Zsoltárok 144
1 Dávidtól. Áldva legyen az Örökkévaló én sziklám, ki kezeimet háborúra tanítja, újjaimat harczra.
I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
2 Kegyelmem és váram, mentsváram és megszabadítóm nekem, pajzsom, s ő benne kerestem menedéket, a ki népeket leigáz én alám.
He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
3 Örökkévaló, mi az ember, hogy őt megismerted, a halandó fia, hogy őt számba vetted?
Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
4 Az ember a lehelethez hasonlít, napjai mint a muló árnyék.
[The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
5 Örökkévaló, hajtsd meg egedet és szállj le, érintsd meg a hegyeket, hogy füstölögjenek;
Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
6 hajíts villámot és szórd szét őket, küldd nyilaidat és zavard meg őket.
Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
7 Nyújtsd ki kezedet a magasból, ragadj ki és ments meg nagy vizektől, az idegenek kezéböl;
[It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
8 kiknek szája hamisat beszélt és jobbjuk hazugság jobbja,
who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
9 Isten, új éneket hadd énekelek neked, tíz huru lanton hadd zengek nehed.
God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
10 Ki segedelmet adott királyoknak, ki kiragadta szolgáját, Dávidot gonosz kardtól:
You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
11 ragadj ki és ments meg engem az idegenek kezéből, kiknek szája hamisat beszélt, és jobbjuk hazugság jobbja;
[So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
12 A midőn fiaink akár csemeték, nagyra nevelve ifjúkorukban, leányaink akár sarokpillérek, kivágva templomnak mintájára;
I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
13 csürjeink telvék, nyújtva eleséget eleségre, juhaink ezrivel szaporodnak, tizezrivel térségeinken;
I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
14 ökreink megterhelve – sem rés, sem kivonulás, sem sikoltás piaczainkon:
I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
15 boldog a nép, melynek így vagyon dolga, boldog a nép, melynek az Örökkévaló az ő Istene!
If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
