ʻIsikieli 31
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea 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,
1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, the third month, the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2“Foha ʻoe tangata, lea kia Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, pea ki heʻene kakai; Ko hai ha taha ʻoku tatau mo koe?
2Son of man, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
3“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.
3Behold, the Assyrian was like a cedar in Libanus, with fair branches, and full of leaves, of a high stature, and his top was elevated among the thick boughs.
4Naʻe 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.
4The waters nourished him, the deep set him up on high, the streams thereof ran round about his roots, and it sent forth its rivulets to all the trees of the country.
5Ko 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.
5Therefore was his height exalted above all the trees of the country: and his branches were multiplied, and his boughs were elevated because of many waters.
6Naʻe 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.
6And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.
7Ko ia naʻe toulekeleka ia ʻi heʻene lahi, mo e lōloa ʻa hono ngaahi vaʻa: he naʻe tō hono aka ʻi he veʻe vai lahi.
7And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.
8Naʻe 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:
8The cedars in the paradise of God wars not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty.
9Kuo 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.
9For I made him beautiful and thick set with many branches: and all the trees of pleasure, that were in the paradise of God, envied him.
10Ko 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;
10Therefore thus saith the Lord God Because he was exalted in height, and shot up his top green and thick, and his heart was lifted up in his height:
11Ko 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.
11I have delivered him into the hands of the mighty one of the nations, he shall deal with him: I have cast him out according to his wickedness.
12Pea 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.
12And strangers, and the most cruel of the nations shall cut him down, and cast him away upon the mountains, and his boughs shall fall in every valley, and his branches shall be broken on every rock of the country: and all the people of the earth shall depart from his shadow, and leave him.
13Pea ʻi heʻene malofa ʻe nofomaʻu kiate ia ʻae ngaahi manupuna ʻoe langi, pea ʻe heka ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao ki hono ngaahi vaʻa.
13All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.
14Kuo 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.”
14For which cause none of the trees by the waters shall exalt themselves for their height: nor shoot up their tops among the thick branches and leaves, neither shall any of them that are watered stand up in their height: for they are all delivered unto death to the lowest parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down into the pit.
15ʻOku 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.
15Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when he went down to hell, I brought in mourning, I covered him with the deep: and I withheld its rivers, and restrained the many waters: Libanus grieved for him, and all the trees of the field trembled.
16Pea 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.
16I shook the nations with the sound of his fall, when I brought him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of pleasure, the choice and best in Libanus, all that were moistened with waters, were comforted in the lowest parts of the earth.
17Naʻe 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.
17For they also shall go down with him to hell to them that are slain by the sword: and the arm of every one shall sit down under his shadow in the midst of the nations.
18¶ “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.”
18To whom art thou like, O thou that art famous and lofty among the trees of pleasure? Behold, thou art brought down with the trees of pleasure to the lowest parts of the earth: thou shalt sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword: this is Pharao, and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
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