< Ezekiel 9 >

1 Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
Naʻa ne kalanga foki ʻi hoku telinga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, ʻo pehē, “Fekau ʻakinautolu ʻoku leʻohi ʻae kolo ke ʻunuʻunu mai, pea ʻomi taki taha ʻe he tangata ʻa ʻene mahafu tāmate ʻi hono nima.”
2 And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
Pea vakai, naʻe hū mai ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko ono mei he hala ʻi he matapā māʻolunga ʻoku hanga ki he tokelau, naʻe taki taha ʻae tangata ha mahafu tāmate ʻi hono nima; pea ko e tangata ʻe taha ʻiate kinautolu naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei, pea tautau ki hono vakavaka ʻae ipu vaitohi ʻae tangata tohi; pea naʻa nau hū atu ʻonau tutuʻu ʻi he veʻe feilaulauʻanga palasa.
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
Pea naʻe mole hake ʻae nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli mei he selupi ʻaia naʻe nofo ia ki ai, ki he hūʻanga ki he fale. Pea naʻa ne ui ki he tangata naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono vakavaka ʻae ipu vaitohi ʻae tangata tohi;
4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Pea folofola ʻa Sihova kiate ia, “ʻAlu atu ki he lotolotonga ʻoe kolo, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo Selūsalema, pea ʻai ha fakaʻilonga ki he foʻi laʻē ʻoe kau tangata ʻoku toʻe mo tangi koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku fai ʻi loto ʻi ai.”
5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Pea naʻa ne pehē ki he toko nima naʻe toe, ka ʻoku fanongo ʻa hoku telinga, “Muimui atu ʻakimoutolu kiate ia ki he kolo ʻo tāʻi; ʻoua naʻa mamae ʻa homou mata, pea ʻoua naʻa mou manavaʻofa.
6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, and little children and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Tāmate ke ʻosi ʻae mātuʻa mo e talavou, ʻae kau finemui mo e fānau tupu, mo e kau fefine, kaeʻoua naʻa mou ofi atu ki ha tangata kuo ʻai ki ai ʻae fakaʻilonga, pea kamata fai ʻi hoku potu ʻafioʻanga.” Pea naʻa nau kamata ai mei he kau mātuʻa naʻe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fale.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Fakaʻuliʻi ʻae fale pea fakapito hono ngaahi lotoʻā ʻaki ʻae mate: mou ʻalu atu.” Pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu ʻo tāmateʻi ʻi he kolo.
8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, lolotonga ʻae tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu, pea tuku tokotaha pe au, naʻaku tōmapeʻe hifo ki hoku mata, pea u tangi mo pehē, “ʻOiauē, ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, te ke fakaʻauha ʻae toe kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi ho lilingi atu ho houhau lahi ki Selūsalema?”
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment]: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “ʻOku lahi ʻaupito fakamanavahē ʻae fai kovi ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli mo Siuta, pea ʻoku fonu ʻae fonua ʻi he toto, pea pito ʻae kolo ʻi he angatuʻu; he ʻoku nau lea ʻo pehē, ‘Kuo liʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa māmani, pea ʻoku ʻikai mamata ʻa Sihova.’
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
Pea ko au foki, ʻe ʻikai mamae ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻe ʻikai te u manavaʻofa, ka te u totongi ʻenau anga ki honau tumuʻaki.”
11 And behold, the man clothed in linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Pea vakai, ko e tangata naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono vakavaka ʻae ipu vaitohi, naʻa ne fakaongo atu ʻae meʻa ʻo pehē, “Kuo u fai ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa ke fekau kiate au.”

< Ezekiel 9 >