Chapter 78

¹A Maskil of Asaph. Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹（亞薩的訓誨詩。）我的民哪，你們要留心聽我的訓誨，側耳聽我口中的話。

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

²我要開口說比喻；我要說出古時的謎語，

³Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

³是我們所聽見、所知道的，也是我們的祖宗告訴我們的。

⁴We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

⁴我們不將這些事向他們的子孫隱瞞，要將耶和華的美德和他的能力，並他奇妙的作為，述說給後代聽。

⁵For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children,

⁵因為，他在雅各中立法度，在以色列中設律法；是他吩咐我們祖宗要傳給子孫的，

⁶That the generation to come might know, [even] the children [yet] to be born, [That] they may arise and tell [them] to their children,

⁶使將要生的後代子孫可以曉得；他們也要起來告訴他們的子孫，

⁷That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,

⁷好叫他們仰望神，不忘記神的作為，惟要守他的命令。

⁸And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁸不要像他們的祖宗，是頑梗悖逆、居心不正之輩，向著神，心不誠實。

⁹The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, [Yet] they turned back in the day of battle.

⁹以法蓮的子孫帶著兵器，拿著弓，臨陣之日轉身退後。

¹⁰They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;

¹⁰他們不遵守神的約，不肯照他的律法行；

¹¹They forgot His deeds And His miracles that He had shown them.

¹¹又忘記他所行的和他顯給他們奇妙的作為。

¹²He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²他在埃及地，在瑣安田，在他們祖宗的眼前施行奇事。

¹³He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

¹³他將海分裂，使他們過去，又叫水立起如壘。

¹⁴Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁴他白日用雲彩，終夜用火光引導他們。

¹⁵He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave [them] abundant drink like the ocean depths.

¹⁵他在曠野分裂磐石，多多地給他們水喝，如從深淵而出。

¹⁶He brought forth streams also from the rock And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁶他使水從磐石湧出，叫水如江河下流。

¹⁷Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁷他們卻仍舊得罪他，在乾燥之地悖逆至高者。

¹⁸And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

¹⁸他們心中試探神，隨自己所欲的求食物，

¹⁹Then they spoke against God; They said, 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹並且妄論神說：神在曠野豈能擺設筵席麼？

²⁰'Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?'

²⁰他曾擊打磐石，使水湧出，成了江河；他還能賜糧食麼？還能為他的百姓預備肉麼？

²¹Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel,

²¹所以，耶和華聽見就發怒；有烈火向雅各燒起；有怒氣向以色列上騰；

²²Because they did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation.

²²因為他們不信服神，不倚賴他的救恩。

²³Yet He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven;

²³他卻吩咐天空，又敞開天上的門，

²⁴He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven.

²⁴降嗎哪，像雨給他們吃，將天上的糧食賜給他們。

²⁵Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

²⁵各人（或譯：人）吃大能者的食物；他賜下糧食，使他們飽足。

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind.

²⁶他領東風起在天空，又用能力引了南風來。

²⁷When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

²⁷他降肉，像雨在他們當中，多如塵土，又降飛鳥，多如海沙，

²⁸Then He let [them] fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings.

²⁸落在他們的營中，在他們住處的四面。

²⁹So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them.

²⁹他們吃了，而且飽足；這樣就隨了他們所欲的。

³⁰Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths,

³⁰他們貪而無厭，食物還在他們口中的時候，

³¹The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel.

³¹神的怒氣就向他們上騰，殺了他們內中的肥壯人，打倒以色列的少年人。

³²In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works.

³²雖是這樣，他們仍舊犯罪，不信他奇妙的作為。

³³So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror.

³³因此，他叫他們的日子全歸虛空，叫他們的年歲盡屬驚恐。

³⁴When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God;

³⁴他殺他們的時候，他們才求問他，回心轉意，切切地尋求神。

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.

³⁵他們也追念神是他們的磐石，至高的神是他們的救贖主。

³⁶But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue.

³⁶他們卻用口諂媚他，用舌向他說謊。

³⁷For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

³⁷因他們的心向他不正，在他的約上也不忠心。

³⁸But He, being compassionate, forgave [their] iniquity and did not destroy [them]; And often He restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

³⁸但他有憐憫，赦免他們的罪孽，不滅絕他們，而且屢次消他的怒氣，不發盡他的忿怒。

³⁹Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return.

³⁹他想到他們不過是血氣，是一陣去而不返的風。

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!

⁴⁰他們在曠野悖逆他，在荒地叫他擔憂，何其多呢！

⁴¹Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹他們再三試探神，惹動以色列的聖者。

⁴²They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,

⁴²他們不追念他的能力（原文是手）和贖他們脫離敵人的日子；

⁴³When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan,

⁴³他怎樣在埃及地顯神蹟，在瑣安田顯奇事，

⁴⁴And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.

⁴⁴把他們的江河並河的水都變為血，使他們不能喝。

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them.

⁴⁵他叫蒼蠅成群落在他們當中，嘬盡他們，又叫青蛙滅了他們，

⁴⁶He gave also their crops to the grasshopper And the product of their labor to the locust.

⁴⁶把他們的土產交給螞蚱，把他們辛苦得來的交給蝗蟲。

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost.

⁴⁷他降冰雹打壞他們的葡萄樹，下嚴霜打壞他們的桑樹，

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning.

⁴⁸又把他們的牲畜交給冰雹，把他們的群畜交給閃電。

⁴⁹He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels.

⁴⁹他使猛烈的怒氣和忿怒、惱恨、苦難成了一群降災的使者，臨到他們。

⁵⁰He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague,

⁵⁰他為自己的怒氣修平了路，將他們交給瘟疫，使他們死亡，

⁵¹And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first [issue] of their virility in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹在埃及擊殺一切長子，在含的帳棚中擊殺他們強壯時頭生的。

⁵²But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

⁵²他卻領出自己的民如羊，在曠野引他們如羊群。

⁵³He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies.

⁵³他領他們穩穩妥妥地，使他們不致害怕；海卻淹沒他們的仇敵。

⁵⁴So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had gained.

⁵⁴他帶他們到自己聖地的邊界，到他右手所得的這山地。

⁵⁵He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

⁵⁵他在他們面前趕出外邦人，用繩子將外邦的地量給他們為業，叫以色列支派的人住在他們的帳棚裡。

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,

⁵⁶他們仍舊試探、悖逆至高的神，不守他的法度，

⁵⁷But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

⁵⁷反倒退後，行詭詐，像他們的祖宗一樣；他們改變，如同翻背的弓。

⁵⁸For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁸因他們的邱壇惹了他的怒氣；因他們雕刻的偶像觸動他的憤恨。

⁵⁹When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁵⁹神聽見就發怒，極其憎惡以色列人。

⁶⁰So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among men,

⁶⁰甚至他離棄示羅的帳幕，就是他在人間所搭的帳棚；

⁶¹And gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the adversary.

⁶¹又將他的約櫃（原文是能力）交與人擄去，將他的榮耀交在敵人手中；

⁶²He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

⁶²並將他的百姓交與刀劍，向他的產業發怒。

⁶³Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

⁶³少年人被火燒滅；處女也無喜歌。

⁶⁴His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

⁶⁴祭司倒在刀下，寡婦卻不哀哭。

⁶⁵Then the Lord awoke as [if from] sleep, Like a warrior overcome by wine.

⁶⁵那時，主像世人睡醒，像勇士飲酒呼喊。

⁶⁶He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.

⁶⁶他就打退了他的敵人，叫他們永蒙羞辱；

⁶⁷He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷並且他棄掉約瑟的帳棚，不揀選以法蓮支派，

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

⁶⁸卻揀選猶大支派─他所喜愛的錫安山；

⁶⁹And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever.

⁶⁹蓋造他的聖所，好像高峰，又像他建立永存之地；

⁷⁰He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds;

⁷⁰又揀選他的僕人大衛，從羊圈中將他召來，

⁷¹From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.

⁷¹叫他不再跟從那些帶奶的母羊，為要牧養自己的百姓雅各和自己的產業以色列。

⁷²So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands.

⁷²於是，他按心中的純正牧養他們，用手中的巧妙引導他們。