< Nahum 2 >
1 Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen 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 turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As [to] the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.
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 ones is become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.
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 In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
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 doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
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 Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
ʻE fakaava ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe, pea ʻe ʻauha ʻae fale fakaʻeiʻeiki.
7 And it is established — she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
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 And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] — and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!
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 Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.
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, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.
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 habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it [is] for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.
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 is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.
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 Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!
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.”