1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?
2 For what would have been {my} portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
5 If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,
6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
7 If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;
8 Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
9 If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,
10 Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
11 For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity {to be judged by} the judges:
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13 If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
14 What then should I do when *God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
18 (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the {widow} from my mother's womb;)
19 If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
22 {Then} let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!
23 For calamity from *God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
27 And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:
28 This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the *God who is above.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
30 (Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
31 If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? -
32 The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
34 Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...
35 Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
36 Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me {as} a crown;
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.
38 If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
1 "我与自己的眼睛立了约， 决不注视处女。
2 从至上的 神所得的分， 从至高的全能者所得的业是什么呢？
3 灾难不是临到不义的人吗？灾祸不是临到作孽的人吗？
4 神不是察看我的道路， 数算我的一切脚步吗？
5 我若与虚谎同行， 我的脚若急于追随诡诈，
6 就愿我被公平的天平称度， 使 神可以知道我的完全。
7 我的脚步若偏离正道， 我的心若随从眼目而行， 我的手掌若粘有任何污点，
8 就愿我所种的， 让别人来吃， 愿我田中出产的， 都连根拔起来。
9 我的心若被女人迷惑， 在别人的门口埋伏，
10 就愿我的妻子作别人的奴仆， 也愿别人屈身与她行淫，
11 因为这是大恶， 是该受审判的罪孽；
12 这是焚烧直至毁灭的火， 必把我所有的收获都拔出来。
13 我的仆婢与我争论的时候， 我若轻视他们的案件，
14 神若起来， 我怎么办呢？他若鉴察， 我怎样回答呢？
15 那造我在母腹中的， 不也造他吗？造我们在母胎里的， 不是同一位吗？
16 我若不给穷人所要的， 或使寡妇的眼所期待的落空；
17 我若独吃我的一点食物， 孤儿却没有与我同吃；
18 自我幼年时， 孤儿与我一同长大， 以我为父， 从我出母腹以来， 我就善待寡妇。
19 我若见人因无衣服死亡， 或贫穷人毫无遮盖；
20 他若不因我的羊毛得温暖， 他的心若不向我道谢；
21 我若在城门见有支持我的， 就挥手攻击孤儿，
22 就愿我的肩头从肩胛脱落， 愿我的前臂从上臂折断；
23 因为 神所降的灾难使我恐惧， 因他的崇高我不敢妄为。
24 我若以黄金为我所信靠的， 又对精金说： ‘你是我所靠赖的’；
25 我若因为财物丰裕， 或因为我多获财利而欢喜；
26 我若见太阳照耀， 或明月行在空中，
27 以致心中暗暗地受到迷惑， 用自己的嘴亲手；
28 那么这也就是该受审判的罪孽， 因为我欺哄了高高在上的 神。
29 我若因恨我的人遭灾祸而欢喜， 或因他遇患难而高兴；
30 我并没有容许我的口犯罪， 咒诅他的性命。
31 我家里的人若没有说： ‘谁能找出哪一个没有饱吃他的肉食的呢？’
32 旅客没有在街上过夜， 我的门向过路的人是敞开的。
33 我若像亚当遮掩我的过犯， 把我的罪孽藏在怀中，
34 因为我惧怕群众， 宗族的藐视又使我惊恐， 以致我静默不言， 足不出门。
35 但愿有一位肯听我的， 看哪！ 这是我所划的押， 愿全能者回答我， 愿那与我争讼的写好状词。
36 我定要把它带到我的肩上， 绑在我的头上为冠冕。
37 我要向他述说全部的行为， 又像王子一般进到他面前。
38 我的田地若呼冤控告我， 地的犁沟若都一同哀哭；
39 我若吃地里的出产而不给价银， 或使地主气绝身亡，
40 就愿蒺藜长出来代替小麦， 臭草代替大麦。"约伯的话说完了。