Ezekiel 3

1 And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, that which thou findest eat, eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.'

Naʻa ne toe pehē mai kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, kai ʻaia ʻoku ke maʻu; kai ʻae takainga tohi ni, pea ʻalu ʻo lea ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli.”

2 And I open my mouth, and He causeth me to eat this roll.

Ko ia naʻaku fakamanga hoku ngutu, pea naʻa ne pule ke u kai ʻae takainga tohi na.

3 And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, kai ki loto, pea fakafonu ho loto fatu ʻaki ʻae takainga tohi ni kuo u foaki kiate koe. Ko ia naʻaku toki kai ia; pea naʻe melie ia ʻi hoku ngutu ʻo hangē ko e hone.

4 And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻalu pea ke hoko atu ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, pea lea ʻaki kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea.

5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue [art] thou sent — unto the house of Israel;

He ʻoku ʻikai fekau koe ki ha kakai ʻoku leʻo kehe mo lea ʻilongataʻa, ka ko e fale ʻo ʻIsileli.

6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them — they, they do hearken unto thee,

‌ʻO ʻikai ki ha kakai tokolahi ʻoku lea kehe mo lea ʻilongataʻa, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo ki heʻenau lea. Ko e moʻoni ka ne u fekau koe kiate kinautolu, pehē kuo nau fanongo kiate koe.

7 but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.

Ka ʻoku ʻikai fie fanongo ʻe he fale ʻo ʻIsileli kiate koe: he naʻa mo au ʻoku ʻikai te nau fanongo: he kuo fielahi mo loto fefeka ʻae fale kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.

8 'Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.

Vakai, kuo u fakamālohi ho mata ʻoʻou ki honau mata, pea mālohi mo ho foʻi laʻē ki honau foʻi laʻē.

9 As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house [are] they.'

Hangē ko e taiamoni ʻoku fefeka lahi ʻi he maka afi, kuo u ngaohi ke pehē ho foʻi laʻē: ʻoua ʻe manavahē kiate kinautolu, pea ʻoua ʻe manavahē ki heʻenau sio, ka ko e fale angatuʻu moʻoni ʻakinautolu.”

10 And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;

Pea naʻa ne pehē mai foki kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke maʻu ki ho loto ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻoku ou lea ʻaki kiate koe, pea fanongo mai ho telinga.

11 and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'

Pea ke ʻalu, ʻalu koe kiate kinautolu ʻoku pōpula, ki he fānau ʻa hoʻo kakai, pea ke lea kiate kinautolu, pea tala ki ai, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; pe te nau fanongo, pe te nau taʻekātakiʻi.”

12 And lift me up doth a spirit, and I hear behind me a noise, a great rushing — 'Blessed [is] the honour of Jehovah from His place!' —

Hili ia naʻe ʻave au ʻe he laumālie pea naʻaku fanongo ki he leʻo mei hoku tuʻa ʻo hangē ko e ʻuʻulu lahi, naʻe pehē, “Ke monūʻia ʻae nāunau ʻo Sihova ʻi hono ʻafioʻanga.”

13 even a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels over-against them, even a noise of a great rushing.

Pea [naʻaku fanongo ]foki ki he kapatā ʻae kapakau ʻoe ngaahi meʻa moʻui, ʻaia naʻe feuutaki, mo e longoaʻa ʻoe ngaahi teka naʻe fehangai mo kinautolu, mo e ʻuʻulu ʻoe mumuhu lahi.

14 And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me [is] strong.

Ko ia ne hiki au ʻe he laumālie ʻo ne ʻave au, pea naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he mamahi mo e lili ʻa hoku laumālie, ka naʻe mālohi ʻiate au ʻae nima ʻo Sihova.

15 And I come in unto the Removed, at Tel-Ahib, who are dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are dwelling I also dwell seven days, causing astonishment in their midst.

Ko ia naʻaku haʻu ai kiate kinautolu ʻoku pōpula ʻi Telapipi naʻe nofo ki he vaitafe ko Kipa, pea naʻaku nofo ʻi honau nofoʻanga ʻo tatali ofi ai ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.

16 And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days,

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki he fakaʻosi ʻoe ʻaho ʻe fitu, naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,

17 that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, kuo u tuku koe ko e leʻo ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli: ko ia ke ke fanongo ki he lea mei hoku ngutu, pea valokiʻi ʻakinautolu meiate au.

18 In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he — the wicked — in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

‌ʻO kau ka pehē ki he angahala, ‘Ko e moʻoni te ke mate;’ ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke valoki, pe lea ke fakatafoki ʻae angahala mei hono hala kovi, kae hao ai ʻene moʻui; ʻe mate moʻoni ʻi heʻene angahala ʻae angahala ko ia; ka ko hono toto te u ʻeke ia kiate koe.

19 And thou, because thou hast warned the wicked, and he hath not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he in his iniquity dieth, and thou thy soul hast delivered.

Ka ko eni, kapau te ke valoki ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tafoki ia mei heʻene kovi, mo hono hala kovi, ʻe mate ia ʻi heʻene angahala, ka kuo ke fakaʻataʻatā ho laumālie ʻoʻou.

20 'And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.

Mo eni, ʻOka liliu ha tangata māʻoniʻoni mei heʻene māʻoniʻoni pea fai angahala, pea u ʻai ha tūkiaʻanga ʻi hono ʻao, ʻe mate ia: ʻe mate ia ʻi heʻene angahala pea ʻe ʻikai manatuʻi ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻaia naʻa ne fai, ka ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo taʻevaloki kiate ia, te u ʻeke mei ho nima ʻa hono toto:

21 And thou, because thou hast warned him — the righteous — that the righteous sin not, and he hath not sinned, he surely liveth, because he hath been warned; and thou thy soul hast delivered.'

Ka koeʻuhi, kapau te ke valoki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, ke ʻoua naʻa fai hala ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea ʻoku ʻikai ai te ne fai angahala, ko e moʻoni te ne moʻui, koeʻuhi kuo takitalaʻi; pea kuo ke fakaʻataʻatā foki ho laumālie.”

22 And there is on me there a hand of Jehovah, and He saith to me, 'Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I do speak with thee.'

Pea naʻe ʻai kiate au ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ʻi ai; ʻo ne pehē kiate au, “Tuʻu, pea ʻalu atu ki he toafa, pea te u lea ai kiate koe.”

23 And I rise and go forth unto the valley, and lo, there the honour of Jehovah is standing as the honour that I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.

Ko ia naʻaku tuʻu hake, mo ʻalu atu ki he toafa: pea vakai naʻe tuʻu ʻi ai ʻae nāunau ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko hono nāunau naʻaku mamata ai ʻi he potu vaitafe ʻo Kipa: pea naʻaku tōmapeʻe ki hoku mata.”

24 And come into me doth a spirit, and causeth me to stand on my feet, and He speaketh with me, and saith unto me, 'Go in, be shut up in the midst of thy house.

Pea naʻe toki hū ʻae laumālie kiate au ʻo ne fokotuʻu au ki hoku vaʻe, ʻo ne folofola kiate au, ʻo ne pehē kiate au, “ʻAlu, pea tāpuni koe ʻi ho loto fale.

25 'And thou, son of man, lo, they have put on thee thick bands, and have bound thee with them, and thou goest not forth in their midst;

Ka ko koe, ʻE foha ʻoe tangata, vakai te nau ʻai kiate koe ʻae ngaahi haʻi, ʻonau haʻi ʻaki koe, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke fou atu kituʻa ʻiate kinautolu:

26 and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house [are] they.

Pea te u ngaohi ke piki ho ʻelelo ki ho ʻoʻaoʻingutu, pea te ke noa, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke hoko ko e valoki kiate kinautolu he ko e fale angatuʻu ʻakinautolu.

27 And in My speaking with thee, I do open thy mouth, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah; the hearer doth hear, and the forbearer doth forbear; for a rebellious house [are] they.

Ka ʻi heʻeku lea kiate koe, te u faʻai ho ngutu, pea te ke tala kiate kinautolu, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Ko ia ʻoku fanongo, tuku ke ne fanongo; pea ko ia ʻoku taʻofi, tuku ke ne taʻofi: he ko e fale angatuʻu ʻakinautolu.”