Psaumes 2
1 Pourquoi s’agitent les nations, et les peuples méditent-ils la vanité?
Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2 Les rois de la terre se lèvent, et les princes consultent ensemble contre l’Éternel et contre son Oint:
The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
3 Rompons leurs liens, et jetons loin de nous leurs cordes!
“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
4 Celui qui habite dans les cieux se rira [d’eux], le Seigneur s’en moquera.
He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
5 Alors il leur parlera dans sa colère, et, dans sa fureur, il les épouvantera:
Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
6 Et moi, j’ai oint mon roi sur Sion, la montagne de ma sainteté.
Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
7 Je raconterai le décret: l’Éternel m’a dit: Tu es mon Fils; aujourd’hui, je t’ai engendré.
The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
8 Demande-moi, et je te donnerai les nations pour héritage, et, pour ta possession, les bouts de la terre;
Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 Tu les briseras avec un sceptre de fer; comme un vase de potier tu les mettras en pièces.
You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
10 Et maintenant, ô rois, soyez intelligents; vous, juges de la terre, recevez instruction:
And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
11 Servez l’Éternel avec crainte, et réjouissez-vous avec tremblement;
Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
12 Embrassez le Fils, de peur qu’il ne s’irrite, et que vous ne périssiez dans le chemin, quand sa colère s’embrasera tant soit peu. Bienheureux tous ceux qui se confient en lui!
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.
