Isaiah 37
1 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
Mfumu Hezekiya atamva zimenezi, anangʼamba zovala zake navala chiguduli ndipo analowa mʼNyumba ya Yehova.
2 And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Iye anatuma Eliyakimu woyangʼanira nyumba ya mfumu, Sebina mlembi wa bwalo, ndi ansembe akuluakulu, onse atavala ziguduli, kwa mneneri Yesaya mwana wa Amozi.
3 to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
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.’
4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
Mwina Yehova Mulungu wanu adzamva mawu onse a kazembe 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.”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
Akuluakulu a mfumu Hezekiya atafika kwa Yesaya,
6 who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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.
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
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.’”
8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
Kazembe wa ankhondo uja atamva kuti mfumu ya ku Asiriya yachoka ku Lakisi, iye anabwerera mʼmbuyo ndipo anakapeza mfumu ikuchita nkhondo ndi mzinda wa Libina.
9 Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Nthawi imeneyi Senakeribu analandira uthenga wakuti Tirihaka, mfumu ya ku Kusi akubwera kudzachita naye nkhondo. Atamva zimenezi, anatumiza amithenga kwa Hezekiya ndi mawu awa:
10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
“Kawuzeni Hezekiya mfumu ya ku Yuda kuti: Usalole kuti Mulungu amene ukumudalira akupusitse ponena kuti, ‘Yerusalemu sadzaperekedwa mʼmanja mwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.’
11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
Ndithudi iwe unamva zimene mafumu a ku Asiriya akhala akuchitira mayiko onse. Iwo anawawononga kotheratu. Tsono iwe ndiye ndi kupulumuka?
12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
Makolo anga anawononga mizinda ya Gozani, Harani, Rezefi ndi anthu a ku Edeni amene ankakhala ku Telasara. Kodi milungu inayi ija anawapulumutsa anthu a mizindayi?
13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
Kodi mafumu a ku Hamati, Aripadi, Safaravaimu, Hena ndi Iva ali kuti?”
14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
Hezekiya analandira kalata kwa amithenga nayiwerenga pomwepo. Hezekiya anapita ku Nyumba ya Yehova ndipo anayika kalatayo pamaso pa Yehova.
15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
Ndipo Hezekiya anapemphera kwa Yehova:
16 “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
“Inu Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli, amene mumakhala pa mpando wanu waufumu pakati pa akerubi, Inu nokha ndiye Mulungu wolamulira maufumu onse a dziko lapansi. Munalenga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi.
17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
Inu Yehova tcherani khutu ndipo mumve. Inu Yehova, tsekulani maso anu ndipo muone. Imvani mawu onse amene Senakeribu watumiza, kunyoza Mulungu wamoyo.
18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
“Yehova, nʼzoonadi kuti mafumu a Asiriya anawononga mitundu yonse ya anthu ndi mayiko awo.
19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
Iwo anaponyera pa moto milungu yawo ndi kuyiwononga pakuti sinali milungu koma mafano a mitengo ndi miyala, yopangidwa ndi manja a anthu.
20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
Tsono Inu Yehova Mulungu wathu, tipulumutseni mʼdzanja lake kuti maufumu onse a dziko lapansi adziwe kuti Inu nokha, Inu Yehova, ndiye Mulungu.”
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Tsono Yesaya mwana wa Amozi anatumiza uthenga wochokera kwa Yehova kwa Hezekiya poyankha pemphero lake lokhudza Senakeribu mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
22 this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Mawu amene Yehova wayankhula motsutsana naye ndi awa: “Mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni akukunyoza ndi kukuseka. Mwana wamkazi wa Yerusalemu, akupukusa mutu wake pamene iwe ukuthawa.
23 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Kodi iwe wanyoza ndi kulalatira ndani? Kodi iwe wafuwulira ndi kumuyangʼana monyada ndani? Watsutsana ndi Woyerayo wa Israeli!
24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
Kudzera mwa amithenga ako iwe wanyoza Ambuye. Ndipo wanena kuti, ‘Ndi magaleta anga ochuluka ndafika pamwamba pa mapiri, pamwamba penipeni pa mapiri a Lebanoni. Ndagwetsa mitengo yamkungudza yayitali kwambiri, ndi mitengo yabwino kwambiri ya payini. Ndafika pa msonga pake penipeni, nkhalango yake yowirira kwambiri.
25 I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
Ndakumba zitsime ku mayiko achilendo ndi kumva madzi akumeneko ndi mapazi anga ndawumitsa mitsinje yonse ya ku Igupto.’
26 Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
“Kodi sunamvepo kuti zimenezi ndinazikonzeratu kalekale? Ndinazikonzeratu masiku amakedzana; tsopano ndazichitadi, kuti iwe kwako nʼkusandutsa mizinda yotetezedwa kukhala milu ya miyala.
27 Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
Anthu amene ankakhala kumeneko analibenso mphamvu, ankada nkhawa ndi kuchititsidwa manyazi. Anali ngati mbewu za mʼmunda, ngati udzu wanthete, ali ngati udzu omera pa denga, umene mphepo imawumitsa usanakule nʼkomwe.
28 But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
“Koma Ine ndimadziwa zonse za iwe; ndimadziwa pamene ukuyima ndi pamene ukukhala; ndimadziwa pamene ukutuluka ndi pamene ukulowa, ndiponso momwe umandikwiyira Ine.
29 Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Chifukwa umandikwiyira Ine ndi kuti mwano wako wamveka mʼmakutu anga, ndidzakola mphuno yako ndi mbedza ndikuyika chitsulo mʼkamwa mwako, ndipo ndidzakubweza pokuyendetsa njira yomwe unadzera pobwera.
30 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
“Iwe Hezekiya, chizindikiro chako cha zimene zidzachitike ndi ichi: “Chaka chino mudzadya zimene zamera zokha, ndipo chaka chachiwiri zimene zaphukira pa zomera zokha, koma chaka chachitatu mudzafesa ndi kukolola, mudzawoka mitengo yamphesa ndi kudya zipatso zake.
31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Anthu a nyumba ya Yuda amene adzatsalire adzazika mizu yawo pansi ndipo adzabereka zipatso poyera.
32 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
Pakuti ku Yerusalemu kudzachokera anthu otsala, ndi ku phiri la Ziyoni gulu la anthu opulumuka. Changu cha Yehova Wamphamvuzonse chidzachita zimenezi.
33 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
“Choncho Yehova akunena izi za mfumu ya ku Asiriya: “Iye sadzalowa mu mzinda umenewu kapena kuponyamo muvi uliwonse. Sadzafika pafupi ndi mzindawu ndi ankhondo ake a zishango kapena kuwuzinga ndi mitumbira yankhondo.
34 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’
Adzabwerera potsata njira yomwe anadzera pobwera; sadzalowa mu mzinda umenewu,” akutero Yehova.
35 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
“Ine ndidzawuteteza ndi kuwupulumutsa mzindawu, chifukwa cha Ine mwini ndiponso chifukwa cha pangano ndi mtumiki wanga Davide!”
36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
Tsopano mngelo wa Yehova anapita ku misasa ya nkhondo ya ku Asiriya ndikukapha asilikali 185,000. Podzuka mmawa mwake anthu anangoona mitembo ponseponse!
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Choncho Senakeribu mfumu ya ku Asiriya anasasula misasa nʼkuchoka kubwerera kukakhala ku Ninive.
38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Tsiku lina, pamene ankapembedza mʼnyumba ya mulungu wake, Nisiroki, ana ake awiri, Adirameleki ndi Sarezeri anamupha ndi lupanga, ndipo anathawira mʼdziko la Ararati. Ndipo mwana wake Esrahadoni analowa ufumu mʼmalo mwake.
