Halelu 129

1 U A hoopilikia pinepine mai lakou ia'u, Mai ko'u wa opiopio mai, wahi a ka Iseraela;

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young. Let everyone in Israel say:

2 Ua hoopilikia pinepine mai lakou ia'u, mai ko'u wa opiopio mai; Aole nae lakou i lanakila mai maluna o'u.

Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young, but they never defeated me.

3 Ma ko'u kua i kahakaha ai ka poe kahakaha; A hana lakou i ko lakou kaha a loihi.

They beat me on my back, leaving long furrows as if it had been ploughed by a farmer.

4 Ua pono no o Iehova; Ua oki mai oia i na kaula o ka poe hewa.

But the Lord does what is right: he has cut me free from the ropes of the wicked.

5 E hoohilahilaia a e hoihoi hope ia mai, Ka poe a pau e inaina mai ia Ziona.

May everyone who hates Zion be driven back in humiliating defeat.

6 E like auanei lakou, me ka mauu maluna o na hale, Mae wale, ia mamua o ka liko ana.

May they be like grass that grows on a roof that withers before it can be harvested,

7 Aole e piha ka lima o ka mea i oki iho, Aole hoi ka umauma o ka mea hoopua i na pua.

There's not enough even for a reaper to hold, not enough even for the binder to bind.

8 Aole hoi e olelo mai ka poe e hele ae, Maluna o oukou auanei ka hoomaikai ana o Iehova: Ke hoomaikai aku nei makou ia oukou ma ka inoa o Iehova.

May passers-by not say to them, “The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”