Tangilāulau 5
1 ʻE Sihova, ke ke manatu ki he meʻa kuo hoko kiate kimautolu: tokanga pea ke ʻafio ki homau taukae.
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.
2 Kuo liliu homau tofiʻa ki he kau muli, ʻa homau ngaahi fale ki he ʻāuhē.
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
3 Ko e kau faʻē mate mo tamai mate ʻakimautolu, ko ʻemau ngaahi faʻē kuo hangē kuo mate ʻa honau ngaahi husepāniti.
We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 Kuo mau inu vai ʻi he totongi paʻanga, ko ʻemau fefie ʻoku fakatau kiate kimautolu.
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
5 ʻOku māʻulalo ʻa homau kia ki he fakatanga: ʻoku mau ngāue pea ʻoku ʻikai ha mālōlō.
To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
6 Kuo mau fekuku nima mo e kau ʻIsipite, pea mo e kau ʻAsilia, ke mau mākona ʻi he mā.
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;
7 Naʻe fai angahala ʻa ʻemau ngaahi tamai, pea ʻoku ʻikai, pea kuo mau fua ʻenau ngaahi hia.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Kuo pule ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki kiate kimautolu, ʻoku ʻikai ha niʻihi ʻoku fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei honau nima.
Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.
9 Naʻa mau maʻu meʻakai ʻi he tuʻutāmaki ʻo ʻemau moʻui, koeʻuhi ko e heletā ʻi he toafa.
We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Naʻe ʻuliʻuli ʻa homau kili ʻo hangē ko e ngotoʻumu, ko e meʻa ʻi he honge fakamanavahē.
Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
11 Naʻa nau tohotoho ʻae kau fefine ʻi Saione, ʻae kau tāupoʻou ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 ʻOku tautau ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki mei honau nima, naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻae mata ʻoe kau mātuʻa.
Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
13 Naʻa nau ʻave ʻae kau talavou ke momosi, pea naʻe tō hifo ʻae tamaiki ʻi he lalo ʻakau.
The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.
14 Kuo ʻosi ʻae kau mātuʻa mei he matapā, ʻae kau talavou mei he fasi hiva.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 Kuo ʻosi ʻae fiefia ʻa homau loto; kuo liliu ʻa ʻemau meʻe ko e mamahi.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 Kuo tō ʻae tatā fakatuʻi mei homau ʻulu. ʻOiauē ʻakimautolu! He kuo mau fai angahala.
The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.
17 Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni ʻoku vaivai homau loto; koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa ni ʻoku nenefu homau mata.
For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;
18 Koeʻuhi ko e moʻunga ʻo Saione, ʻaia ʻoku lala pē, ʻoku ʻaʻeva ai ʻae fanga fokisi.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi ʻo taʻengata, ko ho ʻafioʻanga ʻoku mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.
Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakangaloʻi ʻakimautolu ʻo taʻengata, pea mahuʻi meiate kimautolu ʻo fuoloa?
Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Fakatafokiʻi ʻakimautolu kiate koe, ʻE Sihova, pea te mau liliu moʻoni; fakafoʻou homau ngaahi ʻaho ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi muʻa.
Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 Ka kuo ke mātuʻaki liʻaki ʻakimautolu; ʻoku ke houhau ʻaupito kiate kimautolu.
Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
