3:1 此后约伯开口诅咒自己的生日。
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. 3:2 约伯开始说：
Job spoke out and said: 3:3 愿我诞生的那日消逝，愿报告「怀了男胎」的那夜灭亡。
Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, "The child is a boy!" 3:4 愿那日成为黑暗，愿天主从上面不再寻觅它，再没有光烛照它。
May that day be darkness: let not God above call for it, nor light shine upon it! 3:5 愿黑暗和阴影玷污它，浓云遮盖它，白昼失光的晦暗惊吓它。
May darkness and gloom claim it, clouds settle upon it, the blackness of night affright it! 3:6 愿那夜常为黑暗所制，不让它列入年岁中，不让它算在月分里。
May obscurity seize that day; let it not occur among the days of the year, nor enter into the count of the months! 3:7 愿那夜孤寂茕独，毫无欢呼之声
May that night be barren; let no joyful outcry greet it! 3:8 愿那诅咒白日者，有术召唤海怪者，前来诅咒那夜。
Let them curse it who curse the sea, the appointed disturbers of Leviathan! 3:9 愿晨星昏暗，期待光明而光明不至，也不见晨光熹微，
the stars of its twilight be darkened; may it look for daylight, but have none, nor gaze on the eyes of the dawn, 3:10 因为它没有关闭我母胎之门，遮住我眼前的愁苦。
Because it kept not shut the doors of the womb to shield my eyes from trouble! 3:11 我为何一出母胎没有立即死去﹖为何我一离母腹没有断气﹖
Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb and expire? 3:12 为何两膝接住我﹖为何两乳哺养我﹖
Or why was I not buried away like an untimely birth, like babes that have never seen the light? 3:13 不然现今我早已卧下安睡了，早已永眠获得安息了，
Wherefore did the knees receive me? or why did I suck at the breasts? 3:14 与那些为自己建陵墓的国王和百官，
For then I should have lain down and been tranquil; had I slept, I should then have been at rest 3:15 与那些金银满堂的王侯同眠；
With kings and counselors of the earth who built where now there are ruins 3:16 或者象隐没的流产儿，象未见光明的婴孩；
Or with princes who had gold and filled their houses with silver. 3:17 在那里恶人停止作乱，在那里劳悴者得享安宁；
There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest. 3:18 囚徒相安无事，再不闻督工的呼叱声，
There the captives are at ease together, and hear not the voice of the slave driver. 3:19 在那里大小平等，奴隶脱离主人。
Small and great are there the same, and the servant is free from his master. 3:20 为何赐不幸者以光明，赐心中忧苦者以生命﹖
Why is light given to the toilers, and life to the bitter in spirit? 3:21 这些人渴望死，而死不至；寻求死亡胜于宝藏，
They wait for death and it comes not; they search for it rather than for hidden treasures, 3:22 见到坟墓，感觉欢乐，且喜乐达于极点!
Rejoice in it exultingly, and are glad when they reach the grave: 3:23 人的道路，既如此渺茫，天主为何赐给他生命，又把他包围﹖
Men whose path is hidden from them, and whom God has hemmed in! 3:24 叹息成了我的食物，不停哀叹有如流水。
For sighing comes more readily to me than food, and my groans well forth like water. 3:25 我所畏惧的，偏偏临于我身；我所害怕的，却迎面而来。
For what I fear overtakes me, and what I shrink from comes upon me. 3:26 我没有安宁，也没有平静，得不到休息，却只有烦恼。
I have no peace nor ease; I have no rest, for trouble comes!