Ezekiel 21

1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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

2 Son of man, direct thy face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

“Foha ʻoe tangata, fakahangatonu ho mata ki Selūsalema, pea tuku hoʻo lea ki he ngaahi potu tapu, pea kikite ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli,

3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will be against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath; and I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Pea ke lea ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Vakai, ʻoku ou tuʻu au kiate koe, pea te u unuhi ʻae heletā mei hono ʻaiʻanga, pea te u motuhi meiate koe ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e angahala.

4 But because I shall have cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked: therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north;

Pea ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku motuhi meiate koe ʻae māʻoniʻoni pea mo e angahala, ko ia, ʻe ʻalu atu ai ʻae heletā mei hono ʻaiʻanga, ki he kakano kotoa pē, mei he feituʻu tonga ʻo aʻu ki he tokelau:

5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

Koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he kakano kotoa pē, ko au, Sihova, kuo u unuhi ʻeku heletā mei hono ʻaiʻanga: pea ʻe ʻikai toe foki mai ia.”’

6 But thou, son of man, do thou sigh: as though with broken loins, and with bitterness [of grief] shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

“Ko ia ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke toʻetoʻe ʻi honau ʻao, ʻi he langa ho fatu pea mo e mamahi.

7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, For the report, because it cometh, when every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall become faint, and all knees shall be changed into water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord Eternal.

Pea ʻe pehē, ʻoka nau ka lea kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke toʻe ai?’ Te ke tali, ʻo pehē, ‘Koeʻuhi ko e ongoongo; koeʻuhi ʻoku haʻu ia: pea ʻe molū ʻae loto kotoa pē, pea ʻe vaivai ʻae nima kotoa pē, pea ʻe pongia ʻae laumālie kotoa pē, pea ʻe hangē ko e vai ʻae tui kotoa pē: vakai, ʻoku haʻu ia, pea ʻe fakahoko ia,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.’”

8 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Pea naʻe toe hoko mai kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,

9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus hath said the Lord, Say, The sword, the sword is sharpened, and also polished;

“Foha ʻoe tangata, kikite, pea ke pehē, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; Lea, “ko e heletā, ko e heletā, kuo fakamāsila, pea kuo fakangingila ia foki:

10 In order to make a thorough slaughter is it sharpened; in order that it may glitter is it polished: how can we now rejoice, [when] the rod which reacheth my son excelleth in hardness every tree?

Kuo fakamāsila ia ke tāmate fakamanavahē; kuo fakangingila ia koeʻuhi ke ulo; pea ʻoku taau ai ia koā mo ʻetau fakavā? ʻOku taʻemamae ia ki he tokotoko ʻa hoku foha ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau kehe kotoa pē.

11 And he hath given it to be polished, to make it fit to grasp it in the hand: it is the sword which is sharpened, and it is polished, to place it into the hand of the slayer.

Pea kuo ne ʻatu ia ke fakangingila, koeʻuhi ke ngāue aki: kuo fakamāsila mo fakangingila ʻae heletā ni koeʻuhi ke ʻai ia ki he nima ʻoe tangata tāmate.”’

12 Cry aloud and wail, O son of man; for it cometh against my people, it cometh against all the princes of Israel; brought together for the sword are they with my people: therefore strike [thy hand] upon thy thigh.

Tangi mo ʻioho, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata: koeʻuhi ʻe hoko ia ki hoku kakai, ʻe hoko ia ki he houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻe tō ʻae manavahē ki hoku kakai, ko e meʻa ʻi he heletā: ko ia ke ke si tenga.

13 For a purification taketh place: and what if the irresistible rod will also come? [my son] would not be able to exist, saith the Lord Eternal.

“Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ʻahiʻahi ia; pea ko e hā ʻoka taʻemamae [ʻae heletā ]ki he tokotoko?” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, “ʻe ʻikai toe ʻi ai ia.

14 But thou, son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let “The sword” be repeated the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great that are slain, which lieth in wait for them everywhere.

“Ko ia foki, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, kikite, pea pasi ho nima, pea tuku ke foki mai ʻae heletā ko hono liunga tolu, ʻae heletā ʻoe tāmate: ko e heletā ia ʻoe kau tau kuo tāmateʻi, ko ia ia ʻoku hū atu ki honau ngaahi potu fale fakalilolilo.

15 In order to make timid the heart, and to multiply the stumbling-blocks, do I bring the howling of the sword against all their gates: ah! it is made bright, it is made thin-edged for the slaughter.

Kuo u ʻai ʻae muʻa heletā ki honau ngaahi matapā, koeʻuhi ke vaivai ai honau loto, pea fakalahi ai honau maumauʻi: ʻOiauē! Kuo fakangingila, pea kuo fakamata ia ki he tāmate.

16 Gather up thy strength, go to the right hand, direct thyself, go to the left, whithersoever thy edge is turned.

‌ʻAlu atu pe koe, ʻi ha hala, ki he nima toʻomataʻu, pe ki he toʻohema, ha potu pe ʻoku fakahanga ki ai ho mata.

17 And I also, —I will strike my hands together, and I will cause my fury to be assuaged: I the Lord have spoken it.

Te u pasi tataha ʻeau, hoku nima; pea te u fakahoko kiate koe ʻa hoku tuputāmaki: Ko au Sihova, kuo u lea ʻaki eni.”

18 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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

19 But thou, O son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; out of one land shall both of them come forth: and select a place; at the head of the way to a city do thou select it.

“Ko eni foki, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, tuʻutuʻuni ʻe koe ʻae hala ʻe ua, koeʻuhi ke haʻu ai ʻae heletā ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone; ʻe ʻalu atu fakatouʻosi mei he fonua pe taha: pea ke fili ʻe koe ha potu, fili ia ʻi he tefito hala ʻaia ʻoku fakatau ki he kolo.

20 A way shalt thou appoint, that the sword may come against Rabbah of the children of 'Ammon, and [the other] against Judah [dwelling] in Jerusalem the fortified.

Tuʻutuʻuni ha hala, koeʻuhi ke haʻu ai ʻae heletā ki Lapata ʻoe kau ʻAmoni, pea ki Siuta ʻi Selūsalema ʻaia kuo ʻāʻi.

21 For the king of Babylon hath halted at the parting of the way, at the commencement of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh the arrows, he consulteth with images, he looketh at the liver.

He naʻe tuʻu ʻae tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻi he mangaʻi hala, ʻi he tefito ʻoe hala ʻe ua, ke talotalo: naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ngahau ngingila, naʻa ne fakaongo ki he tamapua, pea naʻa ne sio ki he ʻate.

22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to erect battering-rams, to open the mouth with the [cry for] murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to place battering-rams against the gates, to cast up a mound, and to build works of attack.

Naʻe ʻi hono nima toʻomataʻu ʻae talotalo koeʻuhi ko Selūsalema, ke fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau, ke fakamanga ʻae ngutu ʻi he tāmate, ke hiki hake ʻae leʻo ʻo kalanga, ke fokotuʻu ki hono ngaahi matapā ʻae ʻuluʻi sipi, ke tanu puke, pea ke langa ʻae kolo.

23 And it will appear unto them as a false divination in their eyes, to those that had sworn oaths; but he will bring to remembrance their iniquity, that they may be caught.

Pea ʻe hangē ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku taʻaloʻalo loi, ʻi honau ʻao, kiate kinautolu kuo fai ʻae fuakava; ka te ne fakamanatuʻi ʻae angahala ka nau moʻua.

24 Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Because ye have brought your iniquity to remembrance, as your transgressions are discovered, so that your sins do appear in all your doings: because ye are thus brought to remembrance, ye shall be caught by [his] hand.

“Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Koeʻuhi kuo mou fai ke manatuʻi ʻa hoʻomou hia, ko e meʻa ʻi he hā mai ʻa hoʻomou fai kovi, ko ia kuo ha hoʻo angahala ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke fai; koeʻuhi, kuo manatuʻi ʻakimoutolu, ko ia ʻe puke nima ai ʻakimoutolu.

25 And thou, death-deserving wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end, —

“‘Pea ko koe, ʻae ʻeiki fakalielia mo angahala ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo hoko hono ʻaho, ʻoka kakato ʻae fai angahala,

26 Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Remove the mitre, and take off the crown: this shall not be always so; exalt him that is low, and make him low that is high.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Toʻo ʻae pale, pea toʻo ʻo ʻave mo e tatā fakatuʻi: ʻe ʻikai kei pehē ni; ka ʻe hakeakiʻi ia ʻaia ʻoku māʻulalo, pea fakatōkilalo ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga.

27 Overthrown, overthrown, overthrown will I render it: also this shall not belong [to any one], until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him.

Te u fulihi, fulihi, fulihi ia: pea ʻe ʻikai kei ʻi ai ia, kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ia ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke ne maʻu; pea te u foaki ia kiate ia.”’

28 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal concerning the children of 'Ammon, and concerning their reproach: even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn; for the slaughter is it polished, to destroy, that it may continue to glitter;

“Pea ko koe, Foha ʻoe tangata, kikite pea ke pehē, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ko e meʻa ki he kau ʻAmoni, pea ʻoku kau ki honau manukiʻi; ʻio, ke ke pehē ʻe koe, ‘Ko e heletā, ko e heletā kuo unuhi; kuo fakangingila ia ki ho tāmateʻi, he fakaʻauha ʻi heʻene ulo:

29 While they foresee unto thee falsehood, while they divine unto thee lies, to lay thee by the necks of the slain wicked, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end.

Lolotonga pe ʻoku nau kikite vaʻinga kiate koe, mo nau talotalo loi kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke ʻomi koe ki he kia ʻonautolu kuo tāmateʻi, ʻae angahala, ʻakinautolu kuo hokosia honau ʻaho ʻoka kakato ʻenau angahala.

30 Put back [the sword] into its sheath! in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy origin, will I judge thee.

He te u fakafoki ia ki hono ʻaiʻanga? Te u fakamaauʻi koe ʻi he potu naʻe ngaohi ai koe, ʻi he fonua naʻa ke fanauʻi ai.

31 And I will pour out over thee my indignation, with the fire of my wrath will I blow against thee, and I will give thee up into the hand of brutish men, skilful in destroying.

Pea te u lilingi atu hoku houhau kiate koe, te u ifi koe ʻi he kakaha ʻo hoku houhau, pea te u tukuange koe ki he nima ʻoe kakai fai kakaha mo poto, ke fakaʻauha koe.

32 To the fire shalt thou be given to be devoured; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land: thou shalt not be remembered [any more]; for I the Lord have spoken it.

Te ke hoko koe ko e fefie ki he afi; ʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fonua ho toto; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe manatuʻi koe: he ko au ko Sihova, kuo u lea ki ai.”’”