Mazmur 116

1 Aku mengasihi TUHAN, sebab Ia mendengarkan suaraku dan permohonanku.

I love Yahweh, because he hears me when I cry for him to help me.

2 Sebab Ia menyendengkan telinga-Nya kepadaku, maka seumur hidupku aku akan berseru kepada-Nya.

He listens to me, so I will call out to him all during my life.

3 Tali-tali maut telah meliliti aku, dan kegentaran terhadap dunia orang mati menimpa aku, aku mengalami kesesakan dan kedukaan. (Sheol h7585)

Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would [die and go to] the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid. (Sheol h7585)

4 Tetapi aku menyerukan nama TUHAN: "Ya TUHAN, luputkanlah kiranya aku!"

[But] then I called out to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh, I plead with you to save/rescue me!”

5 TUHAN adalah pengasih dan adil, Allah kita penyayang.

Yahweh is kind and does what is right; he is our God, and he acts mercifully [to us].

6 TUHAN memelihara orang-orang sederhana; aku sudah lemah, tetapi diselamatkan-Nya aku.

He protects those who (are helpless/cannot defend themselves); and when I thought that I would die, he saved me.

7 Kembalilah tenang, hai jiwaku, sebab TUHAN telah berbuat baik kepadamu.

I must encourage/tell myself to (have inner peace/not worry any more), because Yahweh has done very good things for me.

8 Ya, Engkau telah meluputkan aku dari pada maut, dan mataku dari pada air mata, dan kakiku dari pada tersandung.

Yahweh has saved me [SYN] from dying, and has kept/protected me from [troubles that would cause me to] cry. He has kept/protected me from stumbling.

9 Aku boleh berjalan di hadapan TUHAN, di negeri orang-orang hidup.

[So here] on the earth, where people are still alive, I live knowing that Yahweh is [directing] me.

10 Aku percaya, sekalipun aku berkata: "Aku ini sangat tertindas."

I continued to believe/trust [in Yahweh], even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted/troubled.”

11 Aku ini berkata dalam kebingunganku: "Semua manusia pembohong."

[Even] when I was distressed/worried and said, “I cannot trust anyone,” [I continued to trust in Yahweh].

12 Bagaimana akan kubalas kepada TUHAN segala kebajikan-Nya kepadaku?

So now [I will tell you] [RHQ] what I will offer to Yahweh, because of all the good things that he has done for me.

13 Aku akan mengangkat piala keselamatan, dan akan menyerukan nama TUHAN,

I will offer to him a cup [of wine] to thank him for saving/rescuing me.

14 akan membayar nazarku kepada TUHAN di depan seluruh umat-Nya.

When I am together with many [HYP] people who belong to Yahweh, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him.

15 Berharga di mata TUHAN kematian semua orang yang dikasihi-Nya.

Yahweh is very grieved/sad when one of his people dies.

16 Ya TUHAN, aku hamba-Mu! Aku hamba-Mu, anak dari hamba-Mu perempuan! Engkau telah membuka ikatan-ikatanku!

I am one of those who serve Yahweh; I serve him like my mother did. He has freed/saved me from dying (OR, from being fastened by chains).

17 Aku akan mempersembahkan korban syukur kepada-Mu, dan akan menyerukan nama TUHAN,

[So] I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him, and I will pray to him.

18 akan membayar nazarku kepada TUHAN di depan seluruh umat-Nya,

When I am together with many of [HYP] the people who belong to Yahweh, [in the courtyard] outside his temple in Jerusalem, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. Praise Yahweh!

19 di pelataran rumah TUHAN, di tengah-tengahmu, ya Yerusalem! Haleluya!