24:1 Why are times of judgment not stored up by the Almighty? And why do those who know Him not see His days?
全能者为何不把审判的定期贮藏起来？为何认识祂的人看不见祂的日子？
24:2 Some remove landmarks; They seize the flock and pasture them.
有人挪移地界，抢夺群畜而牧养。
24:3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless And take the widow's ox as a pledge.
他们把孤儿的驴赶去，强取寡妇的牛作抵押。
24:4 They turn the needy out of the way; The poor of the land are made to hide together.
他们使穷人离开所行的路；地上的困苦人尽都隐藏。
24:5 Indeed, like wild asses in the desert, They go forth to their work, Diligently seeking some prey; The wilderness provides them food for their children.
看哪，这些穷苦人出去工作，如同旷野的野驴，殷勤寻找猎物；野地供给他们食物，给他们的儿女糊口。
24:6 In the field they harvest their fodder, And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
他们在田间收割禾稼作草料，摘取恶人余剩的葡萄。
24:7 They spend the night naked, without clothing; And have no covering in the cold.
他们过夜赤身无衣，在寒冷中毫无遮盖；
24:8 They are wet from the mountain showers, And for lack of shelter they embrace the rock.
在山上被大雨淋湿；因没有避身之处就紧挨着磐石。
24:9 Some pluck the fatherless from the breast, And what the poor has on, as a pledge.
有人从母怀中抢夺孤儿，强取穷人身上之物作抵押。
24:10 They go about naked, without clothing; And being hungry, they take up the sheaves.
穷人赤身无衣，到处流浪；且在饥饿中扛抬禾捆。
24:11 Between their walls they press out oil; They tread the winepresses yet suffer thirst.
在那些人的围墙内榨油，踹酒醡，自己却口渴。
24:12 From the city men groan, And the soul of the wounded cries out; Yet God does not regard the folly.
有人从城内唉哼，受伤者的魂呼求；神却不理会恶人的愚妄。
24:13 These are among those who rebel against the light; They are not acquainted with its ways, Nor do they abide in its paths.
又有人背弃光，不晓得光的道路，不留在光的路上。
24:14 The murderer rises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy; And at night he is like a thief.
杀人者黎明起来，杀害困苦人与穷乏人；夜间又像盗贼。
24:15 The eye of the adulterer also watches for the twilight, Saying, Not an eye will see me; And he disguises his face.
奸夫的眼目守候到黄昏，说，必无眼能见我；他就把脸蒙蔽。
24:16 They dig through houses in the dark; By day they shut themselves in: They do not know the light.
盗贼黑夜挖穿房屋，白日把自己关起来，并不认识光。
24:17 For morning is to all of them like the shadow of death, Because they are acquainted with the terrors of the shadow of death.
早晨对他们如同死荫，因为他们晓得死荫的惊骇。
24:18 Swift are they upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth; There is none who turns toward the vineyards.
他们在水面上快快漂去；他们所得的分在地上被咒诅；他们没有一人再走葡萄园的路。
24:19 Drought and heat snatch the snow water, As Sheol snatches those who have sinned.
干旱炎热消没雪水，阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈。
24:20 The womb forgets him; The worm finds him sweet; He is remembered no more; And wrongdoing is broken like a tree.
怀他的母要忘记他；虫子要以他为甘甜；他不再被人记念；不义的人必如树折断。
24:21 He despoils the barren woman who does not bear, And does no good for the widow.
他抢夺不怀孕不生育的妇人，又不善待寡妇。
24:22 But God preserves the mighty by His power; He arises, and no one is certain of life.
然而神用能力保全有权势的人；祂兴起，他们就难保性命。
24:23 He grants a man to be secure, and he rests on it; And His eyes are upon their ways.
神使他们安稳，他们就有所倚靠；神的眼目也察看他们的道路。
24:24 They are exalted a little while, then they are no more; And they are brought low; like all others, they are gathered in And are cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.
他们被高举不过片时，就没有了；他们被降为卑，与众人一样被收聚，且如穗头被割下。
24:25 And if it is not so, then who will prove me a liar And bring my words to nought?