Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction under the rod of His wrath;
Ko au ko e tangata kuo mamata ki he mamahi ʻi he meʻa tā ʻa hono houhau.
2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness, and not into light;
Kuo ne tataki au mo ʻomi au ki he poʻuli, kae ʻikai ki he maama.
3 Yea, against me doth he again and again turn his hand all the day long.
Ko e moʻoni kuo ne liliu kiate au, ʻoku ne liliu hono nima kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; 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 encompassed me with bitterness and woe.
Kuo ne langaʻi meʻa kiate au, pea kuo ne takatakai au ʻaki ʻae kona mo e mamahi.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as those that have long been dead.
Kuo ne fokotuʻu au ʻi he ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu naʻe pekia ʻi muʻa.
7 He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
Kuo ne ʻāʻi takatakai au pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa hao kituʻa: kuo ne fakamamafa ʻa ʻeku haʻi ukamea.
8 Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.
ʻO kau ka tangi foki mo kalanga, ʻoku ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻeku kole.
9 He blocketh up my way with hewn stone; he maketh my paths crooked.
Kuo ne ʻāʻi hoku ngaahi hala ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka kuo tā, kuo ne fakapikoʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
10 A bear lying in wait hath he been to me, a lion in lurking-places.
Naʻa ne hangē ha pea ʻoku toitoi kiate au, pea hangē ha laione ʻi he ngaahi potu lilo.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and torn 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 set me as a mark for the arrow.
Kuo ne teke ʻa ʻene kaufana, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu au ko e fakaʻilonga ki he ngahau.
13 He hath caused the sons of his quiver to pierce my reins.
Kuo ne pule ki he ngaahi ngahau ʻo ʻene tangai ke ʻasi ki hoku ngaahi kongaloto.
14 I have been a laughing-stock to all my people, 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 bitterness; he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
Kuo ne fakafonu au ʻaki ʻae kona, kuo ne fakakonaʻi au ʻaki ʻae konaʻiʻī.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones; He hath covered me with ashes.
Kuo ne fesiʻi foki hoku kau nifo ʻaki ʻae kilikili, kuo ne pani au ʻaki ʻae efu.
17 Yea, thou hast removed my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.
Pea kuo ke hiki hoku laumālie ke mamaʻo mei he melino: naʻe ngalo ʻiate au ʻae monūʻia.
18 And I say, “My confidence and my hope in Jehovah are gone!”
Pea ne u pehē, “Ko ʻeku mālohi mo ʻeku ʻamanaki kuo ʻauha meia Sihova;”
19 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall!
ʻI heʻeku manatu ki hoku mahaki pea mo ʻeku mamahi, ʻae kona pea mo e ʻahu.
20 Yea, thou wilt remember them, for my soul sinketh within me!
ʻOku kei manatu ki ai hoku laumālie, pea ʻoku angavaivai ia ʻiate au.
21 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope;
Ko ia ʻoku ou fakamanatu ki hoku loto, pea ko ia ʻoku ou kei maʻu ai ʻae ʻamanaki.
22 It is of the mercy of Jehovah that we are not consumed; yea, his compassion faileth not;
Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻauha, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻene manavaʻofa.
23 It is new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
ʻOku foʻou ia ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē, ʻoku lahi hoʻo angatonu.
24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul, therefore do I hope in him.
ʻOku pehē ʻe hoku laumālie, “Ko hoku tofiʻa ʻa Sihova: ko ia te u ʻamanaki lelei ʻiate ia.”
25 Jehovah is good to them that trust in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.
26 It is good that a man hope, and quietly wait for salvation from Jehovah.
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 bear the yoke in his youth;
ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne fua ʻae haʻamo ʻi heʻene kei talavou.
28 That he sit alone and keep silence, since He layeth it upon him;
ʻOku ne nofo tokotaha pe, pea ʻoku longo pe, koeʻuhi kuo ne fua ia ʻe ia pe.
29 That he put his mouth in the dust, [[saying to himself, ]] “Perhaps there may be hope!”
ʻOku ne ʻai hono ngutu ʻi he efu, ko e meʻa naʻa ʻoku kei ai ha ʻamanaki.
30 That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.
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 cast off forever;
He koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai liʻaki ke lauikuonga ʻe Sihova:
32 For though he cause grief, yet doth he have compassion according to his great mercy;
He kapau te ne fakamamahi, ka te ne manavaʻofa foki ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi ʻaloʻofa.
33 For he doth not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men.
He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fie tautea, pe fakamamahi ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.
34 Doth one trample under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Ke laiki ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngaahi pōpula kotoa pē ʻo māmani,
35 Doth he bend 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 Doth he subvert a man in his cause, and shall not the Lord behold it?
Ke kākaaʻi ʻae tangata ʻi hono fakamaauʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei ai ʻa Sihova.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not commanded?
Ko hai ia ʻoku fakahā, pea ʻoku hoko ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fekau ʻe Sihova?
38 Cometh not evil, as well as good, from the mouth of the Most High?
ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu mei he fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga ʻae lelei mo e kovi.
39 Wherefore then murmureth the living man? Let him murmur at his own sin!
Ko e hā ʻoku lāunga ai ʻae tangata moʻui, ʻae tangata koeʻuhi ko e tautea ʻo ʻene ngaahi angahala?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah!
Ke tau kumi mo ʻahiʻahiʻi hotau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea toe tafoki kia Sihova.
41 Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens!
Ke tau hiki hake hotau loto mo hotau nima ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi langi.
42 We have transgressed; we have rebelled; thou hast not forgiven!
“Kuo mau fai talangataʻa, pea kuo mau angatuʻu: ʻoku teʻeki ai te ke fakamolemole.
43 Thou hast hidden thyself in anger, and hast pursued us; thou hast slain and hast not spared;
“Kuo ke ʻuʻufi ʻaki ʻae houhau, pea fakatangaʻi ʻakimautolu: kuo ke tāmateʻi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manavaʻofa.
44 Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer may not pass through;
Kuo ke ʻufiʻufi koe ʻaki ʻae ʻao, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻasi atu ʻa ʻemau kole.
45 Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the nations.
Kuo ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e efe mo e ʻotoʻota ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us;
“Kuo mafaʻa ʻae ngutu ʻa homau kau fili kotoa pē kiate kimautolu.
47 Terror and the pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction;
Kuo hoko mai ʻae manavahē mo e tauhele kiate kimautolu, ʻae lala mo e ʻauha.”
48 Mine eye runneth down with streams 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 trickleth down and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
“ʻOku tafe hifo ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ʻosi, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ke tuku.
50 Until Jehovah look down and behold from heaven.
Ke ʻoua ke ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova, pea vakai mei he langi.
51 Mine eye is painful to me on account of all the daughters of my city.
Ko hoku mata ʻoku ne ueʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa pē ʻo ʻeku kolo.
52 They that are my enemies without cause hunt me down like a bird;
“Naʻe tuli fakamamahi au ʻe hoku kau fili hangē ha manupuna, taʻehanoʻuhinga.
53 They take away my life in the dungeon; they cast a stone upon me;
Kuo nau motuhi ʻeku moʻui ʻi he fale fakapōpula, pea kuo lī ha maka kiate au.
54 Waters flow over my head; I say, “I am undone!”
naʻe melemo hoku ʻulu ʻi he ngaahi vai; pea ne u toki pehē, ‘Kuo motuhi au.’
55 I call upon thy name, O Jehovah, from the deep dungeon;
“ʻE Sihova ne u ui ki ho huafa mei he fale fakapōpula taumamaʻo.
56 Hear thou my voice! hide not thine ear from my cry for relief!
Kuo ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻoua naʻa ke fufū ho fofonga ki heʻeku mānava, ki heʻeku tangi.
57 Be near to me, when I call upon thee! Say, “Fear not!”
Naʻa ke ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ne u ui kiate koe: naʻa ke pehē, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē.”
58 Thou maintainest my cause, O Lord; thou redeemest my life!
“ʻE Sihova kuo ke langomakiʻi hoku laumālie; kuo ke huhuʻi ʻeku moʻui.
59 Thou, O Jehovah, seest the wrong done to me; Maintain thou my cause!
ʻE Sihova kuo ke ʻafioʻi ki he kovi kuo fai kiate au, fakamaau ʻe koe ʻeku meʻa.
60 Thou seest all their vengeance, all their devices against me.
Kuo ke ʻafio ki heʻenau lili kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au.
61 Thou hearest their reproach, O Jehovah, all their devices against me,
“ʻE ʻEiki kuo ke fanongo ki heʻenau taukae, pea mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au;
62 The words of my adversaries, and their machinations against me all the day long!
ʻae loungutu ʻonautolu naʻe tuʻu hake kiate au, pea mo ʻenau fakatupu meʻa kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
63 Behold their sitting down and their rising up! I am their song.
Vakai ki heʻenau nofo hifo mo ʻenau tuʻu hake; ko au ko ʻenau taʻanga.
64 Render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands!
“ʻE ʻEiki ke ke tuku kiate kinautolu ha totongi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻa honau nima.
65 Give them blindness of mind! thy curse be upon them!
Tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae mamahi ʻoe loto, ʻa hoʻo malaʻia kiate kinautolu.
66 Pursue them in thine anger, and destroy them from under Jehovah's heaven!
Fakatanga mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he houhau mei he lalo langi ʻa Sihova.
