Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
Halleluja! Lova Herrens namn, lova, de Herrens tenarar,
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
de som stend i Herrens hus, i fyregardarne til vår Guds hus!
3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
Lova Herren, for Herren er god! Syng lov for hans namn, for det er yndelegt.
4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
For Jakob hev Herren valt seg ut, Israel til sin eigedom.
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
For eg veit at Herren er stor, og vår Herre er meir enn alle gudar.
6 Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
Herren gjer alt det han vil i himmelen og på jordi, i havi og i alle djup,
7 He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
han som let eim stiga upp frå enden av jordi, gjer eldingar til regn, som fører ut or sine gøymslor vind,
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
han som slo dei fyrstefødde i Egyptarland både av folk og fe,
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
som sende teikn og under midt i deg, Egyptarland, mot Farao og alle hans tenarar.
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
Han som slo mange heidningefolk og drap megtige kongar,
11 Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
Sihon, amoritarkongen, og Basans konge Og, og alle Kana’ans kongerike,
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
og gav deira land til arv, til arv for Israel, sitt folk.
13 Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
Herre, ditt namn varer æveleg, Herre, ditt minne frå ætt til ætt.
14 Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
For Herren skal døma sitt folk og ynkast yver sine tenarar.
15 But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
Heidninge-avgudar er sylv og gull, eit verk av menneskjehender.
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
Dei hev munn, men talar ikkje, dei hev augo, men ser ikkje,
17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
dei hev øyro, men høyrer ikkje, og ingen ande er i deira munn.
18 The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
Som desse er, vert dei som lagar deim, alle som set si lit til deim.
19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
Israels hus, lova Herren! Arons hus, lova Herren!
20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
Levis hus, lova Herren! De som ottast Herren, lova Herren!
21 Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
Lova vere Herren frå Sion, han som bur i Jerusalem! Halleluja!
