Salamo 72
1 Nataon’ i Solomona.
A psalm written by Solomon. O God, enable [me, ] the king [whom you appointed in Israel], to rule justly. Show/Teach me how to judge matters fairly
2 Hitsara ny olonao amin’ ny fahamarinana izy. Ary ny malahelolonao amin’ ny fahitsiana.
in order that I will judge your people fairly, that I will govern your oppressed people justly.
3 Ny tendrombohitra hahavokatra fiadanana ho an’ ny olona, eny, ny havoana koa amin’ ny fahamarinana.
I desire that [all over the country—even] on the hills and mountains [DOU]— people will live peacefully and righteously.
4 Hitsara ny olona ory izy sy hamonjy ny zanaky ny mahantra ary hanorotoro ny mpampahory.
Help [me], your king, to defend the poor people and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them.
5 Hatahotra anao ny olona, raha mbola maharitra koa ny masoandro sy ny volana hatramin’ ny taranaka fara mandimby.
I desire that your people will revere you as long as the moon shines, [forever].
6 Hidina tahaka ny ranonorana amin’ ny saha voajinja izy, tahaka ny ranonorana mivatravatra amin’ ny tany.
I desire that my rule will [be enjoyed by the people] [SIM] like [they enjoy] rain on growing crops, like [they enjoy] showers that fall on the land.
7 Ny marina hitrebona amin’ ny androny, ary ho be ny fiadanana mandra-paha-tsy hisy volana intsony.
I hope/desire that people will live righteously during the years that I rule, and that my people will live peacefully and prosperously as long as the moon shines.
8 Ary hanjaka hatramin’ ny ranomasina ka hatramin’ ny ranomasina izy, ary hatramin’ ny ony ka hatramin’ ny faran’ ny tany.
I hope/desire that the kings [of Israel] will rule [the people] in all the area from one sea [in the east] to another [in the west], and from the [Euphrates] River to the most remote/distant places on earth.
9 Ny mponina any an-efitra handohalika eo anatrehany; ary ny fahavalony hilelaka ny vovoka.
I hope/desire that those who live in the desert will bow down before them, and that their enemies will throw themselves on the ground [in submission] to them.
10 Ny mpanjakan’ i Tarsisy sy ny nosy handoa hetra; ny mpanjakan’ i Sheba sy Seba hanatitra fanomezana.
I hope/desire that the kings of Spain and of the islands [in the Mediterranean Sea] will bring (tribute money/taxes) to the kings [of Israel], and that the kings of Sheba [to the south] and of Seba [to the southwest] will bring them gifts.
11 Ary ny mpanjaka rehetra hiankohoka eo anatrehany; ny firenena rehetra hanompo azy.
I hope/desire that all the [other] kings [in the world] will bow before the kings [of Israel], and that [people of] all nations will serve them.
12 Fa hamonjy ny mahantra mitaraina izy sy ny ory tsy manan-kamonjy;
They will rescue poor people when they (cry out/plead) for help, and help those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.
13 Hiantra ny reraka sy ny malahelo izy ary hamonjy ny fanahin’ ny malahelo.
They will pity those who are weak and needy; he saves the people’s lives.
14 Hanavotra ny fanahiny amin’ ny fampahoriana sy ny fanaovana an-keriny izy; ary ho zava-dehibe eo imasony ny ràny.
Our kings will rescue the people from being oppressed and from being treated cruelly, [because] (their lives/they) [MTY] are precious to our kings.
15 Dia ho velona ireny ka hanome azy volamena avy any Sheba, ary hanao fifonana ho azy mandrakariva, izy, ary isan’ andro no hisaorany azy.
I hope/desire that our kings will live a long time! I hope/desire that they will be given gold from Sheba. I desire that people will always pray for our kings and praise them all the time, [every day].
16 Hahavoka-bary betsaka ny tany na dia any an-tampon’ ny tendrombohitra aza; hirondrona tahaka ny any Libanona ny fahavokarany; ary ny ao an-tanàna hidokadoka tahaka ny ahitra amin’ ny tany.
I hope/desire that the fields will produce plenty of grain [everywhere, even] on the tops of the hills in the land where they rule, like the grain that grows [on the hills] in Lebanon. I hope/desire that the cities [in Israel] will be full of people like the fields are full of grass.
17 Ho mandrakizay ny anarany; raha mbola maharitra koa ny masoandro, dia hanorobona ny anarany; ary izy ho fitahiana ny olona; ny firenena rehetra hanao azy ho sambatra.
I desire that the names of our kings will never be forgotten. I hope/desire that people will remember them as long as the sun shines. I hope/desire that people of all nations will ask (God to bless them/that they will be blessed by God) just like he has blessed the kings [of Israel].
18 Isaorana anie Jehovah Andriamanitra, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely; Izy irery ihany no manao fahagagana;
Praise Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship]; he is the only one who does wonderful things.
19 Ary isaorana mandrakizay anie ny anarany malaza; ary aoka ny tany rehetra ho henika ny voninahiny. Amena dia Amena.
Praise him forever! I desire that (his glory will fill the whole world/people all over the world may see that he is very great) [MTY]! Amen! May it be so!
20 Tapitra ny fivavak’ i Davida, zanak’ i Jese.
That is the end of this group of prayers/songs written by David, the son of Jesse.
