Isaiah 42

1 “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

“Vakai ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ʻaia ʻoku ou poupou; ʻaia kuo u fili, pea ʻoku fiefia ʻiate ia hoku laumālie; kuo u tuku hoku laumālie kiate ia: te ne fakahā ʻae fakamaau ki he ngaahi Senitaile.

2 He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

‌ʻE ʻikai te ne tangi, pe hiki hake hono leʻo, pe fakaongo atu ia ʻi he hala.

3 A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

‌ʻE ʻikai te ne fesiʻi ha kaho kuo volu, pe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoku kohu: te ne ʻomi ʻae fakamaau ki he moʻoni.

4 He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

‌ʻE ʻikai te ne vaivai pe manavasiʻi, kaeʻoua ke ne fokotuʻu ʻae fakamaau ʻi māmani: pea ʻe tatali ʻae ngaahi motu ki heʻene fono.”

5 This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne fakatupu ʻae ngaahi langi, pea folahi atu ia; ko ia naʻe mafola atu ʻae fonua, pea mo ia ʻoku tupu ai; ko ia ʻoku foaki ʻae mānava ki he kakai ʻi he funga ʻo ia, mo e laumālie kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi ai:

6 “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

“Ko au ko Sihova naʻaku ui koe ʻi he māʻoniʻoni, pea te u puke ho nima, pea tauhi koe, pea foaki koe ko e fuakava ʻoe kakai, ko e maama ki he ngaahi Senitaile;

7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Ke fakaʻā ʻae mata ʻoe kui, ke ʻomi ʻae kau pōpula mei he fale fakapōpula, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he poʻuli mei he fale fakapōpula.

8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.

“Ko au ko Sihova: ko hoku huafa ia: pea ko hoku nāunau ʻe ʻikai te u foaki ki ha taha, pe ko hoku fakamālō ki he ngaahi tamapua kuo tongi.

9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Vakai, kuo hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa muʻa, pea ʻoku ou fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa foʻou: ʻi he teʻeki ke hoko ʻoku ou fakahā ia kiate kimoutolu.

10 Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

Hiva kia Sihova ʻaki ʻae hiva foʻou, pea mo hono fakamālō mei he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he tahi, pea mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai; ʻae ngaahi motu, mo e kakai ʻoku nofo ai.

11 Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Tuku ke hiki hake honau leʻo ʻe he toafa mo e ngaahi kolo, ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoku ʻi Keta: tuku ke hiva ʻae ngaahi kakai ʻoe maka, tuku ke nau kalanga mei he tumutumu ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga.

12 Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.

Tuku ke nau ʻatu ʻae ongoongolelei kia Sihova, pea fakahā hono fakamālō ʻi he ngaahi motu.

13 The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

‌ʻE hāʻele atu ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko e tangata mālohi ʻaupito, te ne ueʻi hono houhau ʻo hangē ko e tangata ʻoku toʻa lahi: te ne kalanga, ʻio, ʻo kalanga mālohi, te ne lavaʻi hono ngaahi fili.

14 “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

“Kuo fuoloa mo ʻeku fakalongo pe; naʻaku nofo pe, ʻo taʻofi au: ka te u tangi ni ʻo hangē ha fefine langā; te u fakaʻauha mo maumauʻi hifo fakataha.

15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

Te u ngaohi ke lala ʻae ngaahi moʻunga mo e potu tafungofunga, pea fakamōmoa ʻae ngaahi ʻakau iiki; pea te u ngaohi ʻae ngaahi vaitafe ko e ngaahi motu, pea te u fakamōmoa mo e ngaahi anovai.

16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Pea te u ʻomi ʻae kui ʻi he hala naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo; te u tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi hala naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo ki ai: te u ngaohi ʻae poʻuli ko e maama ʻi honau ʻao, mo e ngaahi meʻa pikopiko ke totonu. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni te u fai kiate kinautolu, ka e ʻikai liʻaki ʻakinautolu.

17 But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

“ʻE fakafoki ki mui ʻakinautolu, ʻe mā lahi, ʻakinautolu ʻoku falala ki he ngaahi tamapua kuo tongi, ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ki he ngaahi fakatātā kuo haka, ‘Ko homau ʻotua ʻakimoutolu.’

18 Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

“Fanongo, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku tuli; pea sio, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku kui, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻā.

19 Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

Ko hai ʻoku kui, ka ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki? Pe tuli, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku talafekau ʻaia naʻaku fekau? Ko hai ʻoku kui ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku haohaoa, pea kui ʻo hangē ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova?

20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

‌ʻOku ke mamata ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi ia; ʻo fakaava ʻae telinga, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke fanongo.

21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

‌ʻOku fiemālie lahi ʻa Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻene māʻoniʻoni ʻaʻana; te ne hakeakiʻi ʻae fono, pea ngaohi ke ongoongolelei ia.

22 But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

Ka ko e kakai eni kuo faʻao ʻenau ngaahi meʻa, pea kuo vetea ʻakinautolu; kuo moʻua ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi luo, pea kuo fufū ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi fale fakapōpula: ʻoku pau ke pōpula ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha ke fakamoʻui; kuo faʻao ʻakinautolu, pea ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Ke toe ʻomi.’

23 Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

Ko hai ʻiate kimoutolu te ne tokanga ki he meʻa ni? Ko hai te ne fakafanongo pea ongoʻi ʻi he kuonga ʻe hoko mai?

24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

Ko hai naʻe tuku ʻa Sēkope ke vetea, pea mo ʻIsileli ki he kau kaihaʻa? ʻIkai ko Sihova, ʻaia kuo tau fai hala ki ai? He naʻe ʻikai te nau fie ʻeveʻeva ʻi hono ngaahi hala, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau talangofua ki heʻene fono.

25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Ko ia kuo ne lilingi kiate ia ʻae kakaha ʻo hono houhau, pea mo e mālohi ʻoe tau: pea kuo ne tutu ia ʻo takatakai, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa ʻilo; pea naʻe vela ia, ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga hono loto ki ai.”