Saame 129

1 Ko e Hiva ʻae ʻalu hake. ‌ʻOku totonu ke lea ni ʻa ʻIsileli, Kuo liunga lahi ʻenau fakamamahiʻi au talu ʻeku kei talavou:

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

2 “Kuo liunga lahi ʻenau fakamamahiʻi au talu ʻeku talavou: ka naʻe ʻikai tenau mālohi kiate au.

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

3 Naʻe keli ʻae kau tangata keli ʻi hoku tuʻa: naʻa nau ngaohi ke lōloa ʻenau ngaahi keli.

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

4 ‌ʻOku angatonu ʻa Sihova: kuo tuʻusi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi afo ʻae kakai angahala.”

Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Tuku ke puputuʻu pea foki kimui ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku fehiʻa ki Saione.

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

6 Tuku kenau tatau mo e mohuku ʻi he tatā ʻoe fale, ʻaia ʻoku mae ʻi he teʻeki ai ke lahi ia:

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

7 ‌ʻAia ʻoku ʻikai fakapito ʻaki ʻe he tangata tuʻusi ʻa hono nima; pe ko e fatafata ʻo ia ʻoku ne nonoʻo ʻae ngaahi ʻū mohuku.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

8 Pea ʻoku ʻikai lea ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu ʻi ai, ʻo pehē, “Ke ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae monūʻia meia Sihova: ʻoku mau tāpuaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova.”

Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!