Psalms 44
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Ho an’ ny mpiventy hira. Nataon’ ny Koraïta. Maskila. Ny sofinay no nandrenesanay, Andriamanitra ô, ny razanay nilaza taminay ny asa nataonao tamin’ ny androny, dia tamin’ ny andro fahiny.
2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Ny tananao no nandroahanao ny firenen-tsamy hafa, fa izy kosa nampitoerinao; efa nampahorinao ny firenena maro, fa izy kosa nataonao mahafeno tany.
3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Fa tsy ny sabany no nahazoany ny tany, ary tsy ny sandriny no namonjy azy; fa ny tananao ankavanana sy ny sandrinao ary ny fahazavan’ ny tavanao, satria efa sitrakao izy.
4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Hianao dia Hianao no Mpanjakako, Andriamanitra ô; Mandidia famonjena ho an’ i Jakoba.
5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Hianao no hanosehanay ny fahavalonay; ny anaranao no hanitsahanay izay mitsangana hamely anay.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Fa tsy ny tsipikako no itokiako, ary ny sabatro tsy hahavonjy ahy.
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
Fa namonjy anay tamin’ ny fahavalonay Hianao, ary ny nankahala anay dia nataonao menatra.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
Andriamanitra no ankalazainay mandrakariva; ary ny anaranao no hoderainay mandrakizay. (Sela)
9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Fa efa nanary anay ianao ka nampahamenatra anay, ary tsy mba mivoaka miaraka amin’ ny antokon’ ny miaramilanay Hianao.
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
Ataonao miamboho ny fahavalonay izahay, koa ny mankahala anay dia nanaram-po namabo.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Atolotrao tahaka ny ondry hohanina izahay, ary aelinao any amin’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa.
12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Mivarotra ny olonao tsy vola tsy harena Hianao, ka tsy mahazo tombony amin’ ny vidiny.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Ataonao fandatsan’ ny olona miray monina aminay izahay, dia fanakora sy faneson’ izay manodidina anay.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Ataonao ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa izahay, dia fihifikifihan-doha amin’ ny olona maro.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Tsaroako mandrakariva ny fahafaham-boninahitro, ary efa manafotra ahy ny fangaihaizako,
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
Noho ny feon’ ny mpanaratsy sy ny mpanamavo, noho ny fahavalo sy ny mpamaly ratsy.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Izany rehetra izany no manjo anay, nefa tsy manadino anao izahay ary tsy mivadika ny fanekenao.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Tsy mihemotra ny fonay, ary tsy miala amin’ ny lalanao ny dianay.
19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Nefa Hianao nanorotoro anay teo amin’ ny fitoeran’ ny amboadia sy nanarona anay tamin’ ny aloky ny fahafatesana.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Raha nanadino ny anaran’ Andriamanitray izahay, na nananty tanana tamin’ ny andriamani-kafa,
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Tsy handinika izany va Andriamanitra? Fa Izy mahalala ny miafina ao am-po.
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Fa noho ny aminao no amonoana anay mandrakariva; toy ny ondry hovonoina no fijery anay.
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Mifohaza, ry Tompo ô, nahoana no matory Hianao? Mitsangàna, aza manary mandrakizay.
24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Nahoana no manafina ny tavanao Hianao, ka manadino ny fahantranay sy ny fahorianay?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Fa miankohoka amin’ ny vovoka ny fanahinay, miraikitra amin’ ny tany ny kibonay.
26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Mitsangàna hamonjy anay, ary avoty izahay araka ny famindram-ponao.
