我与自己的眼立了约，怎能恋恋瞻望处女呢？
I made a covenant with my eyes; / How then can I gaze upon a virgin?

从在上的神所得之分，从高处全能者所得之业，是什么呢？
What then is the portion from God above, / Or the inheritance of the Almighty on high?

岂不是祸患临到不义的，灾害临到作孽的么？
Is it not calamity for the unjust / And misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

神岂不是察看我的道路，数点我的一切脚步么？
Does He not see my ways / And count all my steps?

我若与虚谎同行，我的脚若急于追随诡诈；
If I have walked with falsehood, / And my foot has hastened after deceit —

（愿神用公道的天平称我，好知道我的纯全；）
Let Him weigh me in a righteous balance, / And let God know my integrity —

我的脚步若偏离正路，我的心若随着我的眼目，若有玷污粘在我手上；
If my step has turned from the way, / And my heart has gone after my own eyes, / And if any spot has stuck to my hands;

就愿我所种的，有别人吃；我田所产的，连根被拔出来。
May I sow and another eat; / Indeed may my produce be rooted up.

我的心若因妇人受迷惑，我若在邻舍的门外蹲伏；
If my heart has been enticed into following after a woman, / Or I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;

就愿我的妻子给别人推磨，别人也与她同寝。
May my wife grind for another, / And may others kneel over her.

因为这是大恶，是审判官当罚的罪孽。
For that would have been a heinous act, / And it would be wickedness, to be punished by the judges.

这本是焚烧直到毁灭的火，必连根拔除我所有的出产。
For it is a fire that devours to Abaddon / And would root up all my increase.

我的仆婢与我争辩的时候，我若藐视不听他们的情节，
If I have despised the cause of my servant or my maid / When they contended with me,

神兴起，我怎样行呢？祂查问，我怎样回答呢？
What then will I do when God rises up? / And when He visits me, what will I answer Him?

造我在腹中的，不也造他么？使我们成形在腹中的，岂不是一位么？
Did not He who made me in the womb make him? / And was it not One who fashioned us in the womb?

我若不容贫寒人得其所愿，或叫寡妇眼中失望，
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, / Or have let the eyes of the widow fail,

或独自吃我一点食物，没有孤儿与我同吃；
Or have eaten my morsel alone / Without the orphan eating of it —

（从幼年时孤儿与我同长，好像儿子与父亲一样；我从出母腹就扶助寡妇；）
Rather, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, / And from my mother's womb I guided the widow —

我若见人因无衣死亡，或见穷乏人身无遮盖；
If I have seen someone perishing from lack of clothing / Or that the needy had no covering;

我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖，心中为我祝福；
If his loins have not blessed me, / And he has not been made warm with the fleece of my sheep;

我若在城门口见有帮助我的，就举手攻击孤儿；
If I have raised my hand against the orphan / Because I saw that I had support among those in the gate;

情愿我的肩胛骨从肩头脱落，我的膀臂在手肘处折断。
May my shoulder blade fall from the shoulder, / And may my arm be broken at the elbow.

因为神降的灾祸使我恐惧，因祂的威严，我不能妄为。
For calamity from God is dreadful to me, / And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

我若以金子为指望，对精金说，你是我的倚靠；
If I have made gold my hope, / And have called fine gold my confidence;

我若因财物丰裕，因我手所得的甚多而欢喜；
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great / And because my hand had acquired much;

我若见太阳发光，明月行在空中，
If I have looked at the sun when it shone / Or the moon going on in splendor,

心就暗暗被引诱，口便亲手；
And my heart has been secretly enticed, / And my mouth has kissed my hand;

这也是审判官当罚的罪孽，因我背弃在上的神。
It too would be wickedness, to be punished by the judges, / For I would have denied God above.

我若见恨我的人遭灾难就欢喜，见他遭祸患便高兴；
If I have rejoiced at the misfortune of him who hated me, / Or have exulted when evil found him —

（我没有容口犯罪，以咒诅求灭他的性命；）
Rather, I have not allowed my mouth to sin / By asking for his life with a curse —

若我帐棚的人未曾说，谁不从我们主人的肉食得饱呢？
If the men of my tent have not said, / Who can find one who has not been filled with our master's meat? —

（我从来没有容客旅在街上住宿，总是开门迎接行路的人；）
The sojourner has not lodged in the street; / I have opened my doors to the highway —

我若像亚当遮掩我的过犯，将罪孽藏在怀中，
If I have covered my transgressions as Adam did / By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

因惧怕大众，又因家族藐视我使我惊恐，以致闭口无言，杜门不出；
Because I so dreaded the great multitude, / And the contempt of the families so frightened me, / That I was silent and did not go out my door —

惟愿有一位肯听我！在这里有我所画的押，愿全能者回答我。愿控告我的写上状辞。
Oh, that I had someone to hear me! / Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me. / And let my accuser write up the charge.

我必将状辞带在肩上，又绑在头上为冠冕；
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; / I would bind it onto me like a crown;

我必向祂述说我脚步的数目，必如君王进到祂面前！
I would declare to Him the number of my steps; / Like a prince I would approach Him!

我的地若喊冤控告我，地的犁沟若一同哭泣；
If my land cries out against me, / And its furrows weep together;

我若吃我地所效力的却不给价银，或叫原主丧命；
If I have eaten its strength without money, / And have caused its owners to lose their life;

愿这地长出蒺藜代替麦子，长出恶草代替大麦。约伯的话说完了。
May thorns come forth instead of wheat, / And pungent weeds instead of barley. / The words of Job are ended.