Psalms 2

1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

Ko e hā ʻoku matalili ai ʻae hiteni? Pea fakalaulauloto ʻae kakai ki he meʻa noa pē?

2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

‌ʻOku tuʻu hake fakataha ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo māmani, pea fakakaukau fakataha ʻae kau pule kia Sihova mo ia kuo ne pani, ʻo pehē,

3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

“Ke tau motuhi ʻena ngaahi haʻi pea liʻaki ʻena ngaahi afo ʻiate kitautolu.”

4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

Ko ia ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi langi ʻe kata ia: ʻe manuki ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu.

5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.

Pea te ne toki folofola kiate kinautolu ʻi hono houhau, pea fakamamahiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi hono tuputāmaki lahi.

6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

Ka kuo u fakanofo ʻeku tuʻi ki Saione, ko e moʻunga ʻo ʻeku māʻoniʻoni.

7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

“Te u fakahā ʻae tuʻutuʻuni:” naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Ko hoku ʻAlo koe kuo u fakatupu koe ʻi he ʻaho ni.

8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.

Ke ke lea kiate au, pea te u foaki ʻae ngaahi hiteni ko ho tofiʻa, mo e ngaahi ngataʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani moʻou.

9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

Te ke maumauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae vaʻa ukamea; pea te ke laiki ke lailai ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e ipu ʻumea.

10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

Pea ko eni, ke poto ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻi: pea maʻu ʻae akonaki ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau fakamaau ʻo māmani.

11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.

Tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻi he manavahē, pea fiefia ʻi he tetetete.

12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.

‌ʻUma ki he ʻAlo, telia naʻa houhau ia, pea te mou ʻauha mei he hala, ʻoka tupu siʻi pe hono houhau. ʻOku monūʻia ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku falala kiate ia.