Tangilāulau 3
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
World English Bible
1Ko au ko e tangata kuo mamata ki he mamahi ʻi he meʻa tā ʻa hono houhau.
1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2Kuo ne tataki au mo ʻomi au ki he poʻuli, kae ʻikai ki he maama.
2He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3Ko e moʻoni kuo ne liliu kiate au, ʻoku ne liliu hono nima kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.
3Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4Ko hoku kili mo hoku kakano kuo ne ngaohi ke motuʻa; kuo ne fesiʻi hoku ngaahi hui.
4He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5Kuo ne langaʻi meʻa kiate au, pea kuo ne takatakai au ʻaki ʻae kona mo e mamahi.
5He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6Kuo ne fokotuʻu au ʻi he ngaahi potu fakapoʻuli, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu naʻe pekia ʻi muʻa.
6He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7Kuo ne ʻāʻi takatakai au pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa hao kituʻa: kuo ne fakamamafa ʻa ʻeku haʻi ukamea.
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8ʻO kau ka tangi foki mo kalanga, ʻoku ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻeku kole.
8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9Kuo ne ʻāʻi hoku ngaahi hala ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka kuo tā, kuo ne fakapikoʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
9He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10Naʻa ne hangē ha pea ʻoku toitoi kiate au, pea hangē ha laione ʻi he ngaahi potu lilo.
10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
11Kuo ne mimioʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea kuo ne haehae au fakaikiiki: kuo ne ngaohi au ke lala pe.
11He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12Kuo ne teke ʻa ʻene kaufana, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu au ko e fakaʻilonga ki he ngahau.
12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13Kuo ne pule ki he ngaahi ngahau ʻo ʻene tangai ke ʻasi ki hoku ngaahi kongaloto.
13He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14Ko e manukiʻanga au ki hoku kakai; pea ko ʻenau tāʻanga ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
14I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15Kuo ne fakafonu au ʻaki ʻae kona, kuo ne fakakonaʻi au ʻaki ʻae konaʻiʻī.
15He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16Kuo ne fesiʻi foki hoku kau nifo ʻaki ʻae kilikili, kuo ne pani au ʻaki ʻae efu.
16He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17Pea kuo ke hiki hoku laumālie ke mamaʻo mei he melino: naʻe ngalo ʻiate au ʻae monūʻia.
17You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18Pea ne u pehē, “Ko ʻeku mālohi mo ʻeku ʻamanaki kuo ʻauha meia Sihova;”
18I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”
19ʻI heʻeku manatu ki hoku mahaki pea mo ʻeku mamahi, ʻae kona pea mo e ʻahu.
19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20ʻOku kei manatu ki ai hoku laumālie, pea ʻoku angavaivai ia ʻiate au.
20My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21Ko ia ʻoku ou fakamanatu ki hoku loto, pea ko ia ʻoku ou kei maʻu ai ʻae ʻamanaki.
21This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
22Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻauha, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻene manavaʻofa.
22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
23ʻOku foʻou ia ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē, ʻoku lahi hoʻo angatonu.
23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
24ʻOku pehē ʻe hoku laumālie, “Ko hoku tofiʻa ʻa Sihova: ko ia te u ʻamanaki lelei ʻiate ia.”
24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.
25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne ʻamanaki, pea ne tatali fakatatoka foki ki he fakamoʻui meia Sihova.
26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne fua ʻae haʻamo ʻi heʻene kei talavou.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28ʻOku ne nofo tokotaha pe, pea ʻoku longo pe, koeʻuhi kuo ne fua ia ʻe ia pe.
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
29ʻOku ne ʻai hono ngutu ʻi he efu, ko e meʻa naʻa ʻoku kei ai ha ʻamanaki.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30ʻOku ne tuku hono kouʻahe kiate ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia: ʻoku ne pito ʻaupito ʻi he lauʻi kovi.
30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31He koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai liʻaki ke lauikuonga ʻe Sihova:
31For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32He kapau te ne fakamamahi, ka te ne manavaʻofa foki ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi ʻaloʻofa.
32For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fie tautea, pe fakamamahi ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.
33For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34Ke laiki ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngaahi pōpula kotoa pē ʻo māmani,
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35Ke fakatafe ʻae totonu ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻoniʻoni,
35to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36Ke kākaaʻi ʻae tangata ʻi hono fakamaauʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei ai ʻa Sihova.
36to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
37Ko hai ia ʻoku fakahā, pea ʻoku hoko ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fekau ʻe Sihova?
37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
38ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu mei he fofonga ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga ʻae lelei mo e kovi.
38Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39Ko e hā ʻoku lāunga ai ʻae tangata moʻui, ʻae tangata koeʻuhi ko e tautea ʻo ʻene ngaahi angahala?
39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40Ke tau kumi mo ʻahiʻahiʻi hotau ngaahi ʻaluʻanga, pea toe tafoki kia Sihova.
40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41Ke tau hiki hake hotau loto mo hotau nima ki he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi langi.
41Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42“Kuo mau fai talangataʻa, pea kuo mau angatuʻu: ʻoku teʻeki ai te ke fakamolemole.
42“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43“Kuo ke ʻuʻufi ʻaki ʻae houhau, pea fakatangaʻi ʻakimautolu: kuo ke tāmateʻi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manavaʻofa.
43“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44Kuo ke ʻufiʻufi koe ʻaki ʻae ʻao, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻasi atu ʻa ʻemau kole.
44You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45Kuo ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e efe mo e ʻotoʻota ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai.
45You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
46“Kuo mafaʻa ʻae ngutu ʻa homau kau fili kotoa pē kiate kimautolu.
46“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47Kuo hoko mai ʻae manavahē mo e tauhele kiate kimautolu, ʻae lala mo e ʻauha.”
47Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
48ʻOku tafe hifo hoku mata, hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe, koeʻuhi ko e ʻauha ʻae ʻofefine ʻo hoku kakai.
48My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49“ʻOku tafe hifo ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ʻosi, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ke tuku.
49My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
50Ke ʻoua ke ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova, pea vakai mei he langi.
50until the LORD looks down, and sees from heaven.
51Ko hoku mata ʻoku ne ueʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa pē ʻo ʻeku kolo.
51My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52“Naʻe tuli fakamamahi au ʻe hoku kau fili hangē ha manupuna, taʻehanoʻuhinga.
52They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53Kuo nau motuhi ʻeku moʻui ʻi he fale fakapōpula, pea kuo lī ha maka kiate au.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54naʻe melemo hoku ʻulu ʻi he ngaahi vai; pea ne u toki pehē, ‘Kuo motuhi au.’
54Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
55“ʻE Sihova ne u ui ki ho huafa mei he fale fakapōpula taumamaʻo.
55I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.
56Kuo ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo; ʻoua naʻa ke fufū ho fofonga ki heʻeku mānava, ki heʻeku tangi.
56You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57Naʻa ke ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ne u ui kiate koe: naʻa ke pehē, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē.”
57You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
58“ʻE Sihova kuo ke langomakiʻi hoku laumālie; kuo ke huhuʻi ʻeku moʻui.
58Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
59ʻE Sihova kuo ke ʻafioʻi ki he kovi kuo fai kiate au, fakamaau ʻe koe ʻeku meʻa.
59LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60Kuo ke ʻafio ki heʻenau lili kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au.
60You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
61“ʻE ʻEiki kuo ke fanongo ki heʻenau taukae, pea mo ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi kiate au;
61You have heard their reproach, LORD, and all their plans against me,
62ʻae loungutu ʻonautolu naʻe tuʻu hake kiate au, pea mo ʻenau fakatupu meʻa kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
62the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63Vakai ki heʻenau nofo hifo mo ʻenau tuʻu hake; ko au ko ʻenau taʻanga.
63You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
64“ʻE ʻEiki ke ke tuku kiate kinautolu ha totongi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻa honau nima.
64You will pay them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65Tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae mamahi ʻoe loto, ʻa hoʻo malaʻia kiate kinautolu.
65You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
66Fakatanga mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he houhau mei he lalo langi ʻa Sihova.
66You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
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