Psalms 48

1 Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he [lives], [which is built on Zion], his sacred hill.

科辣黑後裔的詩歌。 在我們天主的城池中，上主至大，應受到讚頌。

2 That city, on a high [hill], is beautiful; it is the city where the true [God], the great king, [lives], and it causes people all over the world to rejoice [when they see it].

祂的聖山巍峨高聳，是普世的歡喜，北方中心熙雍聖山，是大王的城邑。

3 God is in the strong towers there, and he shows that he protects the people in that city.

天主居於堡壘的中央，顯自己為穩固的保障。

4 Many kings gathered [with their armies] to attack [that city],

請看，眾王紛紛相聚，他們蜂擁走向前去，

5 but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away.

他們一見，驚魂喪膽，張惶失措，抱頭鼠竄。

6 Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;

他們在那裡惶懼恐怖，苦痛有如臨盆的孕婦；

7 they shook [like] ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind.

好像塔爾史士的船隻，為強烈的東風所襲擊。

8 We had heard [that this city is glorious], and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, [lives]. It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever.

在萬軍上主的城裏，即我們天主的城堡，我們所見正如所聞：天主必使城堡永固。

9 God, [here] in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.

天主，我們在你的殿裏，沉思默念著你的仁慈。

10 You [MTY] are famous and (are praised/people praise you) all over the earth, because you rule powerfully [MTY] and justly.

天主，你的名號遠達地極，你受的讚美亦應該如此。你的右手全充滿了正義，

11 The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy! The people in [all] the cities [MTY] in Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly.

願熙雍山因你的公正而喜樂；猶大女子也要因此歡欣踴躍。

12 [You Israeli people should] walk around Zion [Hill] and count the towers there;

你們環繞熙雍巡遊，你們數點她的城樓，

13 notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children.

觀察她的城廓，巡視她的碉堡，是為叫你們向後代子孫陳述：

14 [Say to them], “This is [the city that belongs to] our God, [the one who lives] forever; he will guide us all of our lives.”

天主的確是偉大的天主，也永遠是我們的天主，始終領導我們的天主。