Psalms 74
1 The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?
Ko e Saame akonaki ʻa ʻAsafi. ʻE ʻOtua, ko e hā kuo ke liʻaki ai ʻakimautolu ʻo taʻengata? Ko e hā ʻoku kohu ai ho houhau ki he fanga sipi ʻo hoʻo ngoue?
2 Be mindful of your congregation, which you have possessed from the beginning. You redeemed the scepter of your inheritance, mount Zion, in which you have dwelt.
Manatu ki he fakataha ʻo hoʻo kakai, ʻaia naʻa ke fakatau ʻi muʻa; ko e faʻahinga ʻo ho tofiʻa, ʻaia kuo ke huhuʻi; ʻae moʻunga ni ko Saione, ʻaia naʻa ke nofo ai.
3 Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!
Hiki hake ho vaʻe ki hono ngaahi maumau kuo tuʻumaʻu pe; ʻio, ki he meʻa kotoa pē kuo fai ʻi he angakovi ʻe he fili ʻi he faletapu.
4 And those who hate you have been glorified, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their own signs as a proof,
ʻOku ʻioho ʻa ho ngaahi fili ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fakataha; ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ʻenau ngaahi fuka ko e ngaahi fakaʻilonga.
5 as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
Naʻe ongoongo ʻae tangata ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene faʻa fai ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻae ngaahi toki ki he ngaahi ʻakau lahi.
6 they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
Ka ko eni, kuo nau maumauʻi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi toki mo e hamala ʻae ngaahi meʻa tongitongi kotoa pē.
7 They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.
Kuo nau lī ʻae afi ki ho faletapu, kuo nau ʻuliʻi ʻae ʻafioʻanga ʻo ho huafa ʻo holoki hifo ia ki he kelekele.
8 They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: “Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.
Naʻa nau pehē ʻi honau loto, “Ketau fakaʻauha fakataha ʻakinautolu:” kuo nau tutu ʻo ʻosi ʻae ngaahi falelotu ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he fonua.
9 We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us.”
ʻOku ʻikai temau kei mamata ki heʻemau ngaahi fakaʻilonga: ʻoku ʻikai ha palōfita ʻe toe: pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻiate kitautolu ʻoku ne ʻilo pe ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa.
10 How long, O God, will the enemy place blame? Is the adversary to provoke your name until the end?
ʻE ʻOtua, ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa ʻoe lauʻikovi ʻae fili? ʻE kape ki ho huafa ʻe he fili ʻo taʻengata?
11 Why do you turn your hand away, even your right hand, from the midst of your sinews, until the end?
Ko e hā ʻoku ke toʻo atu ai ho nima, ʻio, ho nima toʻomataʻu? Toʻo mai ia mei ho fatafata.
12 But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
He ko e ʻOtua ko hoku Tuʻi talu mei muʻa, ʻoku ne fai ʻae fakamoʻui ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo māmani.
13 In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
Naʻa ke vaeua ʻae tahi ʻi ho mālohi: naʻa ke foaʻi ʻae ʻulu ʻoe ngaahi talākoni ʻi he ngaahi vai,
14 You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.
ʻOku ke foaʻi ʻo laiki ʻae ngaahi ʻulu ʻoe levaiatani, ʻo ke ʻange ia ko e meʻakai ki he kakai ʻoku nofo ʻi he toafa.
15 You have disrupted the fountains and the torrents. You have dried up the rivers of Ethan.
Naʻa ke vaeua ʻae matavai mo e vaitafe lahi: naʻa ke fakamōmoa ʻae ngaahi vaitafe lahi.
16 Yours is the day, and yours is the night. You have made the morning light and the sun.
ʻOku ʻoʻou ʻae ʻaho, pea ʻoku ʻoʻou foki mo e pō: kuo ke teuteu ʻae maama mo e laʻā.
17 You have made all the limits of the earth. The summer and the spring were formed by you.
Kuo ke ʻai ʻae ngaahi ngataʻanga kotoa pē ʻoe fonua; kuo ke ngaohi ʻae faʻahitaʻu mafana mo e faʻahitaʻu momoko.
18 Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name.
ʻE Sihova, manatu ki he meʻa ni, kuo lauʻikovi ʻe he fili, pea kuo kape ki ho huafa ʻae kakai vale.
19 Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.
ʻOua naʻa tukuange ʻae laumālie ʻo ho ʻofaʻanga ki he fuʻu tokolahi ʻoe kau angakovi: ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻiate koe ʻae fakataha ʻo ho kakai masiva ʻo taʻengata.
20 Consider your covenant. For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses.
Ke ke tokanga ki he fuakava: he ʻoku pito ʻae ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli ʻo māmani ʻi he ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angamālohi.
21 Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name.
ʻOua naʻa ke tuku ke liu mai kuo mā ʻae kakai kuo taʻomia: tuku ke fakamālō ki ho huafa ʻae kau masiva mo e vaivai.
22 Rise up, O God, judge your own case. Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long.
ʻE ʻOtua, ke ke tuʻu hake, ʻo langomakiʻi hoʻo ngāue ʻaʻau: manatu ki he lauʻikoviʻi koe ʻe he tangata vale ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
23 Do not forget the voices of your adversaries. The arrogance of those who hate you rises up continually.
ʻOua naʻa ngalo ʻae leʻo ʻo ho ngaahi fili: ko e maveuveu ʻokinautolu ʻoku tuʻu hake kiate koe ʻoku tupulekina ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
