Lamentations 2:12
To their mothers they say, 'Where are corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- עָטַףʻâṭaphto shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness)
- רְחֹבrᵉchôba width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
- דָּגָןdâgânproperly, increase, i.e. grain
- חָלָלchâlâlpierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
- שָׁפַךְshâphakto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also
- יַיִןyayinwine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- אֵםʼêma mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (li
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
+lea 'e 2 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.