ʻIsikieli 19
1And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
1“KO IA foki ke ke fai ha tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi houʻeiki ʻo ʻIsileli.
2and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
2Pea ke pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻa hoʻo faʻē? Ko e laione fefine: naʻa ne tokoto hifo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fanga laione, naʻa ne tauhiʻi ʻa hono ʻuhiki ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fanga laione mui.
3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
3Pea naʻa ne tauhi ʻae taha ʻa hono ʻuhiki: naʻe hoko ia ko e laione mui, pea ne fakaʻaʻau ia ke poto ʻi he pō ʻa ʻene meʻakai; naʻa ne kai tangata.
4The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
4Naʻe fanongo foki ki ai ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga: pea naʻe moʻua ia ʻi heʻenau luo, pea naʻa nau ʻomi ia ki ʻIsipite kuo haʻisia ia ʻaki ʻae ukamea.
5When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
5“|‘Pea ʻi heʻene tatali ʻo mamata, kuo mole ʻaia naʻa ne ʻamanaki ki ai, naʻa ne hiki ki he taha kehe ʻi hono ʻuhiki mo ne ngaohi ia ko e laione mui.
6He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,
6Pea naʻe ʻalu fano pe ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fanga laione mui, naʻe hoko ia ko e laione mui, mo ne poto ʻi he pō ʻa ʻene meʻakai, pea naʻa ne kai tangata.
7and seized their widows. He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.
7Pea naʻa ne ʻilo honau ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki naʻe maumau, pea naʻa ne fakalala honau ngaahi kolo; pea naʻe ngaongao ʻae fonua, mo hono fonu ʻo ia, ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻuʻulu ʻo ʻene tangi.
8Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
8Pea ne toki tuʻu hake kiate ia ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga mei he potu kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi vahe fonua, pea naʻa nau ʻaʻau atu kiate ia ʻa honau kupenga: pea naʻe moʻua ia ʻi heʻenau luo.
9With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
9Pea naʻa nau fakapōpulaʻi ia ʻo haʻi ʻaki ʻae ukamea, pea ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻo Papilone: naʻa nau ʻai ia ki he ʻana, ke ʻoua naʻa toe ongo atu ʻa hono leʻo ki he ngaahi moʻunga ʻo ʻIsileli.
10Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
10“|‘ʻOku tatau hoʻo faʻē mo e vaine ʻi he ngoue vaine ʻoku ʻi he veʻe vai: naʻe fua ngafuhifuhi ia, pea lahi hono vaʻa, koeʻuhi ko e lahi ʻoe vai.
11Its strong stems became rulers’ scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
11Pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi vaʻa mālohi, ko e tokotoko ʻonautolu naʻe fai ʻae pule, pea naʻe fakamāʻolunga hake ia ʻi he ngaahi vaʻa matolutolu, pea naʻe hā mai ia, ʻa ʻene māʻolunga, pea mo e lahi ʻo hono ngaahi vaʻa.
12But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried up its fruit; they were stripped off and withered. As for its strong stem, fire consumed it.
12Ka naʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake ia ʻi he mālohi, naʻe lī hifo ia ki he kelekele, pea naʻe fakamae hono fua ʻe he matangi hahake: naʻe mafesifesi mo fakamae hono ngaahi vaʻa mālohi: pea ne keina ia ʻe he afi.
13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
13Pea ko eni, kuo tō ia ʻi he toafa ʻi he kelekele mōmoa mo kakā.
14And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots, has consumed its fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
14Pea kuo ʻalu atu ʻae afi mei he manga ʻo hono ngaahi vaʻa, ʻaia kuo keina ai hono fua, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai kei ai hono vaʻa mālohi, ke hoko ko e tokotoko ke pule ʻaki.’ Ko eni ʻae meʻa ke tēngihia, pea ʻe hoko ia ko e meʻa ke tangilāulau ai.”