1 And Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
4 And be it {that} I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
6 Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
11 And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.
15 The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my {mother's} womb.
18 Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
19 All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as *God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25 And {as for} me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;
26 And {if} after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: -my reins are consumed within me.
28 If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.
1 约伯回答说：
2 "你们叫我受苦要到几时呢？用话压碎我要到几时呢？
3 你们已经十次侮辱我， 你们苛刻地对我， 也不觉得羞耻。
4 即使我真的有过错， 由我承担好了。
5 你们若真的妄自尊大攻击我， 用我的羞辱来证明我的不是，
6 那么， 就知道是 神颠倒我的案件， 用他的网圈住我。
7 我呼叫‘强暴！ ’却没有回答； 我呼求， 却得不到公断。
8 神用篱笆拦阻我的道路， 使我不能经过； 他又使黑暗笼罩我的路。
9 他从我身上剥去我的荣耀， 又挪去我头上的冠冕。
10 他四面拆毁我， 我就离世， 他又把我这指望如树枝一样拔出来。
11 他的怒气向我发作， 把我看作他的敌人；
12 他的军队一起上来， 他们攻击我， 在我的帐棚周围安营。
13 他使我的族人远离我， 使我熟悉的人完全与我疏远。
14 我的亲戚离弃我， 我的朋友忘记我；
15 在我家中寄居的和我的婢女， 都把我当作外人， 我在他们的眼中是个外族人。
16 我呼唤仆人， 他不回答， 我得用口哀求他。
17 妻子厌恶我的气息， 同胞兄弟也厌弃我，
18 连小孩子也藐视我， 我一起来， 他们就讥笑我；
19 我所有的密友都憎恶我， 我所爱的人也向我反脸。
20 我的骨头紧贴着皮肉， 我只剩牙皮逃过大难。
21 我的朋友啊！ 求你们怜悯我， 怜悯我吧！ 因为 神的手击打了我。
22 你们为什么有如 神那样逼迫我？还不因吃我的肉感到满足吗？
23 但愿我的话现在都写下， 都刻在书简上，
24 用铁笔又用铅， 永远刻在磐石上。
25 我知道我的救赎主活着， 最后他必在地上兴起。
26 我的皮肉遭受毁坏以后， 这事就要发生， 我必在肉体以外得见 神。
27 我必见他在我身边， 我要亲眼见他， 并非外人， 我的心肠在我里面渴想极了。
28 你们若说： ‘惹事的根既然在他， 我们要怎样逼迫他呢？’
29 你们就当惧怕刀剑， 因为这些罪孽带来刀剑的惩罚， 好使你们知道有审判。"