Psalmi 2

1 Zakaj besnijo pogani in ljudstvo domišlja prazno stvar?

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

2 Kralji zemlje so se usmerili in vladarji se skupaj posvetujejo zoper Gospoda in zoper njegovega maziljenca, rekoč:

Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

3 »Pretrgajmo njihove vezi in odvrzimo njihove vrvi od sebe.«

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

4 Tisti, ki sedi v nebesih, se bo smejal. Gospod jih bo imel v posmeh.

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

5 Potem jim bo govoril v svojem besu in jih nadlegoval v svojem bridkem nezadovoljstvu.

Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

6 »Vendarle sem jaz postavil svojega kralja na svoji sveti gori Sion.«

'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

7 Oznanil bom odlok. Gospod mi je rekel: »Ti si moj Sin. Ta dan sem te rodil.

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

8 Zahtevaj od mene in dal ti bom pogane za tvojo dediščino in najbolj oddaljene kraje zemlje za tvojo posest.

Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

9 Zdrobil jih boš z železno palico, raztreščil jih boš na koščke kakor lončarjevo posodo.«

Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

10 Zatorej bodite sedaj modri, oh vi kralji. Dajte se poučiti, vi sodniki zemlje.

And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

11 Gospodu služite s strahom in veselite se s trepetanjem.

Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

12 Poljubite Sina, da ne bi bil jezen in ne izginete iz poti, ko je njegov bes le malo razvnet. Blagoslovljeni so vsi, ki svoje upanje položijo vanj.

Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!