Psalms 109
1 God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
Ho an’ ny mpiventy hira. Salamo nataon’ i Davida.
2 because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
Fa nisoka-bava ny ratsy fanahy sy ny mpamitaka hamely ahy; Niteny ahy tamin’ ny lela mandainga izy.
3 They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
Teny fankahalana no nanodidinany ahy; Ary niady tamiko tsy ahoan-tsy ahoana izy.
4 I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
Ny fitiavako dia valiany fandrafiana; Fa izaho kosa dia mivavaka.
5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
Ny soa nataoko novaliany ratsy, Ary ny fitiavako novaliany fankahalana.
6 They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
Anendreo olona ratsy fanahy hanapaka azy; Ary aoka hisy mpanohitra hitsangana eo an-kavanany.
7 And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
Raha hotsaraina izy, dia aoka ho meloka, Ary aoka ny fivavahany ho tonga fahotana.
8 [Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
Aoka ho vitsy ny androny; Ary aoka ho lasan’ olon-kafa ny anjara raharahany.
9 Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
Aoka ho kamboty ny zanany; Ary aoka ho mpitondratena ny vadiny
10 Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
Aoka hirenireny mangataka ny zanany, Ary aoka hiremby lavitra ny tranony efa rava izy.
11 Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
Aoka ny mpampanàna vola hamandrika izay rehetra ananany; Ary aoka ny olon-kafa hifaoka ny vokatry ny asany.
12 Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
Aoka tsy hisy haharitra hamindra fo aminy, Na hiantra ny zanany kamboty.
13 Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
Aoka ho fongora ny taranany; Ary aoka hovonoina amin’ ny taranaka mandimby ny anarany.
14 Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
Aoka hotsarovan’ i Jehovah ny helo-drainy; Ary aoka tsy hovonoina ny helo-dreniny.
15 think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
Aoka ho eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah mandrakariva izany, Ary hofoanany tsy ho eo ambonin’ ny tany anie ny fahatsiarovana azy.
16 He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
Satria tsy mba nahatsiaro hamindra fo izy, Fa nanenjika ny ory sy ny malahelo Ary ny reraka am-po mba hahafaty azy;
17 He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
Tia ozona izy, ka nanody azy izany; Tsy tia indrafo izy, ka nanalavitra azy izany.
18 He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
Nitafy ozona tahaka ny lambany izy, Ka niditra tao an-kibony tahaka ny rano izany, Ary tao amin’ ny taolany tahaka ny diloilo;
19 Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
Dia aoka ho tahaka ny lamba itafiany izany, Ary ho fisikinana isikinany mandrakariva.
20 Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
Izany no famaliana avy amin’ i Jehovah ho an’ ny mpanohitra ahy, Dia izay manendrikendrika ahy.
21 But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
Fa Hianao, Jehovah Tompo ô, miasà ho ahy noho ny anaranao; Vonjeo aho, fa tsara ny famindram-ponao.
22 [I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
Fa mahantra sy malahelo aho, Ary ny foko dia voatsindrona ato anatiko.
23 [I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
Lasa tahaka ny aloka mihelina aho; Roahina tahaka ny valala aho.
24 My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
Efa malemy ny lohaliko noho ny fifadian-kanina; Ary efa mihena ny hatavin’ ny nofoko.
25 The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
Ary izaho dia tonga fandatsan’ ireny; Mijery ahy izy ka mihifikifi-doha.
26 Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
Ampio aho Jehovah Andriamanitro ô; Vonjeo araka ny famindram-ponao aho;
27 [When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
Ary aoka ho fantany fa tananao izany; Hianao, Jehovah ô, no nanao izany.
28 They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
Manozona izy ireo, fa Hianao kosa mitahy; Mitsanga-menatra izy, fa mifaly kosa ny mpanomponao.
29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
Mitafy henatra ny fahavaloko Ka misaron-kenatra tahaka ny lamba.
30 But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
Hidera an’ i Jehovah indrindra amin’ ny vavako aho; Eny, eo amin’ ny olona maro no hiderako Azy.
31 [I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
Fa mitsangana eo ankavanan’ ny malahelo Izy Mba hamonjy azy amin’ izay manameloka ny fanahiny.
