Isaiah 37
1 And when the King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and came into the House of the Lord.
Esi fia Hezekia se nya siawo la, edze eƒe awuwo, eye wòta akpanya heyi Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.
2 And he sent Eliakim the stewarde of the house, aud Shebna the chanceller, with the Elders of the Priestes, clothed in sackcloth vnto Isaiah the Prophet, the sonne of Amoz.
Emegbe la, edɔ eƒe dɔnunɔla, Eliakim kple eƒe agbalẽŋlɔla Sebna kple nunɔla tsitsiwo dometɔ aɖewo, ame siwo katã hã ta akpanya, eye woyi ɖe Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya, Amoz ƒe vi la gbɔ.
3 And they sayd vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring foorth.
Wogblɔ nɛ be, Ale fia Hezekia gblɔe nye esi: “Egbee nye xaxa, mokaka kple vlodogbe. Enye ɣeyiɣi sesẽ abe nyɔnu si vi ɖo atame na be wòadzi, gake ŋusẽ mele eŋu be woasii adzi o la ene.
4 If so be the Lord thy God hath heard the wordes of Rabshakeh, whom the King of Asshur his master hath sent to raile on the liuing God, and to reproch him with wordes which the Lord thy God hath heard, then lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
Ɖewohĩ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ase nya siwo aʋafia, si eƒe aƒetɔ Asiria fia dɔ la gblɔ. Ame si wòdɔ be woaɖe alɔme le Mawu gbagbe la ŋu, eye wòaka mo nɛ ɖe nya siwo Yehowa, wò Mawu la se ta. Eya ta do gbe ɖa ɖe ame mamlɛ siwo tsi agbe la ta.”
5 So the seruants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Esi fia Hezekia ƒe ame dɔdɔwo va Yesaya gbɔ la,
6 And Isaiah sayde vnto them, Thus say vnto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afrayd of the wordes that thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me.
Yesaya gblɔ na wo be, “Migblɔ na miaƒe aƒetɔ be, ‘Nu si Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: migavɔ̃ nu si miese, busunya siwo Asiria fia teviwo gblɔ ɖe ŋutinye la o.
7 Beholde, I wil send a blast vpon him, and he shall heare a noyse, and returne to his owne land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land.
Ɖo to afii: mele gbɔgbɔ aɖe de ge eme, ale be ne nutsotso aɖewo va ɖo egbɔ la, atrɔ ayi ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi, eye le afi ma, mana wòatsi yi nu.’”
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Esi aʋafia la se be Asiria fia dzo le Lakis la, eya hã ho dzo, eye wòke ɖe fia la ŋu wònɔ aʋa wɔm kple Libna.
9 He heard also men say of Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he is come out to fight against thee: and when he heard it, he sent other messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Azɔ gbe va na Senakerib be, Tirhaka, Kus fia, si le Egipte ƒe dzigbeme lɔƒo la ho aʋa gbɔna edzi dze ge. Esi wòse nya sia la, edɔ amewo ɖo ɖe fia Hezekia gbɔ be woagblɔ nɛ be,
10 Thus shall ye speake to Hezekiah King of Iudah, saying, Let not thy God deceiue thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Ierusalem shall not be giuen into the hand of the King of Asshur.
“Migblɔ na Hezekia, Yuda fia be, ‘Mègana mawu si ŋu nèle ŋu ɖom ɖo la nable wò o,’ esi wògblɔ be, ‘Womatsɔ Yerusalem ade asi na Asiria fia o.’
11 Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all lands in destroying them, and shalt thou be deliuered?
Meka ɖe edzi be, èse nu siwo Asiria fiawo tu kple dukɔwo katã, eye wotsrɔ̃ wo gbidigbidi. Ke woaɖe wò ya?
12 Haue the gods of the nations deliuered them, which my fathers haue destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Telassar?
Ɖe dukɔ siwo mía fofowo tsrɔ̃ va yi la ƒe mawuwo te ŋu ɖe woa? Ɖe Gozan, Haran, Rezef kple Edentɔ siwo le Tel Asar la ƒe mawuwo ɖe woa?
13 Where is the King of Hamath, and the King of Arpad, and the King of the citie of Sepharuaim, Hena and Iuah?
Afi ka Hamat fia le, afi ka Arpad fia le, afi ka Sefarvaim dua ƒe fia le, eye afi ka Hena kple Iva ƒe fiawo le?”
14 So Hezekiah receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went vp into the House of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the Lord.
Hezekia xɔ agbalẽ la le ame dɔdɔawo si hexlẽe. Etso heyi ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me, eye wòkeke agbalẽ la ɖe Yehowa ŋkume.
15 And Hezekiah prayed vnto the Lord, saying,
Emegbe la, edo gbe ɖa na Yehowa be:
16 O Lord of hostes, God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.
“O! Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu, ame si nɔ kerubiwo dome, wò koe nye Mawu ɖe anyigbadzifiaɖuƒewo katã dzi. Wòe wɔ dziƒo kple anyigba.
17 Encline thine eare, O Lord, and heare: open thine eyes, O Lord, and see, and heare all the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
O! Yehowa, ƒu to anyi, eye nàse nu. Ʋu wò ŋkuwo, eye nàkpɔ nu. Se nya siwo katã Senakerib tsɔ do vlo Mawu gbagbe lae ɖa.
18 Trueth it is, O Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed all lands, and their countrey,
“O! Yehowa, enye nyateƒe be Asiria fiawo na be ame siawo kple woƒe anyigbawo zu gbegbe.
19 And haue cast their gods in ye fire: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them.
Wotsɔ woƒe mawuwo ƒu gbe ɖe dzo me hetsrɔ̃ wo, elabena menye mawuwo wonye o, ke boŋ ati kple kpe wonye, amegbetɔ ƒe asinudɔwɔwɔwoe.
20 Nowe therefore, O Lord our God, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou onely art the Lord.
Ke azɔ, O! Yehowa, mía Mawu, ɖe mí tso eƒe asi me be fiaɖuƒe siwo katã le anyigba dzi la nanya be wò koe nye Yehowa.”
21 Then Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sent vnto Hezekiah, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, Because thou hast prayed vnto me, concerning Saneherib king of Asshur,
Yesaya, Amoz ƒe vi, ɖo gbedeasi sia ɖe Hezekia be, “Ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi, ‘Esi nèdo gbe ɖa nam tso Senakerib, Asiria fia ŋuti ta la,
22 This is the worde that the Lord hath spoken against him, the virgine, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorne: the daughter of Ierusalem, hath shaken her head at thee.
esia nye nya si Yehowa gblɔ ɖe eŋuti.’ “Zion vinyɔnu si menya ŋutsu o la gbe nu le gbɔwò, eye wòɖu fewu le ŋuwò. Yerusalem vinyɔnu ɖo hehe ɖe tawò esi nèlé du tsɔ.
23 Whome hast thou railed on and blasphemed? and against whome hast thou exalted thy voyce, and lifted vp thine eyes on hie? euen against the holy one of Israel.
Ame ka nèdzu hegblɔ busunyawo ɖe eŋuti? Ame ka ta nèle ɣli dom ɖo, eye ame ka nètre ŋku kpɔe dadatɔe? Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ŋutie!
24 By thy seruants hast thou railed on the Lord, and sayd, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the top of the mountaines to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut downe the hie cedars thereof, and the faire firre trees thereof, and I will goe vp to the heightes of his top and to the forest of his fruitfull places.
To wò ame dɔdɔwo dzi nèɖe alɔme le Aƒetɔ la ŋu hegblɔ be, ‘Metsɔ nye tasiaɖamwo, lia yi towo tame ke, yi keke Lebanon tame ke. Melã eƒe sedati kɔkɔwo kple eƒe avemeti nyuitɔwo, meyi eƒe teƒe kɔkɔtɔ kekeake afi si eƒe ave dodowo le.
25 I haue digged and drunke the waters, and with the plant of my feete haue I dryed all the riuers closed in.
Meɖe vudo ɖe dzronyigbawo dzi, eye meno wo me tsi le afi ma. Mena Egipte tɔʋuwo mie le nye afɔ te.’
26 Hast thou not heard howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and layde on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?
“Mèsee do ŋgɔ oa? Megblɔ nu sia da ɖi tso blema ke. Mewɔ ɖoɖo ɖe eŋu tso gbe aɖe gbe ʋĩi; ke azɔ la, mena wòva eme be, du siwo ŋu woɖo gli sesẽwo ɖo la zu anyiglago.
27 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afrayd and confounded: they are like the grasse of the field and greene herbe, or grasse on the house tops, or corne blassed afore it be growen.
Èxɔ ŋusẽ le dua me nɔlawo si. Woƒe mo wɔ yaa, eye ŋu kpe wo. Wole abe nukuwo le agble dzi ene, nu miemie fɛ̃wo le bo dzi kple gbe siwo mie ɖe xɔ tame la ene. Ŋdɔ sesẽ ɖu wo, eye woyrɔ le esime wometsi o.
28 But I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy fury against me.
“Ke menya afi si nèle. Menya ɣeyiɣi si nèdona gagbɔna, eye menya ale si nèdo dɔmedzoe ɖe ŋunye.
29 Because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vnto mine eares, therefore will I put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lips, and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.
Esi nèdo dɔmedzoe ɖe ŋutinye, eye wò amemabumabu va ɖo nye to me ta la, matsɔ nye lãɖeƒu ade ŋɔti me na wò, made numega nu me na wò, eye mana mɔ si nèto va la nàgato eya ke dzi adzo.
30 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, O Hezekiah, Thou shalt eate this yeere such as groweth of it selfe: and the second yeere, such things as growe without sowing: and in the third yeere, sowe ye and reape, and plant vineyards, and eate the fruite thereof.
“O! Hezekia, esia anye dzesi na wò: “Ƒe sia me la, àɖu nuku si mie le eya ŋutɔ ɖokui si, eye le ƒe evelia me la, àɖu nu si mie tso gbãtɔ me. Ke le ƒe etɔ̃lia me la, àƒã nu, eye àxa nu. Àde waingble eye àɖu eƒe tsetsea
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall againe take roote downward and beare fruite vpward.
Ava eme be ame siwo susɔ na Yuda ƒe aƒe la woato ke, eye woatse ku,
32 For out of Ierusalem shall goe a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeale of the Lord of hostes shall doe this.
elabena ame aɖewo asusɔ tso Yerusalem nɔlawo dome, eye ame siwo tsi agbe la ado tso Zion to la dzi, Yehowa Ŋusẽkatãtɔ ƒe didi vevie ana esia nava eme.
33 Therefore thus sayth the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.
“Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔ ɖe Asiria fia ŋue nye esi, “Mage ɖe du sia me alo ada aŋutrɔ ɖeka pɛ le afi sia o. Mava afi sia kple akpoxɔnu alo aƒu kpo ɖe du sia ŋuti o.
34 By the same way that he came, he shall returne, and not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
Mɔ si wòto va la, eya ke dzie wòato adzo. Mage ɖe du sia me akpɔ gbeɖe o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
35 For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.
“Maʋli du sia ta aɖee le nye ŋutɔ kple David, nye dɔla ta!”
36 Then the Angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth, fourescore, and fiue thousand: so when they arose early in the morning, beholde, they were all dead corpses.
Emegbe la, Yehowa ƒe dɔla yi ɖe Asiriatɔwo ƒe aʋasaɖa la me hewu ame akpe alafa ɖeka kple blaenyi-vɔ-atɔ̃. Esi amewo fɔ ŋdi la, kpɔ ɖa, ame kukuwo sɔŋ ko wokpɔ.
37 So Saneherib king of Asshur departed, and went away and returned and dwelt at Nineueh.
Ale Asiria fia, Senakerib kaka asaɖa la, eye wòho dzo. Etrɔ yi Ninive, eye wònɔ afi ma.
38 And as he was in the temple worshipping of Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sonnes slewe him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esarhaddon his sonne reigned in his steade.
Gbe ɖeka esi wònɔ gbe dom ɖa le eƒe mawu, Nisrɔk ƒe gbedoxɔ me la, via ŋutsu eve, Adramelek kple Sarezer, wowui kple yi hesi yi Ararat eye via Esarhadon ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
