ʻIsikieli 31

1 Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki hono hongofulu ma taha ʻoe taʻu, ʻi hono tolu ʻoe māhina, pea mo hono ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻoe māhina: naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Foha ʻoe tangata, lea kia Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, pea ki heʻene kakai; Ko hai ha taha ʻoku tatau mo koe?

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?

3 “Vakai, ko ʻAsilia ko e sita lahi ʻi Lepanoni naʻe lelei hono ngaahi vā, naʻe fakapoʻupoʻuli ʻi hono malumalu, pea naʻa ne māʻolunga, pea naʻe aʻu hake hono ʻuluʻulu ki he ngaahi vā matolu.

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

4 Naʻe tupu lahi ia ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaahi vai, naʻe tupu ia ʻo hako ki ʻolunga koeʻuhi ko e loloto ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe naʻe tafe takatakai ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau toki tupu, mo hono ngaahi mangamangaʻi vai naʻe tafe atu ki he ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe vao.

The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

5 Ko ia naʻe fakamāʻolunga hake ai ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao, pea tupu ʻo lahi hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea hoko ʻo lōloa hono ngaahi vaʻa, koeʻuhi ko e lahi ʻoe vai, ʻi heʻene tupu hake.

Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

6 Naʻe ngaohi pununga ʻi hono vaʻa ʻae fanga manupuna kotoa pē ʻoe langi, pea naʻe fakatō ʻe he fanga manu kotoa pē ʻoe vao, ʻa honau ʻuhiki ʻi he malumalu ʻo hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea naʻe nofo ʻi hono malumalu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga lalahi.

All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

7 Ko ia naʻe toulekeleka ia ʻi heʻene lahi, mo e lōloa ʻa hono ngaahi vaʻa: he naʻe tō hono aka ʻi he veʻe vai lahi.

It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.

8 Naʻe ʻikai faʻa fakalilo ia ʻe he ngaahi sita ʻi he ngoue ʻae ʻOtua: naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻae fea mo hono ngaahi vaʻa iiki, pea naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻae ʻakau ko e ifi papālangi mo hono ngaahi vaʻa lalahi; pea naʻe ʻikai ha ʻakau ʻi he ngoue ʻae ʻOtua, ʻoku na tatau ʻi he matamatalelei:

The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

9 Kuo u ngaohi ia ke matamatalelei, ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻa hono ngaahi vaʻa: ko ia naʻe meheka ai kiate ia ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē ʻi he ngoue ʻae ʻOtua.

I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

10 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Koeʻuhi kuo ke hiki hake ko e ke ke māʻolunga, pea kuo ne ʻai ke ʻasi hake hono ʻuluʻulu ki he ngaahi vaʻa matolu, pea kuo hiki hono loto ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene māʻolunga;

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

11 Ko ia kuo u tuku atu ai ia ki he nima ʻo ia ʻoku mālohi taha ʻi he hiteni; ko e moʻoni te ne fai mo ia: kuo u kapusi ia ʻeau koeʻuhi ko ʻene ngaahi kovi.

I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

12 Pea kuo tā hifo ia mo siʻakiʻi ʻe he kau muli, mo e kau toʻa mei he ngaahi puleʻanga: kuo tō hifo hono ngaahi vaʻa ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga, pea ʻi he teleʻa kotoa pē, pea kuo mafesifesi hono ngaahi vaʻa iiki ʻi he veʻe vaitafe kotoa pē ʻi he fonua; pea kuo ʻalu hifo ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani mei hono malumalu, pea kuo nau siʻaki ia.

Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

13 Pea ʻi heʻene malofa ʻe nofomaʻu kiate ia ʻae ngaahi manupuna ʻoe langi, pea ʻe heka ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao ki hono ngaahi vaʻa.

All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

14 Kuo fai eni, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ʻi ai ha taha ʻoe ngaahi ʻakau ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻe hiki ʻe ia ia ke māʻolunga, pe te ne ʻai ke ʻasi hake hono ʻuluʻulu ki he ngaahi vaʻa matolu, pe tuʻu fakamāmāʻolunga, ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku inumia ʻae vai: he kuo tuku kotoa pē ʻakinautolu ki he mate, ki he ngaahi potu māʻulalo ʻoe fonua, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fānau ʻae tangata, pea mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo.”

This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

15 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: “Naʻaku fekau ke fai ʻae tangi mamahi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻe ʻalu hifo ai ia ki he faʻitoka: ne u ʻufiʻufi ʻae loloto koeʻuhi ko ia, pea naʻaku taʻofi hono tafe ʻo ia, pea naʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻae ngaahi vai lalahi, pea naʻaku pule ki Lepanoni, ke tangi mamahi koeʻuhi ko ia, pea naʻe pongia koeʻuhi ko ia ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao. (Sheol h7585)

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. (Sheol h7585)

16 Pea naʻaku fakangalulu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi he longoaʻa ʻo ʻene hinga, ʻi heʻeku lī hifo ia ki heli fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo: pea ʻe fakafiemālieʻi ʻae ʻakau kotoa pē ʻi hiteni, pea mo e ʻakau fungani mo lelei kotoa pē ʻi Lepanoni, ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku inumia ʻae vai, ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻulalo ʻoe māmani. (Sheol h7585)

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. (Sheol h7585)

17 Naʻe ʻalu hifo foki mo ia ʻakinautolu ki heli, kiate kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā; pea mo kinautolu naʻa ne nimaʻaki, ʻakinautolu naʻe nofo ki lalo ʻi hono malumalu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe hiteni. (Sheol h7585)

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations. (Sheol h7585)

18 “Ko hai ha taha ʻoku mo tatau ʻi he nāunau; pea mo e lahi hake ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻo ʻIteni? Ka neongo ia ʻe tulaki hifo koe ki lalo ki he potu māʻulalo ʻo māmani fakataha mo e ngaahi ʻakau ʻo ʻIteni: te ke tokoto hifo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai taʻekamu, mo kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā.” ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, “Ko eni ʻa Felo, pea mo hono kakai kotoa pē.”

Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”