Halelu 129

1 U A hoopilikia pinepine mai lakou ia'u, Mai ko'u wa opiopio mai, wahi a ka Iseraela;

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 Ua hoopilikia pinepine mai lakou ia'u, mai ko'u wa opiopio mai; Aole nae lakou i lanakila mai maluna o'u.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Ma ko'u kua i kahakaha ai ka poe kahakaha; A hana lakou i ko lakou kaha a loihi.

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 Ua pono no o Iehova; Ua oki mai oia i na kaula o ka poe hewa.

The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 E hoohilahilaia a e hoihoi hope ia mai, Ka poe a pau e inaina mai ia Ziona.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6 E like auanei lakou, me ka mauu maluna o na hale, Mae wale, ia mamua o ka liko ana.

Let them be as the grass [upon] the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

7 Aole e piha ka lima o ka mea i oki iho, Aole hoi ka umauma o ka mea hoopua i na pua.

With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

8 Aole hoi e olelo mai ka poe e hele ae, Maluna o oukou auanei ka hoomaikai ana o Iehova: Ke hoomaikai aku nei makou ia oukou ma ka inoa o Iehova.

Neither do they who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.