Salmos 74
1 Ó Deus, porque nos rejeitaste para sempre? Porque se accende a tua ira contra as ovelhas do teu pasto?
God, why have you abandoned/rejected us? Will you keep rejecting us forever [RHQ]? Why are you angry with us, since we are like sheep in your pasture [and you are like our shepherd]? [MET, RHQ]
2 Lembra-te da tua congregação que compraste desde a antiguidade, da vara da tua herança que remiste, este monte de Sião, em que habitaste.
Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, the people whom you freed [from being slaves in Egypt] and caused to become your tribe. Do not forget Jerusalem, which was (your home/where you dwelt) [on this earth].
3 Levanta os teus pés para as perpetuas assolações, para tudo o que o inimigo tem feito de mal no sanctuario.
Walk along [and see] where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.
4 Os teus inimigos bramam no meio das tuas synagogas; põem n'ellas as suas insignias por signaes.
Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners [to show they had defeated us].
5 Cada qual se fez afamado, conforme levantara o machado contra a espessura do arvoredo.
They cut down all the [engraved objects in the temple] like woodsmen cut down trees.
6 Mas agora toda a obra entalhada por uma vez quebram com machados e martellos.
Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.
7 Lançaram fogo no teu sanctuario; profanaram, derribando-a até ao chão, a morada do teu nome.
[Then] they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.
8 Disseram nos seus corações: Despojemol-os d'uma vez. Queimaram todas as synagogas de Deus na terra.
They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they [also] burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God.
9 Já não vemos os nossos signaes, já não ha propheta: nem ha entre nós alguem que saiba até quando isto durara.
All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/any more, and no one knows how long [this situation will continue].
10 Até quando, ó Deus, nos affrontará o adversario? Blasphemará o inimigo o teu nome para sempre?
God, how long will our enemies make fun of you [RHQ]? Will they insult you [MTY] forever [RHQ]?
11 Porque retiras a tua mão, a saber, a tua dextra? tira-a de dentro do teu seio, e consome-os.
Why do you refuse to help [MTY, RHQ] us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak [instead of using it to destroy our enemies] [RHQ]?
12 Todavia Deus é o meu Rei desde a antiguidade, obrando a salvação no meio da terra.
God, you have been our king [all the time] since we came out of Egypt [HYP], and you have enabled us to defeat [our enemies] in the land [of Israel].
13 Tu dividiste o mar pela tua força; quebrantaste as cabeças dos dragões nas aguas.
By your power you caused the [Red] Sea to divide; [it was as though] you smashed the heads of the [rulers of Egypt who were like] huge sea dragons [MET].
14 Fizeste em pedaços as cabeças do leviathan, e o déste por mantimento aos habitantes do deserto.
[It was as though] you crushed the head of the king of Egypt [MET] and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat.
15 Fendeste a fonte e o ribeiro: seccaste os rios impetuosos.
You caused springs and streams to flow, and you [also] dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
16 Teu é o dia e tua é a noite: preparaste a luz e o sol.
You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places.
17 Estabeleceste todos os limites da terra; verão e inverno tu os formaste.
You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season.
18 Lembra-te d'isto: que o inimigo affrontou ao Senhor, e que um povo louco blasphemou o teu nome.
Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you [MTY].
19 Não entregues ás feras a alma da tua rola: não te esqueças para sempre da vida dos teus afflictos.
Do not let your helpless people [MET] fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.
20 Attende ao teu concerto; pois os logares tenebrosos da terra estão cheios de moradas de crueldade.
Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.
21 Oh, não volte envergonhado o opprimido: louvem o teu nome o afflicto e o necessitado.
Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; help those poor and needy people in order that they will [again] praise you [MTY].
22 Levanta-te, ó Deus, pleiteia a sua propria causa; lembra-te da affronta que o louco te faz cada dia.
God, arise and defend yourself [by defending your people]! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you (all day long/continually)!
23 Não te esqueças dos gritos dos teus inimigos: o tumulto d'aquelles que se levantam contra ti augmenta continuamente.
Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily [at you]; the uproar that they make [while they oppose you] never stops.
