Isaiah 25
1 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee; I will praise thy name, For thou hast done wonderful things; Thine ancient purposes are faithfulness and truth.
ʻE Sihova, ko koe ko hoku ʻOtua; te u fakahikihikiʻi koe, te u fakamālō ki ho huafa; he kuo ke fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakaofo; ko hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻi muʻa ko e angatonu mo e moʻoni.
2 Thou hast made the city a heap; The fortified city a ruin. The palace of the barbarians is to be no more a city! It shall never be built again.
He kuo ke liliu ʻae kolo ko e fokotuʻunga ʻotoʻota; ʻae kolo naʻe ai hono ʻā ko e tuʻunga fale kuo maumau: ʻae nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻoe kakai muli ke lala: ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe langa ia.
3 Therefore shall mighty kingdoms praise thee; The cities of the terrible nations shall honor thee;
Ko ia ʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi koe ʻe he kakai mālohi, ʻe manavahē kiate koe ʻae kolo ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga fakailifia.
4 For thou hast been a defence to the poor; A defence to the needy in his distress; A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, When the rage of tyrants was like a storm against a wall.
He naʻa ke hoko ko e tokoni ki he kakai paea, ko e mālohi ki he masiva ʻi heʻene mamahi, ko e hūfanga mei he afā, ko e malumalu mei he pupuha ʻoka tatau ʻae tuʻoni matangi ʻoe kakai fakailifia mo e afā ʻoku faʻaki ki he ʻā maka.
5 As heat in a dry land is made to vanish, So thou puttest down the tumult of the barbarians; As heat is allayed by a thick cloud, So the triumph of the tyrants is brought low.
Te ke ʻohifo ki lalo ʻae longoaʻa ʻoe kakai muli, ʻo hangē ko e laʻā ʻi he potu mōmoa; ʻio, ke pupuha ʻi he malu ʻo ha ʻao; ʻe fakavaivaiʻi ʻae vaʻa ʻoe kakai fakamanavahē.
6 Then in this mountain shall Jehovah of hosts prepare for all nations A feast of fat things, and wines kept on the lees; Of fat things full of marrow, of wines kept on the lees well refined.
Pea ʻe teuteu ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻi he moʻunga ni ʻae kātoanga ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei ki he kakai kotoa pē, ko e kātoanga ʻoe uaine motuʻa, ʻoe ngaahi meʻa momona ʻoku fonu ʻi he ngako ʻoe hui, mo e uaine motuʻa kuo maʻa ʻaupito.
7 He will destroy in this mountain the covering that was cast over all people, And the veil that was spread over all nations.
Pea te ne maumauʻi ʻi he moʻunga ni ʻae ʻufiʻufi ʻoku fakapulou ʻaki ʻae mata ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, pea mo e pūlou kuo fofola ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē.
8 He will destroy death forever; The Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces, And the reproach of his people will he take away from the whole earth; For Jehovah hath said it.
Te ne fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻae mate ʻi he mālohi; pea ʻe holoholo ʻe he ʻEiki ko Sihova ʻae ngaahi loʻimata mei he mata kotoa pē; pea ko e valoki ʻo hono kakai te ne toʻo mei he fonua kotoa pē: he kuo folofola pehē ʻa Sihova.
9 In that day shall men say, “Behold, this is our God; We waited for him, and he hath saved us; This is Jehovah, for whom we waited; Let us rejoice and exult in his salvation.”
Pea ʻe fai ʻae lea ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, “Vakai, ko hotau ʻOtua eni; naʻa tau tatali kiate ia, pea te ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu: ko eni ʻa Sihova; naʻa tau tatali kiate ia, pea te tau fiefia mo nekeneka ʻi heʻene fakamoʻui.”
10 For the hand of Jehovah shall rest upon this mountain, And Moab shall be trodden down in his place, As straw is trodden down in a dung-pool.
Koeʻuhi ʻe nofomaʻu ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ʻi he moʻunga ni, pea ʻe molomoloki hifo ʻiate ia ʻa Moape, ʻio, ʻo hangē ʻoku molomoloki ʻae mohuku mōmoa ʻi he tuʻunga ʻotoʻota.
11 And he shall stretch out his hands in the midst of it, As the swimmer stretcheth out his hands to swim, But God shall put down his pride, Together with the devices of his hands.
Pea te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he lotolotonga ʻokinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e mafao ʻae nima ʻo ha taha ʻoku kakau: pea te ne ʻohifo ʻene laukau fakataha mo e ngaahi filioʻi ʻo hono nima.
12 And the high bulwarks of thy walls will he lay low; He will bring them down to the ground; he will lay them in the dust.
Pea ko e fale māʻolunga ʻoe puke ʻo hoʻo ngaahi ʻā maka te ne ʻohifo, ʻo fakatoka lafalafa ki lalo, pea ʻomi ki he kelekele, ʻio, ki he efu.
