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.
Til songmeisteren; ein salme av David. Sæl er den som ser til ein vesallmann; på den vonde dag skal Herren frelsa honom.
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.
Herren skal verja honom og halda honom i live; han skal verta lukkeleg i landet, og du skal visst ikkje yvergjeva honom til hans mordgiruge fiendar.
3 When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
Herren skal stydja han på sotteseng, og vender all hans lega i hans sjukdom.
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.”
Eg segjer: «Herre, ver meg nådig; læk mi sjæl, for eg hev synda mot deg!»
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).”
Mine fiendar talar vondt um meg: «Når skal han døy, og hans namn forgangast?»
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.
Og um ein kjem og vil sjå til meg, so talar han falske ord; hans hjarta sankar seg vondskap saman, so gjeng han ut og talar um det.
7 All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.
Alle som hatar meg, kviskrar saman imot meg; dei tenkjer upp imot meg slikt som gjer meg vondt:
8 They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
«Ei illgjerning heng ved honom, og han som ligg der, skal ikkje meir standa upp.»
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].
Ja, endå den som eg livde i fred med, som eg sette lit til, som åt mitt brød, hev lyft sin hæl imot meg.
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).
Men du, Herre, ver meg nådig og hjelp meg upp! So vil eg gjeva deim vederlag.
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.
På dette kjenner eg at du hev hugnad i meg, at min fiende ikkje fær setja i glederop yver meg.
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.
Og meg held du uppe i mi uskyld og set meg for di åsyn til æveleg tid.
13 Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
Lova vere Herren, Israels Gud, frå æva og til æva! Amen, amen!
