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.
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did 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 drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
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 didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favourable to them.
4 O oe no ko'u Alii, e ke Akua; E kauoha mai i ka hoola ana ia Iakoba.
God, you are my King. Command victories for 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.
Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
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 will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword 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.
But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate 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 made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 Aka, ua haalele ae nei oe a ua hoohilahila ia makou; Aole hoi oe i hele pu me ko makou poe kaua.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonour, and don’t go out with our armies.
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 make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder 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 have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us amongst the 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 for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
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 neighbours, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Ua hoolilo oe ia makou i huaolelo ino, A i luli poo ana iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
You make us a byword amongst the nations, a shaking of the head amongst the 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 day long my dishonour is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 No ka leo o ka mea i hailiili a i hoino wale mai; No ka enemi hoi a me ka mea hoopai.
at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the 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 has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
18 Aole i hoohuliia ko makou naau, Aole hoi i kapae ae ko makou mau kapuwai mai kou aoao ae;
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed 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.
though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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, or spread out 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.
won’t God 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.
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for 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.
Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us 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, and forget our affliction 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 is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
26 E ku mai oe e kokua no makou, A e hoola ia makou no kou aloha.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
