Halelu 129

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

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should 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 a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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.

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.