Psalmien 80
1 Asaphin Psalmi, kultasesta kukkaisesta, edelläveisaajalle. Kuules, Israelin paimen, joka saatat Josephin niinkuin lampaat: ilmoita sinus, joka istut Kerubimin päällä.
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
2 Herätä voimas, sinä joka Ephraimin, Benjaminin ja Manassen edessä olet, ja tule meidän avuksemme.
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
3 Jumala, käännä meitä, ja anna kasvos paistaa, niin me tulemme autetuksi.
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 Herra Jumala Zebaot, kuinka kauvan sinä vihastut kansas rukouksiin?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
5 Sinä ruokit heitä kyyneleiden leivällä, ja juotat heitä suurella mitalla, täynnä kyyneleitä,
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Sinä olet meidät pannut riidaksi läsnäasuvaisillemme; ja meidän vihollisemme pilkkaavat meitä.
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
7 Jumala Zebaot, käännä meitä, ja anna kasvos paistaa, niin me autetuksi tulemme.
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 Sinä toit viinapuun Egyptistä, olet pakanat karkoittanut ulos, ja sen istuttanut.
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
9 Sinä perkasit tien hänen eteensä, ja annoit hänen hyvästi juurtua, niin että se täytti maan.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
10 Vuoret ovat sen varjolla peitetyt, ja hänen oksillansa Jumalan sedripuut.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Sinä levitit hänen oksansa hamaan mereen asti, ja hänen haaransa hamaan virran tykö.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Miksis siis särjit hänen aitansa, että sitä kaikki ohitsekäyvät repivät.
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
13 Metsäsika on sen kaivanut ylös, ja metsän pedot sen syövät.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Jumala Zebaot, käännä siis sinuas, katso alas taivaasta ja näe, ja etsi sitä viinapuuta,
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
15 Ja pidä se kiintiänä, jonka sinun oikia kätes on istuttanut, (ihmisen) pojan tähden, jonka sinulles lujasti valinnut olet.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Se on poltettu tulella ja revitty: sinun uhkauksestas he ovat hukkuneet.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Sinun kätes varjelkoon oikian kätes kansan, ja ihmisen pojan, jonka sinulles lujasti valinnut olet.
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Niin emme sinusta luovu: suo meidän elää, niin me sinun nimeäs avuksi huudamme.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
19 Herra Jumala Zebaot, käännä meitä: anna kasvos paistaa, niin me autetuksi tulemme.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
