Psalms 78
1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
| قصیدۀ آساف. ای قوم من، به تعالیم من گوش فرا دهید و به آنچه می‌گویم توجه نمایید. |
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],
| زیرا می‌خواهم با مَثَلها سخن گویم. می‌خواهم معماهای قدیمی را برایتان شرح دهم. |
3 things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
| می‌خواهم آنچه را که از نیاکان خود شنیده‌ام تعریف کنم. |
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.
| اینها را باید تعریف کنیم و مخفی نسازیم تا فرزندان ما نیز بدانند که خداوند با قدرت خود چه کارهای شگفت‌انگیز و تحسین برانگیزی انجام داده است. |
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
| خدا احکام و دستورهای خود را به قوم اسرائیل داد و به ایشان امر فرمود که آنها را به فرزندانشان بیاموزند |
6 in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
| و فرزندان ایشان نیز به نوبهٔ خود آن احکام را به فرزندان خود تعلیم دهند تا به این ترتیب هر نسلی با احکام و دستورهای خدا آشنا گردد. |
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.
| به این ترتیب آنها یاد می‌گیرند که بر خدا توکل نمایند و کارهایی را که او برای نیاکانشان انجام داده است، فراموش نکنند و پیوسته مطیع دستورهایش باشند. |
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.
| در نتیجه آنها مانند نیاکان خود مردمی سرکش و یاغی نخواهند شد که ایمانی سست و ناپایدار داشتند و نسبت به خدا وفادار نبودند. |
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.
| افراد قبیلهٔ افرایم با وجود اینکه به تیر و کمان مجهز بودند و در تیراندازی مهارت خاص داشتند، هنگام جنگ پا به فرار نهادند. |
10 They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
| آنان پیمان خود را که با خدا بسته بودند، شکستند و نخواستند مطابق دستورهای او زندگی کنند. |
11 They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
| کارها و معجزات او را که برای ایشان و نیاکانشان در مصر انجام داده بود، فراموش کردند، |
12 While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
| کارهای شگفت‌انگیزی که برای نیاکانشان در دشت صوعن در سرزمین مصر انجام داده بود. |
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].
| خدا دریای سرخ را شکافت و آبها را مانند دیوار بر پا نگه داشت تا ایشان از آن عبور کنند. |
14 He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
| بنی‌اسرائیل را در روز به‌وسیلۀ ستون ابر راهنمایی می‌کرد و در شب توسط روشنایی آتش! |
15 He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
| در بیابان صخره‌ها را شکافت و برای آنها آب فراهم آورد. |
16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
| بله، از صخره چشمه‌های آب جاری ساخت! |
17 But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
| ولی با وجود این، ایشان بار دیگر نسبت به خدای متعال گناه ورزیدند و در صحرا از فرمان او سر پیچیدند. |
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.
| آنها خدا را امتحان کردند و از او خوراک خواستند. |
19 They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
| حتی بر ضد خدا حرف زدند و گفتند: «آیا خدا می‌تواند در این بیابان برای ما خوراک تهیه کند؟ |
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]
| درست است که او از صخره آب بیرون آورد و بر زمین جاری ساخت، ولی آیا می‌تواند نان و گوشت را نیز برای قوم خود فراهم کند؟» |
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]
| خداوند چون این را شنید غضبناک شد و آتش خشم او علیه اسرائیل شعله‌ور گردید، |
22 [He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
| زیرا آنها ایمان نداشتند که خدا قادر است احتیاج آنها را برآورد. |
23 But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
| با وجود این، خدا درهای آسمان را گشود |
24 and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
| و نان آسمانی را برای ایشان بارانید تا بخورند و سیر شوند. |
25 [So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
| بله، آنها خوراک فرشتگان را خوردند و تا آنجا که می‌توانستند بخورند خدا به ایشان عطا فرمود. |
26 [Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
| سپس با قدرت الهی خود، بادهای شرقی و جنوبی را فرستاد |
27 and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
| تا پرندگان بی‌شماری همچون شنهای ساحل دریا برای قوم او بیاورند. |
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.
| پرندگان در اردوی اسرائیل، اطراف خیمه‌ها فرود آمدند. |
29 [So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
| پس خوردند و سیر شدند؛ آنچه را که خواستند خدا به ایشان داد. |
30 But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
| اما پیش از آنکه هوس آنها ارضا شود، در حالی که هنوز غذا در دهانشان بود، |
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.
| غضب خدا بر ایشان افروخته شد و شجاعان و جوانان اسرائیل را کشت. |
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].
| با وجود این همه معجزات، بنی‌اسرائیل باز نسبت به خدا گناه کردند و به کارهای شگفت‌انگیز او ایمان نیاوردند. |
33 So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
| بنابراین خدا کاری کرد که آنها روزهایشان را در بیابان تلف کنند و عمرشان را با ترس و لرز بگذرانند. |
34 When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
| هنگامی که خدا عده‌ای از آنان را کشت بقیه توبه کرده، به سوی او بازگشت نمودند |
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.
| و به یاد آوردند که خدای متعال پناهگاه و پشتیبان ایشان است. |
36 But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
| اما توبهٔ آنها از صمیم قلب نبود؛ آنها به خدا دروغ گفتند. |
37 They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
| دل بنی‌اسرائیل از خدا دور بود و آنها نسبت به عهد او وفادار نماندند. |
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].
| اما خدا باز بر آنها ترحم فرموده، گناه ایشان را بخشید و آنها را از بین نبرد. بارها غضب خود را از بنی‌اسرائیل برگردانید، |
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.
| زیرا می‌دانست که ایشان بشر فانی هستند و عمرشان دمی بیش نیست. |
40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
| بنی‌اسرائیل در بیابان چندین مرتبه سر از فرمان خداوند پیچیدند و او را رنجاندند. |
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.
| بارها و بارها خدای مقدّس اسرائیل را آزمایش کردند و به او بی‌حرمتی نمودند. |
42 They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
| قدرت عظیم او را فراموش کردند و روزی را که او ایشان را از دست دشمن رهانیده بود به یاد نیاوردند. |
43 They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
| بلاهایی را که او در منطقهٔ صوعن بر مصری‌ها نازل کرده بود، فراموش کردند. |
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.
| در آن زمان خدا آبهای مصر را به خون تبدیل نمود تا مصری‌ها نتوانند از آن بنوشند. |
45 He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
| انواع پشه‌ها را به میان مصری‌ها فرستاد تا آنها را بگزند. خانه‌های آنها را پر از قورباغه کرد. |
46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
| محصولات و مزارع ایشان را به‌وسیلۀ کرم و ملخ از بین برد. |
47 He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
| تاکستانها و درختان انجیرشان را با تگرگ درشت خراب کرد. |
48 He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
| رمه‌ها و گله‌هایشان را با رعد و برق و تگرگ تلف کرد. |
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].
| او آتش خشم خود را همچون فرشتگان مرگ به جان ایشان فرستاد. |
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.
| او غضب خود را از ایشان باز نداشت بلکه بلایی فرستاد و جان آنها را گرفت. |
51 He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
| همهٔ پسران نخست‌زادهٔ مصری را کشت. |
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.
| آنگاه بنی‌اسرائیل را از مصر بیرون آورد و آنها را همچون گلهٔ گوسفند به بیابان هدایت کرد. |
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
| ایشان را به راههای امن و بی‌خطر راهنمایی کرد تا نترسند؛ اما دشمنان آنها در دریای سرخ غرق شدند. |
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].
| سرانجام خدا اجداد ما را به این سرزمین مقدّس آورد، یعنی همین کوهستانی که با دست توانای خود آن را تسخیر نمود. |
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.
| ساکنان این سرزمین را از پیش روی ایشان بیرون راند؛ سرزمین موعود را بین قبایل اسرائیل تقسیم نمود و به آنها اجازه داد که در خانه‌های آنجا سکونت گزینند. |
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.
| اما با این همه، خدای متعال را امتحان کردند و از فرمان او سر پیچیدند و دستورهایش را اجرا نکردند. |
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].
| مانند اجداد خود از خدا روی برتافتند و به او خیانت کردند و همچون کمانی کج، غیرقابل اعتماد شدند. |
58 Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
| بتکده‌ها ساختند و به پرستش بتها پرداختند و به این وسیله خشم خداوند را برانگیختند. |
59 He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
| وقتی خدا چنین بی‌وفایی از اسرائیل دید، بسیار غضبناک گردید و آنها را به کلی طرد کرد. |
60 He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
| خیمهٔ عبادت را که در شیلوه بر پا ساخته بود ترک کرد |
61 He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
| و صندوق مقدّس را که مظهر قدرت و حضورش در بین اسرائیل بود، به دست دشمن سپرد. |
62 Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
| بر قوم برگزیدهٔ خویش غضبناک گردید و آنها را به دم شمشیر دشمنان سپرد. |
63 Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
| جوانانشان در آتش جنگ سوختند و دخترانشان لباس عروسی بر تن نکردند. |
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.
| کاهنانشان به دم شمشیر افتادند و زنهایشان نتوانستند برای آنها سوگواری کنند. |
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].
| سرانجام خداوند همچون کسی که از خواب بیدار شود، و مانند شخص نیرومندی که از باده سرخوش گردد، به یاری اسرائیل برخاست. |
66 He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
| دشمنان قوم خود را شکست داده، آنها را برای همیشه رسوا ساخت. |
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].
| او فرزندان یوسف و قبیلهٔ افرایم را طرد نمود |
68 Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
| اما قبیلهٔ یهودا و کوه صهیون را که از قبل دوست داشت، برگزید. |
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.
| در آنجا خانهٔ مقدّس خود را مانند کوههای محکم و پابرجای دنیا، جاودانه بر پا نمود. |
70 He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
| سپس خدمتگزار خود داوود را که گوسفندان پدرش را می‌چرانید، برگزید. |
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.
| او را از چوپانی گرفت و به پادشاهی اسرائیل نصب نمود. |
72 David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
| داوود با صمیم قلب از اسرائیل مراقبت نمود و با مهارت کامل ایشان را رهبری کرد. |
