ʻIsikieli 21

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto 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 unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground 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 thou hast said unto the ground of Israel: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, And have brought out My sword from its scabbard, And have cut off from thee righteous and 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:

Because that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to 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.”’

And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.

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, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,

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 it hath come to pass, when they say unto thee, For what art thou sighing? that thou hast said: Because of the report, for it is coming, And melted hath every heart, And feeble hath been all hands, And weak is every spirit, And all knees go — waters, Lo, it is coming, yea, it hath been, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto 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 thou hast said, Thus said Jehovah, say: A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

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.

So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising 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 he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened — the sword — and polished, To give it into the hand of a 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, son of man, For it hath been among My people, It [is] among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on 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] a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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.

And thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded — the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them.

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.

To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapped up 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.

Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.

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 also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Jehovah, have spoken.'

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto 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, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare [it].

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

A way appoint for the coming of the sword, Unto Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, And to Judah, in Jerusalem — the fenced.

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 stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.

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.

At his right hath been the divination — Jerusalem, To place battering-rams, To open the mouth with slaughter, To lift up a voice with shouting, To place battering-rams against the gates, To pour out a mount, to build a fortification.

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 it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.

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 said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your causing your iniquity to be remembered, In your transgressions being revealed, For your sins being seen, in all your doings, Because of your being remembered, By the hand ye are caught.

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

And thou, wounded, wicked one, Prince of Israel, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end!

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 said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This — not this — the low make high, And the high make low.

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.”’

An overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, Also this hath not been till the coming of Him, Whose [is] the judgment, and I have given it.

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 thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: and thou hast said: A sword, a sword, open for slaughter, Polished to the utmost for brightness!

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.

In the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.

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.

Turn [it] back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.

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 have poured on thee Mine indignation, With fire of My wrath I blow against thee, And have given thee into the hand of brutish men — artificers of 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.”’”

To the fire thou art for fuel, Thy blood is in the midst of the land, Thou art not remembered, For I, Jehovah, have spoken!'