Psalmi 81

1 Načelniku godbe pri Gitaji, pesem Asafu. Pojte Bogu, móči naši, vpijte Bogu Jakobovemu.

“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of Asaph.” Sing joyfully to God, our strength! Shout with gladness to the God of Jacob!

2 Primite psalmovanje in vzemite boben, strune prijetne in brenklje.

Raise a song, and strike the timbrel, The sweet-sounding harp, and the psaltery!

3 Trobite o mlaji, o vseh stalnih praznikih, o godovih naših.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon; At the full moon, also, on our festal day!

4 Ker ustanovljeno je v Izraelu, postava od Boga Jakobovega,

For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob;

5 Kateri jo je za pričanje postavil v Jožefu, ko je šel proti deželi Egiptovski, kjer sem slišal govor neznan;

He appointed it as a memorial in Joseph, When he went out of the land of Egypt, Where he heard a language which he knew not.

6 "Odtegnil sem", pravi, od bremena ramo njegovo; roke njegove ločile so se od čebriča.

“I relieved [[said he]] thy shoulders from their burden; Thy hands were removed from the hod.

7 Ko si vpil v oni stiski, rešil sem te, uslišal sem te v gromovem zakotji; izkušal sem te do vodâ Meribskih.

Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; In the secret place of thunder I answered thee; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Pause)

8 Poslušaj, ljudstvo moje, in spričeval ti bodem, o Izrael, ako me bodeš poslušal.

Hear, O my people! and I will admonish thee! O Israel! that thou wouldst hearken to me!

9 Ako ne bode v tebi boga mogočnega tujega, in se ne bodeš klanjal bogu mogočnemu tujerodnemu.

Let there be no strange god within thee, Nor worship thou any foreign god!

10 Jaz sem Gospod, Bog tvoj, ki sem dal, da si prišel gor iz dežele Egiptovske; razširi usta svoja in napolnim jih.

I Jehovah am thy God, Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it!

11 Ali ljudstvo moje ni poslušalo glasu mojega, in Izrael mi ni bil pokoren.

But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.

12 Zatorej sem jih izpustil, da naj hodijo po srca svojega volji, govoreč: Gredó naj sè svojimi krivimi naklepi.

So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.

13 O ko bi me bilo poslušalo ljudstvo moje, ko bi bili Izraelci hodili po mojih potih!

“O that my people had hearkened to me! That Israel had walked in my ways!

14 Kar mahoma bi bil potlačil njih neprijatelje, ko bi bil v njih sovražnike obrnil roko svojo.

Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.

15 Sovražniki Gospodovi bi se bili lažnjivo vdali njemu, in njih čas bi bil vekomaj.

The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.

16 Dà, živil bi ga bil z maščobo pšenično, tudi z medom iz skale bi te bil sitil.

With the finest of the wheat I would have fed them, And with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied them.”