Saame 44

1 Ki he Takimuʻa, ko e akonaki ki he ngaahi foha ʻo Kola. ‌ʻE ʻOtua, naʻa mau fanongo ʻaki homau telinga, pea kuo tala kiate kimautolu ʻe heʻemau ngaahi tamai, ʻae ngāue naʻa ke fai ʻi honau ngaahi ʻaho, ʻi he ngaahi kuonga ʻi muʻa.

TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.

2 Naʻa ke kapusi kituʻa ʻae hiteni ʻaki ho nima, mo ke tō ʻakinautolu: naʻa ke tautea ʻae kakai, pea mafola atu ʻakinautolu.

You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.

3 He naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻae fonua ʻi he heletā ʻanautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu ʻe honau nima: ka ko ho ʻaofi nima, mo ho nima toʻomataʻu, mo e maama ʻo ho fofonga, koeʻuhi naʻa ke ʻofa kiate kinautolu.

For they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.

4 He ko koe ko hoku Tuʻi, ʻE ʻOtua ke ke fekau ʻae fakamoʻui kia Sēkope.

You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

5 Ko e meʻa ʻiate koe temau tulaki homau ngaahi fili: ko e meʻa ʻi ho huafa temau malamalaki ki lalo ʻakinautolu ʻoku tuʻu hake kiate kimautolu.

By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,

6 Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u falala ki heʻeku kaufana, pea ʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui au ʻe heʻeku heletā.

For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.

7 Ka ko koe kuo ke fakamoʻui ʻakimautolu mei homau ngaahi fili, pea kuo ke tuku ke mā ʻakinautolu naʻe fehiʻa kiate kimautolu.

For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.

8 ‌ʻOku mau vikiviki ʻi he ʻOtua ʻi he ʻaho kotoa, ʻo fakamālō ki ho huafa ʻo taʻengata. (Sila)

In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)

9 Ka kuo ke liʻaki, pea tuku ke mā ʻakimautolu; pea ʻikai te ke ʻalu atu mo ʻemau ngaahi kongakau.

In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.

10 ‌ʻOku ke pule ke mau foki mai mei he fili: pea ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate kimautolu ʻoku nau maumau maʻanautolu.

You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

11 Kuo ke foaki ʻakimautolu ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi kuo fili ki he kai; pea kuo ke fakahēʻi ʻakimautolu ki he hiteni.

You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.

12 ‌ʻOku ke fakatau hoʻo kakai taʻehatotongi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke fakalahi hoʻo koloa ʻaki honau totongi.

You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.

13 ‌ʻOku ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e manukiʻanga ʻo homau ngaahi kaungāʻapi, ko e meʻa manuki mo e taukaeʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku nofo takatakai ʻiate kimautolu.

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

14 ‌ʻOku ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e lumaʻanga ʻoe hiteni, ko e kalokaloʻanga ʻoe ʻulu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.

You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

15 ‌ʻOku ʻi hoku ʻao maʻuaipē ʻeku kovi, pea kuo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki au ʻae mā ʻo hoku mata,

All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.

16 Koeʻuhi ko e leʻo ʻo ia ʻoku ne taukae mo kape; ko e meʻa ʻi he fili mo e fakafāsifasi.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

17 Kuo hoko ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē kiate kimautolu; ka naʻe ʻikai te mau fakangalongaloʻi koe, pea naʻe ʻikai te mau fai kākā ʻi hoʻo fuakava.

All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.

18 ‌ʻOku ʻikai foki kimui homau loto, pe afe mei ho hala homau ʻaluʻanga;

We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.

19 Kuo ke fesifesi ʻakimautolu ʻi he potu ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻakimautolu ʻae ʻata ʻoe mate.

But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.

20 Kapau kuo mau fakangaloʻi ʻae huafa ʻo homau ʻOtua, pe mafao atu homau nima ki ha ʻotua kehe;

If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

21 ‌ʻIkai ʻe ʻeke ia ʻe he ʻOtua? He ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻoe loto.

Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22 ‌ʻIo, koeʻuhi ko koe ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻakimautolu ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē; ʻoku lau ʻakimautolu ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi ke tāmateʻi.

Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

23 Ke ke ʻā, ko e hā ʻoku ke mohe ai, ʻE Sihova? Tuʻu hake, ʻoua naʻa ke liʻaki ʻakimautolu ʻo taʻengata.

Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.

24 Ko e hā ʻoku ke fufū ai ho fofonga, ʻo fakangaloʻi homau tautea mo homau taʻomia?

Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,

25 He kuo lolohifo homau laumālie ki he efu: kuo hiki homau kete ki he kelekele.

For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.

26 Tuʻu hake ko homau tokoni, pea huhuʻi ʻakimautolu koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ʻaloʻofa.

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.