Aisaia 37
1 Hina bagade Hesigaia da ilia sia: ne iasu nababeba: le, da: i dioiba: le ea abula gadelale, wadela: i eboboi abula idiniginisili, Hina Gode Ea Debolo Diasuga asi.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 E da Ilaiagime (hina bagade ea diasu ouligisu dunu) amola Siebena (hina bagade ea sia: dedesu dunu) amola gobele salasu ouligisu dunu amo balofede dunu Aisaia (A: imose egefe) ema asunasi. Ilia amola da wadela: i eboboi abula amoga idiniginisili ahoanu.
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 Hesigaia da sia: beba: le, ilia da Aisaiama amane sia: i, “Wali eso da se nabasu eso. Ninia da se iasu ba: i dagoi amola gogosia: i bagade. Ninia da uda amo mano lalelegemu gala, be gasa hameba: le, lalelegemu hamedei, nini da agoaiwane gala.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Asilia hina bagade da ea bisilua ouligisu dunu amo Esalebe Gode Ema gademusa: asunasi dagoi. Dia Hina Gode da amo gadesu nabalu amola dunu da gadesu sia: i, ilima se imunu da defea. Amaiba: le, ninia fi dunu amo da mae bogole esalebe ba: sea, amo fidima: ne, di Godema sia: ne gadoma.”
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
5 Aisaia da hina bagade Hesigaia ea sia: ne iasu nababeba: le,
After those men gave me that message,
6 e da amo sia: bu adole iasi, “Asilia dunu da dili beda: ma: ne, Hina Gode da dilia gaga: mu hamedei sia: sa. Be Hina Gode da dili mae beda: ma: ne sia: sa.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
7 Hina Gode da hamobeba: le, Asilia hina bagade da udigili sia: ne iasu nababeba: le, hi sogega buhagimu. Amasea, Hina Gode da hamobeba: le, amogawi eno dunu da Asilia hina bagade fane legemu.”
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
8 Asilia bisilua ouligisu da hina bagade da La: igisi fisili, Libina moilaiga gegemusa: asi, amo nabi. Amaiba: le, e da amoga ea sia: nabimusa: asi.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Asilia dunu da sia: nabi, amo Sudane hina bagade ea dio amo Dehaga da Idibidi dadi gagui gilisisu amo bisili, Asilia dunu doagala: musa: manebe nabi. Asilia hina bagade da amo sia: nababeba: le, Yuda hina bagade Hesigaiama meloa dedene iasili, amane sia: i,
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
10 “Gode amoma di da dafawaneyale dawa: be, amo da na loboga di hame gagulaligimu sia: i. Be amo ogogosu sia: mae nabima.
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 Di da sia: ne iasu nabi dagoi. Asilia hina bagade da adi fifi asi gala wadela: musa: ilegesea, e da ea hanaiga agoane hamosa. Di da hobeale masunu logo ba: ma: ne dawa: bela: ? Hame mabu!
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Na musa: fi dunu da Gousa: ne, Ha: ila: ne amola Lisefe, amo moilai bai bagade wadela: lesi dagoi. Amola ilia da Bedidene dunu Dila: sa moilai bai bagade amo ganodini esalu, fane legei dagoi. Amola ilia ‘gode’ liligi ili gaga: mu hamedei ba: i.
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
13 Ha: ima: de, A:ba: de, Sefafa: ime, Hina amola Aifa, ilia hina bagade dunu da habila: ?”
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
14 Hina bagade Hesigaia da meloa dedei amo sia: adole iasu dunuma lale, idi. Amalalu, e da Debolo diasuga asili, Hina Gode da meloa dedei ba: ma: ne, ligisi.
Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 Amola e da amane sia: ne gadoi,
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 “Isala: ili Hina Gode Bagadedafa! Di da Dia fisu amo ougia gala esalebe liligi gadodili diala amoga fili, Disu da Godedafa amola Disu da osobo bagade fifi asi gala huluane ilima Hina esala. Disu da osobo bagade amola mu hahamoi.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
17 Wali, Hina Gode! Ninia sia: nabima! Amola ninima doaga: i hou ba: ma! Gode Esalebe! Sena: gelibi ea Dima gadesu sia: nabima!
[So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
18 Hina Gode! Asilia hina bagade ilia da fifi asi gala bagohame wadela: lesi dagoi, amola ilia soge wadela: lesilalu asi. Amo ninia dawa:
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 Amola ilia da amo dunu ilia ‘gode’ liligi laluga ulagisi. (Be amo ‘gode’ liligi da ‘gode’ hame. Ilia da udigili ‘gode’ liligi loboga hamoi. Ilia da amo liligi ifa amola igiga hamoi.)
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 Defea! Ninia Hina Gode! Osobo bagade fifi asi gala huluane amo Disu fawane da Godedafa dawa: ma: ne, Dia nini, Asilia dunu nini mae wadela: lesima: ne, gaga: ma.
So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
21 Amalalu, Aisaia da hina bagade Hesigaiama sia: adole iasi. Hina Gode da Hesigaia ea sia: ne gadosu nababeba: le, E da bu Sena: gelibi ema sia: adole iasima: ne, sia: i,
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 “Sena: gelibi! Yelusaleme fi da di higasa amola dia houba: le oufesega: sa.
this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 Di da nowama gadesu amola fofonobosu, di adi dawa: bela: ? Di da Na, Isala: ili Hadigi Gode amoma mae nodone, gadesa.
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 Di da Nama hidale sia: ma: ne, di sia: adole iasu dunu asunasi. Di da dia sa: liode amoga Lebanone baligili heda: i goumi hasanasi, hidale sia: i. Di da gadodafa heda: i dolo ifa amola noga: idafa “saibalase” ifa hedofale, amola iwila bagade ganodini golili sa: ili dogoadafa doaga: i, di da hidale agoane sia: i.
The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 Di da si dogone amola ga fi dunu ilia soge ganodini hano mai, amola dia dadi gagui dunu ilia da Naile Hano amoga ososa: giba: le, amo hano da hafoga: i dagoi, amo di da hidale sia: i.
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 Be di da hame nabibala: ? Na da musa: hemonega, amo hou huluane ilegei dagoi. Amola wali Na da amo hou hamoi dagoi. Na da dima gagili sali moilai bai bagade amo isu legesu hamomusa: wadela: lesima: ne, amo Nisu da dima gasa i.
[But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 Dunu amo ganodini esalu, ilia gasa da hamedei galu. Ilia da bagadewane beda: iba: le, asigi dawa: su hobea: i dagoi. Ilia da ifabi gisi ganodini o gagalobo diasu da: iya gadodili bugi, amo da gia: i bagade gusudi mabe fo masea, biobe, amo defele ba: i.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
28 Be dia hou huluane amola dia ahoabe Na dawa: Di da Nama gasa fili ougili sia: be Na dawa:
[But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
29 Na da amo Nama gasa fili ougi sia: sia: ne iasu lai dagoi. Amola wali Na da dia mi amoga ma: go heda: mu, amola dia lafi ganodini ouli daba: misimu. Amola Na da logo di misi, amoga di bu hiouginana masunu.”
[So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
30 Amalalu, Aisaia da hina bagade Hesigaiama amane sia: i, “Fa: no misunu hou dawa: digisu hahamosu ba: ma! Wali ode amola aya ode dilia da ha: i manu udigili sogega heda: i fawane manu. Be gasida ode, di da gagoma sagai faimu, amola dilia da waini efe sagai fage manu.
[Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
31 Nowa dunu ilia da Yuda soge ganodini mae bogole esala, da sagai liligi amo ilia difi da osoba gududafa daha, amola fage noga: i legesa amo defele ba: mu.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 Hina Gode Bagadedafa da amo hamoma: ne sia: i dagoiba: le, dunu mogili da Yelusalemega amola Saione Goumiga mae bogole esalebe ba: mu.
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 Hina Gode da Asilia hina bagade ea hou olelema: ne, amane sia: i, “E da amo moilai bai bagade golili hame sa: imu. E da dadi afae amoga hame gala: mu. Dadi gagui dunu gaga: su liligi gaguiwane da moilai bai bagade gadenene hamedafa misunu. Amola, moilai bai bagade gagoi wadela: lesima: ne, ilia da osobo bi hame gagagula heda: mu.
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 E da moilai bai bagade mae golili sa: ili, ea misi logo amoga buhagimu. Bai Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.
And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
35 Dunu huluane da Na hou da moloidafa dawa: ma: ne, amola Na da Na hawa: hamosu dunu Da: ibidi ema sia: i dagoiba: le, Na da Yelusaleme gaga: mu,” Hina Gode da amane sia: i.
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 Hina Gode Ea a: igele dunu da gasia Asilia fisisu amoga asili, dadi gagui dunu 185,000 agoane fane legei dagoi. Hahabe, ilia huluane bogoi dialebe ba: i.
[That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
37 Amalalu, Asilia hina bagade Sena: gelibi da fisili, Ninefe moilai bai bagadega sinidigi.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 Eso afaega, e da ea ‘gode’ liligi amo Niseloge ea sia: ne gadosu diasu ganodini sia: ne gadolalebe, egefe aduna amo A: dala: melege amola Sialisa da elea gobiheiga e medole legele, hobeale, Elala: de sogega hobea: i. Egefe eno amo Isaha: done, da Sena: gelibi ea hina bagade sogebi lai dagoi.
[One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
