< Isaiah 66 >

1 Thus said Jehovah: The heavens [are] My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where [is] this — the house that ye build for Me? And where [is] this — the place — My rest?
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ko hoku ʻafioʻanga ʻae langi, pea ko hoku tuʻuʻanga vaʻe ʻa māmani: kofaʻā ia ʻae fale ʻoku mou langa kiate au? Pea kofaʻā ia ʻae potu ʻo ʻeku mālōlō?
2 And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ko e ngaahi meʻa na kotoa pē naʻe ngaohi ʻe hoku nima, pea kuo ʻi ai pe ʻae ngaahi meʻa ko ia: ka te u vakai ki he tangata ni, ʻio, kiate ia ʻoku masiva pea ʻoku loto fakatomala moʻoni, pea ʻoku tetetete ʻi heʻeku folofola.
3 Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present — The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.
Ko ia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi ʻae pulu ʻoku hangē ia kuo ne tāmateʻi ha tangata; ko ia ʻoku ne feilaulau ʻaki ha lami, ʻo hangē kuo ne tuʻusi ke motu ʻae kia ʻoe kulī; ko ia ʻoku ne ʻatu ha feilaulau, ʻoku hangē kuo ne ʻatu ʻae toto ʻoe puaka; ko ia ʻoku ne tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala, ʻo hangē kuo ne tāpuaki ha tamapua. ʻIo, kuo nau fili honau ngaahi hala, pea ʻoku fiefia honau laumālie ʻi heʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakalielia.
4 I also — I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not — fixed.
Pea ko au foki te u tuʻutuʻuni ʻenau ngaahi mamahi, pea ko e meʻa ʻoku nau manavahē ki ai te u ʻomi kiate kinautolu; koeʻuhi ʻi heʻeku ui, naʻe ʻikai tali ʻe ha tokotaha ʻi heʻeku lea, naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo, kā naʻa nau fai kovi ʻi hoku ʻao, pea naʻa nau fili ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te u fiemālie ai.”
5 Hear a word of Jehovah, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you, Who are driving you out, for My name's sake: 'Honoured is Jehovah, and we look on your joy,' But they are ashamed.
Fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku tetetete ki heʻene folofola; “Ko homou ngaahi kāinga naʻe fehiʻa kiate kimoutolu, ʻo kapusi kituʻa ʻakimoutolu koeʻuhi ko hoku huafa, naʻa nau pehē, ‘Ke ongoongoleleiʻia ʻa Sihova: ka e ʻafio ia ko homou fakafiefia,’ pea ʻe mā ʻakinautolu.
6 A voice of noise [is] from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of Jehovah, giving recompence to His enemies.
Ko e leʻo ʻoe longoaʻa mei he kolo, ko e leʻo mei he falelotu lahi, ko e leʻo ʻo Sihova ʻaia ʻoku ne totongi totonu ki hono ngaahi fili.
7 Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.
“ʻI he teʻeki ai ke langā, naʻa ne fāʻeleʻi, ʻi he teʻeki ai ke mamahi ia, naʻe fāʻeleʻi ia ʻae tamasiʻi tangata.
8 Who hath heard anything like this? Who hath seen anything like these? Is earth caused to bring forth in one day? Born is a nation at once? For she hath been pained, Zion also hath borne her sons.
Ko hai kuo ne fanongo ki ha meʻa pehē? Ko hai kuo ne mamata ki he ngaahi meʻa pehē? ʻE faʻa ngaohi ʻa māmani ke fanauʻi ʻi he ʻaho pe taha? Pe ʻe fanauʻi fakafokifā ha puleʻanga? He naʻe kamata langa pe ʻa Saione, pea fanauʻi leva ʻa ʻene fānau.
9 'Do I bring to the birth, And not cause to bring forth?' saith Jehovah, 'Am not I He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,' said thy God.
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, He te u ʻomi ke fanauʻi, ka e ʻikai te u ngaohi ke fāʻele?” ʻOku pehē ʻe ho ʻOtua, He te u ngaohi ke fānau, kae tāpuni [ʻae manāva]?
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad in her, all ye loving her, Rejoice ye with her for joy, All ye are mourning for her,
“Ke fiefia ʻakimoutolu mo Selūsalema, pea nekeneka mo ia, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia: mou fiefia ʻi he fiefia mo ia, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku mamahi koeʻuhi ko ia:
11 So that ye suck, and have been satisfied, From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour.
Koeʻuhi ke mou huhu, pea mākona ʻi he huʻahuhu ʻo ʻene fakafiemālie? Koeʻuhi ke mou mimisi, pea fiefia ʻi hono lahi ʻo hono nāunau.
12 For thus said Jehovah: 'Lo, I am stretching out to her peace as a river, And as an overflowing stream the honour of nations, And ye have sucked, on the side ye are carried, And on the knees ye are dandled.
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, te u tuku ʻae melino kiate ia ʻo hangē ko e vaitafe, pea ko e nāunau ʻoe Senitaile ʻo hangē ko e vaitafe laulahi: pea te mou toki huhu, ʻe fua ʻakimoutolu ʻi hono vakavaka, pea lulululu ʻe hono ongo tui.
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.
‌ʻO hangē ko e tokotaha ʻoku fakafiemālie ki ai ʻene faʻē, ʻe pehē ʻeku fakafiemālie kiate koe; pea ʻe fakafiemālieʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻi Selūsalema.”
14 And ye have seen, and rejoiced hath your heart, And your bones as tender grass do flourish, And the hand of Jehovah hath been known unto His servants, And He hath been indignant with His enemies.
Pea ka mou ka mamata ki he meʻa ni, ʻe fiefia homou loto, pea moʻui homou hui ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau mata: pea ʻe hā ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, mo hono houhau ki hono ngaahi fili.
15 For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire.
Kae vakai, ʻe hāʻele mai ʻa Sihova mo e afi, pea hangē ko e ʻahiohio ʻa ʻene ngaahi saliote, ke ʻatu hono houhau ʻi he mālohi, pea mo ʻene valoki ʻaki ʻae ulo ʻoe afi.
16 For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones.'
Koeʻuhi ʻe fai ʻe Sihova mo e kakano kotoa pē ʻaki ʻae afi mo ʻene heletā: pea ko e tokolahi ʻe tāmateʻi ʻe Sihova.
17 Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻE ʻauha fakataha, ʻakinautolu ʻoku teuteu mo fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngoue ʻi he tuʻa [ʻakau ʻe taha ]ʻi he lotolotonga, ʻo kai ʻae kakano ʻoe puaka, pea mo e meʻa fakalielia, pea mo e kumā.
18 And I — their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.
“He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻenau ngaahi ngāue pea mo ʻenau ngaahi mahalo: ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, te u tānaki ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē mo e lea kehekehe kotoa pē; pea te nau haʻu, ʻo mamata ki hoku nāunau.
19 And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off, ) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.
“Pea te u ai ha fakaʻilonga ʻiate kinautolu, pea te u fekau ʻakinautolu ʻoku hao ʻiate kinautolu ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, ki Tasisi, mo Puli, mo Luti, ʻakinautolu ʻoku teke ʻae kaufana, ki Tupale, mo Savani, ki he ngaahi motu mamaʻo, ʻaia ʻoku teʻeki ai ke fanongo ki hoku ongoongo, pea teʻeki ai ke mamata ki hoku nāunau; pea te nau fakahā hoku nāunau ki he kakai Senitaile.
20 And they have brought all your brethren out of all the nations, A present to Jehovah, On horses, and on chariot, and on litters, And on mules, and on dromedaries, Unto My holy mountain Jerusalem, said Jehovah, As the sons of Israel bring the present in a clean vessel, Into the house of Jehovah.
Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, te nau ʻomi homou ngaahi kāinga kotoa pē ko e feilaulau kia Sihova mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻi he fanga hoosi, pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa teka, pea ʻi he meʻa fata, pea ʻi he fanga miuli, pea ʻi he fanga manu veʻe vave, ki hoku moʻunga tapu ko Selūsalema, ʻo hangē naʻe ʻomi ʻe he fānau ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae feilaulau ʻi he ipu maʻa ki he fale ʻo Sihova.
21 And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.
Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Te u fokotuʻu ʻiate kinautolu foki ʻae kau taulaʻeiki pea mo e kau Livai.”
22 For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻO hangē ko e tuʻumaʻu ʻi hoku ʻao, ʻae ngaahi langi foʻou pea mo e maama foʻou, ʻaia te u ngaohi, ʻe pehē ʻae tuʻumaʻu ʻo homou hako mo homou hingoa.
23 And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah.
Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻE haʻu ʻae kakai kotoa pē ke lotu ʻi hoku ʻao, mei he māhina foʻou ʻe taha ʻo aʻu ki he māhina foʻou ʻe taha, pea mei he ʻaho tapu ʻe taha ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho tapu ʻe taha.
24 And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!
“Pea te nau ʻalu atu, pea sio ki he ngaahi ʻangaʻanga ʻoe kakai naʻe angatuʻu kiate au: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai mate honau ʻuanga, pea ʻe ʻikai tāmateʻi ʻenau afi; pea te nau hoko ko e fehiʻanekina ki he kakai kotoa pē.”

< Isaiah 66 >