Selemaia 16

1 Ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe hoko kiate au, ʻo pehē,

The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,

2 “ʻOua naʻa ke toʻo kiate koe ha husepāniti, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻi he potu ni.

"You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.

3 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi foha pea mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻaia ʻoku fāʻeleʻi ʻi he potu ni, pea ki heʻenau ngaahi faʻē ʻaia naʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻakinautolu, pea ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻaia naʻe fakatupu ʻakinautolu ʻi he fonua ni;

For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:

4 Te nau mate ʻi he ngaahi mate kovi; pea ʻe ʻikai ha tangi koeʻuhi ko kinautolu; pea ʻe ʻikai tanu ʻakinautolu; ka te nau hangē ko e kinohaʻa ʻi he funga ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻe he heletā, mo e honge: pea ʻe kai honau ʻangaʻanga ʻe he fanga manupuna ʻoe ʻatā, pea mo e fanga manu ʻoe fonua.

They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

5 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻoua naʻa ke hū ki he fale ʻoe mamahi, pea ʻoua naʻa ʻalu ke tangi mo fakafiemālieʻi ʻakinautolu: he ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, kuo u toʻo ʻeku fiemālie mei he kakai ni, ʻio, ko e angalelei mo e ʻaloʻofa.

For thus says the LORD, 'Do not enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

6 ‌ʻE mate fakatouʻosi ʻi he fonua ni ʻae lalahi pea mo e iiki: pea ʻe ʻikai tanu ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai tangi ʻae kakai, pe fai ʻae foa, pe ko e tekefua koeʻuhi ko kinautolu:

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

7 Pea ʻe ʻikai maumauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau mamahi, ke fakafiemālie ʻakinautolu koeʻuhi ko e mate; pea ʻe ʻikai foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae ipu ʻoe fiemālie ke inu, koeʻuhi ko ha tamai pe ha faʻē.

neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

8 ‌ʻOua foki naʻa ke ʻalu ki he fale ʻoe kātoanga, ke nofo mo kinautolu ke kai mo inu.

You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

9 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; Vakai, te u pule ke ʻosi ʻi he potu ni ʻi homou ʻao, pea ʻi homou ngaahi ʻaho, ʻae leʻo ʻoe fiefia, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe nekeneka, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe tangata taʻane, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe taʻahine.”

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Look, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

10 Pea ke hoko ʻo pehē, “ʻOka ke ka fakaʻilo ki he kakai ni ʻae ngaahi lea ni kotoa pē, te nau pehē kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā kuo folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova kiate kimautolu ʻae kovi lahi ni kotoa pē? He ko e hā ʻemau hia? Pea ko e hā ʻemau angahala ʻaia kuo mau fai kia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua?’

It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

11 Pea te ke toki lea kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, koeʻuhi kuo liʻaki au ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, pea kuo nau muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea tauhi ʻakinautolu, pea kuo lotu kiate kinautolu, pea kuo nau liʻaki au, pea ʻoku ʻikai fai ki heʻeku fono;

Then you shall tell them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

12 Pea kuo mou fai kovi lahi hake ʻakimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi tamai; pea vakai, ʻoku mou taki taha muimui ki he holi ʻa hono loto kovi, ke ʻoua naʻa nau fanongo kiate au:

and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, look, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me:

13 Ko ia te u kapusi ʻakimoutolu ʻi he fonua ni, ki he fonua ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo, ko kimoutolu, pe ko hoʻomou ngaahi tamai; pea te mou tauhi ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻotua kehe ʻi he ʻaho mo e pō; pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻofa kiate kimoutolu ʻi ai.’”

therefore I will cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.'

14 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ko ia, vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai toe pehē ai, ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite;

Therefore look, the days come," says the LORD, "that it shall no more be said, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;'

15 Ka, ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he fonua tokelau, pea mei he ngaahi fonua kotoa pē naʻa ne kapusi ʻakinautolu ki ai: pea te u toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki honau fonua ʻaia naʻaku foaki ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai.”

but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

16 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, te u fekau ke ʻomi ʻae kau toutai tokolahi, pea te nau toutai ʻakinautolu; pea hili ia te u fekau ki he kau tuli manu tokolahi, pea te nau tuli ʻakinautolu mei he moʻunga kotoa pē, pea mei he tafungofunga kotoa pē, pea mei he ngaahi ʻanaʻi maka.

Look, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

17 He ʻoku ou fofonga ki honau hala kotoa pē: pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau puli ʻi hoku ʻao, pea ʻoku ʻikai fakafufū ʻenau angahala mei hoku fofonga.

For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.

18 Pea te u tomuʻa totongi ke liunga ua ki heʻenau hia pea mo ʻenau angahala; koeʻuhi kuo nau fakakoviʻi hoku fonua, pea kuo nau fakapito ʻaki hoku tofiʻa ʻae ngaahi ʻangaʻanga ʻo ʻenau ngaahi meʻa kovi mo fakalielia.”

First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations."

19 ‌ʻE Sihova, ko hoku mālohi, mo ʻeku kolo, pea mo hoku hūfanga ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, ʻe haʻu kiate koe ʻae kakai Senitaile mei he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, pea te nau pehē, “Ko e moʻoni naʻe maʻu ʻi he ʻemau ngaahi tamai ʻae ngaahi loi, mo e meʻa vaʻinga, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa taʻeʻaonga.

"LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the farthest parts of the earth, and shall say, 'Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.

20 ‌ʻE ngaohi ʻe he kau tangata ʻae ngaahi ʻotua moʻonautolu, kae ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai ko e ngaahi ʻotua ʻakinautolu?”

Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'"

21 Ko ia, vakai, te u pule ni kiate kinautolu ke nau ʻilo hoku nima, mo hoku mālohi; pea te nau ʻilo ko hoku huafa, Ko Sihova.

"Therefore look, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is the LORD.