¹Aasafi õpetuslaul. Pane tähele, mu rahvas, minu Seadust, pöörake oma kõrvad minu sõnade poole!

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

²Ma avan oma suu õpetussõnadega, ma ilmutan mõistatusi muistsest ajast.

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

³Mida me oleme kuulnud ja mida me teame ja mida meie vanemad on meile jutustanud,

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

⁴seda me ei taha salata nende laste eest; me jutustame tulevasele põlvele Issanda kiituseväärt tegudest, tema vägevusest ja tema imedest, mis ta on teinud.

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.

⁵Ta asetas tunnistuse Jaakobisse ja seadis Iisraelisse Seaduse, mida ta käskis meie esivanemail teatada oma lastele,

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;

⁶et tulevane põlv seda tunneks, lapsed, kes sünnivad, et nemadki tõuseksid seda jutustama oma lastele,

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,

⁷ja et nad paneksid oma lootuse Jumala peale ega unustaks Jumala tegusid, vaid peaksid tema käske

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

⁸ega oleks nagu nende esivanemad, kangekaelne ja tõrges sugu, sugu, kelle süda ei olnud kindel ja kelle vaim ei olnud ustav Jumalale.

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.

⁹Efraimi lapsed, varustatud ammulaskjad, pöörasid selja lahingu päeval.

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

¹⁰Nad ei pidanud Jumala lepingut, vaid keeldusid käimast ta Seaduse järgi

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

¹¹ja unustasid ta suured teod ja ta imetööd, mis ta neile oli näidanud.

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

¹²Nende esivanemate ees tegi ta imet Egiptusemaal Soani väljal.

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

¹³Ta lõhestas mere ja laskis nad minna läbi ning pani vee seisma nagu paisu.

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

¹⁴Ta juhtis neid päeva ajal pilvega ja kogu öö tule valgusega.

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

¹⁵Ta lõhestas kaljud kõrbes ja jootis neid otsekui suurtest ürgveevoogudest.

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

¹⁶Ta pani vulisema veesooned kaljust ja vee voolama nagu jõed.

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

¹⁷Siiski nad tegid ikka edasi pattu tema ees, tõrkudes kuivas kõrbes Kõigekõrgema vastu.

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

¹⁸Nad kiusasid Jumalat oma südames, nõudes toitu oma himu järgi,

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

¹⁹ja nad rääkisid Jumala vastu, öeldes: 'Kas Jumal suudab katta laua ka kõrbes?

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

²⁰Ennäe, ta lõi küll kaljut, ja veed jooksid ja ojad voolasid. Kas tema võib anda ka leiba? Kas ta võib valmistada liha oma rahvale?'

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?

²¹Sellepärast, kui Issand seda kuulis, siis ta raevutses, tuli süttis Jaakobis ja viha tõusis Iisraeli vastu,

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

²²sest et nad ei uskunud Jumalasse ega lootnud tema pääste peale.

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

²³Siis ta andis käsu pilvedele ülal ja avas taeva uksed

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

²⁴ning laskis sadada nende peale mannat toiduks; ta andis neile taeva vilja.

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

²⁵Inimene sõi inglite leiba; ta lähetas neile rooga, nõnda et küllalt sai.

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

²⁶Ta tõstis taeva alla idatuule ja ajas üles oma vägevusega lõunatuule;

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

²⁷ja ta laskis nende peale sadada liha nagu põrmu ja tiivulisi linde nagu mere liiva,

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

²⁸ning pillutas need nende leeri keskele, ümber nende majade.

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

²⁹Siis nad sõid ja nende kõhud said kõvasti täis. Nii ta saatis neile, mida nad himustasid.

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

³⁰Aga veel ei võõrdunud nad oma himust ja nende söök oli alles nende suus,

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

³¹kui Jumala viha juba tõusis nende vastu ja tappis tugevamad nende seast ning surus põlvili Iisraeli noored mehed.

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

³²Kõigest sellest hoolimata tegid nad ikka pattu ega uskunud tema imedesse.

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

³³Siis ta lõpetas nende päevad tuulepuhangus ja nende aastad äkilises hukkumises.

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

³⁴Kui ta neid tappis, nõudsid nad teda ning pöördusid ja otsisid Jumalat

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

³⁵ja tuletasid meelde, et Jumal on nende kalju, ja et Jumal, Kõigekõrgem, on nende lunastaja.

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

³⁶Kuid nad petsid teda oma suuga ja valetasid temale oma keelega.

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

³⁷Sest nende süda ei olnud kindlasti tema küljes, ja nad ei olnud ustavad tema lepingu pidamises.

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

³⁸Aga tema on armuline: ta lepitab pahateod ega tule hävitama, vaid võtab sagedasti tagasi oma viha ega lase kogu oma vihaleeki tõusta.

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:

³⁹Talle tuli meelde, et nad on liha, tuuleõhk, mis läheb ära ega tule tagasi.

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

⁴⁰Kui mitu korda nad tõrkusid tema vastu kõrbes ja tegid temale meelehaiget tühjal maal.

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

⁴¹Ja nad kiusasid ikka jälle Jumalat ja pahandasid Iisraeli Püha.

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

⁴²Nad ei meenutanud enam tema kätt ega seda päeva, mil ta nad lahti ostis rõhujate käest,

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

⁴³kui ta tegi tunnustähti Egiptuses ja oma imetähti Soani väljal,

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

⁴⁴kui ta muutis vereks nende jõed, nii et nad ei saanud oma veeojadest juua.

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

⁴⁵Ta läkitas nende sekka parme, kes neid sõid, ja konni, kes neile kahju tegid.

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

⁴⁶Ta andis nende vilja mardikaile ja nende rühkimise rohutirtsudele.

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

⁴⁷Ta lõi rahega maha nende viinapuud ja jääsajuga nende metsviigipuud.

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

⁴⁸Ta andis nende veised rahe kätte ja nende kariloomad välkude kätte.

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

⁴⁹Ta läkitas nende peale oma hirmsa viha, raevu ja meelepaha, kitsikuse ja kurjade inglite parve.

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

⁵⁰Ta sillutas tee oma vihale ega säästnud nende hingi surmast, vaid andis nende elu katku kätte.

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

⁵¹Ta lõi maha kõik esmasündinud pojad Egiptuses, mehejõu esmikud Haami telkides.

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

⁵²Aga oma rahva ta saatis teele nagu lambad ja juhtis neid nagu karja kõrbes;

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

⁵³ja ta juhatas neid nõnda, et nad olid julged ega olnud hirmunud; aga nende vaenlased kattis meri.

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

⁵⁴Ja ta viis nad oma pühale maale, sinna mäele, mille ta parem käsi oli omandanud;

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

⁵⁵ja ta kihutas ära rahvad nende eest ning jagas nende maa liisuga pärisosadeks; ja ta pani nende telkidesse elama Iisraeli suguharud.

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.

⁵⁶Aga nemad ajasid kiusu ja trotsisid Jumalat, Kõigekõrgemat, ega pidanud tema tunnistusi,

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

⁵⁷vaid loobusid neist ning murdsid ustavuse, nõnda nagu nende vanemad, ja põrkasid kõrvale, nagu lõtv amb,

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

⁵⁸ja vihastasid teda oma ohvrikinkudega ja ärritasid teda oma puuslikega.

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

⁵⁹Jumal kuulis seda ja raevutses ning hülgas Iisraeli täiesti

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

⁶⁰ja heitis ära hoone Siilos, telgi, mille ta oli püstitanud inimeste keskele.

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

⁶¹Ta andis vangi oma vägevuse ja ilu oma vaenlaste kätte,

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

⁶²ja andis oma rahva mõõga kätte ning raevutses oma pärisosa vastu.

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

⁶³Nende noored mehed sõi tuli ja nende neitsid jäid pulmailuta;

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

⁶⁴nende preestrid langesid mõõga läbi ja nende lapsed ei saanud nutta leinanuttu.

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

⁶⁵Aga Issand ärkas otsekui unest, nagu sangar, kes veiniuimast virgub,

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

⁶⁶ja lõi oma vaenlased põgenema; ta pani nad igaveseks teotuseks.

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

⁶⁷Ta hülgas ka Joosepi telgi ega valinud Efraimi suguharu.

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

⁶⁸Ent Juuda suguharu ta valis enesele, Siioni mäe, mida ta armastab.

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

⁶⁹Ja tema ehitas oma pühamu nagu taeva kõrguse, nagu ilmamaa, mille ta on rajanud igaveseks.

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

⁷⁰Ja ta valis oma sulase Taaveti, võttes tema ära lambataradest.

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

⁷¹Imetajate lammaste järelt ta tõi tema, et ta karjataks ta rahvast Jaakobit ja ta pärisosa Iisraeli.

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

⁷²Ja Taavet karjatas neid südame laitmatuses ning juhtis neid osava käega.

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