গীতসংহিতা 73
A Melody of Asaph. Nothing but good, is God, Unto Israel, Unto the pure in heart.
But, as for me, —My feet had, almost stumbled, My steps had, well-nigh slipped;
For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;
Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.
For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;
And they say—How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!
If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.
When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
Until I could enter the holy places of God, —Could give heed to their hereafter: —
Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, —Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
19 ১৯ তারা এক নিমেষের মধ্যে কিভাবে মরুপ্রান্তে পরিণত হয়! তারা শেষ মুহূর্তে উপস্থিত হয় এবং বিভিন্ন ত্রাসে কেমন ধ্বংস হয়।
How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end, by reason of calamities.
20 ২০ স্বপ্ন থেকে যেমন একজন জেগে ওঠে তারা ঠিক তেমন; তেমনি হে প্রভু, তুমি যখন জেগে উঠবে তুমিও সেই স্বপ্নের বিষয়ে আর কিছু চিন্তা করবে না।
As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.
But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds;
But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
By thy counsel, wilt thou guide me, And, afterwards, unto glory, wilt thou take me.
25 ২৫ কিন্তু তুমি ছাড়া স্বর্গে আমার আর কে আছে? পৃথিবীতে তোমাকে ছাড়া পৃথিবীতে আমি আর কোন কিছুর বাসনা করি না।
Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.
26 ২৬ আমার দেহ ও আমার হৃদয় ক্ষয় হচ্ছে, কিন্তু ঈশ্বর চিরকালের জন্য আমার হৃদয়ের শক্তি ও আমার অধিকার।
Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.
For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.
28 ২৮ কিন্তু আমার যা করা উচিত তা হল ঈশ্বরের কাছে নিজেকে নিয়ে যাওয়া। আমি প্রভু সদাপ্রভুুকে আমার দূর্গ স্বরূপ বানিয়েছি, আমি তোমার সমস্ত কাজের বিষয়ে বর্ণনা করব।
But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness, —I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge, —That I may recount all thy works.
