ʻIsaia 13
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki Papilone, ʻaia naʻe mamata ki ai ʻe ʻIsaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi.
1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
2MOU fokotuʻu ʻae fuka ʻi he moʻunga māʻolunga, hiki hake ʻae leʻo kiate kinautolu, taʻalo ʻaki ʻae nima, ke nau hū ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻoe houʻeiki.
2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3Kuo u fekau ki heʻeku kau māʻoniʻoni, kuo u ui foki ʻeku kau mālohi koeʻuhi ko hoku houhau, ʻio, ʻakinautolu ʻoku fiefia heʻeku māfimafi.
3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
4Ko e longoaʻa ʻoe tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga, ʻo hangē ko e kakai lahi; ko e longoaʻa lahi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻio, ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kuo tānaki fakataha: he ʻoku fakataha ʻe Sihova ʻae ngaahi kautau ʻo ʻene kongakau ki he tau.
4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5ʻOku nau haʻu mei he fonua mamaʻo, mei he ngataʻanga ʻoe langi, ʻio, ko Sihova, mo e mahafu ʻo hono houhau, ke fakaʻauha ʻae fonua kotoa pē.
5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
6¶ Mou tangilāulau ʻakimoutolu; he ʻoku ofi ʻae ʻaho ʻo Sihova; ʻe haʻu ia ʻo hangē ko e fakaʻauha mei he Māfimafi.
6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7Ko ia ʻe vaivai ai ʻae nima kotoa pē, pea ʻe molū mo e loto ʻoe tangata kotoa pē:
7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8Pea te nau manavahē: ʻe puke ʻakinautolu ʻe he mamahi mo e ongosia; te nau langa ʻo hangē ko e fefine ʻoku fāʻele: te nau feʻofaʻaki; ʻe tatau honau mata mo e ulo ʻoe afi.
8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
9Vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae ʻaho ʻo Sihova, ʻoku mamafa ʻi he tuʻutāmaki pea mo e houhau lahi, ke fakaʻauha ʻae fonua: pea te ne tāmateʻi ʻae kakai angahala mei ai.
9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
10He ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi mo e ngaahi faʻahinga fetuʻu ʻi ai ʻe ʻikai te nau ʻomi ʻenau maama; ʻe fakapoʻuli ʻae laʻā ʻi heʻene hopo hake, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo atu ʻae maama ʻoe māhina.
10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
11Pea te u tautea ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko ʻenau hia, pea mo e kakai angakovi koeʻuhi ko ʻenau angahala; pea te u pule ke ngata ʻae fielahi ʻoe laukau, pea te u lī ki lalo ʻae fieʻeiki ʻoe kakai fakamana.
11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
12Te u ngaohi ke mahuʻinga hake ʻae tangata ʻi he koula lelei; ʻio, ʻe mahuʻinga hake ʻae tangata ʻi he koula lelei ʻo ʻOfeli.
12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13Ko ia te u lulululu ai ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻe hiki mo māmani mei hono potu, ʻi he houhau ʻo Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, pea ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono houhau vela.
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
14Pea ʻe tatau ia mo e ʻanitelope kuo tulia, pea hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻoka ʻikai ha tangata ke tānaki fakataha: ʻe tafoki taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono kakai, pea hola taki taha ki hono fonua.
14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
15Ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku moʻua ʻe hokaʻi ke ʻasi; pea ʻe tō ʻi he heletā ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku kau mo kinautolu.
15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
16ʻE laiki ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao; ʻe vete ʻa honau ngaahi fale, pea ʻe tohotoho ʻa honau ngaahi uaifi.
16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
17Vakai, te u hiki hake ʻae kakai ʻo Mitia ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu, ʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga ki he siliva; pea ko e koula, ʻe ʻikai te nau manako ki ai.
17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
18ʻE laikina ʻae kau talavou ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi kaufana; pea ʻe ʻikai te nau ʻofa ki he fua ʻoe manāva; pea ʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻe honau mata ʻae fānau tupu.
18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
19¶ Pea ko Papilone, ko e lelei lahi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ko e toulekeleka ʻoe laukau ʻae kakai ʻo Kalitia, ʻe tatau ia mo e fakaʻauha ʻa Sotoma mo Komola ʻe he ʻOtua.
19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito toe kakai ia, ʻe ʻikai nofo ʻi ai ha kakai mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata: pea ʻe ʻikai fokotuʻu ʻe ha tangata ʻAlepea ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻi ai; pea ʻe ʻikai ngaohi ʻi ai ʻe he kau tauhi sipi hanau lotoʻā.
20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
21Ka e tokoto ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi manu kaivao ʻoe potu lala; pea ʻe fonu honau ngaahi fale ʻi he ngaahi manu fakalielia; pea ʻe nofo ai ʻae ngaahi lulu, pea ʻe meʻe ai ʻae faʻahi kehe ʻoe vao.
21But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
22Pea ʻe tangi ʻi honau ngaahi fale liʻaki ʻae fanga manu kaivao ʻoe ʻotu motu, pea mo e ngaahi talākoni ʻi honau ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki: pea kuo ofi ʻae hokosia ʻa hono kuonga, pea ʻe ʻikai fakalōloa hono ngaahi ʻaho.
22Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
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