Psalms 78
1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
Asaphin opetus. Kuule, kansani, minun lakini: kallistakaat korvanne minun suuni sanoihin.
2 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],
Minä avaan suuni sananlaskuun, ja vanhat tapaukset mainitsen,
3 things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
Jotka me kuulleet olemme ja tiedämme, ja meidän isämme meille jutelleet ovat,
4 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.
Ettemme sitä salaisi heidän lapsiltansa, jälkeentulevaiselta sukukunnalta, julistain Herran kiitoksia, ja hänen voimaansa ja ihmeitänsä, jotka hän on tehnyt.
5 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
Hän sääsi todistuksen Jakobissa, ja antoi lain Israelissa, jonka hän käski meidän isäimme opettaa lapsillensa,
6 in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
Että vastatulevaiset oppisivat, ja lapset, jotka vielä syntyvät: kuin he kasvavat, että hekin myös ilmoittaisivat lapsillensa;
7 In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
Että he panisivat toivonsa Jumalaan ja ei unohtaisi Jumalan tekoja, vaan pitäisivät hänen käskynsä,
8 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.
Ja ei olisi niinkuin heidän isänsä, vastahakoinen ja kankia suku, joka ei vahvistanut sydäntänsä, ja heidän henkensä ei riippunut uskollisesti Jumalassa;
9 [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.
Niinkuin Ephraimin lapset, sota-aseilla varustetut joutsimiehet, pakenivat sodan ajalla.
10 They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
Ei he pitäneet Jumalan liittoa, ja ei vaeltaneet hänen laissansa.
11 They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
Ja he unohtivat hänen tekonsa ja ihmeensä, jotka hän heille osottanut oli.
12 While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
Heidän isäinsä edessä teki hän ihmeitä, Egyptin maassa, Zoanin kedolla.
13 [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].
Hän halkasi meren ja vei heitä sen lävitse, ja asetti vedet niinkuin roukkion.
14 He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
Ja hän talutti heitä yli päivää pilvellä, yli yötä tulen valolla.
15 He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
Hän halkasi kalliot korvessa, ja juotti heitä vedellä yltäkyllä.
16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
Ja hän laski ojat vuotamaan kalliosta, niin että vedet siitä vuosivat niinkuin virrat.
17 But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
Ja vielä he sittenkin syntiä tekivät häntä vastaan, ja vihoittivat korkeimman korvessa.
18 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.
He kiusasivat Jumalaa sydämessänsä, anoen ruokaa sielullensa.
19 They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
He puhuivat Jumalaa vastaan ja sanoivat: voineeko Jumala valmistaa pöydän korvessa?
20 [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]
Katso, kyllä tosin hän kallioon löi, ja vedet vuosivat, ja ojat juoksivat; mutta voineeko hän myös leipää antaa, eli kansallensa lihaa toimittaa?
21 So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
Kuin Herra sen kuuli, vihastui hän: ja tuli sytytettiin Jakobissa, ja julmuus tuli Israelin päälle,
22 [He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
Ettei he uskoneet Jumalan päälle, ja ei uskaltaneet hänen apuunsa.
23 But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
Ja hän käski pilviä ylhäältä, ja avasi taivaan ovet,
24 and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
Ja antoi sataa heille mannaa syödäksensä, ja antoi heille taivaan leipää.
25 [So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
He söivät väkeväin leipää: hän lähetti heille kyllä ruokaa ravinnoksi.
26 [Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
Hän antoi itätuulen puhaltaa taivaan alla, ja väkevyydellänsä kehoitti hän etelätuulen,
27 and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
Ja antoi sataa, niinkuin tomua, lihaa heille, ja lintuja niinkuin santaa meressä,
28 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.
Ja salli langeta keskelle heidän leiriänsä, joka paikassa kuin he asuivat.
29 [So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
Niin he söivät ja yltäkyllä ravittiin: ja hän antoi heille heidän himonsa,
30 But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
Kuin ei he vielä lakanneet himoitsemasta, ja ruoka oli vielä heidän suussansa,
31 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.
Tuli Jumalan viha heidän päällensä, ja tappoi jaloimmat heidän seastansa, ja parahimmat Israelissa hän maahan löi.
32 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].
Mutta vielä sittenkin kaikissa näissä he syntiä tekivät ja ei uskoneet hänen ihmeitänsä.
33 So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
Sentähden lopetti hän heidän päivänsä turhuudessa, ja heidän vuotensa kiiruhtain.
34 When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
Kuin hän heitä tappoi, etsivät he häntä: ja he palasivat ja tulivat varhain Jumalan tykö,
35 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.
Ja muistelivat, että Jumala on heidän turvansa, ja Jumala korkein heidän lunastajansa.
36 But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
Ja he puhuivat hänelle ulkokullaisesti suullansa, ja valehtelivat hänelle kielellänsä.
37 They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
Mutta heidän sydämensä ei ollut oikia hänen puoleensa, ja ei he pitäneet uskollisesti hänen liittoansa.
38 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].
Mutta hän oli armollinen, ja antoi pahat teot anteeksi, ja ei hukuttanut heitä; ja hän käänsi pois usein vihansa, ettei hän laskenut kaikkea vihaansa menemään.
39 He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
Sillä hän muisti heidän lihaksi, tuuleksi, joka menee pois ja ei palaja.
40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
Kuinka usein he vihoittivat hänen korvessa ja kehoittivat hänen erämaassa?
41 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.
Ja he kiusasivat taas Jumalaa joka aika, ja laittivat pyhää Israelissa.
42 They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
Ei he muistaneet hänen kättänsä sinä päivänä, jona hän lunasti heitä vihollisista:
43 They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
Niinkuin hän oli merkkinsä Egyptissä tehnyt, ja ihmeensä Zoanin kedolla,
44 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.
Koska hän heidän virtansa vereksi muutti, ettei he ojistansa taitaneet juoda:
45 He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
Koska hän turilaat heidän sekaansa lähetti, jotka heitä söivät, ja sammakot, jotka heitä hukuttivat;
46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
Ja antoi heidän tulonsa ruohomadoille, ja heidän työnsä heinäsirkoille;
47 He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
Koska hän rakeilla heidän viinapuunsa löi, ja heidän metsäfikunansa jääkivillä;
48 He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
Koska hän löi heidän karjansa rakeilla, ja heidän laumansa pitkäisen tulella;
49 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].
Hän lähetti heidän päällensä vihansa, närkästyksen, julmuuden ja ahdistuksen, pahain enkelien lähettämisellä;
50 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.
Hän päästi vihansa heidän sekaansa, ja ei päästänyt heidän sielujansa kuolemasta, ja heidän eläimensä rutolla kuoletti;
51 He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
Koska hän kaikki esikoiset löi Egyptissä, ensimäiset perilliset Hamin majoissa,
52 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.
Ja antoi kansansa vaeltaa niinkuin lampaat, ja vei heidät niinkuin lauman korvessa,
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
Ja saatti heitä turvallisesti, ettei he peljänneet; vaan heidän vihollisensa peitti meri.
54 [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].
Ja hän vei heitä pyhänsä rajoihin, tämän vuoren tykö, jonka hänen oikia kätensä saanut oli.
55 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.
Ja hän ajoi pois heidän edestänsä pakanat, ja jakoi heille perimisen arvalla: ja niiden majoissa antoi hän Israelin sukukunnat asua.
56 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.
Mutta he kiusasivat ja vihoittivat korkian Jumalan, ja ei pitäneet hänen todistuksiansa.
57 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].
Vaan he palasivat takaperin ja petollisesti luopuivat pois niinkuin heidän isänsäkin: poikkesivat pois niinkuin hellinnyt joutsi.
58 Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
Ja he vihoittivat hänen korkeuksillansa ja kehoittivat häntä epäjumalainsa kuvilla.
59 He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
Ja kuin Jumala sen kuuli, niin hän närkästyi, ja hylkäsi kovin Israelin,
60 He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
Niin että hän luopui asuinsiastansa Silossa, siitä majasta, jonka hän ihmisten sekaan asetti,
61 He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
Ja antoi heidän voimansa vankeuteen, ja heidän kauneutensa vihollisten käsiin.
62 Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
Ja hän hylkäsi kansansa miekan alle, ja närkästyi perimistänsä vastaan.
63 Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
Heidän parhaat nuorukaisensa kulutti tuli, ja heidän neitseensä ei tulleet häävirsillä kunnioitetuksi.
64 [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.
Heidän pappinsa kaatuivat miekalla; ja heidän leskensä ei itkeneet,
65 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].
Ja Herra heräsi niinkuin joku makaavainen, niinkuin joku väkevä luihkaaja viinan juomisesta,
66 He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
Ja löi vihollistansa perävieriin, ja pani ijankaikkisen häpiän heidän päällensä,
67 [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].
Ja heitti Josephin majan pois, ja ei valinnut Ephraimin sukukuntaa.
68 Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
Vaan hän valitsi Juudan sukukunnan, Zionin vuoren, jota hän rakasti,
69 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.
Ja rakensi pyhänsä korkialle, niinkuin ijankaikkisesti pysyväisen maan,
70 He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
Ja valitsi palveliansa Davidin, ja otti hänen lammashuoneesta.
71 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.
Imettävistä lampaista haki hän hänen, että hän hänen kanssansa Jakobin kaitsis, ja Israelin hänen perimisensä.
72 David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
Ja hän kaitsi heitä kaikella sydämensä vakuudella, ja hallitsi heitä kaikella ahkeruudella.
