Saame 124

1 Ko e Hiva ʻa Tevita maʻae ʻalu hake. Kapau naʻe ʻikai kau ʻa Sihova mo kitautolu, ʻoku totonu ke lea ni ʻa ʻIsileli;

“A song of the degrees by David.” If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say;

2 “Kapau naʻe ʻikai kau ʻa Sihova mo kitautolu, ʻi he tuʻu hake ʻae kakai kiate kitautolu:

If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us:

3 Pehē, kuo nau folo hifo leva ʻakitautolu, ʻi he tupu ʻenau ʻita kiate kitautolu;

Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Pehē, kuo lōfia ʻakitautolu ʻe he ngaahi vai, kuo tafe ʻae vaitafe ʻi he funga ʻo hotau laumālie:

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul;

5 Pea ʻalu ʻae ngaahi vai ʻoe laukau ʻi he funga ʻo hotau laumālie.”

Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

6 Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ne tukuange ʻakitautolu ko e meʻakai ki honau nifo.

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth.

7 Kuo hao hotau laumālie ʻo hangē ko e manupuna mei he hele ʻae tangata tauhele: kuo maumauʻi ʻae tauhele, pea kuo tau hao ai.

Our soul is escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Ko hotau tokoni ʻoku ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae langi mo māmani.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.