¹Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹Nyanyian pengajaran Asaf. Dengarlah ajaranku, hai bangsaku, perhatikanlah kata-kataku.

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

²Aku mau mengucapkan pepatah dan perumpamaan, dan menerangkan teka-teki zaman dahulu,

³Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

³hal-hal yang kami dengar dan kami terima, yang dikisahkan oleh nenek moyang kami.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

⁴Kami tak mau merahasiakannya terhadap anak-anak kami; kami mau mewartakan kepada angkatan yang kemudian tentang kuasa TUHAN dan karya-karya-Nya yang besar, serta perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya yang ajaib.

⁵For 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;

⁵Kepada bangsa Israel Ia memberi hukum-Nya, dan kepada keturunan Yakub perintah-Nya. Ia menyuruh nenek moyang kita mengajarkannya kepada anak-anak mereka,

⁶That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

⁶supaya angkatan berikut mengenal-Nya, lalu meneruskannya kepada anak-anak mereka.

⁷That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

⁷Dengan demikian mereka juga akan menaruh harapannya kepada Allah, dan tidak melupakan perbuatan-Nya, tetapi selalu taat pada perintah-Nya,

⁸And 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.

⁸supaya mereka tidak seperti nenek moyang mereka yang suka memberontak dan mendurhaka; angkatan yang goyah imannya, dan tidak setia kepada Allah.

⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

⁹Suku Efraim yang bersenjatakan panah dan busur, melarikan diri pada waktu bertempur.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

¹⁰Mereka melanggar perjanjian Allah dengan mereka, dan tak mau taat kepada hukum-Nya.

¹¹And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

¹¹Mereka lupa akan perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya, dan hal-hal ajaib yang dinyatakan-Nya kepada mereka.

¹²Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²Di depan leluhur mereka, Allah membuat keajaiban di negeri Mesir, di dataran Zoan.

¹³He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

¹³Ia membelah laut, lalu menyeberangkan mereka; air ditegakkan-Nya seperti bendungan.

¹⁴In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

¹⁴Ia menuntun mereka dengan awan di waktu siang dan dengan terang api sepanjang malam.

¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

¹⁵Ia membelah gunung batu di padang gurun, dan memberi mereka minum berlimpah-limpah.

¹⁶He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁶Bukit batu disuruh-Nya mengeluarkan air, lalu mengalirlah air seperti sungai.

¹⁷Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁷Tetapi mereka terus berdosa terhadap Allah, di gurun mereka berontak terhadap Yang Mahatinggi.

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

¹⁸Mereka sengaja mencobai Allah, dengan menuntut makanan yang mereka inginkan.

¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹Mereka melawan Allah dengan berkata, "Sanggupkah Allah memberi kita makan di padang gurun?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

²⁰Memang Ia memukul gunung batu yang keras, sehingga air mengalir dengan deras. Tapi dapatkah Ia juga menyediakan roti dan memberi daging kepada umat-Nya?"

²¹Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

²¹Mendengar itu, Allah marah dan menyerang umat-Nya dengan api; kemarahan-Nya terhadap mereka semakin menjadi,

²²Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

²²sebab mereka tidak percaya kepada Allah, pada kuasa-Nya yang dapat menyelamatkan mereka.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

²³Meskipun begitu Ia memerintahkan langit untuk membuka pintu-pintunya.

²⁴And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

²⁴Ia menurunkan gandum dari surga, manna untuk makanan mereka.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

²⁵Ia memberi mereka makanan berlimpah; mereka makan roti malaikat.

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

²⁶Ia juga menyuruh angin timur bertiup; oleh kuasa-Nya angin selatan berembus.

²⁷He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

²⁷Ia menurunkan burung-burung bagi umat-Nya, jumlahnya seperti pasir tidak terhitung.

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

²⁸Dijatuhkan-Nya burung-burung itu di perkemahan di sekeliling tempat mereka berdiam.

²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

²⁹Lalu makanlah mereka sampai kenyang, sebab Allah telah memberi apa yang mereka inginkan.

³⁰They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

³⁰Tapi nafsu mereka belum juga terpuaskan; jadi sementara mereka masih makan,

³¹When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

³¹Allah menjadi marah dan melawan mereka; dibunuh-Nya orang-orang Israel yang muda dan perkasa.

³²For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

³²Meskipun begitu umat-Nya tetap berdosa, keajaiban-keajaiban-Nya tidak membuat mereka percaya.

³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

³³Maka Allah mengakhiri hidup mereka seperti napas, tahun-tahun mereka habis dalam ketakutan.

³⁴When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

³⁴Tiap kali Allah membunuh beberapa di antara mereka, yang lain menyesal dan kembali kepada-Nya.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

³⁵Mereka ingat bahwa Allah pelindung mereka, dan bahwa Yang Mahatinggi penyelamat mereka.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

³⁶Tetapi mereka membohongi Dia, ucapan-ucapan mereka dusta belaka.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁷Mereka tidak setia kepada-Nya dan tidak berpegang pada perjanjian-Nya.

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

³⁸Tapi Allah mengasihani dan mengampuni umat-Nya, dan tidak membinasakan mereka. Berkali-kali Ia menahan kemarahan-Nya, dan tidak melampiaskan murka-Nya.

³⁹And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

³⁹Ia ingat bahwa mereka hanya makhluk yang fana, seperti angin yang lewat dan tidak kembali.

⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

⁴⁰Betapa sering mereka berontak terhadap Dia, dan menyakiti hati-Nya sewaktu di padang gurun.

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹Berulang kali mereka mencobai Allah, menyusahkan Yang Kudus, Allah Israel.

⁴²They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴²Mereka tidak ingat akan kekuasaan-Nya, akan hari Ia membebaskan mereka dari lawan,

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

⁴³ketika Ia membuat keajaiban-keajaiban di Mesir, dan mujizat-mujizat di padang Zoan.

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

⁴⁴Sungai-sungai mereka diubah-Nya menjadi darah, sehingga mereka tak dapat meminum airnya.

⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

⁴⁵Ia menyiksa mereka dengan lalat yang banyak, dan membiarkan tanah mereka dimusnahkan katak.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

⁴⁶Ia mendatangkan ulat dan belalang, yang menghabiskan panen dan hasil ladang.

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

⁴⁷Ia merusakkan pohon anggur mereka dengan hujan batu, dan pohon-pohon ara mereka dengan embun beku.

⁴⁸He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

⁴⁸Ia membiarkan hujan es menimpa ternak mereka, dan halilintar menyambar hewan-hewan mereka.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

⁴⁹Ia melampiaskan kemarahan-Nya yang menyala-nyala dengan mengutus sepasukan malaikat maut yang membuat mereka putus asa.

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵⁰Ia tidak menahan kemarahan-Nya atau menyayangi hidup mereka, tetapi membinasakan mereka dengan penyakit sampar.

⁵¹And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹Ia membunuh anak laki-laki yang sulung dalam setiap keluarga orang Mesir.

⁵²But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

⁵²Lalu Ia memimpin umat-Nya seperti kawanan domba, dan menuntun mereka melalui padang gurun.

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

⁵³Dalam bimbingan-Nya mereka aman dan tidak takut, sedang musuh mereka tenggelam dalam laut.

⁵⁴And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

⁵⁴Lalu umat-Nya dibawa-Nya ke tanah-Nya yang suci, ke pegunungan yang direbut-Nya sendiri.

⁵⁵He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁵Di depan umat-Nya Ia mengusir penduduk di situ lalu dibagi-bagikan-Nya negeri itu kepada semua suku bangsa Israel, umat-Nya, sehingga mereka dapat mendiami kemah-kemah musuh.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

⁵⁶Tetapi mereka berontak dan menguji Allah Yang Mahatinggi, perintah-perintah-Nya tidak mereka taati.

⁵⁷But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁷Mereka berkhianat seperti leluhur mereka, dan tak dapat dipercaya seperti busur yang bengkok.

⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁸Mereka menantang Allah dengan tempat penyembahan berhala, dan membuat Ia cemburu dengan patung-patung mereka.

⁵⁹When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

⁵⁹Melihat itu, Allah sangat marah, dan menolak mereka mentah-mentah.

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

⁶⁰Ia meninggalkan kemah-Nya di Silo, tempat kediaman-Nya di antara manusia.

⁶¹And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.

⁶¹Ia membiarkan Peti Perjanjian-Nya ditawan; lambang kemuliaan-Nya direbut lawan.

⁶²He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

⁶²Ia marah kepada umat-Nya, milik pusaka-Nya, dan membiarkan mereka dibunuh dengan pedang.

⁶³Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

⁶³Pemuda-pemuda mereka dimakan api; tak ada yang mengawini gadis-gadis mereka.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁴Imam-imam mereka dibunuh dengan pedang, janda-janda mereka tak dapat meratap.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

⁶⁵Maka TUHAN bangkit seperti orang bangun tidur, seperti orang kuat sehabis minum anggur.

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁶Ia memukul mundur lawan-Nya, dan mengalahkan mereka untuk selama-lamanya.

⁶⁷Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷Tetapi Ia menolak keturunan Yusuf dan tidak memilih suku Efraim.

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

⁶⁸Yang dipilih-Nya ialah suku Yehuda, dan Bukit Sion yang dicintai-Nya.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

⁶⁹Ia membangun Rumah-Nya seperti kediaman-Nya di surga, dan seperti bumi, kukuh untuk selama-lamanya.

⁷⁰He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷⁰Ia memilih Daud hamba-Nya, dan mengambil dia dari kawanan ternak,

⁷¹From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷¹dari tempat Ia memelihara induk domba, untuk menggembalakan Israel umat-Nya.

⁷²So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

⁷²Daud memelihara mereka dengan tulus ikhlas, dan membimbing mereka dengan cakap.