भजन संहिता 74
1 १ आसाप का मश्कील हे परमेश्वर, तूने हमें क्यों सदा के लिये छोड़ दिया है? तेरी कोपाग्नि का धुआँ तेरी चराई की भेड़ों के विरुद्ध क्यों उठ रहा है?
A psalm (maskil) of Asaph. God, why have you rejected us? Is it forever? Why does your anger burn so hot against the sheep of your own field?
2 २ अपनी मण्डली को जिसे तूने प्राचीनकाल में मोल लिया था, और अपने निज भाग का गोत्र होने के लिये छुड़ा लिया था, और इस सिय्योन पर्वत को भी, जिस पर तूने वास किया था, स्मरण कर!
Remember the people you made your own long ago, the tribe you redeemed and made your own. Remember too Mount Zion, the place where you live.
3 ३ अपने डग अनन्त खण्डहरों की ओर बढ़ा; अर्थात् उन सब बुराइयों की ओर जो शत्रु ने पवित्रस्थान में की हैं।
Come and walk through the complete devastation. The enemy has totally destroyed your Temple.
4 ४ तेरे द्रोही तेरे पवित्रस्थान के बीच गर्जते रहे हैं; उन्होंने अपनी ही ध्वजाओं को चिन्ह ठहराया है।
The enemy shouted in triumph right where you met with us. There they set up their war banners as signs of their victory.
They acted like men chopping down a forest with axes.
With axes and hammers they smashed in the carved wooden panels.
7 ७ उन्होंने तेरे पवित्रस्थान को आग में झोंक दिया है, और तेरे नाम के निवास को गिराकर अशुद्ध कर डाला है।
Then they set fire to your Temple, burning it to the ground. They defiled the place where you live, the place that bears your name.
8 ८ उन्होंने मन में कहा है, “हम इनको एकदम दबा दें।” उन्होंने इस देश में परमेश्वर के सब सभास्थानों को फूँक दिया है।
They said to themselves, “Let's destroy it all!” So they burned down every place where God was worshiped throughout the land.
9 ९ हमको अब परमेश्वर के कोई अद्भुत चिन्ह दिखाई नहीं देते; अब कोई नबी नहीं रहा, न हमारे बीच कोई जानता है कि कब तक यह दशा रहेगी।
We no longer see any signs. There are no prophets left. And no one among us knows how long this will last.
How long will the enemy ridicule you, God? Will they insult your character forever?
Why do you hold back from doing something? Take action and destroy them!
But you, God, are our king from long ago. You have saved us many times in the land.
You were the one who split apart the sea by your strength; you broke the heads of the sea monsters.
You were the one who crushed the heads of Leviathan, and you gave its body to the desert animals to eat.
You were the one who made springs and rivers flow with water. You made permanent rivers dry up.
You created the day, and also the night; you made the moon and the sun.
You set the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter.
So keep in mind how the enemy ridiculed you, Lord, and how irreverent people insulted your reputation.
Don't let wild animals kill your turtledoves! Don't abandon your people forever!
Remember your promises in the agreement, because the land is full of dark places and violence.
Don't let those who suffer be mistreated again. Let the poor and needy praise you for you who are.
22 २२ हे परमेश्वर, उठ, अपना मुकद्दमा आप ही लड़; तेरी जो नामधराई मूर्ख द्वारा दिन भर होती रहती है, उसे स्मरण कर।
Stand up, God, and plead your case. Don't forget how these foolish people insulted you all the time.
Don't ignore what your enemies have said, for their loud accusations against you are getting worse and worse!
