約伯記第21章 |
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1 約百曰、 |
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2 我有一言、請爾聽之、則我慰甚。 |
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3 容我竟其詞、後加姍笑可也。 |
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4 我不尤人、第中心自憤懣、有何不可。 |
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5 爾惟是見我而愕然、以手掩口。 |
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6 我追憶曩事、不禁觳觫戰慄。 |
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7 爲惡之人、得保生命、而享遐齡、席豐履厚、 |
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8 子孫享福猶及見之、 |
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9 其家平康、無所畏懼、上帝不降以災、 |
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10 其牛方字、而胎不殰、產犢而保其生。 |
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11 嬰孩成羣、子女舞蹈、 |
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12 播鼗鼓琴、蕭管悅耳。 |
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13 其在世也、爲樂靡涯、其逝世也、患疾不久、 |
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14 其平日對上帝曰、我不悅爾道、勿親我、 |
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15 孰爲全能之主、事之何爲、求之何益。 |
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16 爾曰、其福不長、我亦不爲惡人辨。 |
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17 第惡人之燈見滅、其禍猝來、主赫怒加以困苦、果何時哉。 |
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18 彼若飛蓬、轉於空際、彼若糠粃、散於颶風、又在何時、我未之見也。 |
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19 爾曰、上帝降殃、罰及其嗣、我以爲何不使其身受之、 |
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20 俾目擊禍患之至、親膺全能者之震怒。 |
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21 若生命旣絕、家庭之事、已不及知矣。 |
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22 矜高之人、爲上帝所鞫、其間孰能贊一詞乎。 |
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23 斯世之人、或至死、豐盛平康、得享綏安。 |
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24 胸膈脂充、百骸髓滿。 |
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25 或至死、困苦盈懷、終不享福。 |
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26 要皆長眠黃土、蚯蚓盤其上。 |
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27 我知爾狡、欲以口給禦人。 |
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28 爾曰、霸者之殿安在、惡人之宅烏存。 |
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29 何不詢諸行路之人、以其言爲據、 |
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30 其言曰、爲惡之人、亦蒙矜憫、死之日友朋送喪。 |
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31 彼之所行、孰敢斥之、誰能報之。 |
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32 羣送之墓、謹守其陵。 |
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33 封植甚美、前呵後衛者、不可勝計。 |
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34 爾之慰藉無益、爾之言語差謬。 |
JobChapter 21 |
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1 THEN Job answered and said, |
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2 Listen diligently to my speech, and let this be your consolation. |
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3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, then mock on. |
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4 I will utter my complaint to men, why my spirit is distressed. |
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5 Return to me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
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6 Even when I think of it, I tremble, and terror takes hold of my flesh. |
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7 Why do the ungodly live, and why are the mighty in power full of years? |
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8 Their descendants are established in their sight with them, and their children before their eyes. |
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9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
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10 Their bull breeds, and fails not; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf. |
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11 Their children stand firm like a flock, and their boys dance. |
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12 They take the timbrels and harps, and rejoice at the sound of singing. |
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13 They spend their days in prosperity, and then suddenly go down to Sheol. |
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14 They say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire to know thy ways. |
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15 Moreover, they say, Who is God, that we should serve him? And what would we gain, that we should pray to him? |
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16 Lo, they have no power over their prosperity; the counsel of the ungodly is far from me. |
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17 How often is it that the wicked are left without an heir! how often their destruction comes upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger. |
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18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away. |
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19 God reserves man's iniquity for his children; he pays it back to him, and he shall know it. |
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20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
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21 For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when a portion of his years shall be reserved for his posterity? |
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22 Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing it is he who judges the proud? |
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23 One dies in his full strength, sound of body, being wholly confident, and at ease. |
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24 His body is full of fat, and his bones are filled with marrow. |
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25 And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having tasted prosperity. |
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26 They shall lie down in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. |
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27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me. |
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28 For you say. Where is the house of the righteous? And where is the place in which the wicked has pitched his tent? |
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29 Have you not asked those who pass by the way? And do you not recognize their tokens? |
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30 For the evil man is reserved for the day of destruction, he shall be remembered in the day of wrath. |
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31 Who can show him the way? And who shall repay him for what he has done? |
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32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, he is reserved for misfortune. |
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33 The depths of the valley shall swallow him, and many shall be drawn in after him, even as there are innumerable ahead of him. |
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34 How then can you comfort me in vain, seeing that your abominable answers are multiplied before me? |
約伯記第21章 |
JobChapter 21 |
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1 約百曰、 |
1 THEN Job answered and said, |
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2 我有一言、請爾聽之、則我慰甚。 |
2 Listen diligently to my speech, and let this be your consolation. |
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3 容我竟其詞、後加姍笑可也。 |
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, then mock on. |
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4 我不尤人、第中心自憤懣、有何不可。 |
4 I will utter my complaint to men, why my spirit is distressed. |
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5 爾惟是見我而愕然、以手掩口。 |
5 Return to me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
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6 我追憶曩事、不禁觳觫戰慄。 |
6 Even when I think of it, I tremble, and terror takes hold of my flesh. |
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7 爲惡之人、得保生命、而享遐齡、席豐履厚、 |
7 Why do the ungodly live, and why are the mighty in power full of years? |
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8 子孫享福猶及見之、 |
8 Their descendants are established in their sight with them, and their children before their eyes. |
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9 其家平康、無所畏懼、上帝不降以災、 |
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
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10 其牛方字、而胎不殰、產犢而保其生。 |
10 Their bull breeds, and fails not; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf. |
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11 嬰孩成羣、子女舞蹈、 |
11 Their children stand firm like a flock, and their boys dance. |
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12 播鼗鼓琴、蕭管悅耳。 |
12 They take the timbrels and harps, and rejoice at the sound of singing. |
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13 其在世也、爲樂靡涯、其逝世也、患疾不久、 |
13 They spend their days in prosperity, and then suddenly go down to Sheol. |
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14 其平日對上帝曰、我不悅爾道、勿親我、 |
14 They say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire to know thy ways. |
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15 孰爲全能之主、事之何爲、求之何益。 |
15 Moreover, they say, Who is God, that we should serve him? And what would we gain, that we should pray to him? |
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16 爾曰、其福不長、我亦不爲惡人辨。 |
16 Lo, they have no power over their prosperity; the counsel of the ungodly is far from me. |
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17 第惡人之燈見滅、其禍猝來、主赫怒加以困苦、果何時哉。 |
17 How often is it that the wicked are left without an heir! how often their destruction comes upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger. |
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18 彼若飛蓬、轉於空際、彼若糠粃、散於颶風、又在何時、我未之見也。 |
18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away. |
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19 爾曰、上帝降殃、罰及其嗣、我以爲何不使其身受之、 |
19 God reserves man's iniquity for his children; he pays it back to him, and he shall know it. |
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20 俾目擊禍患之至、親膺全能者之震怒。 |
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
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21 若生命旣絕、家庭之事、已不及知矣。 |
21 For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when a portion of his years shall be reserved for his posterity? |
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22 矜高之人、爲上帝所鞫、其間孰能贊一詞乎。 |
22 Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing it is he who judges the proud? |
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23 斯世之人、或至死、豐盛平康、得享綏安。 |
23 One dies in his full strength, sound of body, being wholly confident, and at ease. |
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24 胸膈脂充、百骸髓滿。 |
24 His body is full of fat, and his bones are filled with marrow. |
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25 或至死、困苦盈懷、終不享福。 |
25 And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having tasted prosperity. |
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26 要皆長眠黃土、蚯蚓盤其上。 |
26 They shall lie down in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. |
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27 我知爾狡、欲以口給禦人。 |
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me. |
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28 爾曰、霸者之殿安在、惡人之宅烏存。 |
28 For you say. Where is the house of the righteous? And where is the place in which the wicked has pitched his tent? |
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29 何不詢諸行路之人、以其言爲據、 |
29 Have you not asked those who pass by the way? And do you not recognize their tokens? |
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30 其言曰、爲惡之人、亦蒙矜憫、死之日友朋送喪。 |
30 For the evil man is reserved for the day of destruction, he shall be remembered in the day of wrath. |
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31 彼之所行、孰敢斥之、誰能報之。 |
31 Who can show him the way? And who shall repay him for what he has done? |
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32 羣送之墓、謹守其陵。 |
32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, he is reserved for misfortune. |
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33 封植甚美、前呵後衛者、不可勝計。 |
33 The depths of the valley shall swallow him, and many shall be drawn in after him, even as there are innumerable ahead of him. |
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34 爾之慰藉無益、爾之言語差謬。 |
34 How then can you comfort me in vain, seeing that your abominable answers are multiplied before me? |