Lamentations 3
1 I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.
Ko au ko e tangata kuo mamata ki he mamahi ʻi he meʻa tā ʻa hono houhau.
2 He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light.
Kuo ne tataki au mo ʻomi au ki he poʻuli, kae ʻikai ki he maama.
3 Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Ko e moʻoni kuo ne liliu kiate au, ʻoku ne liliu hono nima kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.
4 My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
Ko hoku kili mo hoku kakano kuo ne ngaohi ke motuʻa; kuo ne fesiʻi hoku ngaahi hui.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour.
Kuo ne langaʻi meʻa kiate au, pea kuo ne takatakai au ʻaki ʻae kona mo e mamahi.
6 He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
Kuo ne fokotuʻu au ʻi he ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu naʻe pekia ʻi muʻa.
7 He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.
Kuo ne ʻāʻi takatakai au pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa hao kituʻa: kuo ne fakamamafa ʻa ʻeku haʻi ukamea.
8 Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer.
ʻO kau ka tangi foki mo kalanga, ʻoku ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻeku kole.
9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.
Kuo ne ʻāʻi hoku ngaahi hala ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka kuo tā, kuo ne fakapikoʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
10 He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
Naʻa ne hangē ha pea ʻoku toitoi kiate au, pea hangē ha laione ʻi he ngaahi potu lilo.
11 He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Kuo ne mimioʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea kuo ne haehae au fakaikiiki: kuo ne ngaohi au ke lala pe.
12 He hath bent his bow and made me a marke for the arrow.
Kuo ne teke ʻa ʻene kaufana, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu au ko e fakaʻilonga ki he ngahau.
13 Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.
Kuo ne pule ki he ngaahi ngahau ʻo ʻene tangai ke ʻasi ki hoku ngaahi kongaloto.
14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
Ko e manukiʻanga au ki hoku kakai; pea ko ʻenau tāʻanga ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
15 He hath filled me with bitternes, and made me drunken with wormewood.
Kuo ne fakafonu au ʻaki ʻae kona, kuo ne fakakonaʻi au ʻaki ʻae konaʻiʻī.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.
Kuo ne fesiʻi foki hoku kau nifo ʻaki ʻae kilikili, kuo ne pani au ʻaki ʻae efu.
17 Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,
Pea kuo ke hiki hoku laumālie ke mamaʻo mei he melino: naʻe ngalo ʻiate au ʻae monūʻia.
18 And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,
Pea ne u pehē, “Ko ʻeku mālohi mo ʻeku ʻamanaki kuo ʻauha meia Sihova;”
19 Remembring mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.
ʻI heʻeku manatu ki hoku mahaki pea mo ʻeku mamahi, ʻae kona pea mo e ʻahu.
20 My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
ʻOku kei manatu ki ai hoku laumālie, pea ʻoku angavaivai ia ʻiate au.
21 I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope.
Ko ia ʻoku ou fakamanatu ki hoku loto, pea ko ia ʻoku ou kei maʻu ai ʻae ʻamanaki.
22 It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻauha, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻene manavaʻofa.
23 They are renued euery morning: great is thy faithfulnesse.
ʻOku foʻou ia ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē, ʻoku lahi hoʻo angatonu.
24 The Lord is my portion, sayth my soule: therefore wil I hope in him.
ʻOku pehē ʻe hoku laumālie, “Ko hoku tofiʻa ʻa Sihova: ko ia te u ʻamanaki lelei ʻiate ia.”
25 The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him.
ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.
26 It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.
ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne ʻamanaki, pea ne tatali fakatatoka foki ki he fakamoʻui meia Sihova.
27 It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.
ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne fua ʻae haʻamo ʻi heʻene kei talavou.
28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it vpon him.
ʻOku ne nofo tokotaha pe, pea ʻoku longo pe, koeʻuhi kuo ne fua ia ʻe ia pe.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.
ʻOku ne ʻai hono ngutu ʻi he efu, ko e meʻa naʻa ʻoku kei ai ha ʻamanaki.
30 Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.
ʻOku ne tuku hono kouʻahe kiate ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia: ʻoku ne pito ʻaupito ʻi he lauʻi kovi.
31 For the Lord will not forsake for euer.
He koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai liʻaki ke lauikuonga ʻe Sihova:
32 But though he sende affliction, yet will he haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
He kapau te ne fakamamahi, ka te ne manavaʻofa foki ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi ʻaloʻofa.
33 For he doeth not punish willingly, nor afflict the children of men,
He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fie tautea, pe fakamamahi ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.
34 In stamping vnder his feete all the prisoners of the earth,
Ke laiki ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngaahi pōpula kotoa pē ʻo māmani,
35 In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,
Ke fakatafe ʻae totonu ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻoniʻoni,
36 In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.
Ke kākaaʻi ʻae tangata ʻi hono fakamaauʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei ai ʻa Sihova.
37 Who is he then that sayth, and it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
Ko hai ia ʻoku fakahā, pea ʻoku hoko ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fekau ʻe Sihova?
38 Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not euill and good?
ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu mei he fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga ʻae lelei mo e kovi.
39 Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.
Ko e hā ʻoku lāunga ai ʻae tangata moʻui, ʻae tangata koeʻuhi ko e tautea ʻo ʻene ngaahi angahala?
40 Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.
Ke tau kumi mo ʻahiʻahiʻi hotau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea toe tafoki kia Sihova.
41 Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.
Ke tau hiki hake hotau loto mo hotau nima ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi langi.
42 We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.
“Kuo mau fai talangataʻa, pea kuo mau angatuʻu: ʻoku teʻeki ai te ke fakamolemole.
43 Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.
“Kuo ke ʻuʻufi ʻaki ʻae houhau, pea fakatangaʻi ʻakimautolu: kuo ke tāmateʻi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manavaʻofa.
44 Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.
Kuo ke ʻufiʻufi koe ʻaki ʻae ʻao, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻasi atu ʻa ʻemau kole.
45 Thou hast made vs as the ofscouring and refuse in the middes of the people.
Kuo ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e efe mo e ʻotoʻota ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai.
46 All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.
“Kuo mafaʻa ʻae ngutu ʻa homau kau fili kotoa pē kiate kimautolu.
47 Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.
Kuo hoko mai ʻae manavahē mo e tauhele kiate kimautolu, ʻae lala mo e ʻauha.”
48 Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
ʻOku tafe hifo hoku mata, hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe, koeʻuhi ko e ʻauha ʻae ʻofefine ʻo hoku kakai.
49 Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,
“ʻOku tafe hifo ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ʻosi, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ke tuku.
50 Till the Lord looke downe, and beholde from heauen.
Ke ʻoua ke ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova, pea vakai mei he langi.
51 Mine eye breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie.
Ko hoku mata ʻoku ne ueʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa pē ʻo ʻeku kolo.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore like a birde, without cause.
“Naʻe tuli fakamamahi au ʻe hoku kau fili hangē ha manupuna, taʻehanoʻuhinga.
53 They haue shut vp my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.
Kuo nau motuhi ʻeku moʻui ʻi he fale fakapōpula, pea kuo lī ha maka kiate au.
54 Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.
naʻe melemo hoku ʻulu ʻi he ngaahi vai; pea ne u toki pehē, ‘Kuo motuhi au.’
55 I called vpon thy Name, O Lord, out of the lowe dungeon.
“ʻE Sihova ne u ui ki ho huafa mei he fale fakapōpula taumamaʻo.
56 Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry.
Kuo ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻoua naʻa ke fufū ho fofonga ki heʻeku mānava, ki heʻeku tangi.
57 Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.
Naʻa ke ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ne u ui kiate koe: naʻa ke pehē, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē.”
58 O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my soule, and hast redeemed my life.
“ʻE Sihova kuo ke langomakiʻi hoku laumālie; kuo ke huhuʻi ʻeku moʻui.
59 O Lord, thou hast seene my wrong, iudge thou my cause.
ʻE Sihova kuo ke ʻafioʻi ki he kovi kuo fai kiate au, fakamaau ʻe koe ʻeku meʻa.
60 Thou hast seene all their vengeance, and all their deuises against me.
Kuo ke ʻafio ki heʻenau lili kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au.
61 Thou hast heard their reproch, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me:
“ʻE ʻEiki kuo ke fanongo ki heʻenau taukae, pea mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au;
62 The lippes also of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.
ʻae loungutu ʻonautolu naʻe tuʻu hake kiate au, pea mo ʻenau fakatupu meʻa kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
63 Behold, their sitting downe and their rising vp, how I am their song.
Vakai ki heʻenau nofo hifo mo ʻenau tuʻu hake; ko au ko ʻenau taʻanga.
64 Giue them a recompence, O Lord, according to the worke of their handes.
“ʻE ʻEiki ke ke tuku kiate kinautolu ha totongi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻa honau nima.
65 Giue them sorow of heart, euen thy curse to them.
Tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae mamahi ʻoe loto, ʻa hoʻo malaʻia kiate kinautolu.
66 Persecute with wrath and destroy them from vnder the heauen, O Lord.
Fakatanga mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he houhau mei he lalo langi ʻa Sihova.
