Psalm 78
A maskilTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of Asaph.
1My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.
4We will not hide them from their descendants;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
5He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.
7Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget his deeds
but would keep his commands.
8They would not be like their ancestors—
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;
10they did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by his law.
11They forgot what he had done,
the wonders he had shown them.
12He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13He divided the sea and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.
14He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.
15He split the rocks in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
17But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19They spoke against God;
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat for his people?”
21When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22for they did not believe in God
or trust in his deliverance.
23Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;
24he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26He let loose the east wind from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds like sand on the seashore.
28He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29They ate till they were gorged—
he had given them what they craved.
30But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,
31God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
32In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;
in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33So he ended their days in futility
and their years in terror.
34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;
they eagerly turned to him again.
35They remembered that God was their Rock,
that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
37their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return.
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the wasteland!
41Again and again they put God to the test;
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
42They did not remember his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
43the day he displayed his signs in Egypt,
his wonders in the region of Zoan.
44He turned their river into blood;
they could not drink from their streams.
45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them,
and frogs that devastated them.
46He gave their crops to the grasshopper,
their produce to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49He unleashed against them his hot anger,
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.
50He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
52But he brought his people out like a flock;
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand had taken.
55He drove out nations before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58They angered him with their high places;
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59When God heard them, he was furious;
he rejected Israel completely.
60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the tent he had set up among humans.
61He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62He gave his people over to the sword;
he was furious with his inheritance.
63Fire consumed their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;
64their priests were put to the sword,
and their widows could not weep.
65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
67Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loved.
69He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71from tending the sheep he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with skillful hands he led them.
Salimo 78
Ndakatulo ya Asafu.
1Inu anthu anga imvani chiphunzitso changa;
mvetserani mawu a pakamwa panga.
2Ndidzatsekula pakamwa panga mʼmafanizo,
ndidzayankhula zinthu zobisika, zinthu zakalekale
3zimene tinazimva ndi kuzidziwa,
zimene makolo athu anatiwuza.
4Sitidzabisira ana awo,
tidzafotokozera mʼbado wotsatira
ntchito zotamandika za Yehova,
mphamvu zake, ndi zozizwitsa zimene Iye wachita.
5Iye anapereka mawu wodzichitira umboni kwa Yakobo
ndi kukhazikitsa lamulo mu Israeli,
zimene analamulira makolo athu
kuphunzitsa ana awo,
6kotero kuti mʼbado wotsatira uthe kuzidziwa,
ngakhale ana amene sanabadwe,
ndi kuti iwo akafotokozere ana awonso.
7Choncho iwo adzakhulupirira Mulungu
ndipo sadzayiwala ntchito zake
koma adzasunga malamulo ake.
8Iwo asadzakhale monga makolo awo,
mʼbado wosamvera ndi wowukira,
umene mitima yake inali yosamvera Mulungu,
umene mizimu yake inali yosakhulupirika kwa Iye.
9Anthu a ku Efereimu, ngakhale ananyamula mauta,
anathawabe pa nthawi ya nkhondo;
10iwo sanasunge pangano la Mulungu
ndipo anakana kukhala mʼmoyo wotsatira lamulo lake.
11Anayiwala zimene Iye anachita,
zozizwitsa zimene anawaonetsa.
12Iyeyo anachita zodabwitsa makolo athu akuona,
mʼdziko la Igupto, mʼchigawo cha Zowani.
13Anagawa nyanja pakati ndi kudutsitsapo iwowo,
Iye anachititsa madzi kuyima chilili ngati khoma.
14Anawatsogolera ndi mtambo masana
ndi kuwala kwa moto usiku wonse.
15Iye anangʼamba miyala mʼchipululu
ndi kuwapatsa madzi ochuluka ngati a mʼnyanja zambiri;
16Anatulutsa mitsinje kuchokera mʼmingʼalu ya miyala
ndi kuyenda madzi ngati mitsinje.
17Komabe iwowo anapitiriza kumuchimwira Iye,
kuwukira Wammwambamwamba mʼchipululu.
18Ananyoza Mulungu mwadala
pomuwumiriza kuti awapatse chakudya chimene anachilakalaka.
19Iwo anayankhula motsutsana naye ponena kuti,
“Kodi Mulungu angatipatse chakudya mʼchipululu?
20Iye atamenya thanthwe
madzi anatuluka,
ndipo mitsinje inadzaza ndi madzi.
Koma iye angatipatsenso ife chakudya?
Kodi angapereke nyama kwa anthu akewa?”
21Yehova atawamva anakwiya kwambiri;
moto wake unayaka kutsutsana ndi Yakobo,
ndipo mkwiyo wake unauka kutsutsana ndi Israeli,
22pakuti iwo sanakhulupirire Mulungu
kapena kudalira chipulumutso chake.
23Komabe Iye anapereka lamulo kwa mitambo mmwamba
ndi kutsekula makomo a mayiko akumwamba;
24anagwetsa mana kuti anthu adye,
anawapatsa tirigu wakumwamba.
25Anthu anadya buledi wa angelo,
Iye anawatumizira chakudya chonse chimene akanatha kudya.
26Anamasula mphepo ya kummwera kuchokera kumwamba,
ndi kutsogolera mphepo ya kummwera mwa mphamvu zake.
27Iye anawagwetsera nyama ngati fumbi,
mbalame zowuluka ngati mchenga wa mʼmbali mwa nyanja.
28Anazibweretsa kwa iwo mʼkati mwa misasa yawo,
kuzungulira matenti awo onse.
29Iwo anadya mpaka anatsala nazo zochuluka
pakuti Iye anawapatsa zimene anazilakalaka.
30Koma iwowo anasiya kudya chakudya anachilakalakacho,
chakudya chili mʼkamwa mwawobe,
31mkwiyo wa Mulungu unawayakira;
Iye anapha amphamvu onse pakati pawo,
kugwetsa anyamata abwino kwambiri mu Israeli.
32Ngakhale zinali chomwechi, iwo anapitirira kuchimwa;
ngakhale anaona zozizwitsa zakezo iwowo sanakhulupirirebe.
33Kotero Mulungu anachepetsa masiku awo kuti azimirire ngati mpweya.
Iye anachepetsa zaka zawo kuti zithere mʼmasautso.
34Mulungu atawapha, iwo amamufunafuna Iyeyo;
iwo ankatembenukiranso kwa Iye mwachangu.
35Ankakumbukira kuti Mulungu ndiye Thanthwe lawo,
kuti Mulungu Wammwambamwamba ndiye Mpulumutsi wawo.
36Komabe ankamuthyasika ndi pakamwa pawo,
kumunamiza ndi malilime awo;
37Mitima yawo sinali yokhazikika pa Iye,
iwo sanakhulupirike ku pangano lake.
38Komabe Iye anali wachifundo;
anakhululukira mphulupulu zawo
ndipo sanawawononge.
Nthawi ndi nthawi Iye anabweza mkwiyo wake
ndipo sanawutse ukali wake wonse.
39Iye anakumbukira kuti iwo anali anthu chabe,
mphepo yopita imene sibwereranso.
40Nthawi zambiri iwo ankamuwukira Iye mʼchipululu
ndi kumumvetsa chisoni mʼdziko lopanda kanthu!
41Kawirikawiri iwo ankamuyesa Mulungu;
ankamuputa Woyera wa Israeli.
42Sanakumbukire mphamvu zake,
tsiku limene Iye anawawombola kwa ozunza,
43tsiku limene Iyeyo anaonetsa poyera zizindikiro zozizwitsa zake mu Igupto,
zozizwitsa zake mʼchigawo cha Zowani.
44Iye anasandutsa mitsinje yawo kukhala magazi;
Iwo sanathe kumwa madzi ochokera mʼmitsinje yawo.
45Iye anawatumizira magulu a ntchentche zimene zinawawononga,
ndiponso achule amene anawasakaza.
46Iye anapereka mbewu zawo kwa ziwala,
zokolola zawo kwa dzombe.
47Iye anawononga mphesa zawo ndi matalala
ndiponso mitengo yawo yankhuyu ndi chisanu.
48Iye anapereka ngʼombe zawo ku matalala,
zoweta zawo ku zingʼaningʼani.
49Anakhuthula moto wa ukali wake pa iwo,
anawapsera mtima nawakwiyira nʼkuwabweretsera masautso.
Zimenezi zinali ngati gulu la angelo osakaza.
50Analolera kukwiya,
sanawapulumutse ku imfa
koma anawapereka ku mliri.
51Anakantha ana oyamba kubadwa a Igupto,
zipatso zoyamba kucha za mphamvu zawo mʼmatenti a Hamu
52Koma Iye anatulutsa anthu ake ngati ziweto;
anawatsogolera ngati nkhosa kudutsa mʼchipululu.
53Anawatsogolera bwinobwino kotero kuti analibe mantha
koma nyanja inamiza adani awo.
54Kotero anawafikitsa ku malire a dziko lake loyera,
ku dziko lamapiri limene dzanja lake lamanja linawatengera.
55Iye anathamangitsa mitundu ya anthu patsogolo pawo
ndipo anapereka mayiko awo kwa Aisraeli kuti akhale awo;
Iye anakhazikitsa mafuko a Israeli mʼnyumba zawo.
56Koma iwo anayesa Mulungu
ndi kuwukira Wammwambamwamba;
sanasunge malamulo ake.
57Anakhala okanika ndi osakhulupirika monga makolo awo,
anapotoka monga uta wosakhulupirika.
58Anakwiyitsa Iyeyo ndi malo awo opembedzera mafano;
anawutsa nsanje yake ndi mafano awo.
59Pamene Mulungu anamva zimenezi, anakwiya kwambiri;
Iye anakana Israeli kwathunthu.
60Anasiya nyumba ya ku Silo,
tenti imene Iyeyo anayimanga pakati pa anthu.
61Anatumiza mphamvu zake ku ukapolo,
ulemerero wake mʼmanja mwa adani.
62Anapereka anthu ake ku lupanga;
anakwiya kwambiri ndi cholowa chake.
63Moto unanyeketsa anyamata awo,
ndipo anamwali awo analibe nyimbo za ukwati;
64ansembe awo anaphedwa ndi lupanga,
ndipo amayi awo amasiye sanathe kulira.
65Kenaka Ambuye anakhala ngati akudzuka kutulo,
ngati munthu wamphamvu wofuwula chifukwa cha vinyo.
66Iye anathamangitsa adani ake;
anawachititsa manyazi ku nthawi zonse.
67Kenaka Iye anakana matenti a Yosefe,
sanasankhe fuko la Efereimu;
68Koma anasankha fuko la Yuda,
phiri la Ziyoni limene analikonda.
69Iye anamanga malo ake opatulika ngati zitunda,
dziko limene analikhazikitsa kwamuyaya.
70Anasankha Davide mtumiki wake
ndi kumuchotsa pakati pa makola ankhosa;
71kuchokera koyangʼanira nkhosa anamubweretsa
kuti akhale mʼbusa wa anthu ake, Yakobo,
wa Israeli cholowa chake.
72Ndipo Davide anawaweta ndi mtima wolungama;
ndi manja aluso anawatsogolera.
