Ψαλμοί 2
1 Διά τι εφρύαξαν τα έθνη και οι λαοί εμελέτησαν μάταια;
Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2 Παρεστάθησαν οι βασιλείς της γης, και οι άρχοντες συνήχθησαν ομού, κατά του Κυρίου, και κατά του χριστού αυτού, λέγοντες,
The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
3 Ας διασπάσωμεν τους δεσμούς αυτών, και ας απορρίψωμεν αφ' ημών τας αλύσεις αυτών.
“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
4 Ο καθήμενος εν ουρανοίς θέλει γελάσει· ο Κύριος θέλει εκμυκτηρίσει αυτούς.
He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
5 Τότε θέλει λαλήσει προς αυτούς εν τη οργή αυτού, και εν τω θυμώ αυτού θέλει συνταράξει αυτούς.
Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
6 Αλλ' εγώ, θέλει ειπεί, έχρισα τον Βασιλέα μου επί Σιών, το όρος το άγιόν μου.
Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
7 Εγώ θέλω αναγγείλει το πρόσταγμα· ο Κύριος είπε προς εμέ, Υιός μου είσαι σύ· εγώ σήμερον σε εγέννησα·
The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
8 Ζήτησον παρ' εμού, και θέλω σοι δώσει τα έθνη κληρονομίαν σου, και ιδιοκτησίαν σου τα πέρατα της γής·
Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 θέλεις ποιμάνει αυτούς εν ράβδω σιδηρά· ως σκεύος κεραμέως θέλεις συντρίψει αυτούς.
You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
10 Τώρα λοιπόν, βασιλείς, συνετίσθητε· διδάχθητε, κριταί της γης.
And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
11 Δουλεύετε τον Κύριον εν φόβω και αγάλλεσθε εν τρόμω.
Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
12 Φιλείτε τον Υιόν, μήποτε οργισθή, και απολεσθήτε εκ της οδού, όταν εξαφθή ταχέως ο θυμός αυτού. Μακάριοι πάντες οι πεποιθότες επ' αυτόν.
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.
