Psalms 44
1 [For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.] We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what 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 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
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 they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to 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, my God, who commands 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 will push back our adversaries. Through your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
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 will not trust in my bow, neither shall 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 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
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 made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
Iloko o ke Akua e kaena ai makou a po ka la, A e hoomaikai mau loa aku i kou inoa. (Sila)
9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and do not go out 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 make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
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 made us like sheep for food, and 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, and have gained nothing 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 make us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are 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 make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head 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 dishonor is before me, and shame covers 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 taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
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 on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to 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 heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
Aole i hoohuliia ko makou naau, Aole hoi i kapae ae ko makou mau kapuwai mai kou aoao ae;
19 Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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 have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange 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 won't God search this out? For 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 For your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded 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. Why do you sleep, LORD? 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 our 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 is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves 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 to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
E ku mai oe e kokua no makou, A e hoola ia makou no kou aloha.
