مزامیر 14

۱ 1 برای سالار مغنیان. مزمور داود احمق در دل خود می‌گوید که خدایی نیست. کارهای خود را فاسد و مکروه ساخته‌اند و نیکوکاری نیست.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

۲ 2 خداوند ازآسمان بربنی آدم نظر انداخت تا ببیند که آیا فهیم و طالب خدایی هست؟

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.

۳ 3 همه روگردانیده، با هم فاسد شده‌اند. نیکوکاری نیست یکی هم نی.

They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.

۴ 4 آیا همه گناهکاران بی‌معرفت هستند که قوم مرا می‌خورند چنانکه نان می‌خورند؟ و خداوندرا نمی خوانند؟

Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?

۵ 5 آنگاه ترس بر ایشان مستولی شد، زیرا خدادر طبقه عادلان است.

They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.

۶ 6 مشورت مسکین را خجل می‌سازید چونکه خداوند ملجای اوست.

For the Lord is with the just generation. You have confounded the counsel of the needy because the Lord is his hope.

۷ 7 کاش که نجات اسرائیل از صهیون ظاهرمی شد! چون خداوند اسیری قوم خویش رابرگرداند، یعقوب وجد خواهد نمود و اسرائیل شادمان خواهد گردید.

Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.