Isaiah 29

1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.

Ko e malaʻia ki ʻAliela, ki ʻAliela, ʻae kolo naʻe nofo ai ʻa Tevita! Fakalahi ʻae tau ki he tau; tuku ke nau tāmateʻi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau.

2 And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.

Ka te u fakamamahiʻi ʻa ʻAliela, pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻae ongosia mo e mamahi: pea ʻe pehē ia kiate au ʻo hangē ko e potu ʻoe feilaulauʻanga.

3 And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.

Pea te u takatakai koe pea kāpui koe ʻaki ʻae moʻunga, pea te u langa ʻae ngaahi kolo kiate koe.

4 You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.

Pea ʻe fakavaivaiʻi koe, pea te ke lea mei he kelekele, pea ʻe māʻulalo ho leʻo mei he efu, pea ʻe tatau ho leʻo mo ha taha ʻoku ʻiate ia ha laumālie kovi, mei he kelekele, pea ʻe fafana ho leʻo mei he efu.

5 And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.

Pea ko e tokolahi ʻo hoʻo kau muli te nau hangē ko e efuefu momo iiki, pea mo e tokolahi ʻoe kakai fakamanavahē te nau hangē ko e kafukafu ʻoku mole atu: ʻio, ʻe hoko fakafokifā ia ʻi he kemo pe taha.

6 And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.

‌ʻE ʻaʻahi kiate koe ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻaki ʻae mana, pea mo e mofuike, mo e longoaʻa lahi, ʻaki ʻae matangi lahi mo e afā, pea mo e ulo ʻoe afi fakaʻauha.

7 And the multitude of all the nations that have struggled against Ariel will be like the dream of a vision by night, along with all who have battled, and besieged, and prevailed against it.

Pea ko e tokolahi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻoku tauʻi ʻa ʻAliela, ʻio, ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tauʻi ia mo ʻene kolo, pea ʻoku fakamamahiʻi ia, te nau hangē ko ha misi, pe ko e meʻa hā mai ʻi he pō.

8 And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.

‌ʻO hangē ko e misi ʻae tangata fiekaia, pea vakai, ʻoku hangē ʻoku ne kai; pea ʻoka ʻā ia, ʻoku ngaongao hono laumālie: pe hangē ko e misi ʻa ha tangata fieinu, pea vakai, hangē ʻoku inu ia; ka ʻoku ne ʻaa, pea vakai, ʻoku vaivai ia, pea ʻoku ne holi: ʻe pehē pe ʻae tokolahi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, ʻoku tauʻi ʻae moʻunga ko Saione.

9 Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness!

Mou tatali, pea ofo; mou kalanga, pea tangi: ʻoku nau konā, kae ʻikai ʻi he uaine; ʻoku nau tasipa, kae ʻikai ʻi he inu mālohi.

10 For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.

He kuo lilingi ʻe Sihova kiate kimoutolu ʻae laumālie ʻoe mohe maʻu, pea kuo tāpuni homou mata: kuo ne fakapulou ʻae kau palōfita mo hoʻomou kau pule mo e kau kikite.

11 And the vision of all will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they have given it to someone who knows how to read, they will say, “Read this,” but he will respond, “I cannot; for it has been sealed.”

Pea ko e meʻa hā mai kotoa pē kuo hoko kiate kimoutolu ʻo tatau mo e ngaahi lea ʻo ha tohi kuo tāpuni, ʻoku ʻange ʻe ha tangata ki ha tokotaha ʻoku poto, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke lau ʻae meʻa ni,” pea ʻoku ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te u faʻa fai ia he kuo maʻu ia;”

12 But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, “Read,” then he will respond, “I do not know how to read.”

Pea ʻoku ʻatu ʻae tohi kiate ia ʻoku ʻikai poto, ʻo pehē, ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke lau ʻae meʻa ni: pea ʻoku ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te u poto.”

13 And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,

Ko ia ne pehē ai ʻe Sihova, ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻunuʻunu mai ʻae kakai ni kiate au ʻaki honau ngutu, pea fakaʻapaʻapa kiate au ʻaki honau loungutu, ka kuo mamaʻo honau loto ʻiate au, pea ko ʻenau manavahē kiate au ʻoku tupu ia mei he ngaahi fekau ʻae tangata pe:

14 for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.

Ko ia, vakai, te u fai leva ha ngāue fakaofo ki he kakai ni, ʻio, ʻae ngāue fakaofo mo lahi: he ko e poto ʻo ʻenau kau tangata poto ʻe ʻauha ia, pea ko e ʻilo ʻo ʻenau kau tangata fakamākukanga ʻe fufū ia.

15 Woe to you who use the depths of the heart, so that you may hide your intentions from the Lord. Their works are done in darkness, and so they say: “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

‌ʻE malaʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻahiʻahi lahi ke fufūnaki honau loto meia Sihova, pea ʻoku fai ʻi he poʻuli ʻenau ngaahi ngāue, pea ʻoku nau pehē, “Ko hai ʻoku mamata kiate kitautolu? Pea ko hai ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻakitautolu?”

16 This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”

Ko e moʻoni ko hoʻomou fulifulihi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻe tatau mo e ʻumea ʻoe tangata ngaohi ipu: he ʻe lea pehē koā ʻae meʻa kuo ngaohi kiate ia naʻa ne fakatufungaʻi, naʻe ʻikai te ne ngaohi au? Pe, ʻe pehē ʻae meʻa kuo ngaohi kiate ia naʻe ngaohi ia, naʻe ʻikai haʻane ʻilo?

17 In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest.

‌ʻIkai ʻoku toetoe siʻi pea ʻe liliu ʻa Lepanoni ke hoko ko e ngoue fua moʻui, pea ko e ngoue fua ʻe tatau ia mo e vao ʻakau?

18 And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.

Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe fanongo ʻae tuli ki he ngaahi lea ʻoe tohi, pea ʻe mamata ʻae mata ʻoe kui mei he kakapu, pea mei he poʻuli.

19 And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Pea ʻe ʻāsili ai ʻae fiefia ʻae angavaivai ʻia Sihova, pea ko e masiva ʻi he kakai te nau fiefia ʻi he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.

20 For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.

He kuo mole ʻae tokotaha naʻe fakamālohi, pea kuo ʻauha mo e tangata manuki, pea kuo tuʻusi ke motu ʻakinautolu ʻoku lama ke fai kovi.

21 For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.

‌ʻOku nau fakahalaia ha tangata ʻi he kupuʻi lea, pea ʻoku nau tau ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻoku valoki ʻi he matapā, pea fakaafe ʻae angatonu ʻi he meʻa taʻeʻaonga.

22 Because of this, thus says the Lord, he who has redeemed Abraham, to the house of Jacob: From now on, Jacob will not be confounded; from now on his countenance will not blush with shame.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne huhuʻi ʻa ʻEpalahame, ki he fale ʻo Sēkope, ʻe ʻikai mā ʻa Sēkope, pea ʻe ʻikai liliu ʻo tea hono mata.

23 Instead, when he sees his children, they will be the work of my hands in his midst, sanctifying my name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will preach the God of Israel.

Ka ʻi heʻene mamata ki heʻene fānau, ko e ngāue ʻa hoku nima, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ia, te nau fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoku huafa, pea fakaʻapaʻapa ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sēkope, pea manavahē ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.

24 And those who had gone astray in spirit will know understanding, and those who had murmured will learn the law.

Pea ko kinautolu foki naʻe hala ʻi he laumālie te nau hoko ʻo ʻilo, pea ko kinautolu naʻe lāunga te nau maʻu ʻae akonaki.