Saame 35

1Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
1KE ke langomakiʻi au, ʻE Sihova, telia ʻakinautolu ʻoku fakatangaʻi au: ke ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻoku nau tauʻi au.
2Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!
2Toʻo ʻae fakaū mo e pā, pea tuʻuhake ko hoku tokoni.
3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!”
3Unuhi mai foki ʻae tao, ʻo tāpuni ʻae hala kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakatangaʻi au: pea tala ki hoku laumālie, “ko au ko ho fakamoʻui.”
4Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
4Tuku ke puputuʻu mo mā ʻakinautolu ʻoku kumi ki hoku laumālie: tuku ke fakafoki ki mui mo ilifia ʻakinautolu ʻoku puleakiʻi au.
5Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away!
5Tuku ke nau hangē ko e kafukafuʻi ʻakau ʻi he ʻao ʻoe matangi: pea tuku ke tuli ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa Sihova.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!
6Tuku ke fakapoʻuli honau hala pea hekeheke: pea ke fakatanga ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa Sihova.
7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
7He kuo nau ʻaʻau fakafufū ʻi he luo honau kupenga kiate au taʻehanoʻuhinga; kuo nau keli ʻae luo ki hoku laumālie taʻehanoʻuhinga.
8Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction!
8Ke hoko ʻae malaʻia kiate ia fakafokifā pe; pea ko e kupenga ʻoʻona ʻaia kuo ne ʻaʻau fufū tuku ke moʻua ai ia: tuku ia ke tō ki he malaʻia totonu ko ia.
9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.
9Pea ʻe fiefia hoku laumālie ʻia Sihova: ʻe nekeneka ia ʻi heʻene fakamoʻui.
10All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
10‌ʻE pehē ʻe hoku ngaahi hui kotoa pē, “ʻE Sihova, ko hai ʻoku hangē ko koe, ʻa koe ʻoku ke fakahaofi ʻae masiva meiate ia ʻoku mālohi lahi ʻiate ia, ʻio, ʻae masiva mo e paea meiate ia ʻoku ne fakamālohiʻi ia?”
11Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
11Naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae kau fakamoʻoni loi; naʻa nau tuku kiate au ʻae ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo.
12They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
12Naʻa nau totongi kovi ki heʻeku lelei ke fakamasivaʻi hoku laumālie.
13But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
13Ka ko au, naʻaku kofuʻaki ʻae tauangaʻa, ʻi honau mahaki: naʻaku fakavaivai hoku laumālie ʻi he ʻaukai; pea naʻe foki mai ʻeku lotu ki hoku fatafata.
14I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
14Naʻaku fai ʻo hangē ko hoku kāinga ia, pe ko hoku tokoua: naʻaku tulolo hifo fakamamahi pē, ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha ʻoku tangi koeʻuhi ko ʻene faʻē.
15But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
15Ka ʻi heʻeku tuʻutāmaki naʻa nau fiefia, ʻonau fakakātoa ʻakinautolu: ʻio, naʻe fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻae kakai faʻa tā ʻo tuʻu kiate au, pea naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloa; naʻa nau haehae, pea naʻe ʻikai longo pē:
16like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.
16Naʻa nau fakalili honau nifo kiate au, mo e kau mālualoi ʻoku manuki ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga.
17How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
17‌ʻE Sihova, ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻo ʻafio ki ai? Fakamoʻui hoku laumālie mei heʻenau ngaahi fakamalaʻia, mo ʻeku moʻui mei he fanga laione.
18I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.
18Te u ʻatu ʻae fakafetaʻi kiate koe ʻi he fakataha lahi: te u fakaongoongolelei koe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai lahi.
19Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
19‌ʻOua naʻa tuku ke fiefia kiate au ʻakinautolu kuo hoko noa pē ko hoku fili: pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke lalama honau mata ʻakinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate au taʻehanoʻuhinga.
20For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.
20He ʻoku ʻikai te nau lea lelei: ka ʻoku nau fakatupu ʻae ngaahi meʻa kākā kiate kinautolu ʻoku nofo fiemālie ʻi he fonua.
21They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!”
21‌ʻIo, kuo nau fakamanga honau ngutu ʻo lahi kiate au, ʻonau pehē, “Ha ha, kuo mamata ki ai homau mata.”
22You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
22Kuo ke ʻafioʻi eni, ʻE Sihova: ʻoua naʻa ke fakalongo pē: ʻE Sihova, ʻoua naʻa ke mamaʻo ʻiate au.
23Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
23‌ʻE hoku ʻOtua mo hoku ʻEiki, ke ke tuʻu hake, mo ke ʻā ki hoku fakamaau, ʻio, ki hoku langomakiʻi.
24Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
24‌ʻE Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua, ke ke fakamaau au ʻo hangē ko ʻeku māʻoniʻoni; pea ke ʻoua te nau fiefia kiate au.
25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
25‌ʻOua naʻa pehē ʻekinautolu ʻi honau loto, “Ha, ko homau loto ia:” ʻoua te nau pehē, “Kuo tau folo hifo ia.”
26Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
26Tuku ke mā mo manavahē fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻoku fiefia ʻi hoku lavea: tuku ke kofuʻaki ʻae mā mo e taʻefakaʻapaʻapa ʻakinautolu ʻoku fai fakafiefielahi kiate au.
27Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
27Tuku ke kalanga fakafiefia, mo nekeneka, ʻakinautolu ʻoku loto lelei ki heʻeku māʻoniʻoni: ʻio, tuku ke nau lea pehē maʻuaipē, “Ke ongoongolelei ʻa Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku fiemālie ʻi he monūʻia ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki.”
28Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
28Pea ʻe lea ʻa hoku ʻelelo ki hoʻo māʻoniʻoni mo ho ongoongolelei ʻi he ʻaho kotoa.