Mga Awit 94
1 Yahweh, ang Diyos na naghihiganti, magliwanag ka sa amin.
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Bumangon ka, hukom ng mundo, ibigay mo sa mapagmalaki kung ano ang nararapat sa kanila.
You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
3 Yahweh, gaano magtatagal ang kasamaan, gaano magtatagal ang kaligayahan ng masasama?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 Nagbubuhos (sila) ng pagmamataas at mapanghamon na mga salita, at nagmamayabang silang lahat.
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Wawasakin nila ang iyong bayan, Yahweh; sinasaktan nila ang bansa na nabibilang sa iyo.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 Pinapatay nila ang balo at ang dayuhan, at pinapaslang nila ang mga ulila.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 Sinasabi nila, “Hindi makikita ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ni Jacob ay hindi mapapansin ito.”
Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
8 Unawain ninyo, kayong mangmang; kayong mga hangal, kailan kayo matututo?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Siya na lumikha ng tainga, hindi ba niya naririnig? Siyang naghulma ng mata, hindi ba siya nakakakita?
God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
10 Siya na dumidisiplina ng mga bansa, hindi ba niya tinatama? Siya ang nagbigay ng kaalaman sa tao.
He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
11 Alam ni Yahweh ang isipan ng mga tao, na (sila) ay masama.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Pinagpala siya na iyong tinuruan, Yahweh, siya na tinuruan mo mula sa iyong batas.
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 Binigyan mo siya ng kapahingahan sa oras ng kaguluhan hanggang ang isang hukay ang binungkal para sa masasama.
When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
14 Dahil hindi iiwanan ni Yahweh ang kaniyang mga tao o pababayaan ang kanyang pag-aari.
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 Dahil mananaig ang katarungan; at lahat ng matuwid ay susunod.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Sino ang babangon para ipagtanggol ako mula sa mga gumagawa ng masama? Sino ang tatayo para sa akin laban sa mga masasama?
But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
17 Maliban na lang kung si Yahweh ang aking naging tulong, sa kalaunan, ako ay hihiga sa lugar ng katahimikan.
If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
18 Nang sinabi ko, “Ang aking paa ay nadudulas,” ang iyong katapatan sa tipan, Yahweh, ay itinaas ako.
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 Kapag ang mga alalahanin na nasa akin ay nagbabadya na tabunan ako, ang iyong kaginhawaan ang nagpapasaya sa akin.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Kaya ba ng masasamang mga pinuno na makiisa sa iyo, silang mga gumawa ng walang katarungan sa pamamagitan ng alituntunin?
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 (Sila) ay magkasama na nagsasabwatan para kunin ang buhay ng matuwid at kanilang sinsusumpa sa kamatayan ang walang sala.
They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
22 Pero si Yahweh ang naging matayog kong tore, at ang aking Diyos ang naging bato sa aking kanlungan.
But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
23 Dadalhin niya sa kanila ang kanilang sariling labis na kasalanan at puputulin niya ang sarili nilang kasamaan. Si Yahweh ang ating Diyos ang puputol sa kanila.
He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
