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31 “내가 내 눈과 서약하였으니 어찌 처녀를 정욕의 눈으로 볼 수 있겠는가?

내가 만일 그렇게 한다면 위에 계신 전능하신 하나님에게 무엇을 기대할 수 있겠는가?

의롭지 못하고 악을 행하는 자에게는 하나님이 재앙을 내려 벌하실 것이 아니겠는가?

하나님은 내가 행하는 모든 일을 다 보고 계시며 내 걸음을 일일이 헤아리신다.

“나는 거짓말을 한 적도 없고 다른 사람을 속인 일도 없다.

만일 하나님이 나를 정직한 저울에 달아 보시면 나의 진실을 아실 것이다.

내가 만일 바른 길에서 벗어났다던가 아니면 눈으로 본 것에 마음이 끌려 죄를 범했다던가 또 내 손이 죄로 더럽혀졌다면

내가 심은 것을 다른 사람이 먹고 내가 기른 농작물이 뿌리째 뽑혀 못 쓰게 되어도 할 말이 없을 것이다.

“내가 만일 어떤 여자에게 마음이 끌려서 그녀의 문 밖에 숨어 그녀를 엿본 적이 있다면

10 내 아내가 다른 사람의 집에서 맷돌질을 하고 다른 사람의 침실에서 잠을 자도 마땅하다.

11 이런 죄는 반드시 형벌을 받아야 할 무서운 악이며

12 내가 가진 모든 것을 송두리째 삼켜 버리는 파괴적인 지옥 불과도 같은 것이다.

13 내 종들이 나에게 불만을 말할 때에도 나는 그들의 말을 듣고 그들에게 정당한 대우를 해 주었다.

14 내가 만일 그렇게 하지 않았다면 내가 어떻게 하나님을 대할 수 있으며 하나님이 나에게 그 일을 따지실 때 내가 무엇이라고 대답할 수 있겠는가?

15 나를 만드신 하나님은 내 종들도 만드신 분이시다.

16 “나는 가난한 자의 소원을 거절하거나 과부를 실망시킨 적이 없으며

17 나는 배불리 먹으면서 불쌍한 고아를 굶겨 본 적도 없다.

18 사실 나는 젊었을 때부터 고아들을 친자식처럼 돌보아 주었고 과부들을 보살펴 주었다.

19 나는 또 너무 가난해서 입을 것이나 덮을 것이 없는 사람을 보면

20 양털로 옷을 지어 입혔고 그들은 나에게 정성껏 복을 빌어 주었다.

21 만일 내가 법정에서 나를 도와줄 자가 있음을 알고 고아를 등쳐먹었다면

22 내 팔이 부러지고 어깻죽지에서 떨어져 나가도 할 말이 없을 것이다.

23 나는 하나님의 형벌을 무서워할 뿐만 아니라 그의 위엄이 두려워서도 감히 그런 짓을 할 수가 없다.

24 “나는 돈을 신뢰하거나

25 재산이 많다고 기뻐한 적이 없으며

26 또 하늘에 빛나는 태양이나 은빛 길을 걷는 달을 보고

27 은근히 마음이 끌려 손을 모아 그것들을 숭배해 본 적도 없다.

28 내가 만일 그런 짓을 했다면 이것 역시 재판을 받아야 할 죄이다. 그것은 내가 위에 계신 하나님을 배반한 셈이 되기 때문이다.

29 “나는 나를 미워하는 자가 망하는 것을 보고 기뻐하거나 재앙을 만나 고통당하는 것을 보고 흐뭇한 표정을 지어 본 적도 없다.

30 사실 나는 어떤 사람을 죽으라고 저주하여 내 입술로 범죄한 적이 없다.

31 내 고기로 배를 채우지 않은 사람이 없다는 것은 내 집에서 일하는 자들도 다 아는 사실이다.

32 나는 나그네를 길거리에서 자게 한 일이 없으며 길 가는 사람들을 위해 내 집 문을 항상 열어 두었다.

33-34 나는 [a]다른 사람들처럼 내 죄를 숨겨 본 일도 없고 사람들이 하는 말을 두려워하지도 않았으며 내가 그들의 비웃음을 무서워하여 할 말을 못하거나 바깥 출입을 하지 못하고 집 안에만 틀어박혀 있은 적도 없었다.

35 “누구든지 내가 하는 말을 들어라. 내가 하는 변명에는 조금도 거짓이 없다. 나는 전능하신 하나님이 내 말에 대답해 주시기를 원하고 있다. 만일 내 대적이 내가 인정할 만한 소송장을 나에게 제시할 수 있었다면

36 내가 그것을 어깨에 메기도 하고 면류관처럼 머리에 쓰기도 했을 것이며

37 또 내가 행한 일을 일일이 다 그에게 말하고 내가 그를 왕족처럼 가까이했을 것이다.

38 “내 토지가 나를 향해 부르짖고 그 이랑이 눈물로 젖은 일이 있는가?

39 내가 만일 값을 지불하지 않고 그 농산물을 먹거나 소작인들을 굶어 죽게 한 일이 있다면

40 그 땅에 밀 대신 찔레가 나고 보리 대신 잡초가 나도 할 말이 없을 것이다.” 이렇게 해서 욥의 말이 끝났다.

Footnotes

  1. 31:33-34 원문에는 ‘아담처럼’

31 “I made a covenant with my eyes(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.(B)
For what is our lot(C) from God above,
    our heritage from the Almighty on high?(D)
Is it not ruin(E) for the wicked,
    disaster(F) for those who do wrong?(G)
Does he not see my ways(H)
    and count my every step?(I)

“If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit(J)
let God weigh me(K) in honest scales(L)
    and he will know that I am blameless(M)
if my steps have turned from the path,(N)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands(O) have been defiled,(P)
then may others eat what I have sown,(Q)
    and may my crops be uprooted.(R)

“If my heart has been enticed(S) by a woman,(T)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(U) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(V)
11 For that would have been wicked,(W)
    a sin to be judged.(X)
12 It is a fire(Y) that burns to Destruction[a];(Z)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.(AA)

13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,(AB)
    whether male or female,
    when they had a grievance against me,(AC)
14 what will I do when God confronts me?(AD)
    What will I answer when called to account?(AE)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(AF)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(AG)

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(AH)
    or let the eyes of the widow(AI) grow weary,(AJ)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(AK)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(AL)
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(AM)
    or the needy(AN) without garments,
20 and their hearts did not bless me(AO)
    for warming them with the fleece(AP) from my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,(AQ)
    knowing that I had influence in court,(AR)
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
    let it be broken off at the joint.(AS)
23 For I dreaded destruction from God,(AT)
    and for fear of his splendor(AU) I could not do such things.(AV)

24 “If I have put my trust in gold(AW)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(AX)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,(AY)
    the fortune my hands had gained,(AZ)
26 if I have regarded the sun(BA) in its radiance
    or the moon(BB) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(BC)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(BD)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(BE)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(BF)

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(BG)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(BH)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(BI)
31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(BJ)
32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(BK)
33 if I have concealed(BL) my sin as people do,[b]
    by hiding(BM) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(BN)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(BO) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(BP)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(BQ) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(BR)
    I would put it on like a crown.(BS)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;(BT)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.(BU))—

38 “if my land cries out against me(BV)
    and all its furrows are wet(BW) with tears,
39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(BX)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,(BY)
40 then let briers(BZ) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed(CA) instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.(CB)

Footnotes

  1. Job 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon
  2. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did

31 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.