ʻIsaia 48
1 “Fanongo ki he meʻa ni, ʻE fale ʻo Sēkope, ʻa koe ʻoku ui ʻaki ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻIsileli, pea kuo haʻu mei he ngaahi matavai ʻo Siuta, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku fuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, pea lea ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he moʻoni, pe ʻi he māʻoniʻoni.
“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by the LORD’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—
2 He ʻoku nau lau ʻoku nau ʻoe kolo māʻoniʻoni, pea faʻaki ʻakinautolu ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ko hono huafa ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.
3 Kuo u fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa muʻa mei he kamataʻanga; pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu mei hoku fofonga, pea ne u fakahā ia; naʻaku fai fakafokifā ia, pea hoko ia.
I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.
4 Koeʻuhi naʻaku ʻilo ʻoku ke paongataʻa, pea ko e uoua ukamea ho kia, pea palasa ho foʻi laʻē;
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
5 Kuo u fakahā ia kiate koe mei he kamataʻanga; ʻi he teʻeki ai hoko ia naʻaku fakahā ia kiate koe: telia naʻa ke pehē, ‘Kuo fai ʻe heʻeku tamapua, ʻae ngaahi meʻa ko ia, mo ʻeku tamapua kuo tongi, mo ʻeku tamapua kuo haka kuo fekau ki ai.’
therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’
6 Kuo ke tomuʻa fanongo, pea vakai kuo hoko ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē; pea ʻe ʻikai te ke fakahā ia? “Kuo u fakahā atu mei he kuonga ni, ʻae ngaahi meʻa foʻou, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi meʻa lilo, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo ki ai.
You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
7 ʻOku fakatupu ni ia, kae ʻikai mei he kamataʻanga; ʻio, ʻi muʻaange ʻi he ʻaho ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ke fanongo ki ai, telia naʻa ke pehē, “Vakai, naʻaku ʻilo ia.”
They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8 Ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai te ke fanongo, ʻio, naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo; ʻio, mei he kuonga ko ia naʻe ʻikai ke fakaava ho telinga: he naʻaku ʻilo te ke fai kākā lahi, pea naʻe ui koe ko e maumau fono mei he manāva.
Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
9 Koeʻuhi ko hoku huafa te u taʻofi hoku houhau, pea koeʻuhi ko ʻeku ongoongolelei te u taʻofi au meiate koe, ke ʻoua naʻaku tuʻusi ʻaupito koe.
For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Vakai; kuo u fakamaʻa koe, kae ʻikai ʻaki ʻae siliva; kuo u fili koe mei he afi ʻoe mamahi.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 Koeʻuhi ko au, ʻio, koeʻuhi ko au, te u fai ia: he ko e hā ʻe fakalielia ai ʻa hoku huafa? Pea ʻe ʻikai te u foaki hoku nāunau ki ha tokotaha kehe.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
12 “Fanongo kiate au, ʻe Sēkope pea mo ʻIsileli, ʻa koe kuo u ui; ko au ia; ko au ko e ʻuluaki, pea ko au foki ko e kimui.
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
13 Kuo ʻai ʻe hoku nima ʻae tuʻunga ʻo māmani, pea kuo u hanga ʻae ngaahi langi ʻaki hoku nima toʻomataʻu: ʻo kau ka ui ki ai, ʻoku nau tuʻu hake fakataha.
Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.
14 “Mou fakataha, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē, pea fanongo; ko hai ʻiate kinautolu kuo ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa ui? Kuo ʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate ia: te ne fai ʻene faʻiteliha ki Papilone, pea ʻe ʻi he kakai Kalitia ʻa hono nima.
“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 Ko au, ʻio, ko au, kuo u folofola; kuo u ui kiate ia: kuo u ʻomi ia, pea te ne ngaohi ke lelei hono hala.
I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 “Mou haʻu ke ofi kiate au, fanongo ki he meʻa ni; “talu ʻae kamataʻanga naʻe ʻikai te u lea ʻi he lilo; talu ʻae kuonga naʻe ʻi ai ia, ʻoku ʻi ai au.” Pea ko e ʻEiki ko Sihova, mo hono Laumālie, kuo na fekau au.
“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit.
17 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko ho Huhuʻi, ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli; “Ko au ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku akonakiʻi koe ke ʻaonga, pea ko ia ʻoku tataki koe ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ke ʻalu ai.
The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
18 ʻAmusiaange ʻe au kuo ke tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau! Ka ne pehē kuo hangē ko e vaitafe hoʻo fiemālie, pea tatau hoʻo māʻoniʻoni mo e ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi:
Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 Pea ko ho hako foki kuo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone, pea ko e fua ʻo ho manāva ʻo hangē ko e kilikili ʻoe matātahi; pea ʻe ʻikai tuʻusi pe fakaʻauha hono hingoa mei hoku ʻao.
Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”
20 ʻAlu atu ʻakimoutolu mei Papilone, mou hola mei he kakai Kalitia, mou fakahā ʻaki ʻae lea ʻoe hiva, tala ʻae meʻa ni, lea ʻaki ia ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani; mou pehē, “Kuo huhuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki ko Sēkope.”
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With the sound of joyful shouting announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21 Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva inu ʻi heʻene tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi toafa: naʻa ne pule ke tafe atu ʻae vai mei he maka maʻanautolu: naʻa ne foaʻi ʻae maka, pea naʻe mapuna mei ai ʻae vai.
They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.
22 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemālie ki he kakai angahala.”
“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
