Salamo 68
1 Hiongake t’i Andrianañahare, le hiparaitake o rafelahi’eo; vaho hibioñe aolo’e eo o malaiñe Azeo.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Hambañe ami’ty fampisaohañe hatoeñe, isaoho añe ka; manahake ty fitranaha’ o karafo tantele aolo’ afoo, ty hikoromaha’ o tsivokatseo añatrefan’Añahare.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Ho ehake o vañoñeo, hirebeke añ’atrefan’Añahare eo, hiriñariña an-kobaiñe.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Misaboa aman’ Añahare, bangò i tahina’ey; onjono i Mpiningitse miranga i montombeiy, Ià ty tahina’e; vaho mitreñà añatrefa’e eo.
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Raem-bode-rae naho mpañomey to amo vantotseo t’i Andrianañahare an-kivoho’e miavake ao.
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Ampimoneñan’ Añahare añ’akiba ao ty jorý; akare’e mb’an-kavokarañe o rinohio; fe mitobok’ an-tane kirikintàñe ao o mpitrabikeo.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 O Andrianañahare, ie niaoloa’o ondati’oo, ie nihofiha’o firanga i fatram-beiy, Selà
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 niezeñezeñe i taney, nihotrake i likerañey aolo’ i Andrianamboatse, Nihondrahondra ty Sinay añatrefa’ i Abo Tia, Andrianañahare’ Israele eo.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Nanondraha’o oran-joba, ry Andrianañahare; niventè’o i lova’o navozoy,
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Nitobok’ ao i mpirai-lia’oy, nifahana’o ami’ty havokara’o o rarakeo, ry Andrianamboatse.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Nitaroñe t’i Talè; mitozantoza o rakemba mitalily i entañeio.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Nitriban-day mb’eo o mpanjakan- dahindefoñeo! Nivoratsake; le ho zarae’ i tambatse an-kiboho’e ao o kinopakeo,
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 ie mandre am-bàlan’añondry ao, le manahake ty elan-deho misarom-bola-foty; mimilemiletse volamena o volo’eo.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Ie nampivarakai’ i El-Sadai i mpanjaka rey, le niavy an-Tsalmone ty oram-panala.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 Vohin’ Añahare ty vohy Basane; vohitse lako-lengo’e ty haboa’ i Basane;
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Inoñe ty ikiraña’ areo ry haboañe maro-lengo’eo, i vohitse nirien’Añahare himoneña’ey? Eka himoneñe ao nainai’e t’Iehovà.
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Añ’ale’ale o sareten’ Añahareo, arivo-añ’arivo’e; ama’e ao an-kamasiña’e t’i Talè manahake e Sinay añe.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Nionjoñe añ’abo eñe irehe, nikozozote’o an-drohy o fandrohizañeo, nandrambe ravoravo am’ondatio, vaho amo mpiolao, himoneña’ Ià, Andrianañahare.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Andriañeñe t’i Talè mpivave o kilankan-tikañeo boak’andro, i Andrianañaharem- pandrombahantikañey. Selà
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Andrianañaharem-pañaha an-tika t’i Andrianamboatse; Toe a Iehovà Talè ty famotsorañe an-kavilasy.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Le hanorotoro ty loha’ o rafelahi’eo t’i Andrianañahare, ty kovo-doha minankanankañe amo hakeo’eo.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Hoe t’i Talè: Hampoliko o e Basaneo, hahereko boak’ an-keraheran-driak’ ao,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 Ho demohem-pandia’o an-dio o rafelahi’oo, hanañ’anjara an-dion-drafilahy ka o lelan’ amboa’oo.
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 Fa niisa’ iareo o fañaveloa’oo ry Andrianañahare, ty fionjonan’ Añahareko, toe i Mpanjakakoy, mb’amy miavakey ao.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Miaolo o mpisaboo, manonjohy o mpititikeo; añivo’e ao o somondrara mampikantsankantsàñe o kantsàñeo:
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Andriaño am-pivory ao t’i Andrianañahare, i Iehovà boak’am-pigoangoaña’ Israele.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Ingo t’i Beniamine tsitso’e, miaolo iareo, o roandria’ Iehodào am-pirimboña’eo, o roandria’ i Zeboloneo, o roandria’ i Naftalio.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Fa linilin’ Añahare’o ty haozara’o; mihaozara! Ry Andrianañahare, nañenefa’o ho anay izay,
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 ty kiboho’o e Ierosalaime añe, ty ibanabanà’ o mpanjakao ama’oy.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Endaho o biby hako am-bindao, o añombelahy maroo rekets’ o dronga’ ondatioo, songa mandialia tseram-bolafoty; navarakai’e ondaty tea alio.
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Hiavotse e Mitsraime ao o sorotà’eo, halisa hañity fitàñe aman’Añahare t’i Kose.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Misaboa aman’Andrianañahare, ry fifehea’ ty tane toio; rengeo an-tsabo t’i Talè; Selà
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 I miningitse andindì’ o likerañe haehaeo, Inay, ampionjone’e i fiarañanaña’ey, i fiarañanañañe ra’elahiy.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Iantofo te an’Andrianañahare ty haozarañe ambone’ Israele eo ty ahe’e an-dikerañe ao ty hafatrara’e.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 Mampañeven-drehe, ry Andrianañahare, an-toe’o miavake ao; I Andrianañahare’ Israele, ro mpanolotse haozarañe naho hafatrarañe am’ondati’eo. Andriañeñe t’i Andrianañahare!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
