Psalms 78
1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
Aasafin mietevirsi. Kuuntele, kansani, minun opetustani, kallistakaa korvanne minun suuni sanoille.
2 I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
Minä avaan suuni mietelmiin, tuon ilmi muinaisaikojen arvoituksia.
3 things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
Mitä olemme kuulleet, minkä olemme saaneet tietää ja mitä isämme ovat meille kertoneet,
4 We will tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.
sitä me emme heidän lapsiltansa salaa, vaan me kerromme tulevalle polvelle Herran ylistettävistä teoista, hänen voimastansa ja ihmeistänsä, jotka hän on tehnyt.
5 He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children
Hän asetti todistuksen Jaakobiin, hän sääti Israeliin lain ja käski meidän isiemme julistaa ne lapsillensa,
6 in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
että jälkipolvi saisi ne tietää, saisivat tietää vastedes syntyvät lapset, ja nekin nousisivat ja kertoisivat niistä lapsillensa.
7 In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
Niin nämä panisivat uskalluksensa Jumalaan eivätkä unhottaisi Jumalan tekoja, vaan ottaisivat hänen käskyistänsä vaarin.
8 They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.
Ja niin ei heistä tulisi, niinkuin heidän isistänsä, kapinoitseva ja niskoitteleva polvi, sukupolvi, jonka sydän ei pysynyt lujana ja jonka henki ei pysynyt uskollisena Jumalalle.
9 [The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.
Efraimin lapset, asestetut jousimiehet, kääntyivät pakoon taistelun päivänä.
10 They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
Eivät he pitäneet Jumalan liittoa, eivät tahtoneet vaeltaa hänen lakinsa mukaan,
11 They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
vaan he unhottivat hänen suuret tekonsa ja hänen ihmeensä, jotka hän heille näytti.
12 While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
Heidän isiensä nähden hän ihmeitä teki Egyptin maassa, Sooanin kedolla.
13 [Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].
Hän halkaisi meren ja vei heidät sen läpi, hän seisotti vedet roukkioksi.
14 He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
Hän johdatti heitä päivän aikaan pilvellä ja tulen valolla kaiket yöt.
15 He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
Hän halkoi kalliot erämaassa ja juotti heitä runsaasti, kuin syvistä vesistä.
16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
Hän juoksutti puroja kalliosta ja vuodatti virtanaan vettä.
17 But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
Yhä he kuitenkin tekivät syntiä häntä vastaan ja olivat uppiniskaisia Korkeimmalle erämaassa.
18 By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.
He kiusasivat Jumalaa sydämessänsä, vaatien ruokaa himonsa tyydyttämiseksi.
19 They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
Ja he puhuivat Jumalaa vastaan sanoen: "Voikohan Jumala kattaa pöydän erämaassa?
20 [It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]
Katso, hän kyllä kallioon iski, ja vedet vuotivat ja purot tulvivat; mutta voiko hän antaa myös leipää tai hankkia kansallensa lihaa?"
21 So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
Sentähden Herra, kun hän sen kuuli, julmistui; ja tuli syttyi Jaakobissa, ja Israelia vastaan nousi viha,
22 [He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
koska he eivät uskoneet Jumalaan eivätkä luottaneet hänen apuunsa.
23 But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
Hän käski pilviä korkeudessa ja avasi taivaan ovet;
24 and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
hän satoi heille ruuaksi mannaa, hän antoi heille taivaan viljaa.
25 [So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
Ihmiset söivät enkelien leipää; hän lähetti heille evästä yllin kyllin.
26 [Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
Hän nosti taivaalle itätuulen ja ajoi voimallaan esiin etelätuulen;
27 and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
hän antoi sataa heille lihaa kuin tomua, siivekkäitä lintuja kuin meren hiekkaa;
28 God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.
hän pudotti ne leirinsä keskeen, yltympäri asuntonsa.
29 [So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
Niin he söivät ja tulivat kylläisiksi; mitä he olivat himoinneet, sitä hän salli heidän saada.
30 But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
Eivät olleet he vielä himoansa tyydyttäneet, ja ruoka oli vielä heidän suussaan,
31 God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.
kun heitä vastaan jo nousi Jumalan viha: hän tappoi heidän voimakkaimpansa ja kaatoi maahan Israelin nuoret miehet.
32 In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].
Mutta sittenkin he yhä vielä tekivät syntiä eivätkä uskoneet hänen ihmeitänsä.
33 So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
Sentähden hän lopetti heidän päivänsä niinkuin tuulahduksen, antoi heidän vuottensa päättyä äkilliseen perikatoon.
34 When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
Kun hän surmasi heitä, kysyivät he häntä, kääntyivät ja etsivät Jumalaa.
35 They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.
He muistivat, että Jumala oli heidän kallionsa, ja että Jumala, Korkein, oli heidän lunastajansa.
36 But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
Mutta he pettivät häntä suullaan ja valhettelivat hänelle kielellänsä;
37 They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
sillä heidän sydämensä ei ollut vakaa häntä kohtaan, eivätkä he olleet uskolliset hänen liitossansa.
38 But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].
Mutta hän on laupias, antaa anteeksi rikkomukset eikä tahdo hukuttaa. Sentähden hän usein kääntyi vihastansa eikä antanut kaiken kiivautensa nousta.
39 He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
Sillä hän muisti, että he ovat liha, tuulahdus, joka menee eikä enää palaja.
40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
Kuinka usein he niskoittelivat häntä vastaan korvessa ja murehduttivat hänen mielensä erämaassa!
41 Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.
Ja yhä edelleen he kiusasivat Jumalaa ja vihoittivat Israelin Pyhän.
42 They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
He eivät muistaneet hänen kättänsä, eivät sitä päivää, jona hän päästi heidät ahdistajasta,
43 They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
jona hän teki tunnustekonsa Egyptissä ja ihmeensä Sooanin kedolla,
44 He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.
muutti heidän virtansa vereksi, niin etteivät he voineet vesiojistaan juoda;
45 He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
lähetti heidän sekaansa paarmoja, jotka heitä söivät, ja sammakoita, jotka tuottivat heille häviötä;
46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
antoi heidän satonsa tuhosirkoille ja heinäsirkoille heidän vaivannäkönsä;
47 He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
hävitti rakeilla heidän viiniköynnöksensä ja raekivillä heidän metsäviikunapuunsa;
48 He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
antoi heidän karjansa alttiiksi rakeille ja heidän laumansa salamoille.
49 Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].
Hän lähetti heitä vastaan vihansa hehkun, kiivastuksen, vihastuksen ja ahdistuksen, parven pahoja enkeleitä.
50 He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.
Hän raivasi tien vihallensa, ei säästänyt heidän sielujansa kuolemasta, vaan antoi heidän henkensä ruton valtaan.
51 He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
Hän surmasi kaikki esikoiset Egyptistä, miehuuden ensimmäiset Haamin majoista.
52 Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.
Mutta kansansa hän pani liikkeelle kuin lampaat ja johdatti heitä erämaassa kuin laumaa.
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
Hän johti heitä turvallisesti, heidän ei tarvinnut peljätä; mutta heidän vihollisensa peitti meri.
54 [Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].
Ja hän vei heidät pyhälle alueellensa, vuorelle, jonka hänen oikea kätensä oli hankkinut.
55 He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.
Hän karkoitti pakanat pois heidän tieltänsä, jakoi ne heille arvalla perintöosaksi ja antoi Israelin sukukuntain asua niiden majoissa.
56 However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.
Mutta niskoittelullaan he kiusasivat Jumalaa, Korkeinta, eivätkä ottaneet hänen todistuksistansa vaaria,
57 Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].
vaan luopuivat pois ja olivat uskottomia isiensä lailla, kävivät kelvottomiksi kuin veltto jousi.
58 Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
He vihoittivat hänet uhrikukkuloillansa ja herättivät hänen kiivautensa epäjumaliensa kuvilla.
59 He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
Jumala kuuli sen ja julmistui, ja hän hylkäsi Israelin peräti.
60 He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
Hän hylkäsi asumuksensa Siilossa, majan, jonka hän oli pystyttänyt ihmisten keskelle.
61 He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
Hän salli väkevyytensä joutua vankeuteen ja kunniansa vihollisten käsiin.
62 Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
Hän antoi kansansa alttiiksi miekalle ja julmistui perintöosaansa.
63 Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
Heidän nuorukaisensa kulutti tuli, ja heidän neitsyensä jäivät häälauluja vaille.
64 [Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.
Heidän pappinsa kaatuivat miekkaan, eivätkä heidän leskensä voineet itkuja itkeä.
65 Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].
Silloin Herra heräsi niinkuin nukkuja, niinkuin viinin voittama sankari.
66 He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
Hän löi vihollisensa pakoon, tuotti heille ikuisen häpeän.
67 [But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].
Hän hylkäsi myös Joosefin majan eikä valinnut Efraimin sukukuntaa,
68 Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
vaan valitsi Juudan sukukunnan, Siionin vuoren, jota hän rakastaa.
69 He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.
Ja hän rakensi pyhäkkönsä korkeuksien tasalle, rakensi sen kuin maan, jonka hän on perustanut ikiajoiksi.
70 He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
Hän valitsi Daavidin, palvelijansa, ja otti hänet lammastarhoista.
71 where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.
Hän toi hänet imettäväisten lammasten jäljestä kaitsemaan kansaansa, Jaakobia, ja Israelia, perintöosaansa.
72 David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
Ja Daavid kaitsi heitä vilpittömin sydämin ja johti heitä taitavalla kädellä.
