約伯記 24	Job 24
約伯記 24:1 ^ 全能者既定期罰惡、為何不使認識他的人看見那日子呢。	Job 24:1 ^ Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
約伯記 24:2 ^ 有人挪移地界、搶奪群畜而牧養。	Job 24:2 ^ The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
約伯記 24:3 ^ 他們拉去孤兒的驢、強取寡婦的牛為當頭。	Job 24:3 ^ They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
約伯記 24:4 ^ 他們使窮人離開正道．世上的貧民盡都隱藏。	Job 24:4 ^ The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
約伯記 24:5 ^ 這些貧窮人、如同野驢出到曠野、殷勤尋找食物．他們靠著野地給兒女餬口．	Job 24:5 ^ Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
約伯記 24:6 ^ 收割別人田間的禾稼．摘取惡人餘剩的葡萄．	Job 24:6 ^ They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.
約伯記 24:7 ^ 終夜赤身無衣、天氣寒冷毫無遮蓋．	Job 24:7 ^ They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
約伯記 24:8 ^ 在山上被大雨淋濕．因沒有避身之處就挨近磐石。	Job 24:8 ^ They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
約伯記 24:9 ^ 又有人從母懷中搶奪孤兒、強取窮人的衣服為當頭．	Job 24:9 ^ The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
約伯記 24:10 ^ 使人赤身無衣、到處流行．且因飢餓扛抬禾捆。	Job 24:10 ^ Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.
約伯記 24:11 ^ 在那些人的圍牆內造油、醡酒、自己還口渴。	Job 24:11 ^ Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.
約伯記 24:12 ^ 在多民的城內有人唉哼、受傷的人哀號．　神卻不理會那惡人的愚妄。	Job 24:12 ^ From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.
約伯記 24:13 ^ 又有人背棄光明、不認識光明的道、不住在光明的路上。	Job 24:13 ^ Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
約伯記 24:14 ^ 殺人的黎明起來、殺害困苦窮乏人．夜間又作盜賊。	Job 24:14 ^ He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
約伯記 24:15 ^ 姦夫等候黃昏、說、必無眼能見我、就把臉蒙蔽。	Job 24:15 ^ And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;
約伯記 24:16 ^ 盜賊黑夜挖窟窿、白日躲藏、並不認識光明。	Job 24:16 ^ In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
約伯記 24:17 ^ 他們看早晨如幽暗．因為他們曉得幽暗的驚駭。	Job 24:17 ^ For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
約伯記 24:18 ^ 這些惡人猶如浮萍快快飄去．他們所得的分在世上被咒詛．他們不得再走葡萄園的路。	Job 24:18 ^ They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.
約伯記 24:19 ^ 乾旱炎熱消沒雪水．陰間也如此消沒犯罪之輩。	Job 24:19 ^ Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
約伯記 24:20 ^ 懷他的母〔原文作胎〕要忘記他．蟲子要喫他、覺得甘甜．他不再被人記念．不義的人必如樹折斷。	Job 24:20 ^ The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.
約伯記 24:21 ^ 他惡待〔或作他吞滅〕不懷孕不生養的婦人、不善待寡婦。	Job 24:21 ^ He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
約伯記 24:22 ^ 然而　神用能力保全有勢力的人．那性命難保的人仍然興起。	Job 24:22 ^ But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.
約伯記 24:23 ^ 　神使他們安穩、他們就有所倚靠．　神的眼目也看顧他們的道路。	Job 24:23 ^ He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.
約伯記 24:24 ^ 他們被高舉不過片時、就沒有了．他們降為卑、被除滅、與眾人一樣．又如穀穗被割。	Job 24:24 ^ For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.
約伯記 24:25 ^ 若不是這樣、誰能證實我是說謊的、將我的言語駁為虛空呢。	Job 24:25 ^ And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?