Ezekiel 19

1 [Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel], sing a sad funeral [a which will be a parable] [two of the] kings of Israel.

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

2 Say [to the Israeli people], ‘[It is as though] [MET] your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among [other] lions.

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.

3 She taught one of them to [for other animals to kill], and he [even] learned [kill and] eat people.

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.

4 [When people from other] nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.

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.

5 His mother waited for him [to return], but [soon] she stopped hoping/expecting [that he would return]. So she raised another cub who [also] became very fierce.

“‘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.

6 He hunted along with [other] [for animals to kill], and he even learned [kill and] eat people.

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.

7 He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared [loudly], everyone was terrified.

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.

8 So [people of other] nations planned to kill him, and men came from many places to spread out a net for him, and they caught him in a trap.

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.

9 They tied him with chains and took him to Babylonia. And [there] he was locked in a prison, with the result that [no one on] the hills of Israel ever heard him roar again.’ [Also, say to the Israeli people, ]

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.

10 ‘[It is as though] [SIM] your mother was a grapevine that was planted along a stream. There was plenty of water, so it had lots of branches and produced [a lot of] grapes.

“‘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.

11 That grapevine grew and became taller than all the nearby trees; [everyone could] see that it was very strong and healthy. And those branches were good for making scepters that symbolize the power/ [of a king].

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.

12 [Yahweh] became very angry, so he pulled up the vine by its roots and threw it on the ground, where the [very hot] winds from the desert dried up all its fruit. The strong branches wilted and were burned in a fire.

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.

13 Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert.

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

14 A fire started to burn its stem, and then started to burn the branches and burned all the grapes. [Now] not [even] one strong branch remains; they will never become scepters for a king.’ That funeral song must be sung very sadly.”

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.”