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Job 31

Latin original · 40 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 30ch. 32 →

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31:1

Pepigi foedus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.

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

我與眼睛立約，怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢？

31:2

Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et haereditatem Omnipotens de excelsis ?

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

從至上的上帝所得之分，從至高全能者所得之業是甚麼呢？

31:3

Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam ?

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

豈不是禍患臨到不義的，災害臨到作孽的呢？

31:4

Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat ?

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

上帝豈不是察看我的道路，數點我的腳步呢？

31:5

Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,

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

我若與虛謊同行，腳若追隨詭詐；（

31:6

appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.

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

我若被公道的天平稱度，使上帝可以知道我的純正；）

31:7

Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhaesit macula,

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

我的腳步若偏離正路，我的心若隨着我的眼目，若有玷污粘在我手上；

31:8

seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.

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

就願我所種的有別人吃，我田所產的被拔出來。

31:9

Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,

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

我若受迷惑，向婦人起淫念，在鄰舍的門外蹲伏，

31:10

scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.

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

就願我的妻子給別人推磨，別人也與她同室。

31:11

Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.

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

因為這是大罪，是審判官當罰的罪孽。

31:12

Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.

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

這本是火焚燒，直到毀滅，必拔除我所有的家產。

31:13

Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me :

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

我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候，我若藐視不聽他們的情節；

31:14

quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus ? et cum quaesierit, quid respondebo illi ?

what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

上帝興起，我怎樣行呢？他察問，我怎樣回答呢？

31:15

Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus ?

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

造我在腹中的，不也是造他嗎？將他與我摶在腹中的豈不是一位嗎？

31:16

Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduae expectare feci ;

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

我若不容貧寒人得其所願，或叫寡婦眼中失望，

31:17

si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea

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

或獨自吃我一點食物，孤兒沒有與我同吃；（

31:18

(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meae egressa est mecum) ;

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

從幼年時孤兒與我同長，好像父子一樣；我從出母腹就扶助寡婦。）

31:19

si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem ;

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

我若見人因無衣死亡，或見窮乏人身無遮蓋；

31:20

si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est ;

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

我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖，為我祝福；

31:21

si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem :

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

我若在城門口見有幫助我的，舉手攻擊孤兒；

31:22

humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.

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

情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落，我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。

31:23

Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.

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

因上帝降的災禍使我恐懼；因他的威嚴，我不能妄為。

31:24

Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi : Fiducia mea ;

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

我若以黃金為指望，對精金說：你是我的倚靠；

31:25

si laetatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea ;

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

我若因財物豐裕，因我手多得資財而歡喜；

31:26

si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,

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

我若見太陽發光，明月行在空中，

31:27

et laetatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo :

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

心就暗暗被引誘，口便親手；

31:28

quae est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.

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

這也是審判官當罰的罪孽，又是我背棄在上的上帝。

31:29

Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum :

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

我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜，見他遭災便高興；（

31:30

non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.

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

我沒有容口犯罪，咒詛他的生命；）

31:31

Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei : Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur ?

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

若我帳棚的人未嘗說，誰不以主人的食物吃飽呢？（

31:32

foris non mansit peregrinus : ostium meum viatori patuit.

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

從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿，卻開門迎接行路的人；）

31:33

Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam ;

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

我若像亞當遮掩我的過犯，將罪孽藏在懷中；

31:34

si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me : et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.

because 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—

因懼怕大眾，又因宗族藐視我使我驚恐，以致閉口無言，杜門不出；

31:35

Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,

oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

惟願有一位肯聽我！（看哪，在這裏有我所劃的押，願全能者回答我！）

31:36

ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi ?

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

願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裏！我必帶在肩上，又綁在頭上為冠冕。

31:37

Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.

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

我必向他述說我腳步的數目，必如君王進到他面前。

31:38

Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent :

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

我若奪取田地，這地向我喊冤，犂溝一同哭泣；

31:39

si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi :

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

我若吃地的出產不給價值，或叫原主喪命；

31:40

pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina. Finita sunt verba Job.

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

願這地長蒺藜代替麥子，長惡草代替大麥。約伯的話說完了。

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