Ψαλμοί 78
1 «Μασχίλ του Ασάφ.» Άκουσον, λαέ μου, τον νόμον μου· κλίνατε τα ώτα σας εις τα λόγια του στόματός μου.
“A Maskil of Assaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction: incline thy ear to the words of my mouth.
2 Θέλω ανοίξει εν παραβολή το στόμα μου· θέλω προφέρει πράγματα αξιομνημόνευτα, τα απ' αρχής·
I will open with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times;
3 όσα ηκούσαμεν και εγνωρίσαμεν και οι πατέρες ημών διηγήθησαν εις ημάς.
Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto us.
4 Δεν θέλομεν κρύψει αυτά από των τέκνων αυτών εις την επερχομένην γενεάν, διηγούμενοι τους επαίνους του Κυρίου και την δύναμιν αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού, τα οποία έκαμε.
We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done.
5 Και έστησε μαρτύριον εν τω Ιακώβ και νόμον έθεσεν εν τω Ισραήλ, τα οποία προσέταξεν εις τους πατέρας ημών, να κάμνωσιν αυτά γνωστά εις τα τέκνα αυτών·
Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6 διά να γνωρίζη αυτά η γενεά η επερχομένη, οι υιοί οι μέλλοντες να γεννηθώσι· και αυτοί, όταν αναστηθώσι, να διηγώνται εις τα τέκνα αυτών·
In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate them to their children;
7 διά να θέσωσιν επί τον Θεόν την ελπίδα αυτών, και να μη λησμονώσι τα έργα του Θεού, αλλά να φυλάττωσι τας εντολάς αυτού·
That they may place in God their hope, and not forget the doings of God, but observe his commandments;
8 και να μη γείνωσιν, ως οι πατέρες αυτών, γενεά διεστραμμένη και απειθής· γενεά, ήτις δεν εφύλαξεν ευθείαν την καρδίαν αυτής, και δεν εστάθη πιστόν μετά του Θεού το πνεύμα αυτής·
And that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 ως οι υιοί του Εφραΐμ, οίτινες ώπλισμένοι, βαστάζοντες τόξα, εστράφησαν οπίσω την ημέραν της μάχης.
The children of Ephraim, like well-armed archers, that turn round on the day of battle,
10 Δεν εφύλαξαν την διαθήκην του Θεού, και εν τω νόμω αυτού δεν ηθέλησαν να περιπατώσι·
Kept not the covenant of God, and in his law they refused to walk;
11 και ελησμόνησαν τα έργα αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού, τα οποία έδειξεν εις αυτούς.
And they forgot his deeds, as also his wonders, which he had permitted them to see.
12 Έμπροσθεν των πατέρων αυτών έκαμε θαυμάσια, εν τη γη της Αιγύπτου, τη πεδιάδι Τάνεως.
In the presence of their fathers did he do wonders, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zo'an.
13 Διέσχισε την θάλασσαν και διεπέρασεν αυτούς και έστησε τα ύδατα ως σωρόν·
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters stand upright as a wall.
14 και ώδήγησεν αυτούς την ημέραν εν νεφέλη και όλην την νύκτα εν φωτί πυρός.
And he led them with the cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.
15 Διέσχισε πέτρας εν τη ερήμω και επότισεν αυτούς ως εκ μεγάλων αβύσσων·
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the mighty deep.
16 και εξήγαγε ρύακας εκ της πέτρας και κατεβίβασεν ύδατα ως ποταμούς.
And he brought forth running streams out of the rock, and caused water to run down like rivers.
17 Αλλ' αυτοί εξηκολούθουν έτι αμαρτάνοντες εις αυτόν, παροξύνοντες τον Ύψιστον εν ανύδρω τόπω·
But they repeated to sin yet more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 και επείρασαν τον Θεόν εν τη καρδία αυτών, ζητούντες βρώσιν κατά την όρεξιν αυτών·
And they tempted God in their heart, by asking food for their desire.
19 και ελάλησαν κατά του Θεού, λέγοντες, Μήπως δύναται ο Θεός να ετοιμάση τράπεζαν εν τη ερήμω;
Yea, they spoke against God: they said, Will God be able to set in order a table in the wilderness?
20 Ιδού, επάταξε την πέτραν, και έρρευσαν ύδατα και χείμαρροι επλημμύρησαν· μήπως δύναται να δώση και άρτον; ή να ετοιμάση κρέας εις τον λαόν αυτού;
Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed: shall he also be able to give bread? or can he provide flesh for his people?
21 Διά τούτο ήκουσεν ο Κύριος και ωργίσθη· και πυρ εξήφθη κατά του Ιακώβ, έτι δε και οργή ανέβη κατά του Ισραήλ·
Therefore, when the Lord heard this, he became wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also ascended against Israel,
22 διότι δεν επίστευσαν εις τον Θεόν, ουδέ ήλπισαν επί την σωτηρίαν αυτού·
Because they had not believed in God, and had not trusted in his salvation.
23 ενώ προσέταξε τας νεφέλας από άνωθεν και τας θύρας του ουρανού ήνοιξε,
Then he ordained the skies from above, and the doors of heaven he opened;
24 και έβρεξεν εις αυτούς μάννα διά να φάγωσι και σίτον ουρανού έδωκεν εις αυτούς·
And he let rain down upon them manna to eat, and the corn of heaven gave he unto them.
25 άρτον αγγέλων έφαγεν ο άνθρωπος· τροφήν έστειλεν εις αυτούς μέχρι χορτασμού.
Angels' bread did man eat: he sent them provision to satisfaction.
26 Εσήκωσεν εν τω ουρανώ ανατολικόν άνεμον, και διά της δυνάμεως αυτού επέφερε τον νότον·
He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens; and he led forth by his strength the south wind.
27 και έβρεξεν επ' αυτούς κρέας ως το χώμα και πετεινά πτερωτά ως την άμμον της θαλάσσης·
And he let rain upon them flesh [as plentiful] as the dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea;
28 και έκαμε να πέσωσιν εις το μέσον του στρατοπέδου αυτών, κύκλω των σκηνών αυτών.
And he let them fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29 Και έφαγον και εχορτάσθησαν σφόδρα· και έφερεν εις αυτούς την επιθυμίαν αυτών·
And they ate, and were greatly satisfied, and what they longed for he brought unto them.
30 δεν είχον χωρισθή από της επιθυμίας αυτών, έτι ήτο εν τω στόματι αυτών βρώσις αυτών,
They were not estranged from their longing, yet was their food in their mouth:
31 και οργή του Θεού ανέβη επ' αυτούς, και εφόνευσε τους μεγαλητέρους εξ αυτών και τους εκλεκτούς του Ισραήλ κατέβαλεν.
When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.
32 Εν πάσι τούτοις ημάρτησαν έτι και δεν επίστευσαν εις τα θαυμάσια αυτού.
With all this they sinned again, and believed not in his wonders.
33 Διά τούτο συνετέλεσεν εν ματαιότητι τας ημέρας αυτών και τα έτη αυτών εν ταραχή.
Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.
34 Ότε εθανάτονεν αυτούς, τότε εξεζήτουν αυτόν, και επέστρεφον και από όρθρου προσέτρεχον εις τον Θεόν·
When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God.
35 και ενεθυμούντο, ότι ο Θεός ήτο φρούριον αυτών και ο Θεός ο Ύψιστος λυτρωτής αυτών.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the most high God their redeemer.
36 Αλλ' εκολάκευον αυτόν διά του στόματος αυτών και διά της γλώσσης αυτών εψεύδοντο προς αυτόν·
Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him.
37 Η δε καρδία αυτών δεν ήτο ευθεία μετ' αυτού, και δεν ήσαν πιστοί εις την διαθήκην αυτού.
For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not faithful in his covenant.
38 Αυτός όμως οικτίρμων συνεχώρησε την ανομίαν αυτών και δεν ηφάνισεν αυτούς· αλλά πολλάκις ανέστελλε τον θυμόν αυτού, και δεν διήγειρεν όλην την οργήν αυτού·
But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.
39 και ενεθυμήθη ότι ήσαν σάρξ· άνεμος παρερχόμενος και μη επιστρέφων.
And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth not again.
40 Ποσάκις παρώξυναν αυτόν εν τη ερήμω, παρώργισαν αυτόν εν τη ανύδρω,
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, grieve him in the desert!
41 και εστράφησαν και επείρασαν τον Θεόν, και τον Άγιον του Ισραήλ παρώξυναν.
Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel.
42 Δεν ενεθυμήθησαν την χείρα αυτού, την ημέραν καθ' ην ελύτρωσεν αυτούς από του εχθρού·
They remembered not his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary;
43 πως έδειξεν εν Αιγύπτω τα σημεία αυτού και τα θαυμάσια αυτού εν τη πεδιάδι Τάνεως·
When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo'an.
44 και μετέβαλεν εις αίμα τους ποταμούς αυτών και τους ρύακας αυτών, διά να μη πίωσιν.
And he changed their rivers into blood; and their running streams, that they could not drink [of them].
45 Απέστειλεν επ' αυτούς κυνόμυιαν και κατέφαγεν αυτούς, και βατράχους και εφάνισαν αυτούς.
He sent out among them various wild beasts, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 Και παρέδωκε τους καρπούς αυτών εις τον βρούχον και τους κόπους αυτών εις την ακρίδα.
And he gave unto the cricket their products, and their labor unto the locust.
47 Κατηφάνισε διά της χαλάζης τας αμπέλους αυτών και τας συκαμίνους αυτών με πέτρας χαλάζης·
He slew with hail their vines, and their sycamore-trees with ice-bolts.
48 και παρέδωκεν εις την χάλαζαν τα κτήνη αυτών και τα ποίμνια αυτών εις τους κεραυνούς.
And he surrendered to the hail their cattle, and their herds to the lightning's flashes.
49 Απέστειλεν επ' αυτούς την έξαψιν του θυμού αυτού, την αγανάκτησιν και την οργήν και την θλίψιν, αποστέλλων αυτά δι' αγγέλων κακοποιών.
He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune.
50 Ήνοιξεν οδόν εις την οργήν αυτού· δεν εφείσθη από του θανάτου την ψυχήν αυτών, και παρέδωκεν εις θανατικόν την ζωήν αυτών·
He leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence;
51 και επάταξε παν πρωτότοκον εν Αιγύπτω, την απαρχήν της δυνάμεως αυτών εν ταις σκηναίς του Χάμ·
And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first of their strength in the tents of Ham;
52 και εσήκωσεν εκείθεν ως πρόβατα τον λαόν αυτού και ώδήγησεν αυτούς ως ποίμνιον εν τη ερήμω·
But he caused his own people to depart like flocks, and guided them like a drove in the wilderness.
53 και ώδήγησεν αυτούς εν ασφαλεία, και δεν εδειλίασαν· τους δε εχθρούς αυτών εσκέπασεν η θάλασσα.
And he led them in safety, so that they felt no dread; but the sea covered over their enemies.
54 Και εισήγαγεν αυτούς εις το όριον της αγιότητος αυτού, το όρος τούτο, το οποίον απέκτησεν η δεξιά αυτού·
And he brought them to his holy territory, even to this mount, which his right hand had acquired.
55 και εξεδίωξεν απ' έμπροσθεν αυτών τα έθνη και διεμοίρασεν αυτά κληρονομίαν με σχοινίον, και εν ταις σκηναίς αυτών κατώκισε τας φυλάς του Ισραήλ.
And he drove out from before them nations, and divided them by the measuring-line as an inheritance, and he caused to dwell in their tents the tribes of Israel.
56 Και όμως επείρασαν και παρώξυναν τον Θεόν τον ύψιστον και δεν εφύλαξαν τα μαρτύρια αυτού·
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God, and his testimonies they kept not;
57 αλλ' εστράφησαν και εφέρθησαν απίστως, ως οι πατέρες αυτών· εστράφησαν ως τόξον στρεβλόν·
But swerved aside, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they turned about like a deceitful bow.
58 και παρώργισαν αυτόν με τους υψηλούς αυτών τόπους, και με τα γλυπτά αυτών διήγειραν αυτόν εις ζηλοτυπίαν.
And they provoked him to anger with their high-places, and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy.
59 Ήκουσεν ο Θεός και υπερωργίσθη και εβδελύχθη σφόδρα τον Ισραήλ·
God heard this, and he became wroth, and felt greatly disgusted with Israel;
60 και εγκατέλιπε την σκηνήν του Σηλώ, την σκηνήν όπου κατώκησε μεταξύ των ανθρώπων·
And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh, the tabernacle where he had dwelt among men;
61 και παρέδωκεν εις αιχμαλωσίαν την δύναμιν αυτού και την δόξαν αυτού εις χείρα εχθρού·
And he gave up his strength unto captivity, and his glory into the adversary's hand.
62 και παρέδωκεν εις ρομφαίαν τον λαόν αυτού και υπερωργίσθη κατά της κληρονομίας αυτού·
And he surrendered his people unto the sword; and with his inheritance was he wroth.
63 τους νέους αυτών κατέφαγε πυρ, και αι παρθένοι αυτών δεν ενυμφεύθησαν·
His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage.
64 οι ιερείς αυτών έπεσον εν μαχαίρα, και αι χήραι αυτών δεν επένθησαν.
His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep.
65 Τότε εξηγέρθη ως εξ ύπνου ο Κύριος, ως άνθρωπος δυνατός, βοών από οίνου·
Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 και επάταξε τους εχθρούς αυτού εις τα οπίσω· όνειδος αιώνιον έθεσεν επ' αυτούς.
And he smote his enemies backward: a perpetual disgrace on them.
67 Και απέρριψε την σκηνήν Ιωσήφ, και την φυλήν Εφραΐμ δεν εξέλεξεν.
Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph, and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice;
68 Αλλ' εξέλεξε την φυλήν Ιούδα, το όρος της Σιών, το οποίον ηγάπησε.
But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69 Και ωκοδόμησεν ως υψηλά παλάτια το αγιαστήριον αυτού, ως την γην την οποίαν εθεμελίωσεν εις τον αιώνα.
And he built like high [mountains] his sanctuary, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
70 Και εξέλεξε Δαβίδ τον δούλον αυτού και ανέλαβεν αυτόν εκ των ποιμνίων των προβάτων·
And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:
71 Εξόπισθεν των θηλαζόντων προβάτων έφερεν αυτόν, διά να ποιμαίνη Ιακώβ τον λαόν αυτού και Ισραήλ την κληρονομίαν αυτού·
From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 Και εποίμανεν αυτούς κατά την ακακίαν της καρδίας αυτού· και διά της συνέσεως των χειρών αυτού ώδήγησεν αυτούς.
And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them.
