Saame 38

1 Ko e Saame ʻa Tevita, ko e fakamanatu. ‌ʻE Sihova, ʻoua naʻa ke valokiʻi au ʻi ho houhau: pea ʻoua naʻa ke valokiʻi au ʻi ho houhau vela.

O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

2 He ʻoku tau maʻu ʻiate au hoʻo ngaahi ngahau, pea ʻoku taʻomia fakamamahi au ʻe ho nima.

For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.

3 ‌ʻOku ʻikai ha haohaoa ʻi hoku kakano ko e meʻa ʻi ho houhau; pea ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemālie ʻi hoku hui ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku angahala.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 He kuo hake ʻa ʻeku ngaahi hia ʻo ʻufiʻufi hoku ʻulu: ʻo hangē ko e kavenga mamafa ʻoku taʻomia ai au.

For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 ‌ʻOku ʻeho hoku ngaahi lavea ʻo fakalielia koeʻuhi ko ʻeku vale.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6 ‌ʻOku ou mamahi; ʻoku ou mapelu ki lalo ʻaupito; ʻoku ou ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7 He ʻoku fonu hoku sino ʻi he mahaki kovi: pea ʻoku ʻikai ha moʻui haohaoa ʻi hoku kakano.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 ‌ʻOku ou vaivai mo mafesi ʻi he mamahi: naʻaku kalanga ko e meʻa ʻi he mamahi ʻo hoku loto.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 ‌ʻE ʻEiki, ʻoku ʻi ho ʻao ʻeku holi kotoa pē; mo ʻeku ngaahi toʻe ʻoku ʻikai fufū ʻiate koe.

Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.

10 ‌ʻOku tatupe hoku mafu, kuo ʻosi ʻeku mālohi: pea ko e maama ʻo hoku mata kuo mole foki ia ʻiate au.

My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 Ko hoku kaumeʻa ʻofa mo hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻoku nau tutuʻu ʻi he mamaʻo mei hoku teʻia; mo hoku kaungāʻapi ʻoku nau tutuʻu ʻi he mamaʻo.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 Ko kinautolu foki ʻoku kumi ki heʻeku moʻui ʻoku nau tō ʻae ngaahi tauhele kiate au: ko kinautolu ʻoku kumi ke u kovi ʻoku nau lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi, mo nau fakakaukau ki he meʻa kākā ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 Ka ko au, hangē ko ha tuli, ʻoku ʻikai te u ongoʻi; pea naʻaku hangē ko e tangata ʻoku noa ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai mafaʻa hono ngutu.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.

14 Pea naʻaku hangē ko e tangata taʻeongoʻi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha valoki ʻi hono ngutu.

Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 He ʻoku ou ʻamanaki lelei, ʻE Sihova, kiate koe: te ke ongoʻi, ʻE ʻEiki ko hoku ʻOtua.

For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.

16 He naʻaku pehē, “Fanongo kiate au, telia naʻa nau fiefia kiate au: ʻi he hekea ʻa hoku vaʻe, ʻoku nau hiki hake ʻakinautolu kiate au.”

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

17 He ʻoku ou meimei nofo, pea ʻoku tuʻumaʻu pe ʻeku mamahi ʻi hoku ʻao.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18 He te u fakahā ʻeku hia; pea u mamahi koeʻuhi ko ʻeku angahala.

For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19 Ka ʻoku moʻui hoku ngaahi fili, pea ʻoku nau mālohi: pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ʻo tokolahi ʻakinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa taʻetotonu kiate au.

But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 Pea ko hoku ngaahi fili foki ʻakinautolu ʻoku totongi kovi ki he lelei; koeʻuhi ʻoku ou muimui ki he lelei.

They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21 ‌ʻOua naʻa ke liʻaki au, ʻE Sihova: ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoua naʻa ke mamaʻo ʻiate au.

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

22 Ke ke fakatoʻotoʻo ke tokoni au, ʻE ʻEiki ko hoku fakamoʻui.

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.