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 happened in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, ascended to Jerusalem to battle against it. But they were not able to defeat 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And they reported to the house of David, saying: “Syria has withdrawn to Ephraim.” And his heart was shaken, with the heart of his people, just as the trees of the forest are moved by the face of 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 Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son, Jashub, who was left behind, to the end of the aqueduct, at the upper pool, on the road to 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: “See to it that you are silent. Do not be afraid. And have no dread in your heart over the two tails of these firebrands, nearly extinguished, which are the wrath of the fury of Rezin, king of Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.”

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

For Syria has undertaken a plan against you, with the evil of Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, 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:

“Let us ascend to Judah, and stir it up, and tear it away for ourselves, and appoint the son of Tabeel as a king in its midst.”

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

Thus says the Lord God: This shall not stand, and this shall not be.

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.

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years from now, Ephraim will cease to be 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.

For the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you will not continue.

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

And the Lord spoke further to Ahaz, 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 a sign for yourself from the Lord your God, from the depths below, even to the heights above. (Sheol h7585)

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

And Ahaz said, “I will not ask, for I will not 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: “Then listen, O house of David. Is it such a small thing for you to trouble men, that you must also trouble my God?

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.

For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

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

He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose 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.

But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her 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.

The Lord will lead over you, and over your people, and over the house of your father, such days as have not occurred since the days of the separation of Ephraim from Judah by 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 this shall be in that day: the Lord will call for the fly, which is in the most distant parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the swarm, which is in the land of Assur.

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 will arrive, and they all will rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the caverns of the rocks, and in every thicket, and in every opening.

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 will shave with a razor the ones hired by those who are across the river, by the king of the Assyrians, from the head to the hairs of the feet, with the entire 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 this shall be in that day: a man will raise a cow among oxen, 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, instead of an abundance of milk, he will eat butter. For all who are left behind in the midst of the land will 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 this shall be in that day: every place, where there were a thousand grapevines worth a thousand pieces of silver, will become thorns and briers.

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.

They will enter such places with arrows and bows. For briers and thorns will be throughout the entire land.

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.”

But as for all the mountains, which will be dug with a hoe, the terror of thorns and briers will not approach those places. And there will be pasture land for oxen, and a range for cattle.”