Salamo 80
1 Ho an’ ny mpiventy hira. Al-shoshanim-edoth. Salamo nataon’ i Asafa. Ry Mpiandry ny Isiraely ô, mihainoa, Hianao Izay mitondra an’ i Josefa toy ny ondry; Hianao, Izay mipetraka amin’ ny kerobima, mamirapiratra.
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
2 Fohazy ny herinao eo anoloan’ i Efraima sy Benjamina ary Manase, ka avia hamonjy anay.
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
3 Andriamanitra ô, ampodio izahay, ka ampamirapirato ny Tavanao, ary aoka hovonjena izahay.
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny maro ô, mandra-pahoviana no hanetroka amin’ ny fivavaky ny olonao ny fahatezeranao?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
5 Mampihinana azy mofo len-dranomaso Hianao, ary mampisotro azy ranomaso tovozina.
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Ataonao ho fifandirana amin’ ny mifanila fonenana aminay izahay; ary ny fahavalonay mifaly handatsa.
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
7 Andriamanitry ny maro ô, ampodio izahay, ka ampamirapirato ny tavanao, ary aoka hovonjena izahay.
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 Nisy voaloboka nafindranao avy tany Egypta; nandroaka ny jentilisa Hianao ka namboly azy kosa.
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
9 Nitevy teo alohany Hianao, dia namaka lalina izy ka nameno ny tany.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
10 Nanaloka ny tendrombohitra ny alokalony, ary ny sampany nanaloka ny sedera andrian-kazo.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Nampisandrahaka ny rantsany hatramin’ ny ranomasina izy, ary ny sakeliny hatramin’ ny Ony.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Nahoana no noravànao ny fefiny ka anotazan’ izay rehetra mandalo eny an-dalana izy?
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
13 Ny lambo avy any an’ ala mitrongy azy; ary izay bibi-dia any an-tsaha mandàny azy.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Ry Andriamanitry ny maro ô, miverena, ka tsilovy any an-danitra, ary jereo, ka vangio ity voaloboka ity.
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
15 Arovy izay nambolen’ ny tananao ankavanana sy ny zanaka izay nampaherezinao ho Anao.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Voadotry ny afo izy sady voakapa; fongotry ny fananaran’ ny tavanao izy.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Aoka ny tananao ho amin’ ny lehilahin’ ny tananao ankavanana, dia amin’ ny zanak’ olombelona izay nampaherezinao ho Anao.
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Dia tsy hihemotra hiala aminao izahay; velomy izahay, dia hiantso ny anaranao.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
19 Ry Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny maro ô, ampodio izahay; ampamirapirato ny tavanao, ary aoka hovonjena Izahay.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
