2 Kings 18
1 After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
Bara Hoosheeʼaa ilma Eelaa mooticha Israaʼel keessa waggaa sadaffaatti Hisqiyaas ilmi Aahaaz mooticha Yihuudaa mootii taʼee bulchuu jalqabe.
2 He was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah] and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
Inni Yeroo mootii taʼetti nama waggaa digdamii shan ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa digdamii sagal bulche. Maqaan haadha isaa Abiiyaa ture; isheenis intala Zakkaariyaas.
3 Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
Innis akkuma Daawit abbaan isaa godhe sana fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan qajeelaa hojjete.
4 He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars [for worshiping the goddess Asherah]. He also broke into pieces the bronze [replica/statue of a] snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it.
Inni iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen gaarran irraa diige; dhagaawwan waaqeffannaa caccabsee siidaawwan Aasheeraa illee burkuteesse. Sababii Israaʼeloonni hamma bara sanaatti ixaana aarsaafii turaniif inni fakkii bofaa kan Museen naasii irraa hojjete sana illee ni caccabse. Fakkiin bofaa sun Nehushtaan jedhamee waamama ture.
5 Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped.] There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as [devoted to Yahweh as] he was.
Hisqiyaas Waaqayyo Waaqa Israaʼel amanate. Mootota Yihuudaa hunda keessaa namni akka isaa tokko iyyuu isa duraan yookaan isa duubaan hin turre.
6 He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
Inni jabaatee Waaqayyotti hiiqe malee isa duukaa buʼuu hin dhiisne; seera Waaqayyo Museef kenne sanas ni eege.
7 Yahweh always (helped/was with) him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to (pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do).
Waaqayyos isa wajjin ture; inni waan hojjete hunda keessatti ni milkaaʼe. Inni mootii Asooritti fincile malee isa hin tajaajille.
8 His army defeated [the soldiers of] Philistia as far [south] as Gaza [city] and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls.
Inni gamoo eegumsaatii jalqabee hamma magaalaa dallaa jabaa qabuutti, hamma Gaazaattii fi daangaa isheetti Filisxeemota ni moʼate.
9 After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, [the army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria [city].
Waggaa afuraffaa bara Hisqiyaas mootichaa keessa jechuunis waggaa torbaffaa bara Hoosheeʼaa ilma Eelaa mooticha Israaʼel keessa Shalmaneseer mootichi Asoor Samaariyaatti duulee marsee ishee qabate.
10 In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years.
Dhuma waggaa sadaffaatti Asooronni ishee fudhatan. Akkasiinis Samaariyaan waggaa jaʼaffaa bara mootummaa Hisqiyaas keessa, waggaa saglaffaa bara Hoosheeʼaa mooticha Israaʼel keessa ni fudhatamte.
11 The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah [town], some were taken to a place near the Habor [River] in [the] Gozan [region], and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live.
Mootiin Asooris Israaʼeloota boojiʼee Asooritti geessee Halaa keessa, Goozaan keessa, Laga Haaboor biraa fi magaalaawwan Midiyaan keessa ni qubachiise.
12 That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh [very well], had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them.
Wanni kun sababii isaan Waaqayyo Waaqa isaaniitiif ajajamuu didanii kakuu isaa, ajaja Museen garbichi Waaqayyoo isaaniif kenne hunda cabsaniif isaanitti dhufe. Isaan ajaja sana hin dhaggeeffanne yookaan hojii irra hin oolchine.
13 After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, [the army of] King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They [did not capture Jerusalem, but they] captured all the other cities.
Bara mootummaa Hisqiyaas mootichaa keessa waggaa kudha afuraffaatti, Senaaheriib mootichi Asoor magaalaawwan Yihuudaa kanneen dallaa jabaa qaban hunda lolee ni qabate.
14 King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please [tell your soldiers to] stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him (ten tons/9,000 kg.) of silver and (one ton/900 kg.) of gold.
Kanaafuu Hisqiyaas mootichi Yihuudaa, “Ani balleessaa hojjedheera. Biyya koo keessaa naa baʼi; ani waan ati na gaafattu kam iyyuu siifin kennaa” jedhee gara Laakkiishitti mooticha Asooritti ergaa ergate. Mootichi Asooris, “Meetii taalaantii dhibba sadii fi warqee taalaantii soddoma naa kenni” jedhee Hisqiyaas mooticha Yihuudaa ni gaafate.
15 So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
Kanaafuu Hisqiyaas meetii mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo keessattii fi kan mankuusaa masaraa mootummaa keessatti argamu hunda guuree kenneef.
16 Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria.
Yeroo kanatti Hisqiyaas mootichi Yihuudaa warqee balbalaa fi dhaaba balbala mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyootti uffisee ture irraa baasee mootii Asooriif kenne.
17 But the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
Ergasii Mootichi Asoor ajajaa waraanaa isaa ol aanaa, ajajaa hangafaa fi ajajaa waraana isaa loltoota hedduu wajjin Laakkiishii gara Yerusaalemitti Hisqiyaas mootichatti ni erge. Isaanis Yerusaalem dhufanii boʼoo haroo ol aanuu bira karaa lafa qotiisaa namicha wayyaa miicuutti geessu irra dhadhaabatan.
18 They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials [to talk to them]. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people.
Isaan mooticha ni waamsifatan; Eliiyaaqiim ilmi Hilqiyaa bulchaan masaraa mootummaa, Shebnaa barreessaanii fi Yooʼaa ilmi Asaaf galmeessaan isaanitti gad baʼan.
19 One of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the king of Assyria, the great king, says: ‘What are you trusting in [to rescue you] [RHQ]?
Ajajaan waraanaa sunis akkana isaaniin jedhe; “Akkana jedhaa Hisqiyaasitti himaa: “‘Mootiin guddaan, mootichi Asoor akkana jedha: Of amanachuu kee kana maal irratti hundeeffatte?
20 You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us, ] but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
Ati, “Ani tooftaa fi jabina waraanaa qaba” jetta; garuu dubbii faayidaa hin qabne dubbatta. Ati eenyun abdattee natti fincilta?
21 Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But that is like [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the king of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
Kunoo ati Gibxin jechuunis ulee shambaqqoo caccabaa harka nama isatti irkatu kamii iyyuu waraanee madeessu sana abdatteerta! Faraʼoon mootichi Gibxis nama isa abdatu hundaaf akkasuma.
22 But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are (relying on/trusting in) Yahweh our God [to help us].” [I would reply, ] “Is he not the one whom you [insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship only in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?”’
Yoo isin, “Nu Waaqayyo Waaqa keenya abdanna” naan jettan, inni isuma Hisqiyaas iddoowwan sagadaa isaatii fi iddoowwan aarsaa isaa diigee Yihuudaa fi Yerusaalemiin, “Isin fuula iddoo aarsaa kan Yerusaalem keessaa kana duratti waaqeffachuu qabdu” jedhe sana mitii?
23 So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
“‘Amma kottuutii gooftaa koo mooticha Asoor wajjin dubbadhu; anis yoo ati namoota farda yaabbatan qopheeffachuu dandeesse fardeen kuma lama siifin kenna!
24 You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
Ati yoo gaariiwwanii fi abbootii fardaatiif jettee Gibxin abdatte iyyuu akkamiin qondaaltota gooftaa kootii keessaa ajajaa gad aanaa isaa illee of irraa deebisuu dandeessa?
25 Furthermore, (do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.) [RHQ] It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
Ati waan ani dubbii Waaqayyoo malee iddoo kana lolee barbadeessuuf dhufe seetaa? Waaqayyo mataan isaa akka ani biyya kanatti duulee ishee barbadeessu natti dubbateera.’”
26 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and be frightened].”
Kana irratti Eliiyaaqiim ilma Hilqiyaa, Shebnaa fi Yooʼaa ajajaa waraanaa sanaan, “Maaloo waan nu dhageenyuuf afaan warra Araamaayikiitiin garboota keetti dubbadhu. Utuma namoonni dallaa irra jiran dhagaʼanii afaan Ibrootaatiin nutti hin dubbatin” jedhan.
27 But the official replied, “Do you think [RHQ] that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? [If you reject this message, ] the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
Ajajaan waraanaa sun garuu akkana jedhee deebise; “Namni gooftaan koo akka ani waan kana itti himuuf itti na erge gooftaa keessanii fi isin qofaa? Namoota dallaa irra tataaʼan warra akkuma keessan udaan ofii isaanii nyaatanii fincaan ofii isaanii dhuguu qabaniifis mitii?”
28 Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the king of Assyria. He says,
Ergasii ajajaan waraanaa sun ol kaʼee afaan Ibrootaatiin akkana jedhe; “Dubbii mooticha guddaa, dubbii mootii Asoor dhagaʼaa!
29 ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
Mootichi akkana jedha: Hisqiyaas isin hin gowwoomsin. Inni harka kootii isin baasuu hin dandaʼu.
30 Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’
Hisqiyaas, ‘Waaqayyo dhugumaan nu baasa; magaalaan kunis dabarfamtee harka mooticha Asooritti hin kennamtu’ jechuudhaan akka isin Waaqayyoon amanattaniif isin hin sossobin.
31 “Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines, and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells.
“Hisqiyaasin hin dhaggeeffatinaa. Mootiin Asoor akkana jedha: Ana wajjin walii galtee nagaa dhaabbadhaatii natti gad baʼaa. Ergasii tokkoon tokkoon keessan muka wayiniitii fi muka harbuu keessan irraa ni nyaattu; boolla bishaan keessanii keessaas ni dhugdu;
32 You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to [produce grapes for making] wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you!
kunis hamma ani dhufee gara biyya akkuma biyya keessanii jirtuu, gara biyya midhaanii fi daadhii wayinii haaraatti, gara biyya buddeenaa fi iddoo dhaabaa wayiniitti, gara biyya muka ejersaatii fi dammaatti isin geessutti taʼa. Isin jireenya filadhaa malee duʼa hin filatinaa! “Waan inni, ‘Waaqayyo nu baraara’ jedhee isin dogoggorsuuf Hisqiyaasin hin dhagaʼinaa.
33 The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
Waaqni saboota kamii iyyuu takkumaa harka mooticha Asoor keessaa biyya ofii baafatee beekaa?
34 Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities] unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria [RHQ]? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, [towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared] [RHQ]? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
Waaqonni Hamaatii fi waaqonni Arfaad eessa jiru? Waaqonni Seefarwaayim, waaqonni Heenaatii fi Iwaa eessa jiru? Isaan harka koo keessaa Samaariyaa baasaniiruu?
35 No, none of the gods of the countries [that my army attacked] rescued their people [RHQ] from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
Waaqota biyyoota kanneenii hunda keessaa kamtu harka koo keessaa biyya isaa baasuu dandaʼe? Yoos Waaqayyo akkamiin harka koo keessaa Yerusaalemin baasuu dandaʼa ree?”
36 But the people [who were listening] stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you, ] do not answer him.”
Namoonni garuu sababii mootichi, “Deebii hin kenninaafii” jedhee ajajeef inuma calʼisan malee deebii tokko iyyuu hin kennine.
37 Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed], and they told him what the official from Assyria had said.
Kana irratti Eliiyaaqiim ilmi Hilqiyaa bulchaan masaraa mootummaa, Shebnaa barreessaanii fi Yooʼaa ilmi Asaaf galmeessaan uffata isaanii tatarsaasanii gara Hisqiyaas dhaqanii waan ajajaan waraanaa sun jedhe itti ni himan.
