ʻIsaia 31
1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD!
1ʻE MALAʻIA ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki ʻIsipite ke kumi ʻae tokoni; pea faʻaki ki he fanga hoosi, mo falala ki he ngaahi saliote, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau tokolahi; pea ʻi he kau tangata heka hoosi, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau mālohi ʻaupito; ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau vakai ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli, pe kumi kia Sihova!
2And yet he is wise and brings disaster; he does not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.
2Ka ʻoku ne poto foki mo ia, pea te ne fakahoko mai ʻae kovi, pea ʻe ʻikai fakafoki ʻene ngaahi folofola: ka te ne tuʻu hake ki he fale ʻoe fai kovi, pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku tokoni ki he kau fai kovi.
3The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
3Ko eni, ko e tangata pe ʻae kau ʻIsipite, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua; pea ko e kakano pe ʻa ʻenau fanga hoosi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke laumālie. ʻOku mafao atu ʻe Sihova hono nima, ʻe hinga ia ʻaia naʻe tokoni, pea ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻae tokoni ʻe tō ki lalo, pea te na vaivai fakataha.
4For thus the LORD said to me, “As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called out against him he is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.
4He kuo folofola pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻO hangē ko e ngungulu ʻoe laione mo e laione mui ʻi heʻene kai, ʻoka fakataha ʻae kau tauhi kotoa pē ke fai mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne manavahē ki honau leʻo, pe fakavaivai ia koeʻuhi ko honau tokolahi: ʻe pehē ʻae hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ke fai ʻae tau, maʻa e moʻunga ko Saione, pea mo hono tafungofunga.
5Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.”
5ʻO hangē ko e puna ʻae fanga manu, ʻe fakahaofi pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻa Selūsalema: ʻi heʻene maluʻi te ne fakamoʻui ia; pea ʻi heʻene hāʻele atu te ne fakahaofi ia.”
6Turn to him from whom people have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
6Tafoki ʻakimoutolu kiate ia ʻaia kuo angatuʻu ʻaupito ki ai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
7For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
7Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe liʻaki ʻe he tangata kotoa pē ʻene ngaahi tamapua siliva, pea mo ʻene ngaahi tamapua koula, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ʻe homou nima kiate kimoutolu ko e angahala.
8“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
8“Pea ʻe toki tō ʻae tangata ʻAsilia ʻi he heletā, kae ʻikai ʻo ha tangata mālohi; pea ʻe kai ia ʻe he heletā, kae ʻikai ʻo ha tangata meʻa vale: ka te ne hola mei he heletā, pea ʻe vaivai ʻene kau talavou.
9His rock shall pass away in terror, and his officers desert the standard in panic,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
9Pea ʻi he manavahē te ne ʻalu ki hono potu mālohi, pea ʻe manavahē hono ngaahi houʻeiki ki he fuka,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Saione ʻene afi, pea ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema ʻene ngotoʻumu vela.