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.
melody to/for David to/for to remember LORD not in/on/with wrath your to rebuke me and in/on/with rage your to discipline me
2 He ʻoku tau maʻu ʻiate au hoʻo ngaahi ngahau, pea ʻoku taʻomia fakamamahi au ʻe ho nima.
for arrow your to descend in/on/with me and to descend upon me hand your
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.
nothing soundness in/on/with flesh my from face: because indignation your nothing peace: well-being in/on/with bone my from face: because sin my
4 He kuo hake ʻa ʻeku ngaahi hia ʻo ʻufiʻufi hoku ʻulu: ʻo hangē ko e kavenga mamafa ʻoku taʻomia ai au.
for iniquity: crime my to pass head my like/as burden heavy to honor: heavy from me
5 ʻOku ʻeho hoku ngaahi lavea ʻo fakalielia koeʻuhi ko ʻeku vale.
to stink to rot wound my from face: because folly my
6 ʻOku ou mamahi; ʻoku ou mapelu ki lalo ʻaupito; ʻoku ou ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.
to twist to bow till much all [the] day be dark to go: went
7 He ʻoku fonu hoku sino ʻi he mahaki kovi: pea ʻoku ʻikai ha moʻui haohaoa ʻi hoku kakano.
for loin my to fill to roast and nothing soundness in/on/with flesh my
8 ʻOku ou vaivai mo mafesi ʻi he mamahi: naʻaku kalanga ko e meʻa ʻi he mamahi ʻo hoku loto.
be numb and to crush till much to roar from groaning heart my
9 ʻE ʻEiki, ʻoku ʻi ho ʻao ʻeku holi kotoa pē; mo ʻeku ngaahi toʻe ʻoku ʻikai fufū ʻiate koe.
Lord before you all desire my and sighing my from you not to hide
10 ʻOku tatupe hoku mafu, kuo ʻosi ʻeku mālohi: pea ko e maama ʻo hoku mata kuo mole foki ia ʻiate au.
heart my to trade to leave: forsake me strength my and light eye my also they(masc.) nothing with 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.
to love: friend me and neighbor my from before plague my to stand: stand and near my from distant to stand: stand
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.
and to snare to seek soul: life my and to seek distress: harm my to speak: speak desire and deceit all [the] day to mutter
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.
and I like/as deaf not to hear: hear and like/as mute not to open lip his
14 Pea naʻaku hangē ko e tangata taʻeongoʻi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha valoki ʻi hono ngutu.
and to be like/as man which not to hear: hear and nothing in/on/with lip his argument
15 He ʻoku ou ʻamanaki lelei, ʻE Sihova, kiate koe: te ke ongoʻi, ʻE ʻEiki ko hoku ʻOtua.
for to/for you LORD to wait: wait you(m. s.) to answer Lord God my
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 to say lest to rejoice to/for me in/on/with to shake foot my upon me to magnify
17 He ʻoku ou meimei nofo, pea ʻoku tuʻumaʻu pe ʻeku mamahi ʻi hoku ʻao.
for I to/for stumbling to establish: prepare and pain my before me continually
18 He te u fakahā ʻeku hia; pea u mamahi koeʻuhi ko ʻeku angahala.
for iniquity: crime my to tell be anxious from sin my
19 Ka ʻoku moʻui hoku ngaahi fili, pea ʻoku nau mālohi: pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ʻo tokolahi ʻakinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa taʻetotonu kiate au.
and enemy my alive be vast and to multiply to hate me deception
20 Pea ko hoku ngaahi fili foki ʻakinautolu ʻoku totongi kovi ki he lelei; koeʻuhi ʻoku ou muimui ki he lelei.
and to complete distress: evil underneath: instead welfare to oppose me underneath: because of (to pursue I *Q(k)*) pleasant
21 ʻOua naʻa ke liʻaki au, ʻE Sihova: ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoua naʻa ke mamaʻo ʻiate au.
not to leave: forsake me LORD God my not to remove from me
22 Ke ke fakatoʻotoʻo ke tokoni au, ʻE ʻEiki ko hoku fakamoʻui.
to hasten [emph?] to/for help my Lord deliverance: salvation my
