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

¹An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

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

²I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

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

³That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

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

⁴We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

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

⁵And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

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

⁶So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

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

⁷And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

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.

⁸And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.

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

⁹Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

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

¹⁰They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

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

¹¹And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

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

¹²Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.

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

¹³He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

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

¹⁴And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

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

¹⁵He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.

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

¹⁶And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

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

¹⁷And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

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

¹⁸And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

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

¹⁹And they speak against God — they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?`

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

²⁰Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also — bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?`

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

²¹Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

²²pretože neverili Bohu a nenadejali sa na jeho spasenie,

²²For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

²³hoci bol rozkázal oblakom shora a otvoril dvere nebies

²³And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

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

²⁴And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

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

²⁵Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

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

²⁶He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

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

²⁷And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,

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

²⁸And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

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

²⁹And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

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

³⁰They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,

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

³¹And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

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

³²With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

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

³³And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

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

³⁴If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

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

³⁵And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

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

³⁶And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

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

³⁷And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

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

³⁸And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

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

³⁹And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.

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

⁴⁰How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

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

⁴¹Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

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

⁴²They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

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

⁴³When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

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

⁴⁴And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

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

⁴⁵He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

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

⁴⁶And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.

⁴⁷Zbil ich vinič hrádom a ich sykomory ľadom.

⁴⁷He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

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

⁴⁸And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

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

⁴⁹He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.

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

⁵⁰He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

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

⁵¹And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

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

⁵²And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

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

⁵³And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

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

⁵⁴And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

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

⁵⁵And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

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

⁵⁶And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

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

⁵⁷And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

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

⁵⁸And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

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

⁵⁹God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

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

⁶⁰And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

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

⁶¹And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

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

⁶²And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

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

⁶³His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

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

⁶⁴His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

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

⁶⁵And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

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

⁶⁶And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

⁶⁷Opovrhol stánom Jozefovým a nevyvolil pokolenia Efraimovho,

⁶⁷And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

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

⁶⁸And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

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

⁶⁹And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

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

⁷⁰And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

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

⁷¹From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

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

⁷²And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!