1 Then Job answered,Then Job answered and said,그때에 욥이 대답하였다.
2 “ Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?“참으로 나도 그것이 그러한 줄 안다. 그러나 사람이 어떻게 하나님 앞에서 의롭다 함을 얻을 수 있겠는가?
3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.사람이 하나님과 다투려 한다 해도, 천 마디 가운데 한 마디도 그분께 대답하지 못할 것이다.
4 God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—그분은 마음이 지혜로우시고 힘이 강하시다. 누가 그분께 맞서 스스로 굳세게 하고도 형통한 적이 있었는가?
5 He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;그분은 산들을 옮기시되 산들이 그것을 알지 못하며, 진노하실 때에 그것들을 뒤엎으신다.
6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;그분이 땅을 그 자리에서 흔드시니 그 기둥들이 떨린다.
7 He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;그분이 해에게 명하시면 해가 뜨지 못하고, 그분이 별들을 봉인하신다.
8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;그분만이 홀로 하늘을 펼치시고 바다 물결 위를 밟으신다.
9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;그분이 북두칠성과 오리온과 묘성과 남쪽의 별자리들을 만드셨다.
10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.그분은 헤아릴 수 없이 큰 일을 행하시며, 셀 수 없이 놀라운 일을 행하신다.
11 Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.보라, 그분이 내 곁을 지나가셔도 나는 그분을 보지 못하며, 또 지나가셔도 나는 깨닫지 못한다.
12 Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘ What are you doing?’Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?보라, 그분이 빼앗아 가시면 누가 그분을 막겠는가? 누가 그분께 ‘무엇을 하십니까?’ 하고 묻겠는가?
13 “ God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.“하나님은 그 진노를 거두지 않으신다. 라합을 돕던 자들도 그분 아래 굴복한다.
14 How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?하물며 내가 어떻게 그분께 대답하며, 그분과 다투려고 내 말을 골라 쓸 수 있겠는가?
15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.비록 내가 의롭다 할지라도 그분께 대답하지 못하고, 다만 나를 심판하시는 분께 간구할 따름이다.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.내가 부르짖었고 그분이 내게 응답하셨다 해도, 나는 그분이 내 음성을 들으셨다고 믿지 못할 것이다.
17 For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.그분은 폭풍으로 나를 꺾으시고, 까닭 없이 내 상처를 더하게 하신다.
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.그분은 내가 숨 돌릴 틈도 주지 않으시고, 나를 쓰라림으로 가득 채우신다.
19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘ Who,’ says he, ‘ will summon me?’If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?힘으로 말하자면, 보라, 그분은 강하시다! 공의로 말하자면, ‘누가 나를 소환하겠느냐?’ 하고 그분이 말씀하신다.
20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.비록 내가 의로울지라도 내 입이 나를 정죄할 것이며, 비록 내가 흠이 없을지라도 그것이 나를 비뚤어진 자로 드러낼 것이다.
21 I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.나는 흠이 없다. 그러나 나는 나 자신을 돌아보지 않으며, 내 생명을 멸시한다.
22 “ It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.“이것이나 저것이나 다 마찬가지다. 그러므로 나는 말한다. 그분은 흠 없는 자나 악한 자나 다 멸하신다.
23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.재앙이 갑자기 닥쳐 죽음을 가져올 때에도, 그분은 무죄한 자의 고난을 비웃으신다.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he, who then is it?땅이 악한 자의 손에 넘겨져 있고, 그분이 그 재판관들의 얼굴을 가리신다. 만일 그분이 아니시면, 그러면 누구란 말인가?
25 “ Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.“이제 내 날들은 달리는 자보다 빠르다. 그것들은 달아나 버리고 좋은 것을 보지 못한다.
26 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.그것들은 빠른 배처럼, 먹이를 향해 내리덮치는 독수리처럼 지나가 버렸다.
27 If I say, ‘ I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;내가 ‘내 탄식을 잊고, 슬픈 얼굴을 거두며, 기운을 차리겠다’ 하고 말할지라도,
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.나는 내 모든 고통이 두렵다. 주께서 나를 무죄하다 여기지 않으실 줄을 내가 안다.
29 I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?나는 정죄당할 것이다. 그런데 어찌하여 내가 헛되이 수고하겠는가?
30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;내가 눈으로 나를 씻고, 잿물로 내 손을 깨끗이 한다 해도,
31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.주께서는 나를 구덩이에 빠뜨리실 것이며, 내 옷조차도 나를 싫어할 것이다.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.그분은 나와 같은 사람이 아니시니, 내가 그분께 대답하거나, 우리가 함께 재판에 나아갈 수 없다.
33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.우리 사이에는 양쪽 모두에게 손을 얹어 줄 중재자가 없다.
34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:그분이 내게서 그 막대기를 거두시고, 그 두려움으로 나를 무섭게 하지 않으시기를.
35 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.그러면 내가 두려워하지 않고 말할 수 있으련만. 그러나 나는 나 스스로 그렇게 하지 못한다.