Sakalaia 9

1 Ko e kikite, mo e folofola ʻa Sihova ki he fonua ko Hetaleke, mo Tamasikusi, ʻaia ʻe hoko ia ki ai: he ʻoku ʻafio ʻae fofonga ʻo Sihova ki he tangata, pea mo e faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.

“This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning the land of Hadrak and Damascus, its resting place; for the eyes of all humanity and all the tribes of Israel are toward Yahweh.

2 Pea ʻe kau ai mo Hamati; ʻa Tala, mo Saitone foki, neongo ʻena poto lahi.

This declaration also concerns Hamath, which borders on Damascus, and it concerns Tyre and Sidon, for they are very wise.

3 Pea kuo langa ʻe Taia hono kolo mālohi, pea kuo ne tānaki ʻae siliva, ʻo hangē ko e efu, pea mo e koula lelei, ʻo hangē ko e pelepela ʻoe ngaahi hala.

Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust and refined gold like mud in the streets.

4 Vakai, ʻe lī ia kituʻa ʻe Sihova, pea te ne taaʻi ʻa hono mālohi ʻi tahi; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ia ʻe he afi.

Look! The Lord will dispossess her and destroy her strength on the sea, so she will be devoured by fire.

5 ‌ʻE mamata ʻa ʻAsikeloni ki ai, pea te ne manavahē; ʻe sio foki ki ai ʻa Kesa, pea te ne mamahi ʻaupito, ʻa ia, pea mo Ekiloni; koeʻuhi ʻe fakamaaʻi ʻa ʻene ʻamanaki; pea ʻe ʻauha ʻae tuʻi mei Kesa, pea ʻe ʻikai kakai ʻa ʻAsikeloni.

Ashkelon will see and be afraid! Gaza also will tremble greatly! Ekron, her hopes will be disappointed! The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited!

6 Pea ʻe nofo ʻae hako ʻoe muli ʻi ʻAsitoti, pea te u motuhi ʻae fielahiʻanga ʻoe kau Filisitia.

Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 Pea te u taʻofi ʻae toto mei hono ngutu, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakalielia mei hono vahaʻa nifo: ka ko ia ʻe toe ʻi ai, ʻio, ʻaia pe, te ne kau ki hotau ʻOtua, pea te ne hangē ko e pule ʻi Siuta, pea ʻe tatau ʻa Ekiloni mo e tangata Sepusi.

For I will remove their blood from their mouths and their abominations from between their teeth. Then they will become a remnant for our God like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like the Jebusites.

8 Pea te u nofo takatakai ʻi hoku fale, koeʻuhi ko e kau tau, mo ia ʻoku ʻalu atu ai, pea koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku foki mai: pea ʻe ʻikai toe ʻalu atu ai ha taha fakamālohi ʻo taʻengata: he ko eni, kuo u mamata ʻaki ʻa hoku mata ʻoʻoku.

I will camp around my land against enemy armies, so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will overrun them, for now I see with my own eyes!

9 Ke ke fiefia lahi ʻe ʻofefine ʻo Saione; Kalanga ʻe ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema: vakai, ʻoku haʻu ho tuʻi kiate koe, ʻoku angalelei ia, pea ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae fakamoʻui; ʻoku ne angavaivai, pea ʻoku heka ki he ʻasi, mo e ʻuhiki ʻoe ʻasi.

Shout with great joy, daughter of Zion! Shout with happiness, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold! Your king is coming to you with righteousness and is rescuing you. He is humble and is riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey.

10 Pea te u motuhi ʻae saliote mei ʻIfalemi, mo e hoosi mei Selūsalema, pea ʻe motuhi mo e kaufana ki he tau; pea te ne lea ʻaki ʻae melino ki he hiteni; pea ko hono puleʻanga ʻe mei he tahi ki he tahi, pea mei he vaitafe ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.

Then I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow will be cut off from battle; for he will speak peace to the nations, and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!

11 Pea ko koe foki, koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻo hoʻo fuakava, kuo u tukuange ai hoʻo kau pōpula, mei he luo ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha vai.

As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the pit where there is no water.

12 Mou foki mai ki he hūfanga mālohi, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku pōpula ka e ʻamanaki lelei: ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou fakahā he ʻaho ni, te u totongi ke liunga ua kiate koe:

Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! Even today I am declaring that I will return double to you,

13 ‌ʻO kau ka teke ʻa Siuta maʻaku, mo ʻai ʻa ʻIfalemi ki he kaufana, pea u hakeakiʻi ho ngaahi foha, ʻe Saione, ke tuʻu, ʻe Kalisi, ki ho ngaahi foha ʻoʻou pea u ngaohi koe ke ke hangē ko e heletā ʻa ha tangata mālohi.

for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior's sword!”

14 Pea ʻe hā mai ʻoku ʻafio ʻa Sihova ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻe puna ʻene ngahau ʻo hangē ko e ʻuhila; pea ʻe ifi ʻae meʻalea ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua, pea te ne hāʻele ʻi he ʻahiohio mei he feituʻu tonga.

Yahweh will appear to them, and his arrows will shoot out like lightning! For my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet and will advance with the storms from Teman.

15 ‌ʻE maluʻi ʻakinautolu, ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; pea te nau fakaʻauha mo ikuna ʻaki ʻae maka ʻi he makatā; pea te nau inu, pea te nau longoaʻa ʻo hangē ko ha konā ʻi he uaine; pea te nau fonu ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi kumete, ʻi he ngaahi tuliki ʻoe feilaulauʻanga.

Yahweh of hosts will defend them, and they will devour them and defeat the stones of the slings. Then they will drink and shout like men drunk on wine, and they will be filled with wine like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

16 Pea ʻe fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻo hangē ko ha fanga sipi, ʻa hono kakai: pea te nau hangē ko ha ngaahi maka mahuʻinga ʻi he tatā fakatuʻi, ʻoku hiki hake ko e fuka ʻi hono fonua.

So Yahweh their God will rescue them on that day, as the flock of his people. They are the jewels of a crown that will shine on his land.

17 Koeʻuhi, vakai ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene angaʻofa, mo hono lahi ʻo ʻene toulekeleka! ʻE fakafiefia ʻae kau talavou ʻe he koane, pea ko e kau finemui ʻe he uaine foʻou.

How good and how beautiful they will be! The young men will flourish on grain and the virgins on sweet wine!”