Psalms 127

1 Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

若不是上主興工建屋，建築的人是徒然勞苦；若不是上主護守城堡，守城的人白白驚醒護守。

2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,

您們很早起床盡屬徒然，每夜坐到深更圖謀打算，為了求食經過多少辛酸；唯獨天主賜所愛者安眠。

3 Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

的確子女全是上主的賜予，胎兒也全是他的報酬。

4 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.

年青少壯所生的子嗣，有如勇士手中的箭矢。

5 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

裝滿自己箭囊的人，真有福氣，城門前爭辯，不受羞恥。