ʻIsaia 17

1 Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki Tamasikusi. “Vakai kuo toʻo atu ʻa Tamasikusi ke ʻoua naʻa kei kolo ia, ka e hoko ia ko e potu tuʻunga fale maumau.

The oracle on Damascus, —Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins:

2 Kuo liʻaki ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo ʻAloeli: ʻe ʻoe fanga manu ia, pea te nau tokoto ai, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha ke fakamanavahēʻi ʻakinautolu.

Forsaken, are the desolate cities, —For flocks, shall they serve, Which shall lie down and have none to make them afraid.

3 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻE ngata ʻae kolo ʻi ʻIfalemi, mo e puleʻanga ʻo Tamasikusi, pea mo e toenga kakai ʻo Silia: te nau hangē ko e ongoongolelei ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.

Then shall the fortress cease from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus and the remnant of Syria, —Like the glory of the sons of Israel, shall they be, —Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

4 Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻe fakasiʻisiʻi ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo Sēkope, pea ʻe fakaʻaʻau ke tutue ʻae ngako ʻo hono sino.

And it shall come to pass in that day, That the glory of Jacob, shall be diminished, And, the fatness of his flesh, shall be wasted;

5 Pea ʻe hangē ia ko e tānaki ʻe he tangata ututaʻu ʻene koane, pea tuʻusi hono fua ʻaki hono nima; pea ʻe hangē ia ko ia ʻoku tānaki ʻae fua ʻi he teleʻa ʻo Lifeimi.

And it shall come to pass—That, as the harvestman gathereth standing corn, And with his arm—the ears, he reapeth, Yea it shall come to pass—That, so, shall he be who gleaneth ears, in the vale of Rephaim;

6 “Ka e fakatoe ʻi ai ʻae fua ʻoe vaine, ʻo hangē ko e lulululu ʻae ʻakau ko e ʻolive, ko e foʻi fua ʻe ua pe tolu ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he vaʻa taupotu ki ʻolunga, ko e fā pe nima ʻi he ngaahi vaʻa taukakapa ʻo ia ʻoku fua, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.

Yet shall there be left therein, a gleaning. As in the beating of an olive-tree, —Two-three berries in the head of the tree-top, —Four—five, among her fruitful boughs, Declareth Yahweh God of Israel.

7 ‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe hanga hake ʻae tangata ki hono Tupuʻanga, pea ʻe tokanga ʻa hono mata ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.

In that day, shall the son of earth look to him that made him, —And his eyes unto the Holy One of Israel, be turned;

8 Pea ʻe ʻikai te ne sio ki he ngaahi feilaulauʻanga, ko e ngāue ʻa hono nima, pe tokanga ki he meʻa kuo ngaohi ʻe hono louhiʻi nima, ki he ngaahi vao tapu, pe ko e ngaahi tamapua.

And he shall not look unto the altars the work of his own hands, —Nor to what his own fingers have made, shall his eye be turned, Whether Sacred Stems or Sun-pillars.

9 “ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe tatau hono ngaahi kolo mālohi mo ha vaʻa kuo liʻaki, mo ha vaʻa māʻolunga, ʻaia naʻa nau tuku koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻae fakaʻauha.

In that day, shall his fortified cities become Like a neglected bough and a topmost branch, Which they neglected because of the sons of Israel, —So shall there be desolation.

10 Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo fakangalongaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua ʻo hoʻo moʻui, pea taʻemanatu ki he maka ʻo ho mālohi, ko ia te ke tō ʻae ngaahi ʻakau toulekeleka, pea tō mo ia ʻae ngaahi ʻakau mei he fonua kehe:

Because thou didst forget the God of thy salvation, And thy Rock of refuge, thou didst not remember, For this cause, shalt thou plant very pleasant plants, And, the slip of a stranger, shalt thou set:

11 ‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia te ke ngaohi hoʻo ʻakau ke tupu, pea ʻi he pongipongi te ke ngaohi hoʻo tenga ke moʻui: ka e hoko ʻae ututaʻu ko e fokotuʻunga ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, ko e mamahi taʻeʻiaihaʻamanaki lelei.

In the day when thou plantest, fence thou in, And in the morning, cause thou, thy slip, to blossom, —A harvest will have waved in the day of destiny, and mortal pain.

12 “ʻE malaʻia ʻae fakataha lahi ʻoe kakai tokolahi, ʻoku longoaʻa ʻo hangē ko e ʻuʻulu ʻoe tahi; pea ʻi he feʻohofi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻoku ʻoho ʻo hangē ko e ʻoho ʻoe ngaahi vai lahi ʻaupito!

Alas! the booming of many peoples, Like the booming of the seas, shall they boom, —And the rushing of nations! Like the rushing of mighty waters, shall they rush.

13 ‌ʻE feʻohofi ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo hangē ko e ʻoho ʻoe ngaahi vai lahi: ka e lolomi ʻakinautolu[ʻe he ʻOtua], pea te nau hola ki he mamaʻo, pea ʻe tulia ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e mohuku mōmoa ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga ʻoku vilingia ʻi he matangi, pea hangē ko e fisiʻiʻakau ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻahiohio.

Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away, —And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm!

14 Pea vakai ko e ongosia ʻi he efiafi poʻuli; pea ʻi he teʻeki hoko ʻae pongipongi kuo ʻikai ia. Ko eni ʻae ʻinasi ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakamālohiʻi ʻakitautolu, mo e ʻinasi ʻokinautolu ʻoku kaihaʻasiʻi ʻakitautolu.”

At eventide, lo! terror, Before morning, he is not! This, is the portion of them who plunder us, And the lot of them who make of us a prey.