Isaiah 8
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
1Pea naʻe toe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Toʻo kiate koe ha takainga lahi, pea tohi ʻi ai ʻaki ha peni ʻae tangata ʻae meʻa ʻoku kau kia Maha-sala-hase-pase.
2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
2Pea naʻaku toʻo kiate au ʻae kau fakamoʻoni angatonu ke tohi, ko ʻUlia ko e taulaʻeiki, mo Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Sepelikaia.”
3And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
3Pea ne u ʻalu ki he palōfita fefine; pea naʻe tuituʻia ia, pea fanauʻi ʻae tama, Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Ui hono hingoa ko ‘Maha-sala-hase-pase.’
4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
4Koeʻuhi ʻi he kei vale ʻae tamasiʻi ke lea, ‘Ko ʻeku tamai,’ mo ‘ʻeku faʻē,’ ʻe ʻave ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻae koloa ʻo Tamasikusi mo e vete taua ʻo Samēlia.
5And the LORD spoke to me further:
5¶ Pea naʻe toe folofola foki ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,
6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
6“Ko e meʻa ʻi he liʻaki ʻe he kakai ni ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo Siloa ʻoku tafetafemālie, pea ʻoku nau fiefia ʻia Lesini mo e foha ʻo Lemalia;
7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
7Ko ia foki, vakai, ʻoku ʻomi ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi vai ʻoe vaitafe, ʻoku mālohi pea lahi, ʻio, ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia mo hono mālohi kotoa pē: pea te ne ʻalu hake ki hono tafeʻanga vai kotoa pē, pea ʻe lōmakiʻi ʻae ngaahi kauvai kotoa pē:
8It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
8Pea te ne ʻoho ʻi Siuta; pea fetāfeaki ia ʻo mafola, ʻo aʻu hake ia ki he kia; pea ko e folahi ʻo hono kapakau ʻe feʻunga mo e māukupu ʻo ho fonua, ʻE ʻImanuela.”
9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
9¶ Mou kau fakataha, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kakai, pea ʻe laiki ʻakimoutolu; pea fakafanongo, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻoku mamaʻo: nonoʻo ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻe momosi ʻakimoutolu; nonoʻo ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻe liʻaki ʻakimoutolu.
10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
10Mou fakakaukau fakataha, ka e hoko ko e meʻa noa pe ia; mou alea, ka e ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ia: he ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu ʻae ʻOtua.
11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
11¶ He naʻe folofola pehē ʻa Sihova kiate au ʻi he nima mālohi, mo ne akonakiʻi au ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he hala ʻoe kakai ni, ʻo ne pehē,
12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
12ʻOua naʻa mou pehē, “Ko e tau, kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku pehē ki ai ʻae kakai ni, ko e tau, pea ʻoua ʻe manavahē ki heʻenau fakamanavahēʻi, pea ʻoua naʻa mou ilifia.
13The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
13Mou fakatapui pe ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; pea tuku ke hoko ia ko hoʻomou manavahēʻanga, pea mou ilifia ʻiate ia.
14And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
14Pea ʻe hoko ia ko e hūfanga malu; ka ko e maka tūkiaʻanga, pea ko e maka fakaʻita ki he fale fakatouʻosi ʻo ʻIsileli, ko e tauhele mo e heleanga ki he kakai ʻo Selūsalema.
15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
15Pea ko e tokolahi ʻiate kinautolu te nau tohumuhumu, pea hinga, pea laiki, mo tauhele, pea touʻia ʻakinautolu.
16Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
16Fakamaʻopoʻopo ʻae fakamoʻoni, pulusi ʻae fono maʻa ʻeku kau ākonga.
17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
17Pea te u tatali kia Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku fufū hono fofonga mei he fale ʻo Sēkope, pea te u ʻamanaki kiate ia.
18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
18Vakai, ko au mo e fānau kuo foaki ʻe Sihova kiate au, kuo mau hoko ko e ngaahi fakaʻilonga pea mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi ʻIsileli, meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻaia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he moʻunga ko Saione.”
19When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
19¶ Pea ʻoka nau ka pehē mai kiate kimoutolu, “Kumi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi laumālie kovi, pea ki he ngaahi kikite ʻoku mapu mo femuhumuhuʻi: ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke kumi ʻe he kakai ki honau ʻOtua? ʻOku totonu koā ʻenau siʻaki ʻae moʻui kae kumi ki he mate?
20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
20Kumi ki he fono pea ki he fakamoʻoni: kapau ʻe ʻikai te nau lea ʻo hangē ko e folofola ni, ʻoku pehē koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ha maama ʻiate kinautolu.
21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
21Pea te nau ʻalu ʻi ai, ʻi he mamahi mo e fiekaia, pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻenau fiekaia, te nau tangi, pea kapeʻi honau tuʻi mo honau ʻOtua, pea sio ki ʻolunga.
22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
22Pea te nau sio ki he kelekele; pea vakai ko e mamahi, mo e fakapoʻuli, mo e ninimo, mo e ongosia; pea ʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu ki he fakapoʻuli.”
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