Isaiah 5
1 Let me sing now a song respecting my friend, A song respecting my friend touching his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard On a very fruitful hill;
“Ko eni te u hiva ki hoku ʻofaʻanga ʻaki ʻae hiva, ʻo ia ʻoku ou mamana ki ai, ʻoku kau ki heʻene ngoue vaine. ʻOku maʻu ʻe hoku ʻofaʻanga ʻae ngoue vaine ʻi he moʻunga kelekele moʻui:
2 He digged it, and cleared it of stones, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And hewed out a wine-press therein; Then he looked that it should bring forth its grapes, But it brought forth sour grapes.
Pea naʻa ne ʻāʻi ia, mo fetuku mei ai ʻae ngaahi maka, pea ne tō ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi vaine lelei lahi, mo ne langa ʻae fale leʻo ki ai, pea naʻe ngaohi foki ʻi ai ʻae tataʻoʻanga uaine: pea ne ʻamanaki ʻe tupu ai ʻae ngaahi kālepi, ka naʻe tupu ai ʻae kālepi vao pe.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, Judge ye between me and my vineyard!
“Pea ko eni ʻae kakai ʻo Selūsalema, mo e kau tangata ʻo Siuta, ʻoku ou kōlenga ke mou fakamaau kiate au mo ʻeku ngoue vaine.
4 What could have been done for my vineyard That I have not done for it? Why, then, when I looked that it should bring forth its grapes, Brought it forth sour grapes?
Ko e hā mo ha meʻa ʻe faʻa fai ki heʻeku ngoue vaine, ʻoku teʻeki te u fai ki ai? Ko e hā kuo u ʻamanaki ki he tupu ai ʻae ngaahi kālepi, ka kuo tupu pe ʻae fua kona?
5 But come now, and I will tell you What I mean to do with my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down!
Pea ko eni; te u fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻaia te u fai ki heʻeku ngoue vaine: te u toʻo mei ai ʻā hono ʻā, pea ʻe keina ia ʻo ʻosi; pea ʻe holoki ʻā hono maka, pea ʻe malaki hifo ia:
6 And I will make it a waste; It shall not be pruned, nor digged, But shall grow up into thorns and briers; I will also command the clouds That they shed no rain upon it.
Pea te u liʻaki ia: ʻe ʻikai ʻauhani ia, pe keli; ka e tupu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻakau talatala: pea te u fekau foki ki he ngaahi ʻao ke ʻoua naʻa ʻuha ki ai.
7 The vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah the plant of his delight. He looked for justice, and behold, bloodshed! For righteousness, and behold, outcry!
He ko e ngoue vaine ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e fale ʻo ʻIsileli ia, pea ko e kau tangata ʻo Siuta, ko ʻene ʻakau toulekeleka: pea naʻa ne ʻamanaki ki he fakamaau, kae vakai ko e fakamālohi; ki he māʻoniʻoni, kae vakai ko e tangi.”
8 Woe to them that join house to house, That add field to field, Till there is no place left, And they dwell alone in the land.
ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku fakahoko ʻae fale ki he fale, ʻonau ai ʻae ʻapi ki he ʻapi, ke ʻoua naʻa toe ha potu, koeʻuhi ke māʻolunga taha pe ʻakinautolu ʻi he fonua!
9 To mine ear hath Jehovah of hosts revealed it: Surely many houses shall become a desolation, The great and the fair ones, without an inhabitant.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ki hoku telinga, “Ko e moʻoni ʻe lahi ʻae fale ʻe lala, ʻio, ʻe ʻikai kakai ʻae ngaahi fale lahi mo lelei.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield a single bath of wine, And a homer of seed shall produce but an ephah.
He ko e ngoue vaine, ko e ʻeka ʻe hongofulu hono lahi, ʻe maʻu mei ai ʻae pate pe taha, pea ko e homa ʻe taha ʻoe tenga, ʻe utu mei ai ha efa pe taha.”
11 Woe to them that rise early in the morning to follow strong drink, —Who sit late in the night that wine may inflame them!
ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku tuʻu hengihengi hake, ke kumi ki he kava mālohi; pea nofo ʻo aʻu ki he pō, kaeʻoua ke nau kona ʻi he uaine!
12 And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to the operation of his hands.
Pea ʻoku ʻi heʻenau ngaahi kātoanga ʻae haʻape, mo e vaiole, mo e lali, mo e mimiha, mo e uaine: ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau tokanga ki he ngāue ʻa Sihova, pe vakai ki he ngāue ʻa hono nima.
13 Therefore shall my people be led captive, when they think not of it; Their honorable men shall be famished with hunger, And their rich men parched with thirst.
Ko ia kuo ʻave pōpula ai ʻa hoku kakai, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate kinautolu ʻae ʻilo: pea kuo fiekaia honau kau tangata ongoongo, pea mo honau tokolahi ʻoku mate fieinu.
14 Therefore doth the under-world enlarge its greedy throat, And stretch open its mouth without measure, And down go her nobility and her wealth, Her busy throng, and all that was joyful within her. (Sheol h7585)
Ko ia kuo fakalahi ai ʻa heli ʻe ia, mo fakamanga lahi ʻaupito hono ngutu: pea ʻe ʻalu hifo ki ai honau mālohi, mo honau tokolahi, mo ʻenau laukau, mo ia ʻoku fiefia. (Sheol h7585)
15 The mean man shall be bowed down, And the great man shall be brought low, And the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled;
Pea ʻe fakahifo ki lalo ʻae lāuvale, pea ʻe fakavaivaiʻi mo e tangata mālohi, pea ʻe hifo ki lalo ʻae mata ʻoe fielahi:
16 Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted through judgment; Yea, God, the Holy One, shall be sanctified through righteousness.
Ka e hiki hake ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻi he fakamaau, pea ʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻae ʻOtua māʻoniʻoni ʻi he angatonu.
17 Then shall the lambs feed, as in their own pasture, And the deserted fields of the rich shall strangers consume.
Pea ʻe toki kai ʻae fanga lami ʻo hangē ko ʻenau anga, pea ʻe kai ʻe he muli ʻae ngaahi potu lala ʻoe kakai koloaʻia.
18 Woe to them that draw calamity with cords of wickedness, And punishment as with wagon-traces, —
ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku fusi ʻae angahala ʻaki ʻae afo ʻoe vaʻinga, pea fai hala ʻo hangē ko e maea mālohi:
19 Who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work that we may see it! Let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and be fulfilled, that we may know it!
ʻAkinautolu ʻoku pehē, “Tuku ke ne fai vave, pea fakatoʻotoʻo ʻene ngāue, ke tau mamata ki ai: pea tuku ke ʻunuʻunu mai pea haʻu ʻae tuʻutuʻuni ʻae tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke tau ʻilo ki ai!”
20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil, That put darkness for light, and light for darkness, That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku ui ʻae kovi ko e lelei, mo e lelei ko e kovi; ʻoku ui ʻae poʻuli ko e maama, mo e maama ko e poʻuli; ʻoku ui ʻae kona ko e melie, mo e melie ko e kona!
21 Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own conceit!
ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku poto ʻi honau mata ʻonautolu, mo kinautolu ʻoku pehē ʻoku nau fai fakapotopoto!
22 Woe to them that are valiant to drink wine, And men of might to mingle strong drink!
ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku mālohi ke inu uaine, mo e kau tangata mālohi ke felingiʻaki ʻae kava mālohi:
23 That clear the guilty for a reward, And take away from the righteous his right!
ʻAkinautolu ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae angahala koeʻuhi ko e totongi, ʻonau toʻo ʻae meʻa totonu ʻae māʻoniʻoni meiate ia!
24 Therefore, as fire devours stubble, And as the withered grass sinks into the flame, So their root shall become rottenness, And their blossom shall fly up like dust. For they have despised the law of Jehovah of hosts, And contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Ko ia, hangē ʻoku keina ʻe he afi ʻae veve, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he ulo afi ʻae louveve, ʻe popo pehē honau aka, pea ʻe puna hake honau fisi ʻo hangē ko e efu: koeʻuhi kuo nau liʻaki ʻae fono ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, pea kuo nau fehiʻa ki he folofola ʻae tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.
25 Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people; He stretcheth forth his hand against them, and smiteth them, so that the mountains tremble, And their carcasses are as dung in the midst of the streets; For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
Ko ia kuo tupu ai ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova ki hono kakai, pea kuo ne mafao hono nima kiate kinautolu, pea kuo ne taaʻi ʻakinautolu: pea naʻe tetetete ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, pea naʻe haehae honau ʻangaʻanga ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe kolo. Pea neongo ʻa eni kotoa pē ʻoku teʻeki ai ke taʻofi hono houhau, ka ʻoku kei mafao hono nima.
26 He lifteth up a banner for the nations afar off, He whistleth for them from the ends of the earth, And behold, they haste, and come swiftly.
Pea te ne hiki hake ʻae fuka ki he ngaahi puleʻanga mei he mamaʻo, pea te ne seseʻe ʻakinautolu mei he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani: pea vakai te nau haʻu vave mo fakatoʻotoʻo:
27 None among them is weary, and none stumbleth; None slumbereth nor sleepeth; The girdle of their loins is not loosed, Nor the latchet of their shoes broken.
ʻE ʻikai vaivai pe humu ha taha ʻiate kinautolu, ʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe tulemohe pe mohe pea ʻe ʻikai vete ʻae noʻo ʻi honau konga loto, pe motu ʻae nonoʻo ʻo honau topuvaʻe:
28 Their arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent; The hoofs of their horses are like flint, And their wheels like a whirlwind.
ʻOku māsila ʻenau ngaahi ngahau, pea kuo teke ʻenau kaufana kotoa pē; ʻe fakatatau ki he maka afi ʻae pesipesi ʻo ʻenau fanga hoosi, pea ko ʻenau ngaahi saliote ʻe hangē ko e ʻahiohio:
29 Their roaring is like the roaring of the lion; They roar like young lions; They roar, and seize the prey; They bear it away, and none can rescue it.
Te nau ngungulu ʻo hangē ko e laione, te nau ngungulu ʻo hangē ko e fanga laione mui, ʻio, te nau ngungulu, pea puke ʻae meʻakai, pea te nau vete ia, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha te ne taʻofi.
30 Yea, in that day shall they roar against them like the roaring of the sea; And if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, And the light is darkened by its clouds.
Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia te nau tangi kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e ʻuʻulu ʻoe tahi: pea kapau ʻoku sio ha tokotaha ki he fonua, vakai ko e fakapoʻuli mo e mamahi, pea kuo fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi he langi.
