Psalmi 2

1 Zakaj besnijo pogani in ljudstvo domišlja prazno stvar?

Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

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

The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.

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

Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.

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

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

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

Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage.

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

But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

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

The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

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 will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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

Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

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

And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

11 Gospodu služite s strahom in veselite se s trepetanjem.

Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him 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.

Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.