Psalms 74
1 Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
Oh Bog, zakaj nas zavračaš za vedno? Zakaj se tvoja jeza kadi proti ovcam tvoje paše?
2 Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
Spomni se svoje skupnosti, ki si jo odkupil od davnine, palico svoje dediščine, ki si jo odkupil, to goro Sion, kjer prebivaš.
3 Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
Dvigni svoja stopala k neprestanim opustošenjem, celó vsemu kar je sovražnik zlobnega storil v svetišču.
4 Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
Tvoji sovražniki rjovijo v sredi tvojih skupnosti, svoje zastave so postavili za znamenja.
5 They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Človek je bil slaven, če je nad debela drevesa dvigoval sekire.
6 Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
Toda sedaj so s sekirami in kladivi takoj zlomili rezljano delo le-tega.
7 They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
Ogenj so vrgli v tvoje svetišče, s podrtjem do tal so omadeževali bivališče tvojega imena.
8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.
V svojih srcih so rekli: »Skupaj jih uničimo.« V deželi so požgali vse Božje sinagoge.
9 We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
Ne vidimo svojih znamenj. Nobenega preroka ni več niti tukaj med nami ni nobenega, ki ve doklej.
10 O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Oh Bog, doklej bo nasprotnik grajal? Mar bo sovražnik na veke preklinjal tvoje ime?
11 Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
Zakaj umikaš svojo roko, celó svojo desnico? Iztrgaj jo iz svojega naročja.
12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.
Kajti Bog je moj Kralj od davnine, ki dela rešitev duš v sredi zemlje.
13 The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
S svojo močjo si razdelil morje. Razbijaš glave zmajem v vodah.
14 The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
Razbijaš glave leviatána na koščke in ga daješ, da postane hrana ljudstvu, ki prebiva v divjini.
15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
Združil si studenec in morje, osušuješ mogočne reke.
16 The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
Dan je tvoj, tudi noč je tvoja, pripravil si svetlobo in sonce.
17 By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
Določil si vse meje zemlje. Naredil si poletje in zimo.
18 Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Spomni se, da je sovražnik grajal, oh Gospod in da je nespametno ljudstvo izrekalo bogokletje proti tvojemu imenu.
19 O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
Oh ne izročaj duše svoje grlice množici zlobnih. Ne pozabi skupnosti svojih ubogih na veke.
20 Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
Ozri se k zavezi, kajti temni kraji zemlje so polni prebivališč krutosti.
21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
Oh naj se zatirani ne vrne osramočen. Naj ubog in pomoči potreben hvalita tvoje ime.
22 Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
Vstani, oh Bog, zagovarjaj svojo lastno pravdo. Spomni se, kako te nespameten človek dnevno graja.
23 Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
Ne pozabi glasu svojih sovražnikov. Hrup teh, ki vstajajo zoper tebe, se nenehno povečuje.
