Kanikau 5
1 E HOOMANAO, e Iehova, i ka mea i hiki mai ai maluna o makou; E noonoo, a e nana mai i ko makou hoowahawahaia.
Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.
2 Ua huli ko makou aina hooili i na malihini, O ko makou mau hale hoi i na kanaka e.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our houses to foreigners.
3 He poe keiki makua ole makou, aohe makuakane, Ua-like ko makou poe makuwahine me na wahine kanemake.
We have become orphans, the fatherless, and our mothers are like widows.
4 Ua inu makou i ko makou wai no ke kala. Me ke kumukuai i hiki mai ai ko makou wahie.
We must pay silver for the water we drink, and we must pay silver to get our own wood.
5 Ua hoomaauia mai makou ma ko makou mau a-i, Ua hooluhiia makou, aole hoomaha.
Those who are coming after us are close behind us; we are weary and we can find no rest.
6 Ua haawi makou i ka lima i ko Aigupita, a me ko Asuria, I mea e hoomaonaia mai ai i ka berena.
We have given ourselves to Egypt and to Assyria to get enough food.
7 Ua haua hewa ko makou poe makuakane, a ua ole lakou; Ua kaikai makou i ko lakou hewa.
Our fathers sinned, and they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
8 Ua noho alii mai na kauwa maluna o makou; Aohe mea hoopakele, mailoko aku o ko lakou lima.
Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 O ko makou ola ke kumukuai, i loaa mai ai ko makou berena, No ka maka o ka pahikaua o ka waonahele.
We get our bread only by risking our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Ua wela ko makou ili me he umu la, Ma ke alo o ka wela o ka wi.
Our skin has grown as hot as an oven because of the burning heat of hunger.
11 Moe wale lakou i na wahine ma Ziona, I na kaikamahine hoi o na kulanakauhale o ka Iuda.
Women are raped in Zion, and virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Ua kaulia na'lii iluna ma na lima; Aole i manaoia na maka o na lunakahiko.
Princes are hung up by their own hands, and no honor is shown to the elders.
13 Lawe lakou i na kanaka ui, i poe wili palaoa, Hikaka ae la na kanaka opiopio, malalo iho o ka laau.
Young men are forced to grind grain with a millstone, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
14 Ua pau ka noho aua o na lunakahiko mai ka pukapa, A ua oki no hoi ke mele ana o na kanaka ui.
The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have left their music.
15 Ua pau ka olioli ana o ko makou naau, Ua hooliloia ko makou hula i kumakena.
The joy of our heart has ceased and our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 Ua haule ka papale alii o ko makou mau poo; Auwe hoi makou i ka makou hana hewa ana.
The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 No keia mea, ua maule ko makou naau; No keia mau mea hoi, ua pouli ko makou mau maka.
For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes grow dim
18 He mehameha maluna o ka mauna o Ziona, Hele no na alopeke maluna olaila.
for Mount Zion lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
19 Ke noho mau loa nei oe, e Iehova, A o kou nohoalii hoi, mai kela hanauna, a keia hanauna.
But you, Yahweh, reign forever, and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation.
20 No ke aha la oe e hoopoina mau loa ai ia makou, A haalele ia makou no na la ho nui?
Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so many days?
21 E hoohuli mai oe ia makou iou la, e Iehova, a e hoohuliia makou, E hana hou i ko makou mau la, e like me ka wa kahiko.
Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. Renew our days as they were long ago—
22 No ka mea, e kipaku loa anei oe ia makou! E huhu nui loa mai anei oe ia makou!
unless you have utterly rejected us and you are angry with us beyond measure.
