Saame 44
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1ʻE ʻOtua, naʻa mau fanongo ʻaki homau telinga, pea kuo tala kiate kimautolu ʻe heʻemau ngaahi tamai, ʻae ngāue naʻa ke fai ʻi honau ngaahi ʻaho, ʻi he ngaahi kuonga ʻi muʻa.
1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2Naʻa ke kapusi kituʻa ʻae hiteni ʻaki ho nima, mo ke tō ʻakinautolu: naʻa ke tautea ʻae kakai, pea mafola atu ʻakinautolu.
2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3He naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻae fonua ʻi he heletā ʻanautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu ʻe honau nima: ka ko ho ʻaofi nima, mo ho nima toʻomataʻu, mo e maama ʻo ho fofonga, koeʻuhi naʻa ke ʻofa kiate kinautolu.
3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4He ko koe ko hoku Tuʻi, ʻE ʻOtua ke ke fekau ʻae fakamoʻui kia Sēkope.
4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5Ko e meʻa ʻiate koe temau tulaki homau ngaahi fili: ko e meʻa ʻi ho huafa temau malamalaki ki lalo ʻakinautolu ʻoku tuʻu hake kiate kimautolu.
5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u falala ki heʻeku kaufana, pea ʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui au ʻe heʻeku heletā.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7Ka ko koe kuo ke fakamoʻui ʻakimautolu mei homau ngaahi fili, pea kuo ke tuku ke mā ʻakinautolu naʻe fehiʻa kiate kimautolu.
7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8ʻOku mau vikiviki ʻi he ʻOtua ʻi he ʻaho kotoa, ʻo fakamālō ki ho huafa ʻo taʻengata. Sila.
8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9Ka kuo ke liʻaki, pea tuku ke mā ʻakimautolu; pea ʻikai te ke ʻalu atu mo ʻemau ngaahi kongakau.
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10ʻOku ke pule ke mau foki mai mei he fili: pea ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate kimautolu ʻoku nau maumau maʻanautolu.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11Kuo ke foaki ʻakimautolu ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi kuo fili ki he kai; pea kuo ke fakahēʻi ʻakimautolu ki he hiteni.
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12ʻOku ke fakatau hoʻo kakai taʻehatotongi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke fakalahi hoʻo koloa ʻaki honau totongi.
12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13ʻOku ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e manukiʻanga ʻo homau ngaahi kaungāʻapi, ko e meʻa manuki mo e taukaeʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku nofo takatakai ʻiate kimautolu.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14ʻOku ke ngaohi ʻakimautolu ko e lumaʻanga ʻoe hiteni, ko e kalokaloʻanga ʻoe ʻulu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15ʻOku ʻi hoku ʻao maʻuaipē ʻeku kovi, pea kuo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki au ʻae mā ʻo hoku mata,
15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16Koeʻuhi ko e leʻo ʻo ia ʻoku ne taukae mo kape; ko e meʻa ʻi he fili mo e fakafāsifasi.
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17Kuo hoko ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē kiate kimautolu; ka naʻe ʻikai te mau fakangalongaloʻi koe, pea naʻe ʻikai te mau fai kākā ʻi hoʻo fuakava.
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18ʻOku ʻikai foki kimui homau loto, pe afe mei ho hala homau ʻaluʻanga;
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19Kuo ke fesifesi ʻakimautolu ʻi he potu ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻakimautolu ʻae ʻata ʻoe mate.
19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20Kapau kuo mau fakangaloʻi ʻae huafa ʻo homau ʻOtua, pe mafao atu homau nima ki ha ʻotua kehe;
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21ʻIkai ʻe ʻeke ia ʻe he ʻOtua? He ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻoe loto.
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22ʻIo, koeʻuhi ko koe ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻakimautolu ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē; ʻoku lau ʻakimautolu ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi ke tāmateʻi.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Ke ke ʻā, ko e hā ʻoku ke mohe ai, ʻE Sihova? Tuʻu hake, ʻoua naʻa ke liʻaki ʻakimautolu ʻo taʻengata.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24Ko e hā ʻoku ke fufū ai ho fofonga, ʻo fakangaloʻi homau tautea mo homau taʻomia?
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25He kuo lolohifo homau laumālie ki he efu: kuo hiki homau kete ki he kelekele.
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26Tuʻu hake ko homau tokoni, pea huhuʻi ʻakimautolu koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ʻaloʻofa.
26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
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