詩篇 34
1 ダビデがアビメレクの前で狂ったさまをよそおい、追われて出ていったときの歌 わたしは常に主をほめまつる。そのさんびはわたしの口に絶えない。
I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
2 わが魂は主によって誇る。苦しむ者はこれを聞いて喜ぶであろう。
I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
3 わたしと共に主をあがめよ、われらは共にみ名をほめたたえよう。
Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
4 わたしが主に求めたとき、主はわたしに答え、すべての恐れからわたしを助け出された。
I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
5 主を仰ぎ見て、光を得よ、そうすれば、あなたがたは、恥じて顔を赤くすることはない。
Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
6 この苦しむ者が呼ばわったとき、主は聞いて、すべての悩みから救い出された。
I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
7 主の使は主を恐れる者のまわりに陣をしいて彼らを助けられる。
An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
8 主の恵みふかきことを味わい知れ、主に寄り頼む人はさいわいである。
Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
9 主の聖徒よ、主を恐れよ、主を恐れる者には乏しいことがないからである。
All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
10 若きししは乏しくなって飢えることがある。しかし主を求める者は良き物に欠けることはない。
Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
11 子らよ、来てわたしに聞け、わたしは主を恐るべきことをあなたがたに教えよう。
You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
12 さいわいを見ようとして、いのちを慕い、ながらえることを好む人はだれか。
If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
13 あなたの舌をおさえて悪を言わせず、あなたのくちびるをおさえて偽りを言わすな。
do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
14 悪を離れて善をおこない、やわらぎを求めて、これを努めよ。
Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
15 主の目は正しい人をかえりみ、その耳は彼らの叫びに傾く。
Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
16 主のみ顔は悪を行う者にむかい、その記憶を地から断ち滅ぼされる。
But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
17 正しい者が助けを叫び求めるとき、主は聞いて、彼らをそのすべての悩みから助け出される。
Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
18 主は心の砕けた者に近く、たましいの悔いくずおれた者を救われる。
Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
19 正しい者には災が多い。しかし、主はすべてその中から彼を助け出される。
Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
20 主は彼の骨をことごとく守られる。その一つだに折られることはない。
Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
21 悪は悪しき者を殺す。正しい者を憎む者は罪に定められる。
Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
22 主はそのしもべらの命をあがなわれる。主に寄り頼む者はひとりだに罪に定められることはない。
Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
