Ezekiel 29

1 On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the tenth year, a message from the Lord came to me, saying,

Naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe taʻu, mo hono hongofulu ʻoe māhina, pea mo hono hongofulu ma ua ʻoe ʻaho, ʻo pehē,

2 “Son of man, face towards Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and the whole of Egypt.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, fakahanga ho mata kia Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, pea kikite kiate ia, pea mo ʻIsipite kātoa.

3 Tell him that this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because I'm condemning you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying in your rivers, who says, ‘The Nile belongs to me; I made it myself.’

Lea, pea ke pehē, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: Vakai, ʻoku ou tuʻu kiate koe, ʻe Felo, tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, ʻa koe ko e kalokataile ʻoku tokoto ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ho ngaahi vaitafe, ʻa koe kuo ke pehē, ‘Ko hoku vaitafe ʻoku ʻoʻoku pe ia, pea kuo u ngaohi ia kiate au pē.’

4 I'm going to put hooks in your jaws and make the fish in your river stick to your scales. I will pull you up out of your river, and all the fish will stick to your scales.

Ka te u ʻai ʻeau ʻae mātaʻu ʻi ho ngutu, pea te u pule ki he ika kotoa pē ʻi ho ngaahi vaitafe, ke nau pipiki ki ho ʻuno, pea te u fusi hake koe mei he loto vaitafe, pea ʻe pipiki ki ho ʻuno ʻae ika kotoa pē ʻi ho ngaahi vaitafe.

5 I will throw you and the fish away, leaving you in the desert. Your body will fall on the ground and be left in the open. It won't be collected or taken to be buried. I'll leave you as food for wild animals and birds of prey.

Pea te u tuku siʻaki pe koe ki he toafa, ʻa koe mo e ika kotoa pē ʻo ho ngaahi vaitafe: te ke tō atu ki he ʻatā ʻoe ngaahi potu ngoue; pea ʻe ʻikai toe fakamaʻopo koe pe tānaki: kuo u foaki koe ko e meʻakai ki he fanga manu ʻoe vao, pea mo e fanga manupuna ʻoe langi.

6 Then everyone in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. When you had to deal with the people of Israel you were like a flimsy walking stick made from a reed.

Pea ʻe ʻilo ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsipite ko au ko Sihova, koeʻuhi kuo nau tatau pe mo e vaʻa kaho ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli.

7 When Israel grabbed hold of you, you split apart, damaging their shoulder. When they leaned on you, you broke, putting their backs out.

‌ʻI heʻenau puke koe ʻi honau nima naʻa ke mafesi, pea makohikohi ai honau nima kotoa pē: pea ʻi heʻenau faʻaki kiate koe naʻa ke fasi, pea fakahomohomo ai honau hokotanga hui kotoa pē.”

8 So this is what the Lord God says: I will attack you with a sword and kill both people and animals.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Vakai te u ʻomi ʻae heletā kiate koe pea tuʻusi meiate koe ʻae tangata pea mo e manu.

9 Egypt will become an empty wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because you said, ‘The Nile belongs to me; I made it,’

Pea ʻe lala mo vaoa ʻae fonua ʻo ʻIsipite; pea te nau ʻilo ko au ko Sihova; koeʻuhi kuo ne pehē ʻe ia, ʻOku ʻoʻoku ʻae vaitafe, pea kuo u ngaohi ia ʻeau.

10 that's why I'm condemning you and your river. I will ruin Egypt, making it into an empty wasteland all the way from Migdol in the north to Syene in the south, and up to the border with Cush.

Vakai, ko ia ia ʻoku ou tuʻu au kiate koe, pea mo ho ngaahi vaitafe, pea te u ngaohi ʻae fonua ʻo ʻIsipite ke lala ʻaupito mo vaoa mei Mikitoli mo Saiini ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo ʻItiopea.

11 No one, human or animal, will travel that way or live there for forty years.

‌ʻE ʻikai ʻalu atu ai ha vaʻe ʻo ha tangata, pe ʻalu atu ʻi ai ha vaʻe ʻo ha manu, pea ʻe ʻikai hano kakai ʻi ai ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu.

12 I will make Egypt more of a wasteland than any other country, and its towns will lie in ruins for forty years among all the other ruined towns. I will scatter the Egyptians among the different nations and countries.

Pea te u ngaohi ke lala ʻae fonua ʻo ʻIsipite ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi fonua kuo lala, pea ko ʻene ngaahi kolo ʻi he ngaahi kolo kuo lala ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu: pea te u fakamovete ʻae kakai ʻIsipite ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, pea te u fakahēʻi ʻakinautolu ki he ngaahi fonua.

13 However, this is what the Lord God says: After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the different countries where they were scattered.

Ka ko eni, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; ʻI he hili ʻae taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, te u tānaki ʻae kakai ʻIsipite mei he ngaahi potu naʻe fakahēʻi ki ai ʻakinautolu.

14 I will bring Egypt out of captivity and take them back to the land of Pathros, where they originally came from. Their kingdom will be insignificant.

Pea te u toe liliu mai ʻae pōpula ʻo ʻIsipite, pea te u pule ke nau toe haʻu ki he fonua ko Patalosi, ki he fonua ʻo honau nofoʻanga; ka te nau ʻi ai ko e puleʻanga moʻulaloa.

15 Egypt will be the lowest of kingdoms and won't ever be more important than other nations again. I will bring Egypt down so that it won't ever be able to rule over the nations again.

‌ʻE māʻulalo hifo ia ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga; pea ʻe ʻikai te ne toe hiki hake ia ʻe ia ke māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga; he te u ngaohi ke fakaʻaʻau ki mui ʻakinautolu, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa toe pule ia ki he ngaahi puleʻanga.

16 The people of Israel won't ever trust in Egypt again; instead they will be reminded them of their sin when they turned to the Egyptians for help. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

Pea ʻe ʻikai toe hoko ia ko e falalaʻanga ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ka nau ka sio ki ai te nau manatuʻi ʻenau hia: ka te nau ʻilo au, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua.”

17 On the first day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year, a message from the Lord came to me, saying,

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki hono uofulu ma fitu ʻoe taʻu, ʻi hono ʻuluaki māhina, ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻoe māhina, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army work really hard in the siege against Tyre. The soldiers had their hair worn off their heads, and their shoulders rubbed raw. However, he and his army didn't gain any benefit from Tyre for all the work they did in attacking it.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, naʻe pule ʻe Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone ki heʻene kautau, ke nau fai ʻae ngāue lahi ki Taia: naʻe tula ai ʻae ʻulu kotoa pē, pea mafohi ai ʻae uma kotoa pē: ka naʻe ʻikai haʻane totongi ʻaʻana, pe ko ʻene kautau, koeʻuhi ko Taia, mo e ngāue lahi naʻa ne fai ki ai:

19 So this is what the Lord God says: I'm going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon who will seize everything valuable. He will loot the country, robbing it to pay his army.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: Vakai, te u foaki ʻae fonua ko ʻIsipite kia Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone; pea te ne maʻu hono kakai, pea maʻu hono koloa, pea veteki ia; pea ko e totongi ia ki heʻene kautau.

20 I'm rewarding him for all his work by giving him Egypt because the work they did was for me, declares the Lord God.

Kuo u foaki kiate ia ʻae fonua ko ʻIsipite, koeʻuhi ko e ngāue ʻaia naʻa ne fai ki ai, he naʻa nau fai ia maʻaku, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

21 At that time I will give power back to the people of Israel and I will help you speak to them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia te u ngaohi ke tupu ʻae moto ʻoe nifo ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, pea te u tuku ke faʻa matoʻo ai ho ngutu ʻiate kinautolu; pea te nau ʻilo ko Sihova au.”