< Psalms 35 >

1 Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
上主,求你鬥爭那鬥爭我的人,求你攻擊攻擊我的人;
2 Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
求你手持籐牌盾櫓,振奮起來予我救助;
3 Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
揮舞長矛,阻止追逐我的人,願你向我說:「我是你的救星!
4 Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
願謀害我生命的人蒙受恥辱,願企圖磨我的人含羞退走!
5 Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
願上主的天使迫他們逃跑,有如隨風飄零的糠秕禾草!
6 Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
當上主的使追逐他們時,他們的路,又漆黑又滑漓!
7 Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
因為他們無故為我暗設網羅,他們無故為我挖掘坑窖。
8 Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
願不可預料的滅亡突然降臨,使他們暗布的網羅纏住他們,使他們挖掘的坑窖陷害他們。
9 Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
如此我的心靈要欣悅於上主,要因獲得上主的救助而歡舞。
10 With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
我每根骨骸要說:上主!誰能和你相比?是你拯救弱小於強權,挽救貧困於盜匪。
11 People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
蠻棋的證人紛紛立起,質問與我無關的事宜。
12 In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
他們對我是以怨報德,這正是我心靈的創痍。
13 When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
他們患病時,我身著苦衣,不斷虔心祈禱,守齋克己;
14 I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
我待他們,有如自己的親友骨肉,苦悶憂慮,有如哀悼自己的慈母。
15 But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
但我一遇難,他們即群集相慶,突然來攻擊欺凌我,肆虐不停。
16 Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
他們戲弄我,並向我狂喜,他們朝著我咬牙又切齒。
17 Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
上主,你坐視這一切要到何時?求你救我身免受他們的凌欺,求你救我命脫離少壯的猛獅;
18 Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
使我在盛大的集會中歌頌你,使我在眾多的民族中稱揚你。
19 Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
不要讓那無理敵對我的人沾沾自喜,不要讓那無故仇恨我的人揚眉吐氣。
20 They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
因為他們從不談論和平,捏造謊言欺壓地上良民。
21 They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
他們對我張開大口說:哈哈!我們親眼看見了!
22 Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
上主你看見了,不要緘口不言;上主,求你千萬不要我太遠。
23 Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
我上主,求你醒來為我辯護;我天主,求你起身為我伸屈。
24 Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
上主,求你審斷我要照你的公義,我主,不要讓他們對我洋洋得意。
25 Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
不要讓他們心中想:哈哈!這正是我們的意願!也決不要讓他們說:我們已將他活活吞嚥。
26 Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
願慶幸我遭難的人,都面紅慚愧,願高傲攻擊我的人,都蒙受羞恥!
27 But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
願愛護我正義的人,時常高興歡呼說:願愛護自己僕人安寧的上主受讚美!
28 Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
我的口舌將歌頌你的正義,我的唇舌必將終日讚美你。

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