Chapter 30

30:1 [hgb]  但 如 今 ， 比 我 年 少 的 人 戏 笑 我 。 其 人 之 父 我 曾 藐 视 ， 不 肯 安 在 看 守 我 羊 群 的 狗 中 。
    [kjv]  But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained¹ to have set with the dogs of my flock.
    [bbe]  But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.
30:2 [hgb]  他 们 壮 年 的 气 力 既 已 衰 败 ， 其 手 之 力 与 我 何 益 呢 ？
    [kjv]  Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
    [bbe]  Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.
30:3 [hgb]  他 们 因 穷 乏 饥 饿 ， 身 体 枯 瘦 ， 在 荒 废 凄 凉 的 幽 暗 中 啃 干 燥 之 地 。
    [kjv]  For want and famine they were solitary²; fleeing into the wilderness³ in former time desolate⁴ and waste.
    [bbe]  They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
30:4 [hgb]  在 草 丛 之 中 采 咸 草 ， 罗 腾 的 根 为 他 们 的 食 物 （ 罗 腾 小 树 名 松 类 ） 。
    [kjv]  Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
    [bbe]  They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.
30:5 [hgb]  他 们 从 人 中 被 赶 出 ， 人 追 喊 他 们 如 贼 一 般 。
    [kjv]  They were driven forth⁵ from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
    [bbe]  They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves
30:6 [hgb]  以 致 他 们 住 在 荒 谷 之 间 ， 在 地 洞 和 岩 穴 中 。
    [kjv]  To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
    [bbe]  They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.
30:7 [hgb]  在 草 丛 中 叫 唤 ， 在 荆 棘 下 聚 集 。
    [kjv]  Among the bushes they brayed⁶; under the nettles⁷ they were gathered together.
    [bbe]  They make noises like asses⁸ among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.
30:8 [hgb]  这 都 是 愚 顽 下 贱 人 的 儿 女 ， 他 们 被 鞭 打 ， 赶 出 境 外 。
    [kjv]  They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler⁹ than the earth.
    [bbe]  They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
30:9 [hgb]  现 在 这 些 人 以 我 为 歌 曲 ， 以 我 为 笑 谈 。
    [kjv]  And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
    [bbe]  And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
30:10 [hgb]  他 们 厌 恶 我 ， 躲 在 旁 边 站 着 ， 不 住 地 吐 唾 沫 在 我 脸 上 。
    [kjv]  They abhor¹⁰ me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
    [bbe]  I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
30:11 [hgb]  松 开 他 们 的 绳 索 苦 待 我 ， 在 我 面 前 脱 去 辔 头 。
    [kjv]  Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted¹² me, they have also let loose the bridle¹³ before me.
    [bbe]  For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.
30:12 [hgb]  这 等 下 流 人 在 我 右 边 起 来 ， 推 开 我 的 脚 ， 筑 成 战 路 来 攻 击 我 。
    [kjv]  Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
    [bbe]  The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:
30:13 [hgb]  这 些 无 人 帮 助 的 ， 毁 坏 我 的 道 ， 加 增 我 的 灾 。
    [kjv]  They mar¹¹ my path, they set forward my calamity¹⁴, they have no helper.
    [bbe]  They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;
30:14 [hgb]  他 们 来 如 同 闯 进 大 破 口 ， 在 毁 坏 之 间 滚 在 我 身 上 。
    [kjv]  They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
    [bbe]  As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.
30:15 [hgb]  惊 恐 临 到 我 ， 驱 逐 我 的 尊 荣 如 风 ， 我 的 福 禄 如 云 过 去 。
    [kjv]  Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
    [bbe]  Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being¹⁵ like a cloud.
30:16 [hgb]  现 在 我 心 极 其 悲 伤 。 困 苦 的 日 子 将 我 抓 住 。
    [kjv]  And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
    [bbe]  But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:
30:17 [hgb]  夜 间 ， 我 里 面 的 骨 头 刺 我 ， 疼 痛 不 止 ， 好 像 龈 我 。
    [kjv]  My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
    [bbe]  The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.
30:18 [hgb]  因 神 的 大 力 ， 我 的 外 衣 污 秽 不 堪 ， 又 如 里 衣 的 领 子 将 我 缠 住 。
    [kjv]  By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
    [bbe]  With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.
30:19 [hgb]  神 把 我 扔 在 淤 泥 中 ， 我 就 像 尘 土 和 炉 灰 一 般 。
    [kjv]  He hath cast me into the mire¹⁶, and I am become like dust and ashes.
    [bbe]  Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.
30:20 [hgb]  主 阿 ， 我 呼 求 你 ， 你 不 应 允 我 。 我 站 起 来 ， 你 就 定 睛 看 我 。
    [kjv]  I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
    [bbe]  You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
30:21 [hgb]  你 向 我 变 心 ， 待 我 残 忍 ， 又 用 大 能 追 逼 我 。
    [kjv]  Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
    [bbe]  You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
30:22 [hgb]  把 我 提 在 风 中 ， 使 我 驾 风 而 行 ， 又 使 我 消 灭 在 烈 风 中 。
    [kjv]  Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
    [bbe]  Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.
30:23 [hgb]  我 知 道 要 使 我 临 到 死 地 ， 到 那 为 众 生 所 定 的 阴 宅 。
    [kjv]  For I know that thou wilt¹⁷ bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
    [bbe]  For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
30:24 [hgb]  然 而 ， 人 仆 倒 岂 不 伸 手 ？ 遇 灾 难 岂 不 求 救 呢 ？
    [kjv]  Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
    [bbe]  Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour¹⁸ to him in his trouble?
30:25 [hgb]  人 遭 难 ， 我 岂 不 为 他 哭 泣 呢 ？ 人 穷 乏 ， 我 岂 不 为 他 忧 愁 呢 ？
    [kjv]  Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
    [bbe]  Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
30:26 [hgb]  我 仰 望 得 好 处 ， 灾 祸 就 到 了 。 我 等 待 光 明 ， 黑 暗 便 来 了 。
    [kjv]  When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
    [bbe]  For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
30:27 [hgb]  我 心 里 烦 扰 不 安 ， 困 苦 的 日 子 临 到 我 身 。
    [kjv]  My bowels¹⁹ boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
    [bbe]  My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.
30:28 [hgb]  我 没 有 日 光 就 哀 哭 行 去 （ 或 作 我 面 发 黑 并 非 因 日 晒 ） 。 我 在 会 中 站 着 求 救 。
    [kjv]  I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
    [bbe]  I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
30:29 [hgb]  我 与 野 狗 为 弟 兄 ， 与 鸵 鸟 为 同 伴 。
    [kjv]  I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls²⁰.
    [bbe]  I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches²¹.
30:30 [hgb]  我 的 皮 肤 黑 而 脱 落 ， 我 的 骨 头 因 热 烧 焦 。
    [kjv]  My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
    [bbe]  My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.
30:31 [hgb]  所 以 ， 我 的 琴 音 变 为 悲 音 ， 我 的 箫 声 变 为 哭 声 。
    [kjv]  My harp²² also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
    [bbe]  And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

1 disdained   

鄙视( disdain的过去式和过去分词 )； 不屑于做，不愿意做

参考例句：

• I disdained to answer his rude remarks. 我不屑回答他的粗话。
• Jackie disdained the servants that her millions could buy. 杰姬鄙视那些她用钱就可以收买的奴仆。

2 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

3 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

4 desolate   

adj.荒凉的，荒芜的；孤独的，凄凉的；v.使荒芜，使孤寂

参考例句：

• The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
• We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。

5 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

6 brayed   

v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的过去式和过去分词 )；发嘟嘟声；粗声粗气地讲话（或大笑）；猛击

参考例句：

• He brayed with laughter. 他刺耳地大笑。
• His donkey threw up his head and brayed loudly. 他的驴扬起头大声叫。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 nettles   

n.荨麻( nettle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I tingle where I sat in the nettles. 我坐过在荨麻上的那个部位觉得刺痛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard. 那蔓草丛生的凄凉地方是教堂公墓。 来自辞典例句

8 asses   

n. 驴，愚蠢的人，臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人

参考例句：

• Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. 有时我为了把这个地方搞得像个样子，也不得不踢踢别人的屁股。 来自教父部分
• Those were wild asses maybe, or zebras flying around in herds. 那些也许是野驴或斑马在成群地奔跑。

9 viler   

adj.卑鄙的( vile的比较级 )；可耻的；极坏的；非常讨厌的

参考例句：

• Ever viler screamsshot forth, cutting through my head like cold, sharp blades. 是那尖啸，像冰冷的，锋利的刀一样穿过我的头脑。 来自互联网

10 abhor   

v.憎恶；痛恨

参考例句：

• They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.他们憎恶任何形式的种族歧视。
• They abhor all the nations who have different ideology and regime.他们仇视所有意识形态和制度与他们不同的国家。

11 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

12 afflicted   

使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
• A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。

13 bridle   

n.笼头，束缚；vt.抑制，约束；动怒

参考例句：

• He learned to bridle his temper.他学会了控制脾气。
• I told my wife to put a bridle on her tongue.我告诉妻子说话要谨慎。

14 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。

15 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。

16 mire   

n.泥沼，泥泞；v.使...陷于泥泞，使...陷入困境

参考例句：

• I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

17 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。

18 saviour   

n.拯救者，救星

参考例句：

• I saw myself as the saviour of my country.我幻想自己为国家的救星。
• The people clearly saw her as their saviour.人们显然把她看成了救星。

19 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

21 ostriches   

n.鸵鸟( ostrich的名词复数 )；逃避现实的人，不愿正视现实者

参考例句：

• They are the silliest lot of old ostriches I ever heard of. 他们真是我闻所未闻的一群最傻的老鸵鸟。 来自辞典例句
• How ostriches could bear to run so hard in this heat I never succeed in understanding. 驼鸟在这样干燥炎热的地带为什么能疾速长跑，我永远也理解不了。 来自辞典例句

22 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。