Psalms 81

1 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to 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 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

請眾高唱新歌，手擊鐃鼓，和彈琴瑟，奏悅耳的樂譜。

3 Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.

在月朔之日和月圓之夜，在我們的慶節，吹起號角，

4 For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to 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 for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he 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 He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.

我救他的肩脫離重擔，又使他的手放下筐籃。

7 Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

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, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to 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 be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

在您中間不應有別的神，千萬不可崇拜邦的神！

10 For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee 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 heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to 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 let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

因此，我就任憑他們的心靈頑硬，讓他們隨的私意而行。

13 If my people had heard me: if 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 should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

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 enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be 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 fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.

但我要以麥子的精華養育選民，以石中的蜂蜜飽享他們。