ʻIsaia 46

1Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

1‌ʻOKU foʻohifo ʻa Peli, pea tulolo ʻa Nipo, naʻe heka ʻi he ngaahi manu ʻae ngaahi tamapua, pea ʻi he fanga pulu: naʻe māfasia hoʻomou ngaahi saliote; ʻi hono fakaheka kuo ongosia ai ʻae manu.

2They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity.

2‌ʻOku nau tulolo, ʻoku nau punou fakataha; naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa fua ʻae kavenga, ka kuo hoko ʻo pōpula ʻakinautolu.

3“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;

3“Fanongo kiate au, ʻae fale ʻo Sēkope, pea mo hono toe kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻaku fua mei he fatu, ʻaia ʻoku fua mei he manāva.

4even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

4Pea ʻo aʻu ki hoʻo motuʻa ko au ia; pea ʻo aʻu ki he ʻuluhinā te u fua koe: kuo u ngaohi, pea te u fua ia; ʻio, te u fua, pea te u fakamoʻui.

5“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?

5“Te mou fakatatau au kia hai, pea teu tatau mo hai, ʻio te mou fakatatau au kia hai, koeʻuhi ke mā tatau mo ia?

6Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!

6‌ʻOku laku ʻae koula mei he kato, pea fakamamafa ʻae siliva ʻi he meʻa fakatatau, pea fakakau ʻae tufunga koula; pea ʻoku ne ngaohi ia ko e ʻotua: ʻoku nau punou hifo, ʻio, ʻoku nau lotu.

7They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.

7‌ʻOku nau fua ia ʻi he uma, ʻoku nau hapahapai ia, pea fokotuʻu ia ʻi hono potu, pea ʻoku ne tuʻu; pea ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻalu mei hono potu: ʻio, ʻe kalanga ha tokotaha kiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne tali, pe fakamoʻui ia mei heʻene tuʻutāmaki.

8“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors,

8“Manatuʻi ʻae meʻa ni, pea fakahā ko e kau tangata ʻakimoutolu: toe manatu ki ai, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau angahala.

9remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,

9Manatu ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa ʻi muʻa: he ko au ko e ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taha kehe; Ko au ko e ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe tatau mo au,

10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

10Ke fakahā ʻae ikuʻanga mei he kamataʻanga, pea mei he ngaahi kuonga ʻi muʻa ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku teʻeki ke fai, ʻo pehē, ʻE tuʻumaʻu ʻeku tuʻutuʻuni, pea te u fai ʻeku faʻiteliha kotoa pē:

11calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.

11‌ʻO ui ʻae manupuna ʻoku fekai mei he potu hahake, ʻae tangata ʻoku ne fai ki heʻeku fekau mei he fonua mamaʻo: ʻio, kuo u fakahā ia, pea te u fakahoko ia; kuo u tuʻutuʻuni ki ai, pea te u fai ia.

12“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:

12Fanongo kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku loto mālohi, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku mamaʻo mo e māʻoniʻoni:

13I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”

13‌ʻOku ou ʻomi ke ofi ʻeku māʻoniʻoni; ʻe ʻikai mamaʻo ia, pea mo ʻeku fakamoʻui ʻe ʻikai tatali ia: pea te u tuku ʻae fakamoʻui ʻi Saione, maʻa ʻIsileli ko hoku nāunau.