Isaiah 37
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
1Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fanongo ʻa Hesekaia ki ai, naʻa ne haehae hono kofu, pea kofuʻaki ia ʻae tauangaʻa, pea ʻalu ki he fale ʻo Sihova.
2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
2Pea ne fekau ʻa Iliakimi, ʻaia naʻe pule ʻi he fale, mo Sepina ko e tangata tohi, pea mo e mātuʻa ʻi he kau taulaʻeiki, kuo kofuʻaki ʻae tauangaʻa, kia ʻIsaia ko e palōfita, ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi.
3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
3Pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku pehē ʻe Hesekaia, Ko e ʻaho ni ko e ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, mo e valoki, pea mo e kapekape: he kuo hokosia ʻae ʻaho ke fāʻele, ka ʻoku ʻikai pā mālohi ke fanauʻi.
4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
4Heiʻilo ʻe fanongo nai ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Lapisake, ʻaia kuo fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ko hono ʻeiki ke valoki ʻaki ʻae ʻOtua moʻui, pea ʻe tautea ʻae ngaahi lea ʻaia kuo fanongo ki ai ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: ko e hiki hake hoʻo hū koeʻuhi ko e kakai ʻoku kei toe.”
5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
5Ko ia naʻe haʻu ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Hesekaia kia ʻIsaia.
6who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
6¶ Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIsaia kiate kinautolu, “Te mou lea ʻo pehē ki homou ʻeiki, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē ki he ngaahi lea kuo ke fanongo ki ai, ʻaia kuo kapekape ʻaki kiate au ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻoe tuʻi ʻa ʻAsilia.
7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
7Vakai, te u fakahū kiate ia ha laumālie, pea te ne fanongo ki he ongoongo, pea foki ki hono fonua ʻoʻona; pea te u pule ke tō ia ʻi he heletā ʻi hono fonua ʻoʻona.”
8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
8¶ Naʻe foki ʻa Lapisake, pea ʻilo ʻoku tau ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia mo Lipina: he kuo ne fanongo kuo haʻu ia mei Lakisi.
9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
9Pea naʻa ne fanongo ki he tala naʻe kau kia Tilaka ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻItiopea, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOku haʻu ia ke tauʻi koe.’ Pea ʻi heʻene fanongo ki ai, naʻa ne fekau atu ʻae kau talafekau kia Hesekaia, ʻo pehē,
10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
10“Ke pehē hoʻomou lea kia Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻa ho ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ke faʻaki ki ai, ke kākaaʻi koe, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai tukuange ʻa Selūsalema ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.’
11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
11Vakai, kuo ke fanongo ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki he ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu; pea ʻe fakamoʻui koe?
12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
12Kuo fakamoʻui ʻe he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻakinautolu naʻe fakaʻauha ʻe heʻeku ngaahi tamai, ko Kosani, mo Holani, mo Lesefi, mo e fānau ʻa Iteni ʻaia naʻe ʻi Tilasa?
13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
13ʻOku ʻi fē ʻae tuʻi ʻo Hamati, pea mo e tuʻi ʻo ʻAapati, pea mo e tuʻi ʻoe kolo ko Sifaveimi, mo Hena, mo Iva?”
14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
14¶ Pea naʻe maʻu ʻe Hesekaia ʻae tohi mei he nima ʻoe kau talafekau, pea lau ia: pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Hesekaia ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻo ne folahi ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.
15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
15Pea naʻe hū ʻa Hesekaia kia Sihova, ʻo pehē,
16“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
16“ʻE Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo Selupi, ko koe ko e ʻOtua, ʻio, ko koe tokotaha pe, ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo māmani: ko koe naʻe ngaohi ʻae langi mo māmani.
17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
17Fakaongo mai ho fofonga, ʻe Sihova, pea fanongo; fakaʻā, ʻe Sihova, ho fofonga, pea ke ʻafioʻi: pea fanongo ki he lea kotoa pē ʻa Senakalipe, ʻaia kuo fekau ke valoki ʻaki ʻae ʻOtua moʻui.
18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
18Ko e moʻoni, ʻE Sihova, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia kuo nau fakaʻauha ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo honau ngaahi fonua,
19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
19Pea kuo lī honau ngaahi ʻotua ki he afi: he naʻe ʻikai ko ha ʻotua ʻakinautolu, ka ko e ngāue ʻae nima ʻoe tangata, ko e ʻakau mo e maka: ko ia kuo nau fakaʻauha ai ʻakinautolu.
20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
20Ko ia, ʻE Sihova ko homau ʻOtua, fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei hono nima, koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani ko koe ko Sihova, ʻio, ko koe tokotaha pe.”
21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
21¶ Pea naʻe toki fekau ʻe ʻIsaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi kia Hesekaia, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo hū kiate au koeʻuhi ko Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia:
22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
22Ko eni ʻae lea ʻaia kuo folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻoku kau kiate ia; ‘Ko e taʻahine, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saione, kuo fehiʻa kiate koe, pea kata manuki kiate koe: ko e ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema, kuo ne kalokalo hono ʻulu kiate koe.
23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
23Ko hai ia kuo ke manukiʻi mo kapeʻi? Pea kuo ke hiki hake ho leʻo kia hai, pea hiki mo ho mata ki ʻolunga? ʻIo, ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.
24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
24Kuo ke manukiʻi ʻe hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova, pea kuo ke pehē, ʻI he tokolahi ʻo ʻeku ngaahi saliote kuo u haʻu ki he māʻolunga ʻoe moʻunga, ki he tafaʻaki ʻo Lepanoni, pea te u tuʻusi ki lalo ʻae ngaahi sita māʻolunga ʻo ia, pea mo e ngaahi ʻakau ko e fea lelei ʻo ia: pea te u hū ki he māʻolunga ʻo hono ngaahi ngataʻanga, mo e vao ʻakau ʻo hono Kameli.
25I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
25Kuo u keli, pea inu vai, pea kuo u fakamaha ʻaki hoku ʻaofi vaʻe ʻae ngaahi vaitafe kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi kolo kuo kāpui ʻe he tau.
26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
26ʻIkai kuo ke fanongo fuoloa, kuo u fai ia ʻe au; pea ʻi he ngaahi kuonga ʻi muʻa, naʻaku tuʻutuʻuni ki ai? ko eni, kuo u fakahoko ia, koeʻuhi ke ke liliu ʻae ngaahi kolo kuo teu tau, ko e ngaahi tuʻunga fale kuo ʻauha.
27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
27Ko ia naʻe mālohi siʻi pe hoʻonau kakai, naʻa nau manavahē pea puputuʻu: naʻa nau hangē ko e mohuku ʻoe ngoue, pea hangē ko e ʻakau mata, ʻo hangē ko e mohuku ʻi he tuʻa fale, pea hangē ko e uite kuo mahunu ʻi he teʻeki ke tupu hake.
28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
28Ka ʻoku ou ʻilo ho nofoʻanga, pea mo hoʻo ʻalu kituʻa, mo hoʻo hū ki fale, mo hoʻo ʻita kiate au.
29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
29Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻalu hake ki hoku fofonga hoʻo ʻita kiate au, mo hoʻo fielahi, ko ia te u ʻai ʻeku mātaʻu ki ho avaʻi ihu, mo ʻeku meʻa taʻofi ʻi ho loungutu, pea te u fakafoki koe ʻi he hala ko ia ʻaia ne ke haʻu ai.
30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
30Pea ko e fakaʻilonga eni kiate koe, Te mou kai ʻi he taʻu ni ʻaia ʻoku tupu ʻiate ia pe; pea ʻi hono ua ʻoe taʻu ʻaia ʻoku tupu mei ai: pea ʻi hono tolu ʻoe taʻu te mou tūtuuʻi, pea tuʻusi mai, pea tō ʻae ngaahi ngoue vaine, pea kai ʻae ngaahi fua ʻo ia.
31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
31Pea ko e toe ʻoe fale ʻo Siuta, kuo hao ʻe toe aka ki lalo, pea fua ʻi ʻolunga:
32For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
32Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻalu ʻi Selūsalema ha toenga kakai, pea ko kinautolu kuo hao ʻi he moʻunga ko Saione: ko e ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau te ne fai ʻae meʻa ni.
33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
33Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia ʻoku kau ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ne haʻu ki he kolo ni, pe fanaʻi ha ngahau ki ai, pe haʻu ki ai ʻaki ʻae ngaahi fakaū pe fokotuʻu ha tetanu ki ai.
34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
34ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻI he hala naʻa ne haʻu ai, ʻi he hala ko ia te ne foki atu ai, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne haʻu ki he kolo ni.
35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
35He te u maluʻi ʻae kolo ni ʻo fakamoʻui ia koeʻuhi ko au, pea koeʻuhi ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita.’”
36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
36¶ Pea naʻe toki ʻalu atu ʻae ʻāngelo ʻo Sihova, ʻo ne taaʻi ʻi he nofoʻanga tau ʻoe kau ʻAsilia ʻae tokotaha kilu mā toko valu mano ma toko nima afe: pea ʻi he tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻae kakai, vakai, kuo nau mate, ko e ʻangaʻanga kotoa pē.
37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
37¶ Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻo ne ʻalu, ʻo foki atu, pea nofo ʻi Ninive.
38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
38Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, lolotonga ʻene lotu ʻi he fale ʻo Nisiloki ko hono ʻotua, naʻe taaʻi ia ʻe hono ongo foha ko ʻAtilameleki mo Salisa ʻaki ʻae heletā pea ne na hao ki he fonua ko ʻAminia pea naʻe pule hono foha ko ʻAsahatoni ko hono fetongi.
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