| 聖詠集 |
Psalms |
| 1阿撒夫的詩歌。天主待正直的人多麼美善，上主對心裏潔淨的人亦然！ |
1 A psalm of Asaph. How good God is to the upright, the Lord, to those who are clean of heart! |
| 2我的腳幾乎要跌跤，我的腳險些要滑倒， |
2I But, as for me, I lost my balance; my feet all but slipped, |
| 3因我看見惡人安寧幸福，就對驕橫的人心生嫉妒。 |
3Because I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| 4原來他們總沒有受過重創，所以他們的身體健康肥胖； |
4For they suffer no pain; their bodies are healthy and sleek. |
| 5他們沒有別人所受的憂傷，也沒有常人所遭遇的災殃。 |
5They are free of the burdens of life; they are not afflicted like others. |
| 6故此，驕傲纏繞他們相似項鍊，殘暴遮蔽他們有如衣衫。 |
6Thus pride adorns them as a necklace; violence clothes them as a robe. |
| 7他們的邪惡，出自肥胖的心田，讓他們自己的惡念，肆意氾濫。 |
7Out of their stupidity comes sin; evil thoughts flood their hearts. |
| 8他們譏諷嘲弄，言惡語狂，他們欺壓恐嚇蠻橫倔強； |
8They scoff and spout their malice; from on high they utter threats. |
| 9用自己的口褻瀆上天，以自己的舌詆毀塵寰。 |
9 They set their mouths against the heavens, their tongues roam the earth. |
| 10因此我的百姓向他們依歸，滿口啜飲由他們供給的水， |
10 So my people turn to them and drink deeply of their words. |
| 11且說：天主豈能知悉，難道至高者能理會？ |
11They say, "Does God really know?" "Does the Most High have any knowledge?" |
| 12看，這些人為非作歹，常享平安，積存錢財， |
12Such, then, are the wicked, always carefree, increasing their wealth. |
| 13的確，我白白清心寡欲，我徒然洗手表白無辜。 |
13Is it in vain that I have kept my heart clean, washed my hands in innocence? |
| 14我時時遭受鞭擊，也天天遇到責斥。 |
14For I am afflicted day after day, chastised every morning. |
| 15我若想：我說話若與他們相同，就等於放棄與你子民為同宗。 |
15Had I thought, "I will speak as they do," I would have betrayed your people. |
| 16我愈設法了解這事，我愈覺得神妙莫測。 |
16Though I tried to understand all this, it was too difficult for me, |
| 17直到我接近天主的奧妙，直到我注意他們的結果。 |
17 Till I entered the sanctuary of God and came to understand their end. |
| 18你的確將他們置於坡路，讓他們滑倒於消滅之途。 |
18You set them, indeed, on a slippery road; you hurl them down to ruin. |
| 19他們瞬息之間變得如此悽涼，他們因受驚過度而從此滅亡。 |
19How suddenly they are devastated; undone by disasters forever! |
| 20上主，世人睡醒，怎樣了解夢境；你醒時，也怎樣看他們的幻影。 |
20They are like a dream after waking, Lord, dismissed like shadows when you arise. |
| 21幾時我的心靈遭受酸苦，刺痛也會進入我的肺腑。 |
21Since my heart was embittered and my soul deeply wounded, |
| 22原來是我愚昧毫無理性，在你面前竟然好像畜牲。 |
22I was stupid and could not understand; I was like a brute beast in your presence. |
| 23但以後，我要常與你同處，你已經握住了我的右手。 |
23Yet I am always with you; you take hold of my right hand. |
| 24你要以你的聖訓來領導我，最後引我進入你的榮耀。 |
24 With your counsel you guide me, and at the end receive me with honor. |
| 25在天上除你以外，為我還能有誰？在地上除你以外，為我一無所喜。 |
25Whom else have I in the heavens? None beside you delights me on earth. |
| 26我的肉身和我的心靈，雖巳憔瘁；天主卻永是我心的福分和磐石。 |
26Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the rock of my heart, my portion forever. |
| 27看，遠離你的人必將趨於沉淪。你必消滅一切背棄你的人民。 |
27But those who are far from you perish; you destroy those unfaithful to you. |
| 28親近天主對我是多麼的美好：只有上主天主是我的避難所。 |
28As for me, to be near God is my good, to make the Lord GOD my refuge. I shall declare all your works in the gates of daughter Zion. |
| 29我要在熙雍女子門前，把你一切的工程宣傳。 |
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