Halelu 128

1 POMAIKAI ka poe a pau i makau aku ia Iehova, A hele hoi ma kona mau alanui.

“A song of the degrees.” Happy is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in his ways.

2 E ai no oe i ka waiwai o kou mau lima, He pomaikai no kou, a he pono no hoi.

When thou eatest the labor of thy hands: [then] wilt thou be happy, and it shall be well with thee.

3 E like no kau wahine me na kumuwaina hua nui, Ma na aoao o kou hale; E like no hoi kau mau keiki me na laau oliva, E ku puni ana i kou papaaina.

Thy wife is [then] as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table.

4 Aia hoi! pela e hoopomaikaiia mai ai ke kanaka, Nana e makau aku ia Iehova.

Behold, truly thus shall be blessed the man that feareth the Lord.

5 E hoomaikai mai o Iehova ia oe mai Ziona mai; A e ike no oe i ka pono o Ierusalema, I na la a pau o kou ola ana.

May the Lord bless thee out of Zion: and see thou the happiness of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

6 E ike no hoi oe i na keiki o kau poe keiki, A me ka maluhia maluna o ka Iseraela.

And see thou thy children's children: may there be peace upon Israel.