< Psalms 105 >
1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
【上主向先民顯的奇蹟】請眾感謝上主,呼號祂的聖名,請眾在萬民中,傳揚祂的聖名。
2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
請眾歌頌祂,詠讚祂,傳述祂的奇工妙化。
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
請您們以祂的聖名為光榮,願尋求上主的人樂滿心中。
4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
請眾尋求上主和祂的德能,要時常不斷追求祂的儀容。
5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
請您們記念祂所行的奇蹟,祂的異事和祂口中的判詞。
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
天主的僕人亞巴郎的後裔,上主揀選的雅各伯的兒子!
7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
祂是上主,是我們的天主,祂的統治遍及普世各處。
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
祂永遠懷念著自己的盟約,直到萬代不忘自己的許諾;
9 Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
就是向亞巴郎所立的盟約,向依撒格所起的誓諾,
10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
為雅各伯立為不移的規條,向以色列立為永遠的盟約,
11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
說:我必將客納罕地賜給您,作您們產業的一分子。
12 When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
當他們在那裏僑居時,寥寥無幾而人數極桸。
13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
從這一族系遷移到另一族系,從這一國家飄流到另一地域。
14 He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
祂不但不讓人把他們壓迫,且為了他們還把眾王責斥,
15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
說:您們決不可觸犯我的受傅者,您們切不可把我的先知傷害!
16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
以後祂使飢荒籠罩那地,斷絕了食糧的任何供給。
17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
在他們以前祂將一人遣去,就是那被出賣為奴隸的若瑟。
18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
人以銬鐐扣他的雙腳,他的頸項也帶上了鐵鎖,
19 Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
直到他所講的那預言實現,上主的話才在他身上應驗。
20 The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
君王遂派人釋放了他,眾民的首長解救了他。
21 He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
且立他為王家的宰相,掌管一切皇產的侯王,
22 That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
讓他隨意指導通國的王侯,以其智謀教訓通國的長老。
23 And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
從此以色列進入了埃及,雅各伯也就在含邦作客。
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,
上主使祂的百姓昌旺,比他們的仇敵便強壯。
25 He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
祂轉變他們的心,仇恨祂的百姓,讓他們陰險殘酷對待祂的僕人。
26 He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.
祂打發祂的僕人梅瑟和所揀選的亞郎,
27 He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
叫二人對他們將奇蹟和異事行於含邦。
28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.
上主命降黑暗,立時天昏地暗;然而埃及人卻反抗祂的聖言。
29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.
使他們的水都變成血,將他們的魚類全都殺滅。
30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.
蝦蟆在他們的土內蕃生,跳進了他們眾王的內宮。
31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.
祂一發令,蒼蠅便成群飛來,蚊蚋也在他們的各地徘徊,
32 He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.
代昝時雨,為他們降下冰雹,在他們全國各地雷電閃爍,
33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
打壞他們的葡萄和無花果樹,又擊倒了他們國內的樹木。
34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.
祂一癹命令蝗虫飛遍,蚱蜢的數目,無法計算,
35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.
吃光他們地裏所有的青草,吞盡他們田間所有的百果。
36 And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
祂打擊境內所有的頭胎,將強壯的長子全部殺害。
37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
祂領出滿載金銀的以色列,王支派中沒有一個人殘缺。
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
以色列出走,埃及人無不觀愉, 因為那實在叫他們戰兢恐懼。
39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
祂展佈雲彩,用以掩護遮陰,祂樹立火柱,為在夜間照明。
40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
他們一懇求,祂就送來鵪鶉,用天降的食糧,飽飫了他們。
41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
祂闢開了岩石,使水湧出,在沙漠中好像江河流注。
42 Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
因為祂沒有把祂神聖的許諾遺忘,並且也常懷念著祂的僕人亞巴郎。
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
祂引百姓歡樂地離去,祂率領選民欣然出走。
44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
給劃分了異民的領土,使他們佔領了外人的財富,
45 That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
為叫他們遵行祂的誡命,格守祂的命令。阿肋路亞。