Psalms 132
1 Yahweh, do not forget [King] David and all the hardships/troubles he endured!
上主，求您以慈愛懷念達味，和他所有的一切焦思勞瘁：
2 He made a solemn promise to you, the mighty God whom [our ancestor] Jacob [worshiped].
因為他曾向上主立過了誓言，向雅各伯的全能者許過願：
3 He said, “I will not go home, I will not [rest] on my bed,
我決不進入我住家中的帳幔，也決不登上我躺臥的床沿，
4 I will not sleep at all
不容許我的眼睛睡眠，也不讓我的眼臉安閑，
5 until I build a place for Yahweh, a home for the mighty God whom Jacob [worshiped].”
直到我給上主尋找到一個處所，給雅各伯的全能者將居地覓妥。
6 In Bethlehem we heard news about the sacred chest. We [went and] found it in the fields of Jearim [city, and we took it to Jerusalem].
看，我們聽說約櫃在厄弗辣大，我們在雅阿爾的平原找到了它。
7 [Later we said], “Let’s go to the temple of Yahweh [in Jerusalem]; let’s worship [there] in front of the throne [where he sits].”
大家一同進祂的居所，並在祂的腳凳下崇拜說：
8 Yahweh, come to the place where you live eternally, to the place where your sacred chest is, to that place that shows that you are very powerful.
上主，請您和您威嚴的約櫃，起來駕臨到您安息的住宅，
9 I want/desire that the righteous behavior of your priests [will always be evident], [just like the beautiful] robes that they wear [MET], and that your people will [always] shout joyfully.
願您的司祭身披正義，願您的信徒踴躍歡喜。
10 You chose David to serve you [as king of Israel]; do not reject/abandon him!
為了您僕人達味的情面，不要將您的受傅者輕看！
11 Yahweh, you made a solemn promise to David, a promise that you will not break. You said, “I will cause your descendants to rule [MTY] as kings like you.
上主既然向達味起了誓，真理的約言決不再收回：我要使您的親生兒子，榮登上您自己的王位；
12 If they keep my agreement with them and obey [all] the commands that I will give them, the line of kings descended from you will never end.”
若您的子孫遵守我的誓言，也遵守我教訓他們的法典，連他們的子孫代代世世，也必定要坐上您的王位。
13 Yahweh has chosen Jerusalem; he has wanted to make that city his home;
的確上主特別揀選了熙雍，希望熙雍作為自己的王宮：
14 he said, “This is the city where I will live forever [DOU]; this is the place where I wanted to stay.
就是我的永遠安息之處，我希望的是常在這裏居住。
15 I will give to the people of Jerusalem all that they need; I will give [enough] food [even] to satisfy the poor people there.
我要祝福這裏的食糧充裕，窮人都無憂並且吃得飽飫，
16 I will cause the priests [to behave in a manner worthy of] being ones whom I have saved; [that will be as evident as the beautiful] robes that they wear [MET]; and all my people who live there will shout joyfully.
使這裏的司祭得蒙救助，使這裏的信徒踴躍歡愉。
17 There [in Jerusalem] I will cause one of David’s descendants [MET] to become a great king; he also will be my chosen king, and he will be [like a bright] lamp [MET] [that shines continually].
在這裏我要使達味的頭角高聳，我要給我的受傅者備妥明燈，
18 I will [defeat his] enemies and cause them to be very ashamed/disgraced; but the crown that my king wears will [always] shine.”
我要使他的敵人個個恥辱備嘗，我要使他的王冠在頭上發光。
