¹Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹En læresalme av Asaf. Lytt, mitt folk, til min lære, bøi eders ører til min munns ord!

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

²Jeg vil oplate min munn med tankesprog, jeg vil la utstrømme gåtefulle ord fra fordums tid.

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

³Det vi har hørt og vet, og det våre fedre har fortalt oss,

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.

⁴det vil vi ikke dølge for deres barn, men for den kommende slekt fortelle Herrens pris og hans styrke og de undergjerninger som han har gjort.

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;

⁵Han har reist et vidnesbyrd i Jakob og satt en lov i Israel, som han bød våre fedre å kunngjøre sine barn,

⁶that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

⁶forat den kommende slekt, de barn som skulde fødes, kunde kjenne dem, kunde stå frem og fortelle dem for sine barn

⁷that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,

⁷og sette sitt håp til Gud og ikke glemme Guds gjerninger, men holde hans bud

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.

⁸og ikke være som deres fedre, en opsetsig og gjenstridig slekt, en slekt som ikke gjorde sitt hjerte fast, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

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

⁹Efra'ims barn, de rustede bueskyttere, vendte om på stridens dag.

¹⁰They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

¹⁰De holdt ikke Guds pakt og vilde ikke vandre i hans lov,

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

¹¹og de glemte hans store gjerninger og de under som han hadde latt dem se.

¹²He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

¹²For deres fedres øine hadde han gjort under i Egyptens land, på Soans mark*. / {* 4MO 13, 22.}

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

¹³Han kløvde havet og lot dem gå gjennem det og lot vannet stå som en dynge.

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

¹⁴Og han ledet dem ved skyen om dagen og hele natten ved ildens lys.

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

¹⁵Han kløvde klipper i ørkenen og gav dem å drikke som av store vanndyp.

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

¹⁶Og han lot bekker gå ut av klippen og vann flyte ned som strømmer.

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

¹⁷Men de blev ennu ved å synde mot ham, å være gjenstridige mot den Høieste i ørkenen.

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

¹⁸Og de fristet Gud i sitt hjerte, så de krevde mat efter sin lyst.

¹⁹Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹Og de talte mot Gud, de sa: Kan vel Gud dekke bord i ørkenen?

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?”

²⁰Se, han har slått klippen så det fløt ut vann, og bekker strømmet over; mon han også kan gi brød, eller kan han komme med kjøtt til sitt folk?

²¹Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

²¹Derfor, da Herren hørte det, harmedes han, og ild optendtes mot Jakob, og vrede reiste sig mot Israel,

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

²²fordi de ikke trodde på Gud og ikke stolte på hans frelse.

²³Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

²³Og han gav skyene der oppe befaling og åpnet himmelens porter.

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

²⁴Og han lot manna regne over dem til føde og gav dem himmelkorn.

²⁵Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.

²⁵Englebrød* åt enhver; han sendte dem næring til mette. / {* d.e. brød fra englenes bolig, himmelbrød.}

²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

²⁶Han lot østenvinden fare ut i himmelen og førte sønnenvinden frem ved sin styrke.

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

²⁷Og han lot kjøtt regne ned over dem som støv og vingede fugler som havets sand,

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

²⁸og han lot dem falle ned midt i deres leir, rundt omkring deres boliger.

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

²⁹Og de åt og blev såre mette, og det de lystet efter, gav han dem.

³⁰They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

³⁰De hadde ennu ikke latt fare det de lystet efter, ennu var deres mat i deres munn,

³¹when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their fattest, and struck down the young men of Israel.

³¹da reiste Guds vrede sig mot dem, og han herjet blandt deres kraftfulle menn, og Israels unge menn slo han ned.

³²For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

³²Med alt dette syndet de enda og trodde ikke på hans undergjerninger.

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

³³Derfor lot han deres dager svinne bort i tomhet og deres år i forskrekkelse.

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

³⁴Når han herjet blandt dem, da spurte de efter ham og vendte om og søkte Gud

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

³⁵og kom i hu at Gud var deres klippe, og den høieste Gud deres gjenløser.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

³⁶Men de smigret for ham med sin munn og løi for ham med sin tunge.

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

³⁷Og deres hjerte hang ikke fast ved ham, og de var ikke tro mot hans pakt.

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.

³⁸Men han, han er miskunnelig, han tilgir misgjerning og forderver ikke; mange ganger lot han sin vrede vende om og lot ikke all sin harme bryte frem.

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

³⁹Og han kom i hu at de var kjød, et åndepust som farer avsted og ikke kommer tilbake.

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

⁴⁰Hvor titt var de ikke gjenstridige mot ham i ørkenen, gjorde ham sorg på de øde steder!

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

⁴¹Og de fristet Gud på ny og krenket Israels Hellige.

⁴²They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

⁴²De kom ikke hans hånd i hu den dag han forløste dem fra fienden,

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

⁴³han som gjorde sine tegn i Egypten og sine under på Soans mark.

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

⁴⁴Han gjorde deres elver til blod, og sine rinnende vann kunde de ikke drikke.

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

⁴⁵Han sendte imot dem fluesvermer som fortærte dem, og frosk som fordervet dem.

⁴⁶He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

⁴⁶Og han gav gnageren* deres grøde og gresshoppen deres høst. / {* d.e. gresshoppen.}

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

⁴⁷Han slo deres vintrær ned med hagl og deres morbærtrær med haglstener.

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

⁴⁸Og han overgav deres fe til haglet og deres hjorder til ildsluer.

⁴⁹He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.

⁴⁹Han slapp sin brennende vrede løs mot dem, harme og forbitrelse og trengsel, en sending av ulykkes-bud.

⁵⁰He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

⁵⁰Han brøt vei for sin vrede, sparte ikke deres sjel for døden, overgav deres liv til pesten.

⁵¹and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹Og han slo alle førstefødte i Egypten, styrkens førstegrøde i Kams telter.

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

⁵²Og han lot sitt folk bryte op som en fåreflokk og førte dem som en hjord i ørkenen.

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

⁵³Og han ledet dem tryggelig, og de fryktet ikke, men havet skjulte deres fiender.

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

⁵⁴Og han førte dem til sitt hellige landemerke, til det berg hans høire hånd hadde vunnet.

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.

⁵⁵Og han drev hedningene ut for deres åsyn og lot deres land tilfalle dem som arvedel og lot Israels stammer bo i deres telter.

⁵⁶Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;

⁵⁶Men de fristet Gud, den Høieste, og var gjenstridige mot ham, og de aktet ikke på hans vidnesbyrd.

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

⁵⁷De vek av og var troløse, som deres fedre, de vendte om, likesom en bue som svikter.

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

⁵⁸Og de vakte hans harme med sine offerhauger og gjorde ham nidkjær med sine utskårne billeder.

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

⁵⁹Gud hørte det og blev vred, og han blev såre kjed av Israel.

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

⁶⁰Og han forlot sin bolig i Silo, det telt han hadde opslått blandt menneskene.

⁶¹and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

⁶¹Og han overgav sin styrke til fangenskap og sin herlighet i fiendens hånd.

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

⁶²Og han overgav sitt folk til sverdet og harmedes på sin arv.

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

⁶³Ild fortærte dets unge menn, og dets jomfruer fikk ingen brudesang.

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

⁶⁴Dets prester falt for sverdet, og dets enker holdt ikke klagemål*. / {* nemlig over sine døde.}

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

⁶⁵Da våknet Herren som en sovende, som en helt som jubler av vin.

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

⁶⁶Og han slo sine motstandere tilbake, påførte dem en evig skam.

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

⁶⁷Og han forkastet Josefs telt og utvalgte ikke Efra'ims stamme,

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

⁶⁸men han utvalgte Juda stamme, Sions berg som han elsket.

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

⁶⁹Og han bygget sin helligdom lik høie fjell, lik jorden, som han har grunnfestet for evig tid.

⁷⁰He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

⁷⁰Og han utvalgte David, sin tjener, og tok ham fra fårehegnene;

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

⁷¹fra de melkende får som han gikk bakefter, hentet han ham til å vokte Jakob, sitt folk, og Israel, sin arv.

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

⁷²Og han voktet dem efter sitt hjertes opriktighet og ledet dem med sin forstandige hånd.