Mga Awit 60
1 Oh Dios, iniwaksi mo kami, ibinagsak mo kami; ikaw ay nagalit; Oh papanauliin mo kami.
[I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!
2 Iyong niyanig ang lupain; iyong pinabuka: pagalingin mo ang mga sira niyaon: sapagka't umuuga.
[When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).
3 Nagpakita ka sa iyong bayan ng mahihirap na bagay: iyong ipinainom sa amin ang alak na pangpagiray.
You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].
4 Nagbigay ka ng watawat sa nangatatakot sa iyo, upang maiwagayway dahil sa katotohanan. (Selah)
But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.
5 Upang ang iyong minamahal ay makaligtas, magligtas ka ng iyong kanan, at sagutin mo kami.
Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
6 Nagsalita ang Dios sa kaniyang kabanalan; ako'y magsasaya: aking hahatiin ang Sichem, at aking susukatin ang libis ng Succoth,
[Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.
7 Galaad ay akin, at Manases ay akin; Ephraim naman ay sanggalang ng aking ulo; Juda ay aking setro.
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];
8 Moab ay aking hugasan; sa Edom ay aking ihahagis ang aking panyapak; Filistia, humiyaw ka dahil sa akin.
but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
9 Sinong magdadala sa akin sa matibay na bayan? Sinong papatnubay sa akin hanggang sa Edom?
[Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]
10 Hindi mo ba kami iniwaksi, Oh Dios? At hindi ka lumalabas, Oh Dios, na kasama ng aming mga hukbo.
So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].
11 Tulungan mo kami laban sa kaaway; sapagka't walang kabuluhan ang tulong ng tao.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
12 Sa pamamagitan ng Dios ay gagawa kaming may katapangan: sapagka't siya ang yumayapak sa aming mga kaaway.
But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
