Halelu 58

1 KE olelo nei auei oukou i ka pono, e ke anaina? Ke hooponopono pololei anei oukou, e na keiki a kanaka?

“To the chief musician Al-tashcheth, by David, a Michtham.” Do you indeed, who are dumb, speak righteously? do ye judge in uprightness, O ye sons of men?

2 Ua hana io nae oukou i ka hewa maloko o ko oukou naau: Ke kaupaona nei hoi oukou i ka lawe wale ana o ko oukou mau lima ma ka honua.

Even in [your] heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.

3 Ua aea wale ka poe hewa mai ka opu mai; Ua auwana lakou mai ka hanau ana, e olelo wahahee ana.

The wicked are estranged [from goodness] from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.

4 O ko lakou aa make, ua like ia me ka awaawa make o ka nahesa; Ua like lakou me ka moopetena kuli i papani i kona pepeiao;

They have poison like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

5 Ka mea e lohe ole no i ka leo o ka poe hoowalewale, E hoowale wale ana me ke akamai loa.

Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.

6 E uhai ae i ko lakou mau niho, e ke Akua, iloko o ko lakou waha; E uhai oe i na niho o na liona opiopio, e Iehova.

O God, break out their teeth in their mouth: the jaw-teeth of the young lions tear thou out, O Lord.

7 E hehee lakou, me he mau wai la e kahe mau ana, Aia lena oia no kana mau pua, E lilo lakou me he mau mea la i okiokiia.

Let them melt away as water [which] runneth off: when each one bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as if cut in pieces.

8 Me he pupu la e hehee ana, e hele e aku lakou a pau; Me he mea hanau e la ka wahine, e ike ole lakou i ka la.

As a snail which melteth, let him pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman which hath not seen the sun.

9 Mamua o ka wela ana o ka oukou mau ipuhao i ke kakalaioa, E lawe aku oia ia lakou me ka ino makani, I ko lakou ola ana, a i kona huhu.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, will he take them away with a whirlwind, both the green and the burning.

10 E hauoli ka mea pono i kona ike ana i ka hoopai ana; E holoi oia i kona mau kapuwai i ke koko o ka mea hewa.

The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked.

11 Pela, e olelo ke kanaka, Oiaio, he uku no hoi no ka mea pono: Oiaio hoi, he Akua no e hoopai ana ma ka honua.

So that a man shall say, Verily fruit will come for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth on the earth.