¹约伯咒诅自己的生日

¹After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.

²约伯说：

²And Job answereth and saith: —

³“愿我生的那日泯灭，人说怀男胎的那夜灭没。

³Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.`

⁴愿那日变成黑暗，愿　神不从上面眷顾，愿光明不照耀在其上。

⁴That day — let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

⁵愿黑暗与死荫索讨那日，愿密云停留在上面，愿白天的昏黑惊吓它。

⁵Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

⁶愿那夜被幽暗夺去，不让它连在平日之中，列入月数之内。

⁶That night — let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

⁷愿那夜没有生育，也没有欢乐的声音。

⁷Lo! that night — let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

⁸那些咒诅日子、善于惹动海怪的，愿他们咒诅那夜。

⁸Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

⁹愿那夜黎明的星星变成黑暗，愿那夜等候发光却不亮，见不到清晨的曙光。

⁹Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

¹⁰因为那夜没有把我母胎的门关闭，也没有把苦难隐藏，使我看不见。

¹⁰Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

¹¹切愿夭折我为什么不一离母胎就死去？我为什么不一出母腹就断气？

¹¹Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

¹²为什么有膝承接我？为什么有乳哺养我？

¹²Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?

¹³不然，我早已躺下安息，

¹³For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept — then there is rest to me,

¹⁴与世上那些为自己建造陵墓的君王和谋士同睡，

¹⁴With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

¹⁵或与那些拥有黄金，房屋装满银子的王侯同眠。

¹⁵Or with princes — they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.

¹⁶我为什么不像暗中流产的胎，未见天日的婴孩，归于无有呢？

¹⁶(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants — they have not seen light.)

¹⁷在那里，恶人止息搅扰，筋疲力尽的得安息；

¹⁷There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

¹⁸被囚的同享安宁；听不见督工的声音；

¹⁸Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

¹⁹老少尊卑都在那里，奴仆脱离主人的辖制。

¹⁹Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.

²⁰厌恶生存为什么有光明赐给劳碌的人，有生命赐给苦命的人呢？

²⁰Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

²¹他们想死却死不了，找死胜于找宝藏；

²¹Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

²²他们找到坟墓就高兴，非常欢喜快乐。

²²Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.

²³为什么有生命赐给前途茫茫，又被　神四面围困的人呢？

²³To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

²⁴我以叹息代替食物，我唉哼的声音如水涌出。

²⁴For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.

²⁵我所惧怕的临到我，我所惊恐的向我而来。

²⁵For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

²⁶我不得安逸，不得安静，也不得安息，却有搅扰来到。”

²⁶I was not safe — nor was I quiet — Nor was I at rest — and trouble cometh!