Jó 16

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 I have heard many such things:

Miserable comforters are ye all.

3 Shall vain words have an end?

Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

4 I also could speak as ye do;

If your soul were in my soul’s stead,

I could join words together against you,

And shake my head at you.

5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,

And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.

6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged;

And though I forbear, what am I eased?

7 But now he hath made me weary:

Thou hast made desolate all my company.

8 And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me:

And my leanness riseth up against me,

It testifieth to my face.

9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me;

He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:

Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;

They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:

They gather themselves together against me.

11 God delivereth me to the ungodly,

And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;

Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:

He hath also set me up for his mark.

13 His archers compass me round about;

He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;

He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach;

He runneth upon me like a giant.

15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,

And have laid my horn in the dust.

16 My face is red with weeping,

And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

17 Although there is no violence in my hands,

And my prayer is pure.

18 O earth, cover not thou my blood,

And let my cry have no resting-place.

19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,

And he that voucheth for me is on high.

20 My friends scoff at me:

But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God,

And of a son of man with his neighbor!

22 For when a few years are come,

I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

约伯反嘲安慰人的反叫人愁烦

1 约伯回答说：

2 "像这样的话，我听了很多；

你们都是叫人愁烦的安慰者。

3 虚空的言语，有穷尽吗？

或有甚么惹你答个不休的呢？

4 你们若处在我的景况，

我也能像你们那样说话，

我也能砌辞攻击你们，

并且能向你们摇头。

5 我能用口鼓励你们，

我嘴唇的安慰，能缓和你们的痛苦。

力陈他的痛苦

6 我若说话，痛苦仍不消解，

我若闭口不说，痛苦也不离开我。

7 现在　神使我困倦，

‘你蹂躏了我的全家，

8 又把我捆绑起来。’这就作为证据；

我身体的枯瘦也当面作证反对我。

9 他的怒气撕裂我，攻击我；

他向我咬牙切齿，

我的敌人以锐利的眼光看着我。

10 他们向我大大张嘴，

以蔑视的态度打我的脸颊，

联合一起攻击我。

11 　神把我交给不义的人，

把我丢在恶人的手中。

12 我本来安逸，他却把我压碎；

掐着我的颈项，把我摔碎；

又把我当作他的箭靶。

13 他的弓箭手四面包围我，

他剖开我的腰子，全不顾惜，

把我的胆倾倒在地上。

14 他把我破伤，在破口上又加破伤，

如勇士一般向我直冲。

15 我把麻布缝在我的皮肤上，

把我的角插入尘土中。

16 我的脸因哭泣而发红，

在我的眼皮上满是黑影。

17 然而在我的手中没有强暴，

我的祷告也是清洁的。

向 神哭诉

18 地啊，不要遮盖我的血；

不要让我的哀求有停留的地方。

19 现今，在天上有我的见证，

在高天之上，有我的证人。

20 讥笑我的，就是我的朋友，

我的眼向　神流泪。

21 但愿人可以为人与　神分辩，

正如世人为朋友辩白一样。

22 因为我的年数将尽，

我快要走上那条一去不返的路。"