Psalms 41
1 Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.
Au chef des chantres. Psaume de David. Heureux celui qui s’intéresse au pauvre! Au jour de la calamité, l’Eternel le sauvera.
2 Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.
L’Eternel le protégera, lui conservera la vie, et il jouira du bonheur sur la terre: tu ne le livreras pas à la fureur de ses ennemis.
3 When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
Le Seigneur le soutiendra sur le lit de douleur; sa couche, tu la retournes entièrement dans sa maladie.
4 [When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”
Je dis donc, moi: "Eternel, sois-moi propice! Guéris mon âme, car j’ai péché contre toi."
5 My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”
Mes ennemis tiennent de méchants propos à mon sujet: "Quand mourra-t-il pour que son nom périsse?"
6 When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
Que si l’un d’eux vient me voir, son cœur exprime des faussetés et fait une provision de méchanceté: il me quitte pour sortir et la débiter.
7 All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.
Ensemble, tous mes adversaires chuchotent contre moi; contre moi, ils imaginent de funestes pensées:
8 They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
"Un mauvais sort s’acharne après lui; dès lors qu’il est couché, il ne se relèvera plus!"
9 Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].
Même mon ami intime, en qui j’avais confiance, et qui mangeait mon pain, a levé le talon contre moi.
10 But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).
Or donc, Eternel, prends-moi en pitié et relève-moi, pour que je puisse leur rendre la pareille.
11 [If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.
A cela je reconnaîtrai que tu m’as pris en affection: que mon ennemi ne triomphe pas de moi!
12 [I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.
En raison de mon intégrité, tu me soutiens et m’admets en ta présence pour toujours.
13 Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
Loué soit l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël, d’éternité en éternité! Amen et Amen!
