Maika 5

1 Ko eni, ke ke tānaki fakataha koe ʻi he ngaahi matatau, ʻe ʻofefine ʻoe ngaahi matatau: kuo ne fakanofo mai ʻae tau kiate kitautolu: te nau taaʻi ʻae fakamaau ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaki ʻae meʻa tā ʻi hono kouʻahe.

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

2 Ka ko koe Petelihema Efalata, neongo ʻoku ke siʻi hifo ʻi he ngaahi toko afe ʻo Siuta, ka ʻe haʻu ia meiate koe kiate au, ʻaia ʻe pule ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo talu mei muʻa ʻene hāʻele atu, mei he kamataʻanga.”

But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

3 Ko ia te ne tukuange ʻakinautolu, kaeʻoua ke hoko ʻae kuonga ʻe fāʻele ʻaia naʻe langā: pea ʻe toki foki atu ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻae toe ʻo hono kāinga.

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

4 Pea te ne tuʻu ʻo kai ʻi he mālohi ʻo Sihova, ʻi he nāunau ʻoe huafa ʻo Sihova ko hono ʻOtua; pea te nau nofomaʻu: koeʻuhi ʻe toki hoko ia ʻo lahi, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of Yhwh, in the majesty of the name of Yhwh his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

5 Pea ko e tangata ni ʻe hoko ko e melino; ʻoka hoko mai ʻae ʻAsilia ki hotau fonua, pea ʻoka ne ka laka ia ʻi hotau ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki, te tau fokotuʻu kiate ia ʻae kau tauhi sipi ʻe toko fitu, mo e kau tangata tuʻu ki muʻa ʻe toko valu.

And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

6 Pea te nau maumau ʻaki ʻae heletā ʻae fonua ʻo ʻAsilia, pea mo e fonua ʻo Nimilote, ʻi hono ngaahi hūʻanga: ʻe pehē ʻene fakahaofi kitautolu mei he ʻAsilia, ʻoka ne ka haʻu ia ki hotau fonua, pea ʻoka ne ka tuʻu ia ʻi hotau ngaahi mata fonua.

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

7 Pea ko e toenga ʻo Sēkope ʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi kakai, hangē ko e hahau meia Sihova, hangē ko e ʻuha ʻi he mohuku, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ke tatali ki he tangata, pe tupu koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi foha ʻoe tangata.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from Yhwh, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

8 Pea ko e toenga ʻo Sēkope ʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kau Senitaile, ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻoe ngaahi kakai, ʻo hangē ha laione ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fanga manu ʻoe vao ʻakau, hangē ha laione mui ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fanga sipi; ʻaia, ka ne ka laka atu ia ʻoku ne malaki hifo mo haehae foki, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe fakahaofi.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

9 ‌ʻE hiki hake ho nima ki ho ngaahi fili, pea ʻe motuhi ho kau fili kotoa pē.

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

10 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻE hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, te u motuhi hoʻo fanga hoosi mei ho lotolotonga, pea te u maumauʻi hoʻo ngaahi saliote.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Yhwh, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

11 Pea te u motuhi ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo ho fonua, mo holoki hifo ho ngaahi potu mālohi kotoa pē:

And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

12 Pea te u motuhi mei ho nima ʻae kau fie mana loi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke kei maʻu ʻae kau kikite loi:

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

13 Pea mo hoʻo ngaahi tamapua kuo tongi foki te u motuhi, mo hoʻo ngaahi tamapua tuʻumaʻu meiate koe; pea ʻe ʻikai te ke toe lotu ki he ngāue ʻa ho nima.

Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

14 Pea te u taʻaki mei ho lotolotonga ʻae ngaahi vao tapu: ʻe pehē ʻeku fakaʻauha ho ngaahi kolo.

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

15 Pea te u fai ʻae tautea ʻi he ʻita mo e lili ki he hiteni, ʻi he anga ko ia ʻoku teʻeki ai te nau fanongo ai.”

And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.