भजन संहिता 78
An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to 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 do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.
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;
And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
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 a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
7 ७ जिससे वे परमेश्वर का भरोसा रखें, परमेश्वर के बड़े कामों को भूल न जाएँ, परन्तु उसकी आज्ञाओं का पालन करते रहें;
And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
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 they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.
Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.
Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.
He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.
And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a 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?”
Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also — bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare 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;
Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,
And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.
And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.
They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,
31 ३१ कि परमेश्वर का क्रोध उन पर भड़का, और उसने उनके हष्टपुष्टों को घात किया, और इस्राएल के जवानों को गिरा दिया।
And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.
With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.
If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast 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।
And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
45 ४५ उसने उनके बीच में डांस भेजे जिन्होंने उन्हें काट खाया, और मेंढ़क भी भेजे, जिन्होंने उनका बिगाड़ किया।
He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.
He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
49 ४९ उसने उनके ऊपर अपना प्रचण्ड क्रोध और रोष भड़काया, और उन्हें संकट में डाला, और दुःखदाई दूतों का दल भेजा।
He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.
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 pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in 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।
And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
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।
And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
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।
And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth 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,
And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
58 ५८ क्योंकि उन्होंने ऊँचे स्थान बनाकर उसको रिस दिलाई, और खुदी हुई मूर्तियों के द्वारा उसमें से जलन उपजाई।
And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,
God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.
His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that 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।
And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
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 behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
