Salamo 102
1 Fivavaky ny ory, raha reraka izy ka mandoatra ny alahelony eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah. Jehovah ô, henoy ny fivavako, Ary aoka hankeo aminao ny fitarainako.
Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you!
2 Aza manafina ny tavanao amiko amin’ ny andro fahoriako; Atongilano amiko ny sofinao; Amin’ ny andro itarainako dia faingàna hamaly ahy.
Do not (turn away/hide yourself) from me when I (have troubles/am distressed)! Listen to me, and answer me quickly now, when I am calling out to you!
3 Fa levon-ko setroka ny androko Ary ny taolako mahamay tahaka ny forohana.
My life is ending, like smoke that disappears [SIM]; I have [a high fever which] burns my body like a fire burns [SIM].
4 Taninina tahaka ny ahitra ny foko ka malazo; Fa hadinoko na dia ny fihinanan-kanina aza.
[I feel like] I am drying up like grass [SIM] that has been beaten/trampled down, and I no longer have a desire to eat food.
5 Noho ny fisentoan’ ny foko Ny taolako miraikitra amin’ ny hoditro.
I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin [because I have become very thin].
6 Tahaka ny sama any an-efitra aho, Ary tahaka ny vorondolo any an-tanànaolo.
I am like a [lonely and despised] vulture in the desert, like an owl by itself in the abandoned ruins [of a building/city].
7 Tsy mahita tory aho Sady tahaka ny tsikirity irery eo an-tampontrano.
I lie awake [at night]; [because there is no one to comfort me], I am like a lonely bird [sitting] on a housetop [SIM].
8 Mandatsa ahy mandrakariva ny fahavaloko. Izay misafoaka amiko dia manao ahy ho fiozonana.
All during the day my enemies insult me; those who make fun of me mention my name [and say, “May you be like him”] when they curse people.
9 Fa lavenona no nohaniko tahaka ny mofo; Ary ny zavatra nosotroiko noharoharoiko ny ranomasoko,
Because you are very angry [DOU] with me, now [I sit in] ashes [while I am suffering greatly]; and those ashes [fall on] the bread/food that I eat, and what I drink has my tears mixed with it. [It is as though] you have picked me up and thrown me away!
10 Noho ny fahaviniranao sy ny fahatezeranao; Fa naingainao aho, kanefa natontanao indray.
11 Ny androko dia tahaka ny aloka efa mandroso; Ary efa malazo tahaka ny ahitra aho.
My time to remain alive is like an evening shadow [that will soon be gone] [SIM]. I am withering like grass withers [in the hot sun].
12 Nefa Hianao, Jehovah ô, mipetraka manjaka mandrakizay; Ary ny fahatsiarovana Anao mihatra amin’ ny taranaka fara mandimby.
But Yahweh, you are our king who rules [MTY] forever; people who are not yet born will remember you.
13 Hianao hitsangana ka hamindra fo amin’ i Ziona; Fa efa andro hamindram-po aminy izao; Eny, tonga ny fotoana.
You will arise and be merciful to [the people of] [MTY] Jerusalem; it is now time for you to do that; this is the time for you to be kind to them.
14 Fa sitraky ny mpanomponao ny vatony, Sady malahelo ny vovo-taniny izy.
Even though (the city has been destroyed/our enemies have destroyed our city), we who serve you still love the stones that [were formerly] in the city walls; because now there is rubble everywhere, we, your people, are very sad when we see it.
15 Hatahotra ny anaran’ i Jehovah ny jentilisa, Ary ny mpanjaka rehetra amin’ ny tany hatahotra ny voninahitrao;
Yahweh, [some day the people of other] nations will revere you [MTY]; all the kings on earth will see that you are very glorious/great.
16 Fa Jehovah nanangana an’ i Ziona; Niseho tamin’ ny voninahiny Izy;
You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness.
17 Nijery ny fivavaky ny mahantra Izy Ka tsy nanevateva ny fivavany.
You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will (not ignore them/do what they request) [LIT] when they plead with you to help them.
18 Hosoratana ho an’ ny taranaka mandimby izany; Ary izay firenena mbola hoforonina no hidera an’ i Jehovah;
Yahweh, [I want to] write these words in order that people in future years [will know what] you have done, in order that people who are not born yet will praise you.
19 Fa Izy nitazana tany amin’ ny fitoerany masìna any amin’ ny avo. Tany an-danitra no nitsinjovan’ i Jehovah ny tany,
They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven [DOU] and saw [what was happening on] the earth.
20 Mba hihaino ny fisentoan’ ny mpifatotra Sy hanafaka izay voatendry ho faty,
They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.”
21 Mba hotorina any Ziona ny anaran’ i Jehovah, Ary ny fiderana Azy any Jerosalema,
As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you [DOU] for what you [have done]
22 Rehefa tafangona ny firenena Sy ny fanjakana maro hanompo an’ i Jehovah.
when many people [from other people-groups] and [those who are citizens of other] kingdoms gather to worship you.
23 Efa nahaketraka ny heriko tany an-dalana Izy; Efa nahafohy ny androko Izy;
[But now] you have caused me to become weak while I am still young; [I think that] I will (not live much longer/ very long/soon die).
24 Hoy izaho: Andriamanitro ô; aza maka ahy an-tenatenan’ ny androko; Ny taonanao mihatra amin’ ny taranaka fara mandimby.
I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever!
25 Tany aloha no nanorenanao ny tany; Ary asan’ ny tananao ny lanitra.
You created the world long ago, and you made (the heavens/everything in the sky) with your own hands.
26 Ireo dia ho levona, fa Hianao no maharitra; Izy rehetra ho rovitra toy ny fitafiana; Toy ny lamba no hanovanao azy, ka hovana izy;
The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like [people get rid of] old clothes, and they will no longer exist,
27 Fa Hianao no tsy miova, Ary ny taonanao no tsy ho tapitra.
but you are [not like the things that you created], [because you are] always the same; you never die.
28 Ny zanaky ny mpanomponao handry fahizay, Ary ny taranany hampitoerina eo anatrehanao.
[Some day] our children will live safely [in Jerusalem], and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”
