Psalmien 68
1 Veisuunjohtajalle; Daavidin virsi, laulu. Jumala nousee, hänen vihollisensa hajaantuvat, hänen vihamiehensä pakenevat hänen kasvojensa edestä.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Sinä hajotat heidät, niinkuin savu hajoaa; niinkuin vaha sulaa tulen hohteessa, niin jumalattomat häviävät Jumalan kasvojen 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 iloitsevat ja riemuitsevat Jumalan kasvojen edessä, he ihastuvat ilosta.
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 Laulakaa Jumalalle, veisatkaa hänen nimensä kiitosta. Tehkää tie hänelle, joka kiitää halki arojen. Hänen nimensä on Herra, riemuitkaa hänen kasvojensa edessä.
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 Hän on orpojen isä ja leskien puolustaja, Jumala pyhässä asunnossansa,
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 antaa hyljätyille kodin ja johtaa vangitut onneen. Vain niskoittelijat asuvat kuivassa maassa.
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, kun sinä kävit kansasi edellä, kun sinä kuljit erämaassa, (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 kasvojen edessä, Siinai vapisi Jumalan, Israelin Jumalan, kasvojen edessä.
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 Runsaalla sateella sinä, Jumala, kostutit perintömaasi; ja kun se oli näännyksissä, niin sinä virvoitit sen.
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 Sinun laumasi asettui siihen; hyvyydessäsi, Jumala, sinä sen kurjille valmistit.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Herra antaa sanoman, suuri on voitonsanoman saattajatarten joukko:
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 "Sotajoukkojen kuninkaat pakenevat, he pakenevat, ja perheen emäntä jakaa saaliin.
[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 Jäättekö makailemaan karjatarhojen vaiheille? Kyyhkysen siivet ovat hopealla silatut, sen sulat keltaisella 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 Kun Kaikkivaltias siellä hajotti kuninkaat, satoi lunta Salmonilla."
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 Baasanin vuori on Jumalan vuori, Baasanin vuori on monihuippuinen vuori.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Miksi te, monihuippuiset vuoret, karsaasti katsotte vuorta, jolla Jumala on mielistynyt asumaan? Totisesti, Herra asuu siellä iankaikkisesti.
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 sotavaunuja on kymmenet tuhannet, on tuhannen kertaa tuhannet; Herra on niiden keskellä, pyhyydessään niinkuin Siinai.
[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, otit vankeja saaliiksesi, sait ihmisiä lahjaksesi: niskoittelijatkin joutuvat asumaan Herran Jumalan tykönä.
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. Meitä kantaa Jumala, meidän apumme. (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 murskaa vihollistensa pään, niiden karvaisen päälaen, jotka synneissänsä vaeltavat.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Herra sanoo: "Baasanista minä heidät palautan, palautan meren syvyyksistä,
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 sinä polkisit jalkasi vereen, että sinun koiriesi kieli saisi osansa vihollisista".
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 Julkinähtävät ovat sinun juhlasaattosi, Jumala, minun Jumalani, kuninkaani juhlasaatot pyhäkössä.
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, kanteleensoittajat jäljessä, keskellä nuoret naiset vaskirumpuja lyöden.
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 Kiittäkää Jumalaa seurakunnan kokouksissa, kiittäkää Herraa te, jotka olette 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 Tuolla on Benjamin, nuorin, heitä johtaen, Juudan ruhtinaat joukkoinensa, Sebulonin ruhtinaat, Naftalin ruhtinaat.
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 Jumalasi on säätänyt sinulle vallan. Vahvista, Jumala, minkä olet hyväksemme tehnyt.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Sinun temppelisi tähden, joka kohoaa Jerusalemissa, kuninkaat tuovat sinulle lahjoja.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Käske ankarasti ruovikon petoa, härkien laumaa ynnä vasikoita, kansoja, lankeamaan maahan hopeaharkkoinensa. Hän hajottaa kansat, jotka sotia rakastavat.
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 Mahtavat saapuvat Egyptistä, Etiopia kiiruhtaa ojentamaan käsiänsä Jumalan puoleen.
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, laulakaa Jumalalle, veisatkaa Herran kiitosta, (Sela)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 hänen, joka kiitää ikuisten taivasten taivaissa! Katso, hän antaa äänellänsä väkevän jylinän.
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 Antakaa väkevyys Jumalalle! Hänen herrautensa on Israelin yllä ja hänen voimansa pilvien tasalla.
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 Peljättävä on Jumala, joka ilmestyy sinun pyhäköstäsi, Israelin Jumala. Hän antaa kansallensa voiman ja väkevyyden. 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!
