< Isaiah 48 >

1 Hear yee this, O house of Iaakob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iudah: which sweare by the Name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousnesse.
“Fanongo ki he meʻa ni, ʻE fale ʻo Sēkope, ʻa koe ʻoku ui ʻaki ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻIsileli, pea kuo haʻu mei he ngaahi matavai ʻo Siuta, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku fuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, pea lea ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he moʻoni, pe ʻi he māʻoniʻoni.
2 For they are called of the holy citie, and staie themselues vpon the God of Israel, whose Name is the Lord of hostes.
He ʻoku nau lau ʻoku nau ʻoe kolo māʻoniʻoni, pea faʻaki ʻakinautolu ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ko hono huafa ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau.
3 I haue declared ye former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, and I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.
Kuo u fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa muʻa mei he kamataʻanga; pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu mei hoku fofonga, pea ne u fakahā ia; naʻaku fai fakafokifā ia, pea hoko ia.
4 Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy brow brasse,
Koeʻuhi naʻaku ʻilo ʻoku ke paongataʻa, pea ko e uoua ukamea ho kia, pea palasa ho foʻi laʻē;
5 Therefore I haue declared it to thee of old: before it came to passe, I shewed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idole hath done them, and my carued image, and my molten image hath commanded them.
Kuo u fakahā ia kiate koe mei he kamataʻanga; ʻi he teʻeki ai hoko ia naʻaku fakahā ia kiate koe: telia naʻa ke pehē, ‘Kuo fai ʻe heʻeku tamapua, ʻae ngaahi meʻa ko ia, mo ʻeku tamapua kuo tongi, mo ʻeku tamapua kuo haka kuo fekau ki ai.’
6 Thou hast heard, behold all this, and wil not yee declare it? I haue shewed thee newe things, euen now, and hid things, which thou knewest not.
Kuo ke tomuʻa fanongo, pea vakai kuo hoko ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē; pea ʻe ʻikai te ke fakahā ia? “Kuo u fakahā atu mei he kuonga ni, ʻae ngaahi meʻa foʻou, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi meʻa lilo, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo ki ai.
7 They are created now, and not of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.
‌ʻOku fakatupu ni ia, kae ʻikai mei he kamataʻanga; ʻio, ʻi muʻaange ʻi he ʻaho ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ke fanongo ki ai, telia naʻa ke pehē, “Vakai, naʻaku ʻilo ia.”
8 Yet thou heardest them not, neither diddest know them, neither yet was thine eare opened of olde: for I knewe that thou wouldest grieuously transgresse: therefore haue I called thee a transgressour from the wombe.
Ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai te ke fanongo, ʻio, naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo; ʻio, mei he kuonga ko ia naʻe ʻikai ke fakaava ho telinga: he naʻaku ʻilo te ke fai kākā lahi, pea naʻe ui koe ko e maumau fono mei he manāva.
9 For my Names sake will I defer my wrath, and for my praise will I refraine it from thee, that I cut thee not off.
Koeʻuhi ko hoku huafa te u taʻofi hoku houhau, pea koeʻuhi ko ʻeku ongoongolelei te u taʻofi au meiate koe, ke ʻoua naʻaku tuʻusi ʻaupito koe.
10 Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.
Vakai; kuo u fakamaʻa koe, kae ʻikai ʻaki ʻae siliva; kuo u fili koe mei he afi ʻoe mamahi.
11 For mine owne sake, for mine owne sake wil I doe it: for how should my Name be polluted? surely I wil not giue my glory vnto another.
Koeʻuhi ko au, ʻio, koeʻuhi ko au, te u fai ia: he ko e hā ʻe fakalielia ai ʻa hoku huafa? Pea ʻe ʻikai te u foaki hoku nāunau ki ha tokotaha kehe.
12 Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.
“Fanongo kiate au, ʻe Sēkope pea mo ʻIsileli, ʻa koe kuo u ui; ko au ia; ko au ko e ʻuluaki, pea ko au foki ko e kimui.
13 Surely mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heaues: when I cal them, they stand vp together.
Kuo ʻai ʻe hoku nima ʻae tuʻunga ʻo māmani, pea kuo u hanga ʻae ngaahi langi ʻaki hoku nima toʻomataʻu: ʻo kau ka ui ki ai, ʻoku nau tuʻu hake fakataha.
14 All you, assemble your selues, and heare: which among them hath declared these thinges? The Lord hath loued him: he wil doe his will in Babel, and his arme shalbe against the Chaldeans.
“Mou fakataha, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē, pea fanongo; ko hai ʻiate kinautolu kuo ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa ui? Kuo ʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate ia: te ne fai ʻene faʻiteliha ki Papilone, pea ʻe ʻi he kakai Kalitia ʻa hono nima.
15 I, euen I haue spoken it, and I haue called him: I haue brought him, and his way shall prosper.
Ko au, ʻio, ko au, kuo u folofola; kuo u ui kiate ia: kuo u ʻomi ia, pea te ne ngaohi ke lelei hono hala.
16 Come neere vnto me: heare ye this: I haue not spoken it in secret from the beginning: from the time that the thing was, I was there, and now the Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me.
“Mou haʻu ke ofi kiate au, fanongo ki he meʻa ni; “talu ʻae kamataʻanga naʻe ʻikai te u lea ʻi he lilo; talu ʻae kuonga naʻe ʻi ai ia, ʻoku ʻi ai au.” Pea ko e ʻEiki ko Sihova, mo hono Laumālie, kuo na fekau au.
17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy one of Israel, I am the Lord thy God, which teach thee to profite, and lead thee by the way, that thou shouldest goe.
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko ho Huhuʻi, ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli; “Ko au ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku akonakiʻi koe ke ʻaonga, pea ko ia ʻoku tataki koe ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ke ʻalu ai.
18 Oh that thou haddest hearkened to my commandements! then had thy prosperitie bene as the floude, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.
‌ʻAmusiaange ʻe au kuo ke tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau! Ka ne pehē kuo hangē ko e vaitafe hoʻo fiemālie, pea tatau hoʻo māʻoniʻoni mo e ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi:
19 Thy seede also had beene as the sande, and the fruite of thy body like the grauell thereof: his name should not haue bene cut off nor destroied before me.
Pea ko ho hako foki kuo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone, pea ko e fua ʻo ho manāva ʻo hangē ko e kilikili ʻoe matātahi; pea ʻe ʻikai tuʻusi pe fakaʻauha hono hingoa mei hoku ʻao.
20 Goe yee out of Babel: flee yee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of ioy: tel and declare this: shewe it foorth to the ende of the earth: say yee, The Lord hath redeemed his seruant Iaakob.
‌ʻAlu atu ʻakimoutolu mei Papilone, mou hola mei he kakai Kalitia, mou fakahā ʻaki ʻae lea ʻoe hiva, tala ʻae meʻa ni, lea ʻaki ia ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani; mou pehē, “Kuo huhuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki ko Sēkope.”
21 And they were not thirstie: hee led them through the wildernesse: hee caused the waters to flowe out of the rocke for them: for he claue the rocke, and the water gushed out.
Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva inu ʻi heʻene tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi toafa: naʻa ne pule ke tafe atu ʻae vai mei he maka maʻanautolu: naʻa ne foaʻi ʻae maka, pea naʻe mapuna mei ai ʻae vai.
22 There is no peace, sayeth the Lord, vnto the wicked.
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemālie ki he kakai angahala.”

< Isaiah 48 >