Psalms 68
1 God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
«Εις τον πρώτον μουσικόν. Ψαλμός ωδής του Δαβίδ.» Ας εγερθή ο Θεός, και ας διασκορπισθώσιν οι εχθροί αυτού· και ας φύγωσιν απ' έμπροσθεν αυτού οι μισούντες αυτόν.
2 Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
Καθώς αφανίζεται ο καπνός, ούτως αφάνισον αυτούς· καθώς διαλύεται ο κηρός έμπροσθεν του πυρός, ούτως ας απολεσθώσιν οι ασεβείς από προσώπου του Θεού.
3 But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
Οι δε δίκαιοι ας ευφραίνωνται· ας αγάλλωνται ενώπιον του Θεού· και ας τέρπωνται εν ευφροσύνη.
4 Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
Ψάλλετε εις τον Θεόν· ψαλμωδείτε εις το όνομα αυτού· ετοιμάσατε τας οδούς εις τον επιβαίνοντα επί των ερήμων· Κύριος είναι το όνομα αυτού· και αγάλλεσθε ενώπιον αυτού.
5 God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
Πατήρ των ορφανών και κριτής των χηρών, είναι ο Θεός εν τω αγίω αυτού τόπω.
6 For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
Ο Θεός κατοικίζει εις οικογένειαν τους μεμονωμένους· εξάγει τους δεσμίους εις αφθονίαν· οι δε αποστάται κατοικούσιν εν γη ανύδρω.
7 God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
Θεέ, ότε εξήλθες έμπροσθεν του λαού σου, ότε περιεπάτεις διά της ερήμου· Διάψαλμα·
8 After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
η γη εσείσθη, και αυτοί οι ουρανοί έσταξαν από προσώπου του Θεού· το Σινά αυτό εσείσθη από προσώπου του Θεού, του Θεού του Ισραήλ.
9 You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
Θεέ, έπεμψας βροχήν άφθονον εις την κληρονομίαν σου, και εν τη αδυναμία αυτής συ ανεζωοποίησας αυτήν.
10 Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
Η συναγωγή σου κατώκησεν εν αυτή· Θεέ, έκαμες ετοιμασίαν εις τον πτωχόν διά την αγαθότητά σου.
11 The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
Ο Κύριος έδωκε λόγον· οι ευαγγελιζόμενοι ήσαν στράτευμα μέγα.
12 [They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
Βασιλείς στρατευμάτων φεύγοντες έφυγον, και αι διαμένουσαι εν τη οικία εμοίραζον τα λάφυρα.
13 Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
Και αν εκοίτεσθε εν μέσω εστίας, όμως θέλετε είσθαι ως πτέρυγες περιστεράς περιηργυρωμένης, και της οποίας τα πτερά είναι περικεχρυσωμένα από κιτρίνου χρυσίου.
14 When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
Ότε ο Παντοδύναμος διεσκόρπιζε βασιλείς εν αυτή, έγεινε λευκή ως η χιών εν Σαλμών.
15 There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
Το όρος του Θεού είναι ως το όρος της Βασάν· όρος υψηλόν ως το όρος της Βασάν.
16 But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
Διά τι ζηλοτυπείτε, όρη υψηλά; τούτο είναι το όρος, εν ω ευδόκησεν ο Θεός να κατοική· ο Κύριος, ναι, εν αυτώ θέλει κατοικεί εις τον αιώνα.
17 [After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
Αι άμαξαι του Θεού είναι δισμύριαι χιλιάδες χιλιάδων· ο Κύριος είναι μεταξύ αυτών ως εν Σινά, εν τω αγίω τόπω.
18 He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
Ανέβης εις ύψος· ηχμαλώτισας αιχμαλωσίαν· έλαβες χαρίσματα διά τους ανθρώπους· έτι δε και διά τους απειθείς, διά να κατοικής μεταξύ αυτών, Κύριε Θεέ.
19 Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
Ευλογητός Κύριος, όστις καθ' ημέραν επιφορτίζεις ημάς αγαθά· ο Θεός της σωτηρίας ημών. Διάψαλμα.
20 Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
Ο Θεός ημών είναι Θεός σωτηρίας· και Κυρίου του Θεού είναι η λύτρωσις από του θανάτου.
21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
Ο Θεός εξάπαντος θέλει συντρίψει την κεφαλήν των εχθρών αυτού· και την τετριχωμένην κορυφήν του περιπατούντος εν ταις ανομίαις αυτού.
22 The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
Ο Κύριος είπε, Θέλω επαναφέρει εκ Βασάν, θέλω επαναφέρει τον λαόν μου εκ των βαθέων της θαλάσσης·
23 I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
διά να βαφή ο πους σου εν τω αίματι των εχθρών σου και η γλώσσα των κυνών σου εξ αυτού.
24 God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
Εθεωρήθησαν τα βήματά σου, Θεέ· τα βήματα του Θεού μου, του βασιλέως μου, εν τω αγιαστηρίω.
25 The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
Προεπορεύοντο οι ψάλται· κατόπιν οι παίζοντες όργανα, εν τω μέσω νεάνιδες τυμπανίστριαι.
26 [They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
Εν εκκλησίαις ευλογείτε τον Θεόν· ευλογείτε τον Κύριον, οι εκ της πηγής του Ισραήλ.
27 First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
Εκεί ήτο ο μικρός Βενιαμίν, ο αρχηγός αυτών· οι άρχοντες Ιούδα και ο λαός αυτών· οι άρχοντες Ζαβουλών και οι άρχοντες Νεφθαλί.
28 God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
Διέταξεν ο Θεός σου την δύναμίν σου· στερέωσον, Θεέ, τούτο, το οποίον ενήργησας εις ημάς.
29 Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
Διά τον ναόν σου τον εν Ιερουσαλήμ, βασιλείς θέλουσι προσφέρει εις σε δώρα.
30 Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
Επιτίμησον τα θηρία του καλαμώνος, το πλήθος των ταύρων και τους μόσχους των λαών, εωσού έκαστος προσφέρη υποταγήν με πλάκας αργυρίου· διασκόρπισον τους λαούς τους αγαπώντας πολέμους.
31 Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
Θέλουσιν ελθεί μεγιστάνες εξ Αιγύπτου· η Αιθιοπία ταχέως θέλει εκτείνει τας χείρας αυτής προς τον Θεόν.
32 [You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
Αι βασιλείαι της γης, ψάλλετε εις τον Θεόν, ψαλμωδείτε εις τον Κύριον· Διάψαλμα·
33 Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
εις τον επιβαίνοντα επί τους ουρανούς των έκπαλαι ουρανών· ιδού εκπέμπει την φωνήν αυτού, φωνήν κραταιάν.
34 Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
Απόδοτε το κράτος εις τον Θεόν· η μεγαλοπρέπεια αυτού είναι επί τον Ισραήλ και η δύναμις αυτού επί τους ουρανούς.
35 God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
Φοβερός είσαι, Θεέ, εκ των αγιαστηρίων σου· ο Θεός του Ισραήλ είναι ο διδούς κράτος και δύναμιν εις τον λαόν αυτού. Ευλογητός ο Θεός.
