Psalms 78
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline 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, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works 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 testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law 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 them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to 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 the works of God, 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 set not their heart aright, and 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 kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Δεν εφύλαξαν την διαθήκην του Θεού, και εν τω νόμω αυτού δεν ηθέλησαν να περιπατώσι·
11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them.
και ελησμόνησαν τα έργα αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού, τα οποία έδειξεν εις αυτούς.
12 Marvelous things did he 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 divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Διέσχισε την θάλασσαν και διεπέρασεν αυτούς και έστησε τα ύδατα ως σωρόν·
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
και ώδήγησεν αυτούς την ημέραν εν νεφέλη και όλην την νύκτα εν φωτί πυρός.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great 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 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Αλλ' αυτοί εξηκολούθουν έτι αμαρτάνοντες εις αυτόν, παροξύνοντες τον Ύψιστον εν ανύδρω τόπω·
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
και επείρασαν τον Θεόν εν τη καρδία αυτών, ζητούντες βρώσιν κατά την όρεξιν αυτών·
19 Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
και ελάλησαν κατά του Θεού, λέγοντες, Μήπως δύναται ο Θεός να ετοιμάση τράπεζαν εν τη ερήμω;
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh 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 this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came 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 believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
διότι δεν επίστευσαν εις τον Θεόν, ουδέ ήλπισαν επί την σωτηρίαν αυτού·
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
ενώ προσέταξε τας νεφέλας από άνωθεν και τας θύρας του ουρανού ήνοιξε,
24 And had rained down manna on them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
και έβρεξεν εις αυτούς μάννα διά να φάγωσι και σίτον ουρανού έδωκεν εις αυτούς·
25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
άρτον αγγέλων έφαγεν ο άνθρωπος· τροφήν έστειλεν εις αυτούς μέχρι χορτασμού.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Εσήκωσεν εν τω ουρανώ ανατολικόν άνεμον, και διά της δυνάμεως αυτού επέφερε τον νότον·
27 He rained flesh also on them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
και έβρεξεν επ' αυτούς κρέας ως το χώμα και πετεινά πτερωτά ως την άμμον της θαλάσσης·
28 And he let it fall in the middle of their camp, round about their habitations.
και έκαμε να πέσωσιν εις το μέσον του στρατοπέδου αυτών, κύκλω των σκηνών αυτών.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Και έφαγον και εχορτάσθησαν σφόδρα· και έφερεν εις αυτούς την επιθυμίαν αυτών·
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
δεν είχον χωρισθή από της επιθυμίας αυτών, έτι ήτο εν τω στόματι αυτών βρώσις αυτών,
31 The wrath of God came on them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen 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 sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Εν πάσι τούτοις ημάρτησαν έτι και δεν επίστευσαν εις τα θαυμάσια αυτού.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Διά τούτο συνετέλεσεν εν ματαιότητι τας ημέρας αυτών και τα έτη αυτών εν ταραχή.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
Ότε εθανάτονεν αυτούς, τότε εξεζήτουν αυτόν, και επέστρεφον και από όρθρου προσέτρεχον εις τον Θεόν·
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
και ενεθυμούντο, ότι ο Θεός ήτο φρούριον αυτών και ο Θεός ο Ύψιστος λυτρωτής αυτών.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.
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 steadfast in his covenant.
Η δε καρδία αυτών δεν ήτο ευθεία μετ' αυτού, και δεν ήσαν πιστοί εις την διαθήκην αυτού.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time turned he 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 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
και ενεθυμήθη ότι ήσαν σάρξ· άνεμος παρερχόμενος και μη επιστρέφων.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Ποσάκις παρώξυναν αυτόν εν τη ερήμω, παρώργισαν αυτόν εν τη ανύδρω,
41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
και εστράφησαν και επείρασαν τον Θεόν, και τον Άγιον του Ισραήλ παρώξυναν.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Δεν ενεθυμήθησαν την χείρα αυτού, την ημέραν καθ' ην ελύτρωσεν αυτούς από του εχθρού·
43 How he had worked his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
πως έδειξεν εν Αιγύπτω τα σημεία αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού εν τη πεδιάδι Τάνεως·
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
και μετέβαλεν εις αίμα τους ποταμούς αυτών και τους ρύακας αυτών, διά να μη πίωσιν.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Απέστειλεν επ' αυτούς κυνόμυιαν και κατέφαγεν αυτούς, και βατράχους και εφάνισαν αυτούς.
46 He gave also 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, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Κατηφάνισε διά της χαλάζης τας αμπέλους αυτών και τας συκαμίνους αυτών με πέτρας χαλάζης·
48 He gave up their cattle also 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 cast on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
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 way to his anger; he spared not 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 smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
και επάταξε παν πρωτότοκον εν Αιγύπτω, την απαρχήν της δυνάμεως αυτών εν ταις σκηναίς του Χάμ·
52 But made his own people to go forth 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 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
και ώδήγησεν αυτούς εν ασφαλεία, και δεν εδειλίασαν· τους δε εχθρούς αυτών εσκέπασεν η θάλασσα.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Και εισήγαγεν αυτούς εις το όριον της αγιότητος αυτού, το όρος τούτο, το οποίον απέκτησεν η δεξιά αυτού·
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them 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 provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Και όμως επείρασαν και παρώξυναν τον Θεόν τον ύψιστον και δεν εφύλαξαν τα μαρτύρια αυτού·
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside 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 graven 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 wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Ήκουσεν ο Θεός και υπερωργίσθη και εβδελύχθη σφόδρα τον Ισραήλ·
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle 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, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
και παρέδωκεν εις αιχμαλωσίαν την δύναμιν αυτού και την δόξαν αυτού εις χείρα εχθρού·
62 He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
και παρέδωκεν εις ρομφαίαν τον λαόν αυτού και υπερωργίσθη κατά της κληρονομίας αυτού·
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
τους νέους αυτών κατέφαγε πυρ, και αι παρθένοι αυτών δεν ενυμφεύθησαν·
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
οι ιερείς αυτών έπεσον εν μαχαίρα, και αι χήραι αυτών δεν επένθησαν.
65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine.
Τότε εξηγέρθη ως εξ ύπνου ο Κύριος, ως άνθρωπος δυνατός, βοών από οίνου·
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
και επάταξε τους εχθρούς αυτού εις τα οπίσω· όνειδος αιώνιον έθεσεν επ' αυτούς.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Και απέρριψε την σκηνήν Ιωσήφ, και την φυλήν Εφραΐμ δεν εξέλεξεν.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Αλλ' εξέλεξε την φυλήν Ιούδα, το όρος της Σιών, το οποίον ηγάπησε.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established for ever.
Και ωκοδόμησεν ως υψηλά παλάτια το αγιαστήριον αυτού, ως την γην την οποίαν εθεμελίωσεν εις τον αιώνα.
70 He chose David also 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 great with young he brought him to feed 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 fed them 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.
