Saame 119
1 ʻOku monūʻia ʻae haohaoa ʻi he hala, ʻaia ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi he fono ʻa Sihova.
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 ʻOku monūʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku tauhi ʻene ngaahi fakamoʻoni, pea kumi kiate ia ʻaki honau loto kotoa pē.
Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
3 ʻOku ʻikai foki tenau fai ha kovi: ʻoku nau ʻaʻeva ʻi hono ngaahi hala.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4 Kuo ke fekau mai ke mau tauhi maʻu hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts.
5 ʻOku ʻamusiaange ʻeau kuo fakahinohino ki hoku ngaahi hala, ke fai ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances.
6 Pea ʻe ʻikai te u mā, ʻo kau ka tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau kotoa pē.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
7 Te u fakamālō kiate koe ʻi he angatonu ʻoe loto, ʻo kau ka ʻilo hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni.
I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of your righteousness.
8 Te u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni: ʻoua naʻa ke siʻaki ʻaupito au.
I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
9 ʻE fakamaʻa ʻe he tangata talavou hono hala ʻi he hā? ʻI heʻene tokanga ki ai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words.
10 Kuo u kumi kiate koe ʻaki hoku loto kotoa pē: ʻoua naʻa tuku au ke u hē mei hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments.
11 Kuo u fufū hoʻo folofola ʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku angahala kiate koe.
I have hidden your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku monūʻia ʻa hoʻo ʻafio: ako kiate au hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your ordinances.
13 Kuo u fakahā ʻaki hoku loungutu, ʻae ngaahi fakamaau kotoa pē ʻa ho fofonga.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
14 Naʻaku fiefia ʻi hono ʻalunga ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni, ʻo tatau mo e ngaahi koloa kotoa pē.
I have delighted in the way of your testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
15 Te u fakalaulauloto ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki, pea te u tokanga ki ho ngaahi hala.
I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways.
16 Te u fakafiefiaʻi au ʻi hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni: ʻe ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo folofola.
I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words.
17 Foaki ke lahi ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, koeʻuhi ke u moʻui, pea te u tauhi ki hoʻo folofola.
Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words.
18 Ke ke fakaʻā hoku mata, koeʻuhi ke u mamata ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi hoʻo fono.
Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law.
19 Ko e muli au ʻi māmani: ʻoua naʻa fufū hoʻo ngaahi fekau ʻiate au.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 ʻOku mafesi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko ʻene holi ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgments at all times.
21 Kuo ke valokiʻi ʻae laukau, ʻakinautolu ʻoku malaʻia, ʻaia kuo hē mei hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments.
22 ʻAve ʻiate au ʻae taukaea mo e manukia; he kuo u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
23 Naʻe nofo foki ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki ʻo lauʻikoviʻi au: ka naʻe fakalauloto ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
24 Ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni foki ko hoku fiefiaʻanga ia, mo hoku ngaahi akonakiʻi.
For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counselors.
25 ʻOku pikitai ʻa hoku laumālie ki he efu: ke ke fakamoʻui au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word.
26 Kuo u fakahā hoku ngaahi hala, pea naʻa ke ongoʻi au: ako kiate au hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
I declared my ways, and you did hear me: teach me your ordinances.
27 Ngaohi au ke u ʻilo ʻae hala ʻo hoʻo ngaahi akonaki: pea te u lea ki hoʻo ngaahi ngāue fakaofo.
Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 Kuo vai ʻa hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e ongosia: fakamālohiʻi au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words.
29 Ke ke hiki ʻiate au ʻae hala ʻoe loi, pea ke tuku mai hoʻo fono kiate au ʻi he ʻofa.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by your law.
30 Kuo u fili ʻae hala ʻoe moʻoni: pea kuo u fokotuʻu hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau ʻi hoku ʻao.
I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten your judgments.
31 Kuo u pikitai ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni; ʻE Sihova, ʻoua naʻa ke fakamaaʻi au.
I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
32 Te u lele ʻi he hala ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fekau, ʻoka ke ka fakaʻataʻatā hoku loto.
I ran the way of your commandments, when you did enlarge my heart.
33 ʻE Sihova, ke ke ako kiate au ʻae hala ʻo hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni; pea te u fai ki ai ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
34 Foaki mai kiate au ʻae faʻa ʻilo, pea te u fai ki hoʻo fono; ʻio, te u tokanga ki ai ʻaki hoku loto kotoa pē.
Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Ngaohi au ke u ʻalu ʻi he hala ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fekau; he ʻoku ou fiefia ai.
Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it.
36 Fakatokangaʻi hoku loto ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni, kae ʻikai ki he manumanu.
Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Taʻofi hoku mata mei he vakai ki he meʻa vaʻinga; pea ke fakaakeake au ʻi ho hala.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way.
38 Fakamoʻoni hoʻo folofola ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, ʻaia ʻoku fakaʻapaʻapa kiate koe.
Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you.
39 Taʻofi atu hoku manukia ʻaia ʻoku ou manavahē ai: he ʻoku lelei hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for your judgments are good.
40 Vakai, ʻoku ou holi ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki: fakamoʻui au ʻi ho māʻoniʻoni.
Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness.
41 ʻE Sihova, tuku ke hoko foki hoʻo ngaahi ʻaloʻofa kiate au, ʻio, ko hoʻo fakamoʻui, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word.
42 Pehē te u maʻu ha meʻa ke tali ʻaki kiate ia ʻoku manukiʻi au: he ʻoku ou falala ki hoʻo folofola.
And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in your words.
43 Pea ʻoua naʻa toʻo ʻaupito ʻae folofola ʻoe moʻoni mei hoku ngutu; he kuo u ʻamanaki lelei ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments. So shall I keep your law continually, for ever and ever.
44 Pea te u fai maʻuaipē ki hoʻo fono ʻo lauikuonga pea taʻengata.
45 Pea te u ʻeveʻeva ʻi he tauʻatāina: he ʻoku ou kumi ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments.
46 Te u lea foki ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi, pea ʻe ʻikai te u mā ai.
And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
47 Pea te u fakafiefiaʻi au ʻi hoʻo ngaahi fekau, ʻaia kuo u ʻofa ki ai.
And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
48 Te u hiki hake foki hoku nima ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau, ʻaia kuo u ʻofa ki ai pea te u fakalaulauloto ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
49 Manatuʻi ʻae folofola ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, ʻaia kuo ke fakaʻamanakiʻi au ki ai.
Remember your words to your servant, wherein you have made me hope.
50 Ko hoku fiemālieʻanga eni ʻi heʻeku mamahi: he ko hoʻo folofola kuo ne fakamoʻui au.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me.
51 Kuo manuki lahi kiate au ʻae laukau: ka naʻe ʻikai te u afe mei hoʻo fono.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law.
52 ʻE Sihova, naʻaku manatu ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau ʻi muʻa; pea u fakafiemālieʻi au.
I remembered your judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
53 Kuo pukea au ʻe he ilifia koeʻuhi ko e angahala kuo nau siʻaki hoʻo fono.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law.
54 Ko hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ko ʻeku hiva ia ʻi he fale ʻo ʻeku ʻāunofo.
Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
55 ʻE Sihova, kuo u manatu ki ho huafa ʻi he pō, pea u fai ki hoʻo fono.
I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law.
56 Naʻaku maʻu eni, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku fai ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances.
57 ʻE Sihova, ko hoku ʻinasi ʻa koe: naʻaku pehē te u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi folofola.
You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law.
58 Naʻaku kole ki hoʻo ʻofa ʻaki hoku loto kotoa pē: ke ke ʻaloʻofa mai kiate au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
I implored your favor with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word.
59 Naʻaku fifili ki hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea u fakaafe hoku vaʻe ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 Ne u fakatoʻotoʻo, pea ʻikai tuai, ʻeku fai ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments.
61 Kuo kaihaʻasia au ʻe he ngaahi kaihaʻakau ʻoe kau angahala: ka naʻe ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au ʻa hoʻo fono.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law.
62 Te u tuʻu hake ʻi he tuʻuapō mālie ke fakafetaʻi kiate koe, koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgments of your righteousness.
63 ʻOku ou kaumeʻa mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku manavahē kiate koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku fai ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments.
64 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku fonu ʻa māmani ʻi hoʻo ʻaloʻofa: ke ke ako kiate au ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances.
65 ʻE Sihova, kuo ke fie fai lelei ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word.
66 Ke ke ako kiate au ʻae fakamaau lelei mo e faʻa ʻilo: he ʻoku ou tui ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 ʻI he teʻeki ai te u mahaki naʻaku hē: ka ko eni kuo u fai ki hoʻo folofola.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept your word.
68 ʻOku ke angalelei, pea ʻoku ke fai lelei; ke ke ako kiate au ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
Good are you, O Lord; therefore in your goodness teach me your ordinances.
69 Kuo fakatupu ʻe he fielahi ʻae loi kiate au: ka te u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki ʻaki hoku loto kotoa pē.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.
70 ʻOku tatau honau loto mo e ngako, ka ʻoku ou fiefia ʻi hoʻo fono.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law.
71 Kuo ʻaonga kiate au ʻa hoku mahaki; koeʻuhi ke u ʻilo ai hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
[It is] good for me that you have afflicted me; that I might learn your ordinances.
72 ʻOku lelei lahi kiate au ʻae fono ʻaho fofonga ʻi he ngaahi afe ʻoe kuonga koula mo e siliva.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Ko ho nima naʻa ne ngaohi au mo fakatonutonu: foaki mai ʻae poto, koeʻuhi ke u ʻiloʻi hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
Your hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments.
74 Ko kinautolu ʻoku manavahē kiate koe tenau fiefia ʻoka nau ka mamata kiate au; koeʻuhi naʻaku ʻamanaki ki hoʻo folofola.
They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words.
75 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku totonu hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau, pea ʻi he angatonu kuo ke fakamamahiʻi au.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me.
76 ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ke fakafiemālieʻi au ʻe hoʻo ʻaloʻofa, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.
Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant.
77 Tuku ke hoko kiate au hoʻo ngaahi ʻaloʻofa ongongofua, koeʻuhi ke u moʻui ai: he ko hoʻo fono ko hoku fiefiaʻanga ia.
Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation)
78 Tuku ke mā ʻae fielahi; he naʻa Tuku ke tafoki mai kiate au ʻakinautolu ʻoku manavahē kiate koe, pea mo kinautolu kuo nau ʻiloʻi hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
79 Tuku ke tafoki mai kiate au ʻakinautolu ʻoku manavahē kiate koe, pea mo kinautolu kuo nau ʻiloʻi hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me.
80 Tuku ke haohaoa hoku loto ʻi hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni; koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku mā ai.
Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
81 ʻOku pongia hoku laumālie ʻi he fiemaʻu hoʻo fakamoʻui: ka ʻoku ou ʻamanaki ki hoʻo folofola.
My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words.
82 ʻOku vaivai hoku mata koeʻuhi ko hoʻo folofola, ʻoku ou pehē, “Te ke fakafiemālieʻi au ʻafē?”
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 He kuo u hoko ʻo tatau mo e hina ʻi he ʻohuafi; ka ʻoku ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
84 ʻOku fiha ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki? Te ke fakamaau ʻafē ʻakinautolu ʻoku fakatangaʻi au?
How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
85 Kuo keli ʻe he fielahi ʻae ngaahi luo kiate au ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai tatau mo hoʻo fono.
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord.
86 ʻOku tuʻumaʻu hoʻo ngaahi fekau kotoa pē: ʻoku taʻetotonu ʻenau fakatangaʻi au; ke ke tokoniʻi au,
All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me.
87 Naʻa nau meimei fakaʻauha au ʻi māmani ka naʻe ʻikai te u siʻaki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments.
88 Fakamoʻui au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ʻaloʻofa; ko ia te u tauhi ai ʻae fakamoʻoni ʻa ho fofonga.
Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
89 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku tuʻumaʻu hoʻo folofola ʻi he langi ʻo lauikuonga.
Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
90 ʻOku aʻu atu hoʻo moʻoni ki he ngaahi toʻutangata kotoa pē: kuo ke fokotuʻu ʻa māmani, pea ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ia.
Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides.
91 ʻOku nau tolonga he ʻaho ni ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni: he ko hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae meʻa kotoa pē.
The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants.
92 Ka ne ʻikai ko hoku fiefiaʻanga ʻa hoʻo fono, pehē, ne u mate ʻi hoku mahaki.
Were it not that your law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
93 ʻE ʻikai siʻi ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo ngaahi akonaki ʻo lauikuonga: he ko ia kuo ke fakamoʻui ai au.
I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me.
94 ʻOku ʻaʻau au, ke ke fakamoʻui au he kuo u kumi ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances.
95 Kuo tatali ʻae angahala kiate au ke tāmateʻi au: ka te u fifili ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies.
96 Kuo u mamata ki hono ngataʻanga ʻoe haohaoa kotoa pē: ka ʻoku laulahi ʻaupito ʻa hoʻo fekau.
have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad.
97 ʻOku ou ʻofa lahi ki hoʻo fono: ʻoku ou fakalaulauloto ki ai ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Kuo ke ngaohi au ʻi hoʻo ngaahi fekau ke u poto hake ʻi hoku ngaahi fili: he ʻoku ʻiate au maʻuaipē ia.
You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever.
99 ʻOku ou poto lahi hake ʻi heʻeku kau akonaki kotoa pē: he ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni ko hoku fakakaukauʻanga ia.
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication.
100 ʻOku ou ʻilo lahi hake ʻi he kau mātuʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku ou tauhi hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments.
101 Naʻaku taʻofi hoku vaʻe mei he hala kovi kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke u fai ki hoʻo folofola.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words.
102 Naʻe ʻikai te u afe mei hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau: he kuo ke akonakiʻi au.
I have not declined from your judgments; for you have instructed me.
103 ʻOku huʻamelie lahi hoʻo ngaahi folofola ki hoku ifo! ʻIo, ʻoku melie lahi ʻi he hone ki hoku ngutu!
How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
104 ʻOku ou maʻu ʻae poto ʻi hoʻo ngaahi akonaki: ko ia ʻoku ou fehiʻa ai ki he hala kotoa pē ʻoe loi.
I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
105 Ko hoʻo folofola ko e tūhulu ia ki hoku vaʻe, mo e maama ki hoku hala.
Your law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 Kuo u fuakava, pea te u fai ki ai, ke u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of your righteousness.
107 ʻOku lahi ʻaupito hoku mahaki: fakamoʻui au, ʻE Sihova, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word.
108 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau loto lelei ʻa hoku ngutu, pea ke ako kiate au hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgments.
109 ʻOku ʻi hoku nima maʻuaipē ʻa ʻeku moʻui: ka ʻoku ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo fono.
My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law.
110 Kuo ʻai ʻe he angahala ʻae tauhele kiate au: ka naʻe ʻikai te u hē mei hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments.
111 Kuo u maʻu ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni ko hoku tofiʻa ʻo lauikuonga: he ko e fiefiaʻanga ia ʻo hoku loto.
I have inherited your testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
112 Kuo u fakatokangaʻi hoku loto ke fai maʻuaipē ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga.
I have inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies].
113 ʻOku ou fehiʻa ki he ngaahi mahalo kovi: ka ʻoku ou ʻofa ki hoʻo fono.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law.
114 Ko koe ko hoku toitoiʻanga, mo hoku fakaū; ʻoku ou ʻamanaki lelei ʻi hoʻo folofola.
You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words.
115 ʻAlu ʻiate au, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku fai kovi: he te u fai ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa hoku ʻOtua.
Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
116 Poupou hake au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola, koeʻuhi ke u moʻui ai. Pea ʻoua naʻa tuku au ke u mā ʻi heʻeku ʻamanaki.
Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 Ke ke poupou hake au, pea te u hao ai: pea te u tokanga maʻuaipē ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually.
118 Kuo ke malaki hifo ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku hē mei hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni: he ko ʻenau kākā ko e loi ia.
You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119 ʻOku ke siʻaki ʻae kau angahala kotoa pē ʻo māmani ʻo hangē ko e ʻotoʻota: ko ia ʻoku ou ʻofa ai ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies.
120 ʻOku tetetete hoku kakano ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku manavahē kiate koe; pea ʻoku ou manavahē ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgments.
121 Kuo u fai ʻae fakamaau mo e angatonu: ʻoua naʻa tukuange au ki he kau fakamālohi kiate au.
I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
122 Ke ke hoko ko e ungakiʻi ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ke u lelei ai; ʻoua naʻa tuku ke taʻomia au ʻe he fielahi.
Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
123 ʻOku vaivai hoku mata koeʻuhi ko hoʻo fakamoʻui, pea mo e folofola ʻo hoʻo māʻoniʻoni.
Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Fai ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ʻaloʻofa, pea ke ako kiate au ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.
125 Ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki au; foaki mai ʻae poto, koeʻuhi ke u ʻilo ai hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall know your testimonies.
126 ʻE Sihova, kuo hoko ʻae kuonga ke ke ngāue ai: he kuo nau fakataʻeʻaongaʻi hoʻo fono.
[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken your law.
127 Ko ia ʻoku ou ʻofa lahi hake ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau ʻi he koula; ʻio, ʻi he koula lelei.
Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
128 Ko ia ʻoku ou pehē ʻoku totonu hoʻo ngaahi akonaki kotoa pē; pea ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki he hala kotoa pē ʻoe loi.
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
129 ʻOku fakamanavahē hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni: ko ia ʻoku fai ki ai ʻa hoku laumālie.
Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
130 Ko e hū loto ʻa hoʻo ngaahi folofola ʻoku foaki ai ʻae maama; ʻoku ʻomi ʻe ia ʻae poto ki he taʻekākā.
The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
131 Ne u mafaʻa hoku ngutu, pea u holi he ʻoku ou feinga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments.
132 Ke ke ʻafio mai kiate au, mo ke ʻaloʻofa kiate au, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo faʻa fai kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻofa ki ho huafa.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name.
133 Tuʻutuʻuni ʻeku ngaahi laka ʻi hoʻo folofola: pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke pule kiate au ha hia ʻe taha.
Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Fakamoʻui au mei he fakamālohi ʻae tangata: pea te u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments.
135 Tuku ke ulo mai ho fofonga ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; pea ke ako kiate au hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances.
136 ʻOku tafe hifo ʻae ngaahi vaitafe ʻi hoku mata, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai tenau tokanga ki hoʻo fono.
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law.
137 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ke angatonu, pea ʻoku totonu hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright are your judgments.
138 ʻOku māʻoniʻoni pea ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ʻaupito hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni, ʻaia kuo ke fekau mai.
You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies.
139 Kuo u ʻosiʻosiloto ʻi heʻeku fai feinga, koeʻuhi kuo ngalo ʻi hoku ngaahi fili hoʻo ngaahi folofola.
Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
140 ʻOku haohaoa ʻaupito hoʻo folofola: ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.
Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it.
141 ʻOku ou siʻi au mo manukia: ka ʻoku ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
142 Ko hoʻo māʻoniʻoni ko e māʻoniʻoni taʻengata, pea ko hoʻo fono ko e moʻoni ia.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
143 Kuo pukea au ʻe he mamahi mo e feinga: ka ko hoʻo ngaahi fekau ko hoku fiefiaʻanga ia.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation)
144 ʻOku taʻengata ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni: ke ke foaki mai ʻae poto, pea te u moʻui ai.
Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
145 Naʻaku tangi ʻaki hoku loto kotoa; ke ke ongoʻi au, ʻE Sihova: te u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances.
146 Ne u tangi kiate koe; fakamoʻui au, koeʻuhi ke u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
147 Naʻaku muʻomuʻa ʻi he maʻa ʻae ʻaho, pea u tangi: ne u ʻamanaki ʻi hoʻo folofola.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words.
148 ʻOku muʻomuʻa ʻa hoku mata ki he ngaahi leʻo ʻoe pō, koeʻuhi ke u fakakaukau ki hoʻo folofola.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles.
149 Ke ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ʻaloʻofa: ʻE Sihova, fakamoʻui au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo fakamaau.
Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; quicken me according to your judgment.
150 ʻOku ʻunuʻunu mai ʻakinautolu ʻoku nau angimui ki he kovi: ʻoku nau mamaʻo mei hoʻo fono.
They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law.
151 ʻOku ke ofi mai, ʻE Sihova; pea ʻoku moʻoni hoʻo ngaahi fekau kotoa pē.
You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth.
152 Koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni, kuo fuoloa ʻeku ʻilo kuo ke fakamaau ia ʻo lauikuonga.
I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever.
153 Ke ke tokanga ki hoku mahaki, pea ke fakamoʻui au: he ʻoku ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo fono.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Ke ke fakamatala ʻeku meʻa, mo fakahaofi au: fakamoʻui au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word.
155 ʻOku mamaʻo ʻae fakamoʻui mei he angahala: he ʻoku ʻikai tenau kumi ki hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances.
156 ʻOku lahi hoʻo ngaahi ʻaloʻofa ongongofua, ʻE Sihova: fakamoʻui au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgment.
157 ʻOku tokolahi hoku kau fakatanga mo hoku ngaahi fili; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u afe mei hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies.
158 Naʻaku mamata ki he kau talangataʻa, pea u mamahi ai; koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai tenau fai ki hoʻo folofola.
I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles.
159 Ke ke ʻafio ki hono anga ʻo ʻeku ʻofa ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki: fakamoʻui au, ʻE Sihova, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ʻaloʻofa.
Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy.
160 ʻOku moʻoni hoʻo folofola mei hono kamataʻanga: pea ʻoku tolonga ʻo taʻengata hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē.
The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgments of your righteousness [endure] for ever.
161 Kuo fakatanga au taʻehanoʻuhinga ʻe he ngaahi ʻeiki: ka ʻoku fakaʻapaʻapa ʻa hoku loto ki hoʻo folofola.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words.
162 ʻOku ou fiefia ʻi hoʻo folofola, ʻo hangē ko e taha ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻae koloa lahi.
I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
163 ʻOku ou fehiʻa mo fākaliliʻa ki he loi: ka ʻoku ou ʻofa ki hoʻo fono.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law.
164 ʻOku ou fakamālō kiate koe ʻo liunga fitu ʻi he ʻaho, koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni.
Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgments of your righteousness.
165 ʻOku maʻu ʻae fiemālie lahi ʻekinautolu ʻoku ʻofa ki hoʻo fono: pea ʻe ʻikai tūkia ʻakinautolu ʻi ha meʻa.
Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them.
166 ʻE Sihova, kuo u ʻamanaki ki hoʻo fakamoʻui, pea kuo u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments.
167 Kuo tauhi ʻe hoku laumālie ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni; pea ʻoku ou ʻofa lahi ʻaupito ki ai.
My soul has kept your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
168 Kuo u fai ki hoʻo ngaahi akonaki mo hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni: he ʻoku ʻi ho ʻao hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga kotoa pē.
I have kept your commandments and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you, O Lord.
169 ʻE Sihova, tuku ke aʻu atu ʻeku tangi ʻo ofi kiate koe: ke ke foaki mai ʻae poto ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle.
170 Tuku ke aʻu atu ʻeku lotu tāumaʻu ki ho ʻao: fakamoʻui au ʻo hangē ko hoʻo folofola.
Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle.
171 ʻE huaʻaki ʻe hoku loungutu ʻae fakamālō, ʻoka ke ka ako hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni kiate au.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances.
172 ʻE lea ʻaki ʻe hoku ʻelelo hoʻo folofola: he ʻoku māʻoniʻoni hoʻo ngaahi fekau kotoa pē.
Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous.
173 Ke tokoni au ʻe ho nima; he kuo u fili hoʻo ngaahi akonaki.
Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments.
174 ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou holi ki hoʻo fakamoʻui; pea ko hoʻo fono ko hoku fiefiaʻanga ia.
I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation)
175 Tuku ke moʻui ʻa hoku laumālie, pea ʻe fakamālō ia kiate koe; pea ke tokoni au ʻe hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau.
My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgments shall help me.
176 Naʻaku hē ʻo hangē ko e sipi kuo mole; ke ke kumi hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he ʻoku ʻikai ngalo ʻiate au hoʻo ngaahi fekau.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments.
