¹约伯缅怀过往的幸福

¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

²“但愿我的景况像以前的岁月，像　神保守我的日子。

²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

³那时他的灯照在我的头上，我靠着他的光行过黑暗。

³When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

⁴但愿我仍然活在年轻力壮的日子，那时　神在我的帐棚里与我亲密。

⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

⁵全能者仍然与我同在，我的孩子都环绕我。

⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

⁶我用油洗脚，磐石为我出油成河。

⁶When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

⁷我出到城门那里去，在广场上预备我的座位。

⁷When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

⁸年轻人看见我，就回避，年老的也起身站立。

⁸The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

⁹王子都停止说话，并且用手掩口。

⁹The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

¹⁰众领袖都不敢作声，他们的舌头紧贴上颚。

¹⁰The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹耳朵听见我的，就称我有福。眼睛看见我的，就作证称赞我。

¹¹When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

¹²因为我救了呼救的穷人，和无人帮助的孤儿。

¹²Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

¹³将要灭亡的，为我祝福；我使寡妇的心欢呼。

¹³The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴我以公义作衣服穿上；我的公平好像外袍和冠冕。

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁵我作了瞎子的眼，瘸子的腿。

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

¹⁶我作过贫穷人的父亲，我查究过我素来不认识的人的案件。

¹⁶I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

¹⁷我打碎了不义的人的牙齿，使捕食的掉下来。

¹⁷And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁸那时我心里想：‘我必在家中安然去世，我必增添我的日子像沙尘那么多。

¹⁸Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁹我的根蔓延到水边，露水整夜沾在我的枝上。

¹⁹My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

²⁰我的荣耀在身上常新，我的弓在我手上重新得力。

²⁰My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

²¹大家都聆听我，等候我；静默无声地领受我的指导。

²¹Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

²²我说了话以后，他们就不再说，我的言语像雨露一般滴在他们身上。

²²After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

²³他们等候我像等候雨水，又大大张嘴如切慕春雨。

²³And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²⁴我向他们微笑，他们也不敢相信；他们珍惜我脸上的光。

²⁴If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

²⁵我为他们选择道路，又坐首位；我像君王住在军队中，又像个安慰悲伤的人。’”

²⁵I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.