2 Mafumu 19
1 Mfumu Hezekiya atamva zimenezi, anangʼamba zovala zake navala chiguduli ndipo analowa mʼNyumba ya Yehova.
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2 Iye anatuma Eliyakimu, woyangʼanira nyumba ya mfumu, Sebina mlembi wa bwalo ndi ansembe akuluakulu, onse atavala ziguduli, kwa mneneri Yesaya mwana wa Amozi.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 Iwo anamuwuza kuti, “Hezekiya akunena kuti, ‘Lero ndi tsiku lamavuto, lachilango ndi lamanyazi. Ife lero tili ngati mayi woyembekezera amene pofika nthawi yoti achire akupezeka kuti alibe mphamvu zoberekera.
And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 Mwina Yehova Mulungu wanu adzamva mawu onse a Rabusake amene mbuye wake, mfumu ya ku Asiriya anamutuma kudzanyoza Mulungu wamoyo, ndipo Mulunguyo adzamulanga chifukwa cha mawu amene Yehova Mulungu wanu wamva. Choncho pemphererani anthu otsala amene akanali ndi moyo.’”
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
5 Akuluakulu a Mfumu Hezekiya atafika kwa Yesaya,
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Yesaya anawawuza kuti, “Kawuzeni mbuye wanu kuti, ‘Yehova akunena kuti: Usachite mantha ndi zimene wamva, mawu amene nthumwi za mfumu ya ku Asiriya zandinyoza nawo Ine.
And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Tamverani! Ine ndidzayika mwa mfumuyo mzimu wina kotero kuti akadzamva mphekesera ya nkhondo, adzabwerera ku dziko lake ndipo Ine ndidzachititsa kuti aphedwe ndi lupanga kwawo komweko.’”
Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Rabusake atamva kuti mfumu ya ku Asiriya yachoka ku Lakisi, iye anabwerera mʼmbuyo ndipo anakapeza mfumu ikuchita nkhondo ndi mzinda wa Libina.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 Nthawi imeneyi Senakeribu analandira uthenga wakuti Tirihaka, mfumu ya ku Kusi, akubwera kudzachita naye nkhondo. Choncho iye anatumanso amithenga kwa Hezekiya ndi mawu awa:
And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Cush, Behold, he hath come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Kawuzeni Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda kuti: Usalole kuti Mulungu amene ukumudalira akupusitse ponena kuti, ‘Yerusalemu sadzaperekedwa mʼmanja mwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.’
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Ndithu iwe unamva chimene mafumu a Asiriya anachita ku mayiko ena onse, kuti anawawononga kotheratu. Ndipo kodi iwe nʼkupulumuka?
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Kodi milungu ya mitundu imene makolo anga anayigonjetsa, milungu ya anthu a ku Gozani, Harani, Rezefi ndi Aedeni amene anali ku Teli Asara, inawapulumutsa?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Thelasar?
13 Kodi mafumu a Hamati, Aripadi ndi mafumu a mizinda ya Sefaravaimu, Hena ndi Iva, ali kuti?”
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
14 Hezekiya analandira kalata kwa amithenga aja nayiwerenga. Pomwepo anapita ku Nyumba ya Yehova nayika kalatayo pamaso pa Yehova.
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
15 Ndipo Hezekiya anapemphera kwa Yehova nati, “Inu Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli, Inu amene mumakhala pa Akerubi, Inu nokha ndinu Mulungu wolamulira maufumu onse a dziko lapansi. Inu munalenga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi.
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16 Inu Yehova, tcherani khutu lanu ndipo mumve Yehova tsekulani maso anu ndipo muone, imvani mawu onse amene Senakeribu watumiza kunyoza Inu Mulungu wamoyo.
LORD, bow down thy ear, and hear: open, LORD, thy eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17 “Inu Yehova, nʼzoonadi kuti mafumu a Asiriya anawononga mitundu iyi ndi mayiko awo.
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
18 Iwo anaponya milungu yawo pa moto ndi kuyiwononga pakuti sinali milungu koma mitengo ndi miyala chabe, yopangidwa ndi anthu.
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
19 Ndipo tsopano Inu Yehova Mulungu wathu, tipulumutseni ndithu mʼdzanja lake, kuti maufumu onse a dziko lapansi adziwe kuti Inu nokha, Inu Yehova, ndinu Mulungu.”
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
20 Ndipo Yesaya mwana wa Amozi anatumiza uthenga kwa Hezekiya wakuti, “Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli akuti, ‘Ndamva pemphero lako lonena za Senakeribu mfumu ya ku Asiriya.’”
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 Mawu amene Yehova wayankhula wotsutsana naye ndi awa: “Namwali wa Ziyoni akukunyoza ndi kukuseka iwe. Mwana wamkazi wa Yerusalemu akupukusa mutu wake kumbuyo kwako.
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Kodi iweyo wanyoza ndi kuchitira chipongwe yani? Kodi ndani amene wamufuwulira mawu ako ndi kumuyangʼana monyada? Wachitiratu izi Woyera wa Israeli!
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 Kudzera mwa amithenga ako wonyoza Ambuye. Ndipo wanena kuti, ‘Ndi magaleta ochuluka ndinakwera mapiri ataliatali, pa msonga za mapiri a Lebanoni. Ndigwetsa mitengo yake ya mkungudza yayitali kwambiri, mitengo yake ya payini yabwino kwambiri. Ndalowanso mʼkati mwake mwenimweni, mwa nkhalango yake yowirira kwambiri.
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down its tall cedar trees, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 Ndakumba zitsime ku mayiko achilendo ndipo ndinamwa madzi a kumeneko. Ndi mapazi anga ndawumitsa mitsinje yonse ya ku Igupto.’”
I have dug and drank strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
25 “‘Kodi sunamvepo? Zimenezi ndinazikhazikitsa kalekale. Ndinazikonzeratu masiku amakedzana; tsopano ndachita kuti zichitikedi, iwe kwako kunali kungosandutsa mizinda yotetezedwa kukhala milu ya miyala.
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities in ruinous heaps.
26 Anthu a kumeneko ndi opanda mphamvu, athedwa nzeru ndipo ali ndi manyazi. Ali ngati mbewu za mʼmunda, ngati udzu wanthete, ali ngati udzu womera pa denga, umene umawuma usanakule nʼkomwe.’”
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
27 “‘Koma Ine ndimadziwa kukhala kwako, kutuluka kwako ndi kulowa kwako, ndi mkwiyo wako pa Ine.
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28 Chifukwa chakuti wandikwiyira ndipo ndamva za mwano wako, ndidzakola mphuno yako ndi mbedza ndi kuyika chitsulo changa mʼkamwa mwako, ndipo ndidzakubweza pokudzeretsa njira yomwe unadzera pobwera.’
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29 “Koma iwe Hezekiya, chizindikiro chako chidzakhala ichi: “Chaka chino mudzadya tirigu wamphulumukwa, ndipo chaka chamawa mudzadya tirigu wongodzimerera. Koma chaka chachitatu mudzadzala ndi kukolola, mudzawoka mphesa ndipo mudzadya zipatso zake.
And this shall be a sign to thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of it.
30 Anthu a nyumba ya Yuda amene adzatsale adzazika mizu ndi kubereka zipatso.
And the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 Pakuti ku Yerusalemu kudzachokera anthu otsala, ndi ku phiri la Ziyoni kudzachokera gulu la anthu opulumuka.” “Changu cha Yehova Wamphamvuzonse chidzachita zimenezi.
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape from mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
32 “Choncho chimene Yehova akunena za mfumu ya ku Asiriya ndi ichi: “‘Iye sadzalowa mu mzinda umenewu kapena kuponyamo muvi. Sadzayandikira mzindawu ndi zishango zake kapena kumanga nthumbira ya nkhondo.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
33 Adzabwerera potsata njira imene anadzera pobwera; sadzalowa mu mzinda umenewu, akutero Yehova.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
34 Ndidzateteza mzinda umenewu kuwupulumutsa, chifukwa cha Ine mwini ndiponso chifukwa cha Davide mtumiki wanga.’”
For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
35 Usiku umenewo mngelo wa Yehova anapita ku misasa ya ku Asiriya ndi kupha ankhondo 185,000. Ndipo pamene anthu anadzuka mmawa, taonani, mitembo inali ngundangunda!
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
36 Choncho Senakeribu mfumu ya ku Asiriya anapasula misasa ndi kuchoka. Anabwerera ku Ninive nakakhala kumeneko.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
37 Tsiku lina, pamene Senakeribu ankapembedza mʼnyumba ya Nisiroki mulungu wake, ana ake Adirameleki ndi Sarezeri anamupha ndi lupanga ndipo anathawira ku dziko la Ararati. Tsono Esrahadoni, mwana wake, analowa ufumu mʼmalo mwake.
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
