ʻIsaia 42
1 “Vakai ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ʻaia ʻoku ou poupou; ʻaia kuo u fili, pea ʻoku fiefia ʻiate ia hoku laumālie; kuo u tuku hoku laumālie kiate ia: te ne fakahā ʻae fakamaau ki he ngaahi Senitaile.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 ʻE ʻikai te ne tangi, pe hiki hake hono leʻo, pe fakaongo atu ia ʻi he hala.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 ʻE ʻikai te ne fesiʻi ha kaho kuo volu, pe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoku kohu: te ne ʻomi ʻae fakamaau ki he moʻoni.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 ʻE ʻikai te ne vaivai pe manavasiʻi, kaeʻoua ke ne fokotuʻu ʻae fakamaau ʻi māmani: pea ʻe tatali ʻae ngaahi motu ki heʻene fono.”
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne fakatupu ʻae ngaahi langi, pea folahi atu ia; ko ia naʻe mafola atu ʻae fonua, pea mo ia ʻoku tupu ai; ko ia ʻoku foaki ʻae mānava ki he kakai ʻi he funga ʻo ia, mo e laumālie kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi ai:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 “Ko au ko Sihova naʻaku ui koe ʻi he māʻoniʻoni, pea te u puke ho nima, pea tauhi koe, pea foaki koe ko e fuakava ʻoe kakai, ko e maama ki he ngaahi Senitaile;
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 Ke fakaʻā ʻae mata ʻoe kui, ke ʻomi ʻae kau pōpula mei he fale fakapōpula, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he poʻuli mei he fale fakapōpula.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 “Ko au ko Sihova: ko hoku huafa ia: pea ko hoku nāunau ʻe ʻikai te u foaki ki ha taha, pe ko hoku fakamālō ki he ngaahi tamapua kuo tongi.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Vakai, kuo hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa muʻa, pea ʻoku ou fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa foʻou: ʻi he teʻeki ke hoko ʻoku ou fakahā ia kiate kimoutolu.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Hiva kia Sihova ʻaki ʻae hiva foʻou, pea mo hono fakamālō mei he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he tahi, pea mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai; ʻae ngaahi motu, mo e kakai ʻoku nofo ai.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Tuku ke hiki hake honau leʻo ʻe he toafa mo e ngaahi kolo, ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoku ʻi Keta: tuku ke hiva ʻae ngaahi kakai ʻoe maka, tuku ke nau kalanga mei he tumutumu ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Tuku ke nau ʻatu ʻae ongoongolelei kia Sihova, pea fakahā hono fakamālō ʻi he ngaahi motu.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 ʻE hāʻele atu ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko e tangata mālohi ʻaupito, te ne ueʻi hono houhau ʻo hangē ko e tangata ʻoku toʻa lahi: te ne kalanga, ʻio, ʻo kalanga mālohi, te ne lavaʻi hono ngaahi fili.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 “Kuo fuoloa mo ʻeku fakalongo pe; naʻaku nofo pe, ʻo taʻofi au: ka te u tangi ni ʻo hangē ha fefine langā; te u fakaʻauha mo maumauʻi hifo fakataha.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Te u ngaohi ke lala ʻae ngaahi moʻunga mo e potu tafungofunga, pea fakamōmoa ʻae ngaahi ʻakau iiki; pea te u ngaohi ʻae ngaahi vaitafe ko e ngaahi motu, pea te u fakamōmoa mo e ngaahi anovai.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Pea te u ʻomi ʻae kui ʻi he hala naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo; te u tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi hala naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo ki ai: te u ngaohi ʻae poʻuli ko e maama ʻi honau ʻao, mo e ngaahi meʻa pikopiko ke totonu. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni te u fai kiate kinautolu, ka e ʻikai liʻaki ʻakinautolu.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 “ʻE fakafoki ki mui ʻakinautolu, ʻe mā lahi, ʻakinautolu ʻoku falala ki he ngaahi tamapua kuo tongi, ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ki he ngaahi fakatātā kuo haka, ‘Ko homau ʻotua ʻakimoutolu.’
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 “Fanongo, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku tuli; pea sio, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku kui, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻā.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Ko hai ʻoku kui, ka ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki? Pe tuli, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku talafekau ʻaia naʻaku fekau? Ko hai ʻoku kui ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku haohaoa, pea kui ʻo hangē ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 ʻOku ke mamata ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi ia; ʻo fakaava ʻae telinga, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke fanongo.
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 ʻOku fiemālie lahi ʻa Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻene māʻoniʻoni ʻaʻana; te ne hakeakiʻi ʻae fono, pea ngaohi ke ongoongolelei ia.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Ka ko e kakai eni kuo faʻao ʻenau ngaahi meʻa, pea kuo vetea ʻakinautolu; kuo moʻua ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi luo, pea kuo fufū ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi fale fakapōpula: ʻoku pau ke pōpula ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha ke fakamoʻui; kuo faʻao ʻakinautolu, pea ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Ke toe ʻomi.’
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Ko hai ʻiate kimoutolu te ne tokanga ki he meʻa ni? Ko hai te ne fakafanongo pea ongoʻi ʻi he kuonga ʻe hoko mai?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Ko hai naʻe tuku ʻa Sēkope ke vetea, pea mo ʻIsileli ki he kau kaihaʻa? ʻIkai ko Sihova, ʻaia kuo tau fai hala ki ai? He naʻe ʻikai te nau fie ʻeveʻeva ʻi hono ngaahi hala, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau talangofua ki heʻene fono.
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Ko ia kuo ne lilingi kiate ia ʻae kakaha ʻo hono houhau, pea mo e mālohi ʻoe tau: pea kuo ne tutu ia ʻo takatakai, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa ʻilo; pea naʻe vela ia, ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga hono loto ki ai.”
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
