ਜ਼ਬੂਰ 78
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,
4 ੪ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਅੰਸ ਤੋਂ ਲੁਕਾਵਾਂਗੇ, ਸਗੋਂ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਨੂੰ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਦੀ ਉਸਤਤ, ਉਸ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਚਰਜ਼ ਕੰਮ ਜੋ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਦੱਸਾਂਗੇ।
We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.
5 ੫ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਤਾਂ ਯਾਕੂਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਸਾਖੀ ਕਾਇਮ ਕੀਤੀ, ਅਤੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਬਿਵਸਥਾ ਠਹਿਰਾਈ, ਜਿਹ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਪੁਰਖਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਕਿ ਓਹ ਆਪਣੀ ਅੰਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਿਖਾਉਣ,
For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6 ੬ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਅਰਥਾਤ ਓਹ ਬੱਚੇ, ਜਿਹੜੇ ਜੰਮਣਗੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣ ਲੈਣ, ਕਿ ਓਹ ਵੀ ਉੱਠ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਅੰਸ ਨੂੰ ਦੱਸਣ,
That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children,
7 ੭ ਕਿ ਓਹ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਸ਼ਾ ਰੱਖਣ, ਅਤੇ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਕੰਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਭੁੱਲਣ, ਪਰ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਹੁਕਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਰਾਖੀ ਕਰਨ,
That they might put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;
8 ੮ ਅਤੇ ਓਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਪੁਰਖਿਆਂ ਵਾਂਗੂੰ ਨਾ ਹੋਣ, ਇੱਕ ਕੱਬੀ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਜਿਸ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨ ਕਾਇਮ ਨਾ ਰੱਖਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਜਿਹ ਦਾ ਆਤਮਾ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਨਾ ਰਿਹਾ।
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His law;
And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.
Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.
By day also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
He cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Yet went they on still to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.
Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 ੨੦ ਵੇਖੋ, ਉਸ ਨੇ ਚੱਟਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰਿਆ, ਪਾਣੀ ਫੁੱਟ ਨਿੱਕਲਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਧਾਰਾਂ ਵਗ ਪਈਆਂ, ਕੀ ਉਹ ਰੋਟੀ ਵੀ ਦੇ ਸਕੇਗਾ? ਨਾਲੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਪਰਜਾ ਨੂੰ ਮਹਾਂ ਪਰਸ਼ਾਦ ਵੀ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਵੇਗਾ?
Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can He give bread also? or will He provide flesh for His people?'
21 ੨੧ ਇਸ ਲਈ ਜਦ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਅੱਤ ਕ੍ਰੋਧਵਾਨ ਹੋਇਆ, ਅਤੇ ਯਾਕੂਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੱਗ ਭੜਕੀ, ਨਾਲੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੀ ਕੋਪ ਹੋਇਆ,
Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation.
And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.
He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.
He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;
And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.
So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.
They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,
31 ੩੧ ਕਿ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਭੜਕਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਡਾਢੇ ਮੋਟਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੱਢ ਸੁੱਟਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਗੱਭਰੂਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਵਾ ਲਿਆ।
When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young men of Israel.
For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.
Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.
34 ੩੪ ਜਦ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੱਢਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਕੀਤੀ, ਓਹ ਮੁੜੇ ਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਮਨੋਂ ਤਨੋਂ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਲਿਆ।
When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.
And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
38 ੩੮ ਪਰ ਉਸ ਰਹੀਮ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਬੁਰਿਆਈ ਨੂੰ ਖਿਮਾ ਕੀਤਾ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਨਾ ਕੀਤਾ, ਹਾਂ, ਬਹੁਤ ਵਾਰੀ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਰੋਕ ਛੱਡਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਸਾਰਾ ਗੁੱਸਾ ਨਾ ਭੜਕਾਇਆ।
But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.
So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!
And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
They remembered not His hand, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.
How He set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan;
44 ੪੪ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੋ ਦਰਿਆਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲਹੂ ਬਣਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਨਾਲੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਨਦੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ, ਸੋ ਓਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪੀ ਨਾ ਸਕੇ।
And turned their rivers into blood, so that they could not drink their streams.
45 ੪੫ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਝੁੰਡ ਭੇਜੇ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਾ ਗਏ, ਅਤੇ ਡੱਡੂ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੱਤਿਆਨਾਸ ਕੀਤਾ।
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
47 ੪੭ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਦਾਖ ਦੀਆਂ ਵੇਲਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਗੜਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ, ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਿਆਂ ਗੁੱਲਰ ਰੁੱਖਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੱਡੇ-ਵੱਡੇ ਔਲਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਬਰਬਾਦ ਕਰ ਸੁੱਟਿਆ।
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.
He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
49 ੪੯ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਬੁਰਿਆਈ ਦੇ ਦੂਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੇਜ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਦਾ ਡਾਢਾ ਕਹਿਰ, ਰੋਸਾ, ਗਜ਼ਬ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਪਾ ਦਿੱਤੀ।
He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.
50 ੫੦ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਲਈ ਰਾਹ ਸਿੱਧਾ ਕੀਤਾ, ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਜਾਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੌਤ ਤੋਂ ਨਾ ਰੋਕਿਆ, ਸਗੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਹਯਾਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਵਾ ਦੇ ਹਵਾਲੇ ਕੀਤਾ।
He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
And He led them safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 ੫੪ ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਥਾਂ ਦੇ ਬੰਨੇ ਤੱਕ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਇਆ, ਇਸ ਪਰਬਤ ਤੱਕ ਜਿਹ ਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਸੱਜੇ ਹੱਥ ਨੇ ਲਿਆ ਸੀ।
And He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.
55 ੫੫ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕੌਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੋਂ ਕੱਢ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਅਤੇ ਜਰੀਬ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਣ ਕੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਖ਼ ਦਿੱਤੀ, ਅਤੇ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੀਆਂ ਗੋਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਤੰਬੂਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਸਾਇਆ।
He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 ੫੬ ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਅੱਤ ਮਹਾਨ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਤਾਇਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਆਕੀ ਹੋ ਗਏ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਾਖੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ।
Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 ੫੮ ਆਪਣਿਆਂ ਉੱਚਿਆਂ ਥਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਗੁੱਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਛੇੜਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਉੱਕਰੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਮੂਰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਅਣਖ ਨੂੰ ਹਿਲਾਇਆ।
For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;
And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;
And delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary's hand.
He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with His inheritance.
Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.
Moreover He abhorred the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
69 ੬੯ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉੱਚਿਆਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਨਿਆਈਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਸਥਾਨ ਉਸਾਰਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਦੀ ਨਿਆਈਂ ਜਿਹ ਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸਦਾ ਲਈ ਅਟੱਲ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੈ।
And He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which He hath founded for ever.
He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 ੭੧ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਭੇਡਾਂ ਦੇ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਚੱਲਣ ਤੋਂ ਹਟਾ ਲਿਆਇਆ। ਕਿ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਪਰਜਾ ਯਾਕੂਬ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮਿਲਖ਼ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਨੂੰ ਚਰਾਵੇ।
From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.
72 ੭੨ ਸੋ ਉਹ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਨ ਦੀ ਸਚਿਆਈ ਨਾਲ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚਰਾਇਆ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਦੇ ਗੁਣ ਨਾਲ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਕੀਤੀ।
So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and lead them by the skilfulness of his hands.
