Lamentations 3

1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Ko au ko e tangata kuo mamata ki he mamahi ʻi he meʻa tā ʻa hono houhau.

2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

Kuo ne tataki au mo ʻomi au ki he poʻuli, kae ʻikai ki he maama.

3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

Ko e moʻoni kuo ne liliu kiate au, ʻoku ne liliu hono nima kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.

4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

Ko hoku kili mo hoku kakano kuo ne ngaohi ke motuʻa; kuo ne fesiʻi hoku ngaahi hui.

5 He hath besieged me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.

Kuo ne langaʻi meʻa kiate au, pea kuo ne takatakai au ʻaki ʻae kona mo e mamahi.

6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old.

Kuo ne fokotuʻu au ʻi he ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu naʻe pekia ʻi muʻa.

7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Kuo ne ʻāʻi takatakai au pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa hao kituʻa: kuo ne fakamamafa ʻa ʻeku haʻi ukamea.

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

‌ʻO kau ka tangi foki mo kalanga, ʻoku ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻeku kole.

9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Kuo ne ʻāʻi hoku ngaahi hala ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka kuo tā, kuo ne fakapikoʻi hoku ngaahi hala.

10 He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Naʻa ne hangē ha pea ʻoku toitoi kiate au, pea hangē ha laione ʻi he ngaahi potu lilo.

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

Kuo ne mimioʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea kuo ne haehae au fakaikiiki: kuo ne ngaohi au ke lala pe.

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Kuo ne teke ʻa ʻene kaufana, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu au ko e fakaʻilonga ki he ngahau.

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Kuo ne pule ki he ngaahi ngahau ʻo ʻene tangai ke ʻasi ki hoku ngaahi kongaloto.

14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

Ko e manukiʻanga au ki hoku kakai; pea ko ʻenau tāʻanga ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

Kuo ne fakafonu au ʻaki ʻae kona, kuo ne fakakonaʻi au ʻaki ʻae konaʻiʻī.

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

Kuo ne fesiʻi foki hoku kau nifo ʻaki ʻae kilikili, kuo ne pani au ʻaki ʻae efu.

17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity.

Pea kuo ke hiki hoku laumālie ke mamaʻo mei he melino: naʻe ngalo ʻiate au ʻae monūʻia.

18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:

Pea ne u pehē, “Ko ʻeku mālohi mo ʻeku ʻamanaki kuo ʻauha meia Sihova;”

19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

‌ʻI heʻeku manatu ki hoku mahaki pea mo ʻeku mamahi, ʻae kona pea mo e ʻahu.

20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

‌ʻOku kei manatu ki ai hoku laumālie, pea ʻoku angavaivai ia ʻiate au.

21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

Ko ia ʻoku ou fakamanatu ki hoku loto, pea ko ia ʻoku ou kei maʻu ai ʻae ʻamanaki.

22 It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻauha, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻene manavaʻofa.

23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

‌ʻOku foʻou ia ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē, ʻoku lahi hoʻo angatonu.

24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe hoku laumālie, “Ko hoku tofiʻa ʻa Sihova: ko ia te u ʻamanaki lelei ʻiate ia.”

25 The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

‌ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

‌ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne ʻamanaki, pea ne tatali fakatatoka foki ki he fakamoʻui meia Sihova.

27 It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.

‌ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne fua ʻae haʻamo ʻi heʻene kei talavou.

28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

‌ʻOku ne nofo tokotaha pe, pea ʻoku longo pe, koeʻuhi kuo ne fua ia ʻe ia pe.

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.

‌ʻOku ne ʻai hono ngutu ʻi he efu, ko e meʻa naʻa ʻoku kei ai ha ʻamanaki.

30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

‌ʻOku ne tuku hono kouʻahe kiate ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia: ʻoku ne pito ʻaupito ʻi he lauʻi kovi.

31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

He koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai liʻaki ke lauikuonga ʻe Sihova:

32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

He kapau te ne fakamamahi, ka te ne manavaʻofa foki ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi ʻaloʻofa.

33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fie tautea, pe fakamamahi ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.

34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Ke laiki ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngaahi pōpula kotoa pē ʻo māmani,

35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Ke fakatafe ʻae totonu ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻoniʻoni,

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Ke kākaaʻi ʻae tangata ʻi hono fakamaauʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei ai ʻa Sihova.

37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Ko hai ia ʻoku fakahā, pea ʻoku hoko ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fekau ʻe Sihova?

38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

‌ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu mei he fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga ʻae lelei mo e kovi.

39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Ko e hā ʻoku lāunga ai ʻae tangata moʻui, ʻae tangata koeʻuhi ko e tautea ʻo ʻene ngaahi angahala?

40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Ke tau kumi mo ʻahiʻahiʻi hotau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea toe tafoki kia Sihova.

41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

Ke tau hiki hake hotau loto mo hotau nima ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi langi.

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

“Kuo mau fai talangataʻa, pea kuo mau angatuʻu: ʻoku teʻeki ai te ke fakamolemole.

43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

“Kuo ke ʻuʻufi ʻaki ʻae houhau, pea fakatangaʻi ʻakimautolu: kuo ke tāmateʻi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manavaʻofa.

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

Kuo ke ʻufiʻufi koe ʻaki ʻae ʻao, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻasi atu ʻa ʻemau kole.

45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

Kuo ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e efe mo e ʻotoʻota ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

“Kuo mafaʻa ʻae ngutu ʻa homau kau fili kotoa pē kiate kimautolu.

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

Kuo hoko mai ʻae manavahē mo e tauhele kiate kimautolu, ʻae lala mo e ʻauha.”

48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

‌ʻOku tafe hifo hoku mata, hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe, koeʻuhi ko e ʻauha ʻae ʻofefine ʻo hoku kakai.

49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

“ʻOku tafe hifo ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ʻosi, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ke tuku.

50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.

Ke ʻoua ke ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova, pea vakai mei he langi.

51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Ko hoku mata ʻoku ne ueʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa pē ʻo ʻeku kolo.

52 My enemies chased me hard, like a bird, without cause.

“Naʻe tuli fakamamahi au ʻe hoku kau fili hangē ha manupuna, taʻehanoʻuhinga.

53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Kuo nau motuhi ʻeku moʻui ʻi he fale fakapōpula, pea kuo lī ha maka kiate au.

54 Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.

naʻe melemo hoku ʻulu ʻi he ngaahi vai; pea ne u toki pehē, ‘Kuo motuhi au.’

55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

“ʻE Sihova ne u ui ki ho huafa mei he fale fakapōpula taumamaʻo.

56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Kuo ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻoua naʻa ke fufū ho fofonga ki heʻeku mānava, ki heʻeku tangi.

57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

Naʻa ke ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ne u ui kiate koe: naʻa ke pehē, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē.”

58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

“ʻE Sihova kuo ke langomakiʻi hoku laumālie; kuo ke huhuʻi ʻeku moʻui.

59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

‌ʻE Sihova kuo ke ʻafioʻi ki he kovi kuo fai kiate au, fakamaau ʻe koe ʻeku meʻa.

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

Kuo ke ʻafio ki heʻenau lili kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au.

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

“ʻE ʻEiki kuo ke fanongo ki heʻenau taukae, pea mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au;

62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and they plot against me all the day.

‌ʻae loungutu ʻonautolu naʻe tuʻu hake kiate au, pea mo ʻenau fakatupu meʻa kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.

Vakai ki heʻenau nofo hifo mo ʻenau tuʻu hake; ko au ko ʻenau taʻanga.

64 Render to them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

“ʻE ʻEiki ke ke tuku kiate kinautolu ha totongi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻa honau nima.

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.

Tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae mamahi ʻoe loto, ʻa hoʻo malaʻia kiate kinautolu.

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

Fakatanga mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he houhau mei he lalo langi ʻa Sihova.