Psalmi 78
1 Pazljivo prisluhni, oh moje ljudstvo, k moji postavi, nagni svoja ušesa k besedam iz mojih ust.
My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
2 Svoja usta bom odprl v prispodobi, izrekel bom temne govore od davnine,
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 ki smo jih slišali in poznali in so nam jih naši očetje povedali.
things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
4 Ne bomo jih skrili pred njihovimi otroki, prikazujoč prihajajočemu rodu Gospodove hvalnice in njegovo moč ter njegova čudovita dela, ki jih je storil.
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 Kajti osnoval je pričevanje v Jakobu in določil postavo v Izraelu, ki jo je zapovedal našim očetom, da bi jo lahko naredili znano svojim otrokom,
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 da bi jih prihajajoči rod lahko spoznal, celó otroci, ki naj bi bili rojeni, ki naj bi vstali in jih oznanili svojim otrokom,
in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
7 da bi svoje upanje lahko usmerili v Boga in ne bi pozabili Božjih del, temveč bi se držali njegovih zapovedi
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 in bi ne bili kakor njihovi očetje, trmoglav in uporen rod, rod, ki svojega srca ni pravilno postavil in čigar duh z Bogom ni bil neomajen.
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 Efrájimovi otroci, ki so bili oboroženi in nosili loke, so se na dan bitke obrnili nazaj.
[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 Niso ohranjali Božje zaveze in odklanjali so se ravnati po njegovi postavi
They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
11 in pozabili so njegova dela in njegove čudeže, ki jim jih je pokazal.
They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
12 Čudovite stvari je storil v očeh njihovih očetov v egiptovski deželi, na polju Coana.
While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
13 Razdelil je morje, jih pripravil, da so prešli skozenj in storil je, da so vode stale kakor kup.
[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 Tudi podnevi jih je vodil z oblakom in vso noč z ognjeno svetlobo.
He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
15 Razklal je skale v divjini in jim dal piti kakor iz velikih globin.
He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
16 Tudi vodne tokove je privedel iz skale in storil, da so vode tekle kakor reke.
He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
17 V divjini pa so še bolj grešili zoper njega z izzivanjem Najvišjega.
But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
18 V svojem srcu so skušali Boga z zahtevanjem jedi za svoje poželenje.
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 Da, govorili so zoper Boga; rekli so: »Ali Bog lahko oskrbi mizo v divjini?«
They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
20 Glej, udaril je skalo, da so pridrle vode in vodotoki so preplavili, ali lahko da tudi kruh? Ali za svoje ljudstvo lahko priskrbi meso?
[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 Torej Gospod je to slišal in je bil ogorčen, tako je bil zoper Jakoba vžgan ogenj in tudi jeza je prišla zoper Izrael,
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 ker niso verovali v Boga in niso zaupali v njegovo rešitev duš,
[He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
23 čeprav je zapovedal oblakom od zgoraj in odprl vrata nebes
But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
24 in je nanje deževal mano za jed ter jim dajal od nebeškega žita.
and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
25 Človek je jedel hrano angelov. Poslal jim je mesa do sitosti.
[So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
26 Vzhodniku je velel, da zapiha na nebu in s svojo močjo je privedel južni veter.
[Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
27 Prav tako je nanje deževal meso kakor prah in operjeno perjad podobno kakor morski pesek.
and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
28 Dopustil jim je pasti v sredo njihovega tabora, okoli njihovih prebivališč.
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 Tako so jedli in bili popolnoma nasičeni, kajti izročil jim je njihovo lastno željo;
[So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
30 niso bili odvrnjeni od svoje želje. Vendar ko je bila njihova jed še v njihovih ustih,
But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
31 je nadnje prišel Božji bes in pokončal najdebelejše izmed njih in z udarcem zrušil izbrane Izraelove ljudi.
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 Kajti vsi ti so še vedno grešili in niso verovali zaradi njegovih čudovitih del.
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 Zato je njihove dneve použil v ničevosti in njihova leta v muki.
So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
34 Ko jih je ubijal, potem so ga iskali in vrnili so se ter zgodaj poizvedovali za Bogom.
When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
35 Spomnili so se, da je bil Bog njihova skala in vzvišeni Bog njihov odkupitelj.
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 Kljub temu so se mu prilizovali s svojimi usti in mu lagali s svojimi jeziki.
But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
37 Kajti njihovo srce ni bilo popolnoma z njim niti niso bili neomajni v njegovi zavezi.
They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
38 Toda on, ki je poln sočutja, je odpustil njihovo krivičnost in jih ni uničil. Da, svojo jezo je pogosto obrnil proč in ni razvnel vsega svojega besa.
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 Kajti spomnil se je, da so bili samo meso, veter, ki premine in ne prihaja ponovno.
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 Kako pogosto so ga dražili v divjini in ga žalostili v puščavi!
Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
41 Da, obrnili so se nazaj in skušali Boga in omejevali Svetega Izraelovega.
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 Niso se spomnili njegove roke niti dneva, ko jih je osvobodil pred sovražnikom.
They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
43 Kako je v Egiptu izvršil svoja znamenja in svoje čudeže na polju Coana
They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
44 in njihove reke spremenil v kri in njihove potoke, da niso mogli piti.
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 Mednje je poslal številne vrste muh, ki so jih požirale in žabe, ki so jih uničevale.
He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
46 Tudi njihov prirastek je dal gosenici in njihov trud leteči kobilici.
He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
47 Njihove trte je uničil s točo in njihove egiptovske smokve z zmrzaljo.
He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
48 Tudi njihovo živino je predal toči in njihove trope vročim strelam.
He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
49 S pošiljanjem zlih angelov mednje je nanje vrgel okrutnost svoje jeze, bes, ogorčenost in stisko.
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 Pripravil je pot svoji jezi, njihovi duši ni prizanesel pred smrtjo, temveč je njihovo življenje odstopil kužni bolezni
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 in udaril vsakega prvorojenca v Egiptu, njihovo glavno moč v Hamovih šotorih.
He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
52 Toda svojemu lastnemu ljudstvu je storil, da gredo naprej kakor ovce in po divjini jih je usmerjal kakor trop.
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 Vodil jih je varno, tako da se niso bali, toda njihove sovražnike je preplavilo morje.
He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
54 Privedel jih je do meje svojega svetišča, celo k tej gori, ki jo je pridobila njegova desnica.
[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 Pred njimi je spodil tudi pogane in jim z mejno črto razdelil dediščino in Izraelovim rodovom storil, da prebivajo v svojih šotorih.
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 Kljub temu so skušali in dražili najvišjega Boga in se niso držali njegovih pričevanj,
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 temveč so se obrnili nazaj in postopali nezvesto kakor njihovi očetje. Obrnjeni so bili na stran kakor varljiv lok.
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 Kajti s svojimi visokimi mesti so ga dražili do jeze in s svojimi rezanimi podobami so ga pripravili do ljubosumnosti.
Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
59 Ko je Bog to slišal, je bil ogorčen in silno preziral Izraela,
He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
60 tako da je zapustil bivališče v Šilu, šotorsko svetišče, ki ga je postavil med ljudmi
He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
61 in svojo moč izročil v ujetništvo in svojo slavo v sovražnikovo roko.
He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
62 Svoje ljudstvo je izročil meču in ogorčen je bil nad svojo dediščino.
Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
63 Ogenj je použil njihove mladeniče in njihove mladenke niso bile omožene.
Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
64 Njihovi duhovniki so padli pod mečem in njihove vdove niso pripravile objokovanja.
[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 Potem se je Gospod prebudil kakor iz spanja in kakor mogočen človek, ki vzklika zaradi vina.
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 Svoje sovražnike je udaril v njihove zadnje dele. Postavil jih je v neprestano grajo.
He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
67 Poleg tega je odklonil Jožefovo šotorsko svetišče in ni izbral Efrájimovega rodu,
[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 temveč je izbral Judov rod, goro Sion, ki jo je ljubil.
Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
69 Svoje svetišče je zgradil kakor visoke palače, kakor zemljo, ki jo je utrdil na veke.
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 Poleg tega je izbral svojega služabnika Davida in ga vzel od ovčjih staj.
He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
71 Od sledenja brejim ovcam z mladiči ga je privedel, da pase Jakoba, njegovo ljudstvo in Izraela, njegovo dediščino.
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 Tako jih je hranil glede na neokrnjenost svojega srca in jih usmerjal s spretnostjo svojih rok.
David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
