ʻIsikieli 21

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

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 “Foha ʻoe tangata, fakahangatonu ho mata ki Selūsalema, pea tuku hoʻo lea ki he ngaahi potu tapu, pea kikite ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli,

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

3 Pea ke lea ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Vakai, ʻoku ou tuʻu au kiate koe, pea te u unuhi ʻae heletā mei hono ʻaiʻanga, pea te u motuhi meiate koe ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e angahala.

And say to the land of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked.

4 Pea ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku motuhi meiate koe ʻae māʻoniʻoni pea mo e angahala, ko ia, ʻe ʻalu atu ai ʻae heletā mei hono ʻaiʻanga, ki he kakano kotoa pē, mei he feituʻu tonga ʻo aʻu ki he tokelau:

And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just, and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north.

5 Koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he kakano kotoa pē, ko au, Sihova, kuo u unuhi ʻeku heletā mei hono ʻaiʻanga: pea ʻe ʻikai toe foki mai ia.”’

That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back.

6 “Ko ia ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke toʻetoʻe ʻi honau ʻao, ʻi he langa ho fatu pea mo e mamahi.

And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.

7 Pea ʻe pehē, ʻoka nau ka lea kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke toʻe ai?’ Te ke tali, ʻo pehē, ‘Koeʻuhi ko e ongoongo; koeʻuhi ʻoku haʻu ia: pea ʻe molū ʻae loto kotoa pē, pea ʻe vaivai ʻae nima kotoa pē, pea ʻe pongia ʻae laumālie kotoa pē, pea ʻe hangē ko e vai ʻae tui kotoa pē: vakai, ʻoku haʻu ia, pea ʻe fakahoko ia,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.’”

And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and water shall run down every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord God.

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

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 “Foha ʻoe tangata, kikite, pea ke pehē, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; Lea, “ko e heletā, ko e heletā, kuo fakamāsila, pea kuo fakangingila ia foki:

Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Say: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and furbished.

10 Kuo fakamāsila ia ke tāmate fakamanavahē; kuo fakangingila ia koeʻuhi ke ulo; pea ʻoku taau ai ia koā mo ʻetau fakavā? ʻOku taʻemamae ia ki he tokotoko ʻa hoku foha ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau kehe kotoa pē.

It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree.

11 Pea kuo ne ʻatu ia ke fakangingila, koeʻuhi ke ngāue aki: kuo fakamāsila mo fakangingila ʻae heletā ni koeʻuhi ke ʻai ia ki he nima ʻoe tangata tāmate.”’

And I have given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, that it may be in the hand of the slayer.

12 Tangi mo ʻioho, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata: koeʻuhi ʻe hoko ia ki hoku kakai, ʻe hoko ia ki he houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻe tō ʻae manavahē ki hoku kakai, ko e meʻa ʻi he heletā: ko ia ke ke si tenga.

Cry, and howl, O son of man, for this sword is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel, that are fled: they are delivered up to the sword with my people, strike therefore upon thy thigh,

13 “Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ʻahiʻahi ia; pea ko e hā ʻoka taʻemamae [ʻae heletā ]ki he tokotoko?” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, “ʻe ʻikai toe ʻi ai ia.

Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.

14 “Ko ia foki, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, kikite, pea pasi ho nima, pea tuku ke foki mai ʻae heletā ko hono liunga tolu, ʻae heletā ʻoe tāmate: ko e heletā ia ʻoe kau tau kuo tāmateʻi, ko ia ia ʻoku hū atu ki honau ngaahi potu fale fakalilolilo.

Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed,

15 Kuo u ʻai ʻae muʻa heletā ki honau ngaahi matapā, koeʻuhi ke vaivai ai honau loto, pea fakalahi ai honau maumauʻi: ʻOiauē! Kuo fakangingila, pea kuo fakamata ia ki he tāmate.

And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

16 ‌ʻAlu atu pe koe, ʻi ha hala, ki he nima toʻomataʻu, pe ki he toʻohema, ha potu pe ʻoku fakahanga ki ai ho mata.

Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.

17 Te u pasi tataha ʻeau, hoku nima; pea te u fakahoko kiate koe ʻa hoku tuputāmaki: Ko au Sihova, kuo u lea ʻaki eni.”

And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.

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

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

19 “Ko eni foki, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, tuʻutuʻuni ʻe koe ʻae hala ʻe ua, koeʻuhi ke haʻu ai ʻae heletā ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone; ʻe ʻalu atu fakatouʻosi mei he fonua pe taha: pea ke fili ʻe koe ha potu, fili ia ʻi he tefito hala ʻaia ʻoku fakatau ki he kolo.

And thou son of man, set thee two ways, for the sword of the king of Babylon to come: both shall come forth out of one land: and with his hand he shall draw lots, he shall consult at the head of the way of the city.

20 Tuʻutuʻuni ha hala, koeʻuhi ke haʻu ai ʻae heletā ki Lapata ʻoe kau ʻAmoni, pea ki Siuta ʻi Selūsalema ʻaia kuo ʻāʻi.

Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city.

21 He naʻe tuʻu ʻae tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻi he mangaʻi hala, ʻi he tefito ʻoe hala ʻe ua, ke talotalo: naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ngahau ngingila, naʻa ne fakaongo ki he tamapua, pea naʻa ne sio ki he ʻate.

For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails.

22 Naʻe ʻi hono nima toʻomataʻu ʻae talotalo koeʻuhi ko Selūsalema, ke fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau, ke fakamanga ʻae ngutu ʻi he tāmate, ke hiki hake ʻae leʻo ʻo kalanga, ke fokotuʻu ki hono ngaahi matapā ʻae ʻuluʻi sipi, ke tanu puke, pea ke langa ʻae kolo.

On his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a mount, to build forts.

23 Pea ʻe hangē ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku taʻaloʻalo loi, ʻi honau ʻao, kiate kinautolu kuo fai ʻae fuakava; ka te ne fakamanatuʻi ʻae angahala ka nau moʻua.

And he shall be in their eyes as one consulting the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of sabbaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken.

24 “Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Koeʻuhi kuo mou fai ke manatuʻi ʻa hoʻomou hia, ko e meʻa ʻi he hā mai ʻa hoʻomou fai kovi, ko ia kuo ha hoʻo angahala ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke fai; koeʻuhi, kuo manatuʻi ʻakimoutolu, ko ia ʻe puke nima ai ʻakimoutolu.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have remembered your iniquity, and have discovered your prevarications, and your sins have appeared in all your devices: because, I say, you have remembered, you shall be taken with the hand.

25 “‘Pea ko koe, ʻae ʻeiki fakalielia mo angahala ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo hoko hono ʻaho, ʻoka kakato ʻae fai angahala,

But thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come that hath been appointed in the time of iniquity:

26 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Toʻo ʻae pale, pea toʻo ʻo ʻave mo e tatā fakatuʻi: ʻe ʻikai kei pehē ni; ka ʻe hakeakiʻi ia ʻaia ʻoku māʻulalo, pea fakatōkilalo ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga.

Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high?

27 Te u fulihi, fulihi, fulihi ia: pea ʻe ʻikai kei ʻi ai ia, kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ia ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke ne maʻu; pea te u foaki ia kiate ia.”’

I will shew it to be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity: but this was not done till he came to whom judgment belongeth, and I will give it him.

28 “Pea ko koe, Foha ʻoe tangata, kikite pea ke pehē, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ko e meʻa ki he kau ʻAmoni, pea ʻoku kau ki honau manukiʻi; ʻio, ke ke pehē ʻe koe, ‘Ko e heletā, ko e heletā kuo unuhi; kuo fakangingila ia ki ho tāmateʻi, he fakaʻauha ʻi heʻene ulo:

And thou son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach, and thou shalt say: sword, O sword, come out of the scabbard to kill, be furbished to destroy, and to glitter,

29 Lolotonga pe ʻoku nau kikite vaʻinga kiate koe, mo nau talotalo loi kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke ʻomi koe ki he kia ʻonautolu kuo tāmateʻi, ʻae angahala, ʻakinautolu kuo hokosia honau ʻaho ʻoka kakato ʻenau angahala.

Whilst they see vain things in thy regard, and they divine lies: to bring thee upon the necks of the wicked that are wounded, whose appointed day is come in the time of iniquity.

30 He te u fakafoki ia ki hono ʻaiʻanga? Te u fakamaauʻi koe ʻi he potu naʻe ngaohi ai koe, ʻi he fonua naʻa ke fanauʻi ai.

Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

31 Pea te u lilingi atu hoku houhau kiate koe, te u ifi koe ʻi he kakaha ʻo hoku houhau, pea te u tukuange koe ki he nima ʻoe kakai fai kakaha mo poto, ke fakaʻauha koe.

And I will pour out upon thee my indignation: in the fire of my rage will I blow upon thee, and will give thee into the hands of men that are brutish and contrive thy destruction.

32 Te ke hoko koe ko e fefie ki he afi; ʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fonua ho toto; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe manatuʻi koe: he ko au ko Sihova, kuo u lea ki ai.”’”

Thou shalt be fuel for the fire, thy blood shall be in the midst of the land, thou shalt be forgotten: for I the Lord have spoken it.