< Mazmur 83 >

1 Mazmur Asaf: suatu nyanyian. Ya Allah, janganlah Engkau bungkam, janganlah berdiam diri dan janganlah berpangku tangan, ya Allah!
A SONG. A PSALM OF ASAPH. O God, let there be no silence to You, Do not be silent, nor be quiet, O God.
2 Sebab sesungguhnya musuh-musuh-Mu ribut, orang-orang yang membenci Engkau meninggikan kepala.
For behold, Your enemies roar, And those hating You have lifted up the head,
3 Mereka mengadakan permufakatan licik melawan umat-Mu, dan mereka berunding untuk melawan orang-orang yang Kaulindungi.
They take crafty counsel against Your people, And consult against Your hidden ones.
4 Kata mereka: "Marilah kita lenyapkan mereka sebagai bangsa, sehingga nama Israel tidak diingat lagi!"
They have said, “Come, and we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered anymore.”
5 Sungguh, mereka telah berunding dengan satu hati, mereka telah mengadakan perjanjian melawan Engkau:
For they consulted in heart together, They make a covenant against You,
6 Penghuni kemah-kemah Edom dan orang Ismael, Moab dan orang Hagar,
Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
7 Gebal dan Amon dan Amalek, Filistea beserta penduduk Tirus,
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,
8 juga Asyur telah bergabung dengan mereka, menjadi kaki tangan bani Lot. (Sela)
Asshur is also joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. (Selah)
9 Perlakukanlah mereka seperti Midian, seperti Sisera, seperti Yabin dekat sungai Kison,
Do to them as Midian, As Sisera, as Jabin, at the Brook of Kishon.
10 yang sudah dipunahkan di En-Dor, menjadi pupuk bagi tanah.
They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!
11 Buatlah para pemuka mereka seperti Oreb dan Zeeb, seperti Zebah dan Salmuna semua pemimpin mereka,
Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna—all their princes,
12 yang berkata: "Marilah kita menduduki tempat-tempat kediaman Allah!"
Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
13 Ya Allahku, buatlah mereka seperti dedak yang beterbangan, seperti jerami yang ditiup angin!
O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
14 Seperti api yang membakar hutan, dan seperti nyala api yang menghanguskan gunung-gunung,
As a fire burns a forest, And as a flame sets hills on fire,
15 kejarlah mereka dengan badai-Mu, dan kejutkanlah mereka dengan puting beliung-Mu;
So You pursue them with Your whirlwind, And trouble them with Your windstorm.
16 penuhilah muka mereka dengan kehinaan, supaya mereka mencari nama-Mu, ya TUHAN!
Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Your Name, O YHWH.
17 Biarlah mereka mendapat malu dan terkejut selama-lamanya; biarlah mereka tersipu-sipu dan binasa,
They are ashamed and troubled forever, Indeed, they are confounded and lost.
18 supaya mereka tahu bahwa Engkau sajalah yang bernama TUHAN, Yang Mahatinggi atas seluruh bumi.
And they know that You—Your Name [is] YHWH—By Yourself [are] the Most High over all the earth!

< Mazmur 83 >