14:1 Man, born of woman, Is of few days and full of trouble.
人为妇人所生，日子短少，饱受烦扰；
14:2 He comes forth like a blossom and is cut down, He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
他长出如花，又被割下；他飞去如影，不能存留。
14:3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one And bring me into litigation with You?
这样的人你岂睁眼看他，又叫我来与你争讼么？
14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out from the unclean? No one!
谁能使洁净之物出于污秽之中？谁也不能！
14:5 Since his days are determined, And the number of his months is with You; Since You have appointed his bounds, and he cannot go beyond;
人的日子既然限定，他的月数在你那里；你既然制定他的界限，使他不能越过；
14:6 Look away from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired hand.
便求你转眼不看他，使他得歇息，直等他像雇工完毕他的日子。
14:7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, And its tender shoot will not cease.
树木若被砍下，还可指望再发芽，嫩枝生长不息。
14:8 Though its root grows old in the earth, And its trunk dies in the dirt,
其根虽然衰老在地里，干也死在土中，
14:9 At the scent of water it will bud And will produce branches like a new plant.
及至得了水气，还要发芽，又长枝条，像新栽的树一样。
14:10 But a man dies and is laid low; Yes, a man expires, and then where is he?
但人死了就倒下；人气绝后，究竟在那里呢？
14:11 The waters of the sea recede, And the river becomes parched and dried up:
海中的水退尽，江河枯竭干涸；
14:12 So a man lies down and does not rise up; Until the heavens are no more, he will not awake, Nor will he be roused from his sleep.
人也是如此，躺下不再起来，直到天不再有了，仍不得复醒，也不得从睡中唤醒。
14:13 Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your anger has passed, That You would set me an appointed time and remember me!
惟愿你把我藏在阴间，愿你将我隐藏，等你的怒气转消，愿你为我定下日期，并记念我！
14:14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, Until a change for me should come.
人若死了，岂能再活？我只要在我一切劳役的日子等候，直到我被替换的时候来到。
14:15 You would call, and I would answer You; You would long after the work of Your hands.
你呼叫，我便回答；你手所作的，你必羡慕。
14:16 For now You number my steps. Do You not watch over my sin?
但如今你数点我的脚步，岂不察看我的罪么？
14:17 My transgression has been sealed up in a bag, And You have fastened up my iniquity.
我的过犯被你封在囊中，你也缝严了我的罪孽。
14:18 However the mountain falls and crumbles, And the rock moves from its place;
但山崩塌溃碎，磐石挪开原处；
14:19 Waters wear away stones; Their torrents wash away the dust of the earth: So You destroy the hope of man.
流水消磨石头；所流溢的，洗去地上的尘土：你也照样灭绝人的指望。
14:20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes away; You change his countenance and send him away.
你永远胜过人，人就去世；你改变他的容貌，遣他离去。
14:21 His sons gain honor, but he does not know it; And they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
他的子孙得尊荣，他也不知道；降为卑微，他也不觉得。
14:22 Only the pain of his own flesh does he feel, And his own soul mourns for him.