Mezmurlar 104

¹Haleluya! Rabbe şükredin ve O'nun adını çağırın; uluslar arasında O'nun işlerini ilan edin!

²O'na ilahiler söyleyin, O'nu telli çalgılarla övün; bütün harikalarını derinlemesine anlatın!

³O'nun kutsal adıyla övülün; Rabbi arayanların yüreği sevinçle coşsun!

⁴Rabbi arayın ve O'nunla güçlenin; O'nun yüzünü her zaman dileyin!

⁵O'nun yaptığı harikaları, mucizelerini ve ağzından çıkan adil hükümleri zihninize getirin;

⁶Ey O'nun kulları olan İbrahim'in soyu, O'nun seçtiği Yakup'un oğulları!

⁷Bizim Tanrımız Rab O'dur; O'nun hükümleri tüm yeryüzündedir.

⁸Sonsuza dek anımsadı antlaşmasını, bin kuşak için buyurduğu o sözü;

⁹İbrahim'le kestiği antlaşmayı ve İshak'a ettiği o yemini.

¹⁰Bunu Yakup için bir kural, İsrail için ise sonsuz bir antlaşma olarak sabitledi;

¹¹Şöyle diyerek: "Miras payınızın ölçülmüş toprağı olarak Kenan ülkesini sana vereceğim."

¹²Onlar sayıca azken, bir avuç insan ve orada yabancıyken,

¹³Ulustan ulusa, bir krallıktan başka bir halka geçip duruyorlardı.

¹⁴Kimsenin onlara haksızlık etmesine izin vermedi; onlar uğruna kralları azarladı:

¹⁵"Dokunmayın meshedilmişlerime, peygamberlerime kötülük etmeyin!" dedi.

¹⁶Ülkeye kıtlık gönderdi, ekmeğin her desteğini yok etti.

¹⁷Onların önünden bir adam göndermişti; Yusuf köle olarak satılmıştı.

¹⁸Ayaklarını prangalarla alçalttılar, demir onun canına işledi;

¹⁹Söylediği söz gerçekleşene dek, Rabbin bildirisi onu ateşle sınadı.

²⁰Kral adam gönderip onu çözdürdü, halkların hükümdarı onu serbest bıraktı.

²¹Onu evinin efendisi, bütün mülkünün yöneticisi yaptı;

²²Öyle ki, kendi isteğine göre önderlerini terbiye etsin, ihtiyarlarına bilgelik öğretsin.

²³O zaman İsrail Mısır'a girdi, Yakup yabancı olarak yerleşti Ham ülkesine.

²⁴Rab halkını çok çoğalttı, onları düşmanlarından daha güçlü kıldı.

²⁵Onların yüreğini halkından nefret edecek, kullarına hile yapacak şekilde döndürdü.

²⁶Kulu Musa'yı ve kendisi için seçtiği Harun'u gönderdi.

²⁷Onların arasında mucizelerinin sözlerini ve Ham ülkesinde harikalarını gösterdiler.

²⁸Karanlık gönderdi ve ortalığı kararttı; çünkü O'nun sözlerine karşı isyan etmişlerdi.

²⁹Sularını kana döndürdü, balıklarını öldürdü.

³⁰Ülkeleri kurbağalarla dolup taştı, krallarının odalarına kadar fışkırdı.

³¹O buyurdu ve köpek sinekleri, bütün sınırları içine de üvezler üşüştü.

³²Yağmurlarını doluya çevirdi, ülkelerine yakıp kavuran ateşler yağdırdı.

³³Asmalarını, incir ağaçlarını vurdu; sınırlarındaki her ağacı parçaladı.

³⁴O buyurdu ve çekirgeler geldi, sayısız tırtıllar sökün etti;

³⁵Ülkelerindeki bütün otları yiyip bitirdiler, toprağın ürününü yuttular.

³⁶Ülkelerindeki bütün ilk doğanları, tüm emeklerinin ilk meyvelerini vurdu.

³⁷Halkını gümüş ve altınla çıkardı; oymakları arasında tek bir tökezleyen kimse yoktı.

³⁸Onlar çıkarken Mısır sevindi; çünkü onların korkusu üzerlerine çökmüştü.

³⁹Sığınak olsun diye bir bulut yaydı, geceyi aydınlatmak için de bir ateş.

⁴⁰Dilediler ve bıldırcın getirdi, onları göksel ekmekle doyurdu.

⁴¹Kayayı yardı, sular fışkırdı; kurak yerlerde nehirler gibi aktı.

⁴²Çünkü kulu İbrahim'e verdiği o kutsal sözünü anımsamıştı.

⁴³Halkını sevinçle, seçtiklerini coşkuyla çıkardı.

⁴⁴Onlara ulusların topraklarını verdi, halkların emeklerini miras aldılar;

⁴⁵Öyle ki, O'nun kurallarını tutsunlar ve yasasını özenle arasınlar.

¹᾿Αλληλούϊα. - ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΕΙΣΘΕ τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπικαλεῖσθε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, ἀπαγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ·

²ᾄσατε αὐτῷ καὶ ψάλατε αὐτῷ, διηγήσασθε πάντα τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ.

³ἐπαινεῖσθε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ. εὐφρανθήτω καρδία ζητούντων τὸν Κύριον·

⁴ζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον καὶ κραταιώθητε, ζητήσατε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ διαπαντός.

⁵μνήσθητε τῶν θαυμασίων αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἐποίησε, τὰ τέρατα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ κρίματα τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ,

⁶σπέρμα ῾Αβραὰμ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ, υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐκλεκτοὶ αὐτοῦ.

⁷αὐτὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ.

⁸ἐμνήσθη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διαθήκης αὐτοῦ, λόγου, οὗ ἐνετείλατο εἰς χιλίας γενεάς,

⁹ὃν διέθετο τῷ ῾Αβραάμ, καὶ τοῦ ὅρκου αὐτοῦ τῷ ᾿Ισαὰκ

¹⁰καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν τῷ ᾿Ιακὼβ εἰς πρόσταγμα καὶ τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον

¹¹λέγων· σοὶ δώσω τὴν γῆν Χαναὰν σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας ὑμῶν.

¹²ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖς, ὀλιγοστοὺς καὶ παροίκους ἐν αὐτῇ

¹³καὶ διῆλθον ἐξ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ ἐκ βασιλείας εἰς λαὸν ἕτερον.

¹⁴οὐκ ἀφῆκεν ἄνθρωπον ἀδικῆσαι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἤλεγξεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς·

¹⁵μὴ ἅπτεσθε τῶν χριστῶν μου καὶ ἐν τοῖς προφήταις μου μὴ πονηρεύεσθε.

¹⁶καὶ ἐκάλεσε λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, πᾶν στήριγμα ἄρτου συνέτριψεν·

¹⁷ἀπέστειλεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπον, εἰς δοῦλον ἐπράθη ᾿Ιωσήφ.

¹⁸ἐταπείνωσαν ἐν πέδαις τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, σίδηρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ

¹⁹μέχρι τοῦ ἐλθεῖν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, τὸ λόγιον τοῦ Κυρίου ἐπύρωσεν αὐτόν.

²⁰ἀπέστειλε βασιλεὺς καὶ ἔλυσεν αὐτόν, ἄρχων λαοῦ, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν.

²¹κατέστησεν αὐτὸν κύριον τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντα πάσης τῆς κτήσεως αὐτοῦ

²²τοῦ παιδεῦσαι τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτοῦ ὡς ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους αὐτοῦ σοφίσαι.

²³καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ παρῴκησεν ἐν γῇ Χάμ.

²⁴καὶ ηὔξησε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ σφόδρα καὶ ἐκραταίωσεν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ.

²⁵μετέστρεψε τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ τοῦ μισῆσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ δολιοῦσθαι ἐν τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ.

²⁶ἐξαπέστειλε Μωϋσῆν τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, ᾿Ααρών, ὃν ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ.

²⁷ἔθετο ἐν αὐτοῖς τοὺς λόγους τῶν σημείων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν τεράτων αὐτοῦ ἐν γῇ Χάμ.

²⁸ἐξαπέστειλε σκότος καὶ ἐσκότασεν, ὅτι παρεπίκραναν τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ·

²⁹μετέστρεψε τὰ ὕδατα αὐτῶν εἰς αἷμα, καὶ ἀπέκτεινε τοὺς ἰχθύας αὐτῶν.

³⁰ἐξῆρψεν ἡ γῆ αὐτῶν βατράχους ἐν τοῖς ταμιείοις τῶν βασιλέων αὐτῶν.

³¹εἶπε, καὶ ἦλθε κυνόμυια καὶ σκνῖπες ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῶν.

³²ἔθετο τὰς βροχὰς αὐτῶν χάλαζαν, πῦρ καταφλέγον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν,

³³καὶ ἐπάταξε τὰς ἀμπέλους αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς συκᾶς αὐτῶν καὶ συνέτριψε πᾶν ξύλον ὁρίου αὐτῶν.

³⁴εἶπε καὶ ἦλθεν ἀκρίς, καὶ βροῦχος, οὗ οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμός,

³⁵καὶ κατέφαγε πάντα τὸν χόρτον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ κατέφαγε τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν.

³⁶καὶ ἐπάταξε πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ἀπαρχὴν παντὸς πόνου αὐτῶν.

³⁷καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν ὁ ἀσθενῶν.

³⁸εὐφράνθη Αἴγυπτος ἐν τῇ ἐξόδῳ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐπέπεσεν ὁ φόβος αὐτῶν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.

³⁹διεπέτασε νεφέλην εἰς σκέπην αὐτοῖς καὶ πῦρ τοῦ φωτίσαι αὐτοῖς τὴν νύκτα.

⁴⁰ᾔτησαν, καὶ ἦλθεν ὀρτυγομήτρα, καὶ ἄρτον οὐρανοῦ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτούς·

⁴¹διέρρηξε πέτραν, καὶ ἐρρύησαν ὕδατα, ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν ἀνύδροις ποταμοί.

⁴²ὅτι ἐμνήσθη τοῦ λόγου τοῦ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ῾Αβραὰμ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ

⁴³καὶ ἐξήγαγε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ.

⁴⁴καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς χώρας ἐθνῶν, καὶ πόνους λαῶν κατεκληρονόμησαν,

⁴⁵ὅπως ἂν φυλάξωσι τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν νόμον αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσωσιν.

¹[Alleluia.] Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.

²Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.

³Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.

⁴Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.

⁵Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

⁶[ye] seed of Abraam, his servants, [ye] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations:

⁹which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.

¹⁰And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

¹¹saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:

¹²when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.

¹³And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.

¹⁴He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:

¹⁵[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.

¹⁶Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.

¹⁷He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

¹⁸They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,

¹⁹until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.

²⁰The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.

²¹He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;

²²to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.

²⁴And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.

²⁵And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶He sent forth Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.

²⁷He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.

²⁸He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.

²⁹He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

³⁰Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.

³¹He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.

³²He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.

³³And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.

³⁴He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,

³⁵and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.

³⁶He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour.

³⁷And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.

³⁸Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.

³⁹He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.

⁴⁰They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.

⁴²For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.

⁴³And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;

⁴⁴and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;

⁴⁵that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.