< ʻIsikieli 32 >
1 Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki hono hongofulu ma ua ʻoe taʻu, ʻi hono hongofulu ma ua ʻoe māhina, pea ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻoe māhina, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,
Almost twelve years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the twelfth month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 Foha ʻoe tangata, te ke fai ha tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, pea ke pehē kiate ia, ʻOku ke hangē koe ko e laione mui ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga, pea ʻoku ke hangē ko e tofuaʻa ʻi he tahi, pea naʻa ke haʻu koe mei ho ngaahi vaitafe, pea kuo ke fakangaueʻi ʻae vai ʻaki ho vaʻe, mo ke fakaʻuliʻi honau ngaahi vaitafe.
“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Egypt. Sing this to him: ‘You [think that you] [IRO] are like [SIM] a lion among the nations; or like [SIM] a monster/crocodile in the river thrashing around in the water, churning/stirring up the water with your feet and causing the water to become muddy.
3 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; ko ia ia te u folahi atu ai hoku kupenga kiate koe mo e niʻihi mei he kakai tokolahi; pea te nau fusi hake koe ʻi hoku kupenga.
But this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “I will send many people to throw my net over you, and they will haul/drag you up [onto the land] in my net.
4 Pea te u toki liʻaki koe ʻi he fonua, pea te u lī atu koe ki he ʻataʻatā ʻoe vao, pea ʻe heka kiate koe ʻae manupuna kotoa pē ʻoe langi, pea te u fakamākona ʻaki koe ʻae fanga manu kotoa pē ʻo māmani.
They will throw you into a field [DOU] [to die]; I will allow the birds to sit on you, and all the wild animals will eat the flesh of your corpse until their stomachs are full.
5 Pea te u ʻai ho kakano ki he ngaahi moʻunga, mo fakapito ʻaki ho ʻangaʻanga ʻae ngaahi teleʻa.
I will cause them to scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your bones.
6 Te u lōmakiʻi foki ʻae fonua ʻoku ke tētē ai ʻaki ʻae toto, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi moʻunga; pea ʻe pito ai ʻae ngaahi vaitafe.
I will cause them to fill the land with your blood, all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
7 Pea kau ka ifi koe ke mate te u ʻuʻufi ʻae langi, mo ngaohi ke fakapoʻuli hono ngaahi fetuʻu; te u ʻufiʻufi ʻae laʻā ʻaki ʻae ʻao, pea ʻe ʻikai tuku mai ʻe he māhina ʻa hono maama.
When I get rid of you, I will cover the sky and not allow the stars to shine. I will put a dark cloud in front of the sun, and the moon will not shine.
8 Te u ngaohi ke poʻuli kiate koe ʻae ngaahi maama ngingila kotoa pē ʻoe langi, pea ʻe ai mo e fakapoʻuli ki ho fonua, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
I will cause the stars in the sky to be dark, and there will be darkness over your entire land; [that will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.
9 Te u fakamamahi foki ʻae loto ʻoe kakai tokolahi, ʻo kau ka ʻave ho kau pōpula ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, ki he ngaahi fonua ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻiloʻi.
And when the people of many nations hear about your being destroyed, many of them will be afraid/worried— people living in countries that you have never known about.
10 ʻIo, te u fakatupu ʻae ofo kiate koe ʻi he kakai lahi, pea ʻe lilika fakamanavahē honau ngaahi tuʻi, koeʻuhi ko koe, ʻo kau ka vilo ʻeku heletā ʻi honau ʻao; pea te nau tetetete maʻuaipē taki taha ʻae tangata, telia ʻa ʻene moʻui ʻaʻana, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia te ke hinga ai.”
I will cause many people to be appalled because of [what has happened to] you, and their kings will be horrified and shudder/shake because of your [being destroyed], when I swing my sword in front of them. At the time that you will be destroyed, all of them will tremble, fearing that they also will be killed.”
11 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “ʻE hoko mai kiate koe ʻae heletā ʻae tuʻi ʻo Papilone.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “The swords of [the army of] the King of Babylon will strike you.
12 Te u fakahinga ʻae tokolahi ʻiate koe ʻi he heletā ʻae kau mālohi, ko e kau toʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga: pea te nau maumauʻi ʻae fieʻeiki ʻa ʻIsipite, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa hono kakai kotoa pē.
I will cause very many of your people to be killed by the swords of mighty soldiers [from Babylonia], who are more ruthless/cruel than the soldiers of all other nations. They will cause the people of Egypt to quit being proud, because very many [HYP] of their people will be killed.
13 Te u fakaʻosiʻosi foki ʻae ngaahi manu kotoa pē ʻi ai, ʻi hono ngaahi veʻe vai; pea ʻe ʻikai toe fakangaueʻi ia ʻe he vaʻe ʻoe tangata, pe fakangaueʻi ia ʻe he vaʻe ʻo ha fanga manu.
I will destroy all the cattle in Egypt that (graze/eat grass) alongside the streams. As a result, the water in those streams will never again become muddy because of people and cattle walking in them.
14 Pea te u toki ʻai ke loloto, ʻenau ngaahi vai, pea te u ngaohi ʻenau ngaahi vaitafe ke tafe hangē ko e lolo, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
Then I will allow the streams in Egypt to become calm again and flow [as smoothly] [SIM] as olive oil flows.
15 ʻO kau ka fakaʻauha ʻae fonua ko ʻIsipite, pea ka masiva ʻae fonua ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ko ia naʻe mahu ai, ʻo kau ka teʻia kotoa pē ʻakinautolu ʻoku nofo ai, te nau toki ʻilo, ko Sihova au.
When I cause Egypt to become empty/desolate and strip off everything that grows on the land, and when I get rid of all the people who live there, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”’
16 Ko eni ʻae tangilāulau, ʻaia te nau tangi mamahi ai koeʻuhi ko ia: ʻe mamahi koeʻuhi ko ia ʻae ʻofefine ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga: te nau mamahi koeʻuhi ko ia, ʻio, ʻa ʻIsipite, pea mo hono kakai kotoa pē, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.”
That sad song about Egypt will also be sung by the people. Women of many nations will sing it. They will chant it about Egypt and all its people; [that will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said that it would happen.”
17 Naʻe pehē foki ʻi hono hongofulu ma ua ʻoe taʻu, mo hono hongofulu ma nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,
On the fifteenth day of that same month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
18 “Foha ʻoe tangata, tangi mamahi koeʻuhi ko e kakai ʻo ʻIsipite, pea lī hifo ʻakinautolu ki lalo, ʻaia mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻoe puleʻanga ongoongo, ʻo aʻu ki he potu māʻulalo ʻo māmani, fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo.
“You human, wail about the many people of Egypt, because I will send them to the place under the earth, where they and people of other mighty nations will be. I will send them there, along with others, down to the place where the dead are.
19 ʻOku ke toulekeleka, lahi hake koe ʻia hai? ʻAlu hifo, pea ke tokoto fakataha hifo mo e kau taʻekamu.
Say to them, ‘You people of [APO] Egypt, [you think that] [IRO, RHQ] you are more beautiful than the people of other nations. But you also will descend to the place where the godless dead people are.
20 Te nau tō hifo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻonautolu ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā: kuo tukuange ia ki he heletā; tohoaki ia, pea mo hono kakai kotoa pē.
[Your enemies] will pull out their swords and kill many of you. A huge number of the people of Egypt who remain will be dragged away.
21 ʻE lea mai kiate ia ʻae mālohi ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku mālohi mei loto heli, mo kinautolu kuo tokoni kiate ia: kuo nau mole hifo, kuo nau tokoto ko e taʻekamu, ko e kau tāmateʻi ʻe he heletā. (Sheol )
In the place where the dead people are, mighty leaders [of other countries] will [make fun of the people of Egypt] and say, “They have come here to lie with us godless people who were killed by our enemies’ swords!”’ (Sheol )
22 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa ʻAsilia mo hono kakai kotoa pē: ʻoku tuʻu takatakai ʻiate ia hono faʻitoka: kuo nau mate kotoa pē, ko e tō ʻi he heletā:
[The corpses of the people of] Assyria will be there. They will be surrounded by [corpses of] soldiers who were killed by [their enemies’] swords.
23 ʻAia ʻoku tuʻu hono faʻitoka ʻi he tafaʻaki luo, pea ʻoku tuʻu takatakai hono kakai ʻi hono faʻitoka: kuo mate kotoa pē ʻakinautolu ko e tō ʻi he heletā, ʻaia naʻe fakamanavahē ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau kei ʻi he fonua ʻoe moʻui.
The people’s graves are there in the deep pit, and [corpses of soldiers of] their army lie around their graves. Corpses of all those who had caused many others in other places to be terrified also will be there, having been killed by swords.
24 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa ʻIlami mo hono kakai, ʻoku tuʻu takatakai ʻi hono faʻitoka, ko e kau mate kotoa pē ʻakinautolu, ko e tō ʻi he heletā, kuo nau ʻalu hifo ki he potu māʻulalo ʻo māmani fakataha mo e taʻekamu, ʻakinautolu naʻa nau manavahē ki ai, ʻi he fonua ʻoe moʻui; ka kuo nau fua pe ʻenau mā fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo.
A great number of the people of Elam will be there. They also were killed by [their enemies’] swords. They had caused people in many places [HYP] to be terrified. At that time they will lie there in that deep pit below the earth, and they, along with the others who have gone there, will be disgraced.
25 Kuo nau tuku hono mohenga ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kau mate tāmateʻi mo hono kakai kotoa pē: ʻoku tuʻu takatakai ʻiate ia hono ngaahi faʻitoka: ko e kau taʻekamu kotoa pē ʻakinautolu, kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā: neongo ʻae manavahē kiate ia ʻi he fonua ʻoe moʻui, ka kuo nau fua pe ʻenau mā fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo: kuo ʻai fakataha ia mo kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi.
They will lie there among others who were slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of other people. While they were alive, they caused people of other nations to be terrified; but they were godless, and now, having been killed by [their enemies] swords, they will lie with others in that deep pit, disgraced, all of them avoiding each other.
26 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa Meseke, mo Tupale, pea mo ʻene kakai: ʻoku tuʻu takatakai ʻiate ia hono ngaahi faʻitoka: ko e kau taʻekamu kotoa pē ʻakinautolu, kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā, neongo naʻa nau fai fakamanavahē ʻi he fonua ʻoe moʻui.
[Corpses of] soldiers of Meshech and Tubal will be there, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of their people. They were all godless people who were killed by swords because while they were alive, they also caused people in many places [HYP] to be terrified.
27 Pea ʻe ʻikai te nau tokoto fakataha mo e kau toʻa kuo hinga ʻi he kau taʻekamu, ʻakinautolu kuo ʻalu hifo ki heli mo ʻenau mahafutau: pea kuo nau ʻai ʻenau heletā ki lalo ʻi honau ʻulu, ka ʻe ʻiate kinautolu pe ʻenau ngaahi hia, neongo ko e kau fakamanavahē ʻakinautolu ʻi he fonua ʻoe moʻui ki he kakai mālohi. (Sheol )
They will surely [RHQ] not be buried honorably like the soldiers who have died, whose shields were buried with their corpses, whose swords were placed on their skulls in the graves. While those godless people were alive, they had caused many people in the land to be terrified, so they were punished for their sins. (Sheol )
28 Ko e moʻoni, ʻe haʻaki koe ke lailai ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kau taʻekamu, pea te ke tokoto fakataha mo kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā.
You king of Egypt, you also be killed and will lie there with other godless people who have been killed by [their enemies’] swords.
29 Ko ʻena ʻa ʻItomi, mo hono ngaahi tuʻi, mo hono houʻeiki, ko kinautolu mo ʻenau mālohi kuo fakatokoto fakataha mo kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā: te nau tokoto fakataha mo e kau taʻekamu, mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo.
People of the Edom people-group will be there, along with their kings and leaders. They were powerful, but they will [be killed and] lie there in the place where the other dead people are. They will lie there in that deep pit, with the other godless people.
30 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻae houʻeiki mei he potu tokelau ʻoku nau kātoa, mo e kakai Saitoni kotoa pē, kuo tō hifo fakataha mo e kau mate tāmateʻi; ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau lilika, kuo nau mā ki heʻenau mālohi; pea ʻoku nau tokoto ko e kau taʻekamu fakataha mo kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā, pea te nau fua ʻenau mā fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo.
All the rulers of countries north [of Israel], including people from Sidon, will be there. Because of their power, they caused people to be terrified, but they will lie there. They were godless, and they will lie there along with others who were killed by [their enemies’] swords. They, along with everyone else who descends into that deep pit, will be disgraced.
31 ʻE mamata ʻa Felo kiate kinautolu, pea ʻe fiefia ia mo hono kakai kotoa pē, ʻio, ʻa Felo mo ʻene kautau kotoa pē naʻe tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
The king of Egypt and all his army will see them, and they will be comforted to know that there were other huge groups of people who were killed by [their enemies’] swords.
32 He kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā, ʻio, ʻa Felo mo hono kakai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
While he was living, I allowed him to cause others in many countries to be terrified, but he and his huge army will be there among other godless people who had been killed by [their enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who has said [that it would happen].”