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24:1
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全能者既定期罚恶，为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？
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Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
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24:2
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有人挪移地界，抢夺群畜而牧养。
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There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
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24:3
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他们拉去孤儿的驴，强取寡妇的牛为当头。
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow`s ox for a pledge.
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24:4
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他们使穷人离开正道；世上的贫民尽都隐藏。
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They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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24:5
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这些贫穷人如同野驴出到旷野，殷勤寻找食物；他们靠着野地给儿女糊口，
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Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
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24:6
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收割别人田间的禾稼，摘取恶人余剩的葡萄，
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They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
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24:7
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终夜赤身无衣，天气寒冷毫无遮盖，
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They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
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24:8
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在山上被大雨淋湿，因没有避身之处就挨近盘石。
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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24:9
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又有人从母怀中抢夺孤儿，强取穷人的衣服为当头，
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There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
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24:10
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使人赤身无衣，到处流行，且因饥饿扛抬禾捆，
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[So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
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24:11
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在那些人的围墙内造油，醡酒，自己还口渴。
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They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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24:12
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在多民的城内有人唉哼，受伤的人哀号；神却不理会那恶人的愚妄。
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From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
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24:13
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又有人背弃光明，不认识光明的道，不住在光明的路上。
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These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
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24:14
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杀人的黎明起来，杀害困苦穷乏人，夜间又作盗贼。
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The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
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24:15
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奸夫等候黄昏，说：必无眼能见我，就把脸蒙蔽。
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
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24:16
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盗贼黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，并不认识光明。
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In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
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24:17
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他们看早晨如幽暗，因为他们晓得幽暗的惊骇。
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For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
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24:18
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这些恶人犹如浮萍快快飘去。他们所得的分在世上被咒诅；他们不得再走葡萄园的路。
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Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
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24:19
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干旱炎热消没雪水；阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈。
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.
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24:20
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怀他的母（原文作胎）要忘记他；虫子要吃他，觉得甘甜；他不再被人记念。不义的人必如树折断。
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The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
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24:21
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他恶待（或作：他吞灭）不怀孕不生养的妇人，不善待寡妇。
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He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
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24:22
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然而神用能力保全有势力的人；那性命难保的人仍然兴起。
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Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
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24:23
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神使他们安稳，他们就有所倚靠；神的眼目也看顾他们的道路。
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[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
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24:24
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他们被高举，不过片时就没有了；他们降为卑，被除灭，与众人一样，又如谷穗被割。
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They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
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24:25
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若不是这样，谁能证实我是说谎的，将我的言语驳为虚空呢？
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And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
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