Salmos, 2

1. ¿Por qué se agitan las naciones, y los pueblos mascullan planes vanos?

1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2. Se yerguen los reyes de la tierra, los caudillos conspiran aliados contra Yahveh y contra su Ungido:

2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

3. «¡Rompamos sus coyundas, sacudámonos su yugo!»

3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4. El que se sienta en los cielos se sonríe, Yahveh se burla de ellos.

4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

5. Luego en su cólera les habla, en su furor los aterra:

5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6. «Ya tengo yo consagrado a mi rey en Sión mi monte santo.»

6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7. Voy a anunciar el decreto de Yahveh: El me ha dicho: «Tú eres mi hijo; yo te he engendrado hoy.

7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

8. Pídeme, y te daré en herencia las naciones, en propiedad los confines de la tierra.

8. Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.

9. Con cetro de hierro, los quebrantarás, los quebrarás como vaso de alfarero.»

9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10. Y ahora, reyes, comprended, corregíos, jueces de la tierra.

10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

11. Servid a Yahveh con temor,

11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12. con temblor besad sus pies; no se irrite y perezcáis en el camino, pues su cólera se inflama de repente. ¡Venturosos los que a él se acogen!

12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.