Psalms 115
1 Yahweh, people should praise [only] you [MTY]; they must praise you, not us, because you faithfully love us and always do what you have promised to do.
| لَا تُمَجِّدْنَا يَا رَبُّ، بَلْ مَجِّدِ اسْمَكَ، مِنْ أَجْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَحَقِّكَ. | ١ |
2 It is not right that [RHQ] [other] people-groups should say about us, “[They claim that] their God [is very powerful], but [if that is true], why does he not [help them]?”
| لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُنَا الأُمَمُ: أَيْنَ هُوَ إِلَهُكُمْ؟ | ٢ |
3 Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants to!
| إِنَّ إِلَهَنَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. كُلَّ مَا شَاءَ صَنَعَ. | ٣ |
4 [But] their idols are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
| أَمَّا أَوْثَانُهُمْ فَهِيَ فِضَّةٌ وَذَهَبٌ مِنْ صُنْعِ أَيْدِي الْبَشَرِ. | ٤ |
5 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
| لَهَا أَفْوَاهٌ لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَنْطِقُ. لَهَا عُيُونٌ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَا تُبْصِرُ. | ٥ |
6 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything]; they have noses, but they cannot smell [anything].
| وَآذَانٌ لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَسْمَعُ. وَأُنُوفٌ لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَشُمُّ. | ٦ |
7 They have hands, but they cannot feel [anything]; they have feet, but they cannot walk, and they have throats but cannot [even] make any sounds!
| لَهَا أَيْدٍ لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَلْمَسُ. وَأَرْجُلٌ لَكِنَّهَا لَا تَمْشِي، وَلَا تُصْدِرُ مِنْ حَنَاجِرِهَا صَوْتاً. | ٧ |
8 The people who make those idols are [as powerless] as those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish nothing], just like their idols!
| مِثْلَهَا يَصِيرُ صَانِعُوهَا وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْهَا. | ٨ |
9 You, [my fellow] Israeli people, trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.
| اتَّكِلُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، هُوَ عَوْنُكُمْ وَتُرْسُكُمْ. | ٩ |
10 You priests [MTY], trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.
| اتَّكِلُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ يَا بَيْتَ هَارُونَ: هُوَ عَوْنُكُمْ وَتُرْسُكُمْ. | ١٠ |
11 [All] you who revere Yahweh, trust in him! He is the one who helps you and [protects you like] [MET] a shield.
| اتَّكِلُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ يَا خَائِفِي الرَّبِّ: هُوَ عَوْنُكُمْ وَتُرْسُكُمْ. | ١١ |
12 Yahweh has not forgotten us; he will bless us Israeli people [MTY]! He will bless the priests,
| الرَّبُّ ذَكَرَنَا وَيُبَارِكُنَا. يُبَارِكُ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يُبَارِكُ الرَّبُّ آلَ هَارُونَ. | ١٢ |
13 and he will bless [all] those who revere him; he will bless important [people] and people [who are considered to be] unimportant, [everyone!]
| يُبَارِكُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَتَّقِيهِ، صِغَارَهُمْ وَكِبَارَهُمْ. | ١٣ |
14 I desire that Yahweh will give many children to you [my fellow-Israeli people], and to your descendants.
| لِيَزِدِ الرَّبُّ بَرَكَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَلَى أَوْلادِكُمْ. | ١٤ |
15 I desire that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, will bless [all of] you!
| لِيُبَارِكْكُمُ الرَّبُّ، خَالِقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ. | ١٥ |
16 The [highest] heavens belong to Yahweh, but he gave [everything that is on] the earth to [us] people.
| السَّمَاوَاتُ لِلرَّبِّ وَحْدَهُ، أَمَّا الأَرْضُ فَوَهَبَهَا لِبَنِي آدَمَ. | ١٦ |
17 Dead [people] are not [able to] praise Yahweh; when they descend into the place where dead people are, they are unable to speak and cannot praise him.
| لَا يُسَبِّحُ الأَمْوَاتُ الرَّبَّ، وَلَا الهَاجِعُونَ فِي الْقُبُورِ. | ١٧ |
18 But we [who are alive] will thank/praise him, now and forever. Praise Yahweh!
| أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَنُبَارِكُ الرَّبَّ مِنَ الآنَ وَإِلَى الدَّهْرِ. هَلِّلُويَا. | ١٨ |
