Ezekiel 22

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

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

2 And thou, son of man, wilt thou take to task, wilt thou take to task the city of blood? and wilt thou make her know all her abominations?

“Ko eni, ʻa koe foha ʻoe tangata, ʻe ʻikai koā te ke fakamaau ʻae kolo pani toto? ʻIo, te ke fakahā kiate ia ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakalielia.

3 Then say thou, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, O city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time [of sorrow] may come, and that hath made idols for herself to become unclean:

Pea ke toki pehē, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻoku lilingi toto ʻe he kolo ʻi hono lotolotonga ʻo ia, koeʻuhi kae hoko hono ʻaho, ʻo ne ngaohi maʻana ʻae ngaahi tamapua, ka ne fakalielia ʻaki ia.

4 Through thy blood which thou hast shed, are thou become guilty; and through thy idols which thou hast made art thou become unclean; and thou hast caused thy days [of destruction] to draw near, and thou art come even unto thy years; therefore do I make thee a disgrace unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.

Kuo ke halaia koe ʻi he toto kuo ke lilingi; pea kuo ke fakalieliaʻi koe ʻe koe ʻi he ngaahi tamapua ʻaia kuo ke ngaohi; pea kuo ke fakaofi ʻe koe ho ngaahi ʻaho, pea kuo hokosia ni ho ngaahi taʻu: ko ia ia kuo u ngaohi koe ko e manukiʻanga ʻoe hiteni, mo e lumaʻanga ki he ngaahi fonua kotoa pē.

5 Those who are near, and those who are far from thee, shall mock thee, O thou unclean in name, and great in confusion!

‌ʻE manuki kiate koe ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ofi, mo ia ʻoku mamaʻo, ʻa koe kuo fakalielia ho hingoa, pea kuo fakamamahiʻi ʻaupito.

6 Behold, the princes of Israel were each [ready] with his arm within thee, in order to shed blood.

Vakai, naʻe mālohi ke lilingi toto ʻa ho ngaahi houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻiate koe.

7 Father and mother they esteemed lightly within thee, toward the stranger they acted with extortion in the midst of thee, the fatherless and the widow they oppressed within thee.

Kuo nau liʻaki ʻiate koe ʻae tamai mo e faʻē: kuo nau fai fakamālohi ki he muli ʻiate koe: pea ʻiate koe kuo nau fakamamahiʻi ʻae tamai mate mo e kau fefine naʻe mate ʻa honau husepāniti.

8 My holy things thou didst despise, and my sabbaths thou didst profane.

Kuo ke manuki ʻa ʻeku ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni, pea kuo ke fakalieliaʻi ʻa hoku ngaahi ʻaho tapu.

9 Tale-bearers [also] were within thee, in order to shed blood; and upon the mountains did they eat within thee; incest did they commit in the midst of thee.

‌ʻOku ʻiate koe ʻae kau tangata ʻoku feʻaveʻaki lea ki he lilingi ʻoe toto: pea ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻakinautolu ʻoku kai ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga: ʻoku fai ʻae fakalielia ʻiate koe.

10 Their father's nakedness they uncovered within thee; her that was unclean in her separation did they violate within thee.

Kuo nau sio ʻiate koe ki he mā ʻo ʻenau tamai: kuo nau fakatōkilalo ia, ʻaia naʻe fakatapui ʻi hono mahaki.

11 And one with his neighbor's wife did commit abomination; and another did defile his daughter-in-law with incest; and another did violate his sister, the daughter of his father, within thee.

Pea kuo taki taha tonoʻi ʻae uaifi ʻo hono kaungāʻapi, pea kuo taki taha fai kovi mo hono ʻofefine ʻi he fono, pea kuo taki taha fai kovi mo hono tuofefine, ʻae ʻofefine ʻo ʻene tamai.

12 Bribes they took within thee, in order to shed blood; interest and increase didst thou take, and thou didst acquire gain off thy neighbors by extortion: and me thou didst forget, saith the Lord Eternal.

Kuo nau ʻatu meʻa ʻiate koe ke lilingi ai ʻae toto; kuo ke maʻu ʻae totongi mo e tupu ʻoe koloa taʻetotonu, pea kuo ke fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae tupu ʻo hoʻo koloa ʻi he fai fakamālohi ki ho kaungāʻapi, pea kuo ke fakangalongaloʻi au,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

13 And behold, I have struck my hands together at thy wrongful gain which thou hast acquired, and at thy blood-guilt which hath been in the midst of thee.

“Vakai, ko ia ia kuo u pasi tātaha ai hoku nima, ko e meʻa ʻi he koloa taʻetotonu kuo ke maʻu, pea mo e toto kuo lilingi ʻi loto ʻiate koe.

14 Will thy courage endure, or will thy hands remain strong, on the days that I will deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

‌ʻE faʻa kātaki koā ho loto, pe mālohi ho nima ʻi he ʻaho te ta fai ai mo koe? Ko au ko Sihova kuo u lea ʻaki ia, pea te u fai ki ai.

15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and I will entirely remove thy uncleanness out of thee.

Pea te u fakahēʻi koe ki he ngaahi hiteni mo fakamovetevete koe ki he ngaahi fonua, pea te u fakaʻosiʻosi mei ho lotolotonga ʻa hoʻo fakalielia.

16 And thou shalt be degraded through thyself before the eyes of nations, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Pea ʻe fakalieliaʻi koe ʻe koe pē ʻi he ʻao ʻoe hiteni, pea te ke ʻilo au, ko au ko Sihova.”

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

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

18 Son of man, the house of Israel are become to me dross: they all are copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; the dross of silver are they become.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, kuo hoko ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli kiate au ko e ʻefinanga meʻa: kuo tatau kotoa pē ʻakinautolu mo e palasa, mo e tini, mo e ukamea, mo e pulu ʻi he loto tutuʻanga meʻa; pea kuo nau tatau pe mo e toenga ʻuli ʻoe siliva.

19 Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou hoko ko e ʻefinanga meʻa, vakai, ko ia ia te u tānaki ʻakimoutolu ki he lotolotonga ʻo Selūsalema.

20 As silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin are gathered into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it: so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury and I will lay you down there, and melt you.

‌ʻO hangē ʻoku tānaki ki he lotolotonga ʻoe tutuʻanga meʻa ʻae siliva, mo e palasa, mo e ukamea mo e pulu, pea mo e tini, kae tafu ʻae afi ki ai, ko hono haka ke vai; ʻe pehē mo ʻeku tānaki koe ʻi hoku houhau mo ʻeku tuputāmaki, pea te u tuku koe ʻi ai, pea te ke hoko ko e vai.

21 Yea, I will assemble you in a heap, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst of it.

‌ʻIo, te u tānaki ʻakimoutolu, pea te u ifi kiate kimoutolu ʻi he afi ʻo hoku houhau, pea ʻe fakavai ʻakimoutolu ʻi hono lotolotonga ʻo ia.

22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst of it: and ye shall know that I am the Lord who have poured out my fury over you.

‌ʻO hangē ʻoku fakavai ʻae siliva ʻi he loto tutuʻanga meʻa, ʻe pehē mo e fakavai ʻa koe ʻi hono lotolotonga; pea te mou ʻilo ko au ko Sihova kuo u lilingi hoku houhau kiate kimoutolu.”

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

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

24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed; [and] which is not rained upon on the day of indignation.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke pehē kiate ia, Ko e fonua koe, ʻoku ʻikai ke fakamaʻa, pe ʻuheina, ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe houhau.

25 The banded troop of her prophets in the midst of her is like a roaring lion that teareth in pieces the prey: souls do they devour; wealth and precious things do they take away; the number of her widows do they increase in the midst of her.

Kuo kau taha ʻae kau kikite ʻiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e laione ngungulu, ke haehae ʻene meʻakai, kuo nau faʻapuku hake ʻae ngaahi laumālie: kuo nau ʻave ʻae koloa mo e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga; kuo nau fakamasiva husepāniti ʻae fefine tokolahi ʻi ai.

26 Her priests violate my law, and profane my holy things: between the holy and profane do they make no distinction, and the difference between the unclean and the clean do they not make known, and from [the violation of] my sabbaths do they turn away their eyes, so that I am profaned among them.

Kuo maumauʻi ʻeku fono ʻe heʻene kautaulaʻeiki, pea kuo nau fakalieliaʻi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni: naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻai ke ʻilonga ʻae māʻoniʻoni mo e fakalielia, pea naʻe ʻikai foki te nau ʻai ke ʻilonga ʻaia ʻoku taʻemaʻa mo ia ʻoku maʻa, pea kuo tafoki honau mata mei hoku ngaahi ʻaho tapu, pea kuo fakalieliaʻi au ʻiate kinautolu.

27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves that tear in pieces the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, in order to obtain selfish gain.

‌ʻOku hangē ʻae houʻeiki ʻiate ia, ko e fanga ulofi ʻoku haehae ʻenau meʻakai, ke lilingi toto, mo maumau laumālie, pea ke maʻu koloa taʻetotonu.

28 And her prophets plastered for them with unadhesive mortar, foreseeing falsehood, and divining unto them lies, saying, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal; when the Lord had not spoken.

Pea kuo laku ʻae lahe taʻepipiki ʻe heʻene kau kikite kiate kinautolu, kuo nau sio ki he vaʻinga mo kikite ʻaki ʻae loi kiate kinautolu, ʻonau pehē, ʻOku pehē, ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ka naʻe ʻikai folofola ʻa Sihova.

29 The people of the land are guilty of extortion, and practise robbery, and the poor and the needy they defraud: and they extort from the stranger with injustice.

Kuo fai ʻae fakamālohi ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻonau fai ʻae kaihaʻa, mo e fakamamahi ʻae masiva mo e paea: ʻio, kuo nau fakamālohi taʻetotonu ki he kau muli.

30 And I seek now among them for a man, that could erect a fence, and stand in the breach before me in behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it; but I find none.

Pea naʻaku kumi ki ha tangata ʻiate kinautolu ke ne fakamaʻopoʻopo ʻae ʻa mo tuʻu ʻi he ava ʻi hoku ʻao koeʻuhi ko e fonua, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku fakaʻauha ia; ka naʻe ʻikai ʻiloa ha taha.

31 And I therefore pour out over them my indignation; with the fire of my wrath do I make an end of them: their own way do I bring upon their head, saith the Lord Eternal.

Ko ia kuo u lilingi atu ai ʻa hoku houhau kiate kinautolu; kuo u fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he afi ʻo hoku tuputāmaki:” ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, “Kuo u totongi ki honau tumuʻaki pe ʻonautolu ʻa ʻenau faianga.”