Psalms 74
1 “A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
Poučna pjesma. Asafova. Zašto si, Bože, posve zabacio, zašto kiptiš gnjevom na ovce paše svoje?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou didst acquire of old; which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance: this mount Zion, whereon thou hast 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 thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins: the enemy hath ill-used every thing in the sanctuary.
Korakni k ruševinama vječnim - sve je u Svetištu razorio neprijatelj.
4 Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly: they have set up their signs for signs.
Protivnici tvoji vikahu posred skupštine tvoje, znakove svoje postaviše k'o pobjedne znakove.
5 [The enemy] is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.
Bijahu kao oni koji mašu sjekirom po guštari,
6 And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
sjekirom i maljem vrata mu razbijali.
7 They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
Ognju predadoše Svetište tvoje, do zemlje oskvrnuše Prebivalište tvoga imena.
8 They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.
Rekoše u srcu: “Istrijebimo ih zajedno; spalite sva svetišta Božja na zemlji!”
9 Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
Ne vidimo znakova svojih, proroka više nema, i nitko među nama ne zna dokle ...
10 How long, O God, shall the adversary utter defiance? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Dokle će se još, o Bože, dušmanin rugati? Hoće li protivnik dovijeka prezirati ime tvoje?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [draw it] out of thy bosom—exterminate [them];
Zašto povlačiš ruku, zašto u krilu sakrivaš desnicu svoju?
12 Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
No Bog je moj kralj od davnine, on koji posred zemlje spasava!
13 It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.
Ti svojom silom rasječe more, smrska glave nakazama u vodi.
14 Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Ti si Levijatanu glave zdrobio, dao ga za hranu nemanima morskim.
15 Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
Ti si dao da provre izvor i bujica, ti si presušio rijeke nepresušne.
16 Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.
Tvoj je dan i noć je tvoja, ti učvrsti mjesec i sunce;
17 It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth: summer and winter—thou thyself hast formed them.
ti sazda sve granice zemlji, ti stvori ljeto i zimu.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Spomeni se ovoga: dušmanin ti se rugaše, Jahve, i bezumni narod pogrdi ime tvoje.
19 Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle-dove: the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever.
Ne predaj jastrebu život grlice svoje, i život svojih siromaha ne zaboravi zauvijek!
20 Look unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations of violence.
Pogledaj na Savez svoj, jer svi su zakuci zemlje puni tmina i nasilja.
21 Oh let not the oppressed return confounded: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Ne daj da jadnik otiđe postiđen: neka siromah i ubog hvale ime tvoje!
22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.
Ustani, Bože, zauzmi se za svoju parnicu, spomeni se pogrde koju ti bezumnik svaki dan nanosi.
23 Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Ne zaboravi vike neprijatelja svojih: buka buntovnika još se diže k tebi!
