Mga Awit 35
1 Kumilos ka laban sa mga kumikilos laban sa akin O Yahweh; labanan mo ang mga lumalaban sa akin.
Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
2 Kunin mo ang iyong maliit na pananggalang at malaking pananggalang; bumangon ka at ako ay iyong tulungan.
Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
3 Sa mga humahabol sa akin gamitin mo ang iyong mga sibat at palakol; sa kaluluwa ko ay iyong sabihin, “Ako ang iyong kaligtasan.”
Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
4 Nawa ang mga naghahangad sa aking buhay ay mapahiya at masira ang puri. Nawa ang mga nagbabalak na saktan ako ay tumalikod at malito.
Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
5 Nawa (sila) ay maging tulad ng hinanging ipa, sa pagtataboy ng anghel ni Yahweh sa kanila.
Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
6 Nawa ang kanilang daraanan ay maging madilim at madulas, habang tinutugis (sila) ng anghel ni Yahweh.
Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
7 Nang walang dahilan, naglagay (sila) ng lambat para sa akin; nang walang dahilan nagbungkal (sila) ng hukay para sa aking buhay.
Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
8 Hayaan mo na dumating sa kanila nang hindi inaasahan ang pagkawasak. Hayaan mo na mahuli (sila) ng inilagay nilang lambat. Sa kanilang pagkawasak, hayaan mong (sila) ay bumagsak.
Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
9 Pero magsasaya ako kay Yahweh at magagalak sa kaniyang kaligtasan.
Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
10 Sa aking buong lakas sasabihin ko, “Sino ang katulad mo, Yahweh, na siyang nagliligtas sa mga api mula sa mas malakas kaysa sa kanila at ang mahihirap at nangangailangan mula sa mga nagtatangka na nakawan (sila)
With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
11 Dumarami ang masasamang saksi; pinararatangan nila ako nang hindi totoo.
People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
12 Binayaran nila ng kasamaan ang aking kabutihan. Ako ay nagdadalamhati.
In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
13 Pero, nang maysakit (sila) nagsuot ako ng sako; nag-ayuno ako para sa kanila na nakatungo ang aking dibdib.
When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
14 Nagdalamhati ako para sa aking mga kapatid; lumuhod ako sa pagluluksa para sa aking ina.
I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
15 Pero nang ako ay natisod, natuwa (sila) at nagsama-sama; nagsama-sama (sila) laban sa akin, at ako ay ginulat nila. Winarak nila ako nang walang humpay.
But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
16 Walang galang nila akong hinamak; nangalit ang kanilang mga ngipin sa akin.
Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
17 Panginoon hanggang kailan ka titingin? Iligtas mo ang aking kaluluwa mula sa kanilang mga mapangwasak na pag-atake, ang buhay ko mula sa mga leon.
Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
18 Pagkatapos magpapasalamat ako sa iyo sa dakilang pagpupulong; pupurihin kita sa maraming tao.
Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
19 Huwag mong hayaang magdiwang sa akin ang mapanlinlang kong mga kaaway; huwag mo silang hayaang magawa ang kanilang masasamang mga balak.
Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
20 Dahil hindi (sila) nagsasalita ng kapayapaan, sa halip, nagpaplano (sila) ng mga salitang mapanlinlang laban sa naninirahan sa aming lupain na mapayapang namumuhay.
They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
21 Binubuka nila ng malaki ang kanilang mga bibig laban sa akin; sabi nila, “Ha, ha, nakita namin ito.”
They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
22 Nakita mo ito, Yahweh, huwag kang manahimik; huwag kang lumayo sa akin Panginoon.
Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
23 Bumangon ka at gumising para ipagtanggol ako; aking Diyos at Panginoon, ipagtanggol mo ang aking panig.
Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
24 Ipagtanggol mo ako, Yahweh aking Diyos, dahil sa iyong katuwiran; huwag mo silang hayaang magalak sa akin.
Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
25 Huwag mong hayaang sabihin nila sa kanilang puso na, “Aha, nakuha na namin ang aming nais.” Huwag mong hayaan na sabihin nila, “Nilamon namin siya.”
Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
26 Ilagay mo (sila) sa kahihiyan at lituhin mo silang nagnanais na saktan ako. Nawa ang mga gustong humamak sa akin ay mabalot ng kahihiyan at kasiraan.
Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
27 Hayaan mong ang mga nagnanais ng paglaya ko ay sumigaw sa galak at matuwa; nawa patuloy nilang sabihin, “Purihin si Yahweh, siya na nasisiyahan sa kapakanan ng kaniyang lingkod.”
But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
28 Pagkatapos nito ang katarungan mo at kapurihan ay buong araw kong ihahayag.
Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
