Isaiah 44
1 And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
Ka ko eni, fanongo, ʻE Sēkope ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki; mo ʻIsileli, ʻa koe kuo u fili:
2 Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi koe, pea naʻe fakafuofua koe mei he manāva, ʻaia te ne tokoniʻi koe; “ʻOua ʻe manavahē,” ʻE Sēkope, ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki: pea mo koe, ko Sesuluni, ʻa koe kuo u fili.
3 For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
He te u lilingi ʻae vai kiate ia ʻoku fieinu, pea mo e vai lahi ki he kelekele mōmoa: pea te u huaʻi hoku laumālie ki ho hako, mo ʻeku tāpuaki ki hoʻo fānau:
4 And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.
Pea te nau tupu hake ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻi he mohuku, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi uilou ʻi he veʻe vaitafe.
5 One shall say: I am the Lord’s, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand, To the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
ʻE pehē ʻe ha tokotaha, “ʻOku ʻo Sihova au;” pea ko e tokotaha ʻe ui ʻaki ʻae hingoa ko Sēkope; pea ko e tokotaha te ne tohi ʻaki hono nima kia Sihova, pea fakahingoa foʻou ia ʻaki ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻIsileli.
6 Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the brat, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e Tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, pea ko hono huhuʻi ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; “Ko au ko e ʻuluaki, pea ko au pe ko e ki mui; pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua mo au.”
7 Who is like to me? let him call and declare: and let him set before me the order, since I appointed the ancient people: and the things to come, and that shall be hereafter, let them shew unto them.
Pea ko hai, ʻo hangē ko au, ʻe ui, pea ʻe fakahā ia, pea ʻe fakatonutonu ia maʻaku, hili ʻeku fakanofo ʻae kakai ʻi muʻa? Pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku haʻu ni, pea mo ia ʻe hoko, tuku ke nau fakahā kiate kinautolu.
8 Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled, from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me, a maker, whom I have not known?
ʻOua te mou manavahē, pea ʻoua ʻe lilika: ʻikai kuo u fakahā kiate koe mei he kuonga ko ia, pea kuo fanongonongo ia? ʻIo, ko ʻeku kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimoutolu. ʻOku ai ha ʻOtua mo au? ʻIo, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ha taha.”
9 The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed.
Ko e vaʻinga ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ngaohi ʻae tamapua kuo tongi; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaonga ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau fiefia ai; pea ko e kau fakamoʻoni ʻakinautolu kiate kinautolu; ʻoku ʻikai te nau mamata, pe ʻilo, koeʻuhi ke nau mā ai.
10 Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?
Ko hai kuo ne fakafuofua ha ʻotua, pe ngaohi ha tamapua kuo tongi ʻoku ʻaonga ki ha meʻa ʻe taha?
11 Behold, all the partakers thereof shall be confounded: for the makers are men: they shall all assemble together, they shall stand and fear, and shall be confounded together.
Vakai, ʻe mā ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa kotoa pē: pea ko e kau ngāue, ʻoku ʻoe tangata ʻakinautolu: tuku ke tānaki fakataha ʻakinautolu, tuku ke nau tuʻu hake; ka te nau manavahē, pea te nau mā fakataha.
12 The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be weary.
Ko e tufunga ukamea ʻoku ne ngāueʻaki ʻae meʻa fakaū ʻi he malala, pea fakafuofua ia ʻaki ʻae ngaahi hamala, pea ʻoku ngaohi ia ʻaki ʻae mālohi ʻo hono nima: ʻio, ʻoku fiekaia ia, pea kuo tei ʻosi hono mālohi: ʻoku taʻeinu ia ha vai, pea ʻoku vaivai.
13 The carpenter hath stretched out his rule, he hath formed it with a plane: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compass: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.
ʻOku mafao ʻe he tufunga ʻakau ʻene meʻa fuofua; ʻoku ne fakaʻilonga ia ʻaki ha afo; ʻoku ne fakatau ia ʻaki ʻae ngaahi tele, pea ʻoku ne fakaʻilonga ia ʻaki ʻae meʻa fua, pea ngaohi ia ko e fakatātā ki he tangata, ʻo hangē ko e toulekeleka ʻoe tangata; koeʻuhi ke nofo ia ʻi he fale.
14 He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.
ʻOku ne tā hifo ʻae ngaahi sita, pea toʻo ʻae saipalesi pea mo e ʻoke, ʻaia ʻoku ne fakamālohi maʻana ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe vao: ʻoku ne tō ʻae ʻasi, pea ʻoku moʻui ia ʻi he ʻuha.
15 And it hath served men for fuel: he took thereof, and warmed himself: and he kindled it, and baked bread: but of the rest he made a god, and adored it: he made a graven thing, and bowed down before it.
Pea ʻe hoko ia ko e fefie ki he tangata: pea te ne toʻo mei ai, pea fakamafana ia; ʻio, ʻoku ne tutu ia, pea taʻo ʻae mā; ʻio, ʻoku ne ngaohi ha ʻotua, pea lotu ki ai; ʻoku ne ngaohi ia ko e tamapua kuo tongi, pea foʻohifo ki ai.
16 Part of it he burnt with fire, and with part of it he dressed his meat: he boiled pottage, and was filled, and was warmed, and said: Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
ʻOku ne tutu hono konga ʻi he afi; ʻoku ne teuteu ʻaki hono konga ʻae kakano ki he kai; ʻoku ne tunu ʻae kakano, pea mākona ai: ʻio, ʻoku ne mumū, pea ne pehē, “Ko eni, kuo u māfana, kuo u mamata ki he afi:”
17 But the residue thereof he made a god, and a graven thing for himself: he boweth down before it, and adoreth it, and prayeth unto it, saying: Deliver me, for thou art my God.
Pea ko hono toe ʻo ia ʻoku ne ngaohi ʻaki ha ʻotua, ʻio, ko ʻene tamapua kuo tongi: ʻoku ne foʻohifo ʻo hū ki ai, pea lotu ki ai, pea ne pehē, “Fakamoʻui au, he ko koe ko hoku ʻotua.”
18 They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.
ʻOku teʻeki te nau fanongo pe ʻilo he kuo ne tāpuni honau mata, ke ʻoua te nau mamata; mo honau loto, ko ia ʻoku nau taʻeʻilo ai.
19 They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?
Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku tokanga ʻi hono loto, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻilo pe ha fakakaukau ke pehē, “Kuo u tutu hono konga ʻi he afi; ʻio, pea kuo u taʻo mā ʻi hono malala ʻo ia; kuo u tunu ai ʻae kanomate, pea kai ia; pea te u ngaohi hono toe ko e meʻa fakalielia? He te u foʻohifo ki he sino ʻoe ʻakau?”
20 Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
ʻOku ne kai ʻae efuefu: ko e loto kākā kuo ne fakaafe ia, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne faʻa fakamoʻui hono laumālie, pe pehē, “ʻIkai ko e loi ʻoku ʻi hoku nima toʻomataʻu?”
21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art my servant, O Israel, forget me not.
Manatuʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ʻE Sēkope mo ʻIsileli; he ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki koe: Naʻaku fakafuofua koe; ko koe ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki: ʻE ʻIsileli, ʻo ʻikai te ke ngalo ʻiate au.
22 I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.
Kuo u tāmateʻi hoʻo ngaahi hia, ʻo hangē ko e ʻao matolu, pea hangē ko e ʻao, ʻa hoʻo ngaahi angahala: tafoki mai kiate au; he kuo u huhuʻi koe.
23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
Hiva, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi langi he kuo fai ia ʻe Sihova: kalanga, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi potu māʻulalo ʻo māmani: ke hā homou hiva, ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, ʻa koe ko e vao ʻakau, pea mo e ʻakau kotoa pē ʻi ai: he kuo huhuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Sēkope, pea kuo ne fakaongoongolelei ia ʻi ʻIsileli.
24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that establish the earth, and there is none with me.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko ho huhuʻi, pea ko ia naʻe fakafuofua koe mei he manāva, “Ko au ko Sihova kuo u ngaohi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē; kuo u folahi tokotaha pe ʻae ngaahi langi; ʻoku fofola atu ʻa māmani ʻe au pe;
25 That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that, make their knowledge foolish.
Ko au ia ʻoku taʻofi ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻoe kau loi, pea fakavaleʻi ʻae kau kikite; mo fakafoki ʻae kau tangata poto, pea ʻoku ngaohi ʻa ʻenau ʻilo ko e vale;
26 That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.
Ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻumaʻu ʻae lea ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki, pea fakamoʻoni ki he akonaki ʻo ʻene kau talafekau; ʻaia ʻoku pehē ki Selūsalema, ‘ʻE fakakakai koe;’ pea ki he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, ‘ʻE langa ʻakimoutolu,’ pea ‘Te u toe fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi potu maumau ʻi ai:’
27 Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.
ʻAia ʻoku pehē ki he loloto, ‘Ke mōmoa koe,’ pea, ‘Te u fakamaha hoʻo ngaahi vaitafe;’
28 Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my shepherd, and thou shalt perform all my pleasure. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built: and to the temple: Thy foundations shall be laid.
ʻAia ʻoku pehē kia Kolesi, ‘Ko hoku tauhi ia, pea te ne fai hoku finangalo kotoa pē:’ ʻio, ʻo ne pehē ki Selūsalema, ‘ʻE langa koe;’ pea ki he falelotu lahi, ʻE ai ho tuʻunga.’”
