Psalmi 79

1 Psalam. Asafov. Bože, pogani, evo, provališe u baštinu tvoju, tvoj sveti Hram oskvrnuše, pretvoriše Jeruzalem u ruševine.

A psalm of Asaph. God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.

2 Trupla tvojih slugu dadoše za hranu pticama nebeskim, meso tvojih pobožnika zvijerima zemaljskim.

They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies, the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth.

3 Krv im k'o vodu prolijevahu oko Jeruzalema i ne bijaše nikoga da ih pokopa.

They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

4 Postadosmo sramota susjedima svojim, podsmijeh i ruglo svima oko nas.

We have become a reproach for our neighbors, mocking and derision to those who are around us.

5 Dokle još, Jahve? Zar ćeš se svagda srditi? Zar će ljubomora tvoja poput ognja gorjeti?

How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your jealous anger burn like fire?

6 Izlij gnjev na pogane koji te ne priznaju i na kraljevstva što ne zazivlju ime tvoje!

Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name.

7 Jer izjedoše Jakova i opustošiše boravište njegovo.

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his villages.

8 Ne spominji se, protiv nas, grijeha otaca; neka nas pretekne smilovanje tvoje jer smo jadni i nevoljni.

Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us; may your merciful actions come to us, for we are very low.

9 Pomozi nam, Bože, pomoći naša, zbog slave imena svojega, oslobodi nas i otpusti nam grijehe zbog imena svoga!

Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.

10 Zašto da pogani govore: “TÓa gdje je njihov Bog?” Nek' se na poganima pokaže, pred očima našim, kako osvećuješ prolivenu krv slugu svojih!

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” May the blood of your servants that was shed be avenged on the nations before our eyes.

11 Nek' do tebe dopru uzdasi sužanja, snagom svoje mišice poštedi predane smrti!

May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with the greatness of your power keep the children of death alive.

12 A našim susjedima vrati sedmerostruko u krilo pogrdu koju naniješe tebi, o Jahve!

Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord.

13 A mi, tvoj puk i ovce paše tvoje, slavit ćemo te dovijeka, kazivat ćemo od koljena do koljena hvalu tvoju!

So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks forever. We will tell your praises to all generations.