Salmos 78
1 Escutae a minha lei, povo meu: inclinae os vossos ouvidos ás palavras da minha bocca.
My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
2 Abrirei a minha bocca n'uma parabola; fallarei enigmas da antiguidade.
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 As quaes temos ouvido e sabido, e nossos paes nol-as teem contado.
things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
4 Não as encobriremos aos seus filhos, mostrando á geração futura os louvores do Senhor, assim como a sua força e as maravilhas que fez.
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 Porque elle estabeleceu um testemunho em Jacob, e poz uma lei em Israel, a qual deu aos nossos paes para que a fizessem conhecer a seus filhos.
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 Para que a geração vindoura a soubesse, os filhos que nascessem, os quaes se levantassem e a contassem a seus filhos.
in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
7 Para que pozessem em Deus a sua esperança, e se não esquecessem das obras de Deus, mas guardassem os seus mandamentos.
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 E não fossem como seus paes, geração contumaz e rebelde, geração que não regeu o seu coração, e cujo espirito não foi fiel com Deus
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 Os filhos de Ephraim, armados e trazendo arcos, viraram costas no dia da peleja.
[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 Não guardaram o concerto de Deus, e recusaram andar na sua lei.
They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
11 E esqueceram-se das suas obras e das maravilhas que lhes fizera ver.
They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
12 Maravilhas que elle fez á vista de seus paes na terra do Egypto, no campo de Zoan.
While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
13 Dividiu o mar, e os fez passar por elle; fez com que as aguas parassem como n'um montão.
[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 De dia os guiou por uma nuvem, e toda a noite por uma luz de fogo.
He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
15 Fendeu as penhas no deserto; e deu-lhes de beber como de grandes abysmos.
He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
16 Fez sair fontes da rocha, e fez correr as aguas como rios.
He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
17 E ainda proseguiram em peccar contra elle, provocando ao Altissimo na solidão.
But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
18 E tentaram a Deus nos seus corações, pedindo carne para o seu appetite.
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 E fallaram contra Deus, e disseram: Acaso pode Deus preparar-nos uma mesa no deserto?
They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
20 Eis que feriu a penha, e aguas correram d'ella; rebentaram ribeiros em abundancia: poderá tambem dar-nos pão, ou preparar carne para o seu povo?
[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 Pelo que o Senhor os ouviu, e se indignou: e accendeu um fogo contra Jacob, e furor tambem subiu contra Israel;
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 Porquanto não creram em Deus, nem confiaram na sua salvação:
[He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
23 Ainda que mandara ás altas nuvens, e abriu as portas dos céus,
But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
24 E chovera sobre elles o manná para comerem, e lhes dera do trigo do céu.
and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
25 O homem comeu o pão dos anjos; elle lhes mandou comida a fartar.
[So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
26 Fez ventar o vento do oriente nos céus, e o trouxe do sul com a sua força.
[Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
27 E choveu sobre elles carne como pó, e aves d'azas como a areia do mar.
and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
28 E as fez cair no meio do seu arraial, ao redor de suas habitações.
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 Então comeram e se fartaram bem; pois lhes cumpriu o seu desejo.
[So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
30 Não refreiaram o seu appetite. Ainda lhes estava a comida na bocca,
But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
31 Quando a ira de Deus desceu sobre elles, e matou os mais gordos d'elles, e feriu os escolhidos d'Israel.
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 Com tudo isto ainda peccaram, e não deram credito ás suas maravilhas.
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 Pelo que consumiu os seus dias na vaidade e os seus annos na angustia.
So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
34 Quando os matava, então o procuravam; e voltavam, e de madrugada buscavam a Deus.
When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
35 E se lembravam de que Deus era a sua rocha, e o Deus Altissimo o seu Redemptor.
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 Todavia lisongeavam-n'o com a bocca, e com a lingua lhe mentiam.
But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
37 Porque o seu coração não era recto para com elle, nem foram fieis no seu concerto.
They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
38 Porém elle, que é misericordioso, perdoou a sua iniquidade: e não os destruiu, antes muitas vezes desviou d'elles o seu furor, e não despertou toda a sua ira
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 Porque se lembrou de que eram de carne, vento que vae e não torna.
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 Quantas vezes o provocaram no deserto, e o molestaram na solidão!
Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
41 Voltaram atraz, e tentaram a Deus; e limitaram o Sancto d'Israel.
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 Não se lembraram da sua mão, nem do dia em que os livrou do adversario:
They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
43 Como obrou os seus signaes no Egypto, e as suas maravilhas no campo de Zoan;
They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
44 E converteu os seus rios em sangue, e as suas correntes, para que não podessem beber.
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 Enviou entre elles enxames de moscas que os consumiram, e rãs que os destruiram.
He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
46 Deu tambem ao pulgão a sua novidade, e o seu trabalho aos gafanhotos.
He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
47 Destruiu as suas vinhas com saraiva, e os seus sycomoros com pedrisco.
He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
48 Tambem entregou o seu gado á saraiva, e os seus rebanhos ás brazas ardentes.
He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
49 Lançou sobre elles o ardor da sua ira, furor, indignação, e angustia, mandando maus anjos contra elles.
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 Preparou caminho á sua ira; não retirou as suas almas da morte, mas entregou á pestilencia as suas vidas.
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 E feriu a todo o primogenito no Egypto, primicias da sua força nas tendas de Cão.
He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
52 Mas fez com que o seu povo saisse como ovelhas, e os guiou pelo deserto como um rebanho.
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 E os guiou com segurança, que não temeram; mas o mar cobriu os seus inimigos.
He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
54 E o trouxe até ao termo do seu sanctuario, até este monte que a sua dextra adquiriu.
[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 E expulsou as nações de diante d'elles, e as partiu em herança por linha, e fez habitar em suas tendas as tribus d'Israel.
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 Comtudo tentaram e provocaram o Deus altissimo, e não guardaram os seus testemunhos.
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 Mas retiraram-se para traz, e portaram-se infielmente como seus paes: viraram-se como um arco enganoso.
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 Pois o provocaram á ira com os seus altos, e moveram o seu zelo com as suas imagens de esculptura.
Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
59 Deus ouviu isto e se indignou; e aborreceu a Israel em grande maneira.
He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
60 Pelo que desamparou o tabernaculo em Silo, a tenda que estabeleceu entre os homens.
He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
61 E deu a sua força ao captiveiro; e a sua gloria á mão do inimigo.
He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
62 E entregou o seu povo á espada; e se enfureceu contra a sua herança.
Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
63 O fogo consumiu os seus mancebos, e as suas donzellas não foram dadas em casamento.
Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
64 Os seus sacerdotes cairam á espada, e as suas viuvas não fizeram lamentação.
[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 Então o Senhor despertou, como quem acaba de dormir, como um valente que se alegra com o vinho.
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 E feriu os seus adversarios por detraz, e pôl-os em perpetuo desprezo.
He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
67 Além d'isto, recusou o tabernaculo de José, e não elegeu a tribu d'Ephraim.
[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 Antes elegeu a tribu de Judah; o monte de Sião, que elle amava.
Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
69 E edificou o seu sanctuario como altos palacios, como a terra que fundou para sempre.
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 Tambem elegeu a David seu servo, e o tirou dos apriscos das ovelhas:
He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
71 E o tirou do cuidado das que se achavam prenhes; para apascentar a Jacob, seu povo, e a Israel, sua herança.
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 Assim os apascentou, segundo a integridade do seu coração, e os guiou pela industria de suas mãos.
David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
