स्तोत्रसंहिता 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 त्या आम्ही त्यांच्या वंशजापासून गुप्त ठेवणार नाही. त्या आम्ही पुढील पिढीला परमेश्वराची स्तुत्य कृत्ये, त्याचे सामर्थ्य आणि त्याने केलेले आश्चर्ये कृत्ये सांगू.
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 कारण त्याने याकोबात निर्बंध स्थापले आणि इस्राएलासाठी नियमशास्त्र नेमले. त्याने आमच्या पूर्वजांना आज्ञा दिल्या की, त्यांनी त्या आपल्या मुलांना शिकवाव्या.
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 त्याने ही आज्ञा यासाठी दिली की, पुढच्या पिढीने म्हणजे जी मुले जन्माला येतील, त्यांनी त्या आज्ञा जाणाव्या, त्या आपल्या स्वतःच्या मुलांना सांगाव्या.
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;
That they might put their trust in God, And not forget his deeds, But keep his commandments;
8 ८ तर त्यांनी आपल्या पूर्वजासारखे हट्टी आणि बंडखोर पिढी होऊ नये, त्यांनी आपले अंतःकरण योग्य राखले नाही, आणि जिचा आत्मा देवाला समर्पित व प्रामाणिक नव्हता.
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.
12 १२ मिसर देशातल्या सोअन प्रांतात त्यांच्या वडिलांच्या दृष्टीसमोर त्याने आश्चर्यकारक गोष्टी केल्या.
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 पहा, त्याने खडकावर प्रहार केला तेव्हा पाणी उसळून बाहेर पडले, आणि पाण्याचे प्रवाह भरून वाहू लागले. पण भाकरही देऊ शकेल काय? तो आपल्या लोकांसाठी मांसाचा पुरवठा करील काय?”
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 जेव्हा परमेश्वराने हे ऐकले, तेव्हा तो रागावला; म्हणून याकोबावर त्याचा अग्नि भडकला, आणि त्याच्या रागाने इस्राएलवर हल्ला केला,
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.
26 २६ त्याने आकाशात पूर्वेचा वारा वाहविला, आणि त्याच्या सामर्थ्याने त्याने दक्षिणेच्या वाऱ्याला मार्ग दाखवला.
Then he caused a strong wind to blow in the heavens, And by his power he brought a south wind;
27 २७ त्याने त्यांच्यावर धुळीप्रमाणे मांसाचा आणि समुद्रातील वाळूप्रमाणे असंख्य पक्षांचा वर्षाव केला.
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 त्याच क्षणाला, देवाच्या कोपाने त्याच्यावर हल्ला केला, आणि त्यांच्यातील बलवानास मारून टाकले. त्याने इस्राएलाच्या तरुणास हाणून पाडले.
When the wrath of God came upon them, And slew their strong men, And smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 ३२ इतके झाले तरी ते पाप करितच राहीले, आणि त्यांनी त्याच्या आश्चर्यकारक कृत्यांवर विश्वास ठेवला नाही.
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.
34 ३४ जेव्हा कधी देवाने त्यांना पीडिले, तेव्हा त्यांनी त्याचा शोध घेण्यास सुरवात केली. उत्सुकतेने ते त्याच्याकडे वळले.
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 परंतु तो दयाळू असल्यामुळे त्यांच्या अपराधांची क्षमा करतो आणि त्याने त्यांचा नाश केला नाही. होय, तो अनेक वेळा आपला राग आवरून धरतो, आणि आपला सर्व राग भडकू देत नाही.
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.
40 ४० त्यांनी किती वेळा रानात त्याच्याविरुध्द बंडखोरी केली, आणि पडिक प्रदेशात त्यांनी त्यास दु: खी केले.
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;
43 ४३ मिसरात जेव्हा त्याने आपली घाबरून सोडणारी चिन्हे आणि सोअनाच्या प्रांतात आपले चमत्कारही दाखविले ते विसरले.
What signs he had wrought in Egypt, And what wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44 ४४ त्याने मिसऱ्यांच्या नद्यांचे रक्तात रुपांतर केले. म्हणून त्याच्या प्रवाहातील पाणी त्यांच्याने पिववेना.
He turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink of their streams.
45 ४५ त्याने चावणाऱ्या माशांचे थवे पाठवले त्यांनी त्यांना खाऊन टाकले, आणि बेडकांनी त्यांचा देश आच्छादला.
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 त्यांने आपल्या भयंकर रागाने त्यांच्याविरुद्ध तडाखे दिले. त्याने अरिष्ट आणणाऱ्या प्रतिनीधीप्रमाणे आपला क्रोध, प्रकोप आणि संकट पाठवले.
He sent against them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and woe, —A host of angels of evil.
50 ५० त्याने आपल्या रागासाठी मार्ग सपाट केला; त्याने त्यांना मरणापासून वाचविले नाही पण त्याने त्यांना मरीच्या हवाली केले.
He made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives to the pestilence.
51 ५१ त्याने मिसरमध्ये प्रथम जन्मलेले सर्व, हामाच्या तंबूतील त्यांच्या शक्तीचे प्रथम जन्मलेले मारून टाकले.
He smote all the firstborn in Egypt; The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
53 ५३ त्याने त्यांना सुखरुप आणि न भीता मार्गदर्शन केले, पण समुद्राने त्यांच्या शत्रूंना बुडवून टाकले.
He led them on safely, so that they feared not, While the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
He brought them to his own sacred border, Even to this mountain which his right hand had gained.
55 ५५ त्याने त्यांच्यापुढून राष्ट्रांना हाकलून लावली, आणि त्यांना त्यांची वतने सूत्राने मापून नेमून दिली; आणि त्यांच्या तंबूत इस्राएलाचे वंश वसविले.
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 तरी त्यांनी परात्पर देवाला आव्हान दिले आणि त्याच्याविरुध्द बंडखोरी केली, आणि त्यांनी त्याच्या आज्ञा पाळल्या नाहीत.
Yet they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;
57 ५७ ते आपल्या पूर्वजाप्रमाणे अविश्वासू होते आणि त्यांनी विश्वासघातकी कृत्ये केली; फसव्या धनुष्याप्रमाणे ते स्वतंत्रपणे वळणारे होते.
Like their fathers they were faithless, and turned back; They turned aside, like a deceitful bow.
58 ५८ कारण त्यांनी आपल्या उंच जागा बांधल्या आणि देवाला क्रोधित केले आणि आपल्या कोरीव मूर्तींमुळे त्यास आवेशाने कोपविले.
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,
61 ६१ त्याने आपल्या सामर्थ्याचा कोश बंदिवासात जाण्याची परवानगी दिली, आणि आपले गौरव शत्रूच्या हातात दिले.
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.
63 ६३ अग्नीने त्यांच्या तरुण मनुष्यास खाऊन टाकले, आणि त्यांच्या तरुण स्रीयांना लग्नगीते लाभली नाहीत.
Fire consumed their young men, And their maidens did not bewail them.
Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.
65 ६५ मग प्रभू झोपेतून जागा झालेल्या मनुष्यासारखा उठला, द्राक्षरसामुळे आरोळी मारणाऱ्या सैनिकासारखा तो उठला.
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;
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 आपले लोक याकोब व आपले वतन इस्राएल यांचे पालन करण्यास त्याने त्यास दुभत्या मेंढ्याच्या मागून काढून आणले.
From tending the suckling ewes he brought him To feed Jacob his people, And Israel his inheritance.
72 ७२ दावीदाने आपल्या मनाच्या सरळतेने त्याचे पालन केले, आणि आपल्या हातच्या कौशल्याने त्यास मार्ग दाखविला.
He fed them with an upright heart, And guided them with skilful hands.
