ʻIsaia 43

1 Ka ko eni, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi koe, ʻE Sēkope, pea ko ia naʻe fakafuofua koe, ʻE ʻIsileli, “ʻOua ʻe manavahē: he kuo u huhuʻi koe, kuo u ui koe ʻaki ho hingoa; ʻoku ʻaʻaku koe.

And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you [by] your name; you are mine.

2 ‌ʻOka ke ka ʻalu ʻi he vai, te u ʻiate koe; pea ʻi he ngaahi vaitafe, ʻe ʻikai te ke melemo ai: ʻoka ke ka ʻalu ʻi he afi, ʻe ʻikai te ke vela; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻalu hake ʻiate koe ʻae ulo afi.

And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you: and if you go through fire, you shall not be burnt; the flame shall not burn you.

3 He ko au ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli, ko ho Fakamoʻui: naʻaku foaki ʻa ʻIsipite ko ho huhuʻi, ʻa ʻItiopea mo Sipa maʻau.

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia your ransom, and [given] Soene for you.

4 Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo mahuʻinga ʻi hoku ʻao, ko ia naʻa ke ongoongolelei ai, pea kuo u ʻofa kiate koe: ko ia te u foaki ʻae kau tangata koeʻuhi ko koe, pea mo e kakai koeʻuhi ko hoʻo moʻui.

Since you became precious in my sight, you have become glorious, and I have loved you: and I will give men for you, and princes for your life.

5 ‌ʻOua ʻe manavahē: he ʻoku ou ʻiate koe: te u ʻomi ho hako mei hahake, pea tānaki ko e mei he lulunga;

Fear not; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and will gather you from the west.

6 Te u pehē ki he tokelau, ‘Tukuange,’ pea ki he potu tonga, ‘ʻOua ʻe taʻofi:’ ʻomi hoku ngaahi foha mei he mamaʻo, mo hoku ngaahi ʻofefine mei he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani;

I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from the [land] afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

7 ‌ʻIo, ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ui ʻaki hoku huafa: he kuo fakatupu ia ke u ongoongolelei ai: naʻaku fakafuofua ia, ʻio, naʻaku ngaohi ia.”

[even] all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him:

8 Omi ʻae kakai kui ʻoku mata, pea mo e tuli ʻoku telinga.

and I have brought forth the blind people; for [their] eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.

9 Ke tānaki fakataha ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea ke fakataha ʻae kakai: ko hai ʻiate kinautolu te ne fakahā ʻae meʻa ni, pea fakahā kiate kitautolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa muʻa? Tuku ke nau ʻomi ʻa ʻenau kau fakamoʻoni, koeʻuhi ke nau tonuhia: pe tuku ke nau fanongo, pea pehē, “Ko e moʻoni ia.”

All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth.

10 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ko ʻeku kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimoutolu, pea ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki ʻaia kuo u fili: koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo pea tui kiate au, pea ʻilo pau ko au ia: naʻe ʻikai ha ʻOtua kuo fakatupu ʻi muʻa ʻiate au, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha kimui.

Be you my witnesses, and I [too am] a witness, says the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am [he]: before me there was no other God, and after me there shall be none.

11 Ko au, ʻio ko au, ko Sihova; pea ʻoku ʻikai mo ha fakamoʻui ka ko au pe.

I am God; and beside me there is no Saviour.

12 Kuo u fakahā, pea kuo u fakamoʻui, pea kuo u fakahinohino, ʻi he ʻikai ha ʻotua kehe ʻiate kimoutolu: ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ko ʻeku kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimoutolu, Ko au pe ko e ʻOtua.”

I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange [god] amongst you: you are my witnesses, and I am the Lord God,

13 ‌ʻIo, ʻi he teʻeki ai ʻae ʻaho ko au ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taha te ne faʻa fakamoʻui mei hoku nima: te u ngāue, pea ko hai te ne taʻofi au?

even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back?

14 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko homou huhuʻi, ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli; Ko e meʻa ʻiate kimoutolu kuo u fekau ki Papilone, pea kuo ʻomi ki lalo honau houʻeiki, pea mo e kakai Kalitia, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi vaka ʻenau tangi.

Thus says the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; for your sakes I will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships.

15 Ko au ko Sihova, ko homou tokotaha māʻoniʻoni, ko e Tupuʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli, ko homou Tuʻi.

I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who have appointed for Israel your king.

16 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku ngaohi ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻi he moana, pea mo e hala ʻi he ngaahi vai lahi;

Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty water;

17 ‌ʻAia ʻoku ʻomi ʻae saliote mo e hoosi, ʻae kongakau mo e mālohi: te nau tokoto fakataha, ʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻu ki ʻolunga: kuo nau ʻauha, kuo fuʻifuʻi ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e filo ʻoe maama.

who brought forth chariots and horse, and a mighty multitude: but they have lain down, and shall not rise: they are extinct, as quenched flax.

18 “ʻOua naʻa mou manatu ki he ngaahi meʻa muʻa, pe tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa motuʻa.

Remember you not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.

19 Vakai, te u fai ha meʻa foʻou; ʻe tupu hake ni ia; pea ʻikai te mou ʻilo ia? ʻIo, te u ngaohi ha hala ʻi he potu lala, mo e ngaahi vaitafe ʻi he toafa.

Behold, I [will] do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and you shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.

20 ‌ʻE fakaʻapaʻapa kiate au ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao, ʻae talākoni mo e ngaahi lulu: koeʻuhi ʻoku ou foaki ʻae vai ʻi he potu lala, mo e vaitafe ʻi he toafa, ke ʻatu ʻae inu ki hoku kakai kuo u fili.

the beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,

21 Kuo u ngaohi ʻae kakai ni maʻaku; te nau fakahā hoku ongoongolelei.

my people whom I have preserved to tell forth my praises.

22 Ka naʻe ʻikai te ke ui kiate au, ʻE Sēkope; ka kuo ke fiu ʻiate au, ʻE ʻIsileli.

I have not now called you, O Jacob; neither have I made you weary, O Israel.

23 ‌ʻOku teʻeki te ke ʻomi ʻae fanga lami ʻo hoʻo ngaahi feilaulau tutu; pea teʻeki ai te ke fakaʻapaʻapa ʻaki hoʻo ngaahi feilaulau. Naʻe ʻikai te u fekau ke ke tauhi au ʻaki ha meʻa foaki, pe fakaongosia koe ʻi he ʻomi ʻae meʻa namu kakala.

You have not brought me the sheep of your whole burnt offering; neither have you glorified me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with sacrifices, neither have I wearied you with frankincense.

24 ‌ʻOku teʻeki te ke fakatau maʻaku ʻae ʻakau namu kakala ʻaki ha paʻanga, pea ʻoku teʻeki te ke fakamākona au ʻaki ʻae ngako ʻo hoʻo ngaahi feilaulau; ka kuo ke taʻomia au ʻaki hoʻo ngaahi hia, kuo ke fakafiuʻi au ʻi hoʻo ngaahi fai kovi.

Neither have you purchased for me victims for silver, neither have I desired the fat of your sacrifices: but you did stand before me in your sins, and in your iniquities.

25 Ko au, ʻio ko au ia, ʻaia ʻoku tāmateʻi hoʻo ngaahi hia koeʻuhi ko au, pea ʻe ʻikai te u manatu hoʻo ngaahi angahala.

I, [even] I, am he that blots out your transgressions for mine own sake, and your sins; and I will not remember [them].

26 Fakamanatuʻi au: ke tau fefakamaauʻaki: fai hoʻo fakamatala, koeʻuhi ke ke tonuhia.

But do you remember, and let us plead [together]: do you first confess your transgressions, that you may be justified.

27 Kuo fai hala hoʻo ʻuluaki tamai, pea kuo talangataʻa kiate au hoʻo kau akonaki.

Your fathers first, and your princes have transgressed against me.

28 Pea kuo fakalieliaʻi ʻe ho ngaahi houʻeiki hoku fale tapu, ko ia te u tuku ʻa Sēkope ki he malaʻia, pea ko ʻIsileli ki he valoki.”

And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob [to enemies] to destroy, and Israel to reproach.