Micah 7
1 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard. There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
ʻOiau ʻeku mamahi! He ʻoku ou hangē kuo ʻosi ʻae tānaki ʻoe ngaahi fua ʻoe faʻahitaʻu mafana, hangē ko e toenga kālepi ʻoe toʻukai: ʻoku ʻikai ha fuhinga kālepi ke kai: naʻe holi hoku loto ki he ʻuluaki toʻukai.
2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
Kuo ʻauha ʻae kau māʻoniʻoni mei māmani: pea ʻoku ʻikai ha kau angatonu ʻi he kakai: ʻoku nau toitoi kotoa pē ki he toto; ʻoku nau taki taha tuli ʻa hono tokoua mo e kupenga.
3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
Koeʻuhi ke nau fai fakamātoato ʻi he kovi ʻaki ʻae ongo nima ʻosi pe, ʻoku ʻeke ʻe he houʻeiki, pea ʻeke mo e fakamaau ki he meʻa foaki; pea mo e tangata māʻolunga ʻoku ne fakahā hono loto kovi pea pehē, ʻoku nau ʻufiʻufi ia.
4 The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.
Ko e lelei lahi ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku hangē ko e ʻakau talatala pe: ko ia ʻoku fungani angatonu ʻoku māsila ʻi he ʻa talatala: ʻoku hoko mai ʻae ʻaho ʻo ho kau leʻo, pea mo ho ʻaʻahi; ko eni ʻe hoko ʻenau puputuʻu.
5 Do not trust in a neighbor. Do not put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
ʻOua naʻa mou falala ki he kaumeʻa, ʻoua naʻa mou falala ki ha takimuʻa: leʻohi ʻae matapā ʻo ho ngutu, meiate ia ʻoku faʻaki ki ho fatafata.
6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
He ʻoku fakaongokoviʻi ʻe he foha ʻa ʻene tamai; ʻoku tuʻu hake ʻae taʻahine ki heʻene faʻē, ʻae taʻahine ʻi he fono, ki heʻene faʻē ʻi he fono; ko e ngaahi fili ʻoe tangata, ʻae kau tangata ʻi hono fale.
7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Ko ia te u hanga kia Sihova; te u tatali ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku fakamoʻui; ʻe fanongo mai kiate au ʻa hoku ʻOtua.
8 Do not rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
ʻOua naʻa ke viki kiate au, ʻe hoku fili: ʻo kau ka hinga te u toetuʻu hake: ʻo kau ka nofo ʻi he poʻuli, ʻe hoko ʻa Sihova ko e maama kiate au.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.
Te u kātaki ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova, he kuo u fai angahala kiate ia, ke ʻoua ke ne fakamatala maʻaku, mo fai ʻae fakamaau koeʻuhi ko au; te ne ʻomi au ki he maama, pea te u mamata ki heʻene māʻoniʻoni.
10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
Pea ʻe toki mamata ai ʻa hoku fili, pea ʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻi he mā ʻaia naʻe pehē mai kiate au, ‘Komaʻā Sihova ko ho ʻOtua?’ ʻE sio ʻa hoku mata kiate ia: ko eni, ʻe malaki hifo ia ʻo hangē ko e pelepela ʻi he ngaahi hala.
11 A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary.
ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe langa ho ngaahi ʻā, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe hiki ke mamaʻo ʻae fono.
12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe haʻu ia, ʻio, kiate koe mei ʻAsilia, pea mei he ngaahi kolo kuo teu, pea mei he potu mālohi ʻo aʻu ki he vaitafe, pea mei he tahi ki he tahi, pea mei he moʻunga ki he moʻunga.
13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Ka neongo ia ʻe lala ʻae fonua koeʻuhi ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ai, ko e fua ʻo ʻenau faianga.
14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Fafangaʻi ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻaki ʻae meʻa tā, ʻae kakai ʻo ho tofiʻa, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ngaongao ʻi he vao ʻakau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo Kameli: tuku ke nau kai ʻi Pesani mo Kiliati, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻi muʻa.
15 “As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”
“ʻO fakatatau mo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo hoʻo haʻu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, te u fakahā kiate ia, ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakaofo.”
16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
ʻE mamata ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga, pea te nau ofo ʻi heʻenau mālohi kotoa pē: te nau ʻai honau nima ki honau ngutu; ʻe tuli ʻa honau telinga.
17 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to the LORD our God, and will be afraid because of you.
Te nau ʻemo ʻae efu, hangē ha ngata, te nau ngaolo mei honau ngaahi luo hangē ko e kelemutu ʻoe fonua: te nau manavahē kia Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua, pea te nau ilifia koeʻuhi ko koe.
18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Ko hai ha ʻOtua ʻoku hangē ko koe, ke fakamolemole ʻae hia, pea ke laka atu ʻi he angahala ʻi he toenga ʻo hono tofiʻa? ʻOku ʻikai te ne maʻu ʻa hono houhau ʻo taʻengata, he ʻoku ne fiefia ʻi he ʻaloʻofa.
19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
ʻE toe foki mai ia, te ne manavaʻofa kiate kitautolu; te ne ikuʻi ʻetau ngaahi hia; pea te ke lī ʻenau ngaahi angahala kotoa pē, ki he loloto ʻoe tahi.
20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Te ke fakapapau ʻae moʻoni kia Sēkope, pea mo e ʻaloʻofa kia ʻEpalahame, ʻaia naʻa ke fuakava ki heʻemau ngaahi tamai talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻi muʻa.
