¹約伯雖然受苦仍守道不渝“我與自己的眼睛立了約，決不注視處女。

¹“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

²從至上的　神所得的分，從至高的全能者所得的業是甚麼呢？

²For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

³災難不是臨到不義的人嗎？災禍不是臨到作孽的人嗎？

³Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

⁴　神不是察看我的道路，數算我的一切腳步嗎？

⁴Doesn’t he see my ways, and number all my steps?

⁵我若與虛謊同行，我的腳若急於追隨詭詐，

⁵“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

⁶就願我被公平的天平稱度，使　神可以知道我的完全。

⁶(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

⁷我的腳步若偏離正道，我的心若隨從眼目而行，我的手掌若黏有任何污點，

⁷if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

⁸就願我所種的，讓別人來吃，願我田中出產的，都連根拔起來。

⁸then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

⁹我的心若被女人迷惑，在別人的門口埋伏，

⁹“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

¹⁰就願我的妻子作別人的奴僕，也願別人屈身與她行淫，

¹⁰then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

¹¹因為這是大惡，是該受審判的罪孽；

¹¹For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

¹²這是焚燒直至毀滅的火，必把我所有的收穫都拔出來。

¹²For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

¹³我的僕婢與我爭論的時候，我若輕視他們的案件，

¹³“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

¹⁴　神若起來，我怎麼辦呢？他若鑒察，我怎樣回答呢？

¹⁴What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

¹⁵那造我在母腹中的，不也造他嗎？造我們在母胎裡的，不是同一位嗎？

¹⁵Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁶我若不給窮人所要的，或使寡婦的眼所期待的落空；

¹⁶“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁷我若獨吃我的一點食物，孤兒卻沒有與我同吃；

¹⁷or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

¹⁸自我幼年時，孤兒與我一同長大，以我為父，從我出母腹以來，我就善待寡婦。

¹⁸(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

¹⁹我若見人因無衣服死亡，或貧窮人毫無遮蓋；

¹⁹if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

²⁰他若不因我的羊毛得溫暖，他的心若不向我道謝；

²⁰if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

²¹我若在城門見有支持我的，就揮手攻擊孤兒，

²¹if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

²²就願我的肩頭從肩胛脫落，願我的前臂從上臂折斷；

²²then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

²³因為　神所降的災難使我恐懼，因他的崇高我不敢妄為。

²³For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

²⁴我若以黃金為我所信靠的，又對精金說：‘你是我所靠賴的’；

²⁴“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

²⁵我若因為財物豐裕，或因為我多獲財利而歡喜；

²⁵If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

²⁶我若見太陽照耀，或明月行在空中，

²⁶if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

²⁷以致心中暗暗地受到迷惑，用自己的嘴親手；

²⁷and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

²⁸那麼這也就是該受審判的罪孽，因為我欺哄了高高在上的　神。

²⁸this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

²⁹我若因恨我的人遭災禍而歡喜，或因他遇患難而高興；

²⁹“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

³⁰我並沒有容許我的口犯罪，咒詛他的性命。

³⁰(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

³¹我家裡的人若沒有說：‘誰能找出哪一個沒有飽吃他的肉食的呢？’

³¹if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

³²旅客沒有在街上過夜，我的門向過路的人是敞開的。

³²(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

³³我若像亞當遮掩我的過犯，把我的罪孽藏在懷中，

³³if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

³⁴因為我懼怕群眾，宗族的藐視又使我驚恐，以致我靜默不言，足不出門。

³⁴because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

³⁵但願有一位肯聽我的，看哪！這是我所劃的押，願全能者回答我，願那與我爭訟的寫好狀詞。

³⁵oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!

³⁶我定要把它帶到我的肩上，綁在我的頭上為冠冕。

³⁶Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

³⁷我要向他述說全部的行為，又像王子一般進到他面前。

³⁷I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him.

³⁸我的田地若呼冤控告我，地的犁溝若都一同哀哭；

³⁸If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

³⁹我若吃地裡的出產而不給價銀，或使地主氣絕身亡，

³⁹if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

⁴⁰就願蒺藜長出來代替小麥，臭草代替大麥。”約伯的話說完了。

⁴⁰let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.