
“曠野”是你我人生必經之路
婚姻關係的曠野
工作關係的曠野
親子關係的曠野
金錢關係的曠野
家庭關係的曠野
自我關係的曠野
......等等
更重要的是
與神關係的曠野。
要走出一生之中所要面對的曠野
必要先走出與神關係的曠野
這應該是一生之中最為重要的一件事
所有的曠野並不可怕
可怕的是沒有勇氣去面對與神關係的曠野
今日約伯正是面對此一人生之中最大的曠野
他的苦痛與掙扎、哀愁與哭泣
都在在顯示出他的內在
人生如塵土
你我在曠野的道路之中
是否能勇敢的面對塵土而安然自得
則是一生之中最大的考驗與選擇
約伯記
30:16 現在我心極其悲傷;困苦的日子將我抓住。
"And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
30:17 夜間,我裡面的骨頭刺我,疼痛不止,好像齦我。
The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
30:18 因 神的大力,我的外衣污穢不堪,又如裡衣的領子將我纏住。
With violence it seizes my garment; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
30:19 神把我扔在淤泥中,我就像塵土和爐灰一般。
God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
30:20 主啊,我呼求你,你不應允我;我站起來,你就定睛看我。
I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
30:21 你向我變心,待我殘忍,又用大能追逼我,
Thou hast turned cruel to me; with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me.
30:22 把我提在風中,使我駕風而行,又使我消滅在烈風中。
Thou liftest me up on the wind, thou makest me ride on it, and thou tossest me about in the roar of the storm.
30:23 我知道要使我臨到死地,到那為眾生所定的陰宅。
Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
30:24 然而,人仆倒豈不伸手?遇災難豈不求救呢?
"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help?
30:25 人遭難,我豈不為他哭泣呢?人窮乏,我豈不為他憂愁呢?
Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
30:26 我仰望得好處,災禍就到了;我等待光明,黑暗便來了。
But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.
30:27 我心裡煩擾不安,困苦的日子臨到我身。
My heart is in turmoil, and is never still; days of affliction come to meet me.
30:28 我沒有日光就哀哭行去(或譯:我面發黑並非因日曬);我在會中站著求救。
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
30:29 我與野狗為弟兄,與鴕鳥為同伴。
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
30:30 我的皮膚黑而脫落;我的骨頭因熱燒焦。
My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
30:31 所以,我的琴音變為悲音;我的簫聲變為哭聲。
My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.