< ʻIsikieli 8 >
1 Pea naʻe hoko ʻi hono ono ʻoe taʻu, mo hono ono ʻoe māhina, pea ʻi hono nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina, naʻaku nofo ʻi hoku fale, pea naʻe nofo ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae kau mātuʻa ʻo Siuta, ne hoko mai kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua ko Sihova.
六年六月五日,當我坐在我屋內,猶大的長老門坐在我面前時,吾主上主的手臨於我。
2 Pea ne u mamata, pea vakai, ko e meʻa ʻoku tatau mo e afi: ko e hā mai ʻa hono kongaloto ʻo fai ki lalo ko e afi; pea mei hono kongaloto ʻo fai ki ʻolunga naʻe ha ngingila, ʻo hangē ko e lanu ʻoe ʻamipa.
我觀望,看,有一個形像,形狀如人,在他相似腰部的下面,有一團火,在他腰部的上面好像有一道光輝,像發亮的金屬。
3 Pea naʻe ʻai mai ʻae tatau ʻo ha nima, ʻo ne puke au ʻi hoku louʻulu; pea hiki au ʻe he laumālie ki he vahaʻa ʻo māmani pea mo e langi, ʻo ne ʻomi au ʻi he meʻa hā mai ʻae ʻOtua ki Selūsalema, ki he matapā ʻoe kātupa ki loto ʻaia ʻoku hanga ki he tokelau; ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe fakatātā ki he fuaʻa, ʻaia ʻoku fakatupu ʻae fuaʻa.
他伸出一隻像手的形狀,抓住我的一綹頭髮,有一種神力把我提到天地之間,在神視中將我提往耶路撒冷去,到了內門的北門門口,在那裏供奉著引起上主妒火的偶像。
4 Pea vakai, naʻe ʻi ai ʻae nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo tatau mo ʻene hā mai naʻaku mamata ai ʻi he teleʻa.
在那裏出現了以色列天主的光榮,相似我在平原所見的異像。
5 Pea ne toki pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, hanga hake eni ho mata ki he potu fakatokelau.” Ko ia naʻaku fakahanga hoku mata ki he potu tokelau, pea vakai, naʻe ʻi ai ʻae fakatātā ʻoe fuaʻa ʻi hono potu fakatokelau ʻoe matapā ʻoe feilaulauʻanga, ʻi hono hūʻanga.
他向我說:「人子,舉目向北方看! 」我遂舉目向北方看;看見在靠近祭壇的北門門口,有那引起上主妒火的偶像。
6 Naʻa ne pehē foki kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻOku ke mamata ki he meʻa ʻoku nau fai? ʻIo, ʻae ngaahi fakalielia lahi ʻoku fai ʻi heni ʻe he fale ʻo ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke u ʻalu mamaʻo atu mei hoku potu toputapu? Ka ke toe tangaki hake, pea te ke sio ki he ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku lahi hake.”
他又向我說:「人子,你看他們作的是什麼﹖以色列家族在這裏所行的極其醜惡之事,使我非離開我的聖所不可,但你還要看見更為醜惡的事。」
7 Pea naʻa ne ʻomi au ki he matapā ʻoe lotoʻā; pea ʻi heʻeku sio, vakai ko e ava naʻe ʻi he ʻā.
以後,他引我到外院的大門口,我看見在牆上有一個洞。
8 Pea ne pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke keli ʻi he ʻā: pea ʻi heʻeku keli ʻi he ʻā, vakai ko e matapā.”
他向我說:「人子,把這牆穿一個洞! 」我遂在牆上穿了一個洞,出現了一道門。
9 Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “Hū atu mo mamata ki he ngaahi kovi fakalielia ʻoku nau fai ʻi heni.”
他又向我說:「你進去看一看他們在那裏所做的窮凶極惡的醜行。」
10 Ko ia naʻaku hū ki ai ʻo mamata; pea vakai naʻe tohi takatakai ki he holisi fale ʻae fakatātā ki he anga ʻoe meʻa totolo kotoa pē, mo e fanga manu fakalielia, pea mo e ngaahi tamapua kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli.
我便進去,看見有各種爬蟲和走獸的像,都是可憎惡的;還有以色列家的各種偶像,都刻畫在四周的牆上。
11 Pea tutuʻu ʻi honau ʻao ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko fitungofulu ʻi he kau mātuʻa ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, pea ʻi honau haʻohaʻonga naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Sesania ko e foha ʻo Safani, pea taki taha ʻae tangata ʻene ʻaiʻanga afi ʻi hono nima; pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae ʻao matolu ʻoe meʻa namu kakala.
以色列家族的七十長老,沙番的兒子雅匝尼雅也在他們中間,都站在那些像前,每人手中拿著香爐,燒的香煙如濃雲,正在上騰。
12 Pea naʻa ne toki pehē kiate au, “Foha ʻoe tangata, kuo ke mamata ki he meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻe he tangata taki taha kotoa pē ʻi he ʻana ʻo ʻene meʻa fakatātā? He ʻoku nau pehē, ‘ʻOku ʻikai mamata ʻa Sihova kiate kitautolu; kuo siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa māmani.’”
他對我說:「人子,你看見了以色列的長老在黑暗中,每人在藏神像的暗室中所行的事嗎﹖他們說:上主看不見我們,上主已離棄了此地。」
13 Naʻa ne pehē foki kiate au, “Toe tangaki hake koe, pea te ke mamata ki heʻenau fai ʻae ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku lahi hake.”
他又向我說:「你還要看見他們所行的更醜惡的事。」
14 Pea naʻe toki ʻave au ki he matapā ʻoe hūʻanga ki he fale ʻo Sihova ʻaia naʻe tuʻu ki he tokelau: pea vakai, naʻe nofo ai ʻae kau fefine ʻoku tangi koeʻuhi ko Temuse.
以後,他引我到了上主的聖殿朝北的大門口。看,有些婦女坐在那裏,哀悼塔慕次。
15 Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “Kuo ke mamata ʻa eni, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata? Toe tangaki hake pea te ke sio ki he ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku lahi hake ʻi he meʻa ni.”
他向我說:「人子,你看見了嗎﹖但你還要看見比這更醜惡的事。」
16 Pea naʻa ne ʻomi au ki he lotoʻā ki loto, ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, pea vakai, naʻe ʻi he matapā ʻoe falelotu lahi ʻo Sihova ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe hūʻanga mo e feilaulauʻanga ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uofulu ma toko nima naʻe fulituʻa ki he falelotu lahi ʻo Sihova, kae hanga honau mata ki he potu hahake; pea naʻa nau hū ki he laʻā ki he potu hahake.
以後,他引我到了上主聖殿的內庭院內;看,在上主聖所的門口,在走廊和祭壇中間約有二十五個人,背向上主的聖所,面向東方,他們正在向東方朝拜太陽。
17 Pea naʻa ne pehē ai kiate au, “Kuo ke mamata ki he meʻa ni, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata? Ko e meʻa maʻamaʻa koā ki he fale ʻo Siuta ke nau fai ʻae ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku nau fai ʻi heni? He kuo nau fakafonu ʻae fonua ʻi he fakamālohi, mo nau tafoki ke fakatupu ʻeku houhau: pea vakai ʻoku nau ʻai ʻae vaʻa ki honau ihu.
他又向我說:「人子,你看見了嗎﹖在這裏行的這些醜惡之事,為猶大家還不夠嗎﹖他們還將此地充滿了殘暴之事,時時惹我忿怒。看,他們還把枝條舉到自己鼻子上。
18 Ko ia foki te u ngāueʻaki ʻeau ʻae houhau lahi: ʻe ʻikai mamae ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻe ʻikai te u manavaʻofa: pea neongo ʻenau tangi ʻi hoku telinga ʻi he leʻo lahi, ʻe ʻikai te u fanongo kiate kinautolu.”
我必大發憤怒,我的眼決不憐視,一點也不顧惜;極使他們在我耳旁高聲喊叫,我仍不俯聽他們。」