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Jubilate Deo – E hauʻoli i loko o ka Haku

SATB chorus & organ | 6'

This dramatic setting brings King Kamehameha IV's Hawaiian translation of Jubilate Deo to musical life for the first time ever. Composed for the 2024 Easter services at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu.

Text:

E hauʻoli i loko o ka Haku, e nā ʻāina a pau;

e hoʻokauwā aku na ka Haku me ka ʻoliʻoli,

a e hele mai imua o kona alo me ke oli ʻana.

E hōʻoiaʻiʻo iho ʻoukou ʻo ka Haku ʻoia ke Akua,

ʻoia ka i hana iā kākou, ʻaʻole na kākou iho;

ʻo kākou kona lāhuikanaka a me nā hipa hoʻi o kona kula.

E hele ʻoukou ma kō ʻoukou ala,

i loko o kona mau ʻīpuka me ka hoʻomana aloha ʻana,

a i loko o kona mau anaina me ka hoʻomaikaʻi;

e hoʻoalohaloha aku iāia, a e ʻōlelo maikaʻi hoʻi i kona inoa.

No ka mea, he lokomaikaʻi ka Haku, he mau loa kona aloha;

ʻo kona ʻoiaʻiʻo,

e mau loa ana nō ia iā hanauna aku iā hanauna aku.

E hoʻonani ʻia aku ka Makua,

a me ke Keiki, a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele.

E like me ia i kinohi, a i kēia wā,

a mau loa aku, i ke ao pau ʻole. ʻĀmene.​

Translation:

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:

serve the Lord with gladness,

and come before his presence with a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God:

it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

O go your way

into his gates with thanksgiving,

and into his courts with praise:

be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting :

and his truth

endureth from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father,

and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now,

and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Performance information:

Premiered by the Choir of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Honolulu, directed by Nicholas Keone Lee, on December 24, 2024.

Also performed and recorded by the same group on January 5, 2025.

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