< Ezekiel 3 >

1 And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.
Naʻa ne toe pehē mai kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, kai ʻaia ʻoku ke maʻu; kai ʻae takainga tohi ni, pea ʻalu ʻo lea ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli.”
2 And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book:
Ko ia naʻaku fakamanga hoku ngutu, pea naʻa ne pule ke u kai ʻae takainga tohi na.
3 And he said to me: Son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with this book, which I give thee. And I did eat it: and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, kai ki loto, pea fakafonu ho loto fatu ʻaki ʻae takainga tohi ni kuo u foaki kiate koe. Ko ia naʻaku toki kai ia; pea naʻe melie ia ʻi hoku ngutu ʻo hangē ko e hone.
4 And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them.
Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻalu pea ke hoko atu ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, pea lea ʻaki kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:
He ʻoku ʻikai fekau koe ki ha kakai ʻoku leʻo kehe mo lea ʻilongataʻa, ka ko e fale ʻo ʻIsileli.
6 Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.
‌ʻO ʻikai ki ha kakai tokolahi ʻoku lea kehe mo lea ʻilongataʻa, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo ki heʻenau lea. Ko e moʻoni ka ne u fekau koe kiate kinautolu, pehē kuo nau fanongo kiate koe.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.
Ka ʻoku ʻikai fie fanongo ʻe he fale ʻo ʻIsileli kiate koe: he naʻa mo au ʻoku ʻikai te nau fanongo: he kuo fielahi mo loto fefeka ʻae fale kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.
8 Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.
Vakai, kuo u fakamālohi ho mata ʻoʻou ki honau mata, pea mālohi mo ho foʻi laʻē ki honau foʻi laʻē.
9 I have made thy face like an adamant and like flint: fear them not, neither be thou dismayed at their presence: for they are a provoking house.
Hangē ko e taiamoni ʻoku fefeka lahi ʻi he maka afi, kuo u ngaohi ke pehē ho foʻi laʻē: ʻoua ʻe manavahē kiate kinautolu, pea ʻoua ʻe manavahē ki heʻenau sio, ka ko e fale angatuʻu moʻoni ʻakinautolu.”
10 And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:
Pea naʻa ne pehē mai foki kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke maʻu ki ho loto ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻoku ou lea ʻaki kiate koe, pea fanongo mai ho telinga.
11 And go get thee in to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If so be they will hear and will forbear.
Pea ke ʻalu, ʻalu koe kiate kinautolu ʻoku pōpula, ki he fānau ʻa hoʻo kakai, pea ke lea kiate kinautolu, pea tala ki ai, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; pe te nau fanongo, pe te nau taʻekātakiʻi.”
12 And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.
Hili ia naʻe ʻave au ʻe he laumālie pea naʻaku fanongo ki he leʻo mei hoku tuʻa ʻo hangē ko e ʻuʻulu lahi, naʻe pehē, “Ke monūʻia ʻae nāunau ʻo Sihova ʻi hono ʻafioʻanga.”
13 And the noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.
Pea [naʻaku fanongo ]foki ki he kapatā ʻae kapakau ʻoe ngaahi meʻa moʻui, ʻaia naʻe feuutaki, mo e longoaʻa ʻoe ngaahi teka naʻe fehangai mo kinautolu, mo e ʻuʻulu ʻoe mumuhu lahi.
14 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
Ko ia ne hiki au ʻe he laumālie ʻo ne ʻave au, pea naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he mamahi mo e lili ʻa hoku laumālie, ka naʻe mālohi ʻiate au ʻae nima ʻo Sihova.
15 And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.
Ko ia naʻaku haʻu ai kiate kinautolu ʻoku pōpula ʻi Telapipi naʻe nofo ki he vaitafe ko Kipa, pea naʻaku nofo ʻi honau nofoʻanga ʻo tatali ofi ai ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
16 And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki he fakaʻosi ʻoe ʻaho ʻe fitu, naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
“Foha ʻoe tangata, kuo u tuku koe ko e leʻo ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli: ko ia ke ke fanongo ki he lea mei hoku ngutu, pea valokiʻi ʻakinautolu meiate au.
18 If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
‌ʻO kau ka pehē ki he angahala, ‘Ko e moʻoni te ke mate;’ ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke valoki, pe lea ke fakatafoki ʻae angahala mei hono hala kovi, kae hao ai ʻene moʻui; ʻe mate moʻoni ʻi heʻene angahala ʻae angahala ko ia; ka ko hono toto te u ʻeke ia kiate koe.
19 But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ka ko eni, kapau te ke valoki ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tafoki ia mei heʻene kovi, mo hono hala kovi, ʻe mate ia ʻi heʻene angahala, ka kuo ke fakaʻataʻatā ho laumālie ʻoʻou.
20 Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.
Mo eni, ʻOka liliu ha tangata māʻoniʻoni mei heʻene māʻoniʻoni pea fai angahala, pea u ʻai ha tūkiaʻanga ʻi hono ʻao, ʻe mate ia: ʻe mate ia ʻi heʻene angahala pea ʻe ʻikai manatuʻi ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻaia naʻa ne fai, ka ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo taʻevaloki kiate ia, te u ʻeke mei ho nima ʻa hono toto:
21 But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ka koeʻuhi, kapau te ke valoki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, ke ʻoua naʻa fai hala ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea ʻoku ʻikai ai te ne fai angahala, ko e moʻoni te ne moʻui, koeʻuhi kuo takitalaʻi; pea kuo ke fakaʻataʻatā foki ho laumālie.”
22 And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.
Pea naʻe ʻai kiate au ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ʻi ai; ʻo ne pehē kiate au, “Tuʻu, pea ʻalu atu ki he toafa, pea te u lea ai kiate koe.”
23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.
Ko ia naʻaku tuʻu hake, mo ʻalu atu ki he toafa: pea vakai naʻe tuʻu ʻi ai ʻae nāunau ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko hono nāunau naʻaku mamata ai ʻi he potu vaitafe ʻo Kipa: pea naʻaku tōmapeʻe ki hoku mata.”
24 And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.
Pea naʻe toki hū ʻae laumālie kiate au ʻo ne fokotuʻu au ki hoku vaʻe, ʻo ne folofola kiate au, ʻo ne pehē kiate au, “ʻAlu, pea tāpuni koe ʻi ho loto fale.
25 And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.
Ka ko koe, ʻE foha ʻoe tangata, vakai te nau ʻai kiate koe ʻae ngaahi haʻi, ʻonau haʻi ʻaki koe, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke fou atu kituʻa ʻiate kinautolu:
26 And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.
Pea te u ngaohi ke piki ho ʻelelo ki ho ʻoʻaoʻingutu, pea te ke noa, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke hoko ko e valoki kiate kinautolu he ko e fale angatuʻu ʻakinautolu.
27 But when I shall speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: He that heareth, let him hear: and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a provoking house.
Ka ʻi heʻeku lea kiate koe, te u faʻai ho ngutu, pea te ke tala kiate kinautolu, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Ko ia ʻoku fanongo, tuku ke ne fanongo; pea ko ia ʻoku taʻofi, tuku ke ne taʻofi: he ko e fale angatuʻu ʻakinautolu.”

< Ezekiel 3 >