Psalms 68
1 God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
Þegar Guð rís á fætur þá tvístrast óvinir hans! Þeir sem hata hann flýja sem mest þeir mega.
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).
Blástu þeim burt eins og reyk í vindi! Bræddu þá eins og vax í eldi! Þannig munu óguðlegir tortímast fyrir Guði.
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.
En hinir trúuðu skulu fagna. Þeir kætist og gleðjist
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.
og lofsyngi Guði! Hefjið lofsöng til hans sem ekur um á skýjunum. Nafn hans er Drottinn! Gleðjist og fagnið í nærveru hans.
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.
Hann er faðir föðurlausra og verndari ekkna, hann er heilagur.
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.
Hann lætur hinn einmana komast heim aftur og leiðir fanga út í frelsið á ný. Þar verður sungið og fagnað! En uppreisnarmenn skulu búa við sult og seyru.
7 God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
Guð, þegar þú leiddir þjóð þína gegnum öræfin,
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.
þá skalf jörðin og himnarnir nötruðu. Sínaífjall hneigði sig fyrir þér af virðingu og ótta – þér Guði Ísraels.
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].
Þú, Guð, sendir regnskúrir yfir land þitt, hresstir það og endurnærðir.
10 Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
Þar settist þjóð þín að. Þú gafst hinum hrjáðu heimili og skjól.
11 The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
Drottinn lætur orð sín rætast og þegar hann talar flýja óvinirnir.
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].
Konurnar sem heima eru flytja gleðifrétt: „Óvinaherinn er flúinn, þeir sem vildu eyða öllu og umturna!“Og konur í Ísrael skipta herfanginu.
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.
Þær hylja sig með gulli og silfri, rétt eins og dúfan vængjum sínum!
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].
Þegar Guð stökkti óvinunum á flótta þá snjóaði á Salmonsfjalli.
15 There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
Þið voldugu Basanfjöll, þið illkleifu tindar!
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!
Hvers vegna horfið þið með öfund til Síonar – fjallsins sem Drottinn hefur kosið sér til bústaðar?
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].
Með þúsundum vagna lagði Drottinn upp frá Sínaí og kom til síns heilaga musteris á Síon.
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.
Hann kleif fjöllin, tók með sér fjölda bandingja og veitti viðtöku gjöfum frá mönnum, jafnvel uppreisnarmönnum. Og nú býr hann hér!
19 Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
Lofaður sé Drottinn! Hann leiðir okkur dag eftir dag og hjálpar í öllum vanda.
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].
Guð er hjálpræðisguð. Hann er alvaldur og bjargar frá dauða.
21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
En óvinum sínum eyðir hann, þeim sem þrjóskast og halda áfram á glæpabraut.
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].
Hann segir: „Komið!“við óvini þjóðar sinnar, þá sem fela sig til fjalla eða í hafdjúpunum.
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.”
Þjóð hans vill troða þá undir, ganga í blóði þeirra og gefa hundum hræ þeirra.
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.
Guð, konungur minn, gengur inn til musteris síns.
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.
Fremst fara söngvarar, þá hljóðfæraleikarar og stúlkur sem slá taktinn.
26 [They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
Allur Ísrael gleðjist með Guði, uppsprettu Ísraels á þessum hátíðardegi.
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.
Fremst fer Benjamínsætt, hún er minnst. Þá koma prinsar og öldungar Júda og síðan höfðingjar Sebúlons og Naftalí.
28 God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
Sýn þú, Guð, mátt þinn og styrk, því að mikla hluti hefur þú gert.
29 Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
Konungar jarðarinnar gefa gjafir til musteris þíns í Jerúsalem.
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.
Ávíta þú óvini okkar, Drottinn. Færðu þá hingað, sneypta og berandi skattinn! Tvístraðu þeim sem efna til ófriðar.
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].
Egyptar sendi gull og Bláland fórni höndum í lotningu til Guðs.
32 [You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
Syngið frammi fyrir Drottni, þið konungsríki jarðarinnar, syngið honum lofgjörðarsöng,
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.
honum, Guði eilífðar, sem ekur um himininn og talar með þrumuraust svo að undir tekur.
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.
Drottinn hefur máttinn! Dýrð hans ljómar yfir Ísrael og hans voldugu verk birtast á himninum.
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!
Við krjúpum fyrir honum í lotningu og ótta í musteri hans. Ísraels Guð veitir þjóð sinni mátt og megin. Lofaður sé Guð!
