Halelu 44
1 E KE Akua, ua lohe makou me ko makou mau pepeiao, Ua hai mai ko makou mau makua ia makou, I na hana au i hana'i i ko lakou mau la, i na wa kahiko.
TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.
2 Kipaku aku la oe i na lahuikanaka me kou lima, a hookomo mai ia lakou la; Hoopilikia iho la oe i na kanaka a kiola aku la:
You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
3 No ka mea, aole me ka lakou pahikaua iho i loaa ai ia lakou ka aina; Aole hoi no ko lakou lima ponoi i hoola iho ia lakou iho: Aka, o kou peahi akau, a me kou lima, a me ka malamalama o kou maka; No ka mea, ua lokomaikai mai oe ia lakou.
For they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.
4 O oe no ko'u Alii, e ke Akua; E kauoha mai i ka hoola ana ia Iakoba.
You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
5 Ma ou la e pahu aku ai makou i ko makou poe enemi: Ma kou inoa e hehi iho ai makou i ka poe ku e iluna ia makou.
By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
6 No ka mea, aole ma kuu kakaka e hilinai aku ai au: Aole hoi e hoola mai ka'u pahikaua ia'u.
For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
7 Aka, nau no makou i hoopakele i ko makou poe enemi, A ua hoohoka oe i ka poe i inaina mai ia makou.
For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
8 Iloko o ke Akua e kaena ai makou a po ka la, A e hoomaikai mau loa aku i kou inoa. (Sila)
In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
9 Aka, ua haalele ae nei oe a ua hoohilahila ia makou; Aole hoi oe i hele pu me ko makou poe kaua.
In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
10 A ua hoohuli oe ia makou i hope mai ka enemi mai; A o ka poe hoowahawaha ia makou, ua hao mai lakou no lakou iho.
You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Ua haawi oe ia makou me he mau hipa la e lilo i ai; Ua hoopuehu hoi ia makou iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
12 Ua kuai hoolilo aku oe i kou poe kanaka no ka mea ole, Aole hoi i hoomahuahua ma ka uku no lakou.
You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
13 Ua waiho oe ia makou he mea e hoinoia iwaena o ko makou poe hoanoho, He mea e hoowahawaha ai a e henehene ai no ka poe e hoopuni ana ia makou.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 Ua hoolilo oe ia makou i huaolelo ino, A i luli poo ana iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 E mau ana ko'u hoinoia imua o ko'u maka; A ua uhi mai ka hilahila o ko'u maka ia'u:
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
16 No ka leo o ka mea i hailiili a i hoino wale mai; No ka enemi hoi a me ka mea hoopai.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 Ua pau ia mea i ke kau mai maluna o makou, Aole hoi makou i hoopoina ia oe; Aole hoi i hoopunipuni makou ma kou berita.
All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
18 Aole i hoohuliia ko makou naau, Aole hoi i kapae ae ko makou mau kapuwai mai kou aoao ae;
We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
19 Ua hanapepe loa oe ia makou ma kahi nahesa; A ua hoouhi mai oe ia makou me ka malu o ka make.
But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
20 Ina i hoopoina makou i ka inoa o ko makou Akua, Ina i kikoo aku ko makou mau lima i kahi akua wahahee;
If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
21 Aole anei i imi ke Akua ia mea? No ka mea, ua ike oia i na mea huna o ka naau.
Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Oiaio, nou makou i pepehiia'i a po ka la; Ua manaoia makou me he mau hipa la e hoomakeia.
Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 E ala'e, o ke aha kou mea e hiamoe ai, e ka Haku? E ku mai hoi iluna, mai haalele mai ia makou a mau loa.
Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
24 No ke aha la i huna ai oe i kou maka? A i hoopoina hoi i ko makou popilikia, a me ko makou hooluhihewaia?
Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
25 No ka mea, ua kulou iho ko makou uhane i ka lepo; Ua pili ko makou opu i ka honua.
For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 E ku mai oe e kokua no makou, A e hoola ia makou no kou aloha.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
