ʻIsaia 31
1 ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki ʻIsipite ke kumi ʻae tokoni; pea faʻaki ki he fanga hoosi, mo falala ki he ngaahi saliote, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau tokolahi; pea ʻi he kau tangata heka hoosi, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau mālohi ʻaupito; ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau vakai ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli, pe kumi kia Sihova!
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and lean on horses, and trust in chariots (for they are many) and in horsemen (for they are countless). But they are not concerned about the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Yahweh!
2 Ka ʻoku ne poto foki mo ia, pea te ne fakahoko mai ʻae kovi, pea ʻe ʻikai fakafoki ʻene ngaahi folofola: ka te ne tuʻu hake ki he fale ʻoe fai kovi, pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku tokoni ki he kau fai kovi.
Yet he is wise, and he will bring disaster and will not retract his words. He will arise against the evil house and against the helpers of those who commit sin.
3 Ko eni, ko e tangata pe ʻae kau ʻIsipite, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua; pea ko e kakano pe ʻa ʻenau fanga hoosi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke laumālie. ʻOku mafao atu ʻe Sihova hono nima, ʻe hinga ia ʻaia naʻe tokoni, pea ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻae tokoni ʻe tō ki lalo, pea te na vaivai fakataha.
Egypt is a man and not God, their horses flesh and not spirit. When Yahweh reaches out with his hand, both the one who helps will stumble, and the one who is helped will fall; both will perish together.
4 He kuo folofola pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻO hangē ko e ngungulu ʻoe laione mo e laione mui ʻi heʻene kai, ʻoka fakataha ʻae kau tauhi kotoa pē ke fai mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne manavahē ki honau leʻo, pe fakavaivai ia koeʻuhi ko honau tokolahi: ʻe pehē ʻae hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ke fai ʻae tau, maʻa e moʻunga ko Saione, pea mo hono tafungofunga.
This is what Yahweh says to me, “As a lion, even a young lion, growls over its torn prey, when a group of shepherds is called out against it, but it does not tremble at their voices, nor creep away from their sound; thus Yahweh of hosts will descend to fight on Mount Zion, on that hill.
5 ʻO hangē ko e puna ʻae fanga manu, ʻe fakahaofi pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻa Selūsalema: ʻi heʻene maluʻi te ne fakamoʻui ia; pea ʻi heʻene hāʻele atu te ne fakahaofi ia.”
Like birds in flight, so Yahweh of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and rescue as he passes over it and preserves it.
6 Tafoki ʻakimoutolu kiate ia ʻaia kuo angatuʻu ʻaupito ki ai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
Return to him from whom you have deeply turned away, people of Israel.
7 Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe liʻaki ʻe he tangata kotoa pē ʻene ngaahi tamapua siliva, pea mo ʻene ngaahi tamapua koula, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ʻe homou nima kiate kimoutolu ko e angahala.
For in that day each one will get rid of his idols of silver and his idols of gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
8 “Pea ʻe toki tō ʻae tangata ʻAsilia ʻi he heletā, kae ʻikai ʻo ha tangata mālohi; pea ʻe kai ia ʻe he heletā, kae ʻikai ʻo ha tangata meʻa vale: ka te ne hola mei he heletā, pea ʻe vaivai ʻene kau talavou.
Assyria will fall by the sword; a sword not wielded by man will consume him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will be forced to do hard labor.
9 Pea ʻi he manavahē te ne ʻalu ki hono potu mālohi, pea ʻe manavahē hono ngaahi houʻeiki ki he fuka,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Saione ʻene afi, pea ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema ʻene ngotoʻumu vela.
They will lose all confidence because of terror, and his princes will be afraid at the sight of Yahweh's battle flag— this is Yahweh's declaration—whose fire is in Zion and whose firepot is in Jerusalem.”
