Isaiah 8

1 Moreover, the Lord sayd vnto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a mans penne, Make speede to the spoyle: haste to the praye.

Pea naʻe toe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Toʻo kiate koe ha takainga lahi, pea tohi ʻi ai ʻaki ha peni ʻae tangata ʻae meʻa ʻoku kau kia Maha-sala-hase-pase.

2 Then I tooke vnto me faithfull witnesses to recorde, Vriah the Priest, and Zechariah the sonne of Ieberechiah.

Pea naʻaku toʻo kiate au ʻae kau fakamoʻoni angatonu ke tohi, ko ʻUlia ko e taulaʻeiki, mo Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Sepelikaia.”

3 After, I came vnto the Prophetesse, which conceiued, and bare a sonne. Then sayd the Lord to me, Call his name, Mahershalalhash-baz.

Pea ne u ʻalu ki he palōfita fefine; pea naʻe tuituʻia ia, pea fanauʻi ʻae tama, Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Ui hono hingoa ko ‘Maha-sala-hase-pase.’

4 For before the childe shall haue knowledge to crye, My father, and my mother, he shall take away the riches of Damascus and the spoyle of Samaria, before the King of Asshur.

Koeʻuhi ʻi he kei vale ʻae tamasiʻi ke lea, ‘Ko ʻeku tamai,’ mo ‘ʻeku faʻē,’ ʻe ʻave ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻae koloa ʻo Tamasikusi mo e vete taua ʻo Samēlia.

5 And the Lord spake yet againe vnto me, saying,

Pea naʻe toe folofola foki ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

6 Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that runne softly, and reioyce with Rezin, and the sonne of Remaliah,

“Ko e meʻa ʻi he liʻaki ʻe he kakai ni ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo Siloa ʻoku tafetafemālie, pea ʻoku nau fiefia ʻia Lesini mo e foha ʻo Lemalia;

7 Nowe therefore, beholde, the Lord bringeth vp vpon them the waters of the Riuer mightie and great, euen the King of Asshur with all his glory, and he shall come vp vpon all their riuers, and goe ouer all their banks,

Ko ia foki, vakai, ʻoku ʻomi ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi vai ʻoe vaitafe, ʻoku mālohi pea lahi, ʻio, ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia mo hono mālohi kotoa pē: pea te ne ʻalu hake ki hono tafeʻanga vai kotoa pē, pea ʻe lōmakiʻi ʻae ngaahi kauvai kotoa pē:

8 And shall breake into Iudah, and shall ouerflowe and passe through, and shall come vp to the necke, and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanu-el.

Pea te ne ʻoho ʻi Siuta; pea fetāfeaki ia ʻo mafola, ʻo aʻu hake ia ki he kia; pea ko e folahi ʻo hono kapakau ʻe feʻunga mo e māukupu ʻo ho fonua, ʻE ʻImanuela.”

9 Gather together on heapes, O ye people, and ye shalbe broken in pieces, and hearken all ye of farre countreys: gird your selues, and you shalbe broken in pieces: gird your selues, and you shalbe broken in pieces.

Mou kau fakataha, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kakai, pea ʻe laiki ʻakimoutolu; pea fakafanongo, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻoku mamaʻo: nonoʻo ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻe momosi ʻakimoutolu; nonoʻo ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻe liʻaki ʻakimoutolu.

10 Take counsell together, yet it shall be brought to nought: pronounce a decree, yet shall it not stand: for God is with vs.

Mou fakakaukau fakataha, ka e hoko ko e meʻa noa pe ia; mou alea, ka e ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ia: he ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu ʻae ʻOtua.

11 For the Lord spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,

He naʻe folofola pehē ʻa Sihova kiate au ʻi he nima mālohi, mo ne akonakiʻi au ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he hala ʻoe kakai ni, ʻo ne pehē,

12 Say ye not, A confederacie to all them, to whome this people sayth a confederacie, neither feare you their feare, nor be afrayd of them.

‌ʻOua naʻa mou pehē, “Ko e tau, kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku pehē ki ai ʻae kakai ni, ko e tau, pea ʻoua ʻe manavahē ki heʻenau fakamanavahēʻi, pea ʻoua naʻa mou ilifia.

13 Sanctifie the Lord of hostes, and let him be your feare, and let him be your dread,

Mou fakatapui pe ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; pea tuku ke hoko ia ko hoʻomou manavahēʻanga, pea mou ilifia ʻiate ia.

14 And he shalbe as a Sanctuarie: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rocke to fall vpon, to both the houses of Israel, and as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

Pea ʻe hoko ia ko e hūfanga malu; ka ko e maka tūkiaʻanga, pea ko e maka fakaʻita ki he fale fakatouʻosi ʻo ʻIsileli, ko e tauhele mo e heleanga ki he kakai ʻo Selūsalema.

15 And many among them shall stumble, and shall fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken.

Pea ko e tokolahi ʻiate kinautolu te nau tohumuhumu, pea hinga, pea laiki, mo tauhele, pea touʻia ʻakinautolu.

16 Binde vp the testimonie: seale vp the Law among my disciples.

Fakamaʻopoʻopo ʻae fakamoʻoni, pulusi ʻae fono maʻa ʻeku kau ākonga.

17 Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob, and I wil looke for him.

Pea te u tatali kia Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku fufū hono fofonga mei he fale ʻo Sēkope, pea te u ʻamanaki kiate ia.

18 Beholde, I and the children whome the Lord hath giuen me, are as signes and as wonders in Israel, by the Lord of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

Vakai, ko au mo e fānau kuo foaki ʻe Sihova kiate au, kuo mau hoko ko e ngaahi fakaʻilonga pea mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi ʻIsileli, meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻaia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he moʻunga ko Saione.”

19 And when they shall say vnto you, Enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination, and at the soothsayers, which whisper and murmure, Should not a people enquire at their God? from the liuing to the dead?

Pea ʻoka nau ka pehē mai kiate kimoutolu, “Kumi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi laumālie kovi, pea ki he ngaahi kikite ʻoku mapu mo femuhumuhuʻi: ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke kumi ʻe he kakai ki honau ʻOtua? ʻOku totonu koā ʻenau siʻaki ʻae moʻui kae kumi ki he mate?

20 To the Law, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: it is because there is no light in them.

Kumi ki he fono pea ki he fakamoʻoni: kapau ʻe ʻikai te nau lea ʻo hangē ko e folofola ni, ʻoku pehē koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ha maama ʻiate kinautolu.

21 Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and from in it: and when he shalbe hungry, he shall euen freat himselfe, and curse his King and his gods, and shall looke vpward.

Pea te nau ʻalu ʻi ai, ʻi he mamahi mo e fiekaia, pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻenau fiekaia, te nau tangi, pea kapeʻi honau tuʻi mo honau ʻOtua, pea sio ki ʻolunga.

22 And when he shall looke to the earth, beholde trouble, and darkenes, vexation and anguish, and he is driuen to darkenes.

Pea te nau sio ki he kelekele; pea vakai ko e mamahi, mo e fakapoʻuli, mo e ninimo, mo e ongosia; pea ʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu ki he fakapoʻuli.”