욥기 3장 [새번역] Job 3 [그렇게도 두려워하던 일이 밀어닥치고, 그렇게도 무서워하던 일이 다가오고야 말았다. 내게는 평화도...

1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. {P} ב וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר. 2 {S} And Job spoke, and said: ג יֹאבַד יוֹם, אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ; וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר, הֹרָה גָבֶר. 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: 'A man-child is brought forth.' ד הַיּוֹם הַהוּא, יְהִי-חֹשֶׁךְ: אַל-יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמַּעַל; וְאַל-תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָה. 4 Let that day be darkness; {N} let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. ה יִגְאָלֻהוּ, חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת--תִּשְׁכָּן-עָלָיו עֲנָנָה; יְבַעֲתֻהוּ, כִּמְרִירֵי יוֹם. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it. ו הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא, יִקָּחֵהוּ-אֹפֶל: אַל-יִחַדְּ, בִּימֵי שָׁנָה; בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים, אַל-יָבֹא. 6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it; {N} let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. ז הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא, יְהִי גַלְמוּד; אַל-תָּבוֹא רְנָנָה בוֹ. 7 Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein. ח יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי-יוֹם; הָעֲתִידִים, עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָן. 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. ט יֶחְשְׁכוּ, כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ: יְקַו-לְאוֹר וָאַיִן; וְאַל-יִרְאֶה, בְּעַפְעַפֵּי-שָׁחַר. 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning; י כִּי לֹא סָגַר, דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי; וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל, מֵעֵינָי. 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes. יא לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת; מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָע. 11 Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth? יב מַדּוּעַ, קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם; וּמַה-שָּׁדַיִם, כִּי אִינָק. 12 Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck? יג כִּי-עַתָּה, שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט; יָשַׁנְתִּי, אָז יָנוּחַ לִי. 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest-- יד עִם-מְלָכִים, וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ; הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָמוֹ. 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves; טו אוֹ עִם-שָׂרִים, זָהָב לָהֶם; הַמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּסֶף. 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver; טז אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן, לֹא אֶהְיֶה; כְּעֹלְלִים, לֹא-רָאוּ אוֹר. 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light. יז שָׁם רְשָׁעִים, חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז; וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ, יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ. 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest. יח יַחַד, אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ; לֹא שָׁמְעוּ, קוֹל נֹגֵשׂ. 18 There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. יט קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל, שָׁם הוּא; וְעֶבֶד, חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָיו. 19 The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master. כ לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר; וְחַיִּים, לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ. 20 Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul-- כא הַמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ; וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ, מִמַּטְמוֹנִים. 21 Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; כב הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי-גִיל-- יָשִׂישׂוּ, כִּי יִמְצְאוּ-קָבֶר. 22 Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave?-- כג לְגֶבֶר, אֲשֶׁר-דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה; וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדוֹ. 23 To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? כד כִּי-לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי, אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא; וַיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם, שַׁאֲגֹתָי. 24 For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water. כה כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי, וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי; וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי, יָבֹא לִי. 25 For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me. כו לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי, וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְלֹא-נָחְתִּי; וַיָּבֹא רֹגֶז. 26 I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.

1. 드디어 욥이 말문을 열고, 자기 생일을 저주하면서
2. 울부짖었다.
3. 내가 태어나던 날이 차라리 사라져 버렸더라면, '남자 아이를 배었다'고 좋아하던 그 밤도 망해 버렸더라면,
4. 그 날이 어둠에 덮여서, 높은 곳에 계신 하나님께서도 그 날을 기억하지 못하셨더라면, 아예 그 날이 밝지도 않았더라면,
5. 어둠과 사망의 그늘이 그 날을 제 것이라 하여, 검은 구름이 그 날을 덮었더라면, 낮을 어둠으로 덮어서, 그 날을 공포 속에 몰아넣었더라면,
6. 그 밤도 흑암에 사로잡혔더라면, 그 밤이 아예 날 수와 달 수에도 들지 않았더라면,
7. 아, 그 밤이 아무도 잉태하지 못하는 밤이었더라면, 아무도 기쁨의 소리를 낼 수 없는 밤이었더라면,
8. 주문을 외워서 바다를 저주하는 자들이, 리워야단도 길들일 수 있는 마력을 가진 자들이, 그 날을 저주하였더라면,
9. 그 밤에는 새벽 별들도 빛을 잃어서, 날이 밝기를 기다려도 밝지를 않고, 동트는 것도 볼 수 없었더라면, 좋았을 것을!
10. 어머니의 태가 열리지 않아, 내가 태어나지 않았어야 하는 건데. 그래서 이 고난을 겪지 않아야 하는 건데!
11. 어찌하여 내가 모태에서 죽지 않았던가? 어찌하여 어머니 배에서 나오는 그 순간에 숨이 끊어지지 않았던가?
12. 어찌하여 나를 무릎으로 받았으며, 어찌하여 어머니가 나를 품에 안고 젖을 물렸던가?
13. 그렇게만 하지 않았더라도, 지금쯤은 내가 편히 누워서 잠들어 쉬고 있을 텐데.
14. 지금은 폐허가 된 성읍이지만, 한때 그 성읍을 세우던 세상의 왕들과 고관들과 함께 잠들어 있을 텐데.
15. 금과