ʻIsikieli 19

1 “Ko ia foki ke ke fai ha tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi houʻeiki ʻo ʻIsileli.

“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2 Pea 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.

and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

3 Pea 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.

She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

4 Naʻe 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.

The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

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.

“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

6 Pea 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.

He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

7 Pea 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.

He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.

8 Pea 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.

Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.

9 Pea 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.

They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

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.

“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

11 Pea 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.

It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

12 Ka 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.

But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.

13 Pea ko eni, kuo tō ia ʻi he toafa ʻi he kelekele mōmoa mo kakā.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

14 Pea 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.”

Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”