< Psalms 68 >
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM. A SONG OF DAVID. God rises [and] His enemies are scattered! And those hating Him flee from His face.
Ki he Takimuʻa, ko e Saame pe ko e Hiva ʻa Tevita. Ke tuʻu hake ʻae ʻOtua, tuku ke veteki hono ngaahi fili: tuku ke puna foki mei hono ʻao ʻakinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate ia.
2 You drive them away as the driving away of smoke, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
Hangē ko e vilingia ʻo mole ʻae kohu, ke pehē pe hono vilingia ʻakinautolu: hangē ko e pulu ʻoku vela ʻo vai ʻi he afi, ke ʻauha pehē pe ʻae kau angahala ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.
3 And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they rejoice with gladness.
Ka ʻe tuku ke fiefia ʻae māʻoniʻoni; ke nekeneka ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua: ʻIo, ke fiefia lahi ʻaupito ʻakinautolu.
4 Sing to God—praise His Name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In YAH [is] His Name, and exult before Him.
Hiva ki he ʻOtua, hiva fakamālō ki hono huafa: fakaongoongolelei ia ʻoku hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi toafa ʻi hono huafa ko SIHOVA, pea fiefia ʻi hono ʻao.
5 Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation.
Ko e tamai ʻae ʻOtua ki he tamai mate, mo e fakamaau ia ʻi hono ʻafioʻanga māʻoniʻoni, ki he kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti.
6 God—causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only—the stubborn have inhabited a dry place.
ʻOku ʻai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae kau paea ʻi he ngaahi fale: ʻoku ne ʻomi kituʻa ʻakinautolu kuo haʻi ʻaki ʻae ukamea fihifihi: ka ʻoku nofo ʻae kau angatuʻu ʻi he fonua mōmoa.
7 O God, in Your going forth before Your people, In Your stepping through the wilderness, (Selah)
ʻE ʻOtua, ʻi hoʻo muʻomuʻa atu ki ho kakai, ʻi hoʻo hāʻele ʻi he toafa; (Sila)
8 The earth has shaken, Indeed, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai—before God, the God of Israel.
Naʻe ngalulu ʻa māmani, pea ngangana mo e ngaahi langi foki ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua: ʻio, naʻe ngaueue ʻa Sainai ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.
9 You shake out a shower of free-will gifts, O God. Your inheritance, when it has been weary, You have established it.
ʻE ʻOtua, naʻa ke tuku hifo ʻae ʻuha lahi, ʻaia naʻa ke fakamālohi ʻaki ho tofiʻa, ʻi heʻene vaivai.
10 Your creature has dwelt in it, You prepare for the poor in Your goodness, O God.
Naʻe nofo ki ai ʻa ho kakai: ʻE ʻOtua, kuo ke tokonaki ʻi hoʻo angalelei ki he masiva.
11 The Lord gives the saying, The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host.
Naʻe foaki mai ʻe he ʻEiki ʻae folofola pea naʻe tokolahi ʻakinautolu naʻe fakahā ia.
12 Kings of hosts utterly flee away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportions spoil.
“Naʻe hola vave ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻoe kautau:” pea naʻe tufa ʻae vete ʻe he fefine naʻe nofo ʻo leʻo.
13 Though you lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
Neongo hoʻomou nofo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi kulo, ka temou hangē ko e kapakau ʻoe lupe ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae siliva, mo hono fulufulu ko e koula melomelo.
14 When the Mighty spreads kings in it, it snows in Salmon.
ʻI he veteki ʻi ai ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae ngaahi tuʻi, naʻe hinehina ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻuha hinehina ʻi Salimoni.
15 A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan.
Ko e moʻunga ʻoe ʻOtua ʻoku hangē ko e moʻunga ko Pesani; ko e moʻunga māʻolunga ʻo hangē ko e moʻunga ko Pesani,
16 Why do you envy, O high hills, The hill God has desired for His seat? YHWH also dwells forever.
Ko e hā ʻoku mou hopohopo ai, ʻakimoutolu ko e ngaahi moʻunga māʻolunga? Ko e moʻunga eni ʻoku fili ʻe he ʻOtua ke nofo ki ai; ʻio, ʻe nofo ki ai ʻa Sihova ʻo taʻengata.
17 The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Ko e ngaahi saliote ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku ua mano, ʻio, ko e ngaahi toko afe ʻoe ʻāngelo: ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae ʻEiki, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko ʻene ʻi Sainai, ʻi he potu māʻoniʻoni.
18 You have ascended on high, You have taken captivity captive, You have taken gifts for men, That even the stubborn may rest, O YAH God.
Kuo ke hāʻele hake ki ʻolunga, kuo u angatuʻu foki, koeʻuhi ke nofo kiate kinautolu ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
19 Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He lays on us. God Himself [is] our salvation. (Selah)
Fakafetaʻi ki he ʻEiki, ʻaia ʻoku ne hili kiate kitautolu ʻae kavenga ʻoe meʻa lelei ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻio, ko e ʻOtua ʻo hotau fakamoʻui. (Sila)
20 God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And YHWH Lord has the outgoings of death.
Ko ia, ko hotau ʻOtua ko e ʻOtua ia ʻoe fakamoʻui; pea ʻoku ʻia Sihova ko e ʻEiki ʻae moʻui mei he mate.
21 Only—God strikes The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.
Ka ʻe taaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ʻulu ʻo hono ngaahi fili, mo e tumuʻaki fulufulu ʻo ia ʻoku ʻalu pē ʻi heʻene ngaahi talangataʻa.
22 The Lord said: “From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.
Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, “Te u toe ʻomi mei Pesani, te u toe ʻomi hoku kakai mei he loloto ʻo e ngaahi tahi.
23 So that you dash your foot In the blood of enemies—the tongue of Your dogs.”
Koeʻuhi ke kulokula ho vaʻe ʻi he toto ʻo ho ngaahi fili, pea mo e ʻelelo ʻo hoʻo fanga kulī ʻi ai.”
24 They have seen Your goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.
Kuo nau mamata ki ho ngaahi hāʻeleʻanga, ʻE ʻOtua; ʻio, ko e ngaahi hāʻeleʻanga ʻo hoku ʻOtua, mo hoku Tuʻi, ʻi he faletapu.
25 Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, Virgins playing with timbrels in the midst.
ʻOku muʻomuʻa ʻae kau hiva, pea hoko mo e kau pulotu tā mālie ʻoe ngaahi meʻa faiva; pea ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae kau taʻahine ʻoku tā ʻae lali iiki.
26 In assemblies bless God, The Lord—from the fountain of Israel.
“Mou fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi fakataha, ʻio, ki he ʻEiki, ʻakimoutolu mei he matavai ʻo ʻIsileli.”
27 There [is] little Benjamin, their ruler, Heads of Judah their defense, Heads of Zebulun—heads of Naphtali.
ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa Penisimani siʻi mo honau pule, ʻae houʻeiki ʻo Siuta mo ʻenau fakataha, mo e houʻeiki ʻo Sepuloni, pea mo e houʻeiki ʻo Nafitali.
28 Your God has commanded your strength, Be strong, O God, You have worked this for us.
Ko ho ʻOtua kuo ne tuʻutuʻuni ho mālohi: ke ke fakamālohi, ʻE ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻa ke fai kiate kimautolu.
29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, Kings bring a present to You.
Ko e meʻa ʻi ho faletapu ʻi Selūsalema, ʻe ʻomi ai ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻaʻofa kiate koe.
30 Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a herd of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, You scatter peoples delighting in conflicts.
Ke ke tautea ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao kaho, ʻae fuʻu tokolahi ʻoe fanga pulu tangata, mo e ngaahi ʻuhikiʻi pulu ʻoe kakai, ke ʻoua kenau fakavaivai ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi konga siliva: ke ke veteki ʻae kakai ʻoku manako ki he tau.
31 Fat ones come out of Egypt, Cush causes her hands to run to God.
ʻE haʻu ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki mei ʻIsipite; ʻe mafao vave atu ʻae nima ʻo ʻItiopea ki he ʻOtua.
32 Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, Praise the Lord! (Selah)
ʻAe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo māmani, mou hiva ki he ʻOtua; hiva ʻaki ʻae fakamālō ki he ʻEiki: (Sila)
33 To Him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Behold, He gives with His voice a strong voice.
Kiate ia ʻoku heka ki he langi ʻoe ngaahi langi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa pe; vakai, ʻoku ne fakaongo atu hono leʻo, pea ko e leʻo māfimafi ia.
34 Ascribe strength to God, His excellence [is] over Israel, and His strength in the clouds.
Mou tuku ki he ʻOtua ʻae mālohi: ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga ʻi ʻIsileli ʻa hono nāunau, mo ʻene māfimafi ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi langi.
35 Fearful, O God, out of Your sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed [is] God!
ʻE ʻOtua, ʻoku fakamanavahē ko e ʻituʻa ʻi ho ngaahi faletapu: ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ko ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae mālohi mo e faʻa fai ki hono kakai. Fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua.