Salamo 41

1 Ho an’ ny mpiventy hira. Salamo nataon’ i Davida. Sambatra izay mahatsiaro ny malahelo; Jehovah hamonjy azy amin’ ny andro fahoriana.

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 Jehovah hitandrina sy hiaro azy tsy ho faty; hatao ho sambatra ambonin’ ny tany izy, ary tsy mba hatolotrao amin’ ny sitrapon’ ny fahavalony.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 Jehovah hanohana azy eo ambonin’ ny farafara hitsaboana azy. Ny fandriany rehetra eo am-paharariany dia hovanao.

Jehovah will support him upon the bed of languishing. Thou will make all his bed in his sickness.

4 Hoy izaho: Jehovah ô, mamindrà fo amiko; sitrano ny fanahiko, fa efa nanota taminao aho.

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5 Ny fahavaloko maniry ahy ho simba ka manao hoe: Rahoviana no ho faty izy, ka ho very ny anarany?

My enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Ary raha avy mamangy, izy dia miteny zava-poana; ny fony mamory faharatsiana ho an’ ny tenany; mivoaka eny ivelany izy ka milazalaza.

And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

7 Mitakoritsika ahy izay rehetra mankahala ahy; misaina hanisy ratsy ahy izy.

All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.

8 Tena zava-dratsy, hoy izy, no aidina aminy; ary raha mandry izy dia tsy hitsangana intsony.

An evil disease, they say, clings firm to him. And now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

9 Eny, ny sakaizako, izay maha-toky ahy sady nihinana ny haniko, no nanangana ny ombelahin-tongony hamely ahy.

Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 Fa ianao kosa Jehovah ô, mamindrà fo amiko, ka atsangano aho mba hamaliako azy.

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.

11 Izao no hahafantarako fa mankasitraka ahy Hianao, dia ny tsy anakoran’ ny fahavaloko ahy.

By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 Ary ny amiko, dia manohana ahy amin’ ny fahitsiako Hianao, ka mampitoetra ahy eo anatrehanao mandrakizay.

And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.

13 Isaorana anie Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, hatramin’ ny taloha indrindra ka mandrakizay. Amena dia Amena.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Truly, and Truly.