Micah 2

1 Woe to those that devise wickedness, and resolve on evil upon their couches! by the first light of the morning they execute it, if they have it in the power of their hand.

Malaʻia kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakatupu hia, mo filioʻi kovi ʻi honau mohenga! ʻOka maama ʻae pongipongi, ʻoku nau fai ia, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻi he mālohi ʻa honau nima.

2 And they covet fields, and rob them; and houses, and take them away: so they defraud the master and his house, and the man and his heritage.

Pea ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ki he ngaahi ngoue, pea faʻao fakamālohi ia; mo e ngaahi fale, pea ʻave ia; ʻoku pehē ʻenau fakamālohi ʻae tangata mo hono fale, ʻio, ʻae tangata mo hono tofiʻa.

3 Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will devise against this family an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; nor shall ye go erect; for it is an evil time.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Vakai, ʻoku ou fakatupu ha kovi ki he fānau ni, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai hao mei ai homou kia: pea ʻe ʻikai te mou ʻalu mo e fielahi; he ʻoku kovi ʻae kuonga ni.

4 On that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a mournful lamentation, and say, “We are utterly wasted: the portion of my people hath he exchanged; how hath he removed it from me! instead of restoring [them to us] he divideth our fields.”

ʻI he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ha taha ha lea fakatātā kiate kimoutolu, pea tangi ʻaki ʻae tangi mamahi, pea pehē, ‘Kuo tau maumau ʻaupito: kuo ne fakakehe ʻae tofiʻa ʻo hoku kakai: ʻa ʻene ʻave ia meiate au! ʻI heʻene tafoki atu, kuo ne vahevahe hotau ngaahi ngoue.’”

5 Therefore shalt thou have none that shall draw the [measuring] cord in [his] lot in the congregation of the Lord.

Ko ia ʻe ʻikai toe kiate koe ha niʻihi, ke lī ha afo ʻi he talotalo ʻi he fakataha ʻo Sihova.

6 “Preach not;” [but] they shall preach: they shall not preach [indeed] to these, that reproach may not overtake them.

‌ʻOku nau pehē kiate kinautolu ʻoku kikite, “ʻOua naʻa mou kikite:” “ʻE ʻikai te nau kikite kiate kinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai te nau mā.”

7 Shall it be said [in] the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of the Lord straightened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

‌ʻA koe kuo ui ko e fale ʻo Sēkope, “ʻOku ʻapiʻapi koā ʻae Laumālie ʻo Sihova? Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni, ko ʻene ngāue? ʻIkai ʻoku hoko lelei ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate ia ʻoku ʻeveʻeva totonu?”

8 But long since is my people risen up as an enemy: from the garment do you pull off the ornament; of those that pass by securely [ye make] men returned from war.

“ʻIo, kuo tuʻu hake ki mui ni ʻa hoku kakai kiate au, hangē ha fili: ʻoku mou hamusi ʻae kofutuʻa mo e kofu loto meiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu atu ʻi he melino, hangē ko e kau tangata taʻepoto ki he tau.

9 The wives of my people do you drive out of their delightful houses; from their children do ye take away my ornament for ever.

Kuo mou kapusi ʻae kau fefine ʻo hoku kakai mei honau ngaahi fale lelei; mei heʻenau fānau, kuo mou ʻave hoku nāunau ʻo lauikuonga.

10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because it is polluted, it shall destroy [you], even with a grievous destruction.

Mou tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu; he ʻoku ʻikai ko homou mālōlōʻanga eni; koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻuli ia ʻe fai ʻae fakaʻauha, ʻio, ʻae fakaʻauha lahi.

11 If a man that goeth after wind and lieth with falsehood [should say], “I will preach unto thee of wine and of strong drink:” he would be a preacher for this people.

Kapau ʻoku ai ha tangata ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi he laumālie mo e loi, pea ne pehē, “Te u kikite kiate koe ki he uaine, mo e kava mālohi;” ko e moʻoni ʻe hoko ia ko e palōfita ki he kakai ni.

12 I will [once] surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather up the remnant of Israel; I will place them together as flocks in the fold, as droves in the midst of their pen: they shall be crowded with men.

Ko e moʻoni te u tānaki ʻa hoʻo kātoa, ʻe Sēkope; ko e moʻoni te u tānaki ʻae toenga ʻo ʻIsileli; te u fakataha ʻakinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻo Posila, hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻi he lotoʻā sipi: ʻe lahi ʻae patatū ko e meʻa ʻi he [tokolahi ʻoe ]kau tangata.”

13 The wall-breaker cometh up before them; they break in and pass through the gate, and go out by it: and their king passeth on before them, and the Lord at their head.

Kuo ʻalu hake ʻi honau ʻao ʻaia ʻoku fakaava: kuo nau movete mo laka atu ʻi he matapā, pea kuo nau hū ai kituaʻā: pea ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻa honau tuʻi ʻiate kinautolu, pea mo Sihova ʻi honau ʻao.