Saame 82

1 Ko e Saame ʻa ʻAsafi. ‌ʻOku ʻafio ʻae ʻOtua ʻi he fakataha ʻoe kau mālohi; ʻoku ne fakamaau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua.

melody to/for Asaph God to stand in/on/with congregation God in/on/with entrails: among God to judge

2 “ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakamaau taʻetotonu, pea filifilimānako ki he kakai angahala?” (Sila)

till how to judge injustice and face: kindness wicked to lift: kindness (Selah)

3 “Fakamaau ʻae paea mo e tamai mate: fai angatonu ki he mamahi mo e masiva.

to judge poor and orphan afflicted and be poor to justify

4 Fakahaofi ʻae masiva mo e paea: fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu mei he nima ʻoe kau angahala.”

to escape poor and needy from hand: power wicked to rescue

5 ‌ʻOku ʻikai te nau ʻilo, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau fie ʻilo; ʻoku nau ʻalu pē ʻi he poʻuli: kuo ueʻi ʻae ngaahi tuʻunga kotoa pē ʻo māmani.

not to know and not to understand in/on/with darkness to go: walk to shake all foundation land: country/planet

6 Naʻaku pehē, “Ko e ngaahi ʻotua ʻakimoutolu; pea ko e fānau ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē.

I to say God you(m. p.) and son: descendant/people Most High all your

7 Ka temou mate ʻo hangē ko e kau tangata, pea tō ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha ʻoe houʻeiki.”

surely like/as man to die [emph?] and like/as one [the] ruler to fall: fall

8 Tuʻu hake, ʻE ʻOtua, fakamaau ʻa māmani: he te ke maʻu ʻae puleʻanga kotoa pē.

to arise: rise [emph?] God to judge [emph?] [the] land: country/planet for you(m. s.) to inherit in/on/with all [the] nation