Esias 37
1 And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard [it, that] he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fanongo ʻa Hesekaia ki ai, naʻa ne haehae hono kofu, pea kofuʻaki ia ʻae tauangaʻa, pea ʻalu ki he fale ʻo Sihova.
2 And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,
Pea ne fekau ʻa Iliakimi, ʻaia naʻe pule ʻi he fale, mo Sepina ko e tangata tohi, pea mo e mātuʻa ʻi he kau taulaʻeiki, kuo kofuʻaki ʻae tauangaʻa, kia ʻIsaia ko e palōfita, ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi.
3 To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing [woman], but she has not strength to bring forth.
Pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku pehē ʻe Hesekaia, Ko e ʻaho ni ko e ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, mo e valoki, pea mo e kapekape: he kuo hokosia ʻae ʻaho ke fāʻele, ka ʻoku ʻikai pā mālohi ke fanauʻi.
4 May the Lord your God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord your God has heard: therefore you shall pray to your Lord for these that are left.
Heiʻilo ʻe fanongo nai ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Lapisake, ʻaia kuo fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ko hono ʻeiki ke valoki ʻaki ʻae ʻOtua moʻui, pea ʻe tautea ʻae ngaahi lea ʻaia kuo fanongo ki ai ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: ko e hiki hake hoʻo hū koeʻuhi ko e kakai ʻoku kei toe.”
5 So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias.
Ko ia naʻe haʻu ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Hesekaia kia ʻIsaia.
6 And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be not you afraid at the words which you have heard, wherewith the ambassadors of the king of the Assyrians have reproached me,
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIsaia kiate kinautolu, “Te mou lea ʻo pehē ki homou ʻeiki, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē ki he ngaahi lea kuo ke fanongo ki ai, ʻaia kuo kapekape ʻaki kiate au ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻoe tuʻi ʻa ʻAsilia.
7 Behold, I [will] send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land.
Vakai, te u fakahū kiate ia ha laumālie, pea te ne fanongo ki he ongoongo, pea foki ki hono fonua ʻoʻona; pea te u pule ke tō ia ʻi he heletā ʻi hono fonua ʻoʻona.”
8 So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis.
Naʻe foki ʻa Lapisake, pea ʻilo ʻoku tau ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia mo Lipina: he kuo ne fanongo kuo haʻu ia mei Lakisi.
9 And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to attack him. And when he heard it, he turned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,
Pea naʻa ne fanongo ki he tala naʻe kau kia Tilaka ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻItiopea, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOku haʻu ia ke tauʻi koe.’ Pea ʻi heʻene fanongo ki ai, naʻa ne fekau atu ʻae kau talafekau kia Hesekaia, ʻo pehē,
10 Thus shall you say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
“Ke pehē hoʻomou lea kia Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻa ho ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ke faʻaki ki ai, ke kākaaʻi koe, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai tukuange ʻa Selūsalema ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.’
11 Hast you not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shall you be delivered?
Vakai, kuo ke fanongo ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki he ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu; pea ʻe fakamoʻui koe?
12 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath?
Kuo fakamoʻui ʻe he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻakinautolu naʻe fakaʻauha ʻe heʻeku ngaahi tamai, ko Kosani, mo Holani, mo Lesefi, mo e fānau ʻa Iteni ʻaia naʻe ʻi Tilasa?
13 Where are the kings of Emath? and where [is the king of] Arphath? and where [is the king] of the city of Eppharuaim, [and of] Anagugana?
ʻOku ʻi fē ʻae tuʻi ʻo Hamati, pea mo e tuʻi ʻo ʻAapati, pea mo e tuʻi ʻoe kolo ko Sifaveimi, mo Hena, mo Iva?”
14 And Ezekias received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord.
Pea naʻe maʻu ʻe Hesekaia ʻae tohi mei he nima ʻoe kau talafekau, pea lau ia: pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Hesekaia ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻo ne folahi ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.
15 And Ezekias prayed to the Lord, saying,
Pea naʻe hū ʻa Hesekaia kia Sihova, ʻo pehē,
16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sit upon the cherubs, you alone are the God of every kingdom of the world: you have made heaven and earth.
“ʻE Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo Selupi, ko koe ko e ʻOtua, ʻio, ko koe tokotaha pe, ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo māmani: ko koe naʻe ngaohi ʻae langi mo māmani.
17 Incline your ear, O Lord, listen, O Lord; open your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: and behold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
Fakaongo mai ho fofonga, ʻe Sihova, pea fanongo; fakaʻā, ʻe Sihova, ho fofonga, pea ke ʻafioʻi: pea fanongo ki he lea kotoa pē ʻa Senakalipe, ʻaia kuo fekau ke valoki ʻaki ʻae ʻOtua moʻui.
18 For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,
Ko e moʻoni, ʻE Sihova, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia kuo nau fakaʻauha ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo honau ngaahi fonua,
19 and have cast their idols into the fire: for, they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.
Pea kuo lī honau ngaahi ʻotua ki he afi: he naʻe ʻikai ko ha ʻotua ʻakinautolu, ka ko e ngāue ʻae nima ʻoe tangata, ko e ʻakau mo e maka: ko ia kuo nau fakaʻauha ai ʻakinautolu.
20 But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that you are God alone.
Ko ia, ʻE Sihova ko homau ʻOtua, fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei hono nima, koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani ko koe ko Sihova, ʻio, ko koe tokotaha pe.”
21 And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I have heard your prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.
Pea naʻe toki fekau ʻe ʻIsaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi kia Hesekaia, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo hū kiate au koeʻuhi ko Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia:
22 This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion has despised you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Ko eni ʻae lea ʻaia kuo folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻoku kau kiate ia; ‘Ko e taʻahine, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saione, kuo fehiʻa kiate koe, pea kata manuki kiate koe: ko e ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema, kuo ne kalokalo hono ʻulu kiate koe.
23 Whom have you reproached and provoked? and against whom have you lifted up your voice? and have you not lifted up your eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel?
Ko hai ia kuo ke manukiʻi mo kapeʻi? Pea kuo ke hiki hake ho leʻo kia hai, pea hiki mo ho mata ki ʻolunga? ʻIo, ki he tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsileli.
24 For you have reproached the Lord by messengers; for you have said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:
Kuo ke manukiʻi ʻe hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova, pea kuo ke pehē, ʻI he tokolahi ʻo ʻeku ngaahi saliote kuo u haʻu ki he māʻolunga ʻoe moʻunga, ki he tafaʻaki ʻo Lepanoni, pea te u tuʻusi ki lalo ʻae ngaahi sita māʻolunga ʻo ia, pea mo e ngaahi ʻakau ko e fea lelei ʻo ia: pea te u hū ki he māʻolunga ʻo hono ngaahi ngataʻanga, mo e vao ʻakau ʻo hono Kameli.
25 and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.
Kuo u keli, pea inu vai, pea kuo u fakamaha ʻaki hoku ʻaofi vaʻe ʻae ngaahi vaitafe kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi kolo kuo kāpui ʻe he tau.
26 Hast you not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed [them] from ancient times; but now have I manifested [my purpose] of desolating nations in [their] strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
ʻIkai kuo ke fanongo fuoloa, kuo u fai ia ʻe au; pea ʻi he ngaahi kuonga ʻi muʻa, naʻaku tuʻutuʻuni ki ai? ko eni, kuo u fakahoko ia, koeʻuhi ke ke liliu ʻae ngaahi kolo kuo teu tau, ko e ngaahi tuʻunga fale kuo ʻauha.
27 I weakened [their] hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass.
Ko ia naʻe mālohi siʻi pe hoʻonau kakai, naʻa nau manavahē pea puputuʻu: naʻa nau hangē ko e mohuku ʻoe ngoue, pea hangē ko e ʻakau mata, ʻo hangē ko e mohuku ʻi he tuʻa fale, pea hangē ko e uite kuo mahunu ʻi he teʻeki ke tupu hake.
28 But now I know your rest, and your going out, and your coming in.
Ka ʻoku ou ʻilo ho nofoʻanga, pea mo hoʻo ʻalu kituʻa, mo hoʻo hū ki fale, mo hoʻo ʻita kiate au.
29 And your wrath wherewith you have been enraged, and your rancour has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in your nose, and a bit in your lips, and will turn you back by the way by which you came.
Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻalu hake ki hoku fofonga hoʻo ʻita kiate au, mo hoʻo fielahi, ko ia te u ʻai ʻeku mātaʻu ki ho avaʻi ihu, mo ʻeku meʻa taʻofi ʻi ho loungutu, pea te u fakafoki koe ʻi he hala ko ia ʻaia ne ke haʻu ai.
30 And this shall be a sign to you, Eat this year what you have sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Pea ko e fakaʻilonga eni kiate koe, Te mou kai ʻi he taʻu ni ʻaia ʻoku tupu ʻiate ia pe; pea ʻi hono ua ʻoe taʻu ʻaia ʻoku tupu mei ai: pea ʻi hono tolu ʻoe taʻu te mou tūtuuʻi, pea tuʻusi mai, pea tō ʻae ngaahi ngoue vaine, pea kai ʻae ngaahi fua ʻo ia.
31 And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Pea ko e toe ʻoe fale ʻo Siuta, kuo hao ʻe toe aka ki lalo, pea fua ʻi ʻolunga:
32 for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻalu ʻi Selūsalema ha toenga kakai, pea ko kinautolu kuo hao ʻi he moʻunga ko Saione: ko e ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau te ne fai ʻae meʻa ni.
33 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.
Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia ʻoku kau ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ne haʻu ki he kolo ni, pe fanaʻi ha ngahau ki ai, pe haʻu ki ai ʻaki ʻae ngaahi fakaū pe fokotuʻu ha tetanu ki ai.
34 But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into this city: thus says the Lord.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻI he hala naʻa ne haʻu ai, ʻi he hala ko ia te ne foki atu ai, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne haʻu ki he kolo ni.
35 I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
He te u maluʻi ʻae kolo ni ʻo fakamoʻui ia koeʻuhi ko au, pea koeʻuhi ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita.’”
36 And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all [these] bodies dead.
Pea naʻe toki ʻalu atu ʻae ʻāngelo ʻo Sihova, ʻo ne taaʻi ʻi he nofoʻanga tau ʻoe kau ʻAsilia ʻae tokotaha kilu mā toko valu mano ma toko nima afe: pea ʻi he tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻae kakai, vakai, kuo nau mate, ko e ʻangaʻanga kotoa pē.
37 And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and lived in Nineve.
Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻo ne ʻalu, ʻo foki atu, pea nofo ʻi Ninive.
38 And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons struck him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, lolotonga ʻene lotu ʻi he fale ʻo Nisiloki ko hono ʻotua, naʻe taaʻi ia ʻe hono ongo foha ko ʻAtilameleki mo Salisa ʻaki ʻae heletā pea ne na hao ki he fonua ko ʻAminia pea naʻe pule hono foha ko ʻAsahatoni ko hono fetongi.
