Psalms 2

1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

【默西亞必勝】萬邦為什麼囂張，眾民為什麼妄想？

2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, —against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:

世上列民群集一堂，諸侯畢至聚首相商，反抗上主，反抗他的受傅者：

3 Let us break asunder their bonds, —and cast from us their cords!

來！我們掙斷他們的綑綁，我們擺脫他們的繩韁！

4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:

坐於天上者在冷笑，我主對他們在熱嘲。

5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:

在震怒中對他們發言，在氣焰中對他們喝道：

6 Yet, I, have installed my king, —on Zion my holy mountain.

我已祝聖我的君王，在熙雍我的聖山上。

7 Let me tell of a decree, —Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

我要傳報上主的聖旨：上主對我說：你是我的兒子，我今日生了你。

8 Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:

你向我請求，我必將萬民賜你作產業，我必將八極賜你作領地。

9 Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, —as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.

你必以鐵杖將他們粉碎，就如打破陶匠的瓦器。

10 Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:

眾王！你們現在應當自覺，大地掌權者！你們應受教：

11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:

應以敬愛之情事奉上主，戰戰兢兢向祂跪拜叩首；

12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger, —How happy are all who seek refuge in him!

以免祂發怒將你們滅於中途，因為祂的怒火發怒非常快速。凡一切投奔祂的人真是有福。