Mazmur 41

1 Untuk pemimpin biduan. Mazmur Daud. Berbahagialah orang yang memperhatikan orang lemah! TUHAN akan meluputkan dia pada waktu celaka.

For the music director. A psalm of David. How happy are those who take care of the poor! When they are in trouble the Lord will save them.

2 TUHAN akan melindungi dia dan memelihara nyawanya, sehingga ia disebut berbahagia di bumi; Engkau takkan membiarkan dia dipermainkan musuhnya!

The Lord protects them and keeps them alive. They will live happily in the land, and they will not be handed over to their enemies.

3 TUHAN membantu dia di ranjangnya waktu sakit; di tempat tidurnya Kaupulihkannya sama sekali dari sakitnya.

The Lord looks after them when they're sick; he makes them well from their illness.

4 Kalau aku, kataku: "TUHAN, kasihanilah aku, sembuhkanlah aku, sebab terhadap Engkaulah aku berdosa!"

“Lord, please be gracious to me,” I asked. “Please heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

5 Musuhku mengatakan yang jahat tentang aku: "Bilakah ia mati, dan namanya hilang lenyap?"

Those who hate me only say evil things about me. “When is he going to die, and people forget all about him?” they ask.

6 Orang yang datang menjenguk, berkata dusta; hatinya penuh kejahatan, lalu ia keluar menceritakannya di jalan.

They come to visit me, but their sympathy is not sincere. They're only interested in the bad news, which they spread around as soon as they leave.

7 Semua orang yang benci kepadaku berbisik-bisik bersama-sama tentang aku, mereka merancangkan yang jahat terhadap aku:

All who hate me talk in whispers about my condition, hoping for the worst.

8 "Penyakit jahanam telah menimpa dia, sekali ia berbaring, takkan bangun-bangun lagi."

“He's been cursed with some terrible disease,” they say. “Now he's bed-ridden he'll never recover!”

9 Bahkan sahabat karibku yang kupercayai, yang makan rotiku, telah mengangkat tumitnya terhadap aku.

Even my best friend, the one I trusted, who shared meals with me—even he has turned against me.

10 Tetapi Engkau, ya TUHAN, kasihanilah aku dan tegakkanlah aku, maka aku hendak mengadakan pembalasan terhadap mereka.

But you Lord, please be gracious to me, make me well so I can repay them!

11 Dengan demikian aku tahu, bahwa Engkau berkenan kepadaku, apabila musuhku tidak bersorak-sorai karena aku.

I know you are pleased with me because you have not let my enemies win and shout in triumph over me.

12 Tetapi aku, Engkau menopang aku karena ketulusanku, Engkau membuat aku tegak di hadapan-Mu untuk selama-lamanya.

You have supported me because of my integrity, you have brought me into your presence forever.

13 Terpujilah TUHAN, Allah Israel, dari selama-lamanya sampai selama-lamanya! Amin, ya amin.

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen and amen!