Mga Awit 44

1 Narinig ng aming mga tainga, O Diyos, ang sinabi ng aming mga ninuno sa amin tungkol sa ginawa mo sa kanilang mga araw, noong unang panahon.

God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.

2 Pinalayas mo ang mga bansa gamit ang iyong kamay, pero itinanim mo ang aming bayan; pinahirapan mo ang mga tao, pero ikinalat mo ang aming bayan sa buong lupain.

[They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].

3 Dahil hindi nila nakuha ang lupain para maging ari-arian nila sa pamamagitan ng sarili nilang espada; ni ang kanilang sandata ang nagligtas sa kanila; kundi ang iyong kanang kamay, ang iyong bisig at ang ningning ng iyong mukha, dahil sinang-ayunan mo (sila)

It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.

4 O Diyos, ikaw ang aking hari; pamahalaan mo ang tagumpay para kay Jacob.

You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.

5 Sa pamamagitan mo, ibabagsak namin ang aming mga kalaban; sa pamamagitan ng iyong pangalan, tatapakan namin silang mga tumitindig laban sa amin.

It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.

6 Dahil hindi ako nagtitiwala sa aking pana, ni sa aking espada na ililigtas ako.

I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.

7 Pero iniligtas mo kami mula sa aming mga kalaban at inilagay sa kahihiyan ang mga napopoot sa amin.

No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].

8 Ang Diyos ang aming ipinagmamalaki buong araw, at magpapasalamat kami sa iyong pangalan magpakailanman. (Selah)

We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.

9 Pero ngayon, kami ay iyong itinapon, at dinala kami sa kahihiyan, at hindi mo na sinasamahan ang aming mga hukbo.

But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.

10 Pinaatras mo kami mula sa aming kalaban; at ang mga napopoot sa amin ay kinamkam ang yaman para sa kanilang mga sarili.

You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.

11 Ginawa mo kaming tulad ng tupa na nakalaan para kainin at ikinalat kami sa mga bansa.

You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].

12 Ipinagbili mo ang iyong bayan para sa wala; hindi mo napalago ang iyong kayamanan sa paggawa nito.

[It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!

13 Ginagawa mo kaming katawa-tawa sa aming mga kapwa, hinamak at kinutya kami ng mga taong nakapaligid sa amin.

People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.

14 Ginagawa mo kaming isang panlalait sa kalagitnaan ng mga bansa, isang pag-iiling sa kalagitnaan ng mga tao.

They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].

15 Buong araw nasa harapan ko ang aking kasiraan, at nabalot ng kahihiyan ang aking mukha

All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.

16 dahil sa tinig niyang nanlalait at nanghahamak, dahil sa kaaway at naghihiganti.

I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.

17 Lahat ng ito ay dumating sa amin, pero hindi ka namin kinalimutan o pinakitunguhan ng mali ang iyong tipan.

All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].

18 Hindi tumalikod ang aming mga puso; hindi lumayo ang aming mga hakbang mula sa iyong daan.

We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].

19 Pero lubha mo pa rin kaming pinahirapan sa lugar ng mga aso at binalot kami ng anino ng kamatayan.

But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].

20 Kung nakalimot kami sa pangalan ng aming Diyos o nag-unat ng aming mga kamay sa hindi kilalang diyos,

If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,

21 hindi kaya ito sisiyasatin ng Diyos? Dahil nalalaman niya ang mga lihim ng puso.

you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.

22 Sa katunayan, para sa iyong kapakanan, kami ay pinapatay buong araw; itinuring kaming mga tupa para katayin.

But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.

23 Gumising ka, bakit ka natutulog, Panginoon?

[So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!

24 Tumindig ka, huwag mo kaming ilayo ng tuluyan. Bakit mo tinatago ang iyong mukha at kinakalimutan ang aming paghihirap at kaapihan?

Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?

25 Dahil natunaw kami sa alabok; ang aming mga katawan ay kumakapit sa lupa.

We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.

26 Bumangon ka para sa aming tulong at tubusin kami alang-alang sa iyong katapatan sa tipan.

Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!