God Will Give His People Victory
1 A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah:
Our city is strong!
God himself defends its walls!
2 Open the city gates
and let the faithful nation enter,
the nation whose people do what is right.
3 You, Lord, give perfect peace
to those who keep their purpose firm
and put their trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever;
he will always protect us.
5 He has humbled those who were proud;
he destroyed the strong city they lived in,
and sent its walls crashing into the dust.
6 Those who were oppressed walk over it now
and trample it under their feet.
7 Lord, you make the path smooth for good people;
the road they travel is level.
8 We follow your will and put our hope in you;
you are all that we desire.
9 At night I long for you with all my heart;
when you judge the earth and its people,
they will all learn what justice is.
10 Even though you are kind to the wicked,
they never learn to do what is right.
Even here in a land of righteous people
they still do wrong;
they refuse to recognize your greatness.
11 Your enemies do not know that you will punish them.
Lord, put them to shame and let them suffer;
let them suffer the punishment you have prepared.
Show them how much you love your people.
12 You will give us prosperity, Lord;
everything that we achieve
is the result of what you do.
13 Lord our God, we have been ruled by others,
but you alone are our Lord.
14 Now they are dead and will not live again;
their ghosts will not rise,
for you have punished them and destroyed them.
No one remembers them any more.
15 Lord, you have made our nation grow,
enlarging its territory on every side;
and this has brought you honor.
16 You punished your people, Lord,
and in anguish they prayed to you.
17 You, Lord, have made us cry out,
as a woman in labor cries out in pain.
18 We were in pain and agony,
but we gave birth to nothing.
We have won no victory for our land;
we have accomplished nothing.
19 Those of our people who have died will live again!
Their bodies will come back to life.
All those sleeping in their graves
will wake up and sing for joy.
As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth,
so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.
Judgment and Restoration
20 Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over. 21 The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.
Jūdas uzvaras dziesma
1 Šo dziesmu todien dziedās Jūdas zemē:
stipra mums pilsēta,
viņš devis glābiņu –
mūrus un vaļņus!
2 Atveriet vārtus,
lai ienāk taisnīga tauta,
kas ticību sarga,
3 kam domas rimtas –
to sargi mierā, tik mierā,
jo uz tevi tā paļaujas!
4 Paļaujieties uz Kungu mūžam,
tik uz Kungu –
Kungs ir mūžīga klints!
5 Viņš augstieņu ļaudis nolicis zemu,
vareno pilsētu noliecis līdz pašai zemei,
nometis pīšļos!
6 Nu mīda to kājas –
gan nabaga pēda,
gan sērdieņa solis! –
7 Taisnajam ir gluda taka,
taisnajam takas gludas tu nolīdzinājis!
8 Tik uz tavas tiesas taku, Kungs, mēs ceram,
piesaukt tavu vārdu kāro dvēsele,
9 mana dvēsele kāro tevis naktī,
mans gars alkst tevis,
jo tu tiesā zemi tā,
ka pasaules ļaudis mācās taisnību.
10 Gan ļaundaris apžēlots,
taču nemācās taisnību,
tas darīs nekrietnību taisnības zemē
un Kunga dižuma neredzēs!
11 Kungs, tava roka jau pacelta,
taču viņi to nemana,
liec tiem manīt –
lai paliek kaunā tautas degsme,
lai tavu naidnieku uguns rij viņus pašus!
12 Kungs, tu pietiesāsi mums mieru,
jo visus mūsu darbus tu esi izdarījis.
13 Kungs, mūsu Dievs,
mūs valdījuši arī citi kungi bez tevis,
taču mēs pieminam vienīgi tavu vārdu!
14 Mirušie vairs dzīvi netaps,
ēnas vairs necelsies,
jo tu viņus sodīji un iznīcināji,
tu izdeldēji viņu piemiņu!
15 Tu vairoji tautu, Kungs,
tu vairoji tautu, tu godājams,
tu pleti plašumā zemes robežas!
16 Kungs, nelaimē tie meklēja tevi,
tie izlija lūgsnās,
kad tiem tava pārmācība.
17 Kā grūtniece, kam laiks klāt,
kas lokās un sāpēs kauc –
tādus tu darīji mūs, Kungs!
18 Mēs bijām grūsni, mēs locījāmies,
bet dzemdējām tikai vēju,
zemei līdzēt mēs nespējām,
neradās iemītnieki uz zemes!
19 Dzīvos tavi miroņi, līķi celsies!
Mostiet un līksmojiet, kas pīšļos mītat,
jo tava rasa ir gaismas rasa,
un zeme atlaidīs mirušo ēnas.
20 Nāc, mana tauta,
ej savās istabās un aizslēdz durvis,
slēpies, jo vēl tik mirklis,
līdz niknums būs garām.
21 Jo, redzi, Kungs nāk no sava mājokļa
piemeklēt zemes iemītnieku vainu –
tad zeme atklās asinis, kas pār to,
nesegs vairs nokautos, kas tajā!
