27:1 约伯继续他的言论说：
And Job continued his discourse: 27:2 我指着那剥夺我权利的天主起誓，指着使我心灵苦痛的全能者起誓：
As God lives, who withholds my deserts, the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul, 27:3 几时我还有气息，我鼻中尚有天主赋予的生气，
So long as I still have life in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils, 27:4 我的口唇决不说谎言，我的舌头决不讲虚话。
My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit! 27:5 若叫我说你们有理，那决 办不到；到我断气，我决不放弃我的纯正。
Far be it from me to account you right; till I die I will not renounce my innocence. 27:6 我坚持我的正义，决不罢休；对于已往的生活，我问心无愧。
My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. 27:7 惟愿恨我的人，遭恶人的命运；起来攻击我的人，遭罪犯的处分。
Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unjust! 27:8 恶人呼吁时，有何期待﹖当他向天主举起灵魂时，有何希望﹖
For what can the impious man expect when he is cut off, when God requires his life? 27:9 灾难临到他身上时，天主岂能听他的呼求﹖
Will God then attend to his cry when calamity comes upon him? 27:10 他岂是以全能者为喜乐，时时祈求天主﹖
Will he then delight in the Almighty and call upon him constantly? 27:11 我要将天主的作为教导你们；对全能者的意旨，我决不隐瞒。
I will teach you the manner of God’s dealings, and the way of the Almighty I will not conceal. 27:12 其实，这一切你们都熟悉，但为何还这样崇尚空谈﹖纳阿玛人左法尔就说：
Behold, you yourselves have all seen it; why then do you spend yourselves in idle words! 27:13 看,这是天主给恶人定的命运，是强暴者由全能者所承受的产业：
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance an oppressor receives from the Almighty: 27:14 他的子女虽众多，都必死于刀下；他的后代子孙，不得饱食。
Though his children be many, the sword is their destiny. His offspring shall not be filled with bread. 27:15 剩余的人，为瘟疫所葬送；他们的遗孀，不举哀吊丧。
His survivors, when they die, shall have no burial, and their widows shall not be mourned. 27:16 他虽积蓄金银，多如尘沙；备制衣服，多如土堆；
Though he heap up silver like dust and store away mounds of clothing, 27:17 他固然预备，义人来穿着，无辜者要分取他们的金银。
What he has stored the just man shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 27:18 他建造的房屋有如雀巢，又如守望者搭的茅舍。
He builds his house as of cobwebs, or like a booth put up by the vine-keeper. 27:19 他睡眠时，虽称富足，但睁开眼时，已一无所有。
He lies down a rich man, one last time; he opens his eyes and nothing remains to him. 27:20 白天有恐怖侵袭，黑夜有飓风将他卷去。
Terrors rush upon him by day; at night the tempest carries him off. 27:21 东风将他们吹走，由他们的居处将他拔除。
The storm wind seizes him and he disappears; it sweeps him out of his place. 27:22 众人毫不怜悯拿他当作箭靶，力求逃避攻击他的手。
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. 27:23 人人都对他鼓掌称庆，所到之处,莫不嗤之以鼻。
It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.