2 Kings 18
1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
Mu mwaka ogwokusatu ogw’obufuzi bwa Koseya mutabani wa Era kabaka wa Isirayiri, Keezeekiya mutabani wa Akazi kabaka wa Yuda, n’atandika okufuga.
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
Yali wa myaka amakumi abiri mu etaano, we yatandikira okufuga, n’afugira emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda mu Yerusaalemi, n’erinnya lya nnyina ye yali Abi muwala wa Zekkaliya.
3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
N’akola ebirungi mu maaso ga Mukama nga jjajjaawe Dawudi bwe yakola.
4 He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did offer to it; and it was called Nehushtan.
N’aggyawo ebifo ebigulumivu n’amenyaamenya amayinja amoole, n’atema n’empagi eza Baasera. N’amenyaamenya omusota ogw’ekikomo Musa gwe yakola, kubanga ne mu biro ebyo Abayisirayiri baagwoterezangako obubaane.
5 He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
Keezeekiya yeesiga Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri, ne wataba n’omu eyamwenkana ku bakabaka bonna aba Yuda mu abo abaamusooka ne mu abo abamuddirira.
6 For he cleaved to the LORD, he departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
N’anywerera ku Mukama, n’ataleka kumugoberera, era n’akuuma n’amateeka Mukama ge yawa Musa.
7 And the LORD was with him: whithersoever he went forth he prospered; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
Mukama n’abeera wamu naye, era n’abeera n’omukisa mu buli kye yakolanga. N’agyemera kabaka w’e Bwasuli, n’agaana okumuweereza.
8 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
N’awangula Abafirisuuti, mu buli kigo na buli kibuga ekyaliko bbugwe, okuva e Gaza n’okutuuka ku nsalo zaakyo.
9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
Mu mwaka ogwokuna ogw’obufuzi bwa Keezeekiya, ate nga gwe mwaka ogw’omusanvu ogw’obufuzi bwa Koseya mutabani wa Era, kabaka wa Isirayiri, Salumaneseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’alumba Samaliya n’akizingiza.
10 And at the end of three years they took it; even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
Bwe wayitawo emyaka esatu, mu mwaka ogw’omukaga ogw’obufuzi bwa Keezeekiya, ate nga gwe mwaka ogw’omwenda ogwa Koseya kabaka wa Isirayiri, Samaliya ne kiwambibwa.
11 And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes;
Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’atwala Abayisirayiri e Bwasuli mu buwaŋŋanguse, n’abateeka mu Kala, ne mu Kaboli ku mugga gw’e Gozani ne mu bibuga by’Abameedi,
12 because they hearkened not to the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
kubanga tebagondera ddoboozi lya Mukama Katonda waabwe, naye baasobya endagaano ye, n’ebyo byonna Musa omuddu wa Katonda bye yalagira. Naye ne batabiwulirizza wadde okubigondera.
13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
Awo mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ena ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Keezeekiya, Sennakeribu kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’alumba ebibuga byonna ebyaliko bbugwe ebya Yuda, n’abiwamba.
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Awo Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda n’aweereza obubaka eri kabaka w’e Bwasuli e Lakisi ng’agamba nti, “Nnyonoonye mu maaso go; ddayo ondeke. Nnaakusasula byonna by’ononsalira.” Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’awooza ku Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda ttani kkumi eza ffeeza ne ttani emu eya zaabu.
15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Keezeekiya n’amuwa ffeeza yonna eyali mu yeekaalu ya Mukama n’eyo eyali mu mawanika ag’omu lubiri.
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the door-posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
Mu kiseera ekyo Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda n’aggyako zaabu gwe yali atadde ku nzigi ne ku minyolo egya yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’amuwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fullers' field.
Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’atuma Talutani, omuduumizi we ow’oku ntikko, Labusalisi, omukulu wa bakungu, ne Labusake omuduumizi we alwanira ku ttale n’eggye eddene, okuva e Lakisi okugenda ewa kabaka Keezeekiya e Yerusaalemi. Ne batuuka e Yerusaalemi, ne bakoma awali olusalosalo olw’ekidiba eky’engulu ekiri ku kkubo ery’Ennimiro ey’Omwozi w’Engoye.
18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
Awo ne bayita kabaka, naye Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya eyali ssabakaaki, Sebuna omuwandiisi ne Yowa mutabani wa Asafu omujjukiza ne bagenda gye bali.
19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Say ye now to Hezekiah: Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Awo Labusake n’abagamba nti, “Mutegeeze Keezeekiya nti, “‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, Kiki kye weesiga?
20 Sayest thou that a mere word of the lips is counsel and strength for the war? Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
Olowooza nti ebigambo obugambo, kakoddyo akalaga amaanyi n’obuvumu mu kulwana? Ani gwe weesiga, n’okujeema n’onjeemera?
21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Laba nno, weesize Misiri, olumuli olwo olwatifu, oluyinza okufumita omukono gw’omuntu ne lumuleetako ekiwundu. Bw’atyo bw’ali Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri eri abo bonna abamwesiga.
22 But if ye say unto me: We trust in the LORD our God; is not that He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem: Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
Ate era bw’oŋŋamba nti, “Twesize Mukama Katonda waffe,” oyo si y’omu Keezeekiya gwe yaggyirawo ebifo ebigulumivu n’ebyoto, ng’agamba Yuda ne Yerusaalemi nti, “Munaasinzizanga mu maaso g’ekyoto kino mu Yerusaalemi”?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
“‘Kale nno, jjangu oteese ne mukama wange kabaka w’e Bwasuli, nange n’akuwa embalaasi enkumi bbiri bw’onooba ng’olina abeebagazi.
24 How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain, even of the least of my masters servants? and yet thou puttest thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
Onooyinza otya okuwangula omu ku baserikale ba mukama wange asembayo, bw’onooba nga weesiga amagaali n’abeebagala embalaasi ab’e Misiri?
25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said unto me: Go up against this land, destroy it.'
Olowooza nti nnyinza okujja okutabaala ekifo kino n’okukizikiriza awatali kigambo kya Mukama? Mukama yennyini yaŋŋambye nyambuke nzikirize ensi eno.’”
26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh: 'Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Aramean language; for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.'
Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya, Sebuna ne Yowa ne bagamba Labusake nti, “Tukwegayiridde yogera eri abaddu bo mu lulimi Olusuuli, kubanga tulutegeera. Toyogera naffe mu lulimi olw’Abayudaaya ng’abantu bonna abali ku bbugwe bawuliriza.”
27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?'
Naye Labusake n’abaddamu nti, “Mulowooza nti mukama wange yantuma eri mukama wammwe n’eri mmwe okwogera ebigambo bino, so si eri abasajja abatudde ku bbugwe, abali mu kabi nammwe kubanga okufaanana nga mmwe bagenda kulya empitambi yaabwe n’okunywa omusulo gwabwe?”
28 Then Rab-shakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying: 'Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Awo Labusake n’ayimirira n’akoowoola mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka mu lulimi olw’Abayudaaya nti, “Muwulire ekigambo kya kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli!
29 Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand;
Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka nti, ‘Keezeekiya tabalimbanga, kubanga taliyinza kubalokola mu mukono gwange.
30 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying: The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Temuganya Keezeekiya kubasendasenda mwesige Mukama ng’agamba nti, Mukama alibalokola, era n’ekibuga kino tekiriweebwayo mu mukono gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.’
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
“Temuwuliriza Keezeekiya. Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, ‘Mutabagane nange mujje gye ndi, buli omu ku mmwe anywe okuva mu muzabbibu ggwe, buli muntu ku mutiini gwe, na buli muntu anywe amazzi ag’omu kidiba kye ye;
32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying: The LORD will deliver us.
okutuusa lwe ndijja ne mbatwala mu nsi efaanana ensi yammwe, ensi ey’eŋŋaano n’omwenge omusu, ensi ey’emigaati n’ennimiro ez’emizabbibu, ensi ey’amafuta aga zeyituuni n’omubisi gw’enjuki, mube balamu muleme okufa.’ “Temuwuliriza Keezeekiya kubanga abawabya bw’agamba nti, ‘Mukama alibalokola.’
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Waliwo katonda n’omu owa baamawanga eyali alokodde ensi ye mu mukono gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Bali ludda wa bakatonda b’e Kamasi n’ab’e Alupadi? Bali ludda wa bakatonda b’e Sefavayimu, ab’e Kena n’ab’e Yiva? Baali balokodde Samaliya mu mukono gwange?
35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
Ani ku bakatonda abo bonna ab’ensi ezo eyali alokodde ensi ye mu mukono gwange, mulyoke mulowooze nti Mukama alirokola Yerusaalemi mu mukono gwange?”
36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.'
Naye abantu ne basirika ne bataddamu kigambo na kimu, kubanga kabaka yali alagidde nti, “Temumuddamu.”
37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya, eyali ssabakaaki, ne Sebuna omuwandiisi ne Yowa mutabani wa Asafu omujjukiza ne bagenda eri Keezeekiya nga bayuzizza engoye zaabwe, ne bamutegeeza ebigambo Labusake bye yali ayogedde.
