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.

所羅門上行之詩。 若不是耶和華建造房屋， 建造的人就枉然勞力； 若不是耶和華看守城池， 看守的人就枉然警醒。

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,

你們清晨早起，夜晚安歇， 吃勞碌得來的飯，本是枉然； 惟有耶和華所親愛的，必叫他安然睡覺。

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

兒女是耶和華所賜的產業； 所懷的胎是他所給的賞賜。

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

少年時所生的兒女 好像勇士手中的箭。

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.

箭袋充滿的人便為有福； 他們在城門口和仇敵說話的時候， 必不至於羞愧。