2 Hina 18
1 Isala: ili hina bagade Housia (Ila egefe) amo ea ouligibi ode osoda amoga, Hesegaia (A: iha: se egefe) e da Yuda hina bagade hamoi.
After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
2 Hesegaia da lalelegele ode 25 esalu, e da muni Yuda hina bagade hamoi, amola e da Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega esala, Isala: ili fi ode 29 agoanega ouligilalu. Ea ame da Abaidia, Segalaia ea idiwi.
He was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah] and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
3 E da ea musa: aowa, hina bagade Da: ibidi ea hou defele, Hina Gode hahawane ba: ma: ne, moloi hou hamoi.
Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
4 E da ogogosu ‘gode’ma nodone sia: ne gadosu sogebi huluane wadela: lesi. E da wadela: i gele golasu ifa, amo fili sasali. Amola e da wadela: i uda ‘gode’ Asila agoaila loboga hamoi ‘gode’ huluane damuni fasi. Amola e da balasega hamoi sania (amo musa: Mousese hamoi amola amoma ilia da Nehasiada: ne dio asuli) amo e da goudane fasi. Bai musa: amoganini, Isala: ili dunu da giadofale amo liligima nodone sia: ne gadoma: ne, gabusiga: manoma gobele salasu.
He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars [for worshiping the goddess Asherah]. He also broke into pieces the bronze [replica/statue of a] snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it.
5 Hesegaia da Isala: ili fi ilia Hina Gode Ea hou dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, lalegagui dagoi. Yuda soge ganodini, hina bagade e agoai da hame ba: su, amola fa: no e agoai hame ba: i.
Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped.] There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as [devoted to Yahweh as] he was.
6 E da Hina Gode mae yolesili, hame nabasu hou hamedafa hamoi. E da molole dawa: iwane amo hamoma: ne sia: i huluane Hina Gode da Mousesema sia: i, amoma fa: no bobogei.
He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
7 Amaiba: le, Hina Gode da e fuligala: beba: le, ea hamobe huluane da didili hamoi ba: i. E da Asilia hina bagade ema odoga: ne, amola ea hamoma: ne sia: i hame hamosu.
Yahweh always (helped/was with) him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to (pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do).
8 E da Filisidini fi dunu hasali. E da ilia moilai (fonobahadi amola bagade, amola Ga: isa moilai bai bagade amola soge amoga sisiga: le dialu) amo huluane e da doagala: i.
His army defeated [the soldiers of] Philistia as far [south] as Gaza [city] and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls.
9 Hesegaia ea ouligibi ode biyadu amoga (amo ode da Isala: ili hina bagade Housia ea ouligibi ode fesuale), amo odega Asilia hina bagade Sia: lama: nisa da Isala: ili doagala: le, Samelia moilai bai bagade eale disi.
After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, [the army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria [city].
10 Sia: lama: nisa da Samelia doagala: le, eale disili, ode udianaga hasali. Amo ode da Hesegaia ea ouligibi ode gafeyale amola Housia ea ouligibi ode sesegeyale, amogalu agoane hamosu.
In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years.
11 Asilia hina bagade da Isala: ili dunu mugululi, udigili hawa: hamomusa: , Asilia sogega oule asi. E da amo dunu mogili Hala moilaiga, mogili Gousa: ne soge (Ha: ibo Hano gadenene) amola mogili Midia soge moilai, amolaliga fima: ne asunasisi.
The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah [town], some were taken to a place near the Habor [River] in [the] Gozan [region], and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live.
12 Samelia fi dafai ea bai da, ilia da Isala: ili Hina Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: i hame nabasu. Ilia Gousa: su amo E da ilima hahamoi amo fi dagoi. Amola ilia da sema huluane amo Hina Gode Ea hawa: hamosu dunu Mousesemadili i, amo hame nabi. Ilia da amo huluane hame nabi, amola nabasu hou hame hamosu.
That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh [very well], had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them.
13 Yuda hina bagade Hesegaia ea ouligibi ode 14 amoga, Asilia hina bagade Sena: gelibi da Yuda soge gagili sali moilai ilima doagala: le, hasali.
After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, [the army of] King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They [did not capture Jerusalem, but they] captured all the other cities.
14 Hesegaia da Sena: gelibi, La: igisi moilai bai bagade ganodini esala, ema amane sia: si, “Na da giadofale hamoi! Dia doagala: lalu yolesima! Amasea, bidi dia ima: ne sia: be defele, na da dima imunu.” Asilia hina bagade da bu dabe sia: si, “Silifa 10,000 gilo defei amola gouli 1,000 defei, amo nama iasima!”
King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please [tell your soldiers to] stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him (ten tons/9,000 kg.) of silver and (one ton/900 kg.) of gold.
15 Hesegaia da silifa huluane amo da Debolo diasu amola hina bagade diasu noga: i liligi ligisisu sesei ganodini dialu, amo huluane ema iasi.
So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
16 Amola e da gouli amo da Debolo logo ga: su legei, amola gouli amogamusu logo ga: su golasu ifa dedeboi, amo huluane hosoga: le, Sena: gelibi ema iasi.
Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria.
17 Asilia hina bagade da La: igisi amoga dadi gagui dunu wa: i bagade, Yelusaleme doagala: ma: ne asunasi. Ea baligili bagade eagene ouligisu dunu udiana da amo dadi gagui dunu wa: i ouligi. Ilia da Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega doaga: le, ilia da abula hahamosu dunu ilia hawa: hamosu sogebi logoga (hano amo da gadodili hano wayaboga fugala: le ha: ina dasu, amo logo gadenene dialu) amo sogebiga ilia da fi dialu.
But the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
18 Amalalu, ilia da hina bagade Hesegaia misa: ne sia: i. Hesegaia ea eagene ouligisu dunu udiana da gadili asi. Ilia da Ilaiagime (e da Hiligaia egefe. E da hina bagade diasu ouligi), Siebena (hina bagade diasu esalebe fi sia: dedesu dunu) amola Youa (A: isa: fe egefe. E da Hamonanu Meloa dedesu dunu).
They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials [to talk to them]. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people.
19 Asilia ouligisu dunu afae da ilima amane adole ba: i, “Hina bagade Hesegaia da abuliba: le ninia da e hame hasalimu dawa: sala: ?
One of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the king of Assyria, the great king, says: ‘What are you trusting in [to rescue you] [RHQ]?
20 Dilia adi dawa: bela: ? Lafidili sia: fawane da gasa bagade dadi gagui wa: i amola gegesu bagade dawa: su hou amo hasalasima: bela: ? Dilia da Asilia hina bagadema odoga: beba: le, nowa da dili fidima: bela: ?
You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us, ] but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
21 Dilia da Idibidi fi ilia dili fidima: ne dawa: lala! Be amo da fedege agoane dilia da saga: amoga galiamo hamosu defele. Amo da gasa hame galea da fili gala: le, dia lobo somu. Dunu ilia da Idibidi hina bagade ea fidisu lamu dawa: sea, e da amo defele ba: sa.”
Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But that is like [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the king of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
22 Asilia ouligisu dunu da hidale eno amane sia: i, “Dilia da nama, dilia Hina Gode Ea fidisu lamu, amo sia: ma: bela: ? Hesegaia da Yuda fi dunu amola Yelusaleme dunu amo Yelusalemega fawane nodone sia: ne gadoma: ne olelesa. Be e da Hina Gode Ea oloda amola nodone sia: ne gadosu sogebi huluane gugunufinisi dagoi.
But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are (relying on/trusting in) Yahweh our God [to help us].” [I would reply, ] “Is he not the one whom you [insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship only in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?”’
23 Na da Asilia hina bagade ea dioba: le, agoane bidi lasu ilegele sia: sa. Dilia da hosi da: iya fila heda: su dawa: dunu 2,000 agoane hogole ba: sea, na da dilima hosi 2,000 agoane imunu.
So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
24 Fonobahadidafa Asilia ouligisu dunu ea hou da dilia hou bagade baligisa. Amaiba: le, dilia abuliba: le, Idibidi dunu da dilima ‘sa: liode’ amola hosi da: iya fila heda: su dadi gagui dunu, amo dilima asunasima: ne dawa: sala: ?
You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
25 Dilia adi dawa: bela: ? Na da udigili, Hina Gode na mae fidiliwane, dilia soge doagala: bela: ? Hame mabu! Hina Gode Hisu da na Yuda doagala: le, amo gugunufinisima: ne sia: i dagoi.
Furthermore, (do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.) [RHQ] It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
26 Amalalu, Ilaiagime, Siebena, amola Youa da Asilia ouligisu dunuma amane sia: i, “Hina! A: lama: iege sia: ga ninima sia: ma! Ninia amo sia: dawa: Hibulu sia: ga mae sia: ma! Bai Yelusaleme dunu huluane gagoi da: iya fi dialebe, ilia da amo sia: ga: sia: be nabala.”
Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and be frightened].”
27 Be Asilia ouligisu dunu da bu adole i, “Dilia da Asilia hina bagade da dili amola Yuda hina bagade dilima fawane asunasi dawa: sala: ? Hame mabu! Na amolawane da dunu gagoi da: iya fi diala, ilima sia: sa. Bai dili defele, ilila: iga amola baeya nanebe ba: mu.”
But the official replied, “Do you think [RHQ] that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? [If you reject this message, ] the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
28 Amalalu, Asilia ouligisu dunu da wa: legadole, Hibulu sia: ga amane wele sia: i, “Asilia hina bagade ea dilima sia: be nabima!
Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the king of Assyria. He says,
29 E da dilima amane sisane sia: sa, ‘Hesegaia da dilima ogogosu sia: mae nabima! Hesegaia da dili gaga: mu hame dawa: !
‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
30 Amola e da dilima, Hina Gode Ea gaga: su hou dafawaneyale dawa: ma: ne sia: sea, ea sia: mae nabima! Hina Gode da dili gaga: le amola Asilia dadi gagui wa: i dilia moilai mae hasalima: ne logo ga: mu, amo mae dawa: ma! Hina Gode da dili fidimusa: hame dawa: !
Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’
31 Hesegaia ea sia: mae nabima! Asilia hina bagade da dilima amane hamoma: ne sia: sa, Dilia moilai fisili gadili ahoasea, dilia da goaya: ma! E da dili huluane dilisu waini sagaiga waini fage moma: ne amola figi sagaiga figi fage moma: ne amola si hanoga hano moma: ne, amo logo doasimu.
“Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines, and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells.
32 Amasea, Asilia hina bagade da dili mugululi, oule asili, dili soge, dilia soge agoai amo ganodini ha: ini fima: ne, oule masunu. Amogawi, dilia da waini hano moma: ne waini sagai amola agi ga: gi hamoma: ne gala: ine amola olife ifa sagai amola olife susuligi amola agime hano huluane dialebe ba: mu. Dilia da ea hamoma: ne sia: i nabawane hamosea, dilia da mae bogole, esalumu. Hesegaia, ea ogogosu sia: amoga da Hina Gode da dilia gaga: ma: bela: le mae dawa: ma!
You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to [produce grapes for making] wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you!
33 Fifi asi gala oda ilia ‘gode’, ilia da Asilia hina bagade da ili mae hasalima: ne, gaga: bela: ? Hame mabu!
The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
34 Amo ‘gode’ huluane wali da habila: ? Ha: ima: de fi ilia ‘gode’ amola Aba: de, Sefafa: ime, Hina, Ifai amo soge huluane ilia ‘gode’ huluane da habila: ? Nowa da Samelia gaga: bela: ?
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities] unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria [RHQ]? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, [towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared] [RHQ]? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
35 Amo soge huluane ilia ‘gode’ ilia da ninia Asilia hina bagade mae hasalima: ne habogala gaga: bela: ? Ili gaga: mu da hamedei ba: i. Amaiba: le, dilia abuliba: le Hina Gode da Yelusaleme gaga: mu defele esala, dawa: sala: ?”
No, none of the gods of the countries [that my army attacked] rescued their people [RHQ] from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
36 Yuda hina bagade Hesegaia ea sia: i defele, Yelusaleme fi dunu da ouiya: le esalu. Dunu afae da hame sia: baoui.
But the people [who were listening] stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you, ] do not answer him.”
37 Amalalu, Ilaiagime amola Siebena amola Youa da da: i dioiba: le, ilia abula gadelale sali. Ilia da Yuda hina bagadema asili, Asilia ouligisu dunu ea sia: si, ema olelei.
Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed], and they told him what the official from Assyria had said.
