Ezekiel 31

1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki hono hongofulu ma taha ʻoe taʻu, ʻi hono tolu ʻoe māhina, pea mo hono ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻoe māhina: naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

2 Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

“Foha ʻoe tangata, lea kia Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, pea ki heʻene kakai; Ko hai ha taha ʻoku tatau mo koe?

3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shady cover, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

“Vakai, ko ʻAsilia ko e sita lahi ʻi Lepanoni naʻe lelei hono ngaahi vā, naʻe fakapoʻupoʻuli ʻi hono malumalu, pea naʻa ne māʻolunga, pea naʻe aʻu hake hono ʻuluʻulu ki he ngaahi vā matolu.

4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running around his plants, and sent out her little rivers to all the trees of the field.

Naʻe tupu lahi ia ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaahi vai, naʻe tupu ia ʻo hako ki ʻolunga koeʻuhi ko e loloto ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe naʻe tafe takatakai ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau toki tupu, mo hono ngaahi mangamangaʻi vai naʻe tafe atu ki he ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe vao.

5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

Ko ia naʻe fakamāʻolunga hake ai ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao, pea tupu ʻo lahi hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea hoko ʻo lōloa hono ngaahi vaʻa, koeʻuhi ko e lahi ʻoe vai, ʻi heʻene tupu hake.

6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Naʻe ngaohi pununga ʻi hono vaʻa ʻae fanga manupuna kotoa pē ʻoe langi, pea naʻe fakatō ʻe he fanga manu kotoa pē ʻoe vao, ʻa honau ʻuhiki ʻi he malumalu ʻo hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea naʻe nofo ʻi hono malumalu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga lalahi.

7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

Ko ia naʻe toulekeleka ia ʻi heʻene lahi, mo e lōloa ʻa hono ngaahi vaʻa: he naʻe tō hono aka ʻi he veʻe vai lahi.

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; not any tree in the garden of God was like him in his beauty.

Naʻe ʻikai faʻa fakalilo ia ʻe he ngaahi sita ʻi he ngoue ʻae ʻOtua: naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻae fea mo hono ngaahi vaʻa iiki, pea naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻae ʻakau ko e ifi papālangi mo hono ngaahi vaʻa lalahi; pea naʻe ʻikai ha ʻakau ʻi he ngoue ʻae ʻOtua, ʻoku na tatau ʻi he matamatalelei:

9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

Kuo u ngaohi ia ke matamatalelei, ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻa hono ngaahi vaʻa: ko ia naʻe meheka ai kiate ia ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē ʻi he ngoue ʻae ʻOtua.

10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Koeʻuhi kuo ke hiki hake ko e ke ke māʻolunga, pea kuo ne ʻai ke ʻasi hake hono ʻuluʻulu ki he ngaahi vaʻa matolu, pea kuo hiki hono loto ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene māʻolunga;

11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

Ko ia kuo u tuku atu ai ia ki he nima ʻo ia ʻoku mālohi taha ʻi he hiteni; ko e moʻoni te ne fai mo ia: kuo u kapusi ia ʻeau koeʻuhi ko ʻene ngaahi kovi.

12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

Pea kuo tā hifo ia mo siʻakiʻi ʻe he kau muli, mo e kau toʻa mei he ngaahi puleʻanga: kuo tō hifo hono ngaahi vaʻa ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga, pea ʻi he teleʻa kotoa pē, pea kuo mafesifesi hono ngaahi vaʻa iiki ʻi he veʻe vaitafe kotoa pē ʻi he fonua; pea kuo ʻalu hifo ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani mei hono malumalu, pea kuo nau siʻaki ia.

13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

Pea ʻi heʻene malofa ʻe nofomaʻu kiate ia ʻae ngaahi manupuna ʻoe langi, pea ʻe heka ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao ki hono ngaahi vaʻa.

14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

Kuo fai eni, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ʻi ai ha taha ʻoe ngaahi ʻakau ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻe hiki ʻe ia ia ke māʻolunga, pe te ne ʻai ke ʻasi hake hono ʻuluʻulu ki he ngaahi vaʻa matolu, pe tuʻu fakamāmāʻolunga, ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku inumia ʻae vai: he kuo tuku kotoa pē ʻakinautolu ki he mate, ki he ngaahi potu māʻulalo ʻoe fonua, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe fānau ʻae tangata, pea mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo.”

15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Sheol h7585)

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: “Naʻaku fekau ke fai ʻae tangi mamahi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻe ʻalu hifo ai ia ki he faʻitoka: ne u ʻufiʻufi ʻae loloto koeʻuhi ko ia, pea naʻaku taʻofi hono tafe ʻo ia, pea naʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻae ngaahi vai lalahi, pea naʻaku pule ki Lepanoni, ke tangi mamahi koeʻuhi ko ia, pea naʻe pongia koeʻuhi ko ia ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kotoa pē ʻoe vao. (Sheol h7585)

16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)

Pea naʻaku fakangalulu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi he longoaʻa ʻo ʻene hinga, ʻi heʻeku lī hifo ia ki heli fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he luo: pea ʻe fakafiemālieʻi ʻae ʻakau kotoa pē ʻi hiteni, pea mo e ʻakau fungani mo lelei kotoa pē ʻi Lepanoni, ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku inumia ʻae vai, ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻulalo ʻoe māmani. (Sheol h7585)

17 They also went down into hell with him to them that are slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. (Sheol h7585)

Naʻe ʻalu hifo foki mo ia ʻakinautolu ki heli, kiate kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā; pea mo kinautolu naʻa ne nimaʻaki, ʻakinautolu naʻe nofo ki lalo ʻi hono malumalu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe hiteni. (Sheol h7585)

18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

“Ko hai ha taha ʻoku mo tatau ʻi he nāunau; pea mo e lahi hake ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻo ʻIteni? Ka neongo ia ʻe tulaki hifo koe ki lalo ki he potu māʻulalo ʻo māmani fakataha mo e ngaahi ʻakau ʻo ʻIteni: te ke tokoto hifo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai taʻekamu, mo kinautolu kuo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā.” ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, “Ko eni ʻa Felo, pea mo hono kakai kotoa pē.”