Mga Awit 41
1 Mapalad siya na nagpapakundangan sa dukha: ililigtas siya ng Panginoon sa panahon ng kaligaligan.
Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.
2 Pananatilihin siya, at iingatan siyang buhay ng Panginoon, at siya'y pagpapalain sa ibabaw ng lupa; at huwag mong ibigay siya sa kalooban ng kaniyang mga kaaway.
Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.
3 Aalalayan siya ng Panginoon sa hiligan ng panghihina: iyong inaayos ang buo niyang higaan sa kaniyang pagkakasakit.
When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
4 Aking sinabi, Oh Panginoon, maawa ka sa akin: pagalingin mo ang aking kaluluwa; sapagka't ako'y nagkasala laban sa iyo.
[When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”
5 Ang aking mga kaaway ay nangagsasalita ng kasamaan laban sa akin, na nangagsasabi, kailan siya mamamatay, at mapapawi ang kaniyang pangalan?
My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”
6 At kung siya'y pumaritong tingnang ako siya'y nagsasalita ng walang kabuluhan; ang kaniyang puso ay nagpipisan ng kasamaan sa kaniyang sarili; pagka siya'y lumabas, isinasaysay niya.
When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
7 Yaong lahat na nangagtatanim sa akin ay nangagbubulong-bulungan laban sa akin: laban sa akin ay nagsisikatha ng panghamak.
All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.
8 Isang masamang sakit, wika nila, ay kumapit na madali sa kaniya; at ngayon siyang nahihiga ay hindi na babangon pa.
They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
9 Oo, ang aking kasamasamang kaibigan, na aking tiniwalaan, na kumain ng aking tinapay, nagtaas ng kaniyang sakong laban sa akin.
Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].
10 Nguni't ikaw, Oh Panginoon, maawa ka sa akin, at ibangon mo ako, upang aking magantihan (sila)
But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).
11 Sa pamamagitan nito ay natatalastas ko na nalulugod ka sa akin, sapagka't ang aking kaaway ay hindi nagtatagumpay sa akin.
[If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.
12 At tungkol sa akin, iyong inaalalayan ako sa aking pagtatapat, at inilalagay mo ako sa harap ng iyong mukha magpakailan man.
[I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.
13 Purihin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, mula sa walang pasimula at hanggang sa walang hanggan. Siya nawa, at Siya nawa.
Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
