约伯记 3

此后，约伯开口咒诅自己的生日，

cǐ hòu ， yuē bó kāi kǒu zhòu zǔ zì jǐ de shēng rì ，

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

说：

shuō ：

Job answered:

愿我生的那日 和说怀了男胎的那夜都灭没。

yuàn wǒ shēng de nà rì hé shuō huái le nán tāi de nà yè dōu miè méi 。

“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

愿那日变为黑暗； 愿 神不从上面寻找它； 愿亮光不照于其上。

yuàn nà rì biàn wèi hēi àn ； yuàn shén bù cóng shàng miàn xún zhǎo tā ； yuàn liàng guāng bú zhào yú qí shàng 。

Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

愿黑暗和死荫索取那日； 愿密云停在其上； 愿日蚀恐吓它。

yuàn hēi àn hé sǐ yìn suǒ qǔ nà rì ； yuàn mì yún tíng zài qí shàng ； yuàn rì shí kǒng hè tā 。

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.

愿那夜被幽暗夺取， 不在年中的日子同乐， 也不入月中的数目。

yuàn nà yè bèi yōu àn duó qǔ ， bú zài nián zhōng de rì zi tóng lè ， yě bú rù yuè zhōng de shù mù 。

As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

愿那夜没有生育， 其间也没有欢乐的声音。

yuàn nà yè méi yǒu shēng yù ， qí jiān yě méi yǒu huān lè de shēng yīn 。

Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.

愿那咒诅日子且能惹动鳄鱼的 咒诅那夜。

yuàn nà zhòu zǔ rì zi qiě néng rě dòng è yú de zhòu zǔ nà yè 。

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

愿那夜黎明的星宿变为黑暗， 盼亮却不亮， 也不见早晨的光线 ；

yuàn nà yè lí míng de xīng sù biàn wèi hēi àn ， pàn liàng què bú liàng ， yě bú jiàn zǎo chén de guāng xiàn ；

Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

因没有把怀我胎的门关闭， 也没有将患难对我的眼隐藏。

yīn méi yǒu bǎ huái wǒ tāi de mén guān bì ， yě méi yǒu jiāng huàn nàn duì wǒ de yǎn yǐn cáng 。

because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

我为何不出母胎而死？ 为何不出母腹绝气？

wǒ wèi hé bù chū mǔ tāi ér sǐ ？ wèi hé bù chū mǔ fù jué qì ？

“Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

为何有膝接收我？ 为何有奶哺养我？

wèi hé yǒu xī jiē shōu wǒ ？ wèi hé yǒu nǎi bǔ yǎng wǒ ？

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?

不然，我就早已躺卧安睡，

bù rán ， wǒ jiù zǎo yǐ tǎng wò ān shuì ，

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

和地上为自己重造荒邱的君王、谋士，

hé dì shàng wèi zì jǐ zhòng zào huāng qiū de jūn wáng 、 móu shì ，

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

或与有金子、将银子装满了房屋的王子 一同安息；

huò yǔ yǒu jīn zǐ 、 jiāng yín zi zhuāng mǎn le fáng wū de wáng zǐ yì tóng ān xī ；

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

或像隐而未现、不到期而落的胎， 归于无有，如同未见光的婴孩。

huò xiàng yǐn ér wèi xiàn 、 bú dào qī ér luò de tāi ， guī yú wú yǒu ， rú tóng wèi jiàn guāng de yīng hái 。

or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

在那里恶人止息搅扰， 困乏人得享安息，

zài nà lǐ è rén zhǐ xī jiǎo rǎo ， kùn fá rén dé xiǎng ān xī ，

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

被囚的人同得安逸， 不听见督工的声音。

bèi qiú de rén tóng dé ān yì ， bù tīng jiàn dū gōng de shēng yīn 。

There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

大小都在那里； 奴仆脱离主人的辖制。

dà xiǎo dōu zài nà lǐ ； nú pú tuō lí zhǔ rén de xiá zhì 。

The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

受患难的人为何有光赐给他呢？ 心中愁苦的人为何有生命赐给他呢？

shòu huàn nàn de rén wèi hé yǒu guāng cì gěi tā ne ？ xīn zhōng chóu kǔ de rén wéi hé yǒu shēng mìng cì gěi tā ne ？

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

他们切望死，却不得死； 求死，胜于求隐藏的珍宝。

tā men qiè wàng sǐ ， què bù dé sǐ ； qiú sǐ ， shèng yú qiú yǐn cáng de zhēn bǎo 。

who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

他们寻见坟墓就快乐， 极其欢喜。

tā men xún jiàn fén mù jiù kuài lè ， jí qí huān xǐ 。

who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

人的道路既然遮隐， 神又把他四面围困， 为何有光赐给他呢？

rén de dào lù jì rán zhē yǐn ， shén yòu bǎ tā sì miàn wéi kùn ， wèi hé yǒu guāng cì gěi tā ne ？

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

我未曾吃饭就发出叹息； 我唉哼的声音涌出如水。

wǒ wèi céng chī fàn jiù fā chū tàn xī ； wǒ ài hēng de shēng yīn yǒng chū rú shuǐ 。

For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

因我所恐惧的临到我身， 我所惧怕的迎我而来。

yīn wǒ suǒ kǒng jù de lín dào wǒ shēn ， wǒ suǒ jù pà de yíng wǒ ér lái 。

For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.

我不得安逸，不得平静， 也不得安息，却有患难来到。

wǒ bù dé ān yì ， bù dé píng jìng ， yě bù dé ān xī ， què yǒu huàn nàn lái dào 。

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”