Isaiah 7

1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it; but could not prevail against it.

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.

2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

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.

3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller’s field;

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;

4 and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thine heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

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.

5 Because Syria hath counselled evil against thee, Ephraim [also], and the son of Remaliah, saying,

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

6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel:

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:

7 thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, that it be not a people:

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.

9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

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.

10 And the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

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

11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. (Sheol h7585)

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

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

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

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

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?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

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.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

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

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

‌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.

17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria.

“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.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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.

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all pastures.

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.

20 In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [which is] in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

‌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.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

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

22 and it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.

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.

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall even be for briers and thorns.

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.

24 With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

‌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.

25 And all the hills that were digged with the mattock; thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.

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.”