Sòm 104
1 Kite m' di Seyè a mèsi! Seyè, Bondye mwen, ala gwo pouvwa ou gwo! Devan ou se respè, se chapo ba!
[I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes [MET], you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you!
2 Ou vlope kò ou nan yon gwo limyè. Ou louvri syèl la tankou yon tant pou ou rete.
You [created/caused] light to be like your robe [MET]. You spread out the sky like [a man sets up] a tent.
3 Ou bati kay ou sou nwaj yo ki plen dlo. Ou pran nwaj yo sèvi ou cha, yon kouran van ap pouse ou ale.
You made/put your home [in heaven], above the rain clouds in the sky, [like a man puts the] rafters of his house in place [MET]. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots [to carry you].
4 Ou fè van yo pote komisyon pou ou. Ou fè zèklè yo tounen sèvitè ou.
You caused the winds to be [like] your messengers [MET], and flames of fire to be [like] your servants.
5 Ou mete latè kanpe fèm sou fondasyon li. Anyen pa ka brannen l'.
You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken.
6 Ou mete lanmè sou li tankou yon rad, dlo te kouvri tout mòn yo.
[Later], you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains.
7 Men, lè ou parèt devan yo, yo pran kouri. Lè yo tande loraj ou gwonde, yo met deyò.
[But] when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away.
8 Yo kouri desann sou mòn yo, yo pase nan fon yo, y' al pran plas ou te pare pou yo.
Mountains rose up [from the water], and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.
9 Ou ba yo limit pou yo pa janm depase, pou yo pa tounen vin kouvri latè ankò.
[Then] you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the [whole] earth.
10 Ou fè sous dlo koule nan fon yo. Ou fè dlo koule nan mitan mòn yo.
You make/cause springs to pour [water] into ravines; their [water] flows down between the mountains.
11 Yo bay dlo pou bèt nan bwa yo bwè. Bourik nan bwa yo vin bwè lè yo swaf dlo.
Those [streams] provide water for all the animals [to drink]; the wild donkeys [drink the water and] are no longer thirsty.
12 Zwezo fè nich sou pyebwa ki bò dlo yo. Y'ap chante byen fò nan tout branch yo.
Birds make their nests alongside [the streams], and they sing among the branches [of the trees].
13 Ou rete nan syèl la, ou voye lapli wouze mòn yo. Ou kouvri tè a ak benediksyon ou.
From (your home in heaven/the sky) you send rain down on the mountains, and you fill the earth with many good things that you create.
14 Ou fè zèb pouse pou bèt yo manje. Ou fè plant moun bezwen yo grandi pou latè ka donnen manje,
You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle [to eat], and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way [animals and people] get their food from [what grows in] the soil.
15 pou latè ka donnen rezen ki bay diven pou fè kè lèzòm kontan, lwil pou fè figi yo fre, pen pou ba yo fòs.
We get [grapes to make] [MTY] wine to [drink and] make us cheerful, and we get [olives to make] [MTY] olive oil to [put on our] skin and cause it to shine, and we get [grain to make] [MTY] bread to give us strength.
16 Pyebwa Seyè yo, pye sèd li menm li te plante nan peyi Liban an, yo jwenn tou sa yo bezwen.
Yahweh, you [send plenty of rain to] water your trees, the cedar [trees] that you planted in Lebanon.
17 Se la zwazo fè nich yo. Sigòy fè kay yo sou tèt pyebwa yo.
Birds make their nests in those [trees]; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees.
18 Mòn apik yo se pou kabrit mawon yo ye. Daman kache nan twou wòch yo.
High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks.
19 Ou te fè lalin pou l' make jou yo. Solèy la konnen kilè pou l' kouche.
[Yahweh], you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.
20 Ou fè fènwa tonbe sou peyi a, li lannwit. Tout bèt nan rakbwa yo soti deyò.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, [looking for food].
21 Jenn lyon yo ap gwonde, y'ap chache manje. Y'ap mande Bondye ba yo manje.
At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, [but] they depend on you to give them food.
22 Lè solèy leve, yo wete kò yo, y' al kouche nan twou yo.
At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
23 Moun soti pou y' al travay, wi, pou y' al travay jouk solèy kouche.
And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is evening.
24 Seyè, ou fè anpil bagay! Ou fè yo avèk bon konprann. Latè plen ak bagay ou fè.
Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were [very] wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you [made].
25 Gade gwo lanmè a, li laj, li fon. Gen kantite bèt k'ap viv ladan l', gwo kou piti.
[We see] the ocean which is very large [DOU]! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones.
26 Se sou li gwo batiman yo ap pwonmennen. Gwo bèt lanmè ou te fè a, levyatan an, ap jwe ladan l'.
We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to (splash around/play) in the sea.
27 Se sou ou tout bèt sa yo konte, pou ou ba yo manje lè yo bezwen.
All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need.
28 Ou ba yo manje, yo manje. Ou louvri men ou, yo manje plen vant yo.
When you give them the food that they need, they gather it. You give them what you have in your hand, and they [eat it and] are satisfied.
29 Vire ou vire do ou, yo pran tranble. Lè ou wete souf yo, yo mouri frèt, yo tounen nan pousyè kote yo te soti a.
[But] if you refuse to give food to them, they become terrified. And when you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies [decay and] become soil again.
30 Men, lè ou soufle souf ou, ou bay lavi ankò. Konsa, ou bay latè yon lòt figi.
When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, they start to live; you give new life to all the living creatures on the earth.
31 Se pou bèl pouvwa Seyè a rete jan l' ye a pou tout tan. Se pou Seyè a kontan ak tou sa li fè.
I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about [all] the things that he has created.
32 Li gade latè, latè pran tranble. Li manyen mòn yo, mòn yo pran fè lafimen.
He causes the earth to shake [just] by looking at it! By [merely] touching the mountains he makes/causes them to pour out fire and smoke!
33 M'ap pase tout lavi m' ap chante pou Seyè a. M'ap fè lwanj Bondye pandan tout tan m'ap viv la.
I will sing to Yahweh (as long as I live/throughout my entire life). I will praise my God until the day that I die.
34 Mwen ta swete pawòl mwen fè l' plezi, paske se li ki fè kè m' kontan.
I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought [about him], because I rejoice about [knowing] him.
35 Se pou moun k'ap fè sa ki mal yo disparèt sou latè. Se pou pa gen mechan ankò! Kite m' di Seyè a mèsi! Lwanj pou Seyè a!
[But] I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth, so that there will be no more wicked [people]! [But as for] me, I will praise Yahweh! (Praise him/Hallelujah)!
