1. My friends, I beg youto listen as I teach.
2. I will give instructionand explain the mysteryof what happened long ago.
3. These are things we learntfrom our ancestors,
4. and we will tell themto the next generation.We won't keep secretthe glorious deedsand the mighty miraclesof the Lord.
5. God gave his Lawto Jacob's descendants,the people of Israel.And he told our ancestorsto teach their children,
6. so that each new generationwould know his Lawand tell it to the next.
7. Then they would trust Godand obey his teachings,without forgetting anythingGod had done.
8. They would be differentfrom their ancestors,who were stubborn, rebellious,and unfaithful to God.
9. The warriors from Ephraimwere armed with arrows,but they ran awaywhen the battle began.
10. They broke their agreementwith God,and they turned their backson his teaching.
11. They forgot all he had done,even the mighty miracles
12. he did for their ancestorsnear Zoan in Egypt.