2 Kings 18
1 In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
Na, no te toru o nga tau o Hohea tama a Eraha kingi o Iharaira, i kingi ai a Hetekia tama a Ahata kingi o Hura.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
E rua tekau ma rima ona tau i tona kingitanga, a e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama; a ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Api, he tamahine na Hakaraia.
3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
Na he tika tana mahi ki te titiro a Ihowa, i rite ki nga mea katoa i mea ai a Rawiri, tona tupuna.
4 He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
I whakakahoretia e ia nga wahi tiketike, i tukitukia hoki nga whakapakoko, tuaina ana e ia te Ahera: a mongamonga ana i a ia te nakahi parahi, i hanga nei e Mohi; tahu tonu ai hoki nga tama a Iharaira i te whakakakara ki taua mea a taea noatia ta ua ra; a tapa ana e ia, ko Nehuhatana.
5 Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
I whakawhirinaki hoki ia ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o Iharaira; na kahore he rite mona o nga kingi katoa o Hura i muri i a ia, o era ranei i mua atu i a ia.
6 He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
I piri tonu hoki ia ki a Ihowa, kihai i mahue te whai i a ia, engari i puritia e ia ana whakahau i whakahau ai a Ihowa ki a Mohi.
7 And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
Na i a ia a Ihowa, a oti pai ana tana i nga wahi katoa i haere ai ia. Na ka whakakeke ia ki te kingi o Ahiria, a kihai i mahi ki a ia.
8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
I patua e ia nga Pirihitini tae noa ki Kaha, ki ona rohe, i te taumaihi o nga kaitutei ki te pa taiepa.
9 In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
Na i te wha o nga tau o Kingi Hetekia, ara i te whitu o nga tau o Honea tama a Eraha kingi o Iharaira, ka whakaekea Hamaria e Haramanehere kingi o Ahiria, whakapaea ana e ia.
10 And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
A, i te mutunga o te toru o nga tau, ka horo a reira i a ratou; ara no te ono o nga tau o Hetekia, koia ra te iwa o nga tau o Hohea kingi o Iharaira, ka horo Hamaria.
11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
Na ka whakahekea e te kingi o Ahiria a Iharaira ki Ahiria, whakanohoia ana e ia ki Haraha, ki Haporo, ki te taha o te awa o Kotana ki nga pa ano hoki o nga Meri:
12 This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.
Mo ratou kihai i rongo ki te reo o Ihowa, o to ratou Atua, engari takahia ana e ratou tana kawenata me nga mea katoa i whakahaua mai e Mohi, e ta Ihowa pononga; kihai i whakarangona, kihai i mahia.
13 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Na no te tekau ma wha o nga tau o Kingi Hetekia ka whakaekea nga pa taiepa katoa o Hura e Henakeripi kingi o Ahiria, a horo ana i a ia.
14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Na ka unga tangata a Hetekia kingi o Hura ki te kingi o Ahiria ki Rakihi hei mea, Kua hara ahau; hoki atu i ahau: ko tau e whakapikau mai ai ki ahau ka pikaua e ahau. Na whakaritea ana e te kingi o Ahiria ki a Hetekia kingi o Hura kia toru rau t aranata hiriwa, kia toru tekau hoki taranata koura.
15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
Na hoatu ana e Hetekia ki a ia te hiriwa katoa i kitea ki te whare o Ihowa, ki nga taonga ano o te whare o te kingi.
16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
No taua wa ano ka tapahia e Hetekia te koura o nga tatau o te temepara o Ihowa, o nga pou hoki i whakakikoruatia nei e Hetekia kingi o Hura, a hoatu ana ki te kingi o Ahiria.
17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Na ka unga e te kingi o Ahiria a Taratana, a Rapaharihi, a Rapahake i Rakihi ki a Kingi Hetekia ki Hiruharama, he nui te ope, Na haere ana ratou, ka tae ki Hiruharama. A, i to ratou taenga atu, ka haere ratou, ka tu ki te awakeri o te puna wai o runga, o tera i te huarahi o te mara a te kaihoroi kakahu.
18 Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
Na, ka karanga ratou ki te kingi, ka puta atu ki a ratou a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia, te rangatira o te whare, a Hepena kaituhituhi, a Ioaha tama a Ahapa te kaiwhakamahara.
19 The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
Na ka mea a Rapahake ki a ratou, Korero atu ainei ki a Hetekia, Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria, He aha tenei whakawhirinaki, e whakawhirinaki na koe?
20 You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
E mea na koe, otiia he mea ngutu kau, Tenei te ngarahu tika, te kaha mo te whawhai. Na e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki a wai, i whakakeke ai koe ki ahau?
21 Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Nana, e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki tena kakaho pepe hei tokotoko, ki a ngoto ki roto ki tona ringa, na, kua tu. Ka pera ano a Parao kingi o Ihipa ki te hunga katoa e okioki ana ki a ia.
22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
Otiia ki te mea mai koutou ki ahau, Ko Ihowa, ko to matou Atua ta matou e whakawhirinaki nei: he teka ianei ko ia tena, nana nei nga wahi tiketike, me nga aata i whakakahoretia atu nei e Hetekia, a kua mea ia ki a Hura raua ko Hiruharama, Hei mu a i tenei aata i Hiruharama koutou koropiko ai?
23 Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
Na homai aianei he utu pupuri ki toku ariki, ki te kingi o Ahiria, a ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe etahi hoiho, kia rua mano, ki te taea e koe te whakanoho kaieke ki runga.
24 For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
A me pehea e taea ai e koe te pare atu te kanohi o tetahi rangatira kotahi o nga iti rawa o nga pononga a toku ariki, a ka whakawhirinaki koe ki Ihipa hei hariata, hei kaieke hoiho mau?
25 So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
I haere kau mai ranei ahau, kahore a Ihowa, ki te huna i tenei wahi? I mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Haere ki te whenua ra huna ai.
26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
Katahi ka mea a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia ratou ko Hepena, ko Ioaha, ki a Rapahake, Korero koa ki au pononga i te reo Hiriani; e matau ana hoki matou ki tena reo; kaua e korero mai ki a matou i te reo Hurai i te mea e whakarongo ana te iwi i runga i te taiepa.
27 But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
Ano ra ko Rapahake ki a ratou, I unga mai ranei ahau e toku ariki ki tou ariki, a ki a koe, hei korero i enei kupu? He teka ianei i unga mai ahau e ia ki nga tangata e noho ana i runga i te taiepa, kia kainga e ratou to ratou paru, kia inumia to ratou mimi, ara e koutou tahi?
28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
Katahi a Rapahake ka tu, a he nui tona reo ki te karanga i te reo Hurai; i korero ia, i mea, Whakarongo ki te kupu a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria.
29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi Kei tinihangatia koutou e Hetekia; e kore hoki koutou e taea te whakaora e ia i tona ringa:
30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
Kei meinga hoki koutou e Hetekia kia whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowa, i a ia e ki na, He pono, tera tatou e whakaorangia e Ihowa, e kore hoki tenei pa e tukua ki te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria.
31 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 his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
Kaua e rongo ki a Hetekia; ko te kupu tenei a te kingi o Ahiria, Houhia ta koutou rongo ki ahau, ka haere mai ki waho ki ahau; ka kai ai koutou i nga hua o tana waina, o tana waina, o tana piki, o tana piki, ka inu ano i te wai o tana puna, o ta na puna:
32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own—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. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
Kia tae atu ra ano ahau ki te tiki atu i a koutou ki te whenua penei i to koutou nei whenua, ki te whenua witi, waina, ki te whenua taro, mara waina, ki te whenua hinu oriwa, honi hoki, kia ora ai koutou, kei mate; kaua hoki e whakarongo ki a He tekia, i a ia e tohe na ki a koutou, e mea na, Ma Ihowa tatou e whakaora.
33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
I ora ranei i tetahi o nga atua o nga tauiwi tona whenua i te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
Kei hea nga atua o Hamata, o Arapara? kei hea nga atua o Heparawaima, o Hena, o Iwa? i whakaorangia ranei e ratou a Hamaria i toku ringa?
35 Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
Ko wai o nga atua katoa o nga whenua, kua whakaorangia e ratou to ratou whenua i toku ringa, e whakaorangia ai e Ihowa a Hiruharama i toku ringa?
36 But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Otiia whakarongo kau ana tera te iwi, kihai i whakahoki kupu ki a ia; ko ta te kingi hoki tena i ako ai, i ki ai, Kaua e whakahoki kupu atu ki a ia.
37 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
Katahi ka haere a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia, te rangatira o te whare, a Hepena te kaituhituhi, a Ioaha tama a Ahapa te kaiwhakamahara ki a Hetekia, he mea haehae o ratou kakahu, a korerotia ana e ratou ki a ia nga kupu a Rapahake.
