¹{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹Vyučujúci. Azafov. Môj ľude, nože počuj môj zákon! Nakloňte svoje ucho k rečiam mojich úst.

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

²Otvorím svoje ústa v podobenstve; budem rozprávať záhadné veci, tajné od pradávna.

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

³To, čo sme počuli a čo sme poznali, a čo nám naši otcovia rozprávali.

⁴We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

⁴Nezatajíme toho pred ich synmi rozprávajúc budúcemu pokoleniu chvály Hospodinove, jeho silu a jeho divy, ktoré činil.

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;

⁵Postavil svedoctvo v Jakobovi a zákon položil v Izraelovi, o ktorých veciach prikázal našim otcom, aby ich oznámili svojim synom,

⁶That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

⁶aby poznali budúce pokolenie, synovia, ktorí sa narodia, aby aj tí povstali a rozprávali to svojim synom,

⁷And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of ùGod, but observe his commandments;

⁷aby složili svoju nádej v Bohu a nezabudli na skutky silného Boha, ale aby ostríhali jeho prikázania,

⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with ùGod.

⁸a aby neboli jako ich otcovia, pokolenie odpadlícke a spurné, pokolenie, ktoré neupravilo svojho srdca poslúchať Hospodina a ktorého duch nebol verný voči silnému Bohu.

⁹The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

⁹Synovia Efraimovi, ozbrojenci, strelci z luku, obrátili sa zpät v deň boja.

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

¹⁰Nezachovali smluvy Božej a vzpečovali sa chodiť v jeho zákone.

¹¹And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

¹¹Zabudli na jeho činy a na jeho divy, ktoré im ukázal.

¹²In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

¹²Pred ich otcami činil zázraky, v Egyptskej zemi, na poli Coana.

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

¹³Rozdelil more a previedol ich a postavil vody jako nejakú hromadu.

¹⁴And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

¹⁴Viedol ich vodne v oblaku a každej noci vo svetle ohňa.

¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

¹⁵Roztrhol skaly na púšti a napájal ich hojne jako z nejakých hlbín.

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

¹⁶Vyviedol potoky zo skaly a učinil to, aby tiekly vody jako rieky.

¹⁷Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

¹⁷A zase len hrešili proti nemu, aby popudzovali Najvyššieho na vypráhlej púšti.

¹⁸And they tempted ùGod in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

¹⁸A pokúšali silného Boha vo svojom srdci žiadajúc pokrm, po chuti svojej duše;

¹⁹And they spoke against God: they said, Is ùGod able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹Hovorili proti Bohu a vraveli: Či bude môcť silný Bôh pripraviť stôl na púšti?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

²⁰Hľa, uderil skalu, a tiekly vody, a lialy sa potoky. - Či bude môcť dať i chlieb? Či vystanoví svojmu ľudu mäso?

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

²¹Preto počujúc to Hospodin rozhneval sa, a oheň sa zapálil proti Jakobovi, a tiež i hnev vystúpil proti Izraelovi;

²²Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

²²pretože neverili Bohu a nenadejali sa na jeho spasenie,

²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

²³hoci bol rozkázal oblakom shora a otvoril dvere nebies

²⁴And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

²⁴a dal, aby na nich pršala manna, aby jedli, a dal im nebeské zbožie.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

²⁵Chlieb mocných jedol obyčajný človek; poslal im potravy do sýtosti.

²⁶He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

²⁶Dal, aby vial východný vietor na nebi, a svojou mocou hnal poludniak

²⁷And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

²⁷a dal to, aby na nich pršalo mäso jako prach a okrýdlení vtáci jako piesok morí.

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:

²⁸Spustil ich doprostred jeho tábora, všade vôkol jeho príbytkov.

²⁹And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

²⁹A tak jedli a nadmier sa nasýtili, a doniesol im, čo si žiadali.

³⁰They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

³⁰Ale ešte sa neboli utiahli od ukájania svojej žiadosti, a kým ešte bol ich pokrm v ich ústach,

³¹When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³¹vystúpil hnev Boží proti nim a pobil mnohých zpomedzi ich tučných a vybraných Izraelových zohnul k zemi.

³²For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

³²Pri tom pri všetkom ešte vždy hrešili a neverili jeho divom.

³³And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³³A tak ukončieval ich dni v márnosti a ich roky v desivom strachu.

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after ùGod;

³⁴A zase, keď ich pobíjal, a hľadali ho a navrátiac sa hľadali silného Boha skoro za svitu

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

³⁵a keď sa rozpomínali, že Bôh je ich skalou a silný Bôh najvyšší ich vykupiteľom,

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

³⁶hoci ho klamali svojimi ústy a luhali mu svojím jazykom,

³⁷For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁷a ich srdce nebolo úprimné pred ním, ani neboli verní v jeho smluve,

³⁸But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

³⁸on súc milosrdný odpúšťal ich neprávosti a nezahubil a mnoho ráz odvrátil svoj hnev a nezobudil všetkej svojej prchlivosti.

³⁹And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

³⁹Pamätal, že sú telo, vietor, ktorý ta ide a nevráti sa.

⁴⁰How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴⁰Koľko ráz ho dráždili na púšti, pôsobili mu bolesť na pustine!

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted ùGod, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹A znova a znova pokúšali silného Boha a Svätému Izraelovmu vymeriavali hranice.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

⁴²Nepamätali na jeho ruku, na deň, ktorého ich vyslobodil zo súženia,

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

⁴³ako činil v Egypte svoje znamenia a svoje čudesá na poli Coana.

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

⁴⁴A obrátil ich rieky na krv aj potoky, takže nemohli piť.

⁴⁵He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

⁴⁵Poslal na nich smesicu, žižaly, ktorá ich žrala, a žaby, ktoré ich hubily.

⁴⁶And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

⁴⁶A dal ich úrodu chrústom a ich únavnú prácu koníkom.

⁴⁷He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

⁴⁷Zbil ich vinič hrádom a ich sykomory ľadom.

⁴⁸And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

⁴⁸Vydal ich hovädá hrádu na pospas a ich dobytok bleskom hromu.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, -- a mission of angels of woes.

⁴⁹Poslal na nich páľu svojeho hnevu, prchlivosť, zúrivosť a súženie pustiac na nich zlých anjelov.

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

⁵⁰Spravil svojemu hnevu cestu, neušetril ich duše od smrti a ich statok vydal napospas moru.

⁵¹And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹A pobil všetko prvorodené v Egypte, prvotiny sily v stánoch Chámových.

⁵²And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

⁵²A dal to, aby sa rušal jeho ľud ako stádo oviec, a viedol ich ako stádo po púšti.

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

⁵³Vodili ich v bezpečnosti, a nestrachovali sa, ale ich nepriateľov pokrylo more.

⁵⁴And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

⁵⁴A tak ich doviedol k hranici svojej svätosti, k tomu vrchu, ktorý si dobyla jeho pravica.

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

⁵⁵Vyhnal národy zpred ich tvári a dajúc losovať vymeral im dedičstvo povrazom a dal, aby v ich stánoch bývaly pokolenia Izraelove.

⁵⁶But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

⁵⁶Ale oni pokúšali a dráždili Boha, Najvyššieho, a neostríhali jeho svedoctiev,

⁵⁷And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁷ale sa obrátili zpät a robili neverne jako ich otcovia; zvrhli sa jako klamné lučište.

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

⁵⁸A popudzovali ho svojimi výšinami a svojimi rytinami ho roznecovali k žiarlivosti.

⁵⁹God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁹Počul to Bôh a rozhneval sa a veľmi si zošklivil Izraela.

⁶⁰And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

⁶⁰A opustil príbytok v Síle zavrhnúc ho, stán, v ktorom býval medzi ľuďmi.

⁶¹And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

⁶¹A ta dal svoju silu do zajatia a svoju okrasu do ruky protivníka.

⁶²And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:

⁶²Vydal svoj ľud pod meč a rozhneval sa na svoje dedičstvo.

⁶³The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

⁶³Jeho mládencov požral oheň, a jeho panny neboly chválené.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁴Jeho kňazi padli od meča, a jeho vdovy neplakaly.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;

⁶⁵Potom sa prebudil Pán ako zo sna, jako hrdina, ktorý veselo vykrikuje od vína,

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

⁶⁶a zbil svojich protivníkov v tyle; dal im za údel večnú potupu.

⁶⁷And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷Opovrhol stánom Jozefovým a nevyvolil pokolenia Efraimovho,

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

⁶⁸ale vyvolil pokolenie Júdovo, vrch Sion, ktorý miluje.

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

⁶⁹A vystavil svoju svätyňu jako hrdé miesta vysoké, jako zem, ktorú založil tak, aby trvala na veky.

⁷⁰And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷⁰A vyvolil si Dávida, svojho služobníka, a vzal ho od ovčích chlievov,

⁷¹From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷¹odtiaľ ako chodil za brezými ovcami, a zaviedol ho, aby pásol Jakoba, jeho ľud, a Izraela, jeho dedičstvo.

⁷²And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.

⁷²A pásol ich v celej úprimnosti svojho srdca a vodil ich so zvláštnou opatrnosťou svojich rúk.