ʻIsaia 32
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Vakai ʻe pule ha tuʻi ʻi he māʻoniʻoni, pea ʻe pule mo e ngaahi houʻeiki ʻi he fai angatonu.
1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and as for princes, they shall rule in justice.
2Pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻae tangata ʻo hangē ko e toitoiʻanga mei he matangi, mo e hūfanga mei he afā; pea hangē ko e ngaahi vaitafe ʻi he potu mōmoa, ʻo hangē ko e malumalu ʻo ha maka lahi ʻi he fonua ʻoku puhengia.
2And a man shall be as in a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as by the watercourses in a dry place, as in the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3Pea ʻe ʻikai nenefu ʻae mata ʻokinautolu ʻoku ʻaa, pea ʻe fakafanongo ʻae telinga ʻokinautolu ʻoku ongo.
3And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall attend.
4Pea ko e loto ʻoe ʻohonoa ʻe tokanga pea maʻu ʻae ʻilo, pea ko e ʻelelo ʻoku leʻoleʻovale ʻe lea vave mo totonu.
4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5ʻE ʻikai toe ui ʻae angakovi ko e angalelei, pe pehē ko e faʻa foaki ʻaia ʻoku manumanu.
5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.
6He ko e tangata vale te ne lea vale, pea ʻe ngāue kovi hono loto, ke fai kākā, pea lea hala kia Sihova, ke fakamaha ʻae laumālie ʻoe fiekaia, pea taʻofi ʻe ia ʻae inu mei he fieinua.
6For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise ungodliness, and to utter wickedness against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7Ko e ngaahi meʻa ngāue ʻoe angakovi ʻoku kovi: ʻoku ne fakakaukau kovi ke fakafihi ʻae masiva ʻaki ʻae lea loi, pea ke mioʻi ʻae lea totonu ʻae masiva ʻi he fakamaau.
7The instruments also of the churl are evil; he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, and the needy when he speaketh right.
8Ka ko e angalelei ʻoku ne fakakaukau ki he ngaahi meʻa lelei; pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻe fokotuʻumaʻu ia.
8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
9Mou tuʻu hake, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau fefine ʻoku nofo fakafiemālie; fanongo ki hoku leʻo, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi ʻofefine taʻetokanga; fakafanongo ki heʻeku lea.
9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.
10Te mou ongosia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho mo e taʻu lahi, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau fefine taʻetokanga: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai hoko ʻae ngaohi ʻoe vaine, ʻe ʻikai hoko hono tānaki.
10After a year and days shall ye be troubled, ye confident women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
11Ke tetetete, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau fefine ʻoku fakafiemālie; ke mamahi, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku taʻetokanga: vete homou kofu, fakatelefua ʻakimoutolu, pea nonoʻo ʻae tauangaʻa ki homou noʻotanga vala.
11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye confident ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins,
12Te nau lāunga koeʻuhi ko e mata ʻoe huhu, pea ki he ngaahi ngoue lelei, pea ki he vaine fua.
12Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine;
13ʻE tupu hake ʻae ngaahi ʻakau talatala mo e talatalaʻāmoa ʻi he fonua ʻo hoku kakai; ʻio, ʻi he ngaahi fale fakafiefia kotoa pē ʻi he kolo ʻoe fiefia:
13For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.
14Koeʻuhi kuo liʻaki ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki; ko e kolo ʻoe tokolahi kuo siʻaki; ʻe hoko ʻae ngaahi puke mo e ngaahi fale māʻolunga ko e ngaahi ʻana ʻo taʻengata, ko e fiefiaʻanga ʻoe fanga ʻasi kaivao, ko e keinangaʻanga ʻoe fanga manu;
14For the palace shall be forsaken; the city with its stir shall be deserted; the mound and the tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15Kaeʻoua ke huaʻi hifo kiate kitautolu ʻae laumālie mei ʻolunga, pea hoko ʻae toafa ko e ngoue faʻa fua, pea lau ʻae ngoue faʻa fua ko e vao ʻakau.
15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16Pea ʻe toki nofo ʻae fakamaau ʻi he toafa, pea nofo ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ngoue faʻa fua.
16Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.
17Pea ko e ngāue ʻoe māʻoniʻoni ko e melino ia; pea ko e fua ʻoe māʻoniʻoni ko e fiemālie mo e nofo lelei ʻo taʻengata.
17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.
18Pea ʻe nofo ʻa hoku kakai ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻoe melino, pea ʻi he ngaahi fale tuʻumaʻu, pea ʻi he ngaahi mālōlōʻanga ʻoe fiemālie;
18And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
19Ka e tō ʻae ʻuha maka, pea ʻe fakahinga ʻae vao ʻakau; pea ʻe fakamoʻulaloa ʻaupito ʻae kolo.
19And it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; but the city shall descend into the valley.
20ʻOku monūʻia ʻakimoutolu ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻi he veʻe vai kotoa pē, pea fekau atu ki ai ʻae vaʻe ʻoe pulu mo e ʻasi.
20Happy are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the ass.
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