Psalms 74
1 The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?
Poučna pjesma. Asafova. Zašto si, Bože, posve zabacio, zašto kiptiš gnjevom na ovce paše svoje?
2 Be mindful of your congregation, which you have possessed from the beginning. You redeemed the scepter of your inheritance, mount Zion, in which you have dwelt.
Sjeti se zajednice koju si davno stekao, plÓemena koje namače kao svoju baštinu i brda Siona gdje si Šator svoj udario!
3 Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!
Korakni k ruševinama vječnim - sve je u Svetištu razorio neprijatelj.
4 And those who hate you have been glorified, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their own signs as a proof,
Protivnici tvoji vikahu posred skupštine tvoje, znakove svoje postaviše k'o pobjedne znakove.
5 as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
Bijahu kao oni koji mašu sjekirom po guštari,
6 they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
sjekirom i maljem vrata mu razbijali.
7 They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.
Ognju predadoše Svetište tvoje, do zemlje oskvrnuše Prebivalište tvoga imena.
8 They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: “Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.
Rekoše u srcu: “Istrijebimo ih zajedno; spalite sva svetišta Božja na zemlji!”
9 We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us.”
Ne vidimo znakova svojih, proroka više nema, i nitko među nama ne zna dokle ...
10 How long, O God, will the enemy place blame? Is the adversary to provoke your name until the end?
Dokle će se još, o Bože, dušmanin rugati? Hoće li protivnik dovijeka prezirati ime tvoje?
11 Why do you turn your hand away, even your right hand, from the midst of your sinews, until the end?
Zašto povlačiš ruku, zašto u krilu sakrivaš desnicu svoju?
12 But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
No Bog je moj kralj od davnine, on koji posred zemlje spasava!
13 In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
Ti svojom silom rasječe more, smrska glave nakazama u vodi.
14 You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.
Ti si Levijatanu glave zdrobio, dao ga za hranu nemanima morskim.
15 You have disrupted the fountains and the torrents. You have dried up the rivers of Ethan.
Ti si dao da provre izvor i bujica, ti si presušio rijeke nepresušne.
16 Yours is the day, and yours is the night. You have made the morning light and the sun.
Tvoj je dan i noć je tvoja, ti učvrsti mjesec i sunce;
17 You have made all the limits of the earth. The summer and the spring were formed by you.
ti sazda sve granice zemlji, ti stvori ljeto i zimu.
18 Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name.
Spomeni se ovoga: dušmanin ti se rugaše, Jahve, i bezumni narod pogrdi ime tvoje.
19 Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.
Ne predaj jastrebu život grlice svoje, i život svojih siromaha ne zaboravi zauvijek!
20 Consider your covenant. For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses.
Pogledaj na Savez svoj, jer svi su zakuci zemlje puni tmina i nasilja.
21 Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name.
Ne daj da jadnik otiđe postiđen: neka siromah i ubog hvale ime tvoje!
22 Rise up, O God, judge your own case. Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long.
Ustani, Bože, zauzmi se za svoju parnicu, spomeni se pogrde koju ti bezumnik svaki dan nanosi.
23 Do not forget the voices of your adversaries. The arrogance of those who hate you rises up continually.
Ne zaboravi vike neprijatelja svojih: buka buntovnika još se diže k tebi!
