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神召天地審判祂的民

¹（亞薩的詩。）大能者　神─耶和華已經發言招呼天下，從日出之地到日落之處。A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.

²從全美的錫安中，　神已經發光了。From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

³我們的　神要來，決不閉口。有烈火在他面前吞滅；有暴風在他四圍大颳。Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

⁴他招呼上天下地，為要審判他的民，He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

⁵說：招聚我的聖民到我這裡來，就是那些用祭物與我立約的人。“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

⁶諸天必表明他的公義，因為　神是施行審判的。（細拉）And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

神不缺祭物

⁷我的民哪，你們當聽我的話！以色列啊，我要勸戒你；我是　神，是你的　神！“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

⁸我並不因你的祭物責備你；你的燔祭常在我面前。I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

⁹我不從你家中取公牛，也不從你圈內取山羊；I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

¹⁰因為，樹林中的百獸是我的，千山上的牲畜也是我的。for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

¹¹山中的飛鳥，我都知道；野地的走獸也都屬我。I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

¹²我若是飢餓，我不用告訴你，因為世界和其中所充滿的都是我的。If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

¹³我豈吃公牛的肉呢？我豈喝山羊的血呢？Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

以感謝為祭

¹⁴你們要以感謝為祭獻與　神，又要向至高者還你的願，Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

¹⁵並要在患難之日求告我；我必搭救你，你也要榮耀我。Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

神責備口稱守約的惡人

¹⁶但　神對惡人說：你怎敢傳說我的律例，口中提到我的約呢？To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

¹⁷其實你恨惡管教，將我的言語丟在背後。For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

¹⁸你見了盜賊就樂意與他同夥，又與行姦淫的人一同有分。When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

¹⁹你口任說惡言；你舌編造詭詐。You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

²⁰你坐著毀謗你的兄弟，讒毀你親母的兒子。You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

²¹你行了這些事，我還閉口不言，你想我恰和你一樣；其實我要責備你，將這些事擺在你眼前。You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

²²你們忘記　神的，要思想這事，免得我把你們撕碎，無人搭救。Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

²³凡以感謝獻上為祭的便是榮耀我；那按正路而行的，我必使他得著我的救恩。He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

求你按你的慈愛憐恤我

¹（大衛與拔示巴同室以後，先知拿單來見他；他作這詩，交與伶長。）　神啊，求你按你的慈愛憐恤我！按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯！For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

²求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡，並潔除我的罪！Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

³因為，我知道我的過犯；我的罪常在我面前。For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

⁴我向你犯罪，惟獨得罪了你；在你眼前行了這惡，以致你責備我的時候顯為公義，判斷我的時候顯為清正。Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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我是在罪孽裡生的

⁵我是在罪孽裡生的，在我母親懷胎的時候就有了罪。Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

⁶你所喜愛的是內裡誠實；你在我隱密處，必使我得智慧。Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

⁷求你用牛膝草潔淨我，我就乾淨；求你洗滌我，我就比雪更白。Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

⁸求你使我得聽歡喜快樂的聲音，使你所壓傷的骨頭可以踴躍。Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

⁹求你掩面不看我的罪，塗抹我一切的罪孽。Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

求你為我造清潔的心

¹⁰神啊，求你為我造清潔的心，使我裡面重新有正直（或譯：堅定）的靈。Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹不要丟棄我，使我離開你的面；不要從我收回你的聖靈。Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²求你使我仍得救恩之樂，賜我樂意的靈扶持我，Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

我要把你的道指教人

¹³我就把你的道指教有過犯的人，罪人必歸順你。Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

¹⁴神啊，你是拯救我的　神；求你救我脫離流人血的罪！我的舌頭就高聲歌唱你的公義。Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

¹⁵主啊，求你使我嘴唇張開，我的口便傳揚讚美你的話！O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

神所要的是憂傷的靈

¹⁶你本不喜愛祭物，若喜愛，我就獻上；燔祭，你也不喜悅。For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

¹⁷神所要的祭就是憂傷的靈；　神啊，憂傷痛悔的心，你必不輕看。The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

求你善待錫安

¹⁸求你隨你的美意善待錫安，建造耶路撒冷的城牆。In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹那時，你必喜愛公義的祭和燔祭並全牲的燔祭；那時，人必將公牛獻在你壇上。Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

勇士為何以作惡自誇

¹（以東人多益來告訴掃羅說：大衛到了亞希米勒家。那時，大衛作這訓誨詩，交與伶長。）勇士啊，你為何以作惡自誇？　神的慈愛是常存的。For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

²你的舌頭邪惡詭詐，好像剃頭刀，快利傷人。Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

³你愛惡勝似愛善，又愛說謊，不愛說公義。（細拉）You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

⁴詭詐的舌頭啊，你愛說一切毀滅的話！You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

神必把惡人拔出

⁵神也要毀滅你，直到永遠；他要把你拿去，從你的帳棚中抽出，從活人之地將你拔出。（細拉）Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

⁶義人要看見而懼怕，並要笑他，The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

⁷說：看哪，這就是那不以　神為他力量的人，只倚仗他豐富的財物，在邪惡上堅立自己。“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

我像神殿中的青橄欖樹

⁸至於我，就像　神殿中的青橄欖樹；我永永遠遠倚靠　神的慈愛。But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

⁹我要稱謝你，直到永遠，因為你行了這事。我也要在你聖民面前仰望你的名；這名本為美好。I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.

將身體獻上當作活祭

¹所以，弟兄們，我以　神的慈悲勸你們，將身體獻上，當作活祭，是聖潔的，是　神所喜悅的；你們如此事奉乃是理所當然的。Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

²不要效法這個世界，只要心意更新而變化，叫你們察驗何為　神的善良、純全、可喜悅的旨意。Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

看自己要合乎中道

³我憑著所賜我的恩對你們各人說：不要看自己過於所當看的；要照著　神所分給各人信心的大小，看得合乎中道。For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

一個身子，許多肢體

⁴正如我們一個身子上有好些肢體，肢體也不都是一樣的用處。Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

⁵我們這許多人，在基督裡成為一身，互相聯絡作肢體，也是如此。so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

⁶按我們所得的恩賜，各有不同。或說預言，就當照著信心的程度說預言；We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

⁷或作執事，就當專一執事；或作教導的，就當專一教導；if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

⁸或作勸化的，就當專一勸化；施捨的，就當誠實；治理的，就當殷勤；憐憫人的，就當甘心。if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

愛人不可虛假

⁹愛人不可虛假。惡，要厭惡；善，要親近。Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

¹⁰愛弟兄，要彼此親熱；恭敬人，要彼此推讓。Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

¹¹殷勤，不可懶惰；要心裡火熱，常常服事主。Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

¹²在指望中要喜樂；在患難中要忍耐；禱告要恆切。Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

¹³聖徒缺乏，要幫補；客，要一味地款待。Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

逼迫你們的，要給他們祝福

¹⁴逼迫你們的，要給他們祝福；只要祝福，不可咒詛。Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

¹⁵與喜樂的人要同樂；與哀哭的人要同哭。Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

¹⁶要彼此同心；不要志氣高大，倒要俯就卑微的人（人：或譯事）。不要自以為聰明。Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

不要以惡報惡

¹⁷不要以惡報惡；眾人以為美的事要留心去做。Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

¹⁸若是能行，總要盡力與眾人和睦。If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

伸冤在主，以善勝惡

¹⁹親愛的弟兄，不要自己伸冤，寧可讓步，聽憑主怒（或譯：讓人發怒）；因為經上記著：「主說：『伸冤在我，我必報應。』」Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

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²⁰所以，「你的仇敵若餓了，就給他吃，若渴了，就給他喝；因為你這樣行就是把炭火堆在他的頭上。」On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

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²¹你不可為惡所勝，反要以善勝惡。Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.