भजन संहिता 78
“A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O my people, to my instruction! Incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
I will open my mouth in a psalm; I will utter sayings of ancient times.
What we have heard and learned, And our fathers have told us,
4 ४ उन्हें हम उनकी सन्तान से गुप्त न रखेंगे, परन्तु होनहार पीढ़ी के लोगों से, यहोवा का गुणानुवाद और उसकी सामर्थ्य और आश्चर्यकर्मों का वर्णन करेंगे।
We will not hide from their children; Showing to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, His might, and the wonders he hath wrought.
5 ५ उसने तो याकूब में एक चितौनी ठहराई, और इस्राएल में एक व्यवस्था चलाई, जिसके विषय उसने हमारे पितरों को आज्ञा दी, कि तुम इन्हें अपने-अपने बाल-बच्चों को बताना;
For he appointed statutes in Jacob, And established a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers To make known to their children;
6 ६ कि आनेवाली पीढ़ी के लोग, अर्थात् जो बच्चे उत्पन्न होनेवाले हैं, वे इन्हें जानें; और अपने-अपने बाल-बच्चों से इनका बखान करने में उद्यत हों,
So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare them to their children;
7 ७ जिससे वे परमेश्वर का भरोसा रखें, परमेश्वर के बड़े कामों को भूल न जाएँ, परन्तु उसकी आज्ञाओं का पालन करते रहें;
That they might put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, But keep his commandments;
8 ८ और अपने पितरों के समान न हों, क्योंकि उस पीढ़ी के लोग तो हठीले और झगड़ालू थे, और उन्होंने अपना मन स्थिर न किया था, और न उनकी आत्मा परमेश्वर की ओर सच्ची रही।
And might not be, like their forefathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, —A generation whose heart was not fixed upon God, And whose spirit was not steadfast toward the Almighty.
The children of Ephraim were like armed bowmen, Who turn their backs in the day of battle.
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
And forgot his mighty deeds, And the wonders he had shown them.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; Yea, he made the waters to stand as a heap.
By day he led them by a cloud, And all the night by a light of fire.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink, as from the great deep.
From the rock he brought flowing streams, And made water to run down like rivers.
Yet still they sinned against him, And provoked the Most High in the desert.
They tempted God in their hearts, By asking food for their delight.
Yea, they spake against God, and said, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
20 २० उसने चट्टान पर मारकर जल बहा तो दिया, और धाराएँ उमड़ चली, परन्तु क्या वह रोटी भी दे सकता है? क्या वह अपनी प्रजा के लिये माँस भी तैयार कर सकता?”
Behold! he smote the rock, and the water flowed, And streams gushed forth: Is he also able to give bread? Can he provide flesh for his people?”
21 २१ यहोवा सुनकर क्रोध से भर गया, तब याकूब के विरुद्ध उसकी आग भड़क उठी, और इस्राएल के विरुद्ध क्रोध भड़का;
When, therefore, the LORD heard this, he was wroth: So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger arose against Israel.
Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his aid.
Yet he had commanded the clouds above, And had opened the doors of heaven;
And had rained down upon them manna for food, And had given them the corn of heaven.
Every one ate the food of princes; He sent them bread to the full.
Then he caused a strong wind to blow in the heavens, And by his power he brought a south wind;
He rained down flesh upon them as dust, And feathered fowls as the sand of the sea.
He caused them to fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
So they did eat, and were filled; For he gave them their own desire.
Their desire was not yet satisfied, And their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 ३१ कि परमेश्वर का क्रोध उन पर भड़का, और उसने उनके हष्टपुष्टों को घात किया, और इस्राएल के जवानों को गिरा दिया।
When the wrath of God came upon them, And slew their strong men, And smote down the chosen men of Israel.
For all this they sinned still, And put no trust in his wondrous works.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in sudden destruction.
When he slew them, they sought him; They returned, and sought earnestly for God;
And remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High their redeemer.
But they only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.
For their hearts were not true to him, Nor were they steadfast in his covenant.
38 ३८ परन्तु वह जो दयालु है, वह अधर्म को ढाँपता, और नाश नहीं करता; वह बार बार अपने क्रोध को ठंडा करता है, और अपनी जलजलाहट को पूरी रीति से भड़कने नहीं देता।
Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.
He remembered that they were but flesh, —A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.
How often did they provoke him in the wilderness! How often did they anger him in the desert!
Again and again they tempted God, And offended the Holy One of Israel.
They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy;
What signs he had wrought in Egypt, And what wonders in the fields of Zoan.
He turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink of their streams.
45 ४५ उसने उनके बीच में डांस भेजे जिन्होंने उन्हें काट खाया, और मेंढ़क भी भेजे, जिन्होंने उनका बिगाड़ किया।
He sent amongst them flies, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
He gave also their fruits to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore-trees with frost.
He also gave up their cattle to hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 ४९ उसने उनके ऊपर अपना प्रचण्ड क्रोध और रोष भड़काया, और उन्हें संकट में डाला, और दुःखदाई दूतों का दल भेजा।
He sent against them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and woe, —A host of angels of evil.
50 ५० उसने अपने क्रोध का मार्ग खोला, और उनके प्राणों को मृत्यु से न बचाया, परन्तु उनको मरी के वश में कर दिया।
He made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives to the pestilence.
He smote all the firstborn in Egypt; The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 ५२ परन्तु अपनी प्रजा को भेड़-बकरियों के समान प्रस्थान कराया, और जंगल में उनकी अगुआई पशुओं के झुण्ड की सी की।
But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
He led them on safely, so that they feared not, While the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 ५४ और उसने उनको अपने पवित्र देश की सीमा तक, इसी पहाड़ी देश में पहुँचाया, जो उसने अपने दाहिने हाथ से प्राप्त किया था।
He brought them to his own sacred border, Even to this mountain which his right hand had gained.
55 ५५ उसने उनके सामने से अन्यजातियों को भगा दिया; और उनकी भूमि को डोरी से माप-मापकर बाँट दिया; और इस्राएल के गोत्रों को उनके डेरों में बसाया।
He cast out the nations before them, And divided their land by a measuring-line, as an inheritance, And caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 ५६ तो भी उन्होंने परमप्रधान परमेश्वर की परीक्षा की और उससे बलवा किया, और उसकी चितौनियों को न माना,
Yet they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;
Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They turned aside, like a deceitful bow.
58 ५८ क्योंकि उन्होंने ऊँचे स्थान बनाकर उसको रिस दिलाई, और खुदी हुई मूर्तियों के द्वारा उसमें से जलन उपजाई।
They provoked his anger by their high places, And stirred up his jealousy by their graven images.
God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
So that he forsook the habitation at Shiloh, The tabernacle where he dwelt among men,
And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the hand of the enemy.
His own people he gave up to the sword, And was wroth with his own inheritance.
Fire consumed their young men, And their maidens did not bewail them.
Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.
But at length the Lord awaked as from sleep, As a hero who had been overpowered by wine;
He smote his enemies, and drove them back, And covered them with everlasting disgrace.
Yet he rejected the tents of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
But chose the tribe of Judah, The Mount Zion which he loved;
69 ६९ उसने अपने पवित्रस्थान को बहुत ऊँचा बना दिया, और पृथ्वी के समान स्थिर बनाया, जिसकी नींव उसने सदा के लिये डाली है।
Where he built, like the heavens, his sanctuary; Like the earth, which he hath established for ever.
And he chose David, his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 ७१ वह उसको बच्चेवाली भेड़ों के पीछे-पीछे फिरने से ले आया कि वह उसकी प्रजा याकूब की अर्थात् उसके निज भाग इस्राएल की चरवाही करे।
From tending the suckling ewes he brought him To feed Jacob his people, And Israel his inheritance.
He fed them with an upright heart, And guided them with skilful hands.
