Tangilāulau 3
1 Ko au ko e tangata kuo mamata ki he mamahi ʻi he meʻa tā ʻa hono houhau.
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 Kuo ne tataki au mo ʻomi au ki he poʻuli, kae ʻikai ki he maama.
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3 Ko e moʻoni kuo ne liliu kiate au, ʻoku ne liliu hono nima kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.
Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4 Ko hoku kili mo hoku kakano kuo ne ngaohi ke motuʻa; kuo ne fesiʻi hoku ngaahi hui.
He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5 Kuo ne langaʻi meʻa kiate au, pea kuo ne takatakai au ʻaki ʻae kona mo e mamahi.
He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 Kuo ne fokotuʻu au ʻi he ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu naʻe pekia ʻi muʻa.
He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7 Kuo ne ʻāʻi takatakai au pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa hao kituʻa: kuo ne fakamamafa ʻa ʻeku haʻi ukamea.
He has walled me about, so that I cannot go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8 ʻO kau ka tangi foki mo kalanga, ʻoku ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻeku kole.
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 Kuo ne ʻāʻi hoku ngaahi hala ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka kuo tā, kuo ne fakapikoʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10 Naʻa ne hangē ha pea ʻoku toitoi kiate au, pea hangē ha laione ʻi he ngaahi potu lilo.
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
11 Kuo ne mimioʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea kuo ne haehae au fakaikiiki: kuo ne ngaohi au ke lala pe.
He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12 Kuo ne teke ʻa ʻene kaufana, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu au ko e fakaʻilonga ki he ngahau.
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 Kuo ne pule ki he ngaahi ngahau ʻo ʻene tangai ke ʻasi ki hoku ngaahi kongaloto.
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14 Ko e manukiʻanga au ki hoku kakai; pea ko ʻenau tāʻanga ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15 Kuo ne fakafonu au ʻaki ʻae kona, kuo ne fakakonaʻi au ʻaki ʻae konaʻiʻī.
He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16 Kuo ne fesiʻi foki hoku kau nifo ʻaki ʻae kilikili, kuo ne pani au ʻaki ʻae efu.
He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17 Pea kuo ke hiki hoku laumālie ke mamaʻo mei he melino: naʻe ngalo ʻiate au ʻae monūʻia.
You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18 Pea ne u pehē, “Ko ʻeku mālohi mo ʻeku ʻamanaki kuo ʻauha meia Sihova;”
I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”
19 ʻI heʻeku manatu ki hoku mahaki pea mo ʻeku mamahi, ʻae kona pea mo e ʻahu.
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20 ʻOku kei manatu ki ai hoku laumālie, pea ʻoku angavaivai ia ʻiate au.
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21 Ko ia ʻoku ou fakamanatu ki hoku loto, pea ko ia ʻoku ou kei maʻu ai ʻae ʻamanaki.
This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
22 Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻauha, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻene manavaʻofa.
It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies do not fail.
23 ʻOku foʻou ia ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē, ʻoku lahi hoʻo angatonu.
They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
24 ʻOku pehē ʻe hoku laumālie, “Ko hoku tofiʻa ʻa Sihova: ko ia te u ʻamanaki lelei ʻiate ia.”
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25 ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne ʻamanaki, pea ne tatali fakatatoka foki ki he fakamoʻui meia Sihova.
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne fua ʻae haʻamo ʻi heʻene kei talavou.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 ʻOku ne nofo tokotaha pe, pea ʻoku longo pe, koeʻuhi kuo ne fua ia ʻe ia pe.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
29 ʻOku ne ʻai hono ngutu ʻi he efu, ko e meʻa naʻa ʻoku kei ai ha ʻamanaki.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30 ʻOku ne tuku hono kouʻahe kiate ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia: ʻoku ne pito ʻaupito ʻi he lauʻi kovi.
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31 He koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai liʻaki ke lauikuonga ʻe Sihova:
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 He kapau te ne fakamamahi, ka te ne manavaʻofa foki ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi ʻaloʻofa.
For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33 He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fie tautea, pe fakamamahi ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34 Ke laiki ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngaahi pōpula kotoa pē ʻo māmani,
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 Ke fakatafe ʻae totonu ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻoniʻoni,
to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 Ke kākaaʻi ʻae tangata ʻi hono fakamaauʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei ai ʻa Sihova.
to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
37 Ko hai ia ʻoku fakahā, pea ʻoku hoko ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fekau ʻe Sihova?
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord does not command it?
38 ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu mei he fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga ʻae lelei mo e kovi.
Does not evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39 Ko e hā ʻoku lāunga ai ʻae tangata moʻui, ʻae tangata koeʻuhi ko e tautea ʻo ʻene ngaahi angahala?
Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Ke tau kumi mo ʻahiʻahiʻi hotau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea toe tafoki kia Sihova.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41 Ke tau hiki hake hotau loto mo hotau nima ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi langi.
Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 “Kuo mau fai talangataʻa, pea kuo mau angatuʻu: ʻoku teʻeki ai te ke fakamolemole.
“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43 “Kuo ke ʻuʻufi ʻaki ʻae houhau, pea fakatangaʻi ʻakimautolu: kuo ke tāmateʻi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manavaʻofa.
“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44 Kuo ke ʻufiʻufi koe ʻaki ʻae ʻao, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻasi atu ʻa ʻemau kole.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45 Kuo ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e efe mo e ʻotoʻota ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai.
You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
46 “Kuo mafaʻa ʻae ngutu ʻa homau kau fili kotoa pē kiate kimautolu.
“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47 Kuo hoko mai ʻae manavahē mo e tauhele kiate kimautolu, ʻae lala mo e ʻauha.”
Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
48 ʻOku tafe hifo hoku mata, hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe, koeʻuhi ko e ʻauha ʻae ʻofefine ʻo hoku kakai.
My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 “ʻOku tafe hifo ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ʻosi, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ke tuku.
My eye pours down and does not cease, without any intermission,
50 Ke ʻoua ke ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova, pea vakai mei he langi.
until the LORD looks down, and sees from heaven.
51 Ko hoku mata ʻoku ne ueʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa pē ʻo ʻeku kolo.
My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 “Naʻe tuli fakamamahi au ʻe hoku kau fili hangē ha manupuna, taʻehanoʻuhinga.
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53 Kuo nau motuhi ʻeku moʻui ʻi he fale fakapōpula, pea kuo lī ha maka kiate au.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54 naʻe melemo hoku ʻulu ʻi he ngaahi vai; pea ne u toki pehē, ‘Kuo motuhi au.’
Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
55 “ʻE Sihova ne u ui ki ho huafa mei he fale fakapōpula taumamaʻo.
I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.
56 Kuo ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻoua naʻa ke fufū ho fofonga ki heʻeku mānava, ki heʻeku tangi.
You heard my voice: “Do not hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57 Naʻa ke ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ne u ui kiate koe: naʻa ke pehē, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē.”
You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Do not be afraid.”
58 “ʻE Sihova kuo ke langomakiʻi hoku laumālie; kuo ke huhuʻi ʻeku moʻui.
Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
59 ʻE Sihova kuo ke ʻafioʻi ki he kovi kuo fai kiate au, fakamaau ʻe koe ʻeku meʻa.
LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60 Kuo ke ʻafio ki heʻenau lili kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au.
You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
61 “ʻE ʻEiki kuo ke fanongo ki heʻenau taukae, pea mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au;
You have heard their reproach, LORD, and all their plans against me,
62 ʻae loungutu ʻonautolu naʻe tuʻu hake kiate au, pea mo ʻenau fakatupu meʻa kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63 Vakai ki heʻenau nofo hifo mo ʻenau tuʻu hake; ko au ko ʻenau taʻanga.
You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
64 “ʻE ʻEiki ke ke tuku kiate kinautolu ha totongi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻa honau nima.
You will pay them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae mamahi ʻoe loto, ʻa hoʻo malaʻia kiate kinautolu.
You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
66 Fakatanga mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he houhau mei he lalo langi ʻa Sihova.
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
