Isaiah 13
1 A prophecy concerning 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 Upon the bare mountain lift up a banner; Cry aloud to them, wave the hand, That they may enter the gates of the tyrants!
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 given orders to my consecrated ones, Yea, I have called upon my mighty ones to execute mine anger, My proud exulters!
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 upon the mountains, like that of a great people! The tumultuous noise of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts mustereth his army for 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 distant country, From the end of Heaven, Jehovah and the instruments of his indignation. To lay waste 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 Howl ye, for the day of Jehovah is at hand! Like a destruction from the Almighty, it cometh;
Mou tangilāulau ʻakimoutolu; he ʻoku ofi ʻae ʻaho ʻo Sihova; ʻe haʻu ia ʻo hangē ko e fakaʻauha mei he Māfimafi.
7 Therefore shall all hands hang down, And every heart of man shall melt.
Ko ia ʻe vaivai ai ʻae nima kotoa pē, pea ʻe molū mo e loto ʻoe tangata kotoa pē:
8 They shall be in consternation; Distress and anguish shall lay hold of them; As a woman in travail shall they writhe; They shall look upon one another with amazement: Their faces shall glow like flames.
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 Behold! the day of Jehovah cometh, Terrible, full of wrath and burning indignation, To make the land a waste, And to destroy the 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 heaven, and the constellations thereof, Shall not give their light; The sun shall be darkened at his going forth, And the moon shall withhold her light.
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 For I will punish the world for its guilt, And the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, And I will bring down the haughtiness of the tyrants.
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 men scarcer than gold; Yea, men than the 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 shall be shaken out of her place, In the anger of Jehovah of hosts, In the day of his burning indignation.
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 Then shall they be like a chased doe; Like a flock, which no one gathereth together; Every one shall turn to his own people, And every one flee to his 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 Every one that is overtaken shall be thrust through, And every one that is caught shall 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 children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
ʻE laiki ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao; ʻe vete ʻa honau ngaahi fale, pea ʻe tohotoho ʻa honau ngaahi uaifi.
17 Behold, I stir up against them the Medes, Who make no account of silver, And as to gold, they do not regard 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 shall strike down the young men, And on the fruit of the womb they shall have no compassion; Their eye shall not pity the 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 So shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The proud ornament of the Chaldeans, Be like Sodom and Gomorrah, which God overthrew,
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 shall never more be inhabited; Nor shall it be dwelt in through all generations. Nor shall the Arabian pitch his tent there, Nor shall shepherds make their folds 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 there shall the wild beasts of the desert lodge, And owls shall fill their houses; And ostriches shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance 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 shall howl in their palaces, And jackals in their pleasant edifices. Her time is near, And her days shall 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.
