ʻIsaia 7

1 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻAhasi ko e foha ʻo Sotame, ko e foha ʻo ʻUsia, ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, naʻe ʻalu hake ki Selūsalema, ʻa Lesini ko e tuʻi ʻo Silia, mo Peka ko e foha ʻo Lemalia, ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ke tauʻi ia ka naʻe ʻikai te na faʻa lava ia.

And it came to pass in the days of Achaz [the son] of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasim king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it.

2 Pea naʻe fakahā ki he fale ʻo Tevita, ʻo pehē, ʻOku kau fakataha ʻa Silia mo ʻIfalemi. Pea naʻe ngaueue hono loto, mo e loto ʻo hono kakai, ʻo hangē ʻoku lūluuʻi ʻe he matangi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe vao.

And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind.

3 Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Sihova kia ʻIsaia, “ʻAlu atu ʻo fakafetaulaki kia ʻAhasi, ʻa koe mo Siasasupe ko ho foha, ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe tafeʻanga ʻoe vai taupotu ki ʻolunga ʻi he hala lahi ʻoe ngoue ʻae tangata fakamaʻa kofu;

And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, you, and your son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field.

4 Pea te ke pehē kiate ia, Tokanga, pea ke fiemālie; ʻoua ʻe manavahē, pea ʻoua naʻa vaivai ho loto ki he potuʻi toume ʻoe ongo tūhulu ʻoku kohu ni, ki he ʻita lahi ʻo Lesini pea mo Silia, pea mo e foha ʻo Lemalia.

And you shall say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let your soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.

5 Koeʻuhi kuo fakakaukau ki he kovi ke fai kiate koe, ʻe Silia, mo ʻIfalemi, pea mo e foha ʻo Lemalia, ʻo pehē,

And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],

6 Ke tau ʻalu ʻo tauʻi ʻa Siuta, pea fakamamahiʻi, pea ke tau ngaohi ke ava hono potu moʻotautolu, pea fokotuʻu ha tuʻi ʻi ai, ʻio, ʻae foha ʻo Tapeale:

We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;

7 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻEiki ko Sihova, “ʻE ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ia, pea ʻe ʻikai hoko ia.

thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

8 He ko e ʻulu ʻo Silia ko Tamasikusi, pea ko e ʻulu ʻo Tamasikusi ko Lesini; pea ʻi he teʻeki ke kakato ʻae taʻu ʻe onongofulu ma nima ʻe maumauʻi ʻa ʻIfalemi, ke ʻoua naʻa kei ai hano kakai.

But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] a people.

9 Pea ko e ʻulu ʻo ʻIfalemi ko Samēlia, pea ko e ʻulu ʻo Samēlia ʻae foha ʻo Lemalia. Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou tui, ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai te mou tuʻumaʻu.

And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if you believe not, neither will you at all understand.

10 Pea naʻe toe folofola ʻa Sihova kia ʻAhasi, ʻo pehē,

And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying,

11 “Ke ke kole ha fakaʻilonga meia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua; kole ia mei he loloto, pe mei he langi ʻi ʻolunga.” (Sheol h7585)

Ask for yourself a sign of the Lord your God, in the depth or in the height. (Sheol h7585)

12 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAhasi, “ʻE ʻikai te u kole, pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻahiʻahi kovi kia Sihova.”

And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

13 Pea naʻa ne pehē, “Fanongo mai, ʻae fale ʻo Tevita; He ko e meʻa siʻi ke ke fakafiuʻi ʻae tangata, ka te ke fakafiuʻi mo hoku ʻOtua foki?

And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do you contend against the Lord?

14 Ko ia ko Sihova pe te ne ʻatu kiate koe ʻae fakaʻilonga; Vakai, ʻe tuituʻia ʻae tāupoʻou, pea ʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama, pea ʻe ui hono huafa ko ʻImanuela.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel.

15 Te ne kai ʻae pota mo e honi, koeʻuhi ke ne ʻilo ke siʻaki ʻae kovi, pea fili ʻae lelei.

Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil [or] choose the good.

16 ‌ʻI he teʻeki ke ʻilo ʻe he tamasiʻi ke siʻaki ʻae kovi, pea fili ʻae lelei, ʻe mole mei he fonua ʻoku ke fehiʻa ki ai ʻa hono ongo tuʻi ʻe toko ua.

For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the two kings.

17 “ʻE fakahoko e Sihova kiate koe, pea ki hoʻo kakai, pea ki he fale ʻo hoʻo tamai, ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻoku teʻeki ai hano tatau, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻe mahuʻi ʻa ʻIfalemi mei Siuta, ʻio, ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.

But God shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon the house of your father, days which have never come, from the day that Ephraim took away from Juda the king of the Assyrians.

18 Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe ui ʻe Sihova ke haʻu ʻae lango mei he vaitafe ʻi he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo ʻIsipite, pea mo e pi ʻoku ʻi he fonua ko ʻAsilia.

And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the flies, which [insect] shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians.

19 Pea te nau haʻu, pea ʻe nofo ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi teleʻa liʻaki; pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻana maka, pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē.

And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine.

20 ‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe fafai ʻe Sihova ʻaki ʻae tele kuo maʻu ʻi he totongi, ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he tuʻa vaitafe, ʻio, ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻae ʻulu pea mo e fulufulu ʻoe vaʻe: pea te ne fakaʻosi mo e kava foki.

In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.

21 Pea ʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe tauhi ʻe ha tangata ʻae pulu mui fefine, mo e sipi ʻe ua;

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.

22 Pea ʻe pehē, ʻi he lahi ʻoe huʻahuhu ʻe maʻu mei ai, ko ia te ne kai pota, he ko e pota mo e hone ʻe kai ʻekinautolu fulipē ʻoku toe ʻi he fonua.

And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, [that] every one that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey.

23 Pea ʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻo pehē, ko e potu kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai ʻae vaine ʻe afe ʻo tatau mo e konga siliva ʻe afe, ʻe tupu ʻi ai ʻae ʻakau talatala mo e talatalaʻāmoa.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.

24 ‌ʻE haʻu ki ai ʻae kakai mo e ngaahi ngahau mo e kaufana; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻae fonua kotoa pē ʻaki ʻae ʻakau talatala mo e talatalaʻāmoa.

[Men] shall enter there with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be [barren] ground and thorns.

25 Pea ʻi he ngaahi māʻolunga kotoa pē ʻe keli ʻaki ʻae huo, ʻe ʻikai hoko ki ai ʻae manavahē ki he ʻakau talatala: ka ko e potu ia ke ʻave ki ai ʻae fanga pulu, pea ke moloki ia ʻe he fanga sipi.”

And every mountain shall be certainly plowed: there shall no fear come there: for there shall be from [among] the [barren] ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.