Ezekiel 33

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

Naʻe toe hoko foki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

2 “Son of man, tell your people: If I brought an army to attack a country, the people there would choose one of them to be their watchman.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, lea ki he fānau ʻa hoʻo kakai, pea ke pehē kiate kinautolu, Kapau te u ʻomi ʻae heletā ki ha fonua, pea ʻe vaheʻi ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua ha tangata ʻi honau potu fonua, pea tuku ia ko honau tangata leʻo:

3 When he saw the army advancing to attack the country, he would blow the trumpet to warn everyone.

Pea kapau ʻi heʻene sio ʻoku haʻu ʻae heletā ki he fonua, pea ʻoku ne ifi ʻae meʻalea, mo tala ki he kakai;

4 So if you hear the trumpet but don't pay attention to the warning, and you're killed in the attack, you will be responsible for your own death.

Ka pehē, ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fanongo ki he hā mai ʻae meʻalea, ka ʻoku ʻikai tuitala; kapau ʻe hoko mai ʻae heletā, pea teʻia ʻaki ia, ʻe ʻi hono tumuʻaki pe ʻoʻona ʻa hono toto.

5 Since you heard the trumpet but didn't pay attention to the warning, then you will be responsible for your own death. If you had paid attention the warning, you could have saved your life.

He naʻa ne fanongo ki he leʻo ʻoe meʻalea ka naʻe ʻikai valokia ai ia: ʻe ʻiate ia pe ʻa hono toto. Ka ko ia ʻoku tuitala ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe ia ʻa hono laumālie.

6 But if the watchman saw the attack coming and didn't blow the trumpet to warn everyone, and someone is killed, then that person will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their death.

Pea kapau ʻe sio ʻae tangata leʻo ʻoku haʻu ʻae heletā, ka ʻoku ʻikai ifi ʻe ia ʻae meʻalea, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tala ki he kakai: kapau ʻe hoko mai ʻae heletā ʻo teʻia ʻaki ha taha ʻiate kinautolu, ʻe ʻave moʻoni ia ʻi heʻene hia, ka ko hono toto te u ʻeke ki ai ki he nima ʻoe tangata leʻo.

7 Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Listen to what I tell you and warn them for me.

Pea ʻoku pehē, ʻE foha ʻoe tangata, kuo u tuku koe ko e leʻo ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli; ko ia te ke fanongo ki he folofola mei hoku fofonga, pea ke valokiʻi ʻakinautolu meiate au.

8 If I tell the wicked ‘You're wicked; you're going to die’; but you don't warn them to change what they're doing, then they'll die in their sins and I will hold your responsible for their deaths.

‌ʻO kau ka pehē ki he angahala, ʻE angahala ko e moʻoni te ke mate koe; kapau ʻe ʻikai te ke lea koe ke valokiʻi ʻae angahala mei hono hala, ʻe mate ʻae angahala ko ia ʻi heʻene hia, ka te u ʻekeʻi hono toto mei ho nima ʻoʻou.

9 But if you warn the wicked to change what they're doing, and they don't, they will die in their sins, but you will save your own life.

Ka ko eni, kapau te ke valoki ʻae angahala ke liliu mei hono hala; pea kapau ʻe ʻikai tafoki ia mei hono hala ʻe mate moʻoni ia ʻi heʻene hia; ka kuo ke fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe koe ʻa ho laumālie.

10 Son of man, tell the people of Israel that this is what they've been saying, ‘We recognize our sins and wrongs, and they weigh on us, wearing us out. How can we go on living?’

“Ko ia, ʻE foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke lea ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli; ʻoku mou lea, ʻo pehē, ‘Kapau ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu pē ʻemau fai kovi mo ʻemau angahala, pea ʻoku mau fakaʻaʻau ai ki mui, pea tā koeʻumaʻā ʻemau moʻui?’

11 Tell them: As I live, declares the Lord God, it brings me no pleasure when wicked people die. I wish they would stop sinning and live! Stop! Stop sinning! Why should you die, people of Israel?

Lea kiate kinautolu, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, hangē ʻoku ou moʻui, ʻoku ʻikai te u fiemālie ʻi he mate ʻae angahala; ka ʻi he tafoki ʻae angahala mei hono hala ke ne moʻui: tafoki mai, tafoki mai mei homou hala kovi: he ko e hā te mou fie mate ai, ʻe fale ʻo ʻIsileli?

12 So, son of man, tell your people: All the good things a good person has done won't save them when they sin; while the bad things a bad person has done won't be a problem for them if they stop sinning. But good people won't live if they start sinning.

Ko ia, ʻa koe foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke pehē ki he fānau ʻa hoʻo kakai, ʻE ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻene fai hala: pea koeʻuhi ko e fai hala ʻae angahala, ʻe ʻikai te ne hinga ai ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻoku ne tafoki mei heʻene angahala; pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa moʻui ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻaho ʻoku ne angahala ai.

13 If I tell a good person that they will live and then they rely on their goodness and start sinning, then none of the good things they did will be remembered; he will die because of the sins.

‌ʻO kau ka pehē ʻeau ki he māʻoniʻoni, ko e moʻoni te ne moʻui; ka ʻoku ne falala pe ia ki heʻene māʻoniʻoni ʻaʻana, mo ne fai hala, ko ʻene māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē ʻe ʻikai manatuʻi; ka ʻe mate pe ia, ʻi heʻene kovi ʻaia kuo ne fai.

14 But if I tell a bad person, ‘You're going to die’ and they stop sinning and do what is good and right,

Mo eni foki, ʻo kau ka pehē ʻeau ki he angahala, ko e moʻoni te ke mate koe; pea kapau te ne tafoki mei heʻene angahala, pea fai ʻe ia ʻaia ʻoku totonu mo lelei;

15 if they return security given for a loan, pay back what they've stolen, and follows my laws about how to live, not doing wrong—then they will live; they won't die.

Ka toe ʻatu ʻe he angahala ʻae meʻa naʻe tuku ko e fakamoʻoni, mo ne toe ʻatu ʻaia naʻa ne kaihaʻasi, mo ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he fekau ʻoe fakamoʻui, ʻo ʻikai ke toe fai hala; ko e moʻoni ʻe moʻui pe ia, ʻe ʻikai siʻi te ne mate.

16 None of their sins will be remembered; they have done what is good and right and so they will live.

‌ʻE ʻikai toe lau kiate ia ha taha ʻi he ngaahi angahala ʻaia kuo ne fai: kuo ne fai ʻaia ʻoku totonu mo lelei: ko e moʻoni te ne moʻui.

17 However, your people are complaining, ‘What the Lord does isn't right.’ But it's what they're doing that isn't right.

“Ka ʻoku pehē ʻe he fānau ʻa hoʻo kakai, ʻOku ʻikai fai tatau ʻae ʻulungāanga ʻa Sihova: ka ko kinautolu ia ʻoku fai kehekehe ʻenau anga.

18 If a good person stops doing good and sins, they will die because of it.

‌ʻOka tafoki ʻaia ʻoku māʻoniʻoni mei heʻene māʻoniʻoni, mo ne fai hala, ʻe mate moʻoni ai ia.

19 On the other hand, if a bad person turns from their sins and they do what is good and right, they will live as a result.

Ka ko e angahala ʻoka tafoki mai ia mei heʻene angahala, mo ne fai ʻe ia ʻaia ʻoku totonu mo lelei, ʻe moʻui ai ia.

20 So how can you say, ‘What the Lord does isn't right’? Well, I'm going to judge each of you depending on what you've done, people of Israel.”

Ka ʻoku mou pehē, ʻOku ʻikai fai tatau ʻae ʻulungāanga ʻa Sihova. ʻE fale ʻo ʻIsileli, te u fakamaau ʻakimoutolu ʻo fakatatau ki homou hala taki taha.”

21 On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our exile, a refugee who'd escaped from Jerusalem arrived and told me, “The city has been captured!”

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki hono hongofulu ma ua taʻu ʻo ʻemau pōpula, ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe māhina, pea mo hono nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina, naʻe haʻu kiate au, ha tokotaha naʻe hao mai mei Selūsalema, mo ne pehē mai, Kuo kapa ʻae kolo.

22 The previous evening before the messenger arrived the Lord had touched me so I could speak again. This was before the man came to see me in the morning. I wasn't mute any longer—I could speak again.

Ka ko eni, ʻi he teʻeki ai ke haʻu ʻaia naʻe hola mai naʻe ʻiate au ʻae nima ʻo Sihova, ʻi he efiafi poʻuli; pea naʻe matoʻo ʻa hoku ngutu, ʻo aʻu ki heʻene hoko mai ʻi he pongipongi; naʻe matoʻo ʻa hoku ngutu, naʻe ʻikai te u kei noa.

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

Pea naʻe toki ʻomi ia ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

24 “Son of man, people living among the ruins in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, but the country was given to him to own. There's plenty of us, so the country should belong to us.’

“Foha ʻoe tangata, ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ki he ngaahi potu liʻaki ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻoku lea ʻo pehē, ‘Naʻe tokotaha pe ʻa ʻEpalahame, pea ne maʻu ʻe ia ʻae fonua: ka ʻoku mau tokolahi; kuo foaki mai ʻae fonua ko homau tofiʻa.’

25 So tell them that this is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with the blood still in it. You go and worship your idols. You commit murder. Do you really think the country should belong to you?

Ko ia ke ke lea kiate kinautolu, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; ʻOku mou kai mo e toto, mo hanga hake homou mata ki homou ngaahi tamapua, mo lilingi toto: pea ʻe ʻomoutolu koā ʻae fonua?

26 You rely on your swords to get your way. You have done some disgusting things. You're all having sex with each other's wives. Should the country belong to you?

‌ʻOku mou tuʻu mo hoʻomou heletā, ʻoku mou fai meʻa fakalielia, pea ʻoku mou tonoʻi kotoa pē ʻae uaifi ʻo hono kaungāʻapi: pea ʻe ʻomoutolu koā ʻae fonua?

27 Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: As I live, in the people living among the ruins will be killed by the sword. Those living in the countryside will be eaten by wild animals. Those living in the fortresses and caves will die from disease.

Ke ke lea ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Ko au eni, ʻoku ou moʻui, pea ko e moʻoni ʻe tō hifo ʻi he heletā, ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi potu lala, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻi he ʻataʻatā ʻoe ngoueʻanga, te u foaki ia ko e meʻakai ki he fanga manu, pea ko kinautolu ʻe ʻi he kolo tau, pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻanaʻi maka te nau mate ʻi he mahaki fakaʻauha.

28 I will turn the country into a wasteland, and power you are so proud of will be ended. The mountains of Israel will become wild places that no one will want to travel through.

He te u fakatōkilalo ʻae fonua ke lala ʻaupito, pea ʻe ngata ʻae fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻo hono mālohi; ʻe ngaongao ʻae ngaahi moʻunga ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe ʻalu atu ai.

29 Then the people will acknowledge that I am the Lord, when I have turned the country into a wasteland because of all the disgusting things they have done.

Pea te nau toki ʻilo ko Sihova au, ʻo kau ka fakatōkilalo ʻae fonua ke lala ʻaupito, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa fakalielia ʻaia kuo nau fai.”

30 Son of man, your people are talking about you out in the streets and in the doorways of their houses. They encourage one another, saying, ‘Come on! Let's go and hear a message from the Lord!’

“Ko eni foki, ʻa koe foha ʻoe tangata, ʻoku kei felauʻikoviʻaki koe ʻe he fānau ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻi he veʻe ʻā, pea ʻi he matapā kotoa pē ʻoe fale, mo nau fealēleaʻaki mo taki taha pehē ki hono kāinga, ʻo pehē, ʻOku ou kole ke mou haʻu ke tau fanongo ki ha folofola ʻoku ʻomi meia Sihova.

31 So my people come and visit you like they usually do. They sit and listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it. Even though they talk about love, all they're thinking about is how to cheat others.

Pea ʻoku nau haʻu kiate koe ʻo hangē ko e haʻu ʻae kakai, pea ʻoku nau nofo ʻi ho ʻao ʻo hangē ko hoku kakai, pea ʻoku nau fanongo ki hoʻo ngaahi lea, ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau fie fai ki ai: he ʻoku nau fakahā ʻaki honau ngutu ʻae ʻofa lahi, ka ʻoku muimui honau loto ki heʻenau manumanu.

32 In fact, to them you're just someone who sings love songs with a lovely voice and who is a fine musician. They listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it.

Pea vakai, ʻoku ke tatau kiate kinautolu mo e fasi mālie lahi ʻa ha taha ʻoku leʻo mālie, mo faʻa tā ke mālie ʻae meʻa tatangi: he ʻoku nau fanongo ki hoʻo ngaahi lea, ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai ki ai.

33 So when what you say does happen (and it will), then they will realize that they did have a prophet among them.”

Pea ka hoko mai ʻae meʻa ko eni, (vakai, ʻe hoko pe ia, ) te nau toki ʻilo, tā naʻe ai ha palōfita ʻiate kinautolu.”