Psalms 147
1 Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
Αινείτε τον Κύριον· διότι είναι καλόν να ψάλλωμεν εις τον Θεόν ημών· διότι είναι τερπνόν, η αίνεσις πρέπουσα.
2 [Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
Ο Κύριος οικοδομεί την Ιερουσαλήμ· θέλει συνάξει τους διεσπαρμένους του Ισραήλ.
3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
Ιατρεύει τους συντετριμμένους την καρδίαν και δένει τας πληγάς αυτών.
4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
Αριθμεί τα πλήθη των άστρων· Καλεί τα πάντα ονομαστί.
5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
Μέγας ο Κύριος ημών και μεγάλη η δύναμις αυτού· η σύνεσις αυτού αμέτρητος.
6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
Ο Κύριος υψόνει τους πράους, τους δε ασεβείς ταπεινόνει έως εδάφους.
7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
Ψάλατε εις τον Κύριον ευχαριστούντες· ψαλμωδείτε εις τον Θεόν ημών εν κιθάρα·
8 He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
τον σκεπάζοντα τον ουρανόν με νεφέλας· τον ετοιμάζοντα βροχήν διά την γήν· τον αναδιδόντα χόρτον επί των ορέων·
9 He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
τον διδόντα εις τα κτήνη την τροφήν αυτών και εις τους νεοσσούς των κοράκων, οίτινες κράζουσι προς αυτόν.
10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
Δεν χαίρει εις την δύναμιν του ίππου· δεν ηδύνεται εις τους πόδας του ανδρός.
11 Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
Ο Κύριος ηδύνεται εις τους φοβουμένους αυτόν, εις τους ελπίζοντας επί το έλεος αυτού.
12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
Επαίνει, Ιερουσαλήμ, τον Κύριον· αίνει τον Θεόν σου, Σιών.
13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
Διότι ενεδυνάμωσε τους μοχλούς των πυλών σου· ηυλόγησε τους υιούς σου εν μέσω σου.
14 He protects the borders [of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you]. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat.
Βάλλει ειρήνην εις τα όριά σου· σε χορταίνει με το πάχος του σίτου.
15 He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
Αποστέλλει το πρόσταγμα αυτού εις την γην, ο λόγος αυτού τρέχει ταχύτατα.
16 He sends snow which [covers the ground] like a white wool blanket [SIM], and he scatters frost [on the ground] like [wind scatters] ashes [SIM].
Δίδει χιόνα ως μαλλίον· διασπείρει την πάχνην ως στάκτην.
17 He sends hail down like (pebbles/tiny stones); [when that happens], (it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?) [RHQ]
Ρίπτει τον κρύσταλλον αυτού ως κομμάτια· έμπροσθεν του ψύχους αυτού τις δύναται να σταθή;
18 [But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
Αποστέλλει τον λόγον αυτού και διαλύει αυτά· φυσά τον άνεμον αυτού, και τα ύδατα ρέουσιν.
19 He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
Αναγγέλλει τον λόγον αυτού προς τον Ιακώβ, τα διατάγματα αυτού και τας κρίσεις αυτού προς τον Ισραήλ.
20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
Δεν έκαμεν ούτως εις ουδέν έθνος· ουδέ εγνώρισαν τας κρίσεις αυτού. Αλληλούϊα.
