Psalms 73
1 God truly is good to [us] Israeli people, to those who totally want to do all that God desires.
阿撒夫的詩歌。
2 As for me, I almost [stopped trusting in God]; [it was as though] my feet slipped and I stumbled [MET],
天主待正直的人多麼美善，上主對心裏潔淨的人亦然！
3 because I envied those who proudly [said that they did not need God], and I saw that they prospered [even though] they were wicked.
我的腳幾乎要跌跤，我的腳險些要滑倒，
4 Those people do not have any pains; they are [always] strong and healthy.
因我看見惡人安寧幸福，就對驕橫的人心生嫉妒。
5 They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do.
原來他們總沒有受過重創，所以他們的身體健康肥胖；
6 So they are proud, and their being proud is [like] a necklace [that they show to others], and they show off their violent actions like people show off their beautiful robes.
他們沒有別人所受的憂傷，也沒有常人所遭遇的災殃。
7 From their inner beings they (pour out/do) evil deeds, and they are always thinking about more evil things to do.
故此，驕傲纏繞他們相似項鍊，殘暴遮蔽他們有如衣衫。
8 They scoff at [other people], and they talk about doing evil things to them; they are proud while they plan to oppress others.
他們的邪惡，出自肥胖的心田，讓他們自己的惡念，肆意氾濫。
9 They say evil things about [God who is in] heaven [MTY], and they talk boastfully/proudly about things [that they have done] here on the earth.
他們譏諷嘲弄，言惡語狂，他們欺壓恐嚇蠻橫倔強；
10 The result is that people listen to what they say and praise them and do not think that they have done anything that is wrong.
用自己的口褻瀆上天，以自己的舌詆毀塵寰。
11 Wicked people say [to themselves], “God will certainly not [RHQ] know [what we have done]; [people say that] he is greater than any other god, but he does not know [everything].”
因此我的百姓向他們依歸，滿口啜飲由他們供給的水，
12 That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.
且說：天主豈能知悉，難道至高者能理會？
13 [So, God], I think it is useless that I have [RHQ] always done what you want me to, and that I have not sinned.
看，這些人為非作歹，常享平安，積存錢財，
14 All day long I have problems, and every morning you punish me.
的確，我白白清心寡欲，我徒然洗手表白無辜。
15 If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people.
我時時遭受鞭擊，也天天遇到責斥。
16 And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me [to understand it].
我若想：我說話若與他們相同，就等於放棄與您子民為同宗。
17 But when I went to your temple, [you spoke to me], and I understood what will happen to the wicked people [after they die].
我愈設法了解這事，我愈覺得神妙莫測。
18 [Now I know that] you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.
直到我接近天主的奧妙，直到我注意他們的結果。
19 They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.
您的確將他們置於坡路，讓他們滑倒於消滅之途。
20 They [will disappear as quickly] as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; Lord, when you arise, you will (cause them to disappear/forget all about them).
他們瞬息之間變得如此悽涼，他們因受驚過度而從此滅亡。
21 When I felt sad/bitter, and brokenhearted,
上主，世人睡醒，怎樣了解夢境；您醒時，也怎樣看他們的幻影。
22 I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you.
幾時我的心靈遭受酸苦，刺痛也會進入我的肺腑。
23 But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.
原來是我愚昧毫無理性，在您面前竟燃好像畜牲。
24 You guide me by teaching me, and (at the end [of my life]/when I die), you will receive me and honor me.
但以後，我要常與您同處，您已經握住了我的右手。
25 You are in heaven and I belong to you [RHQ], and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.
您要以您的聖訓來領導我，最後引我進入您的榮耀。
26 My body and my mind may become very weak, but God, you continue to enable me to be strong; I belong to you forever.
在天上除您以外，為我還能有誰﹖在地上除您以外，為我一無所喜。
27 Those who remain far from you will be destroyed; you will get rid of those who abandon you.
我的肉身和我的心靈，雖以憔瘁；天主卻永是我心的福分和磐石。
28 But [as for] me, it is wonderful to be near to God and to be protected by Yahweh, and to proclaim to others all that he has done [for me].
看，遠離您的人必將趨於沉淪。您必消滅一切背棄您的人民。 親近天主對我是多麼的美好：只有上主天主是我的避難所。我要在熙雍女子門前，把您一切的工程宣傳。
