Salamo 77
I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me.
2 Amy andro nahampohek’ ahiy t’ie nipay i Talè; an-taña nahity, tsy nigebañe te haleñe; nifoneñe tsy hohòeñe ty foko.
Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, [but] nothing causes me to be comforted.
3 Ie mahatiahy iraho, ry Andrianañahare le mitretretretre, ie tsakorèko, le mitoirañe ty troko. Selà
When I think about God, I (despair/think that he will never help me); when I meditate about him, I am discouraged.
4 Tana’o tsy hikòpoke o holi-masokoo; embetse iraho tsy mahafivolañe.
[All during the night] he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.
5 Nereñereko o andro taoloo, o taoñe haehaeo,
I think about days that have passed; I remember [what happened in] previous years.
6 Tiahiko o nititihako an-kaleñeo; mifañaoñe ami’ty troko iraho, le hoe ty fitsakorean-troko:
I spend the whole night thinking [about things]; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:
7 Haitoa’ i Talè zafe-anake hao? le lia’e tsy hisohe’e hao?
“Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?
8 Fa modo kitro añ’afe’e hao ty fiferenaiña’e? Fa nilesa kitro-katroke hao i nampitamae’ey?
Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do?
9 Nihaliñon’Añahare hao ty fatariha’e? nagabe’e an-kaviñerañe ao hao i fitretreza’ey? Selà
God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry [with us], has he decided to not be kind to us?”
10 Le hoe raho: Zao ty halemeako: Ie ataoko ho mete miova ty fitàn-kavana’ i Andindimoneñey.
Then I said, “What causes me to be [very] sad is that [it seems that] God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.”
11 Ho tiahiko ty fitoloña’ Ià, hahatsikaitse o raha tsitantane nanoe’o haehaeo.
[But then], Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past.
12 Ho hene tsakorèko o fitoloña’oo, hereñerèko o tolon-draha’oo.
I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts.
13 Ry Andrianañahare, masiñe ty lala’o; ia ty ndrahare ra’elahy hañirinkiriñe aman’ Añahare?
God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god [RHQ] who is great like you are!
14 Ihe ro Andrianañahare mitolon-kalatsàñe! fa naboa’o am’ ondatio ty haozara’o.
You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful.
15 Nijebañem-pità’o ondati’oo, o tarira’ Iakobe naho Iosefeo. Selà
By your power [MTY] you rescued your people [from Egypt]; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and [his son] Joseph.
16 Nahatrea Azo o ranoo, ry Andrianañahare, ie nahatrea azo i ranoy le nivalitaboake! nitabohazake i lalekey.
[It was as though] the waters [of the Red Sea] saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook.
17 Nampikojojoake orañe o rahoñeo; nigorogodoiñe i likerañey, nimb’etia mb’atia ka o ana-pale’oo.
Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered [very loudly] [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.
18 Tam-po’ i tangololahiy ty fivola’ i ampi’oy; nampireandreañe’ i helatsey ty voatse toy! nihondrahondra naho niozoñozoñe ty tane toy.
Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning (lit up/flashed across) the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].
19 Nitoañe’ i lala’oy i riakey, i rano jabajabay ty nilalan-tsile’o; vaho tsy nioniñe o liam-pandia’oo.
[Then] you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.
20 Narahe’o hoe lia-raike ondati’oo, am-pità’ i Mosè naho i Aharone.
You led your people like [a shepherd leads his] flock [of sheep], while Moses and Aaron were the leaders [of your people].
