Mga Awit 147
1 Purihin si Yahweh! Mabuting umawit sa ating Diyos. Kasiya-siya at nararapat lang na gawin ito.
Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
2 Nawasak ang Jerusalem, pero tinutulungan tayo ni Yahweh na itayo ulit ito.
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
3 Ibinabalik niya ang mga taong dinala sa ibang bayan. Pinalalakas niya ulit ang mga pinanghihinaan ng loob at pinagagaling ang kanilang mga sugat.
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 Siya ang lumikha ng mga bituin.
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
5 Dakila at makapangyarihan si Yahweh, at walang kapantay ang kaniyang karunungan.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 Itinataas ni Yahweh ang mga inaapi, at ibinababa niya ang mga masasama.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Umawit kay Yahweh ng may pasasalamat; gamit ang alpa, umawit ng papuri para sa ating Diyos.
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 Tinatakpan niya ang kalangitan ng mga ulap at hinahanda ang ulan para sa lupa, na nagpapalago ng mga damo sa mga kabunkukan.
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 Binibigyan niya ng pagkain ang mga hayop at mga inakay na uwak kapag (sila) ay umiiyak.
He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
10 Hindi siya humahanga sa bilis ng kabayo o nasisiyahan sa lakas ng binti ng isang tao.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 Nasisiyahan si Yahweh sa mga nagpaparangal sa kaniya, sa mga umaasa sa katapatan niya sa tipan.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Purihin niyo si Yahweh, kayong mga mamamayan ng Jerusalem! Purihin niyo ang inyong Diyos, Sion.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 Dahil pinalalakas niya ang rehas ng inyong mga tarangkahan, pinagpapala niya ang mga batang kasama ninyo.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 Pinagyayaman niya ang mga nasa loob ng inyong hangganan, pinasasaya niya kayo sa pamamagitan ng pinakamaiinam na trigo.
He protects the borders [of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you]. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat.
15 Pinadadala niya ang kaniyang kautusan sa mundo, dumadaloy ito nang maayos.
He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
16 Ginagawa niyang parang nyebe ang lana, pinakakalat niya ang mga yelo na parang abo.
He sends snow which [covers the ground] like a white wool blanket [SIM], and he scatters frost [on the ground] like [wind scatters] ashes [SIM].
17 Nagpapaulan siya ng yelo na parang mumo, sinong makatitiis ng ginaw na pinadala niya?
He sends hail down like (pebbles/tiny stones); [when that happens], (it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?) [RHQ]
18 Ipinahahayag niya ang kaniyang utos at tinutunaw ito, pina-iihip niya ang hangin at pinadadaloy niya ang tubig.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 Ipinahayag niya ang kaniyang salita kay Jacob, ang mga alituntunin niya at makatuwirang mga utos sa Israel.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
20 Hindi niya ginawa ito sa ibang bayan, wala silang alam sa kaniyang mga utos. Purihin si Yahweh.
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
