Mazmur 74
1 Nyanyian pengajaran Asaf. Ya Allah, untuk selamanyakah Kautinggalkan kami? Mengapa Engkau terus marah kepada umat-Mu sendiri?
Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
2 Ingatlah umat-Mu yang Kaupilih sejak dahulu, bangsa yang Kaubebaskan agar menjadi milik-Mu. Ingatlah akan Bukit Sion, yang Kaujadikan tempat kediaman-Mu.
Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
3 Jejakilah tempat yang sudah menjadi reruntuhan; segalanya di Rumah-Mu telah dihancurkan musuh.
Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
4 Musuh-musuh-Mu berteriak-teriak di Rumah-Mu, dan mendirikan panji-panji kemenangan di situ.
Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
5 Mereka seperti penebang kayu yang mengayunkan kapaknya, untuk menebang pohon-pohon di hutan.
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
6 Semua ukiran kayu mereka hancurkan dengan kapak dan palu.
Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
7 Mereka membakar Rumah-Mu sampai musnah; dan menajiskan tempat Engkau disembah.
They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
8 Mereka mau menaklukkan kami sama sekali, dan membakar habis semua tempat ibadat di negeri ini.
They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.
9 Nabi-nabi dan tanda-tanda ajaib tak tampak lagi, dan tak seorang pun tahu sampai kapan terus begini.
We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
10 Sampai kapan, ya Allah, musuh mengejek Engkau? Sampai selamanyakah mereka menghina nama-Mu?
O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
11 Mengapa Engkau tidak lagi menolong kami? Mengapa Engkau lepas tangan dari kami?
Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
12 Sejak semula Engkaulah rajaku, ya Allah, Engkaulah yang menyelamatkan kami.
For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.
13 Dengan kekuatan yang dahsyat Engkau membelah laut, dan memecahkan kepala naga-naga laut.
The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
14 Engkau meremukkan kepala-kepala Lewiatan dan menjadikan dia makanan penghuni padang gurun.
The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
15 Engkau mengalirkan mata air dan sungai; sungai yang besar Kaujadikan kering.
You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
16 Engkaulah yang menciptakan siang dan malam, serta menentukan tempat matahari dan bulan.
The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
17 Engkau menetapkan batas-batas bumi, membuat musim kemarau dan musim hujan.
By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
18 Ingatlah bagaimana musuh menghina Engkau, ya TUHAN, bangsa yang tidak mengenal Engkau menghujat nama-Mu.
Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
19 Jangan menyerahkan umat-Mu yang tak berdaya ke tangan musuh yang kejam. Jangan untuk selamanya melupakan nasib umat-Mu yang malang.
O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
20 Ingatlah perjanjian yang Kaubuat dengan kami, sebab orang melakukan kekerasan di setiap tempat gelap di negeri ini.
Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
21 Jangan membiarkan orang tertindas dipermalukan, semoga orang sengsara dan miskin memuji Engkau.
O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
22 Bangkitlah ya Allah, belalah perkara-Mu! Sebab sepanjang hari Engkau dihina oleh orang-orang yang tidak percaya kepada-Mu.
Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
23 Jangan lupa teriakan musuh-musuh-Mu, keributan lawan-lawan-Mu yang semakin keras!
Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
