Mazmur 78
1 Nyanyian pengajaran Asaf. Dengarlah ajaranku, hai bangsaku, perhatikanlah kata-kataku.
An instruction. Of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Aku mau mengucapkan pepatah dan perumpamaan, dan menerangkan teka-teki zaman dahulu,
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
3 hal-hal yang kami dengar dan kami terima, yang dikisahkan oleh nenek moyang kami.
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
4 Kami tak mau merahasiakannya terhadap anak-anak kami; kami mau mewartakan kepada angkatan yang kemudian tentang kuasa TUHAN dan karya-karya-Nya yang besar, serta perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya yang ajaib.
We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
5 Kepada bangsa Israel Ia memberi hukum-Nya, dan kepada keturunan Yakub perintah-Nya. Ia menyuruh nenek moyang kita mengajarkannya kepada anak-anak mereka,
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6 supaya angkatan berikut mengenal-Nya, lalu meneruskannya kepada anak-anak mereka.
That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,
7 Dengan demikian mereka juga akan menaruh harapannya kepada Allah, dan tidak melupakan perbuatan-Nya, tetapi selalu taat pada perintah-Nya,
And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;
8 supaya mereka tidak seperti nenek moyang mereka yang suka memberontak dan mendurhaka; angkatan yang goyah imannya, dan tidak setia kepada Allah.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 Suku Efraim yang bersenjatakan panah dan busur, melarikan diri pada waktu bertempur.
The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Mereka melanggar perjanjian Allah dengan mereka, dan tak mau taat kepada hukum-Nya.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 Mereka lupa akan perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya, dan hal-hal ajaib yang dinyatakan-Nya kepada mereka.
And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.
12 Di depan leluhur mereka, Allah membuat keajaiban di negeri Mesir, di dataran Zoan.
In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.
13 Ia membelah laut, lalu menyeberangkan mereka; air ditegakkan-Nya seperti bendungan.
He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;
14 Ia menuntun mereka dengan awan di waktu siang dan dengan terang api sepanjang malam.
And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.
15 Ia membelah gunung batu di padang gurun, dan memberi mereka minum berlimpah-limpah.
He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;
16 Bukit batu disuruh-Nya mengeluarkan air, lalu mengalirlah air seperti sungai.
And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Tetapi mereka terus berdosa terhadap Allah, di gurun mereka berontak terhadap Yang Mahatinggi.
Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;
18 Mereka sengaja mencobai Allah, dengan menuntut makanan yang mereka inginkan.
And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
19 Mereka melawan Allah dengan berkata, "Sanggupkah Allah memberi kita makan di padang gurun?
And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Memang Ia memukul gunung batu yang keras, sehingga air mengalir dengan deras. Tapi dapatkah Ia juga menyediakan roti dan memberi daging kepada umat-Nya?"
Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?
21 Mendengar itu, Allah marah dan menyerang umat-Nya dengan api; kemarahan-Nya terhadap mereka semakin menjadi,
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
22 sebab mereka tidak percaya kepada Allah, pada kuasa-Nya yang dapat menyelamatkan mereka.
Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;
23 Meskipun begitu Ia memerintahkan langit untuk membuka pintu-pintunya.
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,
24 Ia menurunkan gandum dari surga, manna untuk makanan mereka.
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.
25 Ia memberi mereka makanan berlimpah; mereka makan roti malaikat.
Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.
26 Ia juga menyuruh angin timur bertiup; oleh kuasa-Nya angin selatan berembus.
He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
27 Ia menurunkan burung-burung bagi umat-Nya, jumlahnya seperti pasir tidak terhitung.
And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
28 Dijatuhkan-Nya burung-burung itu di perkemahan di sekeliling tempat mereka berdiam.
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:
29 Lalu makanlah mereka sampai kenyang, sebab Allah telah memberi apa yang mereka inginkan.
And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
30 Tapi nafsu mereka belum juga terpuaskan; jadi sementara mereka masih makan,
They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 Allah menjadi marah dan melawan mereka; dibunuh-Nya orang-orang Israel yang muda dan perkasa.
When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 Meskipun begitu umat-Nya tetap berdosa, keajaiban-keajaiban-Nya tidak membuat mereka percaya.
For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;
33 Maka Allah mengakhiri hidup mereka seperti napas, tahun-tahun mereka habis dalam ketakutan.
And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Tiap kali Allah membunuh beberapa di antara mereka, yang lain menyesal dan kembali kepada-Nya.
When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;
35 Mereka ingat bahwa Allah pelindung mereka, dan bahwa Yang Mahatinggi penyelamat mereka.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.
36 Tetapi mereka membohongi Dia, ucapan-ucapan mereka dusta belaka.
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
37 Mereka tidak setia kepada-Nya dan tidak berpegang pada perjanjian-Nya.
For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 Tapi Allah mengasihani dan mengampuni umat-Nya, dan tidak membinasakan mereka. Berkali-kali Ia menahan kemarahan-Nya, dan tidak melampiaskan murka-Nya.
But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:
39 Ia ingat bahwa mereka hanya makhluk yang fana, seperti angin yang lewat dan tidak kembali.
And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
40 Betapa sering mereka berontak terhadap Dia, dan menyakiti hati-Nya sewaktu di padang gurun.
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41 Berulang kali mereka mencobai Allah, menyusahkan Yang Kudus, Allah Israel.
And they turned again and tempted God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
42 Mereka tidak ingat akan kekuasaan-Nya, akan hari Ia membebaskan mereka dari lawan,
They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,
43 ketika Ia membuat keajaiban-keajaiban di Mesir, dan mujizat-mujizat di padang Zoan.
How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;
44 Sungai-sungai mereka diubah-Nya menjadi darah, sehingga mereka tak dapat meminum airnya.
And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;
45 Ia menyiksa mereka dengan lalat yang banyak, dan membiarkan tanah mereka dimusnahkan katak.
He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;
46 Ia mendatangkan ulat dan belalang, yang menghabiskan panen dan hasil ladang.
And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;
47 Ia merusakkan pohon anggur mereka dengan hujan batu, dan pohon-pohon ara mereka dengan embun beku.
He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
48 Ia membiarkan hujan es menimpa ternak mereka, dan halilintar menyambar hewan-hewan mereka.
And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 Ia melampiaskan kemarahan-Nya yang menyala-nyala dengan mengutus sepasukan malaikat maut yang membuat mereka putus asa.
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, — a mission of angels of woes.
50 Ia tidak menahan kemarahan-Nya atau menyayangi hidup mereka, tetapi membinasakan mereka dengan penyakit sampar.
He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 Ia membunuh anak laki-laki yang sulung dalam setiap keluarga orang Mesir.
And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.
52 Lalu Ia memimpin umat-Nya seperti kawanan domba, dan menuntun mereka melalui padang gurun.
And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
53 Dalam bimbingan-Nya mereka aman dan tidak takut, sedang musuh mereka tenggelam dalam laut.
And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.
54 Lalu umat-Nya dibawa-Nya ke tanah-Nya yang suci, ke pegunungan yang direbut-Nya sendiri.
And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;
55 Di depan umat-Nya Ia mengusir penduduk di situ lalu dibagi-bagikan-Nya negeri itu kepada semua suku bangsa Israel, umat-Nya, sehingga mereka dapat mendiami kemah-kemah musuh.
And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Tetapi mereka berontak dan menguji Allah Yang Mahatinggi, perintah-perintah-Nya tidak mereka taati.
But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,
57 Mereka berkhianat seperti leluhur mereka, dan tak dapat dipercaya seperti busur yang bengkok.
And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.
58 Mereka menantang Allah dengan tempat penyembahan berhala, dan membuat Ia cemburu dengan patung-patung mereka.
And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 Melihat itu, Allah sangat marah, dan menolak mereka mentah-mentah.
God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 Ia meninggalkan kemah-Nya di Silo, tempat kediaman-Nya di antara manusia.
And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,
61 Ia membiarkan Peti Perjanjian-Nya ditawan; lambang kemuliaan-Nya direbut lawan.
And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;
62 Ia marah kepada umat-Nya, milik pusaka-Nya, dan membiarkan mereka dibunuh dengan pedang.
And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:
63 Pemuda-pemuda mereka dimakan api; tak ada yang mengawini gadis-gadis mereka.
The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
64 Imam-imam mereka dibunuh dengan pedang, janda-janda mereka tak dapat meratap.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Maka TUHAN bangkit seperti orang bangun tidur, seperti orang kuat sehabis minum anggur.
Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
66 Ia memukul mundur lawan-Nya, dan mengalahkan mereka untuk selama-lamanya.
And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
67 Tetapi Ia menolak keturunan Yusuf dan tidak memilih suku Efraim.
And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
68 Yang dipilih-Nya ialah suku Yehuda, dan Bukit Sion yang dicintai-Nya.
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;
69 Ia membangun Rumah-Nya seperti kediaman-Nya di surga, dan seperti bumi, kukuh untuk selama-lamanya.
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
70 Ia memilih Daud hamba-Nya, dan mengambil dia dari kawanan ternak,
And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71 dari tempat Ia memelihara induk domba, untuk menggembalakan Israel umat-Nya.
From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 Daud memelihara mereka dengan tulus ikhlas, dan membimbing mereka dengan cakap.
And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.
