¹{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

¹[Famaranana nalaina tamin'ny tantaran'ny Isiraely hatramin'i Mosesy ka hatramin'i Davida] Maskila nataon'i Asafa. Henoy ny lalàko, ry oloko; atongilano ny sofinareo amin'ny tenin'ny vavako.

²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

²Hiloa-bava hilaza fanoharana aho; hanonona teny saro-pantarina fony taloha aho.

³Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

³Izay efa rentsika sy fantatsika,ary nambaran'ny razantsika tamintsika,

⁴We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

⁴Dia tsy mba hafenintsika amin'ny zanany; fa hambarantsika amin'ny taranaka ho avy ny fiderana an'i Jehovah sy ny heriny ary ny fahagagana izay efa nataony.

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

⁵Fa nanorina teni-vavolombelona teo amin'i Jakoba Izy, ary teo amin'Isiraely no nametrahany lalàna, izay nandidiany ny razantsika, hampahafantariny ny zanany;

⁶That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

⁶Mba hahafantatra izany ny taranaka ho avy - dia ny zaza mbola hateraka - ka hitsangana hitory izany amin'ny zanany kosa,

⁷And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of ùGod, but observe his commandments;

⁷Mba hametraka ny fanantenany amin'Andriamanitra, ka tsy hanadino ny asany, fa hitandrina ny didiny;

⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with ùGod.

⁸Mba tsy ho tahaka ny razany, izay taranaka maditra sy miodina, izy, dia taranaka izay tsy nampiomana ny fony, sady tsy marina tamin'Andriamanitra ny fanahiny.

⁹The sons of Ephraim, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.

⁹Ny zanak'i Efraima, izay nitondra tsipìka hitifirany, dia niamboho tamin'ny andro fiadiana.

¹⁰They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

¹⁰Tsy nitandrina ny fanekena amin'Andriamanitra izy, ary tsy nety nandeha araka ny lalàny;

¹¹And forgot his doings, and his marvellous works which he had shewn them.

¹¹Nanadino ny asany izy sy ny fahagagana izay nampahitàny azy.

¹²In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

¹²Teo anatrehan'ny razany no nanaovany fahagagana tany amin'ny tany Egypta, dia tany amin'ny tany lemak'i Zoana.

¹³He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;

¹³Nampisaraka ny ranomasina Izy ka nitondra azy nita, dia nampijanona ny rano ho toy ny antontan-javatra.

¹⁴And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

¹⁴Ary ny rahona no nitondrany azy raha antoandro, sy afo mahazava nony alina.

¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

¹⁵Namaky vatolampy tany an-efitra Izy, ka nampisotro azy nanaram-po tahaka ny amin'ny rano lalina.

¹⁶And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁶Ary nampivoaka rano mandriaka avy tamin'ny harambato Izy ka nampirotsaka rano ho tahaka ny ony.

¹⁷Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

¹⁷Kanjo mbola nandroso nanota taminy ihany izy ireo, ka nampahatezitra ny Avo Indrindra tany an-efitra.

¹⁸And they tempted ùGod in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

¹⁸Dia naka fanahy an'Andriamanitra tam-pony izy, tamin'ny nilàny hanina araka ny nahaliana azy.

¹⁹And they spoke against God: they said, Is ùGod able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁹Dia niteny nanohitra an'Andriamanitra izy ka nanao hoe: mahavelatra latabatra atỳ an-efitra va Andriamanitra?

²⁰Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

²⁰Indro, namely ny vatolampy Izy, dia nigororoana ny rano ka nandriaka; mahay manome mofo koa va Izy? Mahatonga hena ho an'ny olony va Izy?

²¹Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:

²¹Koa nony ren'i Jehovah izany, dia tezitra Izy; ary nisy afo nirehitra tamin'i Jakoba, sady nisy fahatezerana namely ny Isiraely,

²²Because they believed not in God, and confided not in his salvation;

²²Satria tsy nino an'Andriamanitra izy ireo ka tsy natoky ny famonjeny.

²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

²³Kanefa nandidy ny rahona tany ambony Izy, ary ny varavaran'ny lanitra no novohàny,

²⁴And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

²⁴Dia nandatsaka mana teny aminy hohaniny Izy, ary varin'ny lanitra no nomeny azy.

²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

²⁵Ny fihinan'ny mahery no nohanin'ny olona; nanaterany hanina hahavoky azy izy.

²⁶He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

²⁶Nampandeha ny rivotra avy any atsinanana teny amin'ny lanitra Izy ary ny heriny no nitondrany ny rivotra avy any atsimo.

²⁷And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,

²⁷Dia nampilatsahany hena betsaka hoatra ny vovoka izy sy voro-manidina hoatra ny fasiky ny ranomasina,

²⁸And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:

²⁸Ka nalatsany teny afovoan'ny tobiny, manodidina ny fitoerany.

²⁹And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

²⁹Dia nihinana izy ireo ka voky tsara, ary izay nilainy dia nomeny azy.

³⁰They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

³⁰Nefa tsy niala tamin'ny filàny izy, ary mbola teo am-bavany ihany ny haniny;

³¹When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³¹Dia nirehitra taminy ny fahatezeran'Andriamanitra, ka nahafatesany ny tremalahy teo aminy, ary naripany ny zatovolahin'ny Isiraely.

³²For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

³²Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza, dia mbola nanota ihany izy ireo ka tsy nino ny fahagagana nataony.

³³And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³³Dia nampahalevona ny androny toy ny fofonaina Izy, ary ny taonany tamin'ny fampitahorana.

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after ùGod;

³⁴Raha novonoiny izy ireo, dia nitady hahalala an'Andriamanitra izy, ary niverina nikatsaka Azy.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and ùGod, the Most High, their redeemer.

³⁵Dia nahatsiaro izy fa Andriamanitra no Vatolampiny, ary Andriamanitra Avo Indrindra no Mpanavotra azy.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

³⁶Kanefa nanao vava malefaka taminy ireo, ary ny lelany no nandaingàny taminy.

³⁷For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

³⁷Ary ny fony tsy niorina taminy; eny tsy nitana ny fanekeny izy.

³⁸But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

³⁸Nefa Andriamanitra kosa be famindram-po, dia mamela heloka ka tsy mandringana; eny nahatsindry fo tokoa Izy, ka tsy nofohaziny avokoa ny fahavinirany,

³⁹And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

³⁹Fa nahatsiaro Izy fa nofo ihany ireo, dia rivotra izay mandalo ka tsy miverina intsony.

⁴⁰How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

⁴⁰Impiry akory izy ireo no efa niodina taminy tany an-efitra, ka nampalahelo Azy tany amin'ny tany foana!

⁴¹And they turned again and tempted ùGod, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.

⁴¹Naka fanahy an'Andriamanitra mandrakariva izy, ka nampalahelo ny Iray Masin'ny Isiraely.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

⁴²Tsy mba nahatsiaro ny tànany izy, dia ny andro izay nanavotany azy tamin'ny fahavalo,

⁴³How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

⁴³Izay nanaovany famantarana tany Egypta, sy fahagagana tany an-tany lemak'i Zoana:

⁴⁴And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

⁴⁴Nampody ny oniny ho rà Izy, ary ny reniranony tsy azony nisotroana.

⁴⁵He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them;

⁴⁵Nandefa lalitra betsaka hamely azy Izy, ka nandany azy ireny, ary sahona, ka nanimba azy ireny.[Na: fihitra, na kalalao]

⁴⁶And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

⁴⁶Dia nanome ny vokatry ny taniny ho an'ny sompanga Izy, ary ny sasany ho an'ny valala.

⁴⁷He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

⁴⁷Namono ny voalobony tamin'ny havandra Izy, ary ny aviaviny tamin'ny havandra vaventy.

⁴⁸And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

⁴⁸Dia nanolotra ny biby fiompiny ho an'ny havandra Izy, ary ny omby aman'ondriny ho an'ny varatra.

⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and distress, -- a mission of angels of woes.

⁴⁹Nandatsaka ny fahatezerany mirehitra taminy Izy: eny, fahavinirana sy fahatezerana ary fampahoriana, dia anjely andiany mitondra loza.

⁵⁰He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

⁵⁰Namboatra lalana ho an'ny fahatezerany Izy, ary tsy niaro ny fanahin'ireo tamin'ny fahafatesana, fa nanolotra ny ainy ho lanin'ny areti-mandringana;

⁵¹And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

⁵¹Ary namely ny lahimatoa rehetra tany Egypta Izy, dia ny voalohan'ainy tany an-dain'i Hama;

⁵²And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

⁵²Fa namindra toerana ny olony toy ny ondry Izy, ary nitondra azy tany an-efitra toy ny ondry andiany.

⁵³And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies.

⁵³Nentiny soa aman-tsara izy ireo ka tsy mba natahotra; fa ny fahavalony kosa voasaron'ny ranomasina.

⁵⁴And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

⁵⁴Ary nitondra azy ho any amin'ny tany misy ny fitoerany masina Izy, dia ny tendrombohitra izay azon'ny tànany ankavanana.

⁵⁵And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

⁵⁵Ary nandroaka ny jentilisa teo anoloany Izy, ka nanome ny tanin'ireny ho lova nozaraina tamin'ny famolaina, dia nampitoetra ny firenen'Isiraely tao an-dainy.

⁵⁶But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

⁵⁶Nefa naka fanahy an'Andriamanitra Avo Indrindra izy ka niodina taminy, ary ny teni-vavolombelony tsy notandremany.

⁵⁷And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

⁵⁷Ary nihemotra izy ka nivadika tahaka ny razany. Dia nania tahaka ny tsipìka manjiona.

⁵⁸And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

⁵⁸Ary nampahatezitra Azy tamin'ny fitoerana avony izy, sady nahasaro-piaro Azy tamin'ny sarin-javatra voasokitra.

⁵⁹God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

⁵⁹Ary nandre izany Andriamanitra, dia tezitra Izy ka nolaviny mihitsy ny Isiraely,

⁶⁰And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

⁶⁰Sady nahafoy ny tabernakeliny tao Silo Izy, dia ny lay izay naoriny teo amin'ny olona;

⁶¹And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

⁶¹Dia natolony ho babo ny heriny ary ny voninahiny ho eo an-tànan'ny fahavalo.

⁶²And delivered up his people unto the sword, and was very wroth with his inheritance:

⁶²Dia nanolotra ny olony ho an'ny sabatra Izy; ary tezitra Indrindra tamin'ny lovany Izy.

⁶³The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;

⁶³Ny zatovolahiny dia lanin'ny afo; ary ny zatovovaviny tsy mba nanaovana hiram-panambadiana.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁴Ny mpisorony lavon-tsabatra, nefa ny mpitondratenan'ireo tsy nisaona.

⁶⁵Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;

⁶⁵Dia nifoha ny Tompo tahaka ny anankiray avy natory, tahaka ny lehilahy mahery izay miantsoantso azon'ny divay.

⁶⁶And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

⁶⁶Dia namely ny fahavalony hiamboho Izy ka nahafa-baraka azy mandrakizay.

⁶⁷And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

⁶⁷Dia nanary ny lain'i Josefa Izy, ary ny firenen'i Efraima tsy nofidiny.

⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

⁶⁸Fa nifidy ny firenen'i Joda kosa Izy, dia ny tendrombohitra Ziona izay tiany.

⁶⁹And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

⁶⁹Dia nanao ny fitoerany masina ho tahaka ny havoana Izy, tahaka ny tany izay naoriny ho mandrakizay.

⁷⁰And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

⁷⁰Dia nifidy an'i Davida mpanompony ka naka azy avy tany am-balan'ondry;

⁷¹From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷¹Tany amin'ny fiandrasany ny ondry ampianahana no nakàny azy, mba hiandry an'i Jakoba olony sy Isiraely lovany;Dia niandry ireo araka ny hitsin'ny fony izy, ka nitondra azy araka ny fahaizan'ny tànany.

⁷²And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands.

⁷²Dia niandry ireo araka ny hitsin'ny fony izy, ka nitondra azy araka ny fahaizan'ny tànany.