ʻIsikieli 14
1 Pea naʻe toki haʻu kiate au ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻonau nofo mai ʻi hoku ʻao.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
2 Pea naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
3 “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?”
'Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their mind, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face; should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 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;
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock 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;
5 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.
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all turned away from Me through their idols.
6 “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.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 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.
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that separateth himself from Me, and taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, that he inquire for him of Me — I the LORD will answer him by Myself,
8 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.
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.
9 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,
And when the prophet is enticed and speaketh a word, I the LORD have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of My people Israel.
10 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;
And they shall bear their iniquity; the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that inquireth;
11 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.
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from Me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be My people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.'
12 Naʻe toe hoko kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
13 “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:
'Son of man, when a land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out My hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;
14 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.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
15 “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:
If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it be desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
16 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.
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.
17 “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:
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say: Let the sword go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and beast;
18 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.
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.
19 “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:
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;
20 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.”
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
21 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?
For thus saith the Lord GOD: How much more when I send My four sore judgments against Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast.
22 “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.
And, behold, though there be left a remnant therein that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters; behold, when they come forth unto you, and ye see their way and their doings, then ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it;
23 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.
and they shall comfort you, when ye see their way 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.'
