Psalms 39
1 I said [to myself], “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say [MTY]. I will not say anything [to complain] while wicked people are near to me [and can hear me].”
聖歌隊の指揮者エドトンによってうたわせたダビデの歌 わたしは言った、「舌をもって罪を犯さないために、わたしの道を慎み、悪しき者のわたしの前にある間はわたしの口にくつわをかけよう」と。
2 [So] I was completely silent [DOU], and I did not [even] talk about things that were good, but it was useless, because I began to suffer even more.
わたしは黙して物言わず、むなしく沈黙を守った。しかし、わたしの悩みはさらにひどくなり、
3 I became very anxious/worried [IDM]. As I thought [about my troubles], I became more worried. Then [finally] I said [MTY],
わたしの心はわたしのうちに熱し、思いつづけるほどに火が燃えたので、わたしは舌をもって語った。
4 “Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live!
「主よ、わが終りと、わが日の数のどれほどであるかをわたしに知らせ、わが命のいかにはかないかを知らせてください。
5 [It seems that] you have caused me to live only a short time; (my lifetime/all the time that I have lived) seems like nothing to you. The time that all we humans live is [as short as] [MET] a puff of wind.
見よ、あなたはわたしの日をつかのまとされました。わたしの一生はあなたの前では無にひとしいのです。まことに、すべての人はその盛んな時でも息にすぎません。 (セラ)
6 Then we disappear like a shadow does. It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. We [sometimes] get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it [after we die].
まことに人は影のように、さまよいます。まことに彼らはむなしい事のために騒ぎまわるのです。彼は積みたくわえるけれども、だれがそれを収めるかを知りません。
7 So now, Yahweh, if I expect [RHQ] [to receive blessings from other people], I will be disappointed. You are the [only] one from whom I confidently expect [to receive blessings].
主よ、今わたしは何を待ち望みましょう。わたしの望みはあなたにあります。
8 Save me from [being punished for] all the sins that I have committed. And do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.
わたしをすべてのとがから助け出し、愚かな者にわたしをあざけらせないでください。
9 I did not say anything [when you punished me], because [I knew that] you were the one who caused [me to suffer].
わたしは黙して口を開きません。あなたがそれをなされたからです。
10 But now, please stop punishing me! [If you do not do that], I am about to die because of the ways that you [SYN] have struck/afflicted me.
あなたが下された災をわたしから取り去ってください。わたしはあなたのみ手に打ち懲らされることにより滅びるばかりです。
11 When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed, you destroy the things that (he loves/are precious to him), like moths’ [larva] destroy clothing. Our lives [disappear like] a puff of wind.
あなたは罪を責めて人を懲らされるとき、その慕い喜ぶものを、しみが食うように、消し滅ぼされるのです。まことにすべての人は息にすぎません。 (セラ)
12 Yahweh, listen to me while I pray; pay attention to me while I cry out to you. Help me while I am crying. I am here on the earth for only a short time, like all my ancestors.
主よ、わたしの祈を聞き、わたしの叫びに耳を傾け、わたしの涙を見て、もださないでください。わたしはあなたに身を寄せる旅びと、わがすべての先祖たちのように寄留者です。
13 [Now] please leave me alone, [and do not punish me any more] in order that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die. [EUP, DOU]”
わたしが去って、うせない前に、み顔をそむけて、わたしを喜ばせてください」。
