Psalms 74
1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Therefore have you rejected [us], O God, for ever? [therefore] is your wrath kindled against the sheep of your pasture?
Oh Bog, zakaj nas zavračaš za vedno? Zakaj se tvoja jeza kadi proti ovcam tvoje paše?
2 Remember your congregation which you have purchased from the beginning; you did ransom the rod of your inheritance; this mount Sion wherein you have lived.
Spomni se svoje skupnosti, ki si jo odkupil od davnine, palico svoje dediščine, ki si jo odkupil, to goro Sion, kjer prebivaš.
3 Lift up your hands against their pride continually; [because of] all that the enemy has done wickedly in your holy places.
Dvigni svoja stopala k neprestanim opustošenjem, celó vsemu kar je sovražnik zlobnega storil v svetišču.
4 And they that hate you have boasted in the midst of your feast; they have set up their standards for signs,
Tvoji sovražniki rjovijo v sredi tvojih skupnosti, svoje zastave so postavili za znamenja.
5 ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
Človek je bil slaven, če je nad debela drevesa dvigoval sekire.
6 they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
Toda sedaj so s sekirami in kladivi takoj zlomili rezljano delo le-tega.
7 They have burnt your sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of your name.
Ogenj so vrgli v tvoje svetišče, s podrtjem do tal so omadeževali bivališče tvojega imena.
8 They have said in their heart, [even] all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
V svojih srcih so rekli: »Skupaj jih uničimo.« V deželi so požgali vse Božje sinagoge.
9 We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and [God] will not know us any more.
Ne vidimo svojih znamenj. Nobenega preroka ni več niti tukaj med nami ni nobenega, ki ve doklej.
10 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke your name forever?
Oh Bog, doklej bo nasprotnik grajal? Mar bo sovražnik na veke preklinjal tvoje ime?
11 Therefore turn you away your hand, and your right hand from the midst of your bosom for ever?
Zakaj umikaš svojo roko, celó svojo desnico? Iztrgaj jo iz svojega naročja.
12 But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Kajti Bog je moj Kralj od davnine, ki dela rešitev duš v sredi zemlje.
13 You did establish the sea, in your might, you did break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.
S svojo močjo si razdelil morje. Razbijaš glave zmajem v vodah.
14 You did break to pieces the heads of the dragon; you did give him [for] meat to the Ethiopian nations.
Razbijaš glave leviatána na koščke in ga daješ, da postane hrana ljudstvu, ki prebiva v divjini.
15 You did cleave fountains and torrents; you dried up mighty rivers.
Združil si studenec in morje, osušuješ mogočne reke.
16 The day is your, and the night is your; you have prepared the sun and the moon.
Dan je tvoj, tudi noč je tvoja, pripravil si svetlobo in sonce.
17 You have made all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and spring.
Določil si vse meje zemlje. Naredil si poletje in zimo.
18 Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name.
Spomni se, da je sovražnik grajal, oh Gospod in da je nespametno ljudstvo izrekalo bogokletje proti tvojemu imenu.
19 Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to you: forget not for ever the souls of your poor.
Oh ne izročaj duše svoje grlice množici zlobnih. Ne pozabi skupnosti svojih ubogih na veke.
20 Look upon your covenant: for the dark [places] of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
Ozri se k zavezi, kajti temni kraji zemlje so polni prebivališč krutosti.
21 let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise your name.
Oh naj se zatirani ne vrne osramočen. Naj ubog in pomoči potreben hvalita tvoje ime.
22 Arise, O God, plead your cause: remember your reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.
Vstani, oh Bog, zagovarjaj svojo lastno pravdo. Spomni se, kako te nespameten človek dnevno graja.
23 Forget not the voice of your suppliants: let the pride of them that hate you continually ascend before you.
Ne pozabi glasu svojih sovražnikov. Hrup teh, ki vstajajo zoper tebe, se nenehno povečuje.
