Psalms 44
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
E KE Akua, ua lohe makou me ko makou mau pepeiao, Ua hai mai ko makou mau makua ia makou, I na hana au i hana'i i ko lakou mau la, i na wa kahiko.
2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Kipaku aku la oe i na lahuikanaka me kou lima, a hookomo mai ia lakou la; Hoopilikia iho la oe i na kanaka a kiola aku la:
3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
No ka mea, aole me ka lakou pahikaua iho i loaa ai ia lakou ka aina; Aole hoi no ko lakou lima ponoi i hoola iho ia lakou iho: Aka, o kou peahi akau, a me kou lima, a me ka malamalama o kou maka; No ka mea, ua lokomaikai mai oe ia lakou.
4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
O oe no ko'u Alii, e ke Akua; E kauoha mai i ka hoola ana ia Iakoba.
5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Ma ou la e pahu aku ai makou i ko makou poe enemi: Ma kou inoa e hehi iho ai makou i ka poe ku e iluna ia makou.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
No ka mea, aole ma kuu kakaka e hilinai aku ai au: Aole hoi e hoola mai ka'u pahikaua ia'u.
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
Aka, nau no makou i hoopakele i ko makou poe enemi, A ua hoohoka oe i ka poe i inaina mai ia makou.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
Iloko o ke Akua e kaena ai makou a po ka la, A e hoomaikai mau loa aku i kou inoa. (Sila)
9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Aka, ua haalele ae nei oe a ua hoohilahila ia makou; Aole hoi oe i hele pu me ko makou poe kaua.
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
A ua hoohuli oe ia makou i hope mai ka enemi mai; A o ka poe hoowahawaha ia makou, ua hao mai lakou no lakou iho.
11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Ua haawi oe ia makou me he mau hipa la e lilo i ai; Ua hoopuehu hoi ia makou iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Ua kuai hoolilo aku oe i kou poe kanaka no ka mea ole, Aole hoi i hoomahuahua ma ka uku no lakou.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Ua waiho oe ia makou he mea e hoinoia iwaena o ko makou poe hoanoho, He mea e hoowahawaha ai a e henehene ai no ka poe e hoopuni ana ia makou.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Ua hoolilo oe ia makou i huaolelo ino, A i luli poo ana iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
E mau ana ko'u hoinoia imua o ko'u maka; A ua uhi mai ka hilahila o ko'u maka ia'u:
16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
No ka leo o ka mea i hailiili a i hoino wale mai; No ka enemi hoi a me ka mea hoopai.
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Ua pau ia mea i ke kau mai maluna o makou, Aole hoi makou i hoopoina ia oe; Aole hoi i hoopunipuni makou ma kou berita.
18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Aole i hoohuliia ko makou naau, Aole hoi i kapae ae ko makou mau kapuwai mai kou aoao ae;
19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Ua hanapepe loa oe ia makou ma kahi nahesa; A ua hoouhi mai oe ia makou me ka malu o ka make.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Ina i hoopoina makou i ka inoa o ko makou Akua, Ina i kikoo aku ko makou mau lima i kahi akua wahahee;
21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Aole anei i imi ke Akua ia mea? No ka mea, ua ike oia i na mea huna o ka naau.
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Oiaio, nou makou i pepehiia'i a po ka la; Ua manaoia makou me he mau hipa la e hoomakeia.
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
E ala'e, o ke aha kou mea e hiamoe ai, e ka Haku? E ku mai hoi iluna, mai haalele mai ia makou a mau loa.
24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
No ke aha la i huna ai oe i kou maka? A i hoopoina hoi i ko makou popilikia, a me ko makou hooluhihewaia?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
No ka mea, ua kulou iho ko makou uhane i ka lepo; Ua pili ko makou opu i ka honua.
26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
E ku mai oe e kokua no makou, A e hoola ia makou no kou aloha.
