1 Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,
2 Job made answer and said,
3 Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.
4 That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;
5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
6 That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
7 As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it;
8 Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.
10 Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.
11 Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?
12 Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?
13 For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,
14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;
15 Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;
16 Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
17 There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
18 There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
22 Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
23 To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
25 For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.
26 I have no peace, no quiet, and no rest; nothing but pain comes on me.
1 后来， 约伯开口咒诅自己的生日。
2 约伯说：
3 "愿我生的那日泯灭， 人说怀男胎的那夜灭没。
4 愿那日变成黑暗， 愿 神不从上面眷顾， 愿光明不照耀在其上。
5 愿黑暗与死荫索讨那日， 愿密云停留在上面， 愿白天的昏黑惊吓它。
6 愿那夜被幽暗夺去， 不让它连在平日之中， 列入月数之内。
7 愿那夜没有生育， 也没有欢乐的声音。
8 那些咒诅日子、善于惹动海怪的， 愿他们咒诅那夜。
9 愿那夜黎明的星星变成黑暗， 愿那夜等候发光却不亮， 见不到清晨的曙光。
10 因为那夜没有把我母胎的门关闭， 也没有把苦难隐藏， 使我看不见。
11 我为什么不一离母胎就死去？我为什么不一出母腹就断气？
12 为什么有膝承接我？为什么有乳哺养我？
13 不然， 我早已躺下安息，
14 与世上那些为自己建造陵墓的君王和谋士同睡，
15 或与那些拥有黄金， 房屋装满银子的王侯同眠。
16 我为什么不像暗中流产的胎， 未见天日的婴孩， 归于无有呢？
17 在那里， 恶人止息搅扰， 筋疲力尽的得安息；
18 被囚的同享安宁； 听不见督工的声音；
19 老少尊卑都在那里， 奴仆脱离主人的辖制。
20 为什么有光明赐给劳碌的人， 有生命赐给苦命的人呢？
21 他们想死却死不了， 找死胜于找宝藏；
22 他们找到坟墓就高兴， 非常欢喜快乐。
23 为什么有生命赐给前途茫茫， 又被 神四面围困的人呢？
24 我以叹息代替食物， 我唉哼的声音如水涌出。
25 我所惧怕的临到我， 我所惊恐的向我而来。
26 我不得安逸， 不得安静， 也不得安息， 却有搅扰来到。"