Psalms 78
1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
Ko e Saame akonaki ʻa ʻAsafi. Fakafanongo ʻa hoku kakai ki heʻeku akonaki: fakatokangaʻi homou telinga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku ngutu.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Te u mafaʻa hoku ngutu ʻi he fakatātā: te u fakahā ʻae ngaahi lea fufū mei muʻa:
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
ʻAia kuo tau fanongo ki ai pea ʻiloʻi, pea naʻe tala ia kiate kitautolu ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tamai.
4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
ʻE ʻikai te tau fufū ia mei heʻenau fānau, ka ʻe fakahā ki he toʻutangata ʻe hoko ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo Sihova, mo hono mālohi, mo e ngaahi ngāue mana naʻa ne fai.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
He naʻa ne fokotuʻumaʻu ʻae fono ʻia Sēkope, ʻo ne tuʻutuʻuni ʻae akonaki ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻa ne fekauʻi ʻetau ngaahi tamai, koeʻuhi ke nau fakaʻilo ia ki heʻenau fānau:
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ia ʻe he toʻutangata ʻe hoko, ʻio, ʻae fānau ʻe fanauʻi; ʻaia tenau tupu hake ʻo fakahā ia ki heʻenau fānau:
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Koeʻuhi kenau ʻamanaki lelei maʻuaipē ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻoua naʻa fakangalongaloʻi ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻae ʻOtua, ka e tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekau:
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Kaeʻoua naʻa tatau mo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ko e toʻutangata paongataʻa mo angatuʻu; ko e toʻutangata naʻe ʻikai tenau teuteu honau loto ke lelei, pea naʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu honau laumālie ʻi he ʻOtua.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Ko e fānau ʻa ʻIfalemi naʻe toʻo mahafutau, mo e ngaahi kaufana, naʻa nau hola ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe tau.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Naʻe ʻikai tenau fai ki he fuakava ʻae ʻOtua, pea naʻe ʻikai siʻi tenau loto ke ʻaʻeva ʻi heʻene akonaki;
11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them.
Pea naʻa nau fakangalongaloʻi ʻene ngaahi ngāue, mo ʻene ngaahi mana naʻa ne fakahā kiate kinautolu.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Naʻa ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻi he ngoue ʻo Soani.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Naʻe vaeua ʻe ia ʻae tahi, pea ne pule kenau ʻalu atu ai; pea ne ngaohi ʻae tahi ke tuʻu fakatafungofunga pē.
14 In the day time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Naʻa ne tataki foki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻaki ʻae ʻao, pea ʻi he pō ʻaki ʻae maama ʻoe afi.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Naʻe fahiʻi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi makatuʻu ʻi he toafa, pea ʻange ʻae inu kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ʻoku mei he loloto lahi.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Naʻa ne ʻomi foki kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi vaitafe mei he makatuʻu, ʻo ne pule ke tafe hifo ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe lahi.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Pea naʻa nau toe fai angahala kiate ia, ʻi heʻenau fakahouhau ki he Fungani Māʻolunga ʻi he toafa.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Pea naʻa nau ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻae ʻOtua ʻi honau loto, ʻi heʻenau lea ke maʻu ʻae kakano ʻi heʻenau holi kovi.
19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
ʻIo, naʻa nau lauʻikoviʻi ʻae ʻOtua; naʻa nau pehē, “ʻE faʻa teuteu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae keinangaʻanga ʻi he toafa?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Vakai, naʻe taaʻi ʻe ia ʻae makatuʻu, pea puna mei ai ʻae ngaahi vai, pea pito ʻo fetāfeaki ʻae ngaahi vaitafe; te ne faʻa tuku mai foki ʻae mā? ʻE faʻa tokonaki ʻe ia ʻae kakano maʻa hono kakai?”
21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was full of wrath: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Ko ia naʻe fanongo ki ai ʻa Sihova, pea houhau ia: ko ia naʻe tutu ai ʻae afi kia Sēkope, pea naʻe tupu hake foki ʻae tuputāmaki ki ʻIsileli;
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai tenau tui ki he ʻOtua, pea naʻe ʻikai ha falala ki heʻene fakamoʻui:
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Neongo ʻene fekauʻi ʻae ngaahi ʻao ʻi ʻolunga, mo ʻene toʻo ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe langi,
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven.
ʻO ne tuku ke tō hifo ʻae mana kiate kinautolu kenau kai, pea ne foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae uite ʻoe langi.
25 Man ate angels’ food: he sent them food to the full.
Naʻe kai ʻe he tangata ʻae meʻakai ʻae kau ʻāngelo: naʻa ne tuku atu ʻae meʻakai kenau mākona ai.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Naʻe pule ʻe ia ke maʻili ʻae matangi hahake ʻi he langi: pea ne ʻomi mo e matangi tonga ʻi heʻene māfimafi.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Naʻe fakatō hifo ʻe ia ʻae kakano kiate kinautolu ʻo tatau mo e efu, mo e fanga manu kapakau ʻo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻoe tahi:
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.
Pea naʻa ne tuku ke tō ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo honau fale fehikitaki, ʻo takatakai ʻi honau ngaahi nofoʻanga.
29 So they ate, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Ko ia naʻa nau kai, pea nau mākona: he naʻa ne ʻange kiate kinautolu ʻenau holi.
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Naʻe ʻikai te nau mavahe mei heʻenau holi kovi. Ka ʻi he kei ʻi honau ngutu ʻae maʻanga,
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Naʻe hoko ʻae houhau ʻoe ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne tāmateʻi ʻae fungani kakai sino ʻiate kinautolu, pea ne tā hifo ʻae kau tangata kuo fili ʻi ʻIsileli.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Naʻe hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ka naʻa nau kei fai angahala pē, ʻo ʻikai tui ki heʻene ngaahi ngāue mana.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Ko ia naʻa ne fakaʻosi ai honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he meʻa vaʻinga pē, mo honau ngaahi taʻu ʻi he mamahi.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Pea ʻi heʻene tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu, naʻa nau toki kumi kiate ia: ʻonau tafoki ʻo fehuʻi fakavave ki he ʻOtua.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Pea naʻa nau manatu ko honau maka ʻae ʻOtua, pea ko honau huhuʻi ʻae ʻOtua māʻolunga.
36 Nevertheless they would flatter him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.
Ka naʻa nau lapu kiate ia ʻi honau ngutu, ʻonau loi kiate ia ʻaki honau ʻelelo.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
He naʻe ʻikai totonu honau loto kiate ia, pea naʻe ʻikai tenau tuʻumaʻu ʻi heʻene fuakava.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Ka naʻe fonu ia ʻi he ʻaloʻofa, ʻo ne fakamolemole ʻenau hia, pea naʻe ʻikai fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu: ʻIo, naʻe liunga lahi ʻene fakaafe hono houhau, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ueʻi hake hono houhau kotoa pē.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
He naʻa ne manatu ko e kakano pē ʻakinautolu; ko e matangi ʻoku mole atu, pea ʻikai toe haʻu.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Naʻe liunga fiha ʻenau fakahouhau kiate ia ʻi he toafa, pea fakamamahiʻi ia ʻi he potu lala!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
ʻIo, naʻa nau foki kimui pea ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻae ʻOtua, ʻonau hūhūmamaʻi ʻae tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Naʻe ʻikai tenau manatu ki hono nima, pe ko e ʻaho naʻa ne fakamoʻui ai ʻakinautolu mei he fili.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Mo ʻene fai ʻene ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻi ʻIsipite, mo ʻene ngaahi meʻa mana ʻi he ngoue ʻo Soani:
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they could not drink.
Naʻa ne liliu honau ngaahi vaitafe ko e toto; mo honau ngaahi vai lahi, naʻe ʻikai tenau faʻa inu ai.
45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Naʻe fekau atu ʻe ia kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi lango kehekehe, ʻaia naʻe keina ʻakinautolu; mo e fanga poto, ʻaia naʻe fakakoviʻi ʻakinautolu.
46 He gave also their increase to the caterpiller, and their labour to the locust.
Naʻe tuku foki ʻe ia ʻae fua ʻo ʻenau ngoue ki he ʻunufe, mo ʻenau ngāue ki he fanga heʻe.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
Naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻenau ngaahi vaine ʻaki ʻae ʻuhamaka, mo ʻenau ʻakau ko e sukamino ʻaki ʻae momoko lahi.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Naʻe tuku foki ʻe ia ʻenau fanga manu ki he ʻuhamaka, mo ʻenau fanga sipi ki he ngaahi faisisili vela.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Naʻe lī ʻe ia ʻae kakaha ʻo ʻene ʻita kiate kinautolu, ʻae houhau lahi, mo e tuputāmaki, mo e mamahi, ʻi heʻene fekau atu kiate kinautolu ʻae kau ʻāngelo ʻoe kovi.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Naʻa ne tofa ʻae hala ki hono houhau; pea naʻe ʻikai te ne fakahaofi ʻenau moʻui mei he mate, ka naʻa ne tukuange ʻenau moʻui ki he mahaki lahi;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
ʻO ne tāʻi ʻae ʻuluaki fānau kotoa pē ʻi ʻIsipite; ko e fungani mālohi ʻi he ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻo Hami.
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Ka naʻa ne pule ke ʻalu atu ʻa hono kakai ʻoʻona ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi, ʻo ne fakahinohino ʻakinautolu ʻi he toafa ʻo hangē ko e fuʻu fanga sipi.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Pea naʻe tataki fiemālie atu ʻe ia ʻakinautolu, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ai tenau manavahē: ka naʻe lōmekina ʻe he tahi ʻa honau ngaahi fili.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe ia ʻakinautolu ʻo ofi ki hono faletapu, ʻio, ki he moʻunga ni ʻaia kuo fakatau ʻe hono nima toʻomataʻu.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Naʻe kapusi foki ʻe ia ʻae hiteni mei honau ʻao, ʻo ne vaheʻi kiate kinautolu ʻae tofiʻa ʻaki ʻae afo, pea ne pule ke nofo ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi honau ngaahi fale fehikitaki.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Ka naʻa nau kei ʻahiʻahiʻi mo fakahouhauʻi ʻae ʻOtua fungani māʻolunga, ʻo ʻikai tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekau:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Ka naʻa nau foki kimui, ʻo fai taʻeangatonu ʻo hangē ko ʻenau ngaahi tamai: naʻe ʻalu kehe ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e kaufana taka kehe.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Naʻa nau fakahouhau ia ʻaki honau ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻonau fakafuaʻa ia ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi tamapua kuo tā.
59 When God heard this, he was filled with wrath, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Pea ʻi he ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae meʻa ni, naʻe houhau ai ia, ʻo fehiʻa lahi ki ʻIsileli:
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Ko ia naʻa ne liʻaki ai ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻo Sailo, ʻae nofoʻanga ko ia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
ʻO ne tukuange hono mālohi ke pōpula, mo hono nāunau ki he nima ʻoe fili.
62 He gave over his people also to the sword; and was filled with wrath with his inheritance.
Naʻe fakatukutukuʻi foki ʻe ia hono kakai ki he heletā; pea naʻe houhau ia ki hono tofiʻa.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Naʻe kai ke ʻosi ʻe he afi honau kau talavou; pea naʻe ʻikai mali ʻenau kau taʻahine.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Naʻe tō ʻenau kau taulaʻeiki ʻi he heletā; pea naʻe ʻikai fai ha tangi ʻe honau uaifi.
65 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Pea naʻe toki ʻā ai ʻae ʻEiki ʻo hangē ko ha taha naʻe mohe, pea hangē ko e tangata mālohi ʻoku kalanga ko e meʻa ʻi he uaine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder part: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Pea naʻe taaʻi ʻe ia hono ngaahi fili ʻi honau potu kimui: naʻa ne tuku ʻakinautolu ke manukia maʻuaipē.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Pea naʻa ne liʻaki ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻo Siosefa, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne fili ʻae faʻahinga ʻo ʻIfalemi:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Ka naʻa ne fili ʻae faʻahinga ʻo Siuta, ko e moʻunga ko Saione ʻaia naʻa ne ʻofa ki ai.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Pea naʻa ne langa hono faletapu ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi fale māʻolunga, ʻo hangē ko e fonua ʻaia kuo fokotuʻumaʻu ke taʻengata.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep folds:
Naʻe fili foki ʻe ia ʻa Tevita ko ʻene tamaioʻeiki, ʻo ne toʻo ia mei he ngaahi lotoʻā sipi:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Naʻa ne ʻomi ia mei heʻene muimui ʻi he fanga sipi fefine naʻe talitali pō, ke ne fafanga ʻa Sēkope ko hono kakai, mo ʻIsileli ko hono tofiʻa.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Pea naʻa ne fafanga ʻakinautolu ʻo fakatatau ki he angatonu ʻo hono loto; ʻo ne tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he poto ʻo hono nima.
