Isaia 29
1 A UWE o Ariela, o Ariela, ke kulanakauhale, Kahi a Davida i noho ai! E hookui aku oukou i kekahi makahiki me kekahi makahiki; E hoomau hoi i ka ahaaina ana.
[This is a message from Yahweh: ] Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, the city where [King] David lived. You people continue to celebrate your festivals each year.
2 E hookaumaha aku no wau ia Ariela, A e nui auanei ka ehneha a me ke kaniuhu, A e like auanei ia ia'u me Ariela.
But I will cause you to experience a great disaster, [and when that happens], people will weep and lament [very much]. Your city will become like [MET] an altar [to me] [where people are burned as sacrifices].
3 E hoomoana ku e aku au ia oe a puni, E hoopilikia aku au ia oe i na mea kaua, A e hana au i pakaua imua ou.
I will cause your enemies [to come to your city]; they will surround it by [building] towers and putting in place other things with which to attack you.
4 A e hoohaahaaia auanei oe, A e kamailio mai no oe, mailoko mai o ka honua, A mai ka lepo mai e hooliiliiia kau olelo ana; E like auanei kou leo me ko ka poe ninau kupapau mailoko mai o ka honua, E like no hoi kau olelo ana, me ka ioio ana, mai ka lepo mai.
Then you will talk [as though you were] buried deep in the ground [DOU]; it will sound like someone whispering from under the ground, like [SIM] a ghost speaking from a grave.
5 E like auanei ka lehulehu o kou poe malahini, Me na huna uuku o ka lepo, E like no hoi ka lehulehu o ka poe ikaika me ka opala lele, E hiki wawe ia, ma ke sekona.
But, suddenly your enemies will be blown away like dust; their armies will disappear like [SIM] chaff that is blown away [by the wind]. [It will happen] very suddenly.
6 E hele hoohikilele mai o Iehova o na kaua ia oe, Me ka hekili a me ke olai, Me ka uwalaau nui, a me ka puahiohio, Me ka ino, a me ka lapalapa ahi e hoopau ana.
The Commander of the armies of angels will come [to help you] with thunder and an earthquake and a very loud noise, with a strong wind and a big storm and a fire that will burn up everything.
7 E like me ka moe uhane, i ka wa e hihio ai i ka po, Pela auanei ka lehulehu o na lahuikanaka a pau, I kaua aku ia Ariela. Ka poe hoi i kaua aku i kona pakaua, A hookaumaha aku ia ia.
[Then] the armies of all the nations that will be attacking Jerusalem will quickly disappear like a dream in the night [DOU]. Those who will be attacking Jerusalem will suddenly vanish/disappear.
8 E like mo ka moe uhane ana o ka mea pololi, Aia hoi, ke ai la; aka i kona hikilele ana, Ua hakahaka kona naau; E like hoi me ka moe uhane ana o ka mea makewai, Aia hoi, ke inu la; aka i kona hikilele ana, Aia hoi, ua nawaliwali, a ua ikaika loa ka makemake o kona naau: Pela auanei ka lehulehu o na lahuikanaka a pau, E kaua ana i ka mauna o Ziona.
People who are asleep dream about eating food, [but] when they wake up, they are still hungry. People who are thirsty dream about drinking something, [but] when they wake up they are still thirsty. It will be like that when your enemies come to attack Zion Hill; [they will dream about conquering you, but when they wake up, ] [they will realize that they have not succeeded].
9 E pihoihoi oukou, e kahaha hoi, E olioli no, a e makapo, Ua ona lakou, aole nae i ka waina, Ke hikaka nei, aole nae i ka wai ona.
You [people of Jerusalem], be amazed and surprised [about this] [IRO]! Do not believe [what I have said] [SAR]! And continue to be blind [IRO] [about what Yahweh is doing]. You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks.
10 Ua ninini mai o Iehova maluna o oukou i ka manao hiamoe loa, A ua hoopili hoi i ko oukou mau maka; Ua uhi no oia i na kahuna, a me ko oukou poe alii a me na kaula.
Because Yahweh has prevented the prophets [DOU] from understanding [and telling you his messages], [it is as though] he has caused you to be fast/deeply asleep.
11 I like ka hoike ana a pau ia oukou Me na olelo o ka buke i hoopaaia i ka wepa, A i haawiia ia i ka mea ike i ka palapala, me ka olelo aku, E heluhelu i keia, ke noi aku nei au ia oe; A i mai kela, Aole hiki ia'u, no ka mea, ua paa i ka wepa.
[Yahweh gave me] this vision; [but] for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read [and request that they read it], they will say, “We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.”
12 A haawiia ka buke i ka mea ike ole i ka palapala, me ka olelo aku, Ke nonoi aku nei au ia oe, e heluhelu i keia; A i mai hoi oia, Aole au i ike i ka palapala.
When you give it to [others] who cannot read, they will say, “[We cannot read it because] we do not know how to read.”
13 Nolaila i olelo mai ai ka Haku, No ka hookokoke ana mai o keia poe kanaka ia'u me ko lakou waha, A hoomaikai mai ia'u ma ko lakou lehelehe, A ua mamao aku ko lakou naau mai o'u aku nei, A mamuli o ke kauoha a kanaka lakou e ao ai i ka makau ia'u;
[So] the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I [desire]. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.
14 Nolaila au e hana aku ai i keia poe kanaka i ka mea kupanaha, I ka mea kupanaha a mana hoi; A e pau auanei ko akamai o ko lakou poe akamai, A e pee wale aku ka naauao o ka poe naauao.
Therefore, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are wise are not really wise, and [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are intelligent are not really intelligent.
15 Auwe ka poe imi e huna i ka ohumu ana mai o Iehova aku, A aia ma ka pouli ka lakou hana ana, A olelo mai no hoi lakou, Owai la ka mea nana mai ia makou? Owai la hoi ka mea ike mai ia makou?
Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh, the [evil] things that they plan to do; they do those things in the darkness and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot [RHQ] see us; he cannot [RHQ] know what we are doing!’
16 Auwe ko oukou lauwili! E manaoia anei ka lepo me ka mea nana i kawili: E olelo anei ka mea i hanaia i ka mea nana ia i hana, Aole ia i hana mai ia'u? E olelo anei ka mea i kapiliia i ka mea nana ia i kapili, Aole ia i ike?
They are extremely foolish! [They act as though] they were the potters and I was the clay! Something that was created should certainly never [RHQ] say to the one who made it, ‘You did not make me!’ A jar should never say, ‘The potter who made me did not know what he was doing!’”
17 Aole anei he manawa uuku e koe, A lilo o Lebanona i mahinaai hua nui? A lilo hoi ka mahinaai hua nui, i ululaau?
Soon [the forests in] Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon.
18 A ia la, e lohe no ka mea kuli i na huaolelo o ka buke, A mailoko mai o ka pouli, a mailoko mai o ka poeleele, E nana mai ai na maka o ka poe makapo.
At that time, deaf people will [be able to hear]; [they will be able to] hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will [be able to see]; [they will be able to] see things when it is gloomy and [even] when it is dark.
19 E hoomahuahua no ka poe hoohaahaa i ka olioli ia Iehova, A e hauoli hoi ka poe hune o na kanaka i ka Mea Hemolele o ka Iseraela.
Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel [has done].
20 No ka mea, ua oki loa ka mea oolea, Ua pau hoi ka mea hoowahawaha, Ua lakuia ka poe a pau i makaala i ka hewa:
There will be no more people who ridicule [others] and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.
21 Ka poe i hoohewa mai i ke kanaka no ka olelo hookahi, A hoopahele hoi i ka mea hooponopono ma na pukapa, Aole hoi he kumu no ka lakou hana paewaewa ana i ka poe i pono.
Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court [persuade judges to] make unjust decisions.
22 Nolaila, no ka hale o Iakoba i olelo mai ai o Iehova, Ka mea i hoola ia Aberahama, Aole Iakoba o hilahila hou, Aole e nananakea hou kona maka.
That is why Yahweh, who rescued Abraham, says about the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed; no longer will they show on their faces that they are ashamed.
23 A i kona ike ana i kana mau keiki, i ka hana a kuu lima, E hoolaa no lakou i ko'u inoa iwaenakonu ona, E hoolaa no lakou i ka Mea Hemolele o ka Iakoba, A e makau no hoi i ke Akua o ka Iseraela.
When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong.
24 E naauao auanei ka poe i lalau ma ka naau, E ao no hoi ka poe ku e, a o loaa ia lakou ka ike.
When that happens, those who have not been able to think well will think clearly, and those who complain [about what I am doing] will accept what I am teaching them.”
