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

¹约伯力言自己行义不渝

²God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.

²“永活的　神夺去我的公理，全能者使我心中痛苦。

³For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

³只要我的生命还在我里面，　神赐我的气息还在我鼻孔里，

⁴My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

⁴我的嘴唇决不说不义之言，我的舌头也不讲诡诈之语。

⁵Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

⁵我绝对不以你们为是，我到死也不放弃我的纯全；

⁶On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

⁶我坚守我的义决不放松，我一生的日子我的心必不责备我。

⁷As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

⁷愿我的敌人如恶人一般，愿那起来攻击我的像不义的人一样。

⁸For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

⁸不敬虔的人没有指望不敬虔的人被剪除，　神夺去他性命的时候还有什么指望呢？

⁹His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

⁹患难临到他身上的时候，　神会垂听他的哀求吗？

¹⁰On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

¹⁰他以全能者为乐，时时求告　神吗？

¹¹I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.

¹¹我借　神的能力教导你们，我不向你们隐瞒全能者的事。

¹²Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?

¹²你们都亲自见过，你们为什么成了这么虚妄呢？

¹³This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

¹³这是恶人从　神所得的分，强暴的人从全能者所得的业。

¹⁴If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

¹⁴即使他的儿女增多，还是被刀剑所杀，他的子孙也必永不得饱食；

¹⁵His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

¹⁵他的遗族在死人中埋葬，他的寡妇也都不哀哭。

¹⁶If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

¹⁶他虽然堆积银子如尘沙，预备衣服如泥土，

¹⁷He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

¹⁷他尽管预备，义人却要穿上；他的银子，无辜的人也要瓜分。

¹⁸He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

¹⁸他建造房屋如蜘蛛结网，又如守望者所搭的棚。

¹⁹Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

¹⁹他虽然躺下的时候富有，却不再这样；他一张开双眼，财富就不在了。

²⁰Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

²⁰惊恐必如众水追上他，暴风在夜间把他刮去。

²¹Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

²¹东风把他吹起，他就消逝；又把他卷起，离开原来的地方。

²²And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

²²　神射击他，毫不留情，他甚愿快快逃脱　神的手。

²³It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

²³有人向他拍掌，发嘶声赶他离开原来的地方。”