ʻIsaia 21

1 Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki he toafa ʻoe tahi. ʻO hangē ʻoku ʻasi ʻi he feituʻu tonga ʻae ngaahi ʻahiohio; ʻoku pehē ʻae haʻu ia mei he toafa, mei he fonua fakamanavahē.

[the] oracle of [the] wilderness of [the] sea Like storm-winds in the south to sweep on from [the] wilderness [someone is] coming from a land to be feared.

2 ‌ʻOku fakahā mai kiate au ʻae meʻa hā mai fakamanavahē; ʻoku fai kākā ʻe he kākā, pea kuo veteki ʻe ia ʻoku vete. ʻE ʻIlami, ke ke ʻalu hake: ʻE Mitia, ke ke fai ʻae kāpui; he kuo u fakaʻosi ʻene ngaahi mamahi kotoa pē.

A vision severe it has been told to me the traitor - [is] acting treacherously and the destroyer - [is] destroying go up O Elam lay siege O Media all groaning its I will cause to cease.

3 Ko ia kuo fonu ai ʻi he mamahi hoku kongaloto: kuo kuku au ʻe he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e mamahi ʻae fefine ʻoku langā: naʻaku mapelu ʻi he fanongo ki ai; pea ne u manavahē ʻi he sio ki ai.

There-fore they are full loins my anguish pangs they have seized me like [the] pangs of [a woman who] gives birth I am bent over from hearing I am terrified from seeing.

4 ‌ʻOku tateme hoku mafu, ʻoku ilifia ʻi he manavahē: kuo ne liliu ʻae pō ʻo ʻeku fiefia ko e manavahē kiate au.

It has wandered heart my shuddering it has overwhelmed me [the] twilight of desire my it has made for me trembling.

5 “Teuteu ʻae keinangaʻanga, leʻo ʻi he fale leʻo, pea kai, mo inu: mou tuʻu hake ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki, pea tākai ʻae fakaū.”

They are arranging the table they are spreading out the rug eating drinking arise O officials smear a shield.

6 He kuo pehē ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, “ʻAlu, ʻo fakanofo ha tangata leʻo, ke ne fakahā ʻaia ʻoku ne mamata ki ai.

For thus he has said to me [the] Lord go station the watchman [that] which he will see let him tell.

7 Pea naʻa ne mamata ki he saliote mo e ongo tangata heka hoosi, ko e saliote mo e ngaahi ʻasi, pea mo e saliote mo e fanga kāmeli; pea naʻa ne fanongo ʻi he tokanga lahi:”

And he will see a rider a pair of horses a rider of a donkey a rider of a camel and he will pay attention attentiveness greatness of attentiveness.

8 Pea naʻa ne kalanga, ʻo hangē ko e laione: “Ko hoku ʻEiki, ʻoku ou tuʻumaʻu aipē ʻi he fale leʻo ʻi he ʻaho, pea ʻoku ou nofo ʻi hoku potu leʻo ʻi he ngaahi pō kotoa pē:

And he called out a lion on a watchtower - O Lord I [am] standing continually by day and at post my I [am] stationed all the nights.

9 Pea vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae saliote mo e kau tangata, mo e ongo tangata heka hoosi.” Pea naʻa ne lea ʻo pehē mai, “Kuo hinga ʻa Papilone, kuo hinga; pea kuo ne laiki ki he kelekele ʻae fakatātā kotoa pē ʻo hono ngaahi ʻotua ʻoku tongi.”

And there! this [is] coming a rider a man a pair of horses and he answered and he said it has fallen it has fallen Babylon and all [the] images of gods its someone has broken to the ground.

10 ‌ʻOiauē! ʻAe meʻa kuo u haha, pea mo e uite ʻo hoku hahaʻanga: ko ia kuo u fanongo meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ko ia kuo u fakahā kiate koe.

O threshed one my and [the] son of threshing floor my [that] which I have heard from with Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel I have told to you.

11 Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki Toma. ʻOku ne ui kiate au mei Seia, ʻae tangata leʻo, “ʻOku fēfē ʻae pō? ʻAe tangata leʻo, ʻoku fēfē ʻae pō?”

[the] oracle of Dumah to me [someone is] calling from Seir O watchman what? [is] from [the] night O watchman what? [is] from [the] night.

12 Naʻe pehē ʻe he tangata leʻo, “ʻOku haʻu ʻae pongipongi, pea mo e pō foki: kapau te mou fehuʻi, mou fehuʻi: tafoki, haʻu.”

He says [the] watchman it will come morning and also night if you will enquire! enquire return come.

13 Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki ʻAlepea. ʻI he vao lahi ʻi ʻAlepea, te mou mohe, ʻakimoutolu ko e kaunga fononga ʻo Tetanimi.

[the] oracle On Arabia in the thicket[s] in Arabia you will lodge O caravans of Dedanites.

14 Naʻe ʻomi ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua ko Tima ʻae vai kiate ia naʻe fieinu, naʻa nau tokoni ʻaki ʻenau mā ʻakinautolu naʻe hola.

To meet [the] thirsty bring water O inhabitants of [the] land of Tema with bread his they met fugitive[s].

15 He naʻa nau hola mei he ngaahi heletā, mei he heletā kuo toʻo, pea mei he kaufana kuo teke, pea mo e ngaahi mamahi ʻoe tau.

For from before swords they have fled from before - a sword drawn and from before a bow bent and from before [the] weight of battle.

16 He kuo pehē ʻae folofola ʻae ʻEiki kiate au, “ʻI he teʻeki ai kakato ha taʻu ʻe taha, hangē ko e ngaahi taʻu ʻo ha taha ʻoku ngāue kae totongi, ʻe ngata ʻo ʻosi ʻae lelei kotoa pē ʻo Keta:

For thus he has said [the] Lord to me in yet a year like [the] years of a hired laborer and it will be finished all [the] splendor of Kedar.

17 Pea ʻe fakatokosiʻi hono toe ʻoe lau ʻoe kau tangata fana, ʻi he kau tangata mālohi ʻoe fānau ʻo Keta: he kuo folofola ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.”

And [the] remnant of a number of bowmen [the] warriors of [the] people of Kedar they will be few for Yahweh [the] God of Israel he has spoken.