¹Hear my teaching, my people. Turn 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 Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has 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 teaching 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, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell 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 didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast 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 didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

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

¹¹They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.

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

¹²He did marvelous things 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 split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

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

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

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

¹⁵He split 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 they still went on 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.

¹⁸They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

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

¹⁹Yes, they spoke 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 struck 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 Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

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

²²because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust 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.

²⁴He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

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

²⁵Man ate the bread of angels. 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 sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

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

²⁷He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.

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

²⁸He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.

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

²⁹So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

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

³⁰They didn’t turn from their cravings. 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, killed some of their fattest, and struck 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 still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

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

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

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

³⁴When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

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

³⁵They remembered that God was their rock, 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 to 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 iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t 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.

³⁹He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

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

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

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

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

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

⁴²They didn’t remember 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, his wonders in the field of Zoan,

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

⁴⁴he 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 to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

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

⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.

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

⁴⁸He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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

⁴⁹He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and 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 didn’t spare 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 struck all the firstborn 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.

⁵³He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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

⁵⁴He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

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

⁵⁵He also drove out the nations before them, 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 didn’t keep 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 engraved images.

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

⁵⁹When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;

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

⁶⁰So that he forsook the tent 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, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

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

⁶²He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.

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

⁶³Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

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

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.

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

⁶⁵Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

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

⁶⁶He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

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

⁶⁷Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

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

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

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

⁶⁹He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

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

⁷⁰He also chose David 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 skillfulness of his hands.

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