Psalms 79
1 God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
Mazmur Asaf. Ya Allah, bangsa-bangsa lain telah masuk ke dalam tanah milik-Mu, menajiskan bait kudus-Mu, membuat Yerusalem menjadi timbunan puing.
2 [Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
Mereka memberikan mayat hamba-hamba-Mu sebagai makanan kepada burung-burung di udara, daging orang-orang yang Kaukasihi kepada binatang-binatang liar di bumi.
3 When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
Mereka menumpahkan darah orang-orang itu seperti air sekeliling Yerusalem, dan tidak ada yang menguburkan.
4 The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
Kami menjadi cela bagi tetangga-tetangga kami, menjadi olok-olok dan cemooh bagi orang-orang sekeliling kami.
5 Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
Berapa lama lagi, ya TUHAN, Engkau murka terus-menerus, dan cemburu-Mu berkobar-kobar seperti api?
6 [Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
Tumpahkanlah amarah-Mu ke atas bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengenal Engkau, ke atas kerajaan-kerajaan yang tidak menyerukan nama-Mu;
7 because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
sebab mereka telah memakan habis Yakub, dan tempat kediamannya mereka hancurkan.
8 Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
Janganlah perhitungkan kepada kami kesalahan nenek moyang kami; kiranya rahmat-Mu segera menyongsong kami, sebab sudah sangat lemah kami.
9 God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
Tolonglah kami, ya Allah penyelamat kami, demi kemuliaan nama-Mu! Lepaskanlah kami dan ampunilah dosa kami oleh karena nama-Mu!
10 It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
Mengapa bangsa-bangsa lain boleh berkata: "Di mana Allah mereka?" Biarlah di hadapan kami bangsa-bangsa lain mengetahui pembalasan atas darah yang tertumpah dari hamba-hamba-Mu.
11 Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
Biarlah sampai ke hadapan-Mu keluhan orang tahanan; sesuai dengan kebesaran lengan-Mu, biarkanlah hidup orang-orang yang ditentukan untuk mati dibunuh!
12 In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
Dan balikkanlah ke atas pangkuan tetangga kami tujuh kali lipat cela yang telah didatangkan kepada-Mu, ya Tuhan!
13 After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
Maka kami ini, umat-Mu, dan kawanan domba gembalaan-Mu, akan bersyukur kepada-Mu untuk selama-lamanya, dan akan memberitakan puji-pujian untuk-Mu turun-temurun.
