Nahum 2

1 He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress. Watch the way. Strengthen your waist. Fortify your power mightily.

Ko ia ʻoku laiki kuo ʻalu hake ʻi ho ʻao: toʻo ʻae mahafu, leʻohi ʻae hala, nonoʻo ho kongaloto, fakalahi ʻaupito hoʻo mālohi.

2 For YHWH restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.

He kuo liliu ʻe Sihova ʻae nāunau ʻo Sēkope, hangē ko e nāunau ʻo ʻIsileli: he kuo ohu kinautolu kituʻa ʻe he kau ohu, mo maumauʻi honau ngaahi vaʻa vaine.

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.

He kuo ngaohi ke kulokula ʻae pā ʻo ʻene kau tangata mālohi, ʻoku kofu kulaʻahoʻaho ʻa ʻene kau toʻa: ʻe ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi tūhulu vela, mo e ngaahi saliote ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻene teuteu, pea ʻe ngalulululu fakamanavahē ʻae ngaahi ʻakau ko e fea.

4 The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

‌ʻE ʻoho ʻae ngaahi saliote ʻi he ngaahi hala, te nau fepaki ʻae taha ki he taha, ʻi he ngaahi hala laulahi: te nau hā mai ʻo tatau mo e ngaahi tūhulu, te nau lele hangē ko e ʻuhila.

5 He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

Te ne toe lau ʻene kau tangata tuʻu ki muʻa: te nau tōhumu ʻi heʻenau laka; te nau vave atu ki hono ʻā, pea ko e tali tau ʻe teuteu.

6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

‌ʻE fakaava ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe, pea ʻe ʻauha ʻae fale fakaʻeiʻeiki.

7 It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

Pea ʻe taki ʻa Husapi ki he pōpula, ʻe puke ia ʻo ʻomi, pea ʻe taki ia ʻe heʻene kau kaunanga, kae tangi ʻo hangē ʻae fanga lupe, mo tasipi ki honau fatafata.

8 But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop. Stop." they cry, but no one looks back.

Ka e talu mei muʻa mo e tatau ʻa Ninive mo e anovai, ka te nau hola atu. Te nau kalanga, “Tuʻu, tuʻu;” ka e ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe sio ki mui.

9 Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.

Mou ʻave ʻae ngaahi meʻa vetekina, ko e siliva, mou ʻave ʻae ngaahi meʻa vetekina, ko e koula: he ʻoku ʻikai hono ngata ʻoe koloa mo e nāunau mei he ngaahi meʻa teuteu matamatalelei.

10 She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

‌ʻOku ne ʻatā, mo ngaongao mo lala: pea ʻoku vaivai ʻae loto, pea ʻoku fehapeaki ʻae ongo tui, pea ʻoku lahi ʻae langa ʻi he ngaahi kongaloto kotoa pē, pea ʻoku ʻuliʻuli honau mata kotoa pē.

11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?

Ko faʻa ʻae potu nofoʻanga ʻoe fanga laione, mo e keinangaʻanga ʻoe fanga laione mui, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻae laione, ʻio, ʻae laione motuʻa mo e ʻuhikiʻi laione, pea naʻe ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi kinautolu ʻe ha niʻihi?

12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.

Naʻe haehae ʻe he laione ke taau mo ʻene fānau, pea ne sisinaʻi maʻa hono fanga laione fefine, pea naʻe fakapito hono ngaahi luo ʻi he meʻakai, mo hono ngaahi ʻana ʻaki ʻae meʻa kuo fakamālohia.

13 "Look, I am against you," says YHWH of hosts, "and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Vakai, ʻoku ou tuʻu kiate koe, pea te u tutu ʻa ʻene ngaahi saliote ʻi he ʻahu, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe he heletā ʻae fanga laione mui: pea te u motuhi hoʻo meʻakai mei māmani, pea ko e leʻo ʻo ho kau talafekau ʻe ʻikai ha toe fanongo ki ai.”