| 撒慕爾紀下 |
2 Samuel |
| 1當上主救達味脫離了仇敵和撒烏耳的毒手時，達味向上主唱了這首詩歌， |
1 David sang the words of this song to the LORD when the LORD had rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. |
| 2說「上主，我的磐石，我的保障，我的避難所； |
2This is what he sang: I "O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, |
| 3我的天主是我所依靠的磐石，是我的盾牌，我的大能救主，我的堡壘，我的藏身處。我的救主，是你救我脫離了強暴。 |
3 my God, my rock of refuge! My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior, from violence you keep me safe. |
| 4我一呼求應受頌揚的上主，我便獲救，脫離了我的仇敵。 |
4'Praised be the LORD,' I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies.II |
| 5死亡的波濤圍繞我，凶險的急流驚嚇我， |
5 "The breakers of death surged round about me, the floods of perdition overwhelmed me; |
| 6陰府的繩索纏住我，死亡的羅網絆着我； |
6The cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death overtook me. |
| 7在急難中我呼求上主，向我的天主呼號，他由殿中聽了我的聲音，我的呼聲達入他的耳中。 |
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God; From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry reached his ears.III |
| 8因他盛怒大作，大地震動戰慄，上天的基礎動盪搖撼， |
8 "The earth swayed and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook when his wrath flared up. |
| 9由他的鼻孔湧出濃煙，由他的口中噴出烈火，由他的身上射出火炭， |
9Smoke rose from his nostrils, and a devouring fire from his mouth; he kindled coals into flame. |
| 10使天低垂親自降下，在他的腳下濃雲密佈。 |
10He inclined the heavens and came down, with dark clouds under his feet. |
| 11他乘坐革魯賓飛騰，藉着風的翼羽翱翔。 |
11 He mounted a cherub and flew, borne on the wings of the wind. |
| 12他四周以黑暗做帷幔，以豪雨濃雲為帳幕。 |
12He made darkness the shelter about him, with spattering rain and thickening clouds. |
| 13閃電在他前閃爍，紅炭發出了火光。 |
13From the brightness of his presence coals were kindled to flame. |
| 14上主由高天興雷，至高者發出了呼聲。 |
14"The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High gave forth his voice. |
| 15他射出羽箭，使敵人四散，發出閃電，使敵人驚擾。 |
15He sent forth arrows to put them to flight; he flashed lightning and routed them. |
| 16上主的呵斥一發，鼻孔的怒氣一出，蒼海的海底即出現，大地的地基也外露。 |
16Then the wellsprings of the sea appeared, the foundations of the earth were laid bare, At the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the wind of his wrath. |
| 17他由高處伸手將我拉住，由大水中將我提出。 |
17"He reached out from on high and grasped me; he drew me out of the deep waters. |
| 18救我脫離了我的勁敵，擺脫了強於我的仇人。 |
18He rescued me from my mighty enemy, from my foes, who were too powerful for me. |
| 19他們在我困厄之日，襲擊了我，然而上主卻作了我的後盾； |
19They attacked me on my day of calamity, but the LORD came to my support. |
| 20他引我步入坦途，因喜愛我而救了我。 |
20He set me free in the open, and rescued me, because he loves me.IV |
| 21上主照我的正義酬報了我，按我雙手的清白報答了我； |
21"The LORD rewarded me according to my justice; according to the cleanness of my hands he requited me. |
| 22因我遵行了上主的正道，沒有作惡離棄我的天主。 |
22For I kept the ways of the LORD and was not disloyal to my God. |
| 23他的一切法令常在我前，我未曾違犯過他的誡命； |
23For his ordinances were all present to me, and his statutes I put not from me; |
| 24我在他前常保成全，自知提防各種不義。 |
24But I was wholehearted toward him, and I was on my guard against guilt. |
| 25因此，上主照我的正義，照我在他眼前的純潔，賞報了我。 |
25And the LORD requited me according to my justice, according to my innocence in his sight. |
| 26仁慈的人，你待他仁慈；正直的人，你待他正直； |
26 "Toward the faithful you are faithful; toward the wholehearted you are wholehearted; |
| 27純樸的人，你待他純樸；乖戾的人，你待他乖戾。 |
27Toward the sincere you are sincere; but toward the crooked you are astute. |
| 28卑微的人，你必拯救；傲慢的人，你必睥視。 |
28You save lowly people, though on the lofty your eyes look down. |
| 29上主，你是我的火炬，我的天主，照明我的黑暗。 |
29 You are my lamp, O LORD! O my God, you brighten the darkness about me. |
| 30仗着你，我衝入了敵營；靠着我的天主，我跳過了牆垣。 |
30For with your aid I run against an armed band, and by the help of my God I leap over a wall. |
| 31天主的道路是完善的；上主的言語是純淨的；凡投奔他的人，他必作他們的後盾。 |
31God's way is unerring; the promise of the LORD is fire-tried; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him."V |
| 32上主以外，還有誰是天主？除我們的天主外，還有誰是磐石？ |
32"For who is God except the LORD? Who is a rock save our God? |
| 33是天主賜我毅力，使我一路順利， |
33The God who girded me with strength and kept my way unerring; |
| 34使我的腳快如鹿蹄，使我屹立高地， |
34 Who made my feet swift as those of hinds and set me on the heights; |
| 35教導我手作戰，使臂膊能張開銅弓。 |
35Who trained my hands for war till my arms could bend a bow of brass.VI |
| 36你把你的救生盾賜給了我，你的長甲作了我的掩護。 |
36"You have given me your saving shield, and your help has made me great. |
| 37你為我的腳步拓寬了路，我的腳從未顛簸。 |
37You made room for my steps; unwavering was my stride. |
| 38我追趕仇敵，消滅他們；不滅絕他們，決不返回。 |
38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, nor did I turn again till I made an end of them. |
| 39我將他們打得一蹶不振，盡都倒斃在我腳下。 |
39I smote them and they did not rise; they fell beneath my feet.VII |
| 40你賜我毅力奮勇作戰，把我的對手屈伏我下， |
40"You girded me with strength for war; you subdued my adversaries beneath me. |
| 41使我的敵人在我前轉背而逃，使我殲滅了一切仇恨我的人。 |
41My enemies you put to flight before me and those who hated me I destroyed. |
| 42他們呼號，卻無人施救；呼號上主，也不獲應允。 |
42They cried for help-but no one saved them; to the LORD--but he answered them not. |
| 43我搗碎他們像地上的灰塵，踐踏他們像道上的泥土。 |
43I ground them fine as the dust of the earth; like the mud in the streets I trampled them down.VIII |
| 44你由百姓的叛亂中救拔了我，立我做了列國的首領；我不認識的人民竟給我服役。 |
44"You rescued me from the strife of my people; you made me head over nations. A people I had not known became my slaves; |
| 45外邦的子民諂媚奉承我，一聽到是我，即刻服從我； |
45as soon as they heard me, they obeyed. |
| 46外方的子民驚惶失色，戰戰兢兢走出自己的堡壘。 |
46The foreigners fawned and cringed before me; they staggered forth from their fortresses." |
| 47上主萬歲！願我的磐石受讚美，願救我的天主受頌揚！ |
47"The LORD live! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be my God, rock of my salvation. |
| 48天主，是你為我報了仇，使萬民屈伏於我， |
48O God, who granted me vengeance, who made peoples subject to me |
| 49是你救我脫離了我的仇敵，提拔我凌駕我的對手之上，救我脫免了強暴的人。 |
49and helped me escape from my enemies, Above my adversaries you exalt me and from the violent man you rescue me. |
| 50為此，上主！我要在異民中稱謝你，歌頌你的聖名。 |
50Therefore will I proclaim you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name, |
| 51因為他使自己的君王大獲勝利，對自己的受傅者達味和他的子孫，廣施仁慈，直到永遠。」 |
51You who gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever." |
