भजनसंग्रह 78

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

My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.

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

I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],

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

things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents 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 tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things 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 gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them 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 ।

in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.

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

In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey 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 ।

They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.

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

[The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.

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

They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.

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

They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.

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

While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.

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

[Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].

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

He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.

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

He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.

16 चट्टानबाट उहाँले खोलाहरू बगाउनुभयो र पानीलाई नदीहरूझैं बगाउनुभयो ।

He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].

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

But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.

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

By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.

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

They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!

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

[It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]

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

So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]

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

[He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.

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

But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,

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

and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).

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

[So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.

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

[Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,

27 धूलोझैं उहाँले तिनीहरूमाथि मासु, समुद्रको बालुवाझैं चराहरू बर्साउनुभयो ।

and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.

28 तिनीहरूका शिविरको बिचमा, तिनीहरूका पालहरूको चारैतिर ती झरे ।

God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.

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

[So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.

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

But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,

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

God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.

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

In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].

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

So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.

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

When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].

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

They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.

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

But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.

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

They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.

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 God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].

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

He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.

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

Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.

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

Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.

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

They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.

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

They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.

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

He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.

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

He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.

46 तिनीहरूका अन्‍न फट्याङ्ग्रहरूलाई र तिनीहरूका परिश्रम सलहहरूलाई उहाँले दिनुभयो ।

He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.

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

He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.

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

He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.

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

Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].

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

He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.

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

He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.

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

Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.

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

He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.

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

[Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].

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

He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.

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

However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.

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

Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].

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

Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].

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

He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.

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

He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.

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

He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.

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

Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].

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

Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.

64 तिनीहरूका पुजारीहरू तरवारले ढले र तिनीहरूका विधवाहरू रुन सकेनन् ।

[Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.

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

Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].

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

He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].

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

[But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].

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

Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.

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

He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.

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

He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures

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

where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.

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

David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.