Isaiah 48

1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

“Fanongo ki he meʻa ni, ʻE fale ʻo Sēkope, ʻa koe ʻoku ui ʻaki ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻIsileli, pea kuo haʻu mei he ngaahi matavai ʻo Siuta, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku fuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, pea lea ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he moʻoni, pe ʻi he māʻoniʻoni.

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

He ʻoku nau lau ʻoku nau ʻoe kolo māʻoniʻoni, pea faʻaki ʻakinautolu ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ko hono huafa ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

3 I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

Kuo u fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa muʻa mei he kamataʻanga; pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu mei hoku fofonga, pea ne u fakahā ia; naʻaku fai fakafokifā ia, pea hoko ia.

4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Koeʻuhi naʻaku ʻilo ʻoku ke paongataʻa, pea ko e uoua ukamea ho kia, pea palasa ho foʻi laʻē;

5 therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

Kuo u fakahā ia kiate koe mei he kamataʻanga; ʻi he teʻeki ai hoko ia naʻaku fakahā ia kiate koe: telia naʻa ke pehē, ‘Kuo fai ʻe heʻeku tamapua, ʻae ngaahi meʻa ko ia, mo ʻeku tamapua kuo tongi, mo ʻeku tamapua kuo haka kuo fekau ki ai.’

6 Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

Kuo ke tomuʻa fanongo, pea vakai kuo hoko ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē; pea ʻe ʻikai te ke fakahā ia? “Kuo u fakahā atu mei he kuonga ni, ʻae ngaahi meʻa foʻou, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi meʻa lilo, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo ki ai.

7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

‌ʻOku fakatupu ni ia, kae ʻikai mei he kamataʻanga; ʻio, ʻi muʻaange ʻi he ʻaho ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ke fanongo ki ai, telia naʻa ke pehē, “Vakai, naʻaku ʻilo ia.”

8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai te ke fanongo, ʻio, naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo; ʻio, mei he kuonga ko ia naʻe ʻikai ke fakaava ho telinga: he naʻaku ʻilo te ke fai kākā lahi, pea naʻe ui koe ko e maumau fono mei he manāva.

9 For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Koeʻuhi ko hoku huafa te u taʻofi hoku houhau, pea koeʻuhi ko ʻeku ongoongolelei te u taʻofi au meiate koe, ke ʻoua naʻaku tuʻusi ʻaupito koe.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Vakai; kuo u fakamaʻa koe, kae ʻikai ʻaki ʻae siliva; kuo u fili koe mei he afi ʻoe mamahi.

11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.

Koeʻuhi ko au, ʻio, koeʻuhi ko au, te u fai ia: he ko e hā ʻe fakalielia ai ʻa hoku huafa? Pea ʻe ʻikai te u foaki hoku nāunau ki ha tokotaha kehe.

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

“Fanongo kiate au, ʻe Sēkope pea mo ʻIsileli, ʻa koe kuo u ui; ko au ia; ko au ko e ʻuluaki, pea ko au foki ko e kimui.

13 Yea, mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

Kuo ʻai ʻe hoku nima ʻae tuʻunga ʻo māmani, pea kuo u hanga ʻae ngaahi langi ʻaki hoku nima toʻomataʻu: ʻo kau ka ui ki ai, ʻoku nau tuʻu hake fakataha.

14 Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.

“Mou fakataha, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē, pea fanongo; ko hai ʻiate kinautolu kuo ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa ui? Kuo ʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate ia: te ne fai ʻene faʻiteliha ki Papilone, pea ʻe ʻi he kakai Kalitia ʻa hono nima.

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

Ko au, ʻio, ko au, kuo u folofola; kuo u ui kiate ia: kuo u ʻomi ia, pea te ne ngaohi ke lelei hono hala.

16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and his spirit.

“Mou haʻu ke ofi kiate au, fanongo ki he meʻa ni; “talu ʻae kamataʻanga naʻe ʻikai te u lea ʻi he lilo; talu ʻae kuonga naʻe ʻi ai ia, ʻoku ʻi ai au.” Pea ko e ʻEiki ko Sihova, mo hono Laumālie, kuo na fekau au.

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko ho Huhuʻi, ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli; “Ko au ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku akonakiʻi koe ke ʻaonga, pea ko ia ʻoku tataki koe ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ke ʻalu ai.

18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

‌ʻAmusiaange ʻe au kuo ke tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau! Ka ne pehē kuo hangē ko e vaitafe hoʻo fiemālie, pea tatau hoʻo māʻoniʻoni mo e ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi:

19 thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Pea ko ho hako foki kuo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone, pea ko e fua ʻo ho manāva ʻo hangē ko e kilikili ʻoe matātahi; pea ʻe ʻikai tuʻusi pe fakaʻauha hono hingoa mei hoku ʻao.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

‌ʻAlu atu ʻakimoutolu mei Papilone, mou hola mei he kakai Kalitia, mou fakahā ʻaki ʻae lea ʻoe hiva, tala ʻae meʻa ni, lea ʻaki ia ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani; mou pehē, “Kuo huhuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki ko Sēkope.”

21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva inu ʻi heʻene tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi toafa: naʻa ne pule ke tafe atu ʻae vai mei he maka maʻanautolu: naʻa ne foaʻi ʻae maka, pea naʻe mapuna mei ai ʻae vai.

22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemālie ki he kakai angahala.”