2 Mafumu 18
1 Mʼchaka chachitatu cha Hoseya mwana wa Ela mfumu ya Israeli, Hezekiya mwana wa Ahazi mfumu ya Yuda analowa ufumu.
Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah began to reign.
2 Anakhala mfumu ali ndi zaka 25 ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu zaka 29. Amayi ake anali Abi, mwana wa Zekariya.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah; she was the daughter of Zechariah.
3 Iye anachita zolungama pamaso pa Yehova monga anachitira Davide kholo lake.
He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of all that David, his ancestor, had done.
4 Anachotsa malo opembedzerako mafano, anaphwanya miyala yachipembedzo ndiponso anadula mafano a Asera. Iye anaphwanya njoka yamkuwa imene Mose anapanga, pakuti mpaka kufikira nthawi imeneyi Aisraeli amafukiza lubani kwa njoka imeneyi. (Imatchedwa Nehusitani).
He removed the high places, destroyed the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the people of Israel were burning incense to it; it was called “Nehushtan.”
5 Hezekiya anadalira Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli. Kotero panalibe wina wofanana naye pakati pa mafumu onse a Yuda, asanakhale mfumu kapena atakhala kale mfumu.
Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel, so that after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among the kings who were before him.
6 Iye anakangamira Yehova ndipo sanamusiye koma anasunga malamulo amene Yehova anapatsa Mose.
For he held on to Yahweh. He did not stop following him but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
7 Ndipo Yehova anali naye ndipo kulikonse kumene anapita zinthu zinkamuyendera bwino. Iye anagalukira mfumu ya ku Asiriya ndipo sanayitumikirenso.
So Yahweh was with Hezekiah, and wherever he went he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
8 Iye anakantha Afilisti kuyambira ku nsanja ya alonda mpaka ku mzinda wotetezedwa. Anakafika mpaka ku Gaza ndi ku malire ake.
He attacked the Philistines to Gaza and the borders around, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
9 Mʼchaka chachinayi cha Mfumu Hezekiya, chimene chinali chaka chachisanu ndi chiwiri cha Hoseya mwana wa Ela mfumu ya Israeli, Salimenezeri, mfumu ya ku Asiriya anabwera kudzathira nkhondo mzinda wa Samariya ndi kuwuzinga
In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
10 Asiriya analanda mzindawu patatha zaka zitatu. Choncho mzinda wa Samariya unalandidwa chaka chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha Hezekiya, chimene chinali chaka chachisanu ndi chinayi cha Hoseya mfumu ya Israeli.
At the end of three years they took it, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel; in this way Samaria was captured.
11 Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inatenga Aisraeli kupita nawo ku ukapolo ku Asiriya ndipo anakawakhazika ku Hala, ku Habori pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Gozani ndi mʼmizinda ya Amedi.
So the king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria and put them in Halah, and at the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
12 Izi zinachitika chifukwa sanamvere zonena za Yehova Mulungu wawo, koma anaphwanya pangano lake ndi zonse zimene Mose mtumiki wa Yehova anawalamula. Iwo sanamvere malamulowo kapena kuwagwiritsa ntchito.
He did this because they did not obey the voice of Yahweh their God, but they violated the terms of his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. They refused to listen to it or do it.
13 Mʼchaka chakhumi ndi chinayi cha ulamuliro wa Mfumu Hezekiya, Senakeribu mfumu ya ku Asiriya anathira nkhondo mizinda yonse yotetezedwa ya Yuda, nayilanda.
Then in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
14 Choncho Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda anatumiza uthenga kwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya ku Lakisi wonena kuti, “Ine ndalakwa. Chokani kuno ndipo ndidzakupatsani chilichonse chimene munene.” Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inalamula mfumu Hezekiya, mfumu ya Yuda, kuti azipereka makilogalamu a siliva okwana 3,000 ndi makilogalamu a golide 1,000.
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Withdraw from me. Whatever you put on me I will bear.” The king of Assyria required Hezekiah king of Judah to pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 Mfumu Hezekiya inapereka siliva yense amene anapezeka mʼNyumba ya Yehova ndi mʼnyumba zosungiramo chuma cha mfumu.
So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the king's palace.
16 Nthawi imeneyi Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda anakanganula golide amene anakuta zitseko ndi mphuthu za chipata cha Nyumba ya Yehova namupereka kwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
Then Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Yahweh and from the pillars that he had overlaid; he gave the gold to the king of Assyria.
17 Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inatuma Taritani, Rabusarisi ndi Rabusake pamodzi ndi gulu lalikulu la ankhondo, kwa Mfumu Hezekiya ku Yerusalemu kuchokera ku Lakisi. Iwo anafika ku Yerusalemu nakayima pafupi ndi ngalande ya madzi yochokera ku Dziwe Lakumtunda, pa msewu waukulu wopita ku malo a Munda wa Mmisiri Wochapa.
But the king of Assyria mobilized his great army, sending Tartan and Rabsaris and the chief commander from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They traveled up the roads and arrived outside Jerusalem. They approached the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the launderers' field, and stood by it.
18 Iwo anayitana mfumu, ndipo Eliyakimu mwana wa Hilikiya woyangʼanira nyumba ya mfumu, Sebina mlembi wa bwalo ndi Yowa mwana wa Asafu mlembi wa zochitika anapita kwa anthuwo.
When they had called to King Hezekiah, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, went out to meet them.
19 Ndipo Rabusake anawawuza kuti, “Kamuwuzeni Hezekiya kuti, “‘Mfumu yayikulu, mfumu ya ku Asiriya ikunena kuti, ‘Kodi chikukulimbitsa mtima ndi chiyani?’
So the chief commander said to them to tell Hezekiah what the great king, the king of Assyria, said: “What is the source of your confidence?
20 Iwe ukuti uli ndi luso ndiponso mphamvu pa nkhondo, komatu ukuyankhula mawu opanda pake. Kodi tsono iwe ukudalira yani kuti undiwukire ine?
You speak only useless words, saying there are allies and strength for war. In whom are you trusting, that you should rebel against me?
21 Taona tsono, iwe ukudalira Igupto, bango lothyokalo, limene limalasa mʼmanja mwa munthu ngati waliyesa ndodo yoyendera! Umo ndi mmene Farao mfumu ya ku Igupto imachitira aliyense amene akuyidalira.’”
Look, you trust in the walking stick of this bruised reed of Egypt, but if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts in him.
22 Ndipo ngati ukunena kwa ine kuti, “Ife tikudalira Yehova Mulungu wathu.” Kodi si Mulungu yemweyo amene nyumba zake ndi maguwa ake Hezekiya anachotsa, nawuza anthu a ku Yuda ndi a ku Yerusalemu kuti, “Muzipembedza pa guwa lansembe ili mu Yerusalemu?”
But if you say to me, 'We are trusting in Yahweh our God,' is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?
23 “‘Ndipo tsopano bwera udzakambirane ndi mbuye wanga, mfumu ya ku Asiriya: ine ndidzakupatsa akavalo 2,000 ngati ungathe kupeza okwerapo!
Now therefore, I want to make you a good offer from my master the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to find riders for them.
24 Ungathe bwanji kugonjetsa ngakhale mmodzi mwa akazembe angʼonoangʼono a mbuye wanga, pamene ukudalira Igupto kuti akupatse magaleta ndi anthu okwera pa akavalo?
How could you resist even one captain of the least of my master's servants? You have put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen!
25 Kuwonjezera pamenepa, kodi ine ndabwera kudzathira nkhondo ndi kuwononga malo ano popanda chilolezo cha Yehova? Yehova mwini ndiye anandiwuza kuti ndidzathire nkhondo ndi kuwononga dziko lino.’”
Have I traveled up here without Yahweh to fight against this place and destroy it? Yahweh said to me, 'Attack this land and destroy it.'”
26 Pamenepo Eliyakimu mwana wa Hilikiya, Sebina ndi Yowa anawuza Rabusakeyo kuti, “Chonde yankhulani kwa atumiki anufe mʼChiaramu, popeza timachimva. Musayankhule nafe mu Chihebri kuopa kuti anthu onse amene ali pa khomapa angamve.”
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah said to the chief commander, “Please speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it. Do not speak with us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who are on the wall.”
27 Koma Rabusake anayankha kuti, “Kodi mbuye wanga wandituma kuti ndidzanene zinthu izi kwa mbuye wanu yekha ndi inu nokha basi? Ayi, komanso kwa anthu amene akhala pa khomawa. Iwowa adzadya chimbudzi chawo chomwe ndi kumwa mkodzo wawo womwe monga momwe mudzachitire inuyonso.”
But the chief commander said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
28 Tsono Rabusake anayimirira nafuwula mu Chihebri kuti, “Imvani mawu a mfumu yayikulu, mfumu ya ku Asiriya!
Then the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, “Listen to the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
29 Zimene mfumu ikunena ndi izi: ‘Musalole kuti Hezekiya akunamizeni. Iye sangakupulumutseni mʼdzanja langa.
The king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you from my power.
30 Hezekiya asakukakamizeni kudalira Yehova ndi mawu akuti, ‘Ndithu, Yehova adzatipulumutsa; ndipo sadzapereka mzindawu mʼdzanja la mfumu ya ku Asiriya.’
Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely rescue us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”'
31 “Musamumvere Hezekiya. Zimene mfumu ya ku Asiriya ikunena ndi izi: Pangani mtendere ndi ine ndipo mutuluke mu mzinda. Mukatero aliyense wa inu adzadya mphesa ndi nkhuyu za mʼmunda mwake ndiponso adzamwa madzi a mʼchitsime chake,
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: 'Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and from his own fig tree, and drink from the water in his own cistern.
32 mpaka nditabwera kudzakutengani kupita ku dziko lofanana ndi lanuli, dziko la tirigu ndi vinyo watsopano, dziko la chakudya ndi minda ya mipesa, dziko la mitengo ya olivi ndi uchi. Sankhani moyo osati imfa! “Musamvere zonena Hezekiya, pakuti iye akukusocheretsani ponena kuti, ‘Yehova adzatipulumutsa.’
You will do this until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die.' Do not listen to Hezekiah when he tries to persuade you, saying, 'Yahweh will rescue us.'
33 Kodi mulungu wa anthu a mtundu wina uliwonse wapulumutsapo dziko lake mʼdzanja la mfumu ya ku Asiriya?
Has any of the gods of the peoples rescued them out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Kodi ili kuti milungu ya Hamati ndi Aripadi? Ili kuti milungu ya Sefaravaimu, Hena ndi Ivani? Kodi inapulumutsa Samariya mʼdzanja langa?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria out of my hand?
35 Kodi ndi milungu iti mwa milungu yonse ya mayiko awa amene anapulumutsa dziko lake mʼdzanja langa? Nanga tsono Yehova adzapulumutsa Yerusalemu mʼdzanja langa motani?”
Among all the gods of the lands, is there any god who has rescued his land from my power? How could Yahweh save Jerusalem from my might?”
36 Koma anthu anakhala chete ndipo sanayankhepo kanthu, chifukwa mfumu inawalamula kuti, “Musayankhe.”
But the people remained silent and did not respond, for the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
37 Pamenepo anthu atatu aja Eliyakimu, mwana wa Hilikiya amene ankayangʼanira nyumba ya mfumu, Sebina mlembi wa bwalo ndi Yowa mwana wa Asafu, mlembi wa zochitika anapita kwa Hezekiya atangʼamba zovala zawo ndipo anamuwuza Hezekiya zonse zimene anayankhula Rabusake uja.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household; Shebna the scribe; and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of the chief commander.
