< 詩篇 99 >
1 主は王となられた。もろもろの民はおののけ。主はケルビムの上に座せられる。地は震えよ。
Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!
2 主はシオンにおられて大いなる神、主はもろもろの民の上に高くいらせられる。
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 彼らはあなたの大いなる恐るべきみ名をほめたたえるであろう。主は聖でいらせられる。
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 大能の王であり、公義を愛する者であるあなたは堅く公平を立て、ヤコブの中に正と義とを行われた。
He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.
5 われらの神、主をあがめ、その足台のもとで拝みまつれ。主は聖でいらせられる。
Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!
6 その祭司の中にモーセとアロンとがあった。そのみ名を呼ぶ者の中にサムエルもあった。彼らが主に呼ばわると、主は答えられた。
Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.
7 主は雲の柱のうちで彼らに語られた。彼らはそのあかしと、彼らに賜わった定めとを守った。
He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.
8 われらの神、主よ、あなたは彼らに答えられた。あなたは彼らにゆるしを与えられた神であったが、悪を行う者には報復された。
Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.
9 われらの神、主をあがめ、その聖なる山で拝みまつれ。われらの神、主は聖でいらせられるからである。
Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!