Deuteronomy 9

1 Hear, Israel! Thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to enter in to possess nations greater and mightier than thou, cities great and walled up to heaven,

“Fanongo, ʻE ʻIsileli: ʻoku ke ʻalu he ʻaho ni ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, ke ʻalu ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku lahi hake mo mālohi lahi ʻiate koe, ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻoku lahi, mo mole ki langi ʻa honau ʻā.

2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the sons of Anak!

Ko e kakai lalahi mo lōloa, ko e fānau ʻae kau ʻAnaki ʻakinautolu ʻoku ke ʻiloʻi, pea kuo ke fanongo ʻae lau ki ai, ʻo pehē, Ko hai ʻe faʻa tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAnaki!

3 Know then this day, that Jehovah thy God is he that goeth over before thee, a consuming fire; he will destroy them, and he will cast them down before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them and cause them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath said unto thee.

Ko ia ke ke ʻilo he ʻaho ni, ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko ia ia ʻoku ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe; hangē ko e afi fakaʻauha te ne fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe tulaki hifo ʻe ia ʻakinautolu ʻi ho ʻao: ko ia te ke kapusi ai ʻakinautolu kituʻa, ʻo fakaʻauha vave ʻakinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa Sihova kiate koe.

4 Thou shalt not say in thy heart, when Jehovah thy God thrusteth them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah dispossess them from before thee.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke lea ʻe koe ʻi ho loto, ʻoka hili hono kapusi kituʻa ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua mei ho ʻao, ʻo pehē, Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku māʻoniʻoni ko ia kuo ʻomi ai au ʻe Sihova ke u maʻu ʻae fonua ni: ka ko e meʻa ʻi he angakovi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ni, ko ia ʻoku kapusi ai ʻe Sihova ʻakinautolu kituʻa mei ho ʻao.

5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

‌ʻOku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo māʻoniʻoni, pe ʻi he angatonu ʻo ho loto, ʻoku ke ʻalu ke maʻu honau fonua: ka ko e meʻa ʻi he angakovi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ni ko ia ʻoku kapusi ai kituʻa ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua mei ho ʻao, pea koeʻuhi ke ne fakamoʻoni ki he folofola ʻaia naʻe fuakava ai ʻa Sihova ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ko ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, mo Sēkope.

6 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God doth not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people.

Ko ia ke ke ʻilo, ʻoku ʻikai foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻae fonua lelei ni kiate koe ke ke maʻu ia ʻi hoʻo māʻoniʻoni: he ko e kakai kia kekeva ʻakimoutolu.

7 Remember, forget not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.

“Ke ke manatu, pea ʻoua naʻa fakangalongaloʻi, ʻa hoʻo fakatupu ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi he toafa: talu ʻae ʻaho naʻa ke hiki ai mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻo aʻu ki hoʻomou hoko ki he potu ni, kuo mou fai angatuʻu kia Sihova.

8 And at Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you, to destroy you,

Pea ʻi Holepi foki naʻa mou fakatupu ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova, ko ia naʻe houhau ai ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu ke fakaʻauha ʻakimoutolu.

9 when I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, and I abode in the mountain forty days and forty nights, — I ate no bread and drank no water, —

‌ʻI heʻeku ʻalu hake ki he moʻunga ke maʻu ʻae ongo maka lafalafa, ʻae ongo maka ʻoe fuakava ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Sihova mo kimoutolu, pea ne u nofo ʻi he moʻunga ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu mo e pō ʻe fāngofulu, naʻe ʻikai te u kai mā pe inu vai:

10 — and Jehovah delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words which Jehovah spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

Pea naʻe tuku mai kiate au ʻe Sihova ʻae ongo maka lafalafa kuo tohi ʻaki ʻae louhiʻi nima ʻoe ʻOtua; pea naʻe tohi ʻi ai ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻaia naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu ʻi he moʻunga mei he lotolotonga ʻoe afi ʻi he ʻaho ʻae fakataha.

11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.

Pea hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu mo e pō ʻe fāngofulu, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe tuku mai kiate au ʻe Sihova ʻae ongo maka lafalafa, ʻio, ʻae ongo maka lafalafa ʻoe fuakava.

12 And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them: they have made for themselves a molten image.

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ‘Tuʻu hake pea ke ʻalu vave hifo mei heni; he ko ho kakai ʻaia kuo ke ʻomi kituʻa mei ʻIsipite kuo nau fakahalaʻi ʻakinautolu; kuo nau tafoki leva mei he hala ʻaia naʻaku fekau ai ʻakinautolu; kuo nau ngaohi maʻanautolu ʻae meʻa fakatātā kuo haka.’

13 And Jehovah spoke unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au foki, ʻo pehē, ‘Kuo u mamata ki he kakai ni, pea vakai, ko e kakai kia kekeva ʻakinautolu:

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Tuku ai pe au, koeʻuhi ke u fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu, pea tāmateʻi honau hingoa mei he lalo langi: pea te u fakatupu ʻiate koe ha hako mālohi mo lahi hake ʻiate kinautolu.’

15 And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

Pea naʻaku tafoki ʻo ʻalu hifo ai mei he moʻunga, pea naʻe vela ʻae moʻunga ʻi he afi: pea naʻe ʻi hoku nima ʻae ongo maka lafalafa ʻoe fuakava.

16 And I saw, and behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God: ye had made for yourselves a molten calf; ye had quickly turned aside from the way which Jehovah had commanded you.

Pea naʻaku sio, pea vakai, kuo mou fai angahala kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, pea kuo mou ngaohi ha fakatātā haka ki he pulu mui: ne mou tafoki vave mei he hala ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova kiate kimoutolu.

17 And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

Pea naʻaku ʻave ʻae ongo maka lafalafa ʻo lī ia mei hoku ongo nima pea naʻe maumau ia ʻi homou ʻao.

18 And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights, — I ate no bread and drank no water, — because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

Pea naʻaku fakafoʻohifo ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko [ʻeku ]muʻaki fai, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu mo e pō ʻe fāngofulu: naʻe ʻikai te u kai ha mā, pe inu ha vai, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi angahala ʻaia naʻa mou angahala ai, ʻi he fai kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ke fakatupu hono houhau.

19 For I was afraid of the anger and fury wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. And Jehovah listened unto me also at that time.

He naʻaku manavahē ʻi he houhau pea ʻi he houhau vela, ʻaia naʻe houhau ʻaki ʻe Sihova kiate kimoutolu ke fakaʻauha ʻakimoutolu. Ka naʻe tokanga ʻa Sihova kiate au ʻi he kuonga ko ia foki.

20 And with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Pea naʻe houhau lahi ʻa Sihova kia ʻElone ke fakaʻauha ia: pea naʻaku lotua ʻa ʻElone foki ʻi he kuonga ko ia.

21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, until it became fine dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that flowed down from the mountain.

Pea ne u ʻave hoʻomou angahala, ko e ʻuhiki pulu naʻa mou ngaohi, pea tutu ia ʻaki ʻae afi, pea malamalaki ia, peau momomomosi ia ke iiki ʻaupito, ʻo tatau mo e efuefu: pea naʻaku lī ʻa hono efuefu ki he vaitafe naʻe ʻalu hifo mei he moʻunga.

22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.

Pea ʻi Tapela, mo Masa, pea ʻi Kipiloti-Hateva, naʻa mou fakatupu ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova.

23 And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you, ye rebelled against the word of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Pea ʻi he fekau ʻa Sihova ʻakimoutolu mei Ketesi-Pania, ʻo pehē, Mou ʻalu hake ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia kuo u foaki kiate kimoutolu: naʻa mou angatuʻu ai ki he fekau ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, pea naʻe ʻikai te mou tui kiate ia, pe tokanga ki hono leʻo.

24 Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.

Kuo mou angatuʻu kia Sihova talu mei he ʻaho naʻaku ʻilo ai ʻakimoutolu.

25 So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights, as I fell down; for Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

Naʻe pehē pe ʻa ʻeku fakatōmapeʻe au ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu mo e pō ʻe fāngofulu, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku tomuʻa fai ia; ko e meʻa ʻi he pehē ʻe Sihova te ne fakaʻauha ʻakimoutolu.

26 I prayed therefore to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand.

Ko ia ne u lotu ai kia Sihova, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻoua naʻa ke fakaʻauha ho kakai mo ho tofiʻa, ʻaia kuo ke huhuʻi ʻi hoʻo māfimafi, ʻaia kuo ke ʻomi mei ʻIsipite ʻaki ʻae nima mālohi.

27 Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin;

Manatu ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, ko ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, mo Sēkope; ʻoua naʻa ke ʻafio ki he talangataʻa ʻae kakai ni, pe ki heʻenau angakovi, pe ko ʻenau angahala:

28 lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he had promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.

Telia naʻa lau pehē ʻe he fonua naʻa ke ʻomi ʻakimautolu mei ai, Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai mafai ʻe Sihova ke ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki he fonua ʻaia naʻa ne talaʻofa kiate kinautolu, pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻita kiate kinautolu, ko ia kuo ne ʻomi ai ʻakinautolu kituaʻā ke tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he toafa.

29 They are indeed thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out with thy great power and with thy stretched-out arm.

Ka ko e moʻoni ko ho kakai ʻakinautolu mo ho tofiʻa, ʻaia naʻa ke ʻomi kituaʻā ʻi ho mālohi lahi pea ʻi ho nima kuo mafao.’