| 聖詠集 |
Psalms |
| 1科辣黑後裔歌，用高音，交與樂官。 |
1 For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites. |
| 2關於這事，請萬民都要靜聽，普世居民，請你們側耳細聽， |
2Hear this, all you peoples! Give ear, all who inhabit the world, |
| 3不論貧富無分縉紳百姓，請你們都一一側耳聆聽。 |
3You of lowly birth or high estate, rich and poor alike. |
| 4我的口要宣講智慧，我的心要思念哲理。 |
4My mouth shall speak wisdom, my heart shall offer insight. |
| 5我要側耳恭聽諺語，我要鼓琴解釋隱語。 |
5 I will turn my attention to a problem, expound my question to the music of a lyre. |
| 6當陷害我者的毒謀圍困我時，在我困厄的日期，我有何所懼？ |
6Why should I fear in evil days, when my wicked pursuers ring me round, |
| 7因為他們只知依恃財產的富足，他們只會誇耀自己金錢的豐裕； |
7Those who trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches? |
| 8但是金錢不能使任何人得救，決不能把人的贖價還給天主， |
8 One cannot redeem oneself, pay to God a ransom. |
| 9因為人命的贖價非常昂貴，任何金錢也決不足以贖回， |
9Too high the price to redeem a life; one would never have enough |
| 10不能使人生存久長，不能使人不見死亡。 |
10To stay alive forever and never see the pit. |
| 11你看，智者死去，愚昧者也同樣沉淪，他們都將自己的財產遺留給別人。 |
11Anyone can see that the wisest die, the fool and the senseless pass away too, and must leave their wealth to others. |
| 12他們雖然曾以自己的名號，給一些地方命名，但是他們永久的住宅，萬代的居所卻是墳塋。 |
12Tombs are their homes forever, their dwellings through all generations, though they gave their names to their lands. |
| 13人在富貴中絕不能久長，將與牲畜無異，同樣死亡。 |
13For all their riches mortals do not abide; they perish like the beasts. |
| 14這就是自滿昏愚者的終途，這就是自誇幸運者的末路。（休止） |
14This is the destiny of those who trust in folly, the end of those so pleased with their wealth. Selah |
| 15他們就如羊群一般被人趕入深坑，死亡要牧放他們，義人要主宰他們。他們的容貌即刻色衰，陰間將是他們的住宅。 |
15Like sheep they are herded into Sheol, where death will be their shepherd. Straight to the grave they descend, where their form will waste away, Sheol will be their palace. |
| 16但是天主必救我靈脫離陰府，因為他要把我接走。（休止） |
16 But God will redeem my life, will take me from the power of Sheol. Selah |
| 17不要嫉妒他人變成富翁，不要忌恨他人家產倍增； |
17Do not fear when others become rich, when the wealth of their houses grows great. |
| 18因為他死時什麼也不能帶走，他的財產也不能隨着他同去。 |
18When they die they will take nothing with them, their wealth will not follow them down. |
| 19他在生時雖自我陶醉說：「只要你幸福，人必誇讚你。」 |
19When living, they congratulate themselves and say: "All praise you, you do so well." |
| 20他終要回去和他的祖先相逢，永永遠遠他再不能看到光明。 |
20But they will join the company of their forebears, never again to see the light. |
| 21人在富貴中，不深思遠慮，將與牲畜無異，都要死去。 |
21For all their riches, if mortals do not have wisdom, they perish like the beasts. |
