< 詩篇 146 >

1 主をほめたたえよ。わが魂よ、主をほめたたえよ。
Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
2 わたしは生けるかぎりは主をほめたたえ、ながらえる間は、わが神をほめうたおう。
I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.
3 もろもろの君に信頼してはならない。人の子に信頼してはならない。彼らには助けがない。
[You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].
4 その息が出ていけば彼は土に帰る。その日には彼のもろもろの計画は滅びる。
And when they die, their corpses [decay and] become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.
5 ヤコブの神をおのが助けとし、その望みをおのが神、主におく人はさいわいである。
But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob [worshiped] are happy. The one whom they confidently expect [to help them] is Yahweh, their God.
6 主は天と地と、海と、その中にあるあらゆるものを造り、とこしえに真実を守り、
He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all [the creatures] that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do.
7 しえたげられる者のためにさばきをおこない、飢えた者に食物を与えられる。主は捕われ人を解き放たれる。
He decides matters fairly for those who are (treated unfairly/oppressed), and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.
8 主は盲人の目を開かれる。主はかがむ者を立たせられる。主は正しい者を愛される。
Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
9 主は寄留の他国人を守り、みなしごと、やもめとをささえられる。しかし、悪しき者の道を滅びに至らせられる。
Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked [people].
10 主はとこしえに統べ治められる。シオンよ、あなたの神はよろず代まで統べ治められる。主をほめたたえよ。
Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!

< 詩篇 146 >