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. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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:
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest 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, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 O oe no ko'u Alii, e ke Akua; E kauoha mai i ka hoola ana ia Iakoba.
Thou [art] 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 Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name 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, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth 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 Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
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 Thy name to the age we thank. (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 Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not 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.
Thou causest 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.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
12 Ua kuai hoolilo aku oe i kou poe kanaka no ka mea ole, Aole hoi i hoomahuahua ma ka uku no lakou.
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast 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.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, 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.
Thou makest us a simile 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 hath 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 Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 Aole i hoohuliia ko makou naau, Aole hoi i kapae ae ko makou mau kapuwai mai kou aoao ae;
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy 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 Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost 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.
Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth 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 Thy 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 dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
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 Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest 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 bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
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 thy kindness' sake.
