Ezekiel 9

1 And he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying: The visitations of the city are at hand, and every one hath a destroying weapon in his hand.

Naʻa ne kalanga foki ʻi hoku telinga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, ʻo pehē, “Fekau ʻakinautolu ʻoku leʻohi ʻae kolo ke ʻunuʻunu mai, pea ʻomi taki taha ʻe he tangata ʻa ʻene mahafu tāmate ʻi hono nima.”

2 And behold six men came from the way of the upper gate, which looketh to the north: and each one had his weapon of destruction in his hand: and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn at his reins: and they went in, and stood by the brazen altar.

Pea vakai, naʻe hū mai ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko ono mei he hala ʻi he matapā māʻolunga ʻoku hanga ki he tokelau, naʻe taki taha ʻae tangata ha mahafu tāmate ʻi hono nima; pea ko e tangata ʻe taha ʻiate kinautolu naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei, pea tautau ki hono vakavaka ʻae ipu vaitohi ʻae tangata tohi; pea naʻa nau hū atu ʻonau tutuʻu ʻi he veʻe feilaulauʻanga palasa.

3 And the glory of the Lord of Israel went up from the cherub, upon which he was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man that was clothed with linen, and had a writer’s inkhorn at his loins.

Pea naʻe mole hake ʻae nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli mei he selupi ʻaia naʻe nofo ia ki ai, ki he hūʻanga ki he fale. Pea naʻa ne ui ki he tangata naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono vakavaka ʻae ipu vaitohi ʻae tangata tohi;

4 And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof.

Pea folofola ʻa Sihova kiate ia, “ʻAlu atu ki he lotolotonga ʻoe kolo, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo Selūsalema, pea ʻai ha fakaʻilonga ki he foʻi laʻē ʻoe kau tangata ʻoku toʻe mo tangi koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku fai ʻi loto ʻi ai.”

5 And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.

Pea naʻa ne pehē ki he toko nima naʻe toe, ka ʻoku fanongo ʻa hoku telinga, “Muimui atu ʻakimoutolu kiate ia ki he kolo ʻo tāʻi; ʻoua naʻa mamae ʻa homou mata, pea ʻoua naʻa mou manavaʻofa.

6 Utterly destroy old and young, maidens, children and women: but upon whomsoever you shall see Thau, kill him not, and begin ye at my sanctuary. So they began at the ancient men who mere before the house.

Tāmate ke ʻosi ʻae mātuʻa mo e talavou, ʻae kau finemui mo e fānau tupu, mo e kau fefine, kaeʻoua naʻa mou ofi atu ki ha tangata kuo ʻai ki ai ʻae fakaʻilonga, pea kamata fai ʻi hoku potu ʻafioʻanga.” Pea naʻa nau kamata ai mei he kau mātuʻa naʻe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fale.

7 And he said to them: Defile the house, and ill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew them that were in the city.

Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Fakaʻuliʻi ʻae fale pea fakapito hono ngaahi lotoʻā ʻaki ʻae mate: mou ʻalu atu.” Pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu ʻo tāmateʻi ʻi he kolo.

8 And the slaughter being ended I was left: and I fell upon my face, and crying, I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, wilt thou then destroy all the remnant of Israel, by pouring out thy fury upon Jerusalem?

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, lolotonga ʻae tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu, pea tuku tokotaha pe au, naʻaku tōmapeʻe hifo ki hoku mata, pea u tangi mo pehē, “ʻOiauē, ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, te ke fakaʻauha ʻae toe kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi ho lilingi atu ho houhau lahi ki Selūsalema?”

9 And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Juda, is exceeding great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is filled with perverseness: for they have said: The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate au, “ʻOku lahi ʻaupito fakamanavahē ʻae fai kovi ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli mo Siuta, pea ʻoku fonu ʻae fonua ʻi he toto, pea pito ʻae kolo ʻi he angatuʻu; he ʻoku nau lea ʻo pehē, ‘Kuo liʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa māmani, pea ʻoku ʻikai mamata ʻa Sihova.’

10 Therefore neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have pity: I will requite their way upon their head.

Pea ko au foki, ʻe ʻikai mamae ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻe ʻikai te u manavaʻofa, ka te u totongi ʻenau anga ki honau tumuʻaki.”

11 And behold the man that was clothed with linen, that had the inkhorn at his back, returned the word, saying: I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Pea vakai, ko e tangata naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono vakavaka ʻae ipu vaitohi, naʻa ne fakaongo atu ʻae meʻa ʻo pehē, “Kuo u fai ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa ke fekau kiate au.”