Psalms 10
1 Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakamamaʻo ai, ʻE Sihova? Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakafufū ai koe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi?
2 The wicked chase down the poor with impunity. May they be trapped by the evil schemes they themselves invented.
ʻI he fielahi ʻae angakovi ʻoku ne fakatangaʻi ʻae masiva: tuku ke moʻua ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi filioʻi ʻaia kuo nau fakakaukau ki ai.
3 For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.
He ʻoku polepole ʻae angahala ʻi he holi ʻa hono loto, ʻo ne fakamālō ki he manumanu ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova.
4 The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
Ko e angahala, ʻi he fielahi ʻa hono mata, ʻe ʻikai te ne kumi [ki he ʻOtua]: ʻoku ʻikai kau ki he ʻOtua ʻene ngaahi mahalo kotoa pē.
5 What they do always seems to go well. They're unaware of God's judgments. They ridicule all their enemies.
ʻOku fakamamahi maʻuaipē hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga; ʻoku māʻolunga lahi hake hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau ʻo ʻulia ʻiate ia: pea ʻoku ne ifi atu ki hono ngaahi fili kotoa pē.
6 They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
Kuo pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, “ʻE ʻikai te u ngaue: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u ʻi he mamahi mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.”
7 Their speech is full of cursing, lies, and threats; their tongues are always ready to spread trouble and cause evil.
ʻOku fonu hono ngutu ʻi he kape, mo e kākā, mo e loi: ʻoku ʻi hono lalo ʻelelo ʻae pauʻu, mo e kovi.
8 They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
ʻOku nofo ia ʻi he ngaahi toitoiʻanga ʻoe ngaahi potu kakai: ʻoku fakapoongi ʻe ia ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ngaahi potu fakalilolilo: ʻoku siosio pau hono mata ʻi he fufū ki he masiva.
9 They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.
ʻOku tokoto tatali pe ia ʻi he potu lilo, ʻo hangē ko e laione ʻi hono ʻana: ʻoku tali tokoto ia ke ne pō ʻae masiva: ʻoku ne pō ʻae masiva, ʻi heʻene fakatauveleʻi ia ki heʻene hele.
10 Their victims are knocked down, laid low. They fall under the strength of the wicked.
ʻOku ne tulolo ʻo fakavaivai ia, koeʻuhi ke hinga ai ʻae masiva ʻi heʻene mālohi.
11 They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, “Kuo ngalo ʻi he ʻOtua: ʻoku fufū ʻe ia hono fofonga ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne mamata ki ai.”
12 Take a stand, Lord! Raise your hand to strike! Don't forget those who can't defend themselves.
Tuʻu hake, ʻE Sihova; ʻE ʻOtua, hiki hake ho nima: ʻoua naʻa fakangalongaloʻi ʻae angavaivai.
13 Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?
Ko e hā ʻoku manuki ai ʻe he angakovi ki he ʻOtua? Naʻe pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, “ʻE ʻikai te ke ʻeke ki ai.”
14 But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
Kuo ke ʻafioʻi ia; he ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi ʻae pauʻu mo e fakafāsifasi, ke totongi ia ʻaki ho nima: ʻoku tuku ia kiate koe ʻe he masiva; ko koe ko e tokoni ʻoe tamai mate.
15 Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!
Fesiʻi ʻe koe ʻae nima ʻoe tangata angahala mo angakovi: kumi ʻene ngaahi kovi kotoa pē ke ʻoua ke ʻosi.
16 Lord, you are King forever and ever! The nations will vanish from their lands.
Ko e Tuʻi ʻa Sihova, ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata: kuo ʻauha ʻae hiteni mei hono fonua.
17 Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
ʻE Sihova, kuo ke ongoʻi ʻae holi ʻae angavaivai: pea te ke teuʻi honau loto, te ke ʻange ho fofonga ke ʻafioʻi:
18 You will defend the rights of orphans and the oppressed so that those who are mere human beings here on earth will never terrorize them again.
Ke fakamaau ʻae ngaahi tamai mate mo e kakai kuo taʻomia, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa toe fakailifiaʻi ʻe he tangata ʻoe fonua.
