ʻIsaia 55

1 “Vakai mai, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku fieinu, haʻu ki he ngaahi vai, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻikai haʻane paʻanga; mou haʻu, ʻo fakatau, pea kai; ʻio, haʻu ʻo fakatau uaine mo e huʻahuhu taʻehapaʻanga pea taʻehatotongi.

Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.

2 Ko e hā ʻoku mou ʻatu ai ʻae paʻanga ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ko e mā? Mo hoʻomou ngāue ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai fakamākona? Mou fanongo ʻo tokanga kiate au, pea mou kai ʻaia ʻoku lelei, pea tuku ke fiefia homou laumālie ʻi he meʻakai lelei lahi.

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

3 Fakatokangaʻi homou telinga, pea haʻu kiate au fanongo, pea ʻe moʻui homou laumālie, pea te u fai ʻae fuakava taʻengata mo kimoutolu, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi ʻaloʻofa tuʻumaʻu kia Tevita.

Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

4 Vakai, kuo u foaki ia ko e fakamoʻoni ki he kakai, ko e takimuʻa mo e pule ki he kakai.

See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.

5 Vakai, te ke ui ʻae puleʻanga ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo ni, pea ko e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo koe te nau lele kiate koe koeʻuhi ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea koeʻuhi ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli; he kuo ne fakaongoongoleleiʻi koe.”

See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.

6 Mou kumi kia Sihova ʻi he lolotonga ʻoku faʻa ʻilo ia, ui kiate ia ʻi heʻene kei ofi:

Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

7 Tuku ke liʻaki ʻe he angahala hono hala, mo e tangata taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻene ngaahi mahalo: pea tuku ke ne foki kia Sihova, pea te ne ʻaloʻofa kiate ia; pea ki hotau ʻOtua, he te ne fakamolemole ʻo lahi ʻaupito.

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

8 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻOku ʻikai ko hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo ʻa ʻeku mahalo, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko homou ngaahi hala ʻa hoku ngaahi hala.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

9 He ʻoku hangē ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻae ngaahi langi mei he māmani, ʻoku pehē hono māʻolunga ʻo hoku ngaahi hala, pea mo ʻeku mahalo ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 Pea hangē ʻoku ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻuha, mo e ʻuha hinehina mei he langi, pea ʻikai toe foki ki ai, ka ʻoku fakaviviku ʻae kelekele, pea ngaohi ia ke tupu mo fua, koeʻuhi ke ʻomi mei ai ʻae tenga ki he tangata tūtuuʻi, pea mo e mā kiate ia ʻoku kai.

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

11 ‌ʻE pehē ʻeku folofola ʻaia ʻoku ʻalu atu ʻi hoku fofonga: ʻe ʻikai foki taʻefua kiate au, ka e lavaʻi ia ʻaia ʻoku ou faʻiteliha ki ai, pea ʻe monūʻia ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ou fekau ia ki ai.

So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.

12 He te mou ʻalu atu ʻi he fiefia, pea ʻe taki atu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he fiemālie: ʻe pā ʻae hiva ʻi homou ʻao mei he ngaahi moʻunga mo e potu tafungofunga, pea ʻe pasipasi nima ʻe he ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao.

For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.

13 ‌ʻE tupu hake ʻae ʻakau ko e fea ko e fetongi ʻoe ʻakau talatala, pea ʻe tupu ʻae maile ko e fetongi ʻoe talatalaʻāmoa: pea ʻe hoko ia ko e meʻa fakamanatu kia Sihova, ko e fakaʻilonga taʻengata ʻaia ʻe ʻikai ʻauha.”

In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.