Isaiah 13
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki Papilone, ʻaia naʻe mamata ki ai ʻe ʻIsaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi.
2 Set up a banner on the bare mountain. Lift up your voice to them. Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
MOU fokotuʻu ʻae fuka ʻi he moʻunga māʻolunga, hiki hake ʻae leʻo kiate kinautolu, taʻalo ʻaki ʻae nima, ke nau hū ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻoe houʻeiki.
3 I have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also called my mighty men to carry out my anger, my proudly exulting ones.
Kuo u fekau ki heʻeku kau māʻoniʻoni, kuo u ui foki ʻeku kau mālohi koeʻuhi ko hoku houhau, ʻio, ʻakinautolu ʻoku fiefia heʻeku māfimafi.
4 The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together. YHWH of hosts is mustering the army for the battle.
Ko e longoaʻa ʻoe tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga, ʻo hangē ko e kakai lahi; ko e longoaʻa lahi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻio, ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kuo tānaki fakataha: he ʻoku fakataha ʻe Sihova ʻae ngaahi kautau ʻo ʻene kongakau ki he tau.
5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even YHWH, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
ʻOku nau haʻu mei he fonua mamaʻo, mei he ngataʻanga ʻoe langi, ʻio, ko Sihova, mo e mahafu ʻo hono houhau, ke fakaʻauha ʻae fonua kotoa pē.
6 Wail; for the day of YHWH is at hand. It will come as destruction from Shaddai.
Mou tangilāulau ʻakimoutolu; he ʻoku ofi ʻae ʻaho ʻo Sihova; ʻe haʻu ia ʻo hangē ko e fakaʻauha mei he Māfimafi.
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart will melt.
Ko ia ʻe vaivai ai ʻae nima kotoa pē, pea ʻe molū mo e loto ʻoe tangata kotoa pē:
8 They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.
Pea te nau manavahē: ʻe puke ʻakinautolu ʻe he mamahi mo e ongosia; te nau langa ʻo hangē ko e fefine ʻoku fāʻele: te nau feʻofaʻaki; ʻe tatau honau mata mo e ulo ʻoe afi.
9 Look, the day of YHWH comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
Vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae ʻaho ʻo Sihova, ʻoku mamafa ʻi he tuʻutāmaki pea mo e houhau lahi, ke fakaʻauha ʻae fonua: pea te ne tāmateʻi ʻae kakai angahala mei ai.
10 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
He ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi mo e ngaahi faʻahinga fetuʻu ʻi ai ʻe ʻikai te nau ʻomi ʻenau maama; ʻe fakapoʻuli ʻae laʻā ʻi heʻene hopo hake, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo atu ʻae maama ʻoe māhina.
11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.
Pea te u tautea ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko ʻenau hia, pea mo e kakai angakovi koeʻuhi ko ʻenau angahala; pea te u pule ke ngata ʻae fielahi ʻoe laukau, pea te u lī ki lalo ʻae fieʻeiki ʻoe kakai fakamana.
12 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
Te u ngaohi ke mahuʻinga hake ʻae tangata ʻi he koula lelei; ʻio, ʻe mahuʻinga hake ʻae tangata ʻi he koula lelei ʻo ʻOfeli.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in the wrath of YHWH of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Ko ia te u lulululu ai ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻe hiki mo māmani mei hono potu, ʻi he houhau ʻo Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, pea ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono houhau vela.
14 It will happen that like a hunted gazelle, and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.
Pea ʻe tatau ia mo e ʻanitelope kuo tulia, pea hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻoka ʻikai ha tangata ke tānaki fakataha: ʻe tafoki taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono kakai, pea hola taki taha ki hono fonua.
15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku moʻua ʻe hokaʻi ke ʻasi; pea ʻe tō ʻi he heletā ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku kau mo kinautolu.
16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
ʻE laiki ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao; ʻe vete ʻa honau ngaahi fale, pea ʻe tohotoho ʻa honau ngaahi uaifi.
17 Look, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
Vakai, te u hiki hake ʻae kakai ʻo Mitia ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu, ʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga ki he siliva; pea ko e koula, ʻe ʻikai te nau manako ki ai.
18 Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.
ʻE laikina ʻae kau talavou ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi kaufana; pea ʻe ʻikai te nau ʻofa ki he fua ʻoe manāva; pea ʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻe honau mata ʻae fānau tupu.
19 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Pea ko Papilone, ko e lelei lahi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ko e toulekeleka ʻoe laukau ʻae kakai ʻo Kalitia, ʻe tatau ia mo e fakaʻauha ʻa Sotoma mo Komola ʻe he ʻOtua.
20 It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito toe kakai ia, ʻe ʻikai nofo ʻi ai ha kakai mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata: pea ʻe ʻikai fokotuʻu ʻe ha tangata ʻAlepea ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻi ai; pea ʻe ʻikai ngaohi ʻi ai ʻe he kau tauhi sipi hanau lotoʻā.
21 But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
Ka e tokoto ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi manu kaivao ʻoe potu lala; pea ʻe fonu honau ngaahi fale ʻi he ngaahi manu fakalielia; pea ʻe nofo ai ʻae ngaahi lulu, pea ʻe meʻe ai ʻae faʻahi kehe ʻoe vao.
22 Wolves will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
Pea ʻe tangi ʻi honau ngaahi fale liʻaki ʻae fanga manu kaivao ʻoe ʻotu motu, pea mo e ngaahi talākoni ʻi honau ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki: pea kuo ofi ʻae hokosia ʻa hono kuonga, pea ʻe ʻikai fakalōloa hono ngaahi ʻaho.
