Salmi 128

1 Cantico di Maalot BEATO chiunque teme il Signore, [E] cammina nelle sue vie.

(Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with) those of you who revere him and do what he wants you to do [IDM].

2 Perciocchè tu mangerai della fatica delle tue mani; Tu [sarai] beato, ed egli ti [sarà] bene.

You will [be able to earn the money] that you [MTY] need to buy food; you will be happy and you will be prosperous.

3 La tua moglie [sarà] dentro della tua casa Come una vigna fruttifera; I tuoi figliuoli [saranno] d'intorno alla tua tavola, Come piante novelle di ulivi.

Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes [SIM]; she will give birth to many children. Your children who sit around your table will be like a strong olive [tree that has many] shoots [growing up around it] [SIM].

4 Ecco, certamente così sarà benedetto L'uomo che teme il Signore.

Every man who reveres Yahweh will be blessed like that.

5 Il Signore ti benedirà di Sion; E tu vedrai il bene di Gerusalemme Tutti i giorni della tua vita;

I wish/hope that Yahweh will bless all of you from [where he dwells] (on Zion [Hill]/[in Jerusalem]) and that you will see [the people of] Jerusalem prospering every day that you live!

6 E vedrai i figliuoli de' tuoi figliuoli. Pace [sia] sopra Israele.

I desire that you will live many years, long enough to see your grandchildren. I desire/hope that things will go well for [the people in] Israel!