Job 24

全能者既定期罚恶， 为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？

quán néng zhě jì dìng qī fá è ， wèi hé bù shǐ rèn shi tā de rén kàn jiàn nà rì zi ne ？

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

有人挪移地界， 抢夺群畜而牧养。

yǒu rén nuó yí dì jiè ， qiǎng duó qún chù ér mù yǎng 。

There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

他们拉去孤儿的驴， 强取寡妇的牛为当头。

tā men lā qù gū ér de lǘ ， qiáng qǔ guǎ fù de niú wèi dāng tóu 。

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

他们使穷人离开正道； 世上的贫民尽都隐藏。

tā men shǐ qióng rén lí kāi zhèng dào ； shì shàng de pín mín jìn dōu yǐn cáng 。

They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

这些贫穷人如同野驴出到旷野，殷勤寻找食物； 他们靠着野地给儿女糊口，

zhè xiē pín qióng rén rú tóng yě lǘ chū dào kuàng yě ， yīn qín xún zhǎo shí wù ； tā men kào zhe yě dì gěi ér nǚ hú kǒu ，

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

收割别人田间的禾稼， 摘取恶人余剩的葡萄，

shōu gē bié rén tián jiān de hé jià ， zhāi qǔ è rén yú shèng de pú táo ，

They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

终夜赤身无衣， 天气寒冷毫无遮盖，

zhōng yè chì shēn wú yī ， tiān qì hán lěng háo wú zhē gài ，

They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

在山上被大雨淋湿， 因没有避身之处就挨近磐石。

zài shān shàng bèi dà yǔ lín shī ， yīn méi yǒu bì shēn zhī chù jiù āi jìn pán shí 。

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.

又有人从母怀中抢夺孤儿， 强取穷人的衣服为当头，

yòu yǒu rén cóng mǔ huái zhōng qiǎng duó gū ér ， qiáng qǔ qióng rén de yī fu wèi dāng tóu ，

There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

使人赤身无衣，到处流行， 且因饥饿扛抬禾捆，

shǐ rén chì shēn wú yī ， dào chù liú xíng ， qiě yīn jī è káng tái hé kǔn ，

so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.

在那些人的围墙内造油，榨酒， 自己还口渴。

zài nà xiē rén de wéi qiáng nèi zào yóu ， zhà jiǔ ， zì jǐ hái kǒu kě 。

They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.

在多民的城内有人唉哼， 受伤的人哀号； 神却不理会那恶人的愚妄。

zài duō mín de chéng nèi yǒu rén ài hēng ， shòu shāng de rén āi háo ； shén què bù lǐ huì nà è rén de yú wàng 。

From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

又有人背弃光明， 不认识光明的道， 不住在光明的路上。

yòu yǒu rén bèi qì guāng míng ， bú rèn shi guāng míng de dào ， bú zhù zài guāng míng de lù shang 。

“These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

杀人的黎明起来， 杀害困苦穷乏人， 夜间又作盗贼。

shā rén de lí míng qǐ lái ， shā hài kùn kǔ qióng fá rén ， yè jiān yòu zuò dào zéi 。

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

奸夫等候黄昏， 说：必无眼能见我， 就把脸蒙蔽。

jiān fū děng hòu huáng hūn ， shuō ： bì wú yǎn néng jiàn wǒ ， jiù bǎ liǎn méng bì 。

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.

盗贼黑夜挖窟窿； 白日躲藏， 并不认识光明。

dào zéi hēi yè wā kū lóng ； bái rì duǒ cáng ， bìng bú rèn shi guāng míng 。

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

他们看早晨如幽暗， 因为他们晓得幽暗的惊骇。

tā men kàn zǎo chén rú yōu àn ， yīn wèi tā men xiǎo de yōu àn de jīng hài 。

For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

这些恶人犹如浮萍快快飘去。 他们所得的分在世上被咒诅； 他们不得再走葡萄园的路。

zhè xiē è rén yóu rú fú píng kuài kuài piāo qù 。 tā men suǒ dé de fēn zài shì shàng bèi zhòu zǔ ； tā men bù dé zài zǒu pú táo yuán de lù 。

“They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.

干旱炎热消没雪水； 阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈。

gān hàn yán rè xiāo méi xuě shuǐ ； yīn jiān yě rú cǐ xiāo méi fàn zuì zhī bèi 。

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

怀他的母 要忘记他； 虫子要吃他，觉得甘甜； 他不再被人记念。 不义的人必如树折断。

huái tā de mǔ yào wàng jì tā ； chóng zǐ yào chī tā ， jué dé gān tián ； tā bú zài bèi rén jì niàn 。 bú yì de rén bì rú shù zhé duàn 。

The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.

他恶待 不怀孕不生养的妇人， 不善待寡妇。

tā è dài bù huái yùn bù shēng yǎng de fù rén ， bú shàn dài guǎ fù 。

He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

然而 神用能力保全有势力的人； 那性命难保的人仍然兴起。

rán ér shén yòng néng lì bǎo quán yǒu shì lì de rén ； nà xìng mìng nán bǎo de rén réng rán xīng qǐ 。

Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

神使他们安稳，他们就有所倚靠； 神的眼目也看顾他们的道路。

shén shǐ tā men ān wěn ， tā men jiù yǒu suǒ yǐ kào ； shén de yǎn mù yě kàn gù tā men de dào lù 。

God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

他们被高举，不过片时就没有了； 他们降为卑，被除灭，与众人一样， 又如谷穗被割。

tā men bèi gāo jǔ ， bú guò piàn shí jiù méi yǒu le ； tā men jiàng wèi bēi ， bèi chú miè ， yǔ zhòng rén yí yàng ， yòu rú gǔ suì bèi gē 。

They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

若不是这样，谁能证实我是说谎的， 将我的言语驳为虚空呢？

ruò bú shì zhè yàng ， shuí néng zhèng shí wǒ shì shuō huǎng de ， jiāng wǒ de yán yǔ bó wèi xū kōng ne ？

If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”