ʻIsaia 25
1 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.
The LORD, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
2 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.
For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.
3 Ko ia ʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi koe ʻe he kakai mālohi, ʻe manavahē kiate koe ʻae kolo ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga fakailifia.
Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
4 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.
For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
5 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.
As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
6 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.
In this mountain, the LORD of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
7 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.
He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 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.
He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.
9 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.”
It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
10 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.
For the LORD’s hand will rest in this mountain. Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
11 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.
He will spread out his hands in the middle of it, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his hands.
12 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.
He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
