Ezekiel 13

1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,

2 “Son of man, you are to prophesy against the prophets of Israel who right now are busy prophesying. Tell those who make up their own prophecies: Listen to the word of the Lord!

“Foha ʻoe tangata, kikite ki he kau kikite ʻo ʻIsileli ʻoku kikite, pea ke pehē ʻe koe kiate kinautolu ʻoku kikite mei honau loto ʻonautolu pē, Mou fanongo ʻakimoutolu ki he folofola ʻa Sihova.”

3 This is what the Lord God says: Disaster is coming to these foolish prophets who follow their own ideas. They haven't seen anything.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; ‘Malaʻia ki he kau kikite vale, ʻaia kuo muimui ki honau laumālie ʻonautolu pē, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke mamata ki ha meʻa!

4 Israel, your prophets are like foxes that live in the ruins.

‌ʻE ʻIsileli ʻoku tatau hoʻo kau kikite mo e fanga fokisi ʻi he toafa.

5 They didn't go and help repair the gaps in the wall that defends the people of Israel so that it would stand secure during the battle on the Day of the Lord.

‌ʻOku ʻikai te mou ʻalu hake ki he ngaahi ava, pe ngaohi ʻae ʻā ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu ai ʻi he tau ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sihova.

6 The visions they see are false, and the prophecies they give are lies. They claim, ‘This is what the Lord says,’ when the Lord didn't send them. Even so they still expect their message to be fulfilled!

Kuo nau mamata ki he vaʻinga mo e kikite loi! ʻI heʻenau pehē, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova: ka naʻe ʻikai fekau ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova: pea kuo nau fakaʻamanaki ʻae niʻihi ki he fakamoʻoni ʻo ʻenau lea.

7 Isn't it a false vision that you people saw? Isn't it a prophecy of lies when you announce, ‘This is what the Lord says,’ even though I haven't said anything?

‌ʻIkai kuo mou mamata ki he meʻa hā mai ʻoku vaʻinga, pea ʻikai kuo mou lea ʻaki ʻae kikite loi ʻi hoʻomou pehē, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; kae ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai te u lea au?”

8 So this is what the Lord God says: Since you've spoken lies and claimed to see false visions, then watch out, because I'm against you, declares the Lord God.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, “Koeʻuhi kuo mou lea ʻaki ʻae vaʻinga, mo mamata ki he loi, ko ia, vakai, ko au ia ʻe fai mo kimoutolu, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

9 I will punish the prophets who see false visions and give prophecies that are lies. They will not belong to the assembly of my people or be listed in the register of Israelites, and they won't be allowed to enter the country of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.

Pea ʻe tō hoku nima ki he kau kikite ʻoku mamata ki he vaʻinga, mo nau kikite loi: ʻe ʻikai te nau kau ʻi he fakataha ʻo hoku kakai, pea ʻe ʻikai tohi ʻakinautolu ʻi he tohi ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli; pea ʻe ʻikai te nau hū ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli; he te mou ʻilo ko au, ko Sihova, ko e ʻOtua.

10 They have deceived my people by saying, ‘We shall have peace,’ when there won't be any peace. It's like they're putting a coat of whitewash on an unstable wall of loose stones that the people have built.

Koeʻuhi, ʻio, koeʻuhi kuo nau kākaaʻi ʻa hoku kakai, ʻi heʻenau pehē, Fiemālie; ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemālie; pea naʻe langa hake ʻe he tokotaha ʻae ʻā, pea vakai naʻe laku ki ai ʻae lahe taʻepipiki ʻe he niʻihi kehe.

11 So tell those people whitewashing the wall that it's going to collapse. Rain will come pouring down. I will send hailstones crashing down on it. A windstorm will blow hard against it.

Tala kiate kinautolu ʻoku laku ki ai ʻae lahe taʻepipiki, ʻe hinga ia: ʻe ai ʻae ʻuha lahi; pea ʻe tō hifo ʻakimoutolu, ʻae ngaahi maka lahi ʻoe ʻuha fefeka; pea ʻe hae ia ʻe he matangi mālohi.

12 Don't you think that when the wall collapses people are going to ask you, ‘What happened to the whitewash you painted it with?’

Vakai ʻoka hinga ʻae ʻā, ʻikai ʻe pehē ai kiate kimoutolu, Ko fē ia ʻae laku lahe ʻaia naʻa mou fai?”

13 So this is what the Lord God says: In my furious anger I'm going to send a windstorm, pouring rain, and hailstones to destroy the wall.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “ʻIo, ko au te u hae ia ʻaki ʻae matangi mālohi ʻi heʻeku houhau lahi: pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻita ʻe ʻi ai ʻae ʻuha lahi, pea mo e ʻuha maka ke fakaʻosiʻosi ia ʻi heʻeku houhau lahi.

14 I will demolish the wall you whitewashed, knocking it to the ground to reveal its foundations. The city is going to fall, and you're going to be destroyed with it. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

‌ʻE pehē ʻa ʻeku maumauʻi ki lalo ʻae ʻā ʻaia kuo mou laku ai ʻae lahe taʻepipiki, pea ʻe holoki hifo ia ki he kelekele; ʻio, naʻa mo hono tuʻunga ʻe hā ia, pea ʻe hinga ia, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻakimoutolu ʻi loto ʻi ai: pea te mou ʻilo ko Sihova au.

15 Once the wall and those who whitewashed it have experienced my anger, I will tell you: The wall is no more, and those who whitewashed it are no more,

‌ʻE pehē ʻa ʻeku fakahoko ʻeku houhau ki he ʻā, mo kinautolu

16 those ‘prophets’ of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and claimed to have seen a vision of peace for her when there wasn't going to be any peace, declares the Lord God.

‌ʻAe kau kikite ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻoku kikite ki Selūsalema, pea ʻoku mamata ki he meʻa hā mai ʻoe fakamelino kiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai ha melino;” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

17 Now, son of man, you are to oppose those Israelite women who make up prophecies in their own minds. Prophesy against them

“Ko eni foki, ʻa koe, foha ʻoe tangata, fakahangatonu ho mata ki he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo hoʻo kakai, ʻakinautolu ʻoku kikite mei honau loto ʻonautolu; pea ke kikite koe kiate kinautolu.

18 and tell them that this is what the Lord God says: Disaster is coming to the women who sew bracelets of magic charms for their wrists and make veils for all kinds of people to wear as ways to trap and exploit them. Do you think you can trap the lives of my people yet still keep your own?

Pea ke lea, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua;’ Malaʻia ki he kau fefine ʻoku tuitui ʻae faakiʻanga ki he nima kotoa pē, mo ngaohi ʻae pūlou ki he ʻulu kehekehe ke tuli ʻae ngaahi laumālie! Te mou tuli koā ʻae laumālie ʻo hoku kakai, pea te mou fakamoʻui ʻae laumālie ʻoku haʻu kiate kimoutolu?

19 You have disgraced me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people who believe in you, you have killed those who shouldn't have died and let others live who shouldn't.

Pea te mou fakalieliaʻi au ʻi hoku kakai, koeʻuhi ko ha falukunga ʻoe paʻale mo ha konga mā, ke tāmate ʻae laumālie ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke mate, pea ke fakamoʻui ʻae laumālie ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke moʻui, ʻi hoʻomou loi ki hoku kakai ʻoku fanongo ki he loi?”

20 So this is what the Lord God says: Watch out! I condemn the magic charms you use to trap people like birds, and I will rip them off your arms. I will set free those you have trapped.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Vakai ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki homou faakiʻanga ʻaia ʻoku mou tauhele ʻaki ʻae ngaahi laumālie; pea te u hae ia mei homou nima mo tukuange ʻae ngaahi laumālie, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi laumālie ʻoku mou tuli ke tauheleʻi.

21 I will also rip off your veils and rescue my people from your power, so that they will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Te u haehae foki ʻa homou pūlou mo fakamoʻui ʻa hoku kakai mei homou nima, pea ʻe ʻikai te nau kei ʻi homou nima ke tauheleʻi; pea te mou ʻilo ko Sihova au.

22 Because you have discouraged good people with your lies, even though I didn't have anything against them, and because you have encouraged the wicked that they shouldn't give up from their evil ways to save their lives,

“Koeʻuhi kuo mou fakamamahiʻi ʻae loto ʻoe māʻoniʻoni ʻaki ʻae ngaahi loi, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te u fakamamahi; mo fakamālohi ʻae nima ʻoe angahala ke ʻoua naʻa foki ia mei hono hala kovi, ʻi hoʻomou tala moʻui ki ai:

23 from now on you won't claim these false visions or practice magic. I will rescue my people from your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

Ko ia ʻe ʻikai te mou toe mamata ki he vaʻinga, pe fai ʻae kikite: he te u fakamoʻui ʻa hoku kakai mei homou nima: pea te mou ʻilo ko Sihova au.”