Lamentations 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
1Ko au ko e tangata kuo mamata ki he mamahi ʻi he meʻa tā ʻa hono houhau.
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
2Kuo ne tataki au mo ʻomi au ki he poʻuli, kae ʻikai ki he maama.
3Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
3Ko e moʻoni kuo ne liliu kiate au, ʻoku ne liliu hono nima kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.
4My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
4Ko hoku kili mo hoku kakano kuo ne ngaohi ke motuʻa; kuo ne fesiʻi hoku ngaahi hui.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
5Kuo ne langaʻi meʻa kiate au, pea kuo ne takatakai au ʻaki ʻae kona mo e mamahi.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
6Kuo ne fokotuʻu au ʻi he ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu naʻe pekia ʻi muʻa.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
7Kuo ne ʻāʻi takatakai au pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa hao kituʻa: kuo ne fakamamafa ʻa ʻeku haʻi ukamea.
8Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
8ʻO kau ka tangi foki mo kalanga, ʻoku ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻeku kole.
9He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
9Kuo ne ʻāʻi hoku ngaahi hala ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka kuo tā, kuo ne fakapikoʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
10Naʻa ne hangē ha pea ʻoku toitoi kiate au, pea hangē ha laione ʻi he ngaahi potu lilo.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
11Kuo ne mimioʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea kuo ne haehae au fakaikiiki: kuo ne ngaohi au ke lala pe.
12He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12Kuo ne teke ʻa ʻene kaufana, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu au ko e fakaʻilonga ki he ngahau.
13He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.
13Kuo ne pule ki he ngaahi ngahau ʻo ʻene tangai ke ʻasi ki hoku ngaahi kongaloto.
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
14Ko e manukiʻanga au ki hoku kakai; pea ko ʻenau tāʻanga ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
15Kuo ne fakafonu au ʻaki ʻae kona, kuo ne fakakonaʻi au ʻaki ʻae konaʻiʻī.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
16Kuo ne fesiʻi foki hoku kau nifo ʻaki ʻae kilikili, kuo ne pani au ʻaki ʻae efu.
17And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
17Pea kuo ke hiki hoku laumālie ke mamaʻo mei he melino: naʻe ngalo ʻiate au ʻae monūʻia.
18And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
18Pea ne u pehē, “Ko ʻeku mālohi mo ʻeku ʻamanaki kuo ʻauha meia Sihova;”
19Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
19ʻI heʻeku manatu ki hoku mahaki pea mo ʻeku mamahi, ʻae kona pea mo e ʻahu.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
20ʻOku kei manatu ki ai hoku laumālie, pea ʻoku angavaivai ia ʻiate au.
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
21Ko ia ʻoku ou fakamanatu ki hoku loto, pea ko ia ʻoku ou kei maʻu ai ʻae ʻamanaki.
22Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
22Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻauha, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻene manavaʻofa.
23They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
23ʻOku foʻou ia ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē, ʻoku lahi hoʻo angatonu.
24'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
24ʻOku pehē ʻe hoku laumālie, “Ko hoku tofiʻa ʻa Sihova: ko ia te u ʻamanaki lelei ʻiate ia.”
25The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
25ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.
26It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
26ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne ʻamanaki, pea ne tatali fakatatoka foki ki he fakamoʻui meia Sihova.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
27ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne fua ʻae haʻamo ʻi heʻene kei talavou.
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
28ʻOku ne nofo tokotaha pe, pea ʻoku longo pe, koeʻuhi kuo ne fua ia ʻe ia pe.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
29ʻOku ne ʻai hono ngutu ʻi he efu, ko e meʻa naʻa ʻoku kei ai ha ʻamanaki.
30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
30ʻOku ne tuku hono kouʻahe kiate ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia: ʻoku ne pito ʻaupito ʻi he lauʻi kovi.
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
31He koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai liʻaki ke lauikuonga ʻe Sihova:
32For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
32He kapau te ne fakamamahi, ka te ne manavaʻofa foki ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi ʻaloʻofa.
33For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
33He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fie tautea, pe fakamamahi ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
34Ke laiki ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngaahi pōpula kotoa pē ʻo māmani,
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
35Ke fakatafe ʻae totonu ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻoniʻoni,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
36Ke kākaaʻi ʻae tangata ʻi hono fakamaauʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei ai ʻa Sihova.
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
37Ko hai ia ʻoku fakahā, pea ʻoku hoko ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fekau ʻe Sihova?
38Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
38ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu mei he fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga ʻae lelei mo e kovi.
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
39Ko e hā ʻoku lāunga ai ʻae tangata moʻui, ʻae tangata koeʻuhi ko e tautea ʻo ʻene ngaahi angahala?
40Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
40Ke tau kumi mo ʻahiʻahiʻi hotau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea toe tafoki kia Sihova.
41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
41Ke tau hiki hake hotau loto mo hotau nima ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi langi.
42We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
42“Kuo mau fai talangataʻa, pea kuo mau angatuʻu: ʻoku teʻeki ai te ke fakamolemole.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
43“Kuo ke ʻuʻufi ʻaki ʻae houhau, pea fakatangaʻi ʻakimautolu: kuo ke tāmateʻi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manavaʻofa.
44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
44Kuo ke ʻufiʻufi koe ʻaki ʻae ʻao, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻasi atu ʻa ʻemau kole.
45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
45Kuo ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e efe mo e ʻotoʻota ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai.
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
46“Kuo mafaʻa ʻae ngutu ʻa homau kau fili kotoa pē kiate kimautolu.
47Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
47Kuo hoko mai ʻae manavahē mo e tauhele kiate kimautolu, ʻae lala mo e ʻauha.”
48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
48ʻOku tafe hifo hoku mata, hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe, koeʻuhi ko e ʻauha ʻae ʻofefine ʻo hoku kakai.
49Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
49“ʻOku tafe hifo ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ʻosi, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ke tuku.
50Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
50Ke ʻoua ke ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova, pea vakai mei he langi.
51Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
51Ko hoku mata ʻoku ne ueʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa pē ʻo ʻeku kolo.
52They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
52“Naʻe tuli fakamamahi au ʻe hoku kau fili hangē ha manupuna, taʻehanoʻuhinga.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
53Kuo nau motuhi ʻeku moʻui ʻi he fale fakapōpula, pea kuo lī ha maka kiate au.
54Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
54naʻe melemo hoku ʻulu ʻi he ngaahi vai; pea ne u toki pehē, ‘Kuo motuhi au.’
55I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
55“ʻE Sihova ne u ui ki ho huafa mei he fale fakapōpula taumamaʻo.
56Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
56Kuo ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻoua naʻa ke fufū ho fofonga ki heʻeku mānava, ki heʻeku tangi.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
57Naʻa ke ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ne u ui kiate koe: naʻa ke pehē, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē.”
58O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
58“ʻE Sihova kuo ke langomakiʻi hoku laumālie; kuo ke huhuʻi ʻeku moʻui.
59O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
59ʻE Sihova kuo ke ʻafioʻi ki he kovi kuo fai kiate au, fakamaau ʻe koe ʻeku meʻa.
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
60Kuo ke ʻafio ki heʻenau lili kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au.
61Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
61“ʻE ʻEiki kuo ke fanongo ki heʻenau taukae, pea mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au;
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.
62ʻae loungutu ʻonautolu naʻe tuʻu hake kiate au, pea mo ʻenau fakatupu meʻa kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
63Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
63Vakai ki heʻenau nofo hifo mo ʻenau tuʻu hake; ko au ko ʻenau taʻanga.
64Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
64“ʻE ʻEiki ke ke tuku kiate kinautolu ha totongi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻa honau nima.
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
65Tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae mamahi ʻoe loto, ʻa hoʻo malaʻia kiate kinautolu.
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
66Fakatanga mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he houhau mei he lalo langi ʻa Sihova.
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