Psalm 78
1 ହେ ମାରେ ଲୋକମାନେ, ତୁମ୍ଭେ ମାରେ ଉପଦେଶକୁ ଶୁଣ। ମାହେର ବାକ୍ଯକୁ କର୍ଣ୍ଣପାତ କର, ୟାହା ମୁଁ କହୁଅଛି।
2 ମୁଁ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ଗୋଟିଏ ଗପ କହିବି। ମୁଁ ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅତୀତର ଗପ କହିବି, ୟାହାକି ବୁଝିବା ପାଇଁ କଷ୍ଟକର।
3 ଆମ୍ଭେ ଏହି ଗପ ଶୁଣିଅଛୁ ଏବଂ ଆମ୍ଭେ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ବିଷଯରେ ଭଲଭାବରେ ଜାଣିଛୁ। ୟାହା ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କର ପିତା ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ କହିଥିଲେ।
4 ଆମ୍ଭମାନେେ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ବଂଶଧରମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏହା ଲୁଚାଇବାକୁ ନାହିଁ। ସମାନେେ କାହିଁକି ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଶଂସା କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍, ଏହା ଆମ୍ଭେ ଆମ୍ଭର ଆସୁଥିବା ପୀଢ଼ିକୁ କହିବୁ, ଆମ୍ଭେ ତାହାଙ୍କ ଶକ୍ତି ଏବଂ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ଯତା ୟାହା ସେ କଲେ ସସବେୁ ବିଷଯରେ ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ କହିବୁ।
5 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ୟାକୁବ ସହିତ ଏକ ଚୁକ୍ତି କଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲକୁ ବ୍ଯବସ୍ଥା ପ୍ରଦାନ କଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଆମର ପୂର୍ବ ପୁରୁଷମାନଙ୍କୁ ଆଜ୍ଞା ଦେଲେ। ସମାନଙ୍କେର ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାରୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏହି ଶିକ୍ଷା ଦବୋ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧେ।
6 ଏପରିକି ଯେଉଁ ପିଲାମାନେ ଜନ୍ମ ହବେେ, ସମାନେେ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ପିଲାମାନଙ୍କୁ ଜଣାଇବେ। ତା'ପରେ ସମାନେେ ୟବେେ ବଡ଼ ହବେେ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ପିଲାମାନଙ୍କୁ କହିବେ।
7 ତଣେୁ ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କର ଆଜ୍ଞା ମାନିବେ। ସମାନେେ କଦାପି ଭୁଲିବେ ନାହିଁ ୟେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର କ'ଣ କରିଥିଲେ। ସମାନେେ ଯତ୍ନ ସହକାରେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ଆଜ୍ଞାସବୁ ପାଳନ କରିବେ।
8 ୟଦି ଲୋକମାନେ ତାଙ୍କର ପିଲାମାନଙ୍କୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କର ଆଦେଶ ଶିକ୍ଷା ଦିଅନ୍ତି, ତବେେ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ସନ୍ତାନଗଣ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଙ୍କ ପରି ହବେେ ନାହିଁ। ସମାନଙ୍କେ ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଗଣ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ବିରୋଧରେ ଗଲେ। ଏବଂ ସମାନେେ ତାଙ୍କ ଆଦେଶ ମାନିଲେ ନାହିଁ। ସମାନଙ୍କେର ହୃଦଯ ଦୃଢ଼ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କଠାରେ ସମର୍ପିତ ନ ଥିଲା। ସମାନଙ୍କେର ଆତ୍ମା ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ବିଶ୍ବସ୍ତ ନ ଥିଲା।
9 ଇଫ୍ରଯିମର ଲୋକମାନେ ଅସ୍ତ୍ରଧାରଣ କରିଥିଲେ, ମାତ୍ର ସମାନେେ ୟୁଦ୍ଧ ହବୋ ଦିନରେ ପଳାଯନ କଲେ।
10 ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ସହିତ କରିଥିବା ଚୁକ୍ତି ପାଳନ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ସମାନେେ ତାଙ୍କର ବ୍ଯବସ୍ଥା ମାନିବାକୁ ଅସ୍ବୀକାର କଲେ।
11 ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର କରିଥିବା ମହତ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯ ଭୁଲିଗଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ଦଖାଇେଥିବା ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ଯ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯମାନ ସମାନେେ ଭୁଲିଗଲେ।
12 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତାଙ୍କର ମହାନଶକ୍ତି ସିୟୋନ୍ ଓ ମିଶରରେ ତାଙ୍କର ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦଖାଇେଥିଲେ।
13 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଲୋହିତ ସମୁଦ୍ରକୁ ବିଦୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରି ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ପାର କରାଇଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ସେ ଦୁଇପାଶର୍ବର ଜଳରାଶିକୁ କଠିନ କାନ୍ଥ ରୂପେ ବିଦ୍ଯମାନ କରାଇଲେ।
14 ପ୍ରତିଦିନ ଏବଂ ରାତ୍ରିରେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ମେଘଦ୍ବାରା ଓ ଅଗ୍ନିତଜେ ଦ୍ବାରା ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ପଥ କଢ଼ାଇଲେ।
15 ସେ ମରୁଭୂମିରେ ଶୈଳଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ବିଦୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ କଲେ ଏବଂ ସେ ଅଗାଧ ସ୍ଥଳରୁ, ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅଧିକରୁ ଅଧିକ ଜଳ ପ୍ରଦାନ କରାଇଲେ।
16 ପରମେଶ୍ବର, ଶୈଳରୁ ଝର ବାହାର କରାଇଲେ ଏବଂ ଏହାର ଜଳ ନଦୀପରି ବୋହିଲା।
17 ତଥାପି ଲୋକମାନେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ପାପ କରି ଚାଲିଲେ। ସମାନେେ ମରୁଭୂମିରେ ସର୍ବୋପରିସ୍ଥ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କର ବିଦ୍ରୋହାଚରଣ କଲେ।
18 ଏହାପରେ ସହେି ଲୋକମାନେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ପରୀକ୍ଷା କରିବାକୁ ନିଷ୍ପତ୍ତି ନଲେେ। ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ଖାଦ୍ୟ ମାଗିଲେ। ୟାହା ସମାନେେ ଇଚ୍ଛା କରିଥିଲେ।
19 ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ଅଭିଯୋଗ କଲେ ଏବଂ କହିଲେ, କ'ଣ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ମରୁଭୂମିରେ ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ଖାଦ୍ୟ ଦଇେ ପାରିବେ?
20 ଏହା ସତ୍ଯ ୟେ, ସେ ଶୈଳକୁ ଆଘାତ କରନ୍ତେ ଜଳ ନିର୍ଗତ ହେଲା, ସେ ମଧ୍ଯ କଗ୍ଦଣ ଆମ୍ଭକୁ ରୋଟୀ ଦଇେ ପାରିବେ ? ସେ କଗ୍ଦଣ ତାଙ୍କର ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ମାଂସ ଦଇେ ପାରିବେ ?
21 ସହେି ଲୋକଙ୍କର କଥା ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ଶୁଣିଲେ, ପରମେଶ୍ବର ୟାକୁବ ଉପରେ ବହୁତ କୋର୍ଧ ହେଲେ ଓ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ବହୁତ କୋର୍ଧାନ୍ବିତ ହେଲେ।
22 କାହିଁକି ? କାରଣ ଲୋକମାନେ ତାଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଆଶ୍ରିତ ହେଲେ ନାହିଁ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ରକ୍ଷା କରିବେ ବୋଲି ସମାନେେ ବିଶ୍ବାସ କଲେ ନାହିଁ।
23 କିନ୍ତୁ ଏହାପରେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଉପରିସ୍ଥ ମେଘମାଳାକୁ ଉନ୍ମୋଚନ କଲେ ଓ ଆକାଶର ଦ୍ବାର ଖାଲିେଲେ।
24 ଭୋଜନର୍ଥେ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ଉପରେ ମାନ୍ନା ବର୍ଷା କରାଇଲେ ଏବଂ ସେ ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ସ୍ବର୍ଗର ଶସ୍ଯ ପ୍ରଦାନ କଲେ।
25 ଲୋକମାନେ ପରାକ୍ରମୀଗଣର ଆହାର ଭୋଜନ କଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର, ସମାନେେ ଖାଇ ତୃପ୍ତି ହବୋ ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ ସହେି ସବୁ ପ୍ରକାର ଖାଦ୍ୟ ୟୋଗାଇଲେ।
26 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଆକାଶରେ ପୂର୍ବୀଯବାଯୁ ବହାଇଲେ ଓ ସେ ତାଙ୍କର ଶକ୍ତି ଦ୍ବାରା ଦକ୍ଷିଣବାଯୁ ଆଣିଲେ।
27 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତାଙ୍କର ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ମାଂସ ପାଇଁ ପକ୍ଷୀଗଣ ବୃଷ୍ଟି କରାଇଲେ। ପକ୍ଷୀଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଧୂଳି ପରି ବହଳରେ ପଡ଼ିଲେ ଓ ସମୁଦ୍ରକୂଳର ବାଲୁକା ତୁଲ୍ଯ ବହୁତ ଥିଲେ।
28 ଏହି ପକ୍ଷୀମାନେ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ତମ୍ବୁର ଚତୁର୍ଦ୍ଦିଗରେ ଛାଉଣୀ ଭିତରେ ପଡ଼ିଲେ।
29 ସମାନେେ ତୃପ୍ତି ହବୋ ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ ଖାଇଲେ। ସମାନେେ ୟାହା ଚାହିଁଲେ, ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ଦେଲେ।
30 ସମାନେେ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ବସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ସନ୍ତୁଷ୍ଟ ହେଲେ ନାହିଁ। ତଣେୁ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ପାଟିରେ ଖାଦ୍ୟ ଅବିଚଳିତ ଥିଲା,
31 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ପ୍ରବଳ କୋର୍ଧ ହେଲେ, ଏବଂ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ମଧ୍ଯରୁ ସବୁଠୁଁ ସ୍ବାସ୍ଥ୍ଯବାନ ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ ହତ୍ଯା କଲେ। ସେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ଉତ୍ତମ ୟୁବକମାନଙ୍କୁ ତଳକୁ ଖସାଇ ଆଣିଲେ।
32 କିନ୍ତୁ ଏହି ଲୋକମାନେ ପୁନରାଯ ପାପ କଲେ !ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ଯ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯରେ ବିଶ୍ବାସ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ୟାହା ପରମେଶ୍ବର କରିଥିଲେ।
33 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେର ଦିନଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ନିଶ୍ବାସ ପରି ଶୀଘ୍ର ସମାପ୍ତ କଲେ। ସେ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ବର୍ଷଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ହଠାତ୍ ଦୁର୍ବିପାକରେ ସମାପ୍ତି କଲେ।
34 ଯେତବେେଳେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେ ମଧ୍ଯରୁ କେତକଙ୍କେୁ ମାରିଲେ, ଅନ୍ୟମାନେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ନିକଟକୁ ଫରେିଆସିଲେ ଏବଂ ତାଙ୍କଠାରୁ ସାହାୟ୍ଯ ପାଇବା ପାଇଁ ଉତ୍କଣ୍ଠିତ ହେଲେ।
35 ସମାନେେ ମନେ କଲେ ୟେ, ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେର ଶୈଳ ଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ସହେି ସର୍ବୋପରିସ୍ଥ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ରକ୍ଷା କଲେ।
36 କିନ୍ତୁ ସମାନେେ ନିଷ୍କପଟ ନ ଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ସମାନେେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ମିଛ କହିଲେ।
37 ସମାନଙ୍କେର ହୃଦଯ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ପ୍ରକୃତରେ ନ ଥିଲା। ସମାନେେ ତାଙ୍କ ନିଯମରେ ବିଶ୍ବସ୍ତ ନ ଥିଲେ।
38 କିନ୍ତୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସ୍ନହେଶୀଳ ଥିଲେ ଓ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ପାପଗୁଡ଼ିକ କ୍ଷମା କଲେ, ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ଧ୍ବଂସ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତାଙ୍କର କୋର୍ଧକୁ ଅନକେ ଥର ସ୍ଥଗିତ ରଖିଲେ। ସେ ନିଜକୁ ବହୁତ କୋର୍ଧ ହବୋରେ ନିଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କରି ନ ଥିଲେ।
39 ଆଉ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସ୍ମରଣ କଲେ ସମାନେେ ମନୁଷ୍ଯମାତ୍ର, ସମାନେେ ବାଯୁତୁଲ୍ଯ, ୟାହା ବହିୟାଏ ଏବଂ ଫରେିଆସେ ନାହିଁ।
40 ସହେି ଲୋକମାନେ ମରୁଭୂମି ମଧ୍ୟରେ କେତେଥର ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ବିଦ୍ରୋହ କଲେ। ସମାନେେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଦୁଃଖିତ କଲେ।
41 ସମାନେେ ବାରମ୍ବାର ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ପରୀକ୍ଷା କଲେ। ସମାନେେ ପ୍ରକୃତରେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ପବିତ୍ର ସ୍ବରୂପଙ୍କୁ ବିରକ୍ତ କଲେ।
42 ସହେି ଲୋକମାନେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କର ଶକ୍ତିକୁ ଭୁଲିଗଲେ। ସମାନେେ ଭୁଲିଗଲେ ୟେ, ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ସମାନଙ୍କେର ଶତ୍ରୁ କବଳରୁ କିପରି ରକ୍ଷା କରିଥିଲେ।
43 ସମାନେେ ମିଶରର ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ଯ କର୍ମ ଏବଂ ସିୟୋନ୍ କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ଯ କର୍ମମାନ ଭୁଲିଗଲେ।
44 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ନଦୀର ଜଳକୁ ରକ୍ତ ସୋର୍ତରେ ପରିଣତ କଲେ। ମିଶରୀଯମାନେ ପିଇବା ପାଇଁ ପାଣି ପାଇଲେ ନାହିଁ।
45 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେ ମଧ୍ଯରୁ ଦଂଶକ ଝିଙ୍କ ପଠାଇଲେ। ସସବେୁ ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ଗ୍ରାସ କଲେ ଓ ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ବିନାଶ କଲେ।
46 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେ ଫସଲକୁ କୀଟ ପଠାଇଲେ। ସମାନଙ୍କେର ପରିଶ୍ରମର ଫଳ ପଙ୍ଗପାଳମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦେଲେ।
47 ସେ ଶିଳାଦ୍ବାରା ସମାନଙ୍କେ ଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷାଲତା ଓ ହିମଦ୍ବାରା ସମାନଙ୍କେ ବୃକ୍ଷ ଧ୍ବଂସ କଲେ।
48 ପରମେଶ୍ବର କୁଆପଥର ଦ୍ବାରା ସମାନଙ୍କେ ପଶୁଗଣଙ୍କୁ ଓ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ପଲଗଣଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଜ୍ଜ୍ବଳିତ ବଜ୍ରାଘାତରେ ବଧ କଲେ।
49 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଆପଣା କୋର୍ଧ ମିଶର ଉପରେ ଦଖାଇେଲେ। ସମାନଙ୍କେ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ଦୂତଦଳ ପଠାଇଲେ।
50 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ନିଜ କୋର୍ଧ ପାଇଁ ପଥ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ କଲେ। ସେ ମୃତ୍ଯୁରୁ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ପ୍ରାଣ ରକ୍ଷା କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ମାତ୍ର ମହାମାରୀରେ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ଜୀବନକୁ ସମାପ୍ତ କଲେ।
51 ସେ ମିଶରରେ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରଥମଜାତ ପୁତ୍ରମାନଙ୍କୁ ହତ୍ଯା କଲେ। ହାମର ପରିବାରରେ ପ୍ରଥମଜାତ ପୁତ୍ରଗଣ।
52 ସେ ମଷେପାଳକ ପରି ତାଙ୍କର ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କର ନତେୃତ୍ବ ନଲେେ। ସେ ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ମଷେତୁଲ୍ଯ ମରୁଭୂମି ମଧ୍ୟରେ ପଥ କଢ଼ାଇ ନଲେେ।
53 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ନିଜ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ନିରାପଦରେ ଚଳାଇଲେ। ତଣେୁ ସମାନେେ ଭୟଭୀତ ହେଲେ ନାହିଁ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଶତ୍ରୁମାନଙ୍କୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଲୋହିତ ସମୁଦ୍ରରେ ବୁଡ଼ାଇଲେ।
54 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେୁ ଆପଣା ପବିତ୍ର ଦେଶକୁ ଓ ପାର୍ବତ୍ଯ ଦେଶକୁ ଆଣିଲେ, ୟାହା ସେ ତାଙ୍କ ଶକ୍ତିବଳରେ ନଇେଥିଲେ।
55 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଅନ୍ୟ ଜାତିମାନଙ୍କୁ ସହେି ଭୂମିରୁ ବିତାଡ଼ିତ କଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସହେି ଭୂମିରୁ ପ୍ରେତ୍ୟକକଙ୍କୁ ତାଙ୍କର ଅଂଶ ଦେଲେ। ସେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ପରିବାରବର୍ଗକୁ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ତମ୍ବୁରେ ରହିବାକୁ ଦେଲେ।
56 କିନ୍ତୁ ସମାନେେ ସର୍ବୋପରିସ୍ଥ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ପରୀକ୍ଷା କଲେ ଓ ତାଙ୍କ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ବିଦ୍ରୋହ କଲେ। ଏବଂ ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କର ବାକ୍ଯ ପାଳନ କଲେ ନାହିଁ।
57 ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କଠାରୁ ବିମୁଖ ହାଇେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ଲୋକମାନେ ନିଜର ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଙ୍କ ପରି ବିଶ୍ବାସଘାତକତା କଲେ। ସମାନେେ ଗୋଟିଏ ବୁମରୋଂ ତୁଲ୍ଯ ହେଲେ। ୟାହା ଫରେିଗଲା ଓ ଅନ୍ୟ ଦିଗରେ ଚାଲିଗଲା।
58 କାରଣ ସମାନେେ ନିଜର ଉଚ୍ଚସ୍ଥଳୀ ଦ୍ବାରା ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ବିରକ୍ତ କଲେ। ଏବଂ ଆପଣାମାନଙ୍କ ଖାଦେିତ ପ୍ରତିମାଦ୍ବାରା ସମାନେେ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ଇର୍ଷାନ୍ବିତ କଲେ।
59 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଏହା ଶୁଣିଲେ ଓ କୋର୍ଧ ହେଲେ। ଏବଂ ସେ ସଂପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣଭାବେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲବାସୀଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରତ୍ଯାଖ୍ଯାନ କଲେ।
60 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଏପରିକି ଶୀଲୋସ୍ଥିତ ପବିତ୍ର ତମ୍ବୁ ତ୍ଯାଗ କଲେ। ସହେି ତମ୍ବୁରେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ମନୁଷ୍ଯମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ରହୁଥିଲେ।
61 ସେ ତାଙ୍କର ଶକ୍ତିର ପ୍ରତୀକକୁ କରାଯତ୍ତ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ଦେଲେ। ସେ ତାଙ୍କର ଗୌରବର ପ୍ରତୀକକୁ ଶତ୍ରୁମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ବାରା ନଇଗେଲେ।
62 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ସମାନଙ୍କେ ସହିତ ବହୁତ ନିରାଶ ଥିଲେ। ସେ ନିଜ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ଯ ଖଡ୍ଗରେ ସମର୍ପି ଦେଲେ।
63 ୟୁବକମାନେ ଅଗ୍ନିରେ ପୋଡ଼ି ମଲେ। ଏବଂ ସମାନଙ୍କେ କନ୍ଯାମାନଙ୍କର ବିବାହରେ ଅନ୍ୟ ବିବାହ-ଗୀତ ଶୁଣି ନାହିଁ।
64 ୟାଜକଗଣ ହତ୍ଯା ହେଲେ। କିନ୍ତୁ ବିଧବାମାନେ ସମାନଙ୍କେ ପାଇଁ ବିଳାପ କରିବାକୁ ସୁଯୋଗ ଦେଲେ ନାହିଁ।
65 ଶଷେରେ ପ୍ରଭୁ ନିଦ୍ରାରୁ ଜାଗ୍ରତ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ପରି ଓ ଅତ୍ଯଧିକ ମଦିରା ହତେୁ ହର୍ଷନାଦକାରୀ ବୀର ପରି ଉଠିଲେ।
66 ପୁଣି ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତାଙ୍କର ବିରୋଧୀକାରୀଙ୍କୁ ବଳପୂର୍ବକ ତଡ଼ି ଦେଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତାଙ୍କର ଶତ୍ରୁଗଣଙ୍କୁ ପରାସ୍ତ କଲେ ଓ ଚିରକାଳ ପାଇଁ ଅପମାନିତ କଲେ।
67 କିନ୍ତୁ ସେ ୟୋଷଫେ ପରିବାରକୁ ଅଗ୍ରାହ୍ଯ କଲେ। ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଇଫ୍ରଯିମ ଗୋଷ୍ଠୀକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲେ ନାହିଁ।
68 ନାଁ, ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଯିହୁଦା ଗୋଷ୍ଠୀକୁ ମନୋନୀତ କଲେ ଓ ଆପଣାର ପ୍ରିଯ ସଯୋନ୍ ପର୍ବତକୁ ମନୋନୀତ କଲେ।
69 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଉଚ୍ଚତମ ସ୍ବର୍ଗପରି ତାଙ୍କର ମନ୍ଦିର ନିର୍ମାଣ କଲେ। ଚିରସ୍ଥାଯୀ ପୃଥିବୀ ତୁଲ୍ଯ ସେ ତାଙ୍କର ପବିତ୍ର ମନ୍ଦିର ନିର୍ମାଣ କଲେ।
70 ପରମେଶ୍ବର ଦାଉଦଙ୍କୁ ତାଙ୍କର ବିଶଷେ ଦାସରୂପେ ମନୋନୀତ କଲେ ଓ ମଷେ ଜଗିବା କାମରୁ ଆଣି ତାଙ୍କୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲେ।
71 ସେ ଦାଉଦଙ୍କୁ ମଷେ ଓ ମଷେଶାବକ ଜଗିବା କାମରୁ ଆଣି, ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆପଣାର ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଜଗିବାର ଦାଯିତ୍ବ ଦେଲେ। କାରଣ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲୀୟ ଓ ୟାକୁବର ଲୋକମାନେ, ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କର ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି ଥିଲେ।
72 ଏବଂ ପବିତ୍ର ହୃଦଯରେ ଦାଉଦ ସହେି ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲବାସୀଙ୍କର ନତେୃତ୍ବ ନଲେେ ଏବଂ ସେ ନିପୁଣ ସହକାରେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଗଇେ ନଲେେ।
1 Maschil of Asaph.
2 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
3 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
4 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
5 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
6 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
7 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
8 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
9 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
10 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
11 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
12 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
14 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
15 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
16 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
17 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
18 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
19 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
20 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
21 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
22 Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
23 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
24 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
25 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
26 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
27 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
28 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
29 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
30 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
31 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
32 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
33 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
34 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
35 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
36 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
37 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
38 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
39 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
40 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
41 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
42 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
43 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
44 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
45 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
46 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
47 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
48 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
49 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
50 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
51 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
52 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
53 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
54 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
55 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
56 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
57 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
58 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
59 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
60 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
61 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
62 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
63 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
64 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
65 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
66 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
67 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
68 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
69 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
70 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
71 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
72 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
73 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
3 Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
11 For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.
16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.
17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God.
32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.