Salamo 44
1 Ho an’ ny mpiventy hira. Nataon’ ny Koraïta. Maskila. Ny sofinay no nandrenesanay, Andriamanitra ô, ny razanay nilaza taminay ny asa nataonao tamin’ ny androny, dia tamin’ ny andro fahiny.
To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.
2 Ny tananao no nandroahanao ny firenen-tsamy hafa, fa izy kosa nampitoerinao; efa nampahorinao ny firenena maro, fa izy kosa nataonao mahafeno tany.
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
3 Fa tsy ny sabany no nahazoany ny tany, ary tsy ny sandriny no namonjy azy; fa ny tananao ankavanana sy ny sandrinao ary ny fahazavan’ ny tavanao, satria efa sitrakao izy.
For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 Hianao dia Hianao no Mpanjakako, Andriamanitra ô; Mandidia famonjena ho an’ i Jakoba.
Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
5 Hianao no hanosehanay ny fahavalonay; ny anaranao no hanitsahanay izay mitsangana hamely anay.
By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
6 Fa tsy ny tsipikako no itokiako, ary ny sabatro tsy hahavonjy ahy.
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
7 Fa namonjy anay tamin’ ny fahavalonay Hianao, ary ny nankahala anay dia nataonao menatra.
For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
8 Andriamanitra no ankalazainay mandrakariva; ary ny anaranao no hoderainay mandrakizay. (Sela)
In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
9 Fa efa nanary anay ianao ka nampahamenatra anay, ary tsy mba mivoaka miaraka amin’ ny antokon’ ny miaramilanay Hianao.
In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Ataonao miamboho ny fahavalonay izahay, koa ny mankahala anay dia nanaram-po namabo.
Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Atolotrao tahaka ny ondry hohanina izahay, ary aelinao any amin’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
12 Mivarotra ny olonao tsy vola tsy harena Hianao, ka tsy mahazo tombony amin’ ny vidiny.
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
13 Ataonao fandatsan’ ny olona miray monina aminay izahay, dia fanakora sy faneson’ izay manodidina anay.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 Ataonao ho ambentinteny amin’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa izahay, dia fihifikifihan-doha amin’ ny olona maro.
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 Tsaroako mandrakariva ny fahafaham-boninahitro, ary efa manafotra ahy ny fangaihaizako,
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
16 Noho ny feon’ ny mpanaratsy sy ny mpanamavo, noho ny fahavalo sy ny mpamaly ratsy.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 Izany rehetra izany no manjo anay, nefa tsy manadino anao izahay ary tsy mivadika ny fanekenao.
All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 Tsy mihemotra ny fonay, ary tsy miala amin’ ny lalanao ny dianay.
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19 Nefa Hianao nanorotoro anay teo amin’ ny fitoeran’ ny amboadia sy nanarona anay tamin’ ny aloky ny fahafatesana.
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
20 Raha nanadino ny anaran’ Andriamanitray izahay, na nananty tanana tamin’ ny andriamani-kafa,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
21 Tsy handinika izany va Andriamanitra? Fa Izy mahalala ny miafina ao am-po.
Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Fa noho ny aminao no amonoana anay mandrakariva; toy ny ondry hovonoina no fijery anay.
Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Mifohaza, ry Tompo ô, nahoana no matory Hianao? Mitsangàna, aza manary mandrakizay.
Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
24 Nahoana no manafina ny tavanao Hianao, ka manadino ny fahantranay sy ny fahorianay?
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
25 Fa miankohoka amin’ ny vovoka ny fanahinay, miraikitra amin’ ny tany ny kibonay.
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
26 Mitsangàna hamonjy anay, ary avoty izahay araka ny famindram-ponao.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
