ʻIsikieli 17

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

2 “Foha ʻoe tangata, fai atu ʻae lea fakapulipuli, pea ke lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā ki he fale ʻo ʻIsileli;

'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

3 Pea ke lea, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua; naʻe haʻu ki Lepanoni ʻae fuʻu ʻikale lahi, naʻe kapakau lalahi mo lōloa, pea fonu ʻi he fulufulu pule ʻingoʻingo kehekehe, pea naʻa ne heka ki he vaʻa sita naʻe taupotu ki ʻolunga.

and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

4 Naʻa ne fesiʻi ʻae lito ʻo hono ngaahi vaʻa toki tupu, ʻo ne ʻave ia ki he fonua faʻa fakatau; naʻa ne tuku ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kolo ʻae kau fakatau.

The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.

5 Naʻa ne ʻave foki ʻae tenga mei he fonua ʻo tō ia ʻi he potu kelekele moʻui; naʻa ne ʻai ia ki he veʻe vai lahi, ʻo ne tō ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau ko e uilou.

And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.

6 Pea naʻe tupu ia ʻo hoko ko e vaine pukupuku ka naʻe holoholofa ʻi lalo, pea hanga hono ngaahi vaʻa kiate ia, pea ʻalu ʻi lalo ʻiate ia hono ngaahi aka: ko ia naʻe hoko ai ia ko e vaine, pea naʻe tupu hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea tupu mai hono moto.

And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.

7 Naʻe ʻi ai foki ʻae ʻikale lahi ʻe taha, naʻe kapakau lalahi, pea lahi mo hono fulufulu: pea vakai naʻe mapeʻe atu ʻae aka ʻoe vaine ko eni kiate ia, pea tupu hono ngaahi vaʻa ʻo hanga kiate ia, koeʻuhi ke ne fakaviviku ia mei he tafeʻanga vai ʻi hono ngoueʻanga.

And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,

8 Naʻe tō ia ki he kelekele lelei ʻi he veʻe vai lahi, koeʻuhi kae tupu ai hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea tupu mo hono fua, pea hoko ia ko e vaine lelei.

On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

9 Ka ke lea ʻe koe, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; He ʻe tupu lelei ia? ʻIkai ʻe taʻaki hake ʻe ia hono aka, mo ne motumotuhi hono fua koeʻuhi ke mae ai ia? ʻE mae kotoa pē ʻae tupu ʻo hono lau, ka ʻe ʻikai ha fai fakamālohi ki ai, pe tokolahi ha kakai ki hono taʻaki hake ʻa hono ngaahi aka.

Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth — its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

10 ‌ʻIo, vakai, kuo tō, ka te ne tupu? ʻE ʻikai, ʻe mātuʻaki mae ʻoka maʻili ki ai ʻae matangi hahake. ʻE mae ia ʻi he ngaahi luo ʻaia naʻe tupu hake ai.

And lo, the planted thing — doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.'

11 Naʻe hoko foki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

12 Ko eni, tala ki he fale angatuʻu, ʻOku ʻikai te mou ʻilo hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni? Fakahā kiate kinautolu, Vakai kuo haʻu ʻae tuʻi ʻo Papilone ki Selūsalema pea kuo ne ʻave hono tuʻi mo hono houʻeiki, mo ne tataki ʻakinautolu ki Papilone mo ia;

'Say, I pray thee, to the rebellious house, Have ye not known what these [are]? Say, Lo, come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem, And he taketh its king, and its princes, And bringeth them to himself to Babylon.

13 Pea kuo ne ʻave ʻae hako ʻoe tuʻi, pea kuo na fefuakavaʻaki mo ia; pea kuo ne ʻave foki mo kinautolu ʻoku mālohi ʻi he fonua.

And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

14 Koeʻuhi ke holoki ki lalo ʻae puleʻanga, pea ke ʻoua naʻa hakeakiʻi ia ʻiate ia pe, ka koeʻuhi ke fokotuʻu ia ʻi he fai ʻa ʻene fuakava ʻaʻana.

That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant — that it may stand.

15 Ka naʻe angatuʻu ia kiate ia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻave ʻae kau talafekau ki ʻIsipite, koeʻuhi ke nau ʻomi mei ai ʻae fanga hoosi mo e kakai tokolahi. ʻE monūʻia ia? ʻE hao ia ʻaia ʻoku fai ʻae meʻa pehē? Pe te ne maumau ʻae fuakava pea hao?

And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

16 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻo hangē ʻoku ou moʻui, ʻi he potu ʻoku nofo ai ʻae tuʻi ko ia ʻaia naʻe fakanofo ia ko e tuʻi, ka naʻa ne manukiʻi ʻena tuki, mo maumauʻi ʻena fuakava, ʻio, ʻe mate ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo Papilone mo ia.

I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not — in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him — in the midst of Babylon — die?

17 Pea ʻikai kau mo ia ʻi he tau ʻa Felo mo ʻene kautau mālohi, pe ha tokolahi, ʻi he tanu puke mo e langa kolo, ke tāmateʻi ha tokolahi;

And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.

18 Koeʻuhi naʻa ne manuki ʻae tuki ʻi heʻene maumauʻi ʻae fuakava, kae vakai, naʻa na fepukeaki nima, pea kuo ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne hao.”

And he despised the oath — to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

19 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Hangē ʻoku ou moʻui, ko ʻeku tuki, ʻaia kuo ne manuki ki ai, pea ko ʻeku fuakava kuo ne maumauʻi, te u totongi ia kiate ia ʻi hono tumuʻaki.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live — Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on his head?

20 Pea te u lafo hoku kupenga kiate ia, pea ʻe moʻua ia ʻi heʻeku tauhele, pea te u ʻomi ia ki Papilone, pea te ma fai ia mo ia ʻi heʻene hia kuo ne fai kovi ai kiate au.

And I have spread out for him My snare, And he hath been caught in My net, And I have brought him in to Babylon, And pleaded with him there his trespass, That he hath trespassed against Me.

21 Pea ko e kau hola kotoa pē mei ai mo hono matatau kotoa pē, ʻe teʻia ʻaki ʻae heletā, pea ko hono toe ʻe vilingia atu ki he feituʻu matangi kotoa pē: pea te mou ʻilo ko au, ko Sihova, kuo folofola ki ai.”

And all his fugitives, with all his bands, By sword do fall, and those remaining, To every wind they are spread out, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken.

22 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Te u toʻo foki ʻae vaʻa ʻoku taupotu ki ʻolunga ʻi he sita māʻolunga, pea te u tō ia; te u fesiʻi mei ʻolunga, mei hono vaʻa toki tupu, ʻae vaʻa ʻoku kei vaivai, pea ʻe tō ia ʻi he moʻunga māʻolunga mo ongoongo:

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I — I have planted [it] on a mountain high and lofty.

23 Te u tō ia ʻi he moʻunga māʻolunga ʻo ʻIsileli: pea ʻe tupu hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea ʻe fua ia, pea hoko ko e sita lelei: pea ʻe nofo ʻi lalo ʻi ai ʻae manupuna ʻi he faʻahinga kehekehe kotoa pē: ʻe nofo ʻakinautolu ʻi he malumalu ʻo hono ngaahi vaʻa.

In a mountain — the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.

24 Pea ʻe ʻilo ʻe he ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao, ko au ko Sihova, kuo u tulaki ki lalo ʻae ʻakau māʻolunga, pea kuo u fokotuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻae ʻakau māʻulalo, kuo u fakamae ʻae ʻakau naʻe maʻuiʻui, pea u ngaohi ke tupu lelei ʻae ʻakau naʻe mōmoa; ko au, ko Sihova kuo folofola, pea ko au kuo fai ki ai.”

And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done [it]!'