Isaiah 47
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
1“ʻAlu hifo, pea nofo ʻi he efuefu, ʻE ʻofefine tāupoʻou ʻo Papilone, nofo ʻi he kelekele: ʻE ʻofefine ʻoe kakai Kalitia, ʻoku ʻikai ha nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki: ʻe ʻikai toe ui koe ko e hoihoifua mo e ngalingali ʻeiki.
2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
2Toʻo ʻae ngaahi maka momosi, pea momosi ʻae koane: toʻo ʻae pūlou ʻo ho louʻulu, vete ho kofu tōtōlofa, toʻo ʻae ʻufiʻufi ʻo ho vaʻe, aʻa ʻi he ngaahi vaitafe.
3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, and will let no man intercede.
3ʻE toʻo ʻae ʻufiʻufi ʻo hoʻo telefua, ʻio, ʻe hā hoʻo mā: te u tautea, ʻe ʻikai te u fakafetaulaki kiate koe ʻo hangē ko ha tangata.”
4Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
4Pea ko hotau huhuʻi, ko hono huafa ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.
5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
5“Nofo fakalongo pē koe, pea ke ʻalu ki he fakapoʻuli, ʻE ʻofefine ʻoe kakai Kalitia: ʻe ʻikai toe ui koe, Ko e fefineʻeiki ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga.
6I was wroth with My people, I profaned Mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand; thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
6Naʻaku houhau ki hoku kakai, kuo u fakaʻuli hoku tofiʻa, pea ʻatu ʻakinautolu ki ho nima: naʻe ʻikai te ke fakahā hao kātaki ʻofa ki ai; kuo ke ai ke fakamamafa hoʻo haʻamonga ki he kau mātuʻa.
7And thou saidst: 'For ever shall I be mistress'; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the end thereof.
7Pea naʻa ke pehē, ‘Te u hoko ko e fefineʻeiki ʻo lauikuonga:’ ko ia naʻe ʻikai te ke tokanga ʻi ho loto ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke manatu ki he ikuʻanga ʻo ia.
8Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children';
8“Ko ia ke ke fanongo ki he meʻa ni, ʻa koe ʻoku ke moʻulaloa ki he ngaahi meʻa fakafiefia fakamaama, ʻoku ke nofo fakafiemālie, ʻoku ke pehē ʻi ho loto, ‘Ko au, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taha mo au: ʻe ʻikai te u nofo ʻo hangē ko e fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti, pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ʻae mole ʻae fānau:’
9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
9Ka ko e ongo meʻa ni ʻe ua ʻe hoko kiate koe ʻi he kemo, ʻi ha ʻaho pe taha, ʻae mole ʻae fānau, mo e mate ʻo ho husepāniti: ʻe hoko ia ʻo lahi kiate koe, koeʻuhi ko hono lahi ʻo hoʻo fai kākā, pea koeʻuhi ko hono lahi ʻo hoʻo fiemana.
10And thou hast been secure in thy wickedness, thou hast said: 'None seeth me'; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart. 'I am, and there is none else beside me.'
10He kuo ke faʻaki ki hoʻo angakovi: kuo ke pehē, ‘ʻOku ʻikai mamata ʻe ha taha kiate au.’ Ko hoʻo poto mo hoʻo ʻilo, kuo na fakahalaʻi koe; pea kuo ke pehē ʻi ho loto, ‘Ko au, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taha mo au.’
11Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it away; and calamity shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away; and ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, before thou knowest.
11Ko ia ʻe hoko ai ʻae kovi kiate koe. E ʻikai te ke ʻilo pe ʻoku tupu mei fe ia. Pea ʻe tō kiate koe ʻae tautea; ʻe ʻikai te ke faʻa taʻofi ia: pea ʻe hoko fakafokifā ʻae fakaʻauha kiate koe, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo.
12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
12“Ke ke tuʻu ni mo hoʻo ngaahi ngāue kākā, pea mo hono lahi ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fiemana, ʻaia kuo ke ngāue ai talu hoʻo kei siʻi; ʻo kapau ʻe ʻaonga ia kiate koe, ʻo kapau te ke faʻa lavaʻi ia.
13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
13ʻOku ke ongosia ʻi hono tokolahi ʻo hoʻo kau fakahinohino. Tuku ke tuʻu hake ni ʻae kau kikite ki he langi, mo e kau sio fetuʻu, mo e kau fakaila meʻa mei he māhina, pea fakamoʻui koe mei he ngaahi meʻa ni ʻe hoko kiate koe.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
14Vakai, te nau hangē ko e kauʻi koane; ʻe tutu ʻakinautolu ʻi he afi; ʻe ʻikai te nau fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu mei he mālohi ʻoe ulo: ʻe ʻikai toe ha malala ke mumū ai, pe ha afi ke nofo ki ai.
15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured; they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.
15ʻE pehē ʻakinautolu kiate koe ʻaia kuo mou ngāue mo ia, ʻio, ko hoʻo kau fakatau, talu hoʻo kei siʻi: te nau afe taki taha ki hono potu; ʻe ʻikai ha taha te ne fakamoʻui koe.
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