Psalmien 68
1 Davidin Psalmi ja veisu, edelläveisaajalle. Nouskaan Jumala, että hänen vihollisensa hajoitettaisiin; ja jotka häntä vihaavat, paetkaat hänen edestänsä.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Aja heitä pois, niinkuin savu ajetaan pois; niinkuin vedenvaha sulaa tulen edessä, niin hukkukaan jumalattomat Jumalan kasvoin edessä.
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).
3 Mutta vanhurskaat riemuitkaan ja iloitkaan Jumalan edessä, ja riemuitkaan ilossa.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Veisatkaan Jumalalle, veisatkaat kiitosta hänen nimellensä; tehkäät hänelle tietä, joka istuu ylimmäisten taivasten päällä; hänen nimensä on Herra, ja iloitkaat hänen edessänsä.
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.
5 Joka on orpoin isä ja leskein tuomari: hän on Jumala pyhässä asumisessansa.
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.
6 Jumala, joka yksinäisten antaa asua huoneessa, ja vie vangit ulos oikeudella; mutta vastahakoiset asuvat kuivassa.
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.
7 Jumala, koskas kävit kansas edellä, koskas vaelsit korvessa, (Sela)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 Niin maa vapisi ja taivaat tiukkuivat Jumalan edessä: tämä Sinai, Jumalan edessä, joka Israelin Jumala on.
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.
9 Mutta nyt sinä, Jumala, annat armollisen sateen, ja virvoitat perimises, joka väsynyt on.
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].
10 Että sinun laumas siinä asuis: Jumala, sinä virvoitat hyvyydelläs raadolliset.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Herra antaa sanan suurella evankelistain joukolla.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Sotaväen kuninkaat pakenevat, he pakenevat; ja kotona asuva jakaa saaliit.
[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].
13 Kuin te tarhain välissä makaatte, niin mettisen sulat ovat silatut hopialla, ja hänen siipensä ruskialla kullalla.
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.
14 Kuin Kaikkivaltias siinä joka paikassa kuninkaat levittää, niin Zalmonissa valaisee kuin lumi.
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].
15 Jumalan vuori on hedelmällinen vuori: korkia vuori on se hedelmällinen vuori.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Miksi te, suuret vuoret, kippaatte? Tämä on Jumalan vuori, jossa hän mielistyy asumaan; ja Herra asuu siellä ijankaikkisesti.
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!
17 Jumalan rattaita on monta tuhatta kertaa tuhatta: Herra on heissä, pyhässä Sinaissa.
[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].
18 Sinä astuit ylös korkeuteen, ja olet vangiksi ottanut vankeuden. Sinä olet lahjoja saanut ihmisille: vastahakoiset myös, että Herra Jumala siellä kumminkin asuu.
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.
19 Kiitetty olkoon Herra joka päivä! Jumala panee kuorman meidän päällemme; mutta hän myös auttaa meitä, (Sela)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Meillä on Jumala, Jumala, joka auttaa, ja Herra, Herra, joka kuolemasta vapahtaa.
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].
21 Mutta Jumala särkee vihollistensa pään heidän päänlakeinsa kanssa, jotka pysyvät heidän synneissänsä.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Herra sanoo: minä palautan (muutamat) lihavista; meren syvyydestä minä heitä palautan,
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].
23 Että sinun jalkas tulis painetuksi veressä, ja koirais kieli sinun vihollisistas.
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.”
24 He näkivät, Jumala, kuinkas vaellat; kuinkas, minun Jumalani ja kuninkaani, pyhässä vaellat:
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.
25 Laulajat käyvät edellä, ja sitte leikarit piikain seassa, jotka kanteleita soittavat.
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.
26 Kiittäkäät Herraa Jumalaa seurakunnissa, te Israelin lähteestä.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Siellä hallitsee heitä vähä Benjamin, Juudan päämiehet joukkoinensa, Zebulonin päämiehet, Naphtalin päämiehet.
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.
28 Sinun Jumalas on käskenyt sinun olla väkevän: vahvista Jumala se, minkä sinä meissä tehnyt olet.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Sinun templis tähden, joka on Jerusalemissa, pitää kuninkaat sinulle lahjoja viemän.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Nuhtele ruovon petoa, härkäin laumaa kansain vasikkain kanssa, jotka kumartaen tuovat hopeakankeja: hajoittanut on hän kansat, jotka mielellänsä sotivat.
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.
31 Egyptin päämiehet tulevat: Etiopia ojentaa käsiänsä Jumalalle.
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].
32 Te maan valtakunnat, veisatkaat Jumalalle, veisatkaat kiitosta Herralle, (Sela)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Sille joka asuu taivaissa joka paikassa, hamasta alusta: katso, hän antaa jylinälle voiman.
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.
34 Antakaat Jumalalle voima: hänen herrautensa on Israelissa, ja hänen voimansa pilvissä.
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.
35 Jumala on ihmeellinen pyhässänsä, hän on Israelin Jumala: hän antaa kansalle väen ja voiman: kiitetty olkoon Jumala!
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!
