Salmenes 79
1 En salme av Asaf. Gud! Hedninger har trengt inn i din arv, de har gjort ditt hellige tempel urent, de har gjort Jerusalem til grushoper.
God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
2 De har gitt dine tjeneres lik til føde for himmelens fugler, dine helliges kjøtt til ville dyr.
[Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
3 De har utøst deres blod som vann rundt omkring Jerusalem, og der var ingen som la dem i graven.
When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
4 Vi er blitt til skam for våre naboer, til spott og hån for dem som er omkring oss.
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 Hvor lenge, Herre, vil du være vred evindelig? Hvor lenge skal din nidkjærhet brenne som ild?
Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
6 Utøs din harme over hedningene, som ikke kjenner dig, og over de riker som ikke påkaller ditt navn!
[Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
7 For de har fortært Jakob og lagt hans bolig øde.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 Tilregn oss ikke våre forfedres misgjerninger! La din miskunn snarlig komme oss i møte, for vi er såre elendige!
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Hjelp oss, vår frelses Gud, for ditt navns æres skyld, og fri oss og forlat oss våre synder for ditt navns skyld!
God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
10 Hvorfor skal hedningene si: Hvor er deres Gud? La det for våre øine kjennes blandt hedningene at dine tjeneres utøste blod blir hevnet,
It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
11 la den fangnes sukk komme for ditt åsyn, la dødens barn bli i live efter din arms styrke,
Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
12 og betal våre naboer syvfold i deres fang den hån som de har hånet dig med, Herre!
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Og vi, ditt folk og den hjord du før, vi vil love dig evindelig; fra slekt til slekt vil vi fortelle din pris.
After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
