Chapter 23

Job 23:1 約伯回答說、

Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 23:2 如今我的哀告還算為悖逆．我的責罰比我的唉哼還重。

Job 23:2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:3 惟願我能知道在那裏可以尋見 神、能到他的臺前．

Job 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:4 我就在他面前將我的案件陳明、滿口辯白。

Job 23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5 我必知道他回答我的言語、明白他向我所說的話。

Job 23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Job 23:6 他豈用大能與我爭辯麼．必不這樣．他必理會我。

Job 23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 23:7 在他那裏正直人可以與他辯論．這樣、我必永遠脫離那審判我的。

Job 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 23:8 只是我往前行、他不在那裏．往後退、也不能見他。

Job 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Job 23:9 他在左邊行事、我卻不能看見．在右邊隱藏、我也不能見他。

Job 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Job 23:10 然而他知道我所行的路、他試煉我之後、我必如精金。

Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11 我腳追隨他的步履．我謹守他的道、並不偏離。

Job 23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Job 23:12 他嘴唇的命令、我未曾背棄．我看重他口中的言語、過於我需用的飲食。

Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Job 23:13 只是他心志已定、誰能使他轉意呢．他心裏所願的、就行出來。

Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Job 23:14 他向我所定的、就必作成．這類的事他還有許多。

Job 23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Job 23:15 所以我在他面前驚惶、我思念這事、便懼怕他。

Job 23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Job 23:16 神使我喪膽、全能者使我驚惶。

Job 23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Job 23:17 我的恐懼、不是因為黑暗、也不是因為幽暗蒙蔽我的臉。

Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.