< Isaiah 55 >

1 All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.
“Vakai mai, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku fieinu, haʻu ki he ngaahi vai, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻikai haʻane paʻanga; mou haʻu, ʻo fakatau, pea kai; ʻio, haʻu ʻo fakatau uaine mo e huʻahuhu taʻehapaʻanga pea taʻehatotongi.
2 Why do you spend money for that which is not breed, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.
Ko e hā ʻoku mou ʻatu ai ʻae paʻanga ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ko e mā? Mo hoʻomou ngāue ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai fakamākona? Mou fanongo ʻo tokanga kiate au, pea mou kai ʻaia ʻoku lelei, pea tuku ke fiefia homou laumālie ʻi he meʻakai lelei lahi.
3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall lire, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
Fakatokangaʻi homou telinga, pea haʻu kiate au fanongo, pea ʻe moʻui homou laumālie, pea te u fai ʻae fuakava taʻengata mo kimoutolu, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi ʻaloʻofa tuʻumaʻu kia Tevita.
4 Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.
Vakai, kuo u foaki ia ko e fakamoʻoni ki he kakai, ko e takimuʻa mo e pule ki he kakai.
5 Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
Vakai, te ke ui ʻae puleʻanga ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo ni, pea ko e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo koe te nau lele kiate koe koeʻuhi ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea koeʻuhi ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli; he kuo ne fakaongoongoleleiʻi koe.”
6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
Mou kumi kia Sihova ʻi he lolotonga ʻoku faʻa ʻilo ia, ui kiate ia ʻi heʻene kei ofi:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.
Tuku ke liʻaki ʻe he angahala hono hala, mo e tangata taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻene ngaahi mahalo: pea tuku ke ne foki kia Sihova, pea te ne ʻaloʻofa kiate ia; pea ki hotau ʻOtua, he te ne fakamolemole ʻo lahi ʻaupito.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻOku ʻikai ko hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo ʻa ʻeku mahalo, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko homou ngaahi hala ʻa hoku ngaahi hala.
9 For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
He ʻoku hangē ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻae ngaahi langi mei he māmani, ʻoku pehē hono māʻolunga ʻo hoku ngaahi hala, pea mo ʻeku mahalo ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo.
10 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Pea hangē ʻoku ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻuha, mo e ʻuha hinehina mei he langi, pea ʻikai toe foki ki ai, ka ʻoku fakaviviku ʻae kelekele, pea ngaohi ia ke tupu mo fua, koeʻuhi ke ʻomi mei ai ʻae tenga ki he tangata tūtuuʻi, pea mo e mā kiate ia ʻoku kai.
11 So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
‌ʻE pehē ʻeku folofola ʻaia ʻoku ʻalu atu ʻi hoku fofonga: ʻe ʻikai foki taʻefua kiate au, ka e lavaʻi ia ʻaia ʻoku ou faʻiteliha ki ai, pea ʻe monūʻia ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ou fekau ia ki ai.
12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before yen, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.
He te mou ʻalu atu ʻi he fiefia, pea ʻe taki atu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he fiemālie: ʻe pā ʻae hiva ʻi homou ʻao mei he ngaahi moʻunga mo e potu tafungofunga, pea ʻe pasipasi nima ʻe he ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao.
13 Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.
‌ʻE tupu hake ʻae ʻakau ko e fea ko e fetongi ʻoe ʻakau talatala, pea ʻe tupu ʻae maile ko e fetongi ʻoe talatalaʻāmoa: pea ʻe hoko ia ko e meʻa fakamanatu kia Sihova, ko e fakaʻilonga taʻengata ʻaia ʻe ʻikai ʻauha.”

< Isaiah 55 >