¹约伯缅怀过往的幸福

¹And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —

²“但愿我的景况像以前的岁月，像　神保守我的日子。

²Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God`s preserving me?

³那时他的灯照在我的头上，我靠着他的光行过黑暗。

³In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [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 have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

⁵全能者仍然与我同在，我的孩子都环绕我。

⁵When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,

⁶我用油洗脚，磐石为我出油成河。

⁶When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.

⁷我出到城门那里去，在广场上预备我的座位。

⁷When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

⁸年轻人看见我，就回避，年老的也起身站立。

⁸Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.

⁹王子都停止说话，并且用手掩口。

⁹Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

¹⁰众领袖都不敢作声，他们的舌头紧贴上颚。

¹⁰The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

¹¹耳朵听见我的，就称我有福。眼睛看见我的，就作证称赞我。

¹¹For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.

¹²因为我救了呼救的穷人，和无人帮助的孤儿。

¹²For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

¹³将要灭亡的，为我祝福；我使寡妇的心欢呼。

¹³The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

¹⁴我以公义作衣服穿上；我的公平好像外袍和冠冕。

¹⁴Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

¹⁵我作了瞎子的眼，瘸子的腿。

¹⁵Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.

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。

¹⁶A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

¹⁷我打碎了不义的人的牙齿，使捕食的掉下来。

¹⁷And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

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。

¹⁸And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.`

¹⁹我的根蔓延到水边，露水整夜沾在我的枝上。

¹⁹My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

²⁰我的荣耀在身上常新，我的弓在我手上重新得力。

²⁰My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

²¹大家都聆听我，等候我；静默无声地领受我的指导。

²¹To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for 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 word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

²³他们等候我像等候雨水，又大大张嘴如切慕春雨。

²³And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened 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。

²⁴I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

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 choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.