Selemaia 17
1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
1“KUO tohi ʻae hia ʻa Siuta ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea, pea mo e mata ʻoe taiamoni: kuo tongi ia ʻi he kakano ʻo honau loto, pea ki he ngaahi nifo ʻo homou ngaahi ʻesifeilaulauʻanga.
2while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills,
2ʻI he lolotonga ʻae manatuʻi ʻe heʻenau fānau ki heʻenau ngaahi ʻesifeilaulauʻanga mo e ngaahi vao tapu mo e ʻakau lau maʻuiʻui ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga māʻolunga.
3on the mountains in the open country. Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your high places for sin throughout all your territory.
3ʻE hoku moʻunga, ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi hoʻo ngoue mo hoʻo koloa kotoa pē te u foaki ke vetea, pea mo ho potu māʻolunga kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko e angahala, ʻo aʻu ki hono ngataʻanga ʻo ho fonua kotoa pē.
4You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
4Pea ʻe hiki koe mei he tofiʻa, ʻaia naʻaku foaki kiate koe; pea te u pule ke ke tauhi ki ho ngaahi fili ʻi he fonua ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo: koeʻuhi kuo mou tutu ʻae afi ʻi hoku houhau, ʻaia ʻe vela ʻo taʻengata.”
5Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
5ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Ke malaʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku falala ki he tangata, pea ʻoku ne nima ʻaki ʻae kakano, pea kuo mole hono loto meia Sihova,
6He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
6Koeʻuhi ʻe hangē ia ko e mohuku mae ʻi he toafa, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne mamata ʻoka haʻu ʻae lelei; ka te ne nofo pe ʻi he ngaahi potu laʻā ʻoe toafa, ʻi he fonua lala taʻehanokakai.
7“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
7“ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku falala kia Sihova, pea ko hono ʻamanaki leleiʻanga ʻa Sihova.
8He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
8Koeʻuhi ʻe hangē ia ko e ʻakau kuo tō ʻi he veʻe vai, ʻoku totolo atu hono ngaahi aka ki he vaitafe, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻae pupuha, ka ʻe mata pe hono lau; pea ʻe ʻikai vaivai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu laʻā, pea ʻe ʻikai fakangata hono fua.
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
9“ʻOku kākā lahi taha pe ʻae loto ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻoku fungani kovi: ko hai te ne faʻa ʻilo ia?
10“I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
10Ko au Sihova ʻoku ou vakili ʻae loto, ʻoku ou hakule ʻae ngaahi mahalo, ke foaki ki he tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene ngaahi ʻulungāanga, pea tatau mo e fua ʻo ʻene faianga.”
11Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
11ʻO hangē ko e manupuna ʻoku fōfoaʻi ʻae ngaahi fua naʻe ʻikai te ne fakatō; ʻe pehē foki ia ʻoku tānaki koloa taʻetotonu, ʻe ʻalu ia mei ai ʻi he lolotonga ʻo hono ngaahi ʻaho, pea ʻe vale ia ʻi hono ikuʻanga.
12A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
12Talu mei he kamataʻanga ko e nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki fakasanisani mo māʻolunga ʻae potu ʻo hotau fale tapu.
13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.
13ʻE Sihova, ko e ʻamanaki leleiʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻe mā ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku liʻaki koe, pea ʻe tohi ki he kelekele ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu meiate koe, koeʻuhi kuo nau liʻaki ʻa Sihova, ko e matavai ʻoe ngaahi vai moʻui.
14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
14ʻE Sihova, ke ke faitoʻo kiate au, pea teu moʻui; fakamoʻui au, pea teu moʻui: he ko koe ʻoku ou fakafetaʻi ki ai.
15Behold, they say to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come!”
15Vakai, ʻoku nau pehē kiate au, “Ko e fē ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova? Tuku ia ke hoko mai.”
16I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.
16Pea ko au, naʻe ʻikai te u tuku vave ʻeku muimui kiate koe: pea ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi naʻe ʻikai te u manako ki he ʻaho fakailifia; ko ia naʻe haʻu mei hoku loungutu naʻe ʻi ho ʻao ʻoʻou.
17Be not a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
17ʻOua naʻa ke ʻiate au ko e fakailifia; ko koe ko ʻeku ʻamanaki leleiʻanga ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe kovi.
18Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction!
18Tuku ke mā ʻakinautolu ʻoku fakatangaʻi au, kaeʻoua naʻa tuku au ke u mā: tuku ke nau manavahē, kaeʻoua naʻa tuku au ke u manavahē: ʻomi kiate kinautolu ʻae ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, pea fakaʻauha ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha lahi.
19Thus said the LORD to me: “Go and stand in the People’s Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,
19Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻAlu ʻo tuʻu ʻi he matapā ʻoe fānau ʻa hoku kakai, ʻaia ʻoku hū ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea mo ia ʻoku nau ʻalu ai kituʻa, pea ki he ngaahi matapā kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema;
20and say: ‘Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.
20Pea ke lea kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, Mou fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻakimoutolu ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea mo Siuta kotoa pē, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema, ʻoku hū ʻi he ngaahi matapā ni.
21Thus says the LORD: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
21ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova; Mou tokanga kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa fua ha kavenga ʻi he ʻaho tapu, pe ʻomi ia ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻo Selūsalema;
22And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
22Pea ʻoua naʻa ʻave ha kavenga kituʻa mei homou ngaahi fale ʻi he ʻaho tapu, pea ʻoua naʻa fai ha ngāue, kae fakahaohaoa ʻae ʻaho tapu, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻaku fekau ki hoʻomou ngaahi tamai.
23Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.
23Ka naʻe ʻikai te nau talangofua, pe fakatokanga honau telinga ke ongoʻi, ka naʻe fakakekeva honau kia, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau fanongo, pe maʻu ʻae akonaki.
24“‘But if you listen to me, declares the LORD, and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it,
24ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻe hoko ia ʻo pehē, kapau te mou tokanga lahi kiate au, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻomi ha kavenga ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻi he ʻaho tapu, kae fakahaohaoa ʻae ʻaho tapu, ke ʻoua naʻa fai ha ngāue ʻi ai:
25then there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited forever.
25Pea ʻe toki hū ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻoe kolo ni ʻae ngaahi tuʻi mo e houʻeiki ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo Tevita, ʻo heka ʻi he ngaahi saliote, pea mo e ngaahi hoosi, ko kinautolu mo honau houʻeiki, ko e kau tangata ʻo Siuta: pea mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema: ʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻo taʻengata ʻae kolo ni.
26And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
26Pea te nau haʻu mei he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea mei he ngaahi potu ofi ki Selūsalema, pea mei he fonua ʻo Penisimani, pea mei he ngaahi toafa, pea mei ne ngaahi moʻunga, pea mei he potu tonga, ʻo ʻomi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, mo e ngaahi feilaulau, mo e ngaahi feilaulau meʻakai, mo e meʻa namu kakala, ʻo ʻomi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau fakafetaʻi, ki he fale ʻo Sihova.
27But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.’”
27Pea ka ʻikai te mou fanongo kiate au ke fakahaohaoa ʻae ʻaho tapu, pea ʻoua naʻa fua ha kavenga, ʻo hū mo ia ki he ngaahi matapā ʻo Selūsalema ʻi he ʻaho tapu, pehē te u toki tutu ʻae afi ki hono ngaahi matapā, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻo Selūsalema, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tāmateʻi ia.”