Ezekiel 14

1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

Pea naʻe toki haʻu kiate au ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻonau nofo mai ʻi hoku ʻao.

2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Pea naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,

3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

“Foha ʻoe tangata, kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he kau tangata ni honau ngaahi tamapua ʻi honau loto, pea ʻai mo e tūkiaʻanga ʻo ʻenau hia ʻi honau ʻao: ʻoku ngali koā ke fakafehuʻi ha meʻa kiate au ʻekinautolu?”

4 Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

Ko ia ke ke lea kiate kinautolu, pea ke pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Ko e tangata kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli ʻaia ʻoku fokotuʻu tamapua ʻi hono loto, mo ne ʻai ʻae tūkiaʻanga ʻo ʻene hia ʻi hono ʻao, pea ʻoku haʻu ki he palōfita, Ko au ko Sihova, te u tali ia, ʻo fakatatau mo e tokolahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi tamapua;

5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Koeʻuhi ke u moʻua ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi honau loto ʻonautolu pe, koeʻuhi kuo nau mavahe kotoa pē meiate au, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau ngaahi tamapua.

6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn [yourselves] from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

“Ko ia ke ke lea ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Fakatomala pea tafoki mei hoʻomou ngaahi tamapua; pea tafoki homou mata mei hoʻomou ngaahi fakalielia kotoa pē.

7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

He ko ia kotoa pē ʻi he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, pe ko e muli ʻoku ʻāunofo ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻaia ʻoku mavahe ʻe ia ia meiate au, ʻo ne fokotuʻu ʻene ngaahi tamapua ʻi hono loto, ʻo ne ʻai ʻae tūkiaʻanga ʻo ʻene hia ʻi hono ʻao, pea ʻoku haʻu ki he palōfita ke fakafehuʻi kiate ia koeʻuhi ko au; Ko au ko Sihova te u tali ia ʻeau pe.

8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

Pea te u fakahangatonu hoku mata ki he tangata ko ia, pea te u ngaohi ia ko e fakaʻilonga mo e lea fakatātā, pea te u motuhi ia mei he lotolotonga ʻo hoku kakai; pea te mou ʻilo ko Sihova au.

9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Pea kapau ʻe kākaaʻi ʻae palōfita ʻoka lea ʻaki ʻe ia ha meʻa, ko au ia ko Sihova ʻoku fakahalaia ia, pea te u mafao atu kiate ia ʻa hoku nima, pea fakaʻauha ia mei he lotolotonga ʻo hoku kakai ko ʻIsileli,

10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh [to him];

Pea te nau fua ʻae tautea ʻo ʻenau angahala: ʻe tatau pe ʻae tautea ʻoe palōfita mo e tautea ʻo ia ʻoku kumi kiate ia;

11 That the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa toe ʻalu pehē ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli meiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa toe fakalielia ia ʻi heʻenau ngaahi angahala; ka nau hoko ko hoku kakai, pea u hoko au ko honau ʻOtua:” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

Naʻe toe hoko kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,

13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

“Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻoka angahala ʻae fonua kiate au ʻi heʻene fai kovi lahi, te u toki mafao atu ai hoku nima, pea ʻe maumau ʻae falalaʻanga ʻoe mā ʻoku ʻi ai, pea te u tuku ia ke hongea, pea motuhi mei ai ʻae tangata mo e manu:

14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver their own souls only by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

Ka ne ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata ni ʻe toko tolu, ʻa Noa, mo Taniela, mo Siope, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻe fakamoʻui honau laumālie pe ʻonautolu ʻi heʻenau māʻoniʻoni.

15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they lay it waste, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

“Kapau te u tuku ʻae fanga manu fekai ke ʻalu fano ʻi he fonua, pea nau maumauʻi ia, koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ʻo lala, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻalu ʻi ai ha tangata telia ʻae ngaahi manu fekai:

16 [Though] these three men [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ka ne ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata ko ia ʻe toko tolu, ʻo hangē ʻoku ou moʻui, ʻe ʻikai te nau fakamoʻui honau foha pe ha ʻofefine; ngata pe ʻiate kinautolu ʻe fakamoʻui, ka ʻe ʻauha ʻae fonua.

17 Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

“Pea kapau te u ʻomi ʻae heletā ke hoko ki he fonua, pea u pehē, Heletā ʻasi atu ki he fonua; kau motuhi mei ai ʻae tangata pea mo e manu:

18 Though these three men [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ka ne ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata ko ia ʻe toko tolu, ʻe ʻikai te nau fakamoʻui ha foha pe ha ʻofefine, ka ko kinautolu pe ʻe moʻui ʻiate kinautolu.

19 Or [if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

“Pea kapau te u tuku ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha ki he fonua, pea u lilingi hoku houhau ki ai ʻi he toto, ke motuhi mei ai ʻae tangata pea mo e manu:

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall deliver their own souls only by their righteousness.

Neongo ʻoku hā ai ʻa Noa, mo Taniela, mo Siope, hangē ʻoku ou moʻui, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻe ʻikai te nau fakamoʻui ha foha pe ha ʻofefine; ngata ʻi honau laumālie pe ʻonautolu ʻe hao ʻi heʻenau māʻoniʻoni.”

21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Kae fēfē nai ʻo kau ka tuku atu fakataha ʻae fakamalaʻia ʻe fā ki Selūsalema, ʻae heletā, mo e honge, mo e fanga manu fekai, pea mo e mahaki fakaʻauha, ke motuhi mei ai ʻae tangata mo e manu?

22 Yet behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, [both] sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, [even] concerning all that I have brought upon it.

“Kae vakai, ʻe fakatoe ha niʻihi ʻi ai ke fakahaofi, ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine: vakai te nau ʻomi kituʻa kiate kimoutolu, pea te mou mamata ki honau hala mo ʻenau faianga; pea te mou fiemālie mei he kovi ʻaia kuo u ʻomi ki Selūsalema, ʻio, ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē kuo u fakahoko ki ai.

23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

Pea te nau fakafiemālieʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻoka mou ka mamata ki honau hala mo ʻenau faianga: pea te mou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai te u fai noa pe ha meʻa ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻaia kuo u fai ki ai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.