2 Kings 3:4
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with wool,Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I fē
'Anefē
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- מֵישַׁעMêyshaʻMesha, a Moabite
- נֹקֵדnôqêda spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)
- כַּרkara ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as
- צֶמֶרtsemerwool
- מוֹאָבMôwʼâbMoab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
- אַיִלʼayilproperly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram
- אֶלֶףʼelephhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a
- מֵאָהmêʼâha hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
+lea 'e 3 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ko e me'a 'oku kei toe
- The Mesha Stele (the Moabite Stone)Lave'i 'i tu'a mei he Tohi TapuIsrael's king Omri, his dynasty, his rule over Moab, and the name of Israel's God all appear in a hostile neighbour's monument written within living memory of the events.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
Gen 26:13–14, 2Sa 8:2, Isa 16:1–2, Job 42:12, Gen 13:2, 1Ch 18:2, 2Ch 26:10, Job 1:3