Selemaia 22

1 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; ʻAlu hifo ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea lea ʻaki ʻae lea ni ki ai,

Thus saith the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Juda, and there thou shalt speak this word,

2 ‌ʻo pehē, Fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻE tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻa koe ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo Tevita, ʻa koe, mo hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, pea mo hoʻo kakai ʻoku hū ki he ngaahi matapā ni:

And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sittest upon the throne of David: thou and thy servants, and thy people, who enter in by these gates.

3 ‌ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Mou fai ʻae fakamaau mo e angatonu, pea fakamoʻui ʻaia kuo fakamālohia mei he nima ʻoe fakamālohi: pea ʻoua naʻa fai kākā ki he muli, mo e tamai mate, pea mo e fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti; ʻoua naʻa fai fakamālohi, pe lilingi ʻae toto taʻehalaia ʻi he potu ni.

Thus saith the Lord: Execute judgement and justice, and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor: and afflict not the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, nor oppress them unjustly: and shed not innocent blood in this place.

4 He kapau te mou fai moʻoni ki he meʻa ni, pea ʻe toki hū ki he ngaahi matapā ʻoe fale ni, ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻo Tevita, ʻo heka ki he ngaahi saliote pea mo e fanga hoosi, ko ia, mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, pea mo hono kakai.

For if you will do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, kings of the race of David sitting upon his throne, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants, and their people.

5 Ka ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo ki he ngaahi lea ni, ʻoku ou fuakava ʻiate au, ke hoko ʻae fale ni ko e liʻaki.

But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

6 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Siuta; Ko Kiliati koe kiate au, pea mo e ʻulu ʻo Lepanoni: ka ko e moʻoni te u ngaohi koe ko e toafa, pea ko e ngaahi kolo ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha kakai.

For thus saith the Lord to the house of the king of Juda: Thou art to me Galaad the head of Libanus: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities not habitable.

7 Pea te u fekau kiate koe ʻae kau fakaʻauha, ke ʻalu taki taha mo ʻene mahafutau: pea te nau tā hifo ʻae ngaahi sita lelei ʻiate koe, pea laku ki he afi.

And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire.

8 Pea ʻe ʻalu ʻo ofi ki he kolo ni ʻae kakai tokolahi, pea te nau fepehēʻaki, Ko e hā kuo fai pehē ai ʻa Sihova ki he kolo lahi ni?

And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbor: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city?

9 Pea te nau toki lea, Koeʻuhi kuo nau liʻaki ʻae fuakava ʻa Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, pea lotu ki he ngaahi ʻOtua kehe, ʻo tauhi ʻakinautolu.”

And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.

10 ʻOua naʻa mou tangi koeʻuhi ko e pekia, pe tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko ia: kae tangi mamahi koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku ʻalu: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne toe haʻu, pe toe mamata ki hono fonua.

Weep not for him that is dead, nor bemoan him with your tears: lament him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

11 He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova kia Salumi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, “ʻAia naʻe pule ko e fetongi ʻo Siosaia ko ʻene tamai, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu atu ʻi he potu ni; ʻE ʻikai te ne toe haʻu ki ai:

For thus saith the Lord to Sellum the son of Josias the king of Juda, who reigned instead of his father, who went forth out of this place: He shall return hither no more:

12 Ka te ne mate ʻi he potu kuo nau tataki fakapōpula ia ki ai, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne toe mamata ki he fonua ni.”

But in the place, to which I have removed him, there shall he die, and he shall not see this land any more.

13 ʻE malaʻia ia ʻaia ʻoku langa hono fale ʻi he taʻetotonu, pea mo hono ngaahi potu ki ʻolunga ʻi he fai taʻeangatonu; ʻaia ʻoku pule ki hono kaungāʻapi ke ngāue taʻetotongi, pea ʻikai totongi ia ki heʻene ngāue;

Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgement: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages.

14 ‌ʻAia ʻoku pehē, “Te u langa moʻoku ʻae fale lahi pea mo e ngaahi potu lahi ʻi ʻolunga,” pea ne tutuʻu maʻana ʻae ngaahi tupa; pea ʻoku ʻaofi ia ʻi ʻolunga ʻaki ʻae sita, pea vali ʻaki ʻae enga kulokula.

Who saith: I will build me a wide house and large chambers: who openeth to himself windows, and maketh roofs of cedar, and painteth them with vermilion.

15 He te ke pule koe, koeʻuhi kuo takatakai ʻaki koe ʻae sita? ʻIkai naʻe kai mo inu ʻa hoʻo tamai, pea fai angatonu mo fakamaau, pea naʻe lelei ai ia?

Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?

16 Naʻa ne fakamaau ʻe ia ʻae meʻa ʻae paea mo e masiva; pea naʻe lelei ai ia: ʻikai ko e meʻa ia ʻi heʻene ʻiloʻi au? ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?

17 Ka kuo tuku pe ho mata mo ho loto ʻoʻou ki hoʻo manumanu, pea ke lilingi ʻae toto ʻoe taʻehalaia, pea ke fai ʻae fakamamahi, mo e fakamālohi;

But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works.

18 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova kia Sihoiakimi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta; “ʻE ʻikai te nau tangi koeʻuhi ko ia, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOiauē hoku tokoua! pe, ʻOiauē hoku tuofefine!’ ʻE ʻikai te nau tangi koeʻuhi ko ia, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOiauē ʻe ʻEiki! Pe ʻOiauē, ʻa hono nāunau!’

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda: They shall not mourn for him, Alas, my brother, and Alas, sister: they shall not lament for him, Alas, my Lord, or, Alas, the noble one.

19 Pea ʻe tanu ia ʻo hangē ko e tanu ʻae asi, ʻe toho ia ʻo lī kituʻa ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻo Selūsalema.”

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, rotten and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.

20 ʻAlu hake ki Lepanoni, pea tangi pea hiki hake ho leʻo ki Pesani, pea tangi mei he ngataʻanga ʻoe fonua: he kuo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻofa kiate koe.

Go up to Libanus, and cry: and lift up thy voice in Basan, and cry to them that pass by, for all thy lovers are destroyed.

21 Naʻaku lea kiate koe ʻi hoʻo kei monūʻia; ka naʻa ke pehē, ʻE ʻikai te u fanongo. Ko hoʻo ʻulungāanga eni talu hoʻo kei siʻi, he ʻoku ʻikai te ke fanongo ki hoku leʻo.

I spoke to thee in thy properity: and thou saidst: I will not hear: this hath been thy way from thy youth, because thou hast not heard my voice.

22 ‌ʻE fakaʻosi kotoa pē ʻe he matangi ʻa hoʻo kau tauhi kotoa pē, pea ʻe ʻave fakapōpula ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate koe: pea te ke toki mā moʻoni, pea puputuʻu koeʻuhi ko hoʻo angahala kotoa pē.

The wind shall feed all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: and then shalt thou be confounded, and ashamed of all thy wickedness.

23 ‌ʻA koe ʻoku nofo ʻi Lepanoni, ʻa koe kuo ngaohi ho mohenga ʻi he ngaahi sita, hono ʻikai ʻe fakavaivaiʻi koe ʻoka hoko kiate koe ʻae mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e fefine ʻoku langā ke fāʻele!

Thou that sittest in Libanus, and makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman in labour?

24 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ko au ʻoku ou moʻui, pea ka ne tatau ʻa Konaia ko e foha ʻo Sihoiakimi ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo e mama ki hoku nima toʻomataʻu, te u lī koe mei ai;

As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.

25 Pea te u tukuange koe ki he nima ʻokinautolu ʻoku kumi ki hoʻo moʻui, pea ki he nima ʻokinautolu ʻoku ke manavahē ki ai, ʻio, ki he nima ʻo Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea ki he nima ʻoe kau Kalitia.

And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 Pea te u kapusi koe, mo hoʻo fale, ʻaia naʻa ne fāʻeleʻi koe, ki he fonua kehe, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te mou fāʻeleʻi ai; pea ʻe mate ai ʻakimoutolu.

And I will send thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a strange country, in which you were not born, and there you shall die:

27 Ka ko e fonua ʻaia ʻoku nau holi ke liliu ki ai, ʻe ʻikai te nau toe liliu ki ai.”

And they shall not return into the land, whereunto they lift up their mind to return thither.

28 “Ko e tangata ni ko Konaia, ʻikai ko e tamapua fehiʻanekina ia kuo maumauʻi? Pe ko e ipu ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻofa ki ai ha taha? Ko e hā kuo kapusi ai ʻakinautolu, ko ia mo hono hako, pea kuo kapusi ki he fonua ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo?”

Is this man Jechonias an earthen and a broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein there is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

29 ‌ʻAe fonua, ʻae fonua, ʻae fonua, fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova.

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

30 “ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, Tohi ʻae tangata ni ke taʻehaʻanefānau, ko e tangata ʻe ʻikai te ne monūʻia ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaho: pea ʻe ʻikai monūʻia ha tangata ʻi hono hako, ke nofo ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻo Tevita, pe pule ki Siuta ʻo taʻengata.”

Thus saith the Lord: Write this man barren, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for there shall not be a man of his seed that shall sit upon the throne of David, and have power any more in Juda.