105:1 Give thanks to the Lord , call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
你们要称谢耶和华,求告他的名,在万民中传扬他的作为。
105:2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
要向他唱诗歌颂,谈论他一切奇妙的作为。
105:3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
要以他的圣名夸耀。寻求耶和华的人,心中应当欢喜。
105:4 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
要寻求耶和华与他的能力,时常寻求他的面。
105:5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
他仆人亚伯拉罕的后裔,他所拣选雅各的子孙哪,你们要记念他奇妙的作为和他的奇事,并他口中的判语。
105:6 O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
105:7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
他是耶和华我们的神。全地都有他的判断。
105:8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
他记念他的约,直到永远,他所吩咐的话,直到千代。
105:9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
就是与亚伯拉罕所立的约,向以撒所起的誓。
105:10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
他又将这约向雅各定为律例,向以色列定为永远的约,
105:11 To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.
说,我必将迦南地赐给你,作你产业的分。
105:12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
当时,他们人丁有限,数目稀少,并且在那地为寄居的。
105:13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
他们从这邦游到那邦,从这国行到那国。
105:14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
他不容什么人欺负他们,为他们的缘故责备君王,
105:15 Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.
说,不可难为我受膏的人,也不可恶待我的先知。
105:16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
他命饥荒降在那地上,将所倚靠的粮食全行断绝。
105:17 and he sent a man before them- Joseph, sold as a slave.
在他们以先打发一个人去。约瑟被卖为奴仆。
105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
人用脚镣伤他的脚,他被铁链捆拘。
105:19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the Lord proved him true.
耶和华的话试炼他,直等到他所说的应验了。
105:20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
王打发人把他解开,就是治理众民的,把他释放。
105:21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
立他作王家之主,掌管他一切所有的。
105:22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
使他随意捆绑他的臣宰,将智慧教导他的长老。
105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
以色列也到了埃及,雅各在含地寄居。
105:24 The Lord made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
耶和华使他的百姓生养众多,使他们比敌人强盛。
105:25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
使敌人的心转去恨他的百姓,并用诡计待他的仆人。
105:26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
他打发他的仆人摩西,和他所拣选的亚伦。
105:27 They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
在敌人中间显他的神迹,在含地显他的奇事。
105:28 He sent darkness and made the land dark- for had they not rebelled against his words?
他命黑暗,就有黑暗。没有违背他话的。
105:29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
他叫埃及的水变为血,叫他们的鱼死了。
105:30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
在他们的地上,以及王宫的内室,青蛙多多滋生。
105:31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
他说一声,苍蝇就成群而来,并有虱子进入他们四境。
105:32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
他给他们降下冰雹为雨,在他们的地上降下火焰。
105:33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
他也击打他们的葡萄树和无花果树,毁坏他们境内的树木。
105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
他说一声,就有蝗虫蚂蚱上来,不计其数,
105:35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
吃尽了他们地上各样的菜蔬,和田地的出产。
105:36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
他又击杀他们国内一切的长子,就是他们强壮时头生的。
105:37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
他领自己的百姓带银子金子出来。他支派中没有一个软弱的。
105:38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
他们出来的时候,埃及人便欢喜。原来埃及人惧怕他们。
105:39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
他铺张云彩当遮盖,夜间使火光照。
105:40 They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
他们一求,他就使鹌鹑飞来,并用天上的粮食,叫他们饱足。
105:41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
他打开磐石,水就涌出。在干旱之处,水流成河。
105:42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
这都因他记念他的圣言,和他的仆人亚伯拉罕。
105:43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
他带领百姓欢乐而出,带领选民欢呼前往。
105:44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-
他将列国的地赐给他们,他们便承受众民劳碌得来的。
105:45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the Lord .
好使他们遵他的律例,守他的律法。你们要赞美耶和华。 |