Mga Awit 14
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Kasamaan ng Tao(A)
Katha ni David upang awitin ng Punong Mang-aawit.
14 “Wala(B) namang Diyos!” ang sabi ng hangal sa kanyang sarili.
Silang lahat ay masasama, kakila-kilabot ang kanilang mga gawa;
walang gumagawa ng mabuti, wala nga, wala!
2 Nagmamasid si Yahweh mula sa itaas, sangkatauha'y kanyang sinisiyasat;
tinitingnan kung may taong marunong pa,
na sa kanya'y gumagalang at sumasamba.
3 Silang lahat ay naligaw ng landas,
at naging masasama silang lahat;
walang gumagawa sa kanila ng tama,
wala ni isa man, wala nga, wala!
4 Ang tanong ni Yahweh: “Di ba nila alam,
itong masasama, lahat na ba'y mangmang?
Itong aking baya'y pinagnanakawan
at akong si Yahweh ay ayaw dalanginan!”
5 Darating ang araw na sila'y matatakot, sapagkat kakampi ng Diyos ang mga sa kanya'y sumusunod.
6 Hadlangan man nila ang balak ng mga taong hamak,
ngunit si Yahweh ang sa kanila'y mag-iingat.
7 Ang aking hinihiling nawa ay dumating,
mula sa Zion, ang kaligtasan ng Israel.
Labis na magagalak ang bayang Israel,
kapag muli silang pasaganain ni Yahweh.
Psalm 14
The Message
14 Bilious and bloated, they gas,
“God is gone.”
Their words are poison gas,
fouling the air; they poison
Rivers and skies;
thistles are their cash crop.
2 God sticks his head out of heaven.
He looks around.
He’s looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman.
3 He comes up empty. A string
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow their fellow.
4 Don’t they know anything,
all these predators?
Don’t they know
they can’t get away with this—
Treating people like a fast-food meal
over which they’re too busy to pray?
5-6 Night is coming for them, and nightmares,
for God takes the side of victims.
Do you think you can mess
with the dreams of the poor?
You can’t, for God
makes their dreams come true.
7 Is there anyone around to save Israel?
Yes. God is around; God turns life around.
Turned-around Jacob skips rope,
turned-around Israel sings laughter.
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