Psalms 81
1 To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;
詠【慶節的歌詠】阿撒夫的詩歌，交與樂官。調寄「加特」。 請眾向助佑我們的天主歌舞，向雅各伯的天主歡呼。
2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
請眾高唱新歌，手擊鐃鼓，和彈琴瑟，奏悅耳的樂譜。
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
在月朔之日和月圓之夜，在我們的慶節，吹起號角，
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
因為這是以色列的規定，是雅各伯的天主誡命，
5 He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
當他出擊埃及國時，給若瑟立了這法規。我聽到從未聽的諾言：
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
我救他的肩脫離重擔，又使他的手放下筐籃。
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
您在患難中呼喊，我救了你，從雷鳴雲彩中，我答應你；在默黎巴，我試探了你。
8 Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
請聽，我的百姓，我要警告你！以色列！恨不得你能聽從我：
9 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
在您中間不應有別的神，千萬不可崇拜邦的神！
10 I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
我是上主，我是你的天主，是我由埃及國將你領出，你張開口，我要使你滿足。
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
可惜我的百姓沒有您的呼聲，以色列人也沒有服從我的命令。
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
因此，我就任憑他們的心靈頑硬，讓他們隨的私意而行。
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
如果我的聽了我的命令，以色列人隨從我的道路而行，
14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
立刻就會壓迫他們的敵人，轉過手打擊難為他們的仇人。
15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
仇恨上主的人必來向他們歸順，仇人的厄運從此要永久常存。
16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
但我要以麥子的精華養育選民，以石中的蜂蜜飽享他們。
