.                    that they should come before him for judgment.
24                    不必盤問就動搖權貴,                            Without inquiry he shatters the mighty
                       令人取代他們的地位.                                  and sets up others in their place.
25                    因神注意他們的行為,                              Because he takes note of their deeds,
                        在夜間推翻粉碎他們.                 he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
26                        衪在眾目睽睽下,                               He punishes them for their wickedness
                            懲罰他們的惡行;                                     where everyone can see them,
27                        他們偏離不隨衪,                               because they turned from following him
                            也不遵行衪的道.                                and had no regard for any of his ways.
28                 他們使窮人哀號來到衪面前,                They cause the cry of the poor to come before him,
                          使祂聽見貧困的哀求.                              so that he heard the cry of the needy.
29                  若衪沉獸不管, 誰能責怪衪?                   But if he remains silent, who can condemn him?
                      而祂對世人及國家一視同仁,                           Yet he is over man and nation alike,
30                      絕對不讓無神者去統治,                              to keep a godless man from ruling,
                          不容他們對百姓佈羅網.                               from laying snares for the people.
           (4) 指陳罪狀(34:31-37):
31                             若有人對神說,                               Suppose a man says to God,
                           我有過錯, 但決不再犯.                     I am guilty but will offend no more.
32                           請教我看不見的;                             Teach me what I can not see;
                           我若犯錯, 絕不會再犯.'                f I have done wrong, I will not do so again.'
33                          你如果還拒絕悔改,                   Shoud God then reward you on your terms,
                             神還能依你行賞嗎?                               when you refuse to repent?
                            你必需決定, 不是我;                                  You must decide, not I;
                              請就你所知告訴我.                                 so tell me what you know.

34                               理智者宣示,                               Men of understaning declare,
                             聽我言的智者對我說,                      wise men who hear me say to me,
35                          約伯說的話毫無知識,                        Job speaks without knowledge;
                              他說的話也沒有智慧.'                               his words lack insight.'
36                      啊! 約伯應經得起極大考驗,            Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost
                              因他回答像惡人一樣!                        for answering like a wicked man!
37                           他除犯罪外還加悖逆,                           To his sin he adds rebellion;
                               在我們中間輕蔑拍手,                   scornfully he claps his hands among us
                               尤其加倍惡言褻瀆神."                    and multiplies his words against God."

        3. 第三講論(35:1-16):
1          以利戶又說, 歌曰:
            (1) 神無損益(35:1-8):
2               "你認為這話有理嗎?                                      "Do you think this is just?
                你說: '神會還我清白.'                               You say, 'I will be cleared by God.'
3             你又問祂, '這於我何益,                          Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me,
                不犯罪我能得到甚麼?'                               and what do I gain by not sinning?'

4                我要說些話回答你,                                   I would like to reply you
                  和跟你一起的朋友.                                and to your friends with you.
5                抬起頭來觀看青天,                              Look up to the heavens and see;
                  並瞻望高天的雲彩.                           gaze at the clouds so high above you.
6                你若犯罪於神何害?                            If you sin, how does that affect him?
                 犯罪多多於神何損?                    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
7                你若公義於神何益?                      If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
                  祂能從你手得甚麼?                          or what does he receive from your hand?
8              你作惡只影響像你的人,                  Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself,
                 你公義也只影響世上人.                    and your righteousness only the sons of men.
            (2) 不饒惡人(35:9-16):
9                  世人在重壓下哀嚎,                         Men cry out under a load of oppression;
                    在強權欺壓下求饒.                  they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
10           但無人說: '造我的神在那裏?                 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker,
11                 祂使人在夜間歌唱.                                  who gives songs in the night,
                誰教我們比教地上走獸多,           Why teaches more to us than to the beasts of the earth
                使我們比空中飛鳥更聰明?                  and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?''
12                  世人呼求神不回應.                          He does not answer when men cry out
                      因為惡人驕傲自大,                         because of the arrogance of the wicked.
13                神確不聽他們空洞呼求,                Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
                    全能者也拫本置之不理.                         the Almighty pays no attention to it.
14                  更何況你說見不到衪,                            How much less, then, will he listen
                      祂怎會垂聽你的呼求;                         when you say that you do not see him,
                      現你的案子在祂面前,                                  that your case is before him
15                  你必需耐心去等待衪.                                    and you must wait for him.
                      祂的忿怒雖未施刑罰,                        and further, that his anger never punishes
                      但絕對不會放過惡人.                 and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.
16                   所以約伯開口說空話,                          So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;
                      他毫無知識放言胡說."                           without knowledge he multiplies words."

         4. 第四講論(36:1-37:24):
1           以利戶續說, 歌曰:
            (1) 賞罰分明(36:1-21):
2             請再耐心片刻, 我會告訴你;                 Bear with me a little longer and I will show you
                    我還有話要為神說.                         that there is more to be said in God's behalf.
3                  我從遠處得到知識,                                    I get my knowledge from afar;
                     把公義歸造我的主.                                 I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4                  我說的話絕對無虛假,                            Be assured that my words are not false;
                    有位全知者與你同在.                              one perfect in knowledge is with you.

5                   神有大能但不藐視人,                     God is mighty, but does not despise men;
                     衪更堅強且旨意堅定.                         he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6                     衪不容許惡人存活,                             He does not keep the wicked alive
                       卻維護困苦者權益.                              but gives the afflicted their rights.
7                      衪的眼目看顧義人,                      He does not take his eyes off the righteous;
                        使與君王同登寶座.                                 he enthrones them with kings
                        並且永遠高舉他們                                       and exalts them forever.
8                        人若被鎖鏈捆鎖,                                   But if men are bound in chains,
                          被苦難繩索梱綁,                                    held fast by cords of affliction,
9                      祂告訴他們所作所為,                             he tells them what they have done -
                        讓他們知道驕傲犯罪.                               that they have sinned arrogantly.
10                    要他們聽從糾正教訓,                              He makes them listen to correction
                         命他們為罪衷心悔改.                       and commands them to repent of their evil.
11                     他們若都順從服事祂,                                    If they obey and serve him,
                         往後日子必興旺強盛,                    they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity
                         以後年歲必美滿幸福.                                  and their years in contentment.
12                      但若他們頑梗不聽從,                                        But if they do not listen,
                         刀劍必把他們全殺滅,                                     they will perish by the sword
                         不知不覺走向死亡路.                                       and die without knowledge.

13                      無神者心中充滿憤恨,                     The godless in heart habor resentment;
                          即使神捆鎖也不求救.             even when he fatters them, they do not cry for help.
14                      他們全都在英年早逝,                                  They die in their youth,
                         都死在神廟男妓之中.                           among male prostitutes of shrines.
15                       而祂拯救受苦的人,                 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;
                           在他們困苦中說話.                            he speaks to them in their affliction.

16                       祂誘導你遠離虎口,                     He is wooing you from the jaws of distress
                           到無羈束寬廣之地,                       to a spacious place free from restriction,
                           以滿桌美食撫慰你.               to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17                    現你承擔惡人當受審判,         But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked
                        受到審判與刑罰的處分.                   judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18                    你要小心無人以利誘你;                    Be careful that no one entices you by riches;
                        勿讓賄賂使你偏離正道.                         do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19                     你的財富甚或你的權勢,                 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts
                         能夠保證你免受苦難嗎?                     sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20                        不要盼望黑夜降臨,                                       Do not long for the night,
                            把人們從家中拖走.                             to drag people away from their homes.
21                        小心不要轉向罪惡,                                        Beware of turning to evil,
                            而你似乎較喜災難.                               which you seem to prefer to affliction.
            (2) 應榮耀神(36:22-26):
22                   神靠己能升高天,                                   God is exalted in his power,
                       有那位教師像衪?                                    who is a teacher like him?
23                  誰能規劃衪的道路,                            Who has prescribed his way for him,
                      或對祂說: '你錯了!'                          or said to him, 'You have done wrong?'
24                   記得要讚美衪的工,                                  Remember to extol his work,
                      那是人一直歌頌的.                                which men have praised in song.
25                  全人類都親眼目睹,                                       All mankind has seen it;
                      世人都從遠處觀看.                                      men gaze on it from afar.
26                神的偉大超過我們理解!                  How great is God - beyond our understanding!
                    衪的年歲我們無法測度.                     The number of his years is past finding out.
            (3) 呼風喚雨(36:27-33):
27                     衪吸收大氣水滴,                           He draws up the drops of water,
                         蒸發成雨落河川.                           which distill as rain to the streams;
28                      密雲空中倒濕氣,                          the clouds pour down their moisture
                         充沛雨霖降人間.                        and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29                     誰知衪如何展雲,               Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
                         如何從行宮打雷?                           how he thunders from his pavilion?
30                      看衪身置閃電中,                    See how he scatters his lightning about him,
                          浴身在海的深處.                               bathing the depths of the sea.
31                      衪以此統治萬邦,                         This is the way he governs the nations
                          供應豐盛的食糧.                               and provides food in abundance.
32                      祂雙手親掌雷電,                                He fills his hands with lightning
                          命雷電擊打目標.                             and commands it to strike its mark.
33                      雷電預警風暴臨,                        His thunder announces the coming storm;
                          牲畜亦知暴風近.                        even the cattle make known its approach.
          (4) 神的威榮(37:1-13):
1                       "我的心為之砰跳,                                "At this my heart pounds
                          幾乎從心房跳出.                                  and leaps from its place.
2                      聽! 聽衪發出隆隆聲,                     Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,
                           從衪口中轟轟響!                   to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3                         衪發雷響徹天下,             He unleashes his lightning beneth the whole heaven
                           閃電更遠達地極.                         and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4                         接著衪發出怒吼,                         After that comes the sound of his roar;
                           威嚴之聲如雷鳴;                           he thunders with his majestic voice.
                           其聲迴響寰宇間,                                    When his voice resounds,
                           放手一切由他去.                                       he holds nothing back.
5                         神的聲音妙如雷,                          God's voice thunders in marvelous ways;
                           祂行大事超理解.                     he does great things beyond our understanding.
6                    祂對雪說: '降在地上吧!'                       He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,'
                      又對雨說: '傾盆狂下吧!'                 and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.'
7                      衪要人全都停止勞碌,                  So that all men he has made may know his work,
                        衪造的人才知衪大工.                             he stops every man from his labor.
8                              野獸隱藏,                                             The animals take cover;
                                留在穴中                                           . they remain in their dens.
9                              暴雨出閣,                                The tempest comes out from its chamber,
                                烈風苦寒.                                         the cold from the driving winds.
10                        神的氣息結成冰,                                     The breath of God produces ice,
                            廣大水域全冰封.                                 and the broad waters become frozen.
11                         祂使密雲滿濕氣,                                   He loads the clouds with moisture;
                            密雲之中閃雷電.                                he scatters his lightning through them.
12                        在祂指揮下盤旋,                                    At his direction they swirl around
                            全地表面任旋轉,                                     over the face of the whole earth
                            遵衪指令去行事.                                   to do whatever he commands them.
13                         衪令密雲懲世人,                                   He brings the clouds to punish men,
                             又命潤地施慈愛.                                or to water his earth and show his love.
           (5) 神行奇事(37:14-24):
14                 約伯啊! 細聽此言,                                     "Listen to this, Job;
                     靜下想想神的奇事.                         stop and consider God's wonders.
15               你知否神如何控制雨雲,                Do you know how God controls the clouds
                         怎樣打雷閃電?                               and makes his lightning flash?
16                你知否雲如何靜懸半空,                 Do you know how the clouds hang poised,
                    誰又深知祂所行的奇事?          those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17                     南風吹, 地悶熱                                You who swelter in your cloths
                     穿衣汗流夾背是何因?               when the land has hushed under the south wind,
18                     蒼天堅硬如銅鏡,                      can you join him in spreading out the skies,
                      你能與神同展蒼天嗎?                           hard as a mirror of cast bronze?

19                "告訴我們該向衪說甚麼?                       "Tell us what we should say to him;
                     我們愚昧不能了結此案,          we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
20                 是否要告訴祂我要發言?                      Should he be told that I want to speak?
                     世上那有人自請被吞滅?                     Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
21                     大風吹掃晴空漯淨,                              Now no one can look at the sun,
                         陽光四射照耀穹蒼,                                   bright as it is in the skies
                         現無人敢盯視太陽,                           after the wind has swept them clean.
22                      從北方金光閃閃中,                    Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;
                         神威嚴肅穆降人間.                                 God comes in awesome majesty.
23                     大能全能者高難及,                The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
                         祂正直公義不欺壓.             in his justice and great righteousness he does not oppress.
24                      難道衪沒關心智者?                                    Therefore, men revere him,
                         因此世人要敬畏衪,               for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?

                                      約伯記新譯
                                  第三章 智慧神賜

  I. 探礦尋寶(28:1-11):
1                "此處有銀礦,                                "There is a mine for silver
                   又有煉金場.                           and a place where gold is refined.
2                 鐵從地中來,                               Iron is taken from the earth,
                   銅從礦熔出.                             and copper is smelted from ore.
3                 人終結黑暗;                            Man puts an end to the darkness;
                   探幽邃深處,                            he searches the farthest recesses
                   漆黑尋鐵砂.                             for ore in the blackest darkness.
4              遠離人居開礦穴,                  Far from where people dwell he cuts a shaft,
                人罕至處開礦坑;                       in places forgotten by the foot of man;
                遠離人盤桓搖幌.                         far from men he dangles and sways.
5              生產糧食的大地,                          The earth, from which food comes,
                地底烈火使改變.                             is transformed below as by fire;
6              藍寶石從磬石出,                              sapphires come from its rocks,
                礦沙中含黃金塊.                          and its dust contains nugget of gold.
7              雀鳥不知有陷阱,                        No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
                獵鷹銳眼也不察.                                  no falcon's eye has seen it.
8              狂傲野獸不涉足,                             Proud beasts do not set foot on it,
                猛獅遠離不靠近.                                    and no lion prowls there.
9              人手鑿打堅硬石,                             Man's hand assaults the flinty rock
                挖空山崗底下層,                        and lays bare the roots of the mountains.
10            礦坑穿過岩與石;                                  He tunnels through the rock;
                放眼全都是財寶.                                     his eyes see all treasures.
11            他搜索川流源頭,                            He searches the sources of the rivers
                使埋藏寶藏見光.                                and bring hidden things to light.

II. 智慧無價(28:12-19):
12            但智慧何處可尋?                      But where can wisdom be found?
                理智又在何處呢?                     Where does understanding dwell?
13             世人不知其價值,                   Man does not comprehand its worth;
                世上無法找得到.               it cannot be found in the land of the living.
14          深淵說, '不在我這裏!'                  The deep says, 'It is not with me;'
              大海說, '不跟我一起!'                   The sea says, 'It is not with me.'
15             智慧精金買不到,                 It cannot be bought with the finest gold,
                 也難以白銀衡量.                   nor can its price be weighed in silver.
16         俄斐金、貴瑪瑙、藍寶石,        It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,
                 都不能買到智慧.                        with precious onyx or sapphires.
17             黃金水晶不能比,               Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,
                 金鑲珠寶換不到.                       nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
18             珊瑚玉石不值提,                 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention;
                 智慧遠超紅寶石.                      the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19             古實黃玉難相比,                   The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it;
                 精純黃金買不到.                         it cannot be bought with pure gold.

III. 智慧真義(28:20-28):
20            那麼智慧究從何來?                   Where then does wisdom come from?
                理智又居住在何方?                      Where does understanding dwell?
21              智慧世人眼前藏,               It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,
                 天空飛鳥看不到.                     concealed even from the birds of the air.
22             毀滅和死亡都說:                                Destruction and Death say,
                 只是流言傳入耳.'                     Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.'
23             神明白智慧之道,                              God understands the way to it
                 衪知道智慧所在.                          and he alone knows where it dwells,
24             因為祂遠觀地極,                            for he views the ends of the earth
                 並目察天下萬事.                        and sees everything under the heavens.
25             祂定風力的強弱,                       When he established the force of the wind
                 並丈量水的面積.                                 and measured out the waters,
26             衪也為雨定規律,                             when he made a decree for the rain
                 又為雷暴定途程;                               and a path for the thunderstorm,
27             然後再察看評定,                        then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;
                及確認測試智慧,                                    he confirmed it and tested it.
28             最後才對世人說:                                           And he said to man,
              敬畏耶和華就是智慧,                           The fear of the Lord - that is wisdom,
                遠離邪惡就是理智.'"                             and to shun evil is understanding.'"

                                             約伯記新譯
                                    第二章 對話與辯論(II)

III. 第二次辯論(15:1-21:34):
      (I) 以利法答唱(15:1-35)
1          提縵人以利法答唱, 歌曰:
             1. 再責自義(15:1-16):
                           新 譯                                                           英 文
2              "智者會用空言回答,                     "Would a wise man wer with empty notions,
                 以熾熱東風果腹嗎?                          or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
3               他會用無益的語言,                            Would he argue with useless words,
                 和無用的話爭辯嗎?                             with speeches that have no value?
4               然而你卻不敬不虔,                                 But you even undermine piety
                 失去了對神的忠心.                                   and hinder devotion to God.
5               你的罪控制你的嘴,                                  Your sin prompts your mouth;
                 你接納詭詐人的舌.                               you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
6            不是我口是你口譴責你;                       Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
              你的嘴自己指證控告你.                              Your own lips testify against you.

7             你是頭一個出生的人嗎?                              Are you the first man ever born?
               是生在諸山未有之前嗎?                        Were you brought forth before the hills?
8                你聽過神的意旨嗎?                                 Do you listen in on God's council?
                  你可以獨佔智慧嗎?                                  Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9              有甚麼你知我們不知?                           What do you know that we do not know?
                何見識你有我們沒有?                      What insights do you have that we do not have?
10             白髮耆老站我們這邊,                        The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
                他們甚至老過你父親.                                   men even older than your father.
11            難道神的安慰還不夠,                            Are God's consolations not enough for you,
                說的話還不夠溫柔嗎?                                       words spoken gently to you?
12-13        你的心為何把你帶走,                                Why has your heart carried you away,
                你的眼為何閃發凶光;                                         and why do your eyes flash,
                使你的烈怒向神發作,                                so that you vent your rage against God
                口出惡言去褻瀆衪呢?                             and pour out such words from your mouth?

14            人算甚麼能夠潔淨嗎?                                    What is man, that he could be pure,
                婦人生的能夠稱義嗎?                        or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
15             神若不信任祂的聖者,                                   f God places no trust in his holy ones,
                在祂眼中天也不潔淨;                               if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes;
16              何況邪惡敗壞的世人,                              how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,
                  他們痛飲罪惡如喝水!                                          who drinks up evil like water!
            2. 惡人不安(15:17-35):
17              聽我說, 我要向你解釋;                         Listen to me and I will explain to you;
                    把我看到的告訴你.                                let me tell you what I have seen,
18                就是智者所宣示的,                               what wise men who have declared,
                    不隱瞞從列祖所受.                          hiding nothing received from their fathers
19                (在沒有外族經過時,                               (to whom alone the land was given
                     把這地獨賜給列祖):                               when no alien passed among them):
20                 惡人一生飽受痛苦,                          All his days the wicked man suffers torment,
                     暴徒有生之年亦然.                     the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
21                 耳中迴響恐怖聲音,                                      Terifying sounds fill his ears;
                     安穩之時突遭劫掠.                           when all seems well, marauders attack him.
22                 絕望之中逃脫黑暗,                                 He despairs of escaping the darkness;
                     他注定要死在刀下                                        . he is marked for the sword.
23                四處流浪成禿鷹獵物;                                He wanders about - food for vultures;
                    自知黑暗日子即將臨.                              he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24                痛苦和不安使他惶恐;                               Distress and anguish fill him with terror;
                    恐怖緊張如君王迎敵.                         they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack.
25                因為他向神揮舞拳頭,                                     because he shakes his fist at God
                    更大膽向全能者誇耀.                                and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
26                手中拿著堅厚大盾牌,                                        defiantly charging against him
                    狂妄大膽去向祂挑戰.                                            with a thick, strong shield.

27                    他雖然滿臉肥肉,                            Though his face is covered with fat
                        腰滿腸肥脹如鼓.                               and his waist bulges with flesh,
28                    他住在荒涼礦場,                                   he will inhabit mined towns
                        房屋空蕩無人居,                                and houses where no one lives,
                        行將倒塌成廢墟.                                    house crumbling in rubble.
29                    不再富有財難保;              He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,
                        產業不再遍各地.                      nor will his possessions spread over the land.
30                     逃脫不出黑暗地,                               He will not escape the darkness;
                        神一口氣吹走他.                   and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
31                     勿信虛假騙自己,              Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless,
                         到頭來一無所得.                                  for he will get nothing in return.
32                     有生之年付總帳;                              Before his time he will be paid in full,
                         人丁子孫不興旺.                                  and his branches will not flourish.
33                      葡萄未熟被採摘,                     He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,
                          橄欖樹花被搖落.                             like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
34                      無神之人絕子孫,                         For the company of the godless will be barren,
                          受賄之人帳火焚.                 and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
35                      孕育禍害生罪惡;                           They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;
                          胎中孕育盡詭詐."                                      their womb fashions deceit."

     (II) 約伯辯駁(16:1-17:16):
            約伯答辯, 歌曰:
                          新 譯                                                          英 文
            1. 安慰反效(16:1-5):
2            "我實在聽多了這些話,                         "I have heard many things like these;
               你們全是差勁安慰者!                             miserable comforters are you all!
3             你們喋喋不休有沒完?                      Will your long-winded speeches never end?
               甚麼毛病使爭辯不休?                         What ails you that you keep on arguing?
4             你們若落在我的境地,                                    I also could speak like you,
               我也會像你們那樣說.                                       if you were in my place;
               說漂亮的話指控你們,                           I could make fine speeches against you
               並且向你們大搖其頭.                                     and shake my head at you.
5             但我會用口鼓勵你們,                              But my mouth would encourage you;
               用嘴安慰你們得溫慰.                         comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
           2. 陳述痛苦(16:6-17):
6            "我若說話, 痛苦仍難消;                         "Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
               我若閉口, 痛苦驅不散.                              and if refrain, it does not go away.
7            神啊! 你確使我精疲力竭;                         Surely, O God, you have worn me out;
                  把我全家無情毀滅                          . you have devastated my entire household.
8                你把我捆綁作罪證;                     You have bound me - and it has become a witness;
                  形容枯槁也成事證.                         my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
9                神怒中刺殺撕裂我,                              God assails me and tears me in his anger
                  並咬牙切齒恨透我;                                       and gnashes his teeth at me;
                  我仇敵利眼緊盯我.                            my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
10              人們張口在嘲笑我,                                  Men open their mouths to jeer at me;
                  打我的臉頰羞辱我,                                        they strike my cheek in scorn
                  聯合一致來攻擊我.                                        and unite together against me.
11               神更把我交給惡人,                                   God has turned me over to evil men
                  丟在惡人的刑杖中.                            and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
12         我原諸事安順, 衪卻擊打我;                          All was well with me, but he shattered me;
             又抓住我頸項, 把我摔粉碎.                            He seized me the neck and crushed me.
                 他把我當成他的標靶.                                          He has made me his target;
13             祂的弓箭手把我包圍.                                             his archers surround me.
                毫不留情, 射穿我腰腎,                                   Wihtout pity, he pierces my kidneys
                打破我膽, 膽汁灑滿地.                                      and spills my gall on the ground.
14             衪一次又一次打擊我,                                     Again and again he brusts upon me;
                 像勇士向我猛烈衝撞.                                          he rushes at me like a warrior.

15               我自縫麻衣蓋我體,                           I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
                   把額頭深埋塵土中.                               and buried my brow in the dust.
16               我因哀哭滿臉通紅,                                   My face is red with weeping,
                   雙目周圍顯現黑圈;                                   deep shadows ring my eyes;
17                而我雙手絕不施暴,                         Yet my hands have been free of violence
                    我的禱告誠正純浄.                                        and my prayer is pure.
             3. 向神哭訴(16:18-22):
18          "大地啊! 不要掩蓋我的血跡;                       "O earth, do not cover my blood;
                   願我的呼求永不停息!                            may my cry never be laid to rest!
19             至今我的見證人仍在天上,                        Even now my witness is in heaven;
                    我的辯護人還在高天.                                   my advocate is on high.
20                當我向神淚流成河時,                                 My intercessor is my friend
                    我的調停人全是我友;                            as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21                他代表世人向神申訴,                          on behalf of a man he pleads with God
                    正如世人為友好求情.                                 as a man pleads for his friend.
22                踏上一去不返之路前,                                     Only a few years will pass
                    我所剩下歲月無多矣!                           before I go on the journey of no return."
                4. 續陳痛苦(17:1-10):
1                      "我的心靈破碎,                                       "My spirit is broken,
                         我的日子無多,                                      my days are cut short,
                         陰間正等候我.                                        the grave awaits me.
2                      嘲笑我的包圍我,                                 Surely mockers surround me;
                        我雙目祗見敵意.                           my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

3                 神啊! 求賜我你要的保證,                   Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.
                       還有誰肯為我作保?                          Who else will put up security for me?

4                     你蒙閉他們理智之心;                You have closed their minds to understanding;
                       因你不會讓他們得勝.                      therefore you will not let them triumph.
5                     人若為獎賞出賣朋友                   , If a man denounces his friends for reward,
                       他們兒女眼目必昏花.                             the eyes of his children will fail.

6                      神已使我成為人笑柄,                    God has made me a byword to everyone,
                        人人都可向我吐口水.                           a man in whose face people spit.
7                       我的雙目因憂傷昏花,                        My eyes have grown dim with grief;
                         我的身軀亦虛空如影.                          my whole frame is but a shadow.
8                       正直人為之大感驚訝.                          Upright men are appalled at this;
                         無辜者奮起反無神者,                 the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
9                       只有義人會堅守己道,              Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,
                         手潔者定必日益壯大.                  and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
10                   你們眾人啊! 起來再努力!                         But come on, all of you, try again!
                         因你們中間竟無一智者.                       I will not find a wise man among you.
                5. 等候死亡(17:11-16):
11                   "隨著我的日子消逝,                 "My day have passed, my plans are shattered,
                我的籌謀和心中所欲全都破滅.                     and so are the desires of my heart.
12                      這些人晝夜顛倒,                                These men turn night into day;
                    面對黑暗竟說, '光明近了!'               in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'

13                    我盼望的家若在陰間,                      If the only home I hope for is the grave,
                        我若在漆黑之中鋪床.                          if I spread out my bed in darkness;
14                 我若對敗壞說, '你是我父;'                   if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,'
                     對蟲兒說, '你是我母我姐.'                  and to the worm, 'My mother or my sister.'
15                   這樣, 我的盼望在那裏?                                  where then is my hope?
                      誰能在我身上看到希望?                              Who can see any hope in me?
16                     會不會走入死亡之門?                         Will it go down to the gates of death?
                         我們會否同沉塵土中?                       Will we descend together into the dust?

     (III) 比勒達答唱(18:1-21):
1 書亞人比勒達答唱, 歌曰:
              1. 再責狡辯(18:1-4):
2                你胡言亂語要到幾時?                         "When will you end these speeches?
                  理智點我們才能對談.                            Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3                我們為何在你心目中,                               Why are we regarded as cattle
                  被視為牲畜和愚蠢呢?                           and considered stupid in your sight?
4                你在忿怒中撕碎自己,                      You who tear yourself to pieces in your rage,
                  難道大地會為你放棄?                       is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
                  大石會為你移開原處?                     Or must the rocks be moved from their places.
               2. 惡人禍患(18:5-21):
5                    惡人的燈必熄滅,                              The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out;
                      燈燄吹熄暗無光.                                 the flame of his fire stops burning.
6                    他身旁的燈熄滅,                                 The light in his tent becomes dark;
                      帳中無光一片黑.                                     the lamp beside him goes out.
7                    有勁的腳步變弱,                                   The vigor of his step is weakened;
                      謀算把自己絆倒.                                   his own schemes throw him down.
8                    腳把自己陷網羅,                                         His feet thrust him into net
                      掙扎網眼難脫身.                                       and he wanders into the mesh.
9                    陷阱困住他腳跟,                                        A trap seizes him by the heel;
                      羅網緊纏他全身.                                              a snare holds him fast.
10                  套繩為他佈滿地,                                 A nose is hidden for him on the ground;
                      陷阱遍佈他路上.                                                a trap lies in his path.
11                  四周恐怖驚嚇他,                                         Terrors startle him on every side
                      緊密追尋他腳蹤.                                                and dog his every step.
12                  災難緊隨逃不了,                                             Calamity is hungry for him;
                      跌倒更逢禍與災.                                      disater is ready for him when he falls.
13                   死亡長子吃其肢,                                           It eats away parts of his skin;
                       吃去膚皮一大半.                                       death's firstborn devours his limbs.
14                   他從帳中被撕裂,                                     He is torn from the security of his tent
                       帶到恐怖大王前.                                       and marched off to the king of terror.
15                   烈火燃燒在帳中,                                                 Fire resides in his tent;
                       硫磺火燄滿居所.                                   burning sulfur is scaterred over his dwelling.
16                   其根在地下枯乾,                                                 His roots dry up below
                       枝葉在地上凋萎.                                           and his branches wither above.
17                   世上不再記得他,                                  The memory of him perishes from the earth;
                       名在地上全消失.                                              he has no name in the land.
18                   從光明趕入黑暗,                                       He is driven from light into darkness
                       徹底從世上逐出.                                            and is banished from the world.
19                   在族中無子無孫,                        He has no offspring or descendants among his people,
                       居住地無人生還.                                            no surviver where once he lived.
20                    西方人驚其命運,                                      Men of the west are appalled at his fate;
                        東方人膽戰心驚.                                        men of the east are seized with terror.
21                    壞人居所下場慘,                                     Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;
                       不識神者命亦然.                                    such is the place of one who knows not God."

      (IV) 約伯辯駁(19:1-29):
1            約伯答辯, 歌曰:
               1. 責友過嚴(19:1-12):
2                   你們要折磨我多久,                               "How long will you torment me
                     言語打擊我到幾時?                                   and crush me with words?
3                   你們已十次責備我,                         Ten times now you have reproached me,
                     並毫不為恥攻擊我.                                  shamelessly you attack me.
4                   若我真的偏離正道,                              If it is true that I have gone astray,
                     錯誤由我單獨承擔.                             my error remains my concern alone.
5                   你們若真的凌架我,                     If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
                     以我的羞辱攻擊我;                              and use my humiliation against me,
6                   就該知道是神懲我,                              then know that God has wronged me
                     在我的四圍撒下網.                                    and drawn his net around me.

7                  我雖呼喊: '我受冤屈!'                               Though I cry, 'I've been wronged!'
                      但總是得不到回應;                                            I got no response;
8                    我呼求得不到公斷,                              though I call for help, there is no justice.
                      祂擋我路不讓通過;                              He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;
9                    又以黑暗遮掩我路.                                he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
                      更剝奪了我的尊榮,                                      He has stripped me of my honor
10                   摘去我頭上的冠冕.                                 and removed the crown from my head.
                       四面撕裂我直至死;                           He tears me down on every side till I am gone;
11                   把我盼望如樹拔起.                                       he uproots my hope like a tree.
                       祂的忿怒向我燃燒,                                         His anger burns against me;
12                   把我當作祂敵中敵.                                      he counts me among his enemies.
                       他的大軍全力衝上,                                          His troops advance in force;
                       構築工事把我圍困,                                     they build a siege ramp against me
                       在我帳棚四周紮營.                                          and encamp around my tent.
                 2. 親友疏遠(19:13-20):
13                  衪使我的弟兄疏離我,                      He has alienated my brothers from me;
                      我的友好視我如陌路.            my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14                      我的族人離我去,                                My kinsmen have gone away;
                          我的友好忘記我.                               my friends have forgotten me.
15                       客婢待我如路人,               My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger;
                          全都視我如外人.                               they look upon me as an alien.
16                       呼喚家僕無人理;                   I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
                           親口哀求也無用.                          though I beg him with my own mouth.
17                       我的口氣犯妻怒,                              My breath is offensive to my wife;
                           親兄弟也厭惡我.                            I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18                       甚至孩童鄙視我,                                 Even the little boys scorn me;
                           一見到我就嘲笑.                                when I appear, they ridicule me.
19                        所有摯友厭棄我,                               All my intimate friends detest me;
                            我愛的人也反我.                             those I love have turned against me.
20                        我只留下皮包骨,                                I am nothing but skin and bones;
                            脫逃只剩一層皮.                       I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
                  3. 求友憐憫(19:21-22):
21               我的朋友啊, 可憐我! 可憐我!                  Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,
                     因神的手正在無情打擊我.                       for the hand of God has struck me.
22                 你們為何像神一樣追逼我?                      Why do you pursue me as God does?
                     難道還沒吃夠我的血和肉?                     Will you never get enough of my flesh?
                  4. 必蒙救恩(19:23-29):
23                    啊! 但願我的話都記下,                       Oh, that my words were recorded,
                            全都寫在書卷上.                           that they were written on a scroll,
24                         用鐵筆鉛頭鐫刻,                that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,
                            永遠刻在磬石上!                                 or engraved in rock forever!
25                        我深知救贖主活著,                            I know that my Redeemer lives,
                            最後祂必堅立地上.                and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
26                        我的外皮毀壞之後,                         And after my skin has been destroyed,
                            我的肉體必得見神.                                yet in my flesh I will see God;
27                        我自己必會看見衪,                                      I myself will see him
                            是我自己而非別人.                          with my own eyes - I, and not another.
                            我的內心多麼渴望!                              How my heart yearns within me!
28                 你們若說, '我們要怎樣追尋衪?                     If you say, 'How we will hound him,
                            因災禍根源來自衪,                          since the root of the trouble lies on him,
29                        你們都當懼怕刀劍,                            You should fear the sword yourselves;
                            因忿怒必行刀劍刑,                       for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,
                            讓你們知道有審判.'"                    and then you will know that there is judgement.'"

        (V) 瑣法答唱(20:1-29):
1            拿瑪人瑣法答唱, 歌曰:
2              "煩亂思緒促我回答,                      "My trouble thoughts prompt me to answer
                 因我極為困擾不安.                               because I am greatly disturbed.
3              我聽見詆譭我的責備,                           I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
                我的理性激勵我回答.                     and my understanding inspires me to reply.

4                你們定知亙古開始,                      Surely you know how it has been from of old,
                  地表面上有人以來,                          ever since man was placed on the earth,
5                惡人的歡笑很短暫,                              that the mirth of the wicked is brief,
                  壞人的喜樂只片刻.                         the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6                雖他的高傲直達天,                          Though his pride reaches to the heavens
                  他的頭顱高入雲霄,                                and his head troubles the clouds,
7                他將毀滅如已糞土,                           he will perish forever, like his own dung;
             見過他的會問, '他在那裏?'                 those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
8                他如夢飛逝無蹤影;                      like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,
                  被逐消失如夜夢幻.                                 banished like a vision of the night.
9                見過他的不再見他,                        The eye that saw him will not see him again;
                  在他住所也不見他.                                 his place will look on him no more.
10              兒女要向窮人賙濟,                          His children must make amends to the poor;
                  親手返還不義之財.                            his own hands must give back his wealth.
11             他的身體雖充滿活力,                              The youthful vigor that fills his bones

                 卻要與他同歸入塵土.                               will be with him in the dust.
12                罪惡雖甘甜在口,                              Though evil is sweet in his mouth
                         藏在舌下,                                  and he hides it under his tongue,
13                     不捨吐出,                                  though he cannot bear to let it go
                         緊含口中;                                        and keeps it in his mouth,
14              但食物在他胃中變酸,                      yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;
                  成為他體內惡蛇毒液.                 it will become the venon of serpents within him.
15              他要吐出吞下的財寶,                        He will spit out the riches he swallowed;
                  神會使其胃全都嘔出.                      God will make his stomach vomit them up.
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16               他要吸吮惡蛇的毒液.                           He will suck the poison of serpents;
                   惡蛇的毒牙把他咬死.                            the fangs of an adder will kill him.
17                  他必定享受不到                                   He will not enjoy the streams,
                      流奶與蜜的江河.                           the river flowing with honey and cream.
18                  勞碌所得歸別人;                     What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;
                      營商獲利得不到.                        he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
19                因他欺壓窮人使貧困,            For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
                    強奪不是他建的房屋.                          he has seizes houses he did not build.
20                他確未停止他的貪婪,                    surely he will have no respite from his craving;
                    而他的財富救不了他.                          he cannot save himself by his treasure.
21                他再也無物可供吞噬,                                Nothing is left for him to devour;
                    他的榮華富貴不長久.                                  his peosperity will not endure.
22                在豐裕之中災禍臨頭;                  In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;
                    陷入全面悲慘的境地.                         the full force of misery will come upon him.
23                當他吃得腦滿腸肥時,                                     When he has filled his belly,
                    神的烈怒向他大發作,                         God will vent his burning anger against him
                    有如暴雨猛烈擊打他.                                 and rain down his blows upon him.
24                 他雖逃過了鐵造武器,                               Though he flees from an iron weapon,
                    但銅頭利箭卻射穿他.                                   a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
25                他把箭從他背後拔出,                                           He pulls it out of his back,
                    閃亮箭頭從肝中拉出.                                     the gleaming point out of his liver.
                    恐怖氣氛籠罩他全身;                                          Terrors will come over him;
26                漆黑正等著他的財寶.                                total darkness lies in wait for his treasure.
                    未扇之火竟把他燒滅,                                      A fire unfanned will consume him
                    吞沒了他帳棚中一切.                                      and devour what is left in his tent.
27                 諸天會揭發他的罪惡,                                      The heavens will expose his guilt;
                    大地也要奮起攻擊他.                                       the earth will rise up against him.
28                  神怒之日洪水來襲;                                          A flood will carry off his house,
                      洪流沖毀他的房舍.                                  rusting waters on the day of God's wrath.
29                  是乃神定惡人命運,                                     Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
                      指定給他們的結局."                                   the heritage appointed for them by God."

      (VI) 約伯辯駁(21:1-34):
1            約伯答辯, 歌曰:
               1. 據理反駁(21:1-6):
2                   請仔細聽我的話,                                  "Listen carefully to my words;
                     算是你們安慰我.                            let this be the consolation you give me.
3                   我說話時請包容,                                     Bear with me while I speak,
                     待我說完再嘲笑.                                and after I have spoken, mock on.

4                    我是向人抱怨嗎?                                Is my complaint directed to man?
                      我為何會不耐煩?                                     Why should I be impatient?
5                    看著我定會驚奇;                                    Look at me and be astonished;
                      你們用手摀著口.                                   clap your hand over your mouth.
6                    一想到此心驚慌,                               When I think about this, I am terrified;
                       全身發抖停不住.                                        trembling seizes my body.
               2. 惡人得福(21:7-16):
7                      惡人為何能活著,                                   Why do the wicked live on,
                        而且長壽勢日隆?                           growing old and increasing in power?
8                       兒女滿堂繞膝下,                  They are their children established around them,
                         子孫繁衍在眼前.                               their offspring before their eyes.
9                        家室平安無所懼,                        Their homes are safe and free from fear;
                          神杖不落他們身.                               the rod of God is not upon them.
10                      公牛交配不落空,                                  Their bulls never fail to breed;
                          母牛懷胎不流產.                             their cows calve and do not miscarry.
11                      兒女滿堂如羊群,                           They send forth their children as a flock;
                          孩童四處歡樂舞.                                    their little ones dance about.
12                      擊鼓彈琴齊歡唱,                      They sing to the music of tambourine and harp;
                          悠揚簫聲怡人心.                          they make merry to the sound of the flute.
13                      繁榮興旺終年歲,                                They spend their years in prosperity
                          平安寧靜下歸陰.                                 and go down to the grave in peace.
14                 但他們對神說: '不要管我!                          Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone!
                          我們不想知你道.                                We have no desire to know your ways.
15                誰是全能者, 要我們服事他?                  Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
                          向衪禱告有何益?                                What would we gain by praying to him?'
16                       興盛不在他們手,                            But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
                           故我遠離惡人會.                           so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
               3. 惡人報應(21:17-21):
17                        惡人燈何嘗熄滅?            Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?
                            神何嘗在忿怒中                      How often does calamity come upon him,
                            降災難懲罰惡人?                            the fate God allots in his anger?
18                       惡人何嘗像風前草,                 How often are they like straw before the wind,
                           和強風吹散的糠秕?                          like chaff sweep away by a gale?
19                故有云, '神為惡人兒女積刑罰.'   It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.'
                        神報應他本人使他明白!          Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!
20                     讓他親眼目睹自己毀滅,                     Let his own eyes see his destruction;
                         以及喝下全能者的烈怒.                 let him drink of the wrath of the All Mighty.
21                     當他命定的歲月行將盡,       For what does he care about the family he leaves behind,
                         他還能看顧留下的家嗎?                  when his allotted months come to an end?
               4. 惡人下場(21:22-34):
22                         神既審判最高位者,                     Can anyone teach knowledge to God,
                             還需人灌輸知識嗎?                       since he judges even the highest?
23                         有人死時精力充沛,                              One man dies in full vigor,
                             一生享盡平靜安逸,                           completely secure and at ease,
24                          營養充足身體壯健,                                his body well nourished,
                              骨骼充滿滋補骨髓;                             his bones rich with marrow.
25                          有人死時心靈痛苦,                      Another man dies in bitterness of soul,
                              一生從未享受美福.                       never having enjoyed anything good.
26                          兩種人一起臥塵土,                            Side by side they lie in the dust,
                              屍蟲爬滿他們全身.                                 and worns over them both.

27                           我深知你們的心思,                 I know full well what you are thinking,
                               和陷我不義的計謀.             the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28                          你們說, '偉人的豪宅           You say, 'Where now is the great man's house,
                             和惡人的帳棚今何在?'                 the tents where wicked men lived?'
29                          你們沒問過往客旅嗎?          Have you never questioned those who travel?
                              沒有關注他們的說法,             Have you paid no regard to their accounts -

30                         惡人在災難之日能逃過,      that the evil man is spared from the day of calamity,
                             在神忿怒之時能得拯救?             that he is delivered from the day of wrath?
31                           誰當面斥責他的行為?                 Who denounces his conduct to his face?
                              誰對他的行為報應他?                   Who repays him for what he has done?
32                           然而有人抬他入墳墓,                              He is carried to the grave,
                               而且有人為他守墳塋.                         and watch is kept over his tomb.
33                           谷中泥土對他至甘美;                      The soil in the valley is sweet to him;
                               所有的人都尾隨其後;                                 all men follow after him.
                               無數的人走在他前面.                      and a countless throng goes before him.

34                           胡言亂語怎能安慰我?                So how can you console me with your nonsense?
                               你們的答辯只是虛言!"                  Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"

 IV. 第三次辯論(22:1-26:14):
      (I) 以利法答唱(22:1-30):
1          提縵人以利法以歌答唱:
            1. 對神何益(22:1-3):
2             "世人對神有何益處?                              "Can a man be of benefit to God?
                智者對祂又有何益?                              Can even a wise man benefit him?
3               你若是為人公義,                            What pleasure would it give the Almighty
                 就能討神喜悅嗎?                                          if you were righteous?
                 你若是完美無瑕,                                            What would he gain
                 衪能得到甚麼呢?                                      if your way were blameless?
            2. 作惡報應(22:4-11):
4               衪是因為你的敬虔,                           Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
                 而責備和指控你嗎?                                 and bring charges against you?
5               是否因你罪大惡極?                                  Is not your wickedness great?
                 是否因你罪惡無窮?                                     Are not your sins endless?
6               你無故向你的弟兄                                        You demanded security
                 要求他們提供擔保;                               from your brothers for no reason;
                 你剝去人們的衣服,                               You stripped men of their clothing,
                 使得他們赤身露體.                                          leaving them naked.
7               你不給乾渴人水喝,                                 You gave no water to the weary
                 也不給饑餓人飯吃.                           and you withheld food from the hungry,
8               你雖有權勢擁土地,                       though you were powerful man, owning land -
                  居住其上的尊貴人.                                    an honored man, living on it.
9                而你使寡婦空手走,                        And you send widows away empty handed
                  又讓孤兒軟弱無力.                          and broke the strength of the fatherless.
10              因此網羅環你四周,                            That is why snares are all around you,
                  突來危害令你驚惶,                                  why sudden peril terrifies you,
11              漆黑使你眼不能見,                                 why it is so dark you cannot see,
                  洪流讓你淹滅沒頂.                              and why a flood of water covers you.
             3. 惡人必滅(22:12-20):
12              神不是高在諸天嗎?                           Is not God in the heights of heaven?
                  看高天眾星何其高!                        And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13             而你說, '神知道甚麼?                         Yet you say, 'What does God know?
                 祂是否在黑暗中審判?                       Does he judge through such darkness?
14             他蒙上了雲彩的面紗,                    Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us
                 雲遊穹蒼看不見我們.'                      as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'
15              你是否還要繼續行走                                Will you keep to the old path
                 惡人以前行過的古道?                                   that evil men have trod?
16              他們日子未到被帶走,                        They were carried off before their time,
                  根基全被洪水沖流去.                     Their foundations washed away by a flood.
17           他們對神說: '不要管我們!                         They said to God, 'Leave us alone!
                  全能者能奈我們何?'                               What can the Almighty do to us?'
18           而衪卻用美物充滿他們家,             Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,
               所以我遠遠離開惡人聚會.                 so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

19             義人見他們毀滅心歡喜,                    The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
                清白之人則嘲笑他們說:                            the inocent mock them, saying,
20           "我們的仇敵的確全毀滅,                             Surely our foes are destroyed,
                烈火又燒盡他們的財富."                             and fire devours their wealth.'
             4. 與神和好(22:21-30):
21                要順服神與神和好,                         Submit to God and be at peace with him,
                    你定必會繁榮昌盛;                          in the way prosperity will come to you;
22                領受衪的親口教誨,                               Accept instruction from his mouth
                    把他的話牢記心裏.                               and lay up his words in your heart.
23            你若歸向全能者定必興旺;               If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;
                你若把惡人趕出你的帳棚,                   If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24             並把金塊都埋入在塵土中,                         and assign your nuggets to the dust,
                 將俄斐精金丟入河谷岩石,                   your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
25                 全能者就成你的精金                             then the Almighty will be your gold,
                           和上等純銀.                                          the choices silver for you.
26                 這樣你必喜歡全能者                      Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
                           仰望耶和華.                                      and will lift up your face to God.
27                 你向衪禱告衪會垂聽;                         You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
                           你也會還願.                                         and you will fulfill your vows.
28                     你的決定必成全,                                   What you decide on will be done,
                         明光照耀你的路.                                   and light will shine on your ways.
29                     人降卑時你會說,                              When men are brought low and you say,
                            把他們提升!'                                                   Lift them up!'
                       衪就會拯救沉淪的人.                                then he will save the downcast.
30                    甚至也救有過犯的人                      , He will deliver even one who is not innocent,
                        用你潔淨的手救他們.          who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

     (II) 約伯辯駁(23:1-24:25):
1          約伯答辯, 歌曰:
             1. 尋不見神(23:1-10):
2               即使今天我仍申訴苦情,                          Even today my complaint is bitter;
                 儘管我呻吟他仍下重手.                    his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
3                但願我知何處去找衪,                              If only I knew where to find him;
                  而且能去到祂的居所!                              if only I could go to his dwelling!
4                我就會向衪申訴冤情,                                I would state my case to him
                  且盡力開口跟祂爭辯.                            and fill my mouth with arguments.
5                我會去尋求衪的回答,                       I would find out what he would answer me,
                  並了解祂要說甚麼話.                              and consider what he would say.
6                衪會全力來對付我嗎?                        Would he oppose me with great power?
                 不, 祂不會強力指控我.                    No, he would not press charges against me.
7               正直的人得以向他陳情,           There an upright man could present his case before him,
                 審判官使我得永遠拯救.                 and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8                若我往東祂不在那裏;                          But if I go to the east, he is not there;
                  若我往西也找不到祂.                           if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9             衪在北方工作我看不見祂;               When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
               衪轉往南方我也看不見祂.             when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10           但衪－定知道我行走的路,                          But he knows the way that I take;
               經祂試煉我像精金見到衪.                when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
             2. 從未背道(23:11-17):
11               我的腳緊隨祂的腳步,                       My feet have closely followed his steps;
                   我謹守祂的道不偏離.                   I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12                我不離棄衪口中誡命;              I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
                   而且珍視祂口中言語,                     I have treasured the words of his mouth
                   更勝過我的日用飲食.                                more than my daily bread.

13               衪堅持立場誰能反對?                           But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
                   衪隨自己的旨意而行.                                        He does whatever he pleases.
14               衪以衪的律例指控我,                                   He carries out his decree against me,
                   此外他還有很多手段.                                and many such plans he still has in store.
15           這是我在祂面前恐懼的原因;                               That is why I am terrified before him;
                     言念及此我敬畏祂.                                       when I think of all this, I fear him.
16                 神真使我心灰意冷,                                           God has made my heart faint;
                    全能者更令我懼怕.                                            the Almighty has terrified me.
17                 儘管漆黑遮掩我面,                                     Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
                     我絕不因黑暗閉口.                                  by the thick darkness that covers my face.
             3. 惡人作惡(24:1-25):
1                       為甚麼全能者                                         Why does the Almighty
                        不定審判時間?                                      not set times for judgment?
                         為何認識祂的                                    Why must those who know him
                         都看不見那日?                                        look in vain for such days?
2                       惡人膽大移地界,                                     Men move boundary stones;
                         放牧偷來的羊群．.                            they pasture flocks they have stolen.
3                       趕走孤兒的母驢,                               They drive away the orphan's donkey
                         寡婦公牛作抵押.                                  and take the widow's ox in pledge.
4                       窮人被逐離大道,                                They thrust the needy from the path
                         貧民被逼都躲藏.                           and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5                       活像曠野的驢子,                                      Like wild donkeys in the desert,
                         窮人四處覓食物;                          the poor go about their labor of foraging food;
                         荒野供食養兒女.                           the wasteland provides food for their children.
6                       田野收割牧草料,                                       They gather fodder in the fields
                         惡人園中收殘葡.                                and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7                       無衣蔽體夜裸露,                              Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
                         無遮無蓋度寒冬.                          they leave nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8                       山雨傾盆周身濕,                                    They are drenched by mountain rains
                         無處安身緊抱石.                                      and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
9                       慈母乳前奪孤兒,                             The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
                         窮人嬰兒來抵債.                                   the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
10                     赤身露體四處走,                                      Lacking clothes, they go about naked;
                         雖抱禾捆仍饑餓.                                   they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11                     田間壓搾橄欖油,                                       They crush olives among the terrance;
                         踩葡釀酒仍乾渴.                                   they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12                     城民將死苦呻吟,                                      The groans of the dying rise from the city,
                         受傷心靈哀呼求.                                 and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
                         神卻不究惡人行.                                      But God changes no one with wrongdoing.

13                     又有人以光為敵,                    There are those who rebel against the light,
                         不知留在光明道.                   who do not know its way or stay in its paths.
14                     落日西沉凶手起,                   When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up
                         殺害窮人與貧困;                               and kills the poor and needy;
                         黑夜作賊忙偷竊. i                        n the night he steals forth like a thief.
15                     姦夫張目盼黃昏,                       The eyes of the adulterer watches for dusk;
                         自以無人看見他.                                 he thinks, 'No eye will see me,'
                         賊子膽大把面蒙,                                and he keeps his face concealed.
16                      月黑風高破門入,                             In the dark, men break into houses,
                         白日明亮躲起來,                               but by day they shut thenselves in;
                         膽怯心驚怕見光.                             they want nothing to do with the light.
17                      惡人黑夜當清晨,                     For all of them, deep darkness is their morning;
                         漆黑恐怖作摯友.                      they make friends with the terrors of darkness.

18                      惡人如泡浮水面,                  Yet they are foam on the surface of the water;
                          分地所得受咒詛,                             their portion of the land is cursed,
                          無人再入葡萄園.                           so that no one goes to the vineyards.
19                       苦旱天熱融化雪,               As heat and drought snatches away the melted snow,
                           一如陰間拘罪人.                so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
20                       懷他母胎不認他,                                    The womb forgets them,
                           蛆蟲以他為美宴;                                    the worm feast on them;
                           惡人折斷如林木,                            evil men are no longer remembered
                           世上無人記得他.                                    but are broken like a tree.
21                       一意惡待不孕婦,                     They prey on the barren and childless woman,
                           糟蹋寡婦不留情.                              and to the widow show no kindness.
22                        神以大能除強暴;                      But God drags away the mighty by his power;
                             惡人在世雖橫行,                               though they become established,
                             但其生命難確保.                                  they have no assurance of life.
23                         神雖容他感安穩,                        He may let them rest in a feeling of security,
                             雙目緊盯不放鬆.                                  but his eyes are on their ways.
24                         祂容惡人暫高舉,                                 For a little while they are exalted,
                             片刻之間全消失;                                        and then they are gone;
                             又被降卑如他人,                    they are bought low and gathered up like all others;
                             一如禾稻被收割.                                 they are cut off like heads of grain.
25                         以上所言若非真,                                                If this is not so,
                             誰能證明我說假;                                         who can prove me false;
                             都是空言不當真."                                 and reduce my words to nothing?"

     (III) 比勒達答唱(25:1-6):
1          書亞人比勒達答唱, 歌曰:
2               "主權威嚴均屬神,                                  "Dominion and awe belong to God;
                   衪在高天定秩序.                          he establishes order in the height of heaven.
3                 衪的天軍誰能數?                                      Can his forces be numbered?
                   衪的亮光不照誰?                                  Upon whom does his light not rise?
4                 神前誰能成義人?                          How then can a man be righteous before God?
                   婦人所生怎純淨?                                 How can one born of woman be pure?
5                  即使皎月不明亮,                                       If even the moon is not bright
                    星宿也都不潔淨.                                 and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
6                  何況如蛆世間人-                              how much less man, who is but a maggot -
                   人子不過像條蟲!"                                   a son of man, who is only a worm!"
        (IV) 約伯辯駁(26:1-14):
1              約伯答辯, 歌曰:
                1. 譏笑問者(26:1-4):
2                  你如何幫助無權勢者?                        "How you have helped the powerless!
                    如何拯救臂膀無力者?                    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3                  你如何教導沒智慧者!             What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
                    展現你有多大的智慧!                     And what great insight you have displayed!
4                  誰助你發出這些言語?                        Who has helped you utter these words?
                    誰的靈藉你的口說話?                      And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
                2. 讚神偉大(26:5-14):
5                      身在水底的陰魂,                                The dead are in deep anguish,
                        深陷痛苦不堪言.                  those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6                      神前陰魂都赤裸                                    Death is naked before God;
                        毀滅裸露無遮掩.                                   Destruction lies uncovered.
7                      衪在穹蒼展北天,                  He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
                        大地高懸在太空.                                he suspends the earth over nothing.
8                      以雲包水密不漏,                                He wraps up the waters in his clouds,
                        水重不使雲破裂.                         yet the clouds do not brust under their weight.
9                       衪遮蓋滿月表面,                                 He covers the face of the full moon,
                         以彩雲遮掩其上.                                        spreading his clouds over it.
10                     衪劃定水的平面,                      He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters
                         分開光明與黑暗.                             for a boundary between light and darkness.
11                      衪一忿怒嚴斥責,                                     The pillars of the heavens quake,
                          高天巨柱猛動搖.                                              aghast at his rebuke.
12                      他顯大能攪大海,                                  By his power he churned up the sea;
                          智慧粉碎拉哈伯.                                 by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13                       衪吹口氣天睛朗;                                  By his breath the skies became fair;
                           以手刺透滑行蟒.                                  his hand peirced the gliding serpent.
14                    這只是祂大工的表面,                       And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
                        我們聽到他言多微弱!                               how faint the whisper we hear of him!
                       誰能參透他大能雷聲?                   Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"

   V. 約伯結論(27:1-23):
1     約伯繼續講論並作結, 唱曰:
      (I) 行義不渝(27:1-6):
2         永活神奪我公平正義,                     As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,
           全能者令我靈裏痛苦.                the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul.
3         只要我裏面還有生命,                                   as long as I have life within me,
           鼻孔中還有神賜氣息,                                   the breath of God in my nostrils,
4         我就口不說邪惡的話,                                  my lips will not speak wickedness,
           我的舌不出詭詐之言.                                  and my tongue will utter no deceit.
5         我不承認你們是對的,                                I will never admit you are in the right;
           到死不否定我的人格.                                  till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6         我永遠堅持我的公義,                     I will maimtain my righteousness and never let go of it;
           有生之年對得起良心.                       my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
      (II) 不虔無望(27:7-23):
7        願我的敵人如邪惡之人,                                May my enemies be like the wicked,
          願我的仇家像不義之徒!                                    my adversaries like the unjust!
8        神剪除不虔之徒奪其命,                       For what hope has the godless when he is cut off,
          他們在世還有甚麼指望?                                    when God takes away his life?
9         每當災難臨到他的時候,                                       Does God listen to his cry
          神還會垂聽他的哀求嗎?                                    when distress comes upon him?
10      他會從全能者得歡樂嗎?                                  Will he find delight in the Almighty?
          還能時時刻刻呼求神嗎?                                   will he call upon God at all times?

11      我要教導你們神的大能,                                I will teach you about the power of God;
          不會去隱瞞全能者的道.                              the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12        你們全都親眼目睹過,                                       You have all seen this yourselves,
           為何還說這些無謂話?                                         Why then this meaningless talk?

13        這是神定惡人的命運,                          Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
            全能者給暴徒的報應:               the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14        他許多兒女命喪刀下,                   However many his children, their fate is the sword;
            子孫也永遠都吃不飽.                         his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15         瘟疫會埋葬他的後人,                        The plague will bury those who survive him,
             他們的寡婦欲哭無淚.                           and their widows wil not weep for them.
16         雖他堆積白銀如塵沙,                              Though he heaps up silver like dust
             華麗衣裝堆積如泥土;                                   and clothes like piles of clay,
17             任由義人來穿著,                              What he lays up the righteous will wear,
                 隨便善人來分銀.                                and the innocent will divide his silver.
18             他建的屋如蛾繭,                            The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon,
                 又如守衛瞭望寮.                                      like a hut made by a watchman.
19             他躺下富有不再,                            He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
                 張眼財富全消失.                                    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20             恐怖如洪來襲他,                                       Terrors overtake him like a flood;
                暴風深夜颳走他.                                 a tempest snatches him away in the night.
21            東風吹走他無蹤,                              The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
                將他從原地掃出.                                         it sweeps him out of his place.
22            毫不留情傷害他,                                 It hurts itself against him without mercy
                迎頭頂力急奔逃.                                    as he fleets headlong from its power.
23            嘲笑聲中人拍手,                                           It claps its hands in derision
                唏噓之聲趕他走.                                         and hisses him out of his place.

                                        約伯記新譯
                       第二章 對話與辯論(3:1-27:23)

  I. 約伯哀歌(3:1-26):
      靜坐七晝夜後, 約伯開口咒詛自己的生日, 高吟哀歌:
     (I) 咒詛生日(3:1-10):
                       新 譯                                                      英 文
2            願我生的那日消失,                          May the day of my birth perish,
        喊 "生了個男孩!" 那夜泯滅.              and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!'
4              願那日變得黑暗,                         That day - may it turn to darkness;
                天上神不再眷顧,                           may God above not care about it;
                亮光也不再照射.                                 may no light shine upon it.
5              願黑暗死蔭再來,               May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more;
                烏雲遮蓋在其上,                                  may a cloud settle over it;
                黑暗掩沒了光明.                            may blackness overwhelm its light.
6              幽暗更奪去那夜,                        That night - may thick darkness seize it;;
                不在一年日子中,                 may it not be included among the days of the year
                也不列入每月裏.                            nor be entered in any of the months.

7               願那夜無人生育,                                     May that night be barren;
                 也聽不到歡笑聲.                               may no shout of joy be heard in it.
8             願咒詛日子惹海怪的                        May those who curse days curse that day,
                  都同聲咒詛那日.                           those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
9                願晨星昏暗無光,                               May its morning stars became dark;
                  等待日光也徒然,                                   may it wait for daylight in vain
              看不見黎明第一道曙光.                            and not see the first rays of dawn.
10           因那夜懷我的子宮未關,                 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
               讓我看不見隱藏的災難.                                to hide trouble from my eyes.

     (II) 寧願夭折(3:11-19):
11                我何不生下夭折,                                     Why did I not perish at birth,
                   一出母腹就死亡?                                  and die as I came from the womb?
12                為何有雙膝迎我,                                Why were there knees to receive me
                    還有乳哺育我呢?                                 and breasts that I might be nursed?
13                 否則我早就安躺,                             For now I would be lying down in peace;
                     舒適沉睡得安息;                                    I would be asleep and at rest
14                 與世上自建陵墓                               with kings and counselors of the earth,
                     的君王謀士同睡;                     who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
15                 和擁有滿屋金銀                                          with rulers who had gold,
                     的王侯權貴同眠.                                   who filled their houses with silver.
16                 我為何不像埋地           Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child,
                     永不見天日死胎?                          like an infant who never saw the light of day?
17                那裏惡人不再作惡,                                There the wicked cease from turmoil,
                    疲乏的人得到安息.                                    and there the weary are at rest.
18                被擄的奴得享安寧,                                      Captives who enjoy their ease;
                    再聽不見酷吏吆喝.                            they no longer hear the slave driver's shout.
19                老少尊卑全聚那裏,                                    The small and the great are there,
                    奴隸脫主得到自由.                                  and the slave is freed from his master.

      (III) 厭惡生存(3:20-26):
20                為何光要賜給苦難人,                    Why is light given to those in misery,
                    生命要賜給愁苦的人?                           and life to the bitter of soul,
21                他們渴望死卻死不了,             to those who long for death that does not come,
                    尋死的多過找財寶的,             who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22                    有誰下到了陰間                                who are filled with gladness
                        仍然歡喜又快樂?                      and rejoice when they reach the grave?
23                    生命為何要賜給                                 Why is life given to a man
                        前途茫茫無去路                                      whose way is hidden,
                        又被神圍困的人?                                 whom God has hedged in?
24                    我以哀歎替食物,                        For sighing comes to me instead of food;
                        呻吟之聲如泉湧.                                my groans pour out like water.
25                    我害怕的衝向我,                              What I feared has come upon me;
                        恐懼的紛至沓來.                            What I dreaded has happened to me.
26                     我不得安寧平靜,                                I have no peace no quietness;
                        沒安息只有不安.                                I have no rest, but only turmoil."

 II. 第一次辯論(4:1-14:22):
     (I) 以利法答唱(4:1-5:27):
1         提縵人以利法聽約伯唱哀歌後, 以歌答唱:
                                 新 譯                                                  英 文
           1  責難約伯(4:1-5):
2                       人若以言刺激你,                    If someone venture a word with you,
                         你能忍受得了嗎?                              will you be impatient?
                         誰能忍住不說話?                          But who can keep speaking?
3                        試想你教過多人,                   Think how you have instructed many,
                          堅固過不少弱手.                 how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4                        你的話扶趺倒人,             Your words have supported those who stumbled;
                          也堅固過無力膝.                 how you have strengthened faltering knees.
5                        但現災難降你身,                            But now trouble comes to you,
                          使你灰心又喪志;                                and you are discouraged;
                          打擊你使你驚惶.                        it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
            2. 賞善罰惡(4:6-11):
6                       你不是自信敬畏神                     Should not your piety be your confidence
                         且盼望完美無瑕嗎?                        and your blameless ways you hope?
7                              請想一想:                                              Consider now:
                         無辜的人有誰滅亡?                     Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
                         正直的人有誰毀滅?                      Where were the upright ever destroyed?
8                      依我所見, 耕耘罪惡                          As I have observed, those plow evil
                        播種災禍, 必收惡果.                          and those who sow trouble reap it.
9                       神吹口氣就必毀滅;                      At the breath of God they are destroyed;
                         祂一發怒就必滅亡.                          at the blast of his anger they perish.
10                      雄獅咆哮發出怒吼,                               The lions may roar and growl,
                         猛獅利齒全都斷裂.                      yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11                     公獅因無獵物死亡,                              The lion perishes for lack of prey,
                         母獅幼子流離分散.                        and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
           3. 世人卑微(4:12-21):
12                       有話暗中傳給我,                     A word was secretly brought to me,
                           耳中聽見細言語.                        my ears caught a whisper of it.
13                       夜間不安睡夢中,                   Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
                           當世人沉睡夢鄉;                         when deep sleep falls on men,
14                       恐懼戰慄籠罩我,                           fear and trembling seized me
                          全身骨頭都戰抖.                           and made all my bones shake.
15                       幽靈掠過我面前,                             A spirit glided past my face,
                           毛骨悚然髮直豎.                     and the hair on my body stood on end.
16                       那靈突然停下來,                                          It stopped,
                           我卻難辨是何物.                            but I could not tell what it was.
                           只見有形站我前,                             A form stood before my eyes,
                           又聞輕聲對我說:                              and I heard a hushed voice:
17                     "人能比神更公義                    "Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
                          比創造主更純淨?                    Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18                       神若不信其僕人,                       If God places no trust in his servants,
                           指責天使犯過錯;                         if he charges his angels with error,
19                       何況那些住泥屋,               how much more those who live in houses of clay,
                           池基建在塵土上,                             whose foundations are in dust,
                           易碎如蛾的人呢!                   who are crushed more readily than a moth!

20                       早晚必被壓粉碎,               Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
                           不知不覺永毀滅.                                   unnoticed, they forever.
21                       帳棚繩索被拔起,                        Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,
                           死得毫無智慧嗎?."                           so that they die without wisdom?"
           4. 必受苦難(5:1-7):
1                         儘管呼求誰回應?                 Call if you will, but who will answer you?
                           你轉向那個聖者?                  To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2                          憎恨殺死愚昧人,                               Resentment kills a fool,
                            嫉妒誅滅平庸人.                            and envy slays the simple.
3                          我見愚人扎下根,                     I myself have seen a fool taking root,
                            其家卻突受咒詛.                       but suddenly his house was cursed.
4                          他的兒女不安寧,                          His children are far from safety,
                            受審無人作辯護.                       crushed in court without a defender.
5                          饑民吃盡他收成,                           he hungry consume his harvest,
                            荊棘遺糧不放過;                         taking it even from among thorns,
                            乾渴之人望財富.                        and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6                          艱苦並非從地發,                    For hardship does not spring from the soil,
                            災難也非地中萌.                     nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7                          因人生來受苦難,                                Yet mam is born to trouble
                           一如火花向上揚.                               as surely as sparks fly upward.
           5. 全指望神(5:8-16):
8                          若我必向神申訴,                   But if it were I, I would appeal to God;
                            在衪面前訴衷情.                       I would lay my cause before him.
9                          祂行神蹟深莫測;            He performs wonders that can not be fathomed,
                            衪行奇事難勝數.                        miracals that cannot be counted.
10                        衪降雨滋潤大地,                           He bestows rain on the earth;
                            送水去灌溉田野.                     he sends water upon the countryside.
11                        衪置低微於高位,                               The lowly he sets on high,
                            讓哀傷者得安穩.                   and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12                         挫敗奸人的計謀,                        He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
                            使他手作難成功.                     so that their hands achieve no success.
13                         智者之精算失算,                     He catches the wise in their craftiness,
                            狡者之詭謀挫敗.                  and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14                        漆黑白日罩全地,                   Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
                            響午暗中窮摸索.                          at noon they gope as in the night.
15                         救貧困離口中劍,              He saves the needy from the sword in that mouth;
                            逃過強人手中杖.                he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16                         使窮人都有指望,                                 So the poor have hope,
                             不義者閉口無言.                             and injustice shuts its mouth.
             6. 受懲得福(5:17-27):
17                        神糾正的人有福,                 Blessed is the man whom God corrects;
                           勿輕全能者管教.           so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18                        祂弄傷親自包紮,                   For he wounds, but he also binds up;
                           祂打傷親手醫治.                     he injures, but his hands also heal.
19                        六次遭難祂救你,                    From six calamities will rescue you;
                           即使七次也無恙.                      in seven no harm will befall you.
20                       逢饑荒救你離死亡,              In famine he will ransom you from death,
                           戰場上不受刀砍殺.              and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21                        保你不受口舌害,          You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
                           不必害怕禍臨頭.               and need not fear when destruction comes.
22                       災難饑荒一笑了,                 You will laugh at destruction and famine,
                           地上野獸不必怕.                 and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23                       你與田間石立約,   For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
                           與野獸和平相處.              and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24                       你知道帳棚安穩,                     You will know that your tent is secure;
                           盤點家產無所失. you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25                        兒孫繁衍眾又多,               You will know that your children will be many
                            後裔繁盛如青草.             and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26                        壽高體健才歸陰,                    You will come to the grave in full vigor,
                            如禾捆到時收集.                          like sheaves gathered in season.

27                       "我們細察均屬實;                     "we have examined this, and it is true.
                            你要細聽身力行."                        So hear it and apply it to yourself."

   (II) 約伯辯駁(6:1-7:21):
1         約伯答辯, 歌曰:
                                     新 譯                                                    英 文
            1. 自述苦況(6:1-7):
2                          願我的痛苦可過稱,                  "If only my anguish could be weighed
                            我的厄運可上天平!                 and all my misery be place on the scales!
3                           定必比海沙更沉重,             I would surely outweigh the sand of the seas -
                             難怪我的言語急躁.               no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4                           全能主的箭射中我,                    The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
                             我的靈在喝箭中毒;                         my spirit drinks in their poison;
                             神集中恐怖攻擊我.                    God's terrors are marshaled against me.
5                           野驢有草還哀嘶嗎?                  Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
                             公牛有料還窮叫嗎?                       or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6                            無味的食物不加鹽,                       Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
                             蛋白之中會有味嗎?                     or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
7                            這些食物令我惡心,                                    I refuse to touch it,
                              我絕對不會去親嚐.                                  such food makes me ill.
              2. 願神剪除(6:8-13):
8                             "但願我得我所求,                  "Oh, that I might have my request,
                                神施恩賜我所盼.                 that God would grant what I hope for,
9                              願神把我全粉碎,                 that God would be willing to crush me,
                                放手把我盡剪除!                   to let loose his hand and cut me off!
10                            這樣我還得安慰,                  Then I would still have this consolation -
                                極端痛苦仍歡欣,                           my joy in unrelenting pain -
                                因我未棄聖者道.            that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

11                          "是何力量使我有望?         "What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
                               甚麼遠景使我忍耐?                What prospects, that I should be patient?
12                           我有石頭般氣力嗎?                        Do I have the strength of stone?
                               我的肉體壯如銅嗎?                                  Is my flesh bronze?
13                            成功既被剝奪無遺,                      Do I have any power to help myself,
                               我有力量幫自己嗎?                 now that success has been driven from me?
               3. 責友乏愛(6:14-23):
14                "即使心不敬畏全能者  "A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends,
                     絕望者亦應信任友好,          even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15                 我的弟兄像間歇山溪, But my brothers are as undependable as intermitent streams,
                     又像溢洪河川不可靠;                         as the streams that overflow.
16                        融冰激濁流,                             when darkened by thawing ice
                            融雪河水漲,                             and swollen with melting snow,
17                         旱季水斷流,                      but that cease to flow in the dry season ,
                             遇熱河中消.                    and in the heat vanish from their channels.
18                        商隊偏離原道,                      Caravans turn aside from their routes;
                            行上荒野死亡.                   they go up into the wasteland and perish.
19                        提瑪商隊尋水,                       The caravans of Tema look for water,
                            示巴商旅企盼.                the traveling merchants of Sehba look in hope.
20                         因抱信心沮喪;          They are distressed because they had been confident;
                             到了那裏失望.                    they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
21                        足證你孤立無援,                   Now you too have proved to be of no help;
                            見災禍心中害怕.                   you see something dreadful and are afraid.
22                   我不是說過: '請代我付出,          have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf,
                         以你的財富為我付贖金,                 pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
23                      從敵人的手中把我救出,                deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
                          從暴徒牢中把我贖出嗎?'           ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless?'
                 4. 勸友公平(6:24-30):
24                            請教我我會靜聽;                           Teach me, and I will be quiet,
                               告訴我錯在耶裏.                       show me where I have been wrong.
25                            說話誠實多痛苦!                          How painful are honest words!
                               爭辯能證明甚麼?                       But what do your arguments prove?
26                           你們要糾正我言,                         Do you mean to correct what I say,
                               視絕望人語如風?           and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
27                          你們要抽籤得孤兒,                  You would even cast lots for the fatherless
                              把朋友當作物交換.                             and barter away your friend.

28                          請你們好好看著我,                        But now be so kind as to look at me,
                              我會當你們面說謊?                                Would I lie to your face?
29                          要悔改不要不公道,                                 Relent, do not be unjust;
                              再考慮勿傷我人格.                       reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
30                          我的舌還是邪惡嗎?                         Is there any wickedness on my lips?
                              我的口不辨奸惡嗎?                          Can my mouth not discern malice?
                5. 人生愁苦(7:1-10):
1                      人生在世怎能不作地上苦役?           Does not man have hard service on earth?
                        他的日子怎能不與雇工一樣?           Are not his days like those of a hired man?
2                         像奴僕終日盼黃昏日影,             Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
                           像雇工朝夕望早發工資.             or a hired man waiting eagerly for the wages,
3                         我一生也度過虛空歲月,                 so I have been allotted months of futility,
                           熬過了無數的悲慘黑夜.           and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
4                         我躺下想多久才會起來?      When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?'
                           長夜漫漫我輾轉至天明.                 The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
5                              我身上長滿蟲疥,                    My body is clothed with worms and scabs,
                                弄得我皮破膿流.                             my skin is broken and festering.

6                               我日子飛逝如梭,           My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
                                 衝向沒盼望終點.                   and they to an end without hope.
7                      神啊! 我的生命只不過是口氣;  Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;
                             我的眼目永見不到福樂.           my eyes will never see happiness again.
8                          看我的眼, 再也看不見我;    The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
                           你們想找我, 再也找不到我.       you will look for me, but I will be no more.
9                             像天上雲彩消散無蹤,                    As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
                               如陰間的人一去無回.    so he who goes down to the grave does not return.
10                            永遠回不了自己的家,               He will never come to his house again;
                                故鄉不再有人認識他.                    his place will know him no more.
                6. 怨神過嚴(7:11-21):
11                     "因此我不再靜默;                       "Therefore, I will not keep silent;
                          大聲說出靈憂傷,                 I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit,
                           盡情傾訴心中苦.                I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12                      我豈是大洋或海怪.                Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,
                         你竟令守衛看守我?                         that you put me under guard?
13                     當我想床會安慰我,                     When I think my bed will comfort me
                         我的臥榻會減悲情;                     and my couch will ease my complaint;
14                      你還是用惡夢嚇我,                    even then you frighten me with dreams
                          顯怪異象使我惶恐;                               and terrify me with vision;
15                      因此我寧願上吊死                         so that I prefer strangling and death,
                          也不願意留住軀體.                             rather than this body of mine.
16               我厭惡生命, 不願永遠活下去;               I despise my life; I could not live forever.
                   就任由我吧, 因我日子沒意義.               Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

17                 人算甚麼, 你竟這樣看重他,           What is man that you make so much of him,
                            這樣特別看顧他,                       that you give him so much attention,
18                         每天早晨察看他,                       that you examine him every morning
                             無時無刻試煉他?                            and test him every moment?
19                         求你永不看著我,                         Will you never look away from me,
                             即使片刻不管我?                        or let me alone even for an instant?
20                         鑒察世人的主啊!                     If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
                             我犯罪與你何干?                                     O watcher of men?
                             為何把我當箭靶?                       Why have you made me your target?
                             難道我成你負擔?                           Have I become a burden to you?
21                         為何不赦我過犯,                         Why do you not pardon my offenses
                             也原諒我的罪惡?                                     and forgive my sins?
                             因我快要歸塵土,                          For I will soon lie down in the dust;
                         你們找我, 我卻不在了!"              you will search for me, but I will be no more."

(III) 比勒達答唱(8:1-22):
1       書亞人比勒達答唱, 歌曰:                               Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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         1. 公正無私(8:1-7):
2             "你這樣說要到幾時?                              "How long will you say such things?
                你的話像一陣狂風.                                 Your words are a blustering wind.
3              神怎會妨礙公義呢?                                       Does God prevent justice?
                當你的兒女得罪衪.                            Does the Almighty prevent what is right?
4              全能者會不公正嗎?                             When your children sinned against him,
                只交出他們受懲罰.                          he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5              你若真誠仰望真神,                                         But if you will look to God
                並且向全能主懇求;                                       and plead with the Almighty,
6              你若既純潔又正直,                                        If you are pure and upright,
                祂必為你挺身而出,                          even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
                恢復你公義的地位.                                 and restore you to your rightful place.
7              你開始時似甚卑微,                                    Your beginnings will seem humble,
                但將來必繁榮昌盛.                                     so prosperous will your future be.
          2. 唯有靠神(8:8-19):
8            請你去問問以前的世代,                                      Ask the former generations
              他們列祖得到甚麼教訓;                            and find out what their fathers learned,
9            因我們昨日才生無所知,                   for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
              我們在世日子只是影兒.                            and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10          難道他們沒教你告訴你?                              Will they not instruct you and tell you?
              他們沒有說出理解的話?              Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
11              蒲草無泥怎能生長?                        Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
                  蘆葦無水怎能茂盛?                                    Can reeds thrive without water?
12               正在生長未收割時,                                      While still growing and uncut,
                   比青草還枯萎得快.                                 they wither more quickly than grass.
13               這是忘記神者命運,                              Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
                   無神者希望的幻滅.                                  so perishes the hope of the godless.
14               他信靠的脆弱易碎,                                          What he trust in is fragile;
                   他依賴的只是蛛網.                                     what he relies on is spider's web.
15               他依靠蛛網卻網破;                                  He leans on his web, but it gives way;
                   他緊抓網子卻抓空.                                    he clings to it, but it does not hold.
16               像陽光下足水作物,                            He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
                   嫩枝處處長滿全園;                                   spreading its shoots over the garden;
17               根條盤繞在石堆間,                                 it entwines its root around a pile of rocks
                   在石頭中找扎根處.                                  and looks for a place among the stones.
18               但他若就地被拔出,                                        But when it is torn from its spot,
                  地會說從未見過你,                             that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'
19               他的生命就此凋逝,                                            Surely its life withers away,
                  別的植物自會長出.                                       and from the soil other plants grow.
          3. 神保義人(8:20-22):
20               神的確不棄無瑕人,                                 Surely God does not reject a blameless man
                   也不會增強惡人手.                                        or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
21               衪使你口充滿歡笑,                                      He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
                   讓你的嘴發出歡呼.                                             and your lips with shouts of joy.
22               使你仇敵身披羞辱,                                        Your enemies will be clothed in shame,
                   惡人帳棚永遠消失.                                    and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

    (IV) 約伯辯駁(9:1-10:22):
1          約伯答辯, 歌曰:
            1. 神的智能(9:1-12):
2               我深知道這些都是事實,                              Indeed, I know that this is true.
                 但人在神面前怎能稱義?                  But how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3               雖然有人妄想與祂爭辯,                        Though one wished to dispute with him,
                 千次之中他也不能答一.               he could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
4               衪的智慧深奧能力巨大;                       His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.
                 抗拒衪的誰能全身而退?                  Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
5                衪不知不覺中移山倒海;                   He moves mountains without thier knowing it
                  在祂的怒氣中翻轉山巒.                              and overturns them in his anger.
6                   大地為之震動移位,                               He shakes the earth from its place
                     地的支柱不住動搖.                                   and makes its pillars tremble.
7                   祂向日言日就無光;                         He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;
                     祂把星光全都封住.                                  he seals off the light of the stars.
8                   衪獨自把蒼天展開,                                 He alone stretches out the heavens
                     怡然步行海浪之上.                                 and treads on the waves of the sea.
9                   祂造北斗獵戶星座,                               He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion,
                     金牛七星南方星群.                        the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10                  衪行神蹟高深莫測,                        He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
                      又作奇事不可勝數.                                    miracles that cannot be counted.
11               衪從我身邊過我看不見;                             When he passes me, I cannot see him;
                   在我面前行走我不察覺.                            when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12                  祂若奪取誰能攔阻?                               If he snatches away, who can stop him?
                    誰敢問衪, '你幹甚麼?'                            Who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'
           2. 為罪受苦(9:13-35):
13                 神從不抑制衪的怒氣,                                   God does not restrain his anger,
              即使拉哈伯死黨在衪腳下也畏縮.                 even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
14                 那我怎麼敢跟祂爭辯?                                  How then can I dispute with him?
                     用甚麼言詞跟衪辯論?                             How can I find words to argue with him?
15                 我雖無辜也無言以對,                         Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;
                     只向審判我的求憐憫.                             I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
16                 即使我呼求衪也回應;                             Even if I summoned him and he responded,
                     我真不相信衪會垂聽.                             I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
17                   反會用暴風擊打我,                                        He would crush me with a storm
                       無理加重我的創傷.                                   and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18                   祂不會讓我喘口氣,                                     He would not let me regain my breath
只                      會使我更加悲慘.                                      but would overwhelm me with misery.
19                    論力量衪大有能力!                                  If it is a matter of strength , he is mighty!
                        論審判誰能傳喚祂?                     And if it is a matter of justice, who will summon him?

20             即使我無辜, 我的口也會譴責我;       Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
                 即使我無瑕, 他們也會判我有罪.            if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

21                          我雖然完美,                                        Although I am blameless,
                              卻不顧自己;                                     I have no concern for myself;
                              更厭惡己命.                                          I despise my own life.
22                     若都一樣, 所以我說:                           If it is all the same, that is why I say,
                   衪把完美的人和惡人一起毀滅.'            He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'
23                     當災難突然使人喪命,                           When a scourge brings sudden death,
                         祂嘲笑無辜者的遭遇.                           he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24                      當世界落在惡人手中,                    When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,
                         衪蒙蔽審判官的眼目.                                      he blindfolds its judges.
                         若不是衪, 還有誰呢?                                   if it is not he, then who is it?

25                   我的日子飛逝比飛毛腿快,                            My days are swifter than a runner;
                       日子如飛逝去卻不見喜樂.                         they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
26                           又如蒲船掠過,                                 They skim past like boats of papyrus,
                               如鷹俯撲獵物.                               like eagles swooping down on their prey.
27                      我若說, '我要忘記悲情,                             If I say, 'I will forget my complaint,
                            改變表情, 面帶微笑.'                           I will change my expression, and smile.'
28                        我仍然害怕我的苦痛,                                   I still dread all my sufferings,
                           因我知你不會視我無辜.                         for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29                       我既然早就被定為有罪,                                Since I am already found guilty,
                           為何我還要作無謂掙扎?                                 why should I struggle in vain?
30                        即使我用肥皂潔淨我身,                              Even if I washed myself with soap
                            同時使用鹼液洗淨我手.                              and my hands with washing soda,
31                        你還是會把我扔入深坑,                            you would plunge me into a slime pit
                            連我的衣服都會憎惡我.                         so that even my clothes would detest me.

32                        衪不像我是人可回答衪;            He is not a man like me that I might answer him,
                            可以大家一起對簿公堂.                 that we might confront each other in court.
33                        只要我們之間有人仲裁,           If only there were someone to attribute between us,
                            他手按在我們雙方身上.                           to lay his hands upon us both,
34                        有人使神的刑杖離開我,                     someone to remove God's rod from me,
                            讓我不再害怕衪的威嚴.                  so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35                        我就可大膽說話不畏衪,                    Then I would speak up without fear of him,
                            但我仍懼怕不敢頂撞衪.                        but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
            3. 神定人罪(10:1-12):
1                           "我非常厭惡我的生命,                                "I loathe my very life;
                              因此我要盡情吐苦情,               therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
                              放聲說出我心中苦楚.                  and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
2                            我對神說不要譴責我,                     I will say to God: Do not condemn me,
                              但要告訴我指控罪名.                but tell me what charges you have against me.
3                            你向惡人詭計微笑時,                           Does it please you to oppress me,
                              你是否以有人欺壓我                             to spurn the work of your hands,
                              和輕看你手作工為樂?                 while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
4                            你是否有凡人的肉眼?                               Do you have eyes of flesh?
                              與凡人一樣去看世事?                             Do you see as a mortal sees?
5                            你的日子跟凡人一樣,                        Are your days like those of a mortal
                              你的年歲跟世人無異;                          or your years like those of a man,
6                            你必需找出我的過失                          that you must search out my faults
                              及仔細查察我的罪過;                                  and probe after my sin -
7                            即使你知道我是無罪,                         though you know that I am not guilty
                              無人能從你手中救我?                 and that no one can rescue me from your hand?

8                               你的雙手塑我造我,                     Your hands shaped me and made me.
                                 你現要轉手毀我嗎?                       Will you now turn and destroy me?
9                              記住你是用泥捏造我.                  Remember that you molded me like clay.
                                現要把我變回塵土嗎?                      Will you now turn me to dust again?
10                            你曾把我像牛奶倒出,                         Did you not pour me out like milk
                                又把我像奶酪般凝固,                               and curdle me like cheese,
11                            然後給我披上皮與肉,                              clothe me with skin and flesh
                                再用筋骨連成一體嗎?                 and knit me together with bones and sinews?
12                             你賜我生命仁慈待我;                   You gave me life and showed me kindness,
                                 並眷顧護佑我的心靈.                 and in your providence watched over my spirit.
             4. 不如夭折(10:13-22):
13                            然而你把這些隱藏心中,          But this is what you concealed in your heart,
                                我也知道這是你的旨意.              and I know that this was in your mind.
14                            我若犯罪你定會鑒察我;              If I sinned, you would be watching me
                                而且不會赦免我的過犯.          and would not let my offense go unpunished.
15                              我若是有罪就有禍了!                         If I am guilty - woe to me!
                                  即使無辜也抬不起頭;           Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,
                                     因為我滿懷羞愧,                                for I am full of shame
                                     淹沒在苦難之中.                           and drowned in my affliction.
16                                  我若是昂首自得,                                If I hold my head high,
                                      你就獵我如獵獅;                               you stalk me like a lion;
                                      再以大能打擊我.            and again display your awesome power against me.
17                                   請新證人指控我,                         You bring new witness against me
                                       增加對我的怒氣,                        and increase your anger toward me;
                                 你的大軍一波一波攻擊我.            your forces come against me wave upon wave,

18                             你為何還要讓我出母胎呢?          Why then did you bring me out of the womb?
                                 我真想被人看見前就夭折.              I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
19                                   我就不會來到世上,                    If only I had never come into being,
                                      直接從母胎進墳墓! or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
20                               我很少的日子就此消逝?                   Are not my few days almost over?
                             走開! 讓我進入去而不返之地前,  Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy
                                      能夠有片刻的歡樂.                     before I go to the place of no return,
21                                      那地幽暗漆黑,                      to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
                                             深夜陰沉,                                 to the land of deepest night,
22                                          蔭暗無序,                                of deep shadow and disorder,
                                       即使有光, 也是漆黑."                  where even the light is like darkness."

     (V) 瑣法答唱(11:1-20):
1 拿瑪人瑣法答唱, 歌曰:
            1. 指責自義(11:2-6):
2                   "這些話都無答案嗎?                      "Are all these words to go unanswered?
                      說話的人可稱義嗎?                              Is this talker to be vindicated?
3                  你的胡言能使人閉口嗎?                   Will your idle talk reduce men to silence?
                    你嘲諷時沒人指責你嗎?                    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4                 你對神說, '我的信仰純正,                   You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless
                         我在你眼前純潔.'                                 and I am pure in your sight.'
5                      啊! 我真想神說話.                          Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
                         祂會開口攻擊你,                           that he would open his lips against you
6                      向你解開智慧奧秘,                        and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
                        因真智慧都有兩面.                                  for true wisdom has two sides.
                   要知道: 神已忘記你一些罪.           Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
            2. 神察人罪(11:7-12):
7                     你能測透神的奧秘嗎?                         Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
                       能洞悉全能者極限嗎?                       Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8                         兩者都高過諸天,                               They are higher than the heavens,
                           你能做些甚麼呢?                                           what can you do?
                           兩者都深過陰間,                       They are deeper than the depths of the grave,
                           你能知道甚麼呢?                                          what can you know?
9                       兩者量度都比地還長,                         Their measure is longer than the earth
                                比海更寬.                                            and wider than the sea.
10                       衪若前來把你囚禁,                        If he come along and confines you in prison
                           開庭審你誰敢反對?                       and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11                      祂當然認得詭詐小人,                            Surely he recongnizes deceiful men;
                          看見罪惡祂怎能不理?                    and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
12                        無知之人欲成智者,                       But a witless man can no more become wise
                            比野驢生人還要難.                       than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
              3. 悔改離罪(11:13-20):
13                          你若真心歸向衪,                              Yet if you devote your heart to him
                              又向他伸出雙手;                              and stretch out your hands to him;
14                           你若拋棄手中罪,                       if you put away the sin that is in your hand
                               不容惡居你帳中;                            and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15                           就可昂首心無愧,                        that you will lift up your face without shame;
                               站穩腳步不懼怕.                               you will stand firm and without fear.
16                           忘記一切苦與難,                                You will surely forget your trouble,
                               苦難消逝如流水.                                recalling it only as waters gone by.
17                            人生光明勝響午,                                Life will be brighter than noonday,
                                黑暗明亮如清晨.                            and darkness will become like morning.
18                            因有盼望人安穩,                           You will be secure, because there is hope;
                                四圍平靖得安息.                  you will look about you and take your rest to safety.
19                            安然躺臥不害怕,                    You will be down, with no one to make you afraid,
                                且有多人來求恩.                                  and many will court your favor.
20                             惡人眼目必昏花,                               But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
                                欲逃無路心慌亂,                                     and escape will elude them;
                                希望落空身氣絕."                              their hope will become a dying gasp."

       (VI) 約伯辯駁(12:1-14:22):
1 約伯答辯, 歌曰:
                1. 自信有智(12:1-12):
2                     你們無疑是凡人,                               "Doubtless you are the people,
                       智慧莫不隨死去!                                and wisdom will die with you!
3                    我的頭腦不輸你們;                            But I have a mind as well as you;
                      也絕對不比你們差.                                   I am not inferior to you.
                      有誰不知道這些事?                          Who does not know all these things?

4                     我求告神得到回應,                    I have become a laughingstock to my friends,
                       竟成為朋友的笑柄,                      though I called upon God and he answered -
                       公義完美也被嘲笑!             a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
5                    隨和的人不在乎不幸,                      Men at ease have contempt for misfortune
                      一如腳滑倒者的命運.                      as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6                    強盜的帳棚不受干擾,                         The tents of marauders are undisturbed,
                      手拿神像干犯神怒的                           and those who provoke God are secure -
                      反而泰順平穩安無事.                          those who carry their god in their hands.

7                      田野走獸會教導你,                      But as the animals and they will teach you,
                        空中飛鳥會告訴你;                     or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8                      問大地也會教訓你,                       or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
                        大海魚亦會明示你.                            or let the fish of the sea inform you.
9                     從這一切蹟像看起來,                             Which of all these does not know
                       誰不知都是神手做的?                        that the hand of the Lord has done this?
10                   他的手掌握生物生命,                        In his hand is the life of every creature
                       同時掌控全人類氣息.                              and the breath of all mankind.
11                     耳尕豈不測驗言語,                                 Does not the ear test words
                         舌頭豈不嚐試食物?                                  as the tongue tastes food?
12                      智慧豈非出自耆老?                         Is not wisdom found among the aged?
                         長壽豈非令人明理?                         Does not long life bring understanding?
              2. 神的智能(12:13-25):
13                       智慧與能力皆屬神,                         To God belong wisdom and power;
                           謀略與睿智也屬衪.                         counsel and understanding are his.
14                       衪拆毀的不能重建,                      What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
                           衪囚禁的不能釋放.                    the man he imprisons cannot be released.
15                       衪攔阻流水就天旱,                  If he holds back the waters, there is drought;
                           衪放任水流就泛濫.                  if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16                       力量與勝利均屬神,                          To him belong strength and victory;
                           騙人與騙子也屬衪.                          both deceived and deceiver are his.
17                        衪帶走剝光的謀士,                          He leads counselors away stripped
                           使愚人擔任審判官.                                 and makes fools of judges.
18                      祂打開君王囚人枷鎖,                     he takes off the shackles put on by kings
                          再用纏腰布捆綁君王.                       and ties a loincloth around their waist.
19                       衪又把祭司剝光帶走,                             He leads priests away stripped
                          更推翻人長久的建制.                         and overthrows men long established.
20                       衪使老成的謀士閉口,                        He silences the lips of trusted advisers
                           也使資深的長老糊塗.                      and takes away the discernment of elders.
21                       祂鄙視世上高官權貴,                                He pours contempt on nobles
                           並且解除強人的武裝.                                    and disarms the mighty.
22                       祂顯示漆黑中的事物,                         He reveals the deep things of darkness
                           並把死蔭帶入光明中.                         and brings deep shadows into the light.
23                       祂強大列國毀滅列國,                      He makes nations great, and destroys them;
                           並壯大列國分散列國.                             leaders of the earth of their reason;
                           使他們流浪無路荒野.                he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
25                       在漆黑無光之中摸索,                             They grope in darkness with no light;
                           他們如醉漢東倒西歪.                            he makes them stagger like drunkards.
              3. 責友妄證(13:1-12):
1                          "我親眼見過這一切,                              "My eyes have seen all this,
                              親耳聽過而且明白.                      my ears have heard and understood it.
2                            你們知道我也知道;                              Why you know, I also know;
                              我絕對不比你們差.                                  I am not inferior to you.
3                            我想向全能者說話,                         But I desire to speak to the Almighty
                              與神辯論我的案情.                             and to argue my case with God.
4                            而你們撒謊中傷我,                           You, however, smear me with lies;
                              你們全是誤人庸醫!                       you are worthless physicians, all of you!
5                            但願你們全都閉嘴!                         If only you would be altogether silent!
                              就算你們都有智慧.                              For you, that would be wisdom.
6                            現請你們聽我辯解,                                    Hear now my argument;
                              細聽我口中的申訴.                                 listen to the plead of my lips.
7                       你們要代神說邪惡的話嗎?                    Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf?
                             要為祂說詭詐之言嗎?                            will you speak deceitfully for him?
8                           你們都要去偏袒祂嗎?                                Will you show him partiality?
                             你們都要為神爭辯嗎?                             Will you argue the case for God?
9                      祂若檢驗你們, 你們能過關嗎?                 Would it turn out well if he examined you?
                         你們能騙衪像騙世人一樣嗎?            Could you deceive him as you might deceive men?
10                           你們若暗中偏袒衪,                                   He would surely rebuke you
                               祂必定會責備你們.                                If you secretly showed partiality.
11                       祂的榮光不會嚇倒你們嗎?                          Would not his splendor terrify you?
                           祂的可畏不會震懾你們嗎?                       Would not the dread of him fall on you?
12                             你們的格言如灰燼,                             Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
                                 你們的辯詞如泥土.                              your defenses are defenses of clay.
                4. 表白無罪(13:13-19):
13                    "請閉嘴細聽我言,                                "Keep silent and let me speak;
                         該來的就讓它來.                                 then let come to me what may.
14                   你們為何陷我於險境,                           Why do you put myself in jeopardy
                       且奪去我手中的生命?                              and take my life in my hands?
15                 衪雖想殺我, 我仍仰望衪;                    Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;
                     在祂的面前, 我要為己辯.                      I will surely defend my ways to his face.
16                 這的確會轉變成我的拯救,                   Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,
                     因無神的人不敢到祂面前!               for no godless man would dare come before him!
17                        請細聽我說的話,                                   Listen carefuly to my words;
                            耳朵聽進我的言.                                let your ears take in what I say.
18                       現我已備好我訴狀,                             Now that I have prepared my case,
                           我知道我必得平反.                                   I know I will be vindicated.
19                       還有誰能再控告我?                           Can anyone bring charges against me?
                   若有, 我就閉口不言, 視死而歸.                            If so, I will be silent and die.
               5. 直質問神(13:20-28):
20                    "神啊! 只要准我兩請求,                  "Only grant me these two things, O God,
                          我就不再躲避你的面:                         and then I will not hide from you:
21                      請挪開你手遠離我身;                          Withdraw your hand far from me,
                          勿以恐怖手段恐嚇我.                    and stop frightening me with your terrors.
22                      再傳喚我好讓我申訴;                         Then summon me and I will answer,
                          或者讓我說話你回答.                              or let me speak, and you reply.
23                      我犯了多少過錯罪惡?                   how many wrongs and sins have I committed?
                          請明示我的過犯罪孽,                             Show me my offense and my sin.
24                        你為甚麼對我掩面,                                   Why do you hide your face
                            把我當作你的敵人?                                and consider me your enemy?
25                       你會折磨風吹落葉嗎?                          Will you torment a windblown leaf?
                           你會追逐枯乾糠秕嗎?                             Will you chase after dry chaff?
26                       因你寫下罪狀控訴我,                   For you write down bitter things against me
                           讓我承擔幼年犯罪惡.                    and make me inherit the sins of my youth.
27                       你上緊我腳上的腳鐐,                             You fasten my feet in shackles;
                           在我的腳掌上作記號,                        you keep close watch on all my paths
                           密切注意我所有行徑,                      by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
28                         故世人消逝如腐物,                      So man wastes away like something rotten,
                             如蛀蟲蛀蝕的衣裳. l                               ike a garment eaten by moths."
                 6. 人生短暫(14:1-22):
1                            人都是婦人所生,                                  "Man born of woman
                              日子少少患難多.                         is of few days and full of trouble.
2                            綻放如花瞬凋萎,                 He springs up like a flower and withers away;
                              如影飛逝不長久.                   like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3                      你有沒有注視到這樣的人?                  Do you fix your eyes on such a one?
                        你會帶他到你面前受審嗎?            Will you bring him before you for judgment?
4                      誰能從污穢中帶出純淨的?            Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
                                 一個也沒有!                                                No one!
5                            人的日子早有定數,                            Man's days are determined;
                              他的月數由你決定,                you have decreed the number of the months
                              設定極限不得超越.                      and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6                             請轉眼不看由他去,                  So look away from him and let him alone,
                              至他像雇工耗時日.                  till he has put in his time like a hired man.

7                           樹木至少有下列希望:                       At least there is hope for a tree:
                                 樹若砍下仍再生,                      If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
                                 新枝生長不停息.                           and its new shoots will not fail.
8                               根雖地中衰老去,                      its roots may grow old in the ground
                                 幹亦土裏枯乾死;                             and its stump die in the soil;
9                               一旦水潤就萌芽,                        yet at the scent of water it will bud
                                 伸展枝條如植物.                           and put forth shoots like a plant.
10                              而人死後倒地下,                              But man dies and is laid low;
                                  最後氣絕歸無有.                         he breathes his last and is no more.
11                              一如水從大海消,                           As water disappears from the sea
                                  又若河床枯乾竭;                       or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
12                              人一躺下不再起,                          so man lies down and does not rise;
                                  直至諸天全消失,               till the heavens are no more, men will not awake
                                  沉睡終日喚不醒.                               or he roused from their sleep.

13                              但願你把我藏陰間,                    If only you would hide me in the grave
                                  隱藏直至你怒氣消!                 and conceal me till your anger has passed!
                                  也願你為我定時限,                          if only you would set me a time
                                  永遠記念我毋相忘!                               and then remember me!
14                              人若死了還能活嗎?                         If a man dies, will he live again?
                                  在我所有勞苦日子,                          All the days of my hard service
                                  等待重獲新生到來.                        I will wait for my renewal to come.
15                              你一呼喚我就回應;                        You will call and I will answer you;
                                  你必渴念你親手造,           you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16                               定必點數我的腳步,                      Surely then you will count my steps
                                  不再追究我的罪過.                            but not keep track for my sin.
17                               把我過犯密封袋中,                     My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
                                   盡力遮蓋我的罪惡.                               you will cover over my sin.

18-19                          然而你毀滅人希望,                 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
                                   像座大山腐融崩裂,                    and as rock is moved from its place,
                                   又如岩石移開原位.                          as water wears away stones
                                   也若流水磨穿頑石,                      and torrents wash away the soil,
                                   更像洪流沖刷泥沙.                          so you destroy man's hope.
20                                你永遠勝他他消逝;           You overpower him once for all, and he is gone;
                                    改他容顏把他攆走.          you change the countenance and send him away.
21                                子孫受尊崇他不知;              If his sons are honored, he does not know it;
                                    後裔受貶抑他不見.                if they are brought low, he does not see it.
22                                他只感受己身痛苦,                     He feels but the pain of his own body
                                    只能為己傷心哀痛.                            and mourns only for himself."