भजनसंग्रह 78

1 हे मेरा मानिसहरू, मेरो शिक्षा सुन । मेरा मुखका वचनहरू सुन ।

A maskil of Asaph. My people, attend to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,

2 दृष्‍टान्तमा म आफ्‍नो मुख खोल्नेछु । विगतका गुप्‍त कुराको बारेमा म गीत गाउनेछु ।

as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.

3 हामीले सुनेका र सिकेका कुराहरू, हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले हामीलाई भनेका कुराहरू यिनै हुन् ।

What we have heard and known, and what our ancestors have told us,

4 तिनीहरूका सन्‍तानहरूबाट हामी ती कुरा लुकाउनेछैनौं । परमप्रभुका प्रशंसनीय कामहरू, उहाँको सामर्थ्य र उहाँले गर्नुभएका अचम्‍मका कामहरूका बारेमा हामी अर्को पुस्तालाई बताउनेछौं ।

we will not hide from their children. We will tell to the next generation the praises and might of the Lord, and the wonders that he has done.

5 किनकि उहाँले याकूबमा करारका नियमहरू स्थापित गर्नुभयो र इस्राएलमा व्यवस्था दिनुभयो । उहाँले हाम्रा पूर्खाहरूलाई ती आफ्ना सन्तानहरूलाई सिकाउने आज्ञा दिनुभयो ।

He set up a testimony in Jacob, a law he appointed in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to make known to their children,

6 उहाँले यस्तो आज्ञा दिनुभयो, ताकि अझै नजन्‍मेका छोराछोरी, अर्थात् आउने पुस्‍ताले उहाँका आदेशहरू जानोस्, जसले पछि तिनीहरूका आफ्‍नै सन्ताहरूलाई ती भन्‍नुपर्छ ।

that the next generation should know it, that the children yet to be born should arise and tell their children;

7 तब तिनीहरूले आफ्‍नो आसा परमेश्‍वरमा राखून् र उहाँका कामरू नबिर्सून्, तर उहाँका आज्ञाहरू पालन गरून् ।

that in God they might put their confidence, and not forget God’s works; but that they might keep his commandments,

8 तब तिनीहरू आफ्‍ना पुर्खाहरूजस्ता हुनेछैनन्, जो हठी र विद्रोही पुस्ता थिए । एउटा यस्तो पुस्ता जसका हृदयहरू ठिक थिएनन् र जसका आत्माहरू परमेश्‍वरप्रति समर्पित र विश्‍वासयोग्य थिएनन् ।

and not be like their ancestors, a generation defiant and stubborn, a generation with heart unsteady, and spirit unfaithful towards God.

9 एफ्राइमीहरू धनुले सुसज्‍जित थिए, तर तिनीहरू युद्धको दिनमा पछि फर्के ।

Ephraimites, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

10 तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरसँगको करार पालन गरेनन् र तिनीहरूले उहाँको व्यवस्था पालन गर्न इन्कार गरे ।

They did not keep God’s covenant, they refused to walk in his law.

11 तिनीहरूले उहाँका कामहरू, उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई प्रकट गर्नुभएको अचम्‍मका कुराहरूलाई बिर्से ।

They forgot what he had done, and the wonders he had shown them.

12 मिश्र देशमा, सोअनको देशमा तिनीहरूका पुर्खाहरूका दृष्‍टिमा उहाँले गर्नुभएको चमत्कारिक कुराहरूलाई तिनीहरूले बिर्से ।

He did wonders before their ancestors in the country of Zoan in Egypt.

13 उहाँले समुद्रलाई दुई भाग पार्नुभयो र तिनीहरूलाई त्‍यसको पारिपट्टि लानुभयो । उहाँले पानीलाई पर्खालहरूझैं खडा गर्नुभयो ।

Through the sea which he split he brought them, making waters stand up like a heap;

14 दिनको समयमा बादलले र रातभरि आगोको प्रकाशले उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई डोर्‍याउनुभयो ।

he led them by day with a cloud, all the night with a light of fire.

15 उहाँले उजाडस्थानको चट्टा चिर्नुभयो र समुद्रको गहिराइ भर्न प्रशस्‍त हुने पानी उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई दिनुभयो ।

From the rocks which he split in the wilderness, he gave them to drink as of ocean’s abundance.

16 चट्टानबाट उहाँले खोलाहरू बगाउनुभयो र पानीलाई नदीहरूझैं बगाउनुभयो ।

He brought streams out of the rock, and made water run down like rivers.

17 तापनि तिनीहरूले उजाड-स्थानमा सर्वोच्‍चको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरेर उहाँको विरुद्धमा पाप गरिरहे ।

Yet they still went on sinning against him, they defied the Most High in the desert.

18 आफ्‍नो भोक मेटाउनलाई खाना मागेर आफ्‍ना हृदयहरूले तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई चुनौति दिए ।

They wilfully challenged God, demanding the food that they longed for.

19 तिनीहरू परमेश्‍वरको विरुद्धमा बोले । तिनीहरूले भने, “परमेश्‍वरले हामीलाई उजाड-स्थानमा साँच्‍चै नै खाना खुवाउन सक्‍नुहुन्छ र?

‘Is God able,’ such was their challenge, ‘to spread in the desert a table?

20 हेर, उहाँले चट्टानलाई प्रहार गर्नुहुँदा, पानी निस्कियो र नदीहरू बगे । तर के उहाँले रोटी पनि दिन सक्‍नुहुन्छ? के उहाँले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई मासु दिनुहुनेछ?”

From the rock that he struck there gushed water, and torrents that overflowed; but can he also give bread, or provide his people with meat?’

21 जब परमप्रभुले यो सुन्‍नुभयो, तब उहाँ रिसाउनुभयो । त्यसैले उहाँको आगो याकूबको विरुद्ध दन्क्यो र उहाँको रिसले इस्राएललाई आक्रमण गर्‍यो,

When the Lord heard this, he was furious, and fire was kindled on Jacob, anger flared up against Israel.

22 किनभने तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरमा विश्‍वास गरेनन् र उहाँको उद्धारमा भरोसा गरेनन् ।

For they put no trust in God, no confidence in his help.

23 तापनि उहाँले माथिका आकाशलाई आज्ञा गर्नुभयो र आकाशका ढोकाहरू खोल्नुभयो ।

So he summoned the clouds above; and, opening the doors of heaven,

24 तिनीहरूलाई खानलाई उहाँले मन्‍न बर्साउनुभयो, र उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई स्वर्गको अन्‍न दिनुभयो ।

he rained manna upon them for food, and grain of heaven he gave them.

25 मानिसहरूले स्वर्गदूतहरूका रोटी खाए । तिनीहरूलाई उहाँले प्रशस्‍त गरी खाना पठाउनुभयो ।

Everyone ate the bread of angels; he sent them food to the full.

26 उहाँले आकाशमा पूर्वी बतास चलाउनुभयो र दक्षिणी बतासलाई आफ्‍नो शक्तिले उहाँले डोर्‍याउनुभयो ।

He launched the east wind in the heavens, and guided the south by his power.

27 धूलोझैं उहाँले तिनीहरूमाथि मासु, समुद्रको बालुवाझैं चराहरू बर्साउनुभयो ।

He rained meat upon them like dust, winged bird like the sand of the sea.

28 तिनीहरूका शिविरको बिचमा, तिनीहरूका पालहरूको चारैतिर ती झरे ।

In the midst of their camp he dropped it, all around their tents.

29 त्यसैले तिनीहरूले खाए र अघाए । तिनीहरूले जे लालसा गरे सो उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई दिनुभयो ।

They ate and were more than filled; he had brought them the thing they desired.

30 तर तिनीहरू अझै अघाएका थिएनन् । तिनीहरूको खाना अझै तिनीहरूको मुखमै थियो ।

But the thing they desired became loathsome: while their food was still in their mouths,

31 तब परमेश्‍वरको क्रोध तिनीहरूमाथि पर्‍यो र तिमध्येका बलियाहरूलाई मार्‍यो । उहाँले इस्राएलका जवानहरूलाई तल झार्नुभयो ।

the wrath of God rose against them. He slew the stoutest among them, and laid low the young men of Israel.

32 यति हुँदा पनि, तिनीहरूले निरन्‍तर पाप गरे र उहाँका अचम्‍मका कामहरूमा विश्‍वास गरेनन् ।

Yet for all this they sinned yet more, and refused to believe in his wonders.

33 यसकारण परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूका दिनहरू घटाउनुभयो । तिनीहरूका वर्षहरू त्रासले भरिएका थिए ।

So he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden dismay.

34 जब परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूमाथि विपत्ति ल्याउनुभयो, तब तिनीहरूले उहाँको खोजी गर्न थाले, अनि तिनीहरू फर्के र उहाँलाई उत्‍सुकतासाथ खोजे ।

When he slew them, then they sought after him, they turned and sought God with diligence.

35 परमेश्‍वर तिनीहरूका चट्टान हुनुहुन्थ्यो र सर्वोच्‍च तिनीहरूका उद्धारकर्ता हुनुहुन्थ्यो भनी तिनीहरूले सम्झे ।

They remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.

36 तर तिनीहरूले आफ्‍ना मुखले उहाँसँग चापलुसी गरे र तिनीहरूका शब्दहरूले उहाँसँग झुट बोले ।

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

37 किनकि तिनीहरूका हृदयहरू उहाँमा स्थिर थिएनन् र तिनीहरू उहाँको करारप्रति विश्‍वासयोग्य थिएनन् ।

Their heart was not steady with him, they were faithless to his covenant.

38 तापनि उहाँ कृपालु हुनुभएर तिनीहरूका अधर्म क्षमा गर्नुभयो र तिनीहरूलाई नष्‍ट गर्नुभएन । हो, धेरै पल्‍ट उहाँले आफ्नो रिस थाम्‍नुभयो र उहाँका सबै क्रोधलाई उत्तेजित गर्नुभएन ।

But he is full of pity: he pardons sin and destroys not. Often he turns his anger away, without stirring his wrath at all.

39 तिनीहरू मासुले बनेका हुन्, तिनीहरू बितिजाने र फर्केर नआउने बतास हुन् भनी उहाँले याद गर्नुभयो ।

So he remembered that they were but flesh, breath that passes and does not return.

40 उजाड-स्थानमा र बाँझो ठाउँहरूमा तिनीहरूले कति धेरै पल्‍ट उहाँको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरेर उहाँलाई दुःखी बनाए!

But how often they rebelled in the desert, and caused him grief in the wilderness,

41 तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई धेरै पल्‍ट चुनौति दिए र इस्राएलका परम पवित्रलाई चित्त दुखाए ।

tempting God again and again, provoking the Holy One of Israel.

42 तिनीहरूले उहाँको शक्तिको बारेमा विचार गरेनन्, उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई शत्रुहरूबाट कसरी छुटकारा दिनुभएको थियो,

They did not remember his strength, nor the day he redeemed from the foe,

43 जब उहाँले मिश्रदेशमा आफ्‍ना डरलाग्‍दा चिन्हहरू देखाउनुभयो र सोअनको क्षेत्रमा आफ्‍ना चमत्कारहरू देखाउनुभयो ।

how he set his signs in Egypt, in the country of Zoan his wonders.

44 उहाँले मिश्रदेशका नदीहरूलाई रगतमा परिणत गर्नुभयो, ताकि तिनीहरूले आफ्‍ना नदीहरूका पानी पिउन सकेनन् ।

He turned their canals into blood, their streams undrinkable.

45 उहाँले झींगाका हुल पठाउनुभयो, जसले तिनीहरूलाई टोके र भ्यागुताहरूले तिनीहरूका देशलाई अतिक्रमण गर्‍यो ।

He sent forth flies, which devoured them; frogs, too, which destroyed them.

46 तिनीहरूका अन्‍न फट्याङ्ग्रहरूलाई र तिनीहरूका परिश्रम सलहहरूलाई उहाँले दिनुभयो ।

Their crops he gave to the caterpillar, and the fruits of their toil to the locust.

47 तिनीहरूका दाखहरूलाई असिनाले र तिनीहरूका अञ्‍जीरका रूखहरूलाई धेरै असिनाले उहाँले नाश पार्नुभयो ।

He slew their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.

48 तिनीहरूका बथानमाथि उहाँले असिना बर्साउनुभयो र तिनीहरूका बगालमाथि बिजुली फाल्‍नुभयो ।

He delivered their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to bolts of fire.

49 उहाँको रिसको उग्रता तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा पर्‍यो । उहाँले क्रोध, रिस र समस्‍यालाई विपत्ति ल्याउने एजेन्‍टझैं पठाउनुभयो ।

He let loose his hot anger among them, fury and wrath and distress, a band of destroying angels.

50 आफ्नो रिसको निम्ति उहाँले मार्ग तयार गर्नुभयो । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई मृत्युबाट बचाउनुभएन तर तिनीहरूलाई रूढीमा सुम्पिनुभयो ।

He cleared a path for his anger, did not spare them from death, but gave them over to pestilence.

51 मिश्रदेशका सबै जेठाहरूलाई, हामका पालहरूमा भएका तिनीहरूका जेठाहरूलाई उहाँले मार्नुभयो ।

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

52 आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई उहाँले भेडालाई झैं डोर्‍याउनुभयो र बगाललाई झैं तिनीहरूलाई उजाडस्‍थानमा बाटो देखाउनुभयो ।

He led forth his people like sheep, he was guide to his flock in the desert.

53 सुरक्षित र निर्भयसाथ उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई डोर्‍याउनुभयो, तर समुद्रले तिनीहरूका शत्रुहरूलाई डुबायो ।

Securely he led them, and free from fear, while their foes were drowned in the sea.

54 त्‍यसपछि उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्‍नो पवित्र देशको सिमानामा, उहाँको दहिने हातले प्राप्‍त गरेको यो पर्वतमा ल्याउनुभयो ।

To his holy realm he brought them, to the mountain his right hand had purchased.

55 तिनीहरूको सामुबाट उहाँले जातिहरूलाई धपाउनुभयो र तिनीहरूलाई आफ्‍नो उत्तराधिकार दिनुभयो । इस्राएलका कुलहरू उहाँले तिनीहरूका आफ्‍ना पालहरूमा बसाल्नुभयो ।

He drove out the nations before them, and allotted their land for possession, and their tents for Israel to live in.

56 तापनि तिनीहरूले सर्वोच्‍च परमेश्‍वरलाई चुनौति दिए र अवज्ञा गरे, अनि उहाँका गम्भीर आज्ञाहरू पालन गरेनन् ।

Yet they tempted and angered the Most High God, they did not observe his decrees.

57 तिनीहरू अविश्‍वासयोग्य भए र आफ्‍ना पुर्खाहरूले झैं धोकापूर्ण काम गरे । तिनीहरू खोटपूर्ण धनुजस्तै भरोसाहीन थिए ।

They drew back, false like their ancestors; they failed like a treacherous bow.

58 किनकि तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई आफ्‍ना अग्‍ला डाँडाहरूले क्रुद्ध बनाए र आफ्‍ना मूर्तीहरूले उहाँलाई डाहले रसाउने बनाए ।

Their shrines stirred him to anger, their idols moved him to jealousy.

59 जब परमेश्‍वरले यो सुन्‍नुभयो, तब उहाँ रिसाउनुभयो र इस्राएललाई पूर्ण रूपमा इन्कार गर्नुभयो ।

When God heard of this, he was furious, and he spurned Israel utterly.

60 शीलोको पवित्रस्थान, उहाँ मानिसहरूका बिचमा बास गर्नुभएको पाललाई उहाँले त्याग्‍नुभयो ।

He abandoned his home in Shiloh, the tent he had pitched among people.

61 उहाँले आफ्‍नो सामर्थ्यलाई कसैको कब्जामा सुम्‍पिदिनुभयो र आफ्‍नो महिमालाई शत्रुहरूका हातमा सुम्पिनुभयो ।

He gave his strength up to captivity, his glory to the hands of the foe.

62 उहाँले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई तरवारमा सुम्‍पिनुभयो र उहाँ आफ्ना उत्तराधिकारसँग रिसाउनुभयो ।

He gave his people to the sword, he was furious with his own.

63 आगोले तिनीहरूका जवान मानिसहरूलाई भष्‍म पारे, र तिनीहरूका जवान स्‍त्रीहरूसँग विवाहको गीत थिएन ।

Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage-song.

64 तिनीहरूका पुजारीहरू तरवारले ढले र तिनीहरूका विधवाहरू रुन सकेनन् ।

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.

65 अनि परमप्रभु निद्राबाट जागेझैं, दाखमद्यको कारणले कराउने योद्धाजस्तै उठ्नुभयो ।

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior flushed with wine;

66 उहाँले आफ्‍ना वैरीहरूलाई पछि फर्काउनुभयो । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई अनन्त लाजमा पार्नुभयो ।

and he beat back his foes, putting them to perpetual scorn.

67 उहाँले योसेफको पाललाई इन्कार गर्नुभयो र उहाँले एफ्राइमको कुललाई चुन्‍नुभएन ।

He disowned the tent of Joseph, he rejected the tribe of Ephraim;

68 उहाँले यहूदाको कुल र उहाँले प्रेम गर्नुभएको सियोन पर्वतलाई चुन्‍नुभयो ।

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

69 उहाँले आफ्नो पवित्रस्थानलाई स्‍वर्गझैं, उहाँले सदाको निम्ति स्थापना गर्नुभएको पृथ्वीझैं बनाउनुभयो ।

And he built like the heights his sanctuary, like the earth which he founded forever.

70 उहाँले आफ्नो दास दाऊदलाई चुन्‍नुभयो र तिनलाई भेडाका बगालहरूबाट ल्‍याउनुभयो ।

And he chose David his servant, taking him from the sheepfolds.

71 आफ्‍ना पाठाहरूका साथमा हिंड्‍ने भेडीहरूका पछि लाग्‍नबाट उहाँले तिनलाई ल्‍याउनुभयो, अनि उहाँले तिनलाई याकूब, उहाँका मानिसहरू, र उहाँको उत्तराधिकार इस्राएलको गोठालो तुल्याउनुभयो ।

From the mother-ewes he brought him, to be shepherd to Jacob his people, and to Israel his inheritance.

72 आफ्‍नो हृदयको इमानदारीताले दाऊदले उनीहरूको रेखदेख गरे र आफ्नो हातको सीपले तिनले उनीहरूलाई बाटो देखाए ।

With upright heart did he shepherd them, and with skilful hands did he guide them.