Halelu 124

1 I NA aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, Wahi a ka Iseraela,

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 Ina aole i noho pu o Iehova me kakou, I ka wa i ala ku e mai ai na kanaka ia kakou,

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 Ina ua moni koke mai lakou ia kakou, I ka wela ana o ko lakou huhu ia kakou.

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 Ina ua poipu hoi na wai maluna o kakou, A ua hiki mai ka waikahe maluna o ko kakou uhane:

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 Ina ua kahe no hoi ka waiholomoku maluna o ko kakou uhane.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 E hoomaikaiia o Iehova, Ka mea haawi ole ia kakou i waiwai pio i ko lakou niho.

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Ua hoopakeleia no ko kakou uhane, Me he manu la, mai ka hei ana aku i ka poe lawaiamanu; Ua moku ka upena a ua hoopakeleia kakou.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Aia no ko kakou kokua, maloko o ka inoa o Iehova, Ka mea nana i hana ka lani me ka honua.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.