Psalms 78
1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
«Μασχίλ του Ασάφ.» Άκουσον, λαέ μου, τον νόμον μου· κλίνατε τα ώτα σας εις τα λόγια του στόματός μου.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Θέλω ανοίξει εν παραβολή το στόμα μου· θέλω προφέρει πράγματα αξιομνημόνευτα, τα απ' αρχής·
3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
όσα ηκούσαμεν και εγνωρίσαμεν και οι πατέρες ημών διηγήθησαν εις ημάς.
4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
Δεν θέλομεν κρύψει αυτά από των τέκνων αυτών εις την επερχομένην γενεάν, διηγούμενοι τους επαίνους του Κυρίου και την δύναμιν αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού, τα οποία έκαμε.
5 For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Και έστησε μαρτύριον εν τω Ιακώβ και νόμον έθεσεν εν τω Ισραήλ, τα οποία προσέταξεν εις τους πατέρας ημών, να κάμνωσιν αυτά γνωστά εις τα τέκνα αυτών·
6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
διά να γνωρίζη αυτά η γενεά η επερχομένη, οι υιοί οι μέλλοντες να γεννηθώσι· και αυτοί, όταν αναστηθώσι, να διηγώνται εις τα τέκνα αυτών·
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
διά να θέσωσιν επί τον Θεόν την ελπίδα αυτών, και να μη λησμονώσι τα έργα του Θεού, αλλά να φυλάττωσι τας εντολάς αυτού·
8 and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
και να μη γείνωσιν, ως οι πατέρες αυτών, γενεά διεστραμμένη και απειθής· γενεά, ήτις δεν εφύλαξεν ευθείαν την καρδίαν αυτής, και δεν εστάθη πιστόν μετά του Θεού το πνεύμα αυτής·
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
ως οι υιοί του Εφραΐμ, οίτινες ώπλισμένοι, βαστάζοντες τόξα, εστράφησαν οπίσω την ημέραν της μάχης.
10 They did not keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
Δεν εφύλαξαν την διαθήκην του Θεού, και εν τω νόμω αυτού δεν ηθέλησαν να περιπατώσι·
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
και ελησμόνησαν τα έργα αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού, τα οποία έδειξεν εις αυτούς.
12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Έμπροσθεν των πατέρων αυτών έκαμε θαυμάσια, εν τη γη της Αιγύπτου, τη πεδιάδι Τάνεως.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
Διέσχισε την θάλασσαν και διεπέρασεν αυτούς και έστησε τα ύδατα ως σωρόν·
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
και ώδήγησεν αυτούς την ημέραν εν νεφέλη και όλην την νύκτα εν φωτί πυρός.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Διέσχισε πέτρας εν τη ερήμω και επότισεν αυτούς ως εκ μεγάλων αβύσσων·
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
και εξήγαγε ρύακας εκ της πέτρας και κατεβίβασεν ύδατα ως ποταμούς.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Αλλ' αυτοί εξηκολούθουν έτι αμαρτάνοντες εις αυτόν, παροξύνοντες τον Ύψιστον εν ανύδρω τόπω·
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
και επείρασαν τον Θεόν εν τη καρδία αυτών, ζητούντες βρώσιν κατά την όρεξιν αυτών·
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
και ελάλησαν κατά του Θεού, λέγοντες, Μήπως δύναται ο Θεός να ετοιμάση τράπεζαν εν τη ερήμω;
20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
Ιδού, επάταξε την πέτραν, και έρρευσαν ύδατα και χείμαρροι επλημμύρησαν· μήπως δύναται να δώση και άρτον; ή να ετοιμάση κρέας εις τον λαόν αυτού;
21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
Διά τούτο ήκουσεν ο Κύριος και ωργίσθη· και πυρ εξήφθη κατά του Ιακώβ, έτι δε και οργή ανέβη κατά του Ισραήλ·
22 because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in his salvation.
διότι δεν επίστευσαν εις τον Θεόν, ουδέ ήλπισαν επί την σωτηρίαν αυτού·
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
ενώ προσέταξε τας νεφέλας από άνωθεν και τας θύρας του ουρανού ήνοιξε,
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
και έβρεξεν εις αυτούς μάννα διά να φάγωσι και σίτον ουρανού έδωκεν εις αυτούς·
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
άρτον αγγέλων έφαγεν ο άνθρωπος· τροφήν έστειλεν εις αυτούς μέχρι χορτασμού.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
Εσήκωσεν εν τω ουρανώ ανατολικόν άνεμον, και διά της δυνάμεως αυτού επέφερε τον νότον·
27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
και έβρεξεν επ' αυτούς κρέας ως το χώμα και πετεινά πτερωτά ως την άμμον της θαλάσσης·
28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
και έκαμε να πέσωσιν εις το μέσον του στρατοπέδου αυτών, κύκλω των σκηνών αυτών.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
Και έφαγον και εχορτάσθησαν σφόδρα· και έφερεν εις αυτούς την επιθυμίαν αυτών·
30 They did not turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
δεν είχον χωρισθή από της επιθυμίας αυτών, έτι ήτο εν τω στόματι αυτών βρώσις αυτών,
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
και οργή του Θεού ανέβη επ' αυτούς, και εφόνευσε τους μεγαλητέρους εξ αυτών και τους εκλεκτούς του Ισραήλ κατέβαλεν.
32 For all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wondrous works.
Εν πάσι τούτοις ημάρτησαν έτι και δεν επίστευσαν εις τα θαυμάσια αυτού.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Διά τούτο συνετέλεσεν εν ματαιότητι τας ημέρας αυτών και τα έτη αυτών εν ταραχή.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
Ότε εθανάτονεν αυτούς, τότε εξεζήτουν αυτόν, και επέστρεφον και από όρθρου προσέτρεχον εις τον Θεόν·
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
και ενεθυμούντο, ότι ο Θεός ήτο φρούριον αυτών και ο Θεός ο Ύψιστος λυτρωτής αυτών.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Αλλ' εκολάκευον αυτόν διά του στόματος αυτών και διά της γλώσσης αυτών εψεύδοντο προς αυτόν·
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Η δε καρδία αυτών δεν ήτο ευθεία μετ' αυτού, και δεν ήσαν πιστοί εις την διαθήκην αυτού.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and did not destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Αυτός όμως οικτίρμων συνεχώρησε την ανομίαν αυτών και δεν ηφάνισεν αυτούς· αλλά πολλάκις ανέστελλε τον θυμόν αυτού, και δεν διήγειρεν όλην την οργήν αυτού·
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and does not come again.
και ενεθυμήθη ότι ήσαν σάρξ· άνεμος παρερχόμενος και μη επιστρέφων.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Ποσάκις παρώξυναν αυτόν εν τη ερήμω, παρώργισαν αυτόν εν τη ανύδρω,
41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
και εστράφησαν και επείρασαν τον Θεόν, και τον Άγιον του Ισραήλ παρώξυναν.
42 They did not remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Δεν ενεθυμήθησαν την χείρα αυτού, την ημέραν καθ' ην ελύτρωσεν αυτούς από του εχθρού·
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
πως έδειξεν εν Αιγύπτω τα σημεία αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού εν τη πεδιάδι Τάνεως·
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
και μετέβαλεν εις αίμα τους ποταμούς αυτών και τους ρύακας αυτών, διά να μη πίωσιν.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Απέστειλεν επ' αυτούς κυνόμυιαν και κατέφαγεν αυτούς, και βατράχους και εφάνισαν αυτούς.
46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
Και παρέδωκε τους καρπούς αυτών εις τον βρούχον και τους κόπους αυτών εις την ακρίδα.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
Κατηφάνισε διά της χαλάζης τας αμπέλους αυτών και τας συκαμίνους αυτών με πέτρας χαλάζης·
48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
και παρέδωκεν εις την χάλαζαν τα κτήνη αυτών και τα ποίμνια αυτών εις τους κεραυνούς.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
Απέστειλεν επ' αυτούς την έξαψιν του θυμού αυτού, την αγανάκτησιν και την οργήν και την θλίψιν, αποστέλλων αυτά δι' αγγέλων κακοποιών.
50 He made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
Ήνοιξεν οδόν εις την οργήν αυτού· δεν εφείσθη από του θανάτου την ψυχήν αυτών, και παρέδωκεν εις θανατικόν την ζωήν αυτών·
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
και επάταξε παν πρωτότοκον εν Αιγύπτω, την απαρχήν της δυνάμεως αυτών εν ταις σκηναίς του Χάμ·
52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
και εσήκωσεν εκείθεν ως πρόβατα τον λαόν αυτού και ώδήγησεν αυτούς ως ποίμνιον εν τη ερήμω·
53 He led them safely, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
και ώδήγησεν αυτούς εν ασφαλεία, και δεν εδειλίασαν· τους δε εχθρούς αυτών εσκέπασεν η θάλασσα.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
Και εισήγαγεν αυτούς εις το όριον της αγιότητος αυτού, το όρος τούτο, το οποίον απέκτησεν η δεξιά αυτού·
55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
και εξεδίωξεν απ' έμπροσθεν αυτών τα έθνη και διεμοίρασεν αυτά κληρονομίαν με σχοινίον, και εν ταις σκηναίς αυτών κατώκισε τας φυλάς του Ισραήλ.
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies,
Και όμως επείρασαν και παρώξυναν τον Θεόν τον ύψιστον και δεν εφύλαξαν τα μαρτύρια αυτού·
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
αλλ' εστράφησαν και εφέρθησαν απίστως, ως οι πατέρες αυτών· εστράφησαν ως τόξον στρεβλόν·
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
και παρώργισαν αυτόν με τους υψηλούς αυτών τόπους, και με τα γλυπτά αυτών διήγειραν αυτόν εις ζηλοτυπίαν.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
Ήκουσεν ο Θεός και υπερωργίσθη και εβδελύχθη σφόδρα τον Ισραήλ·
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
και εγκατέλιπε την σκηνήν του Σηλώ, την σκηνήν όπου κατώκησε μεταξύ των ανθρώπων·
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
και παρέδωκεν εις αιχμαλωσίαν την δύναμιν αυτού και την δόξαν αυτού εις χείρα εχθρού·
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
και παρέδωκεν εις ρομφαίαν τον λαόν αυτού και υπερωργίσθη κατά της κληρονομίας αυτού·
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
τους νέους αυτών κατέφαγε πυρ, και αι παρθένοι αυτών δεν ενυμφεύθησαν·
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
οι ιερείς αυτών έπεσον εν μαχαίρα, και αι χήραι αυτών δεν επένθησαν.
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
Τότε εξηγέρθη ως εξ ύπνου ο Κύριος, ως άνθρωπος δυνατός, βοών από οίνου·
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
και επάταξε τους εχθρούς αυτού εις τα οπίσω· όνειδος αιώνιον έθεσεν επ' αυτούς.
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Και απέρριψε την σκηνήν Ιωσήφ, και την φυλήν Εφραΐμ δεν εξέλεξεν.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Αλλ' εξέλεξε την φυλήν Ιούδα, το όρος της Σιών, το οποίον ηγάπησε.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Και ωκοδόμησεν ως υψηλά παλάτια το αγιαστήριον αυτού, ως την γην την οποίαν εθεμελίωσεν εις τον αιώνα.
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
Και εξέλεξε Δαβίδ τον δούλον αυτού και ανέλαβεν αυτόν εκ των ποιμνίων των προβάτων·
71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
Εξόπισθεν των θηλαζόντων προβάτων έφερεν αυτόν, διά να ποιμαίνη Ιακώβ τον λαόν αυτού και Ισραήλ την κληρονομίαν αυτού·
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Και εποίμανεν αυτούς κατά την ακακίαν της καρδίας αυτού· και διά της συνέσεως των χειρών αυτού ώδήγησεν αυτούς.
