Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
Ket napasamak nga idi nangngeg ni Ari Ezekias ti impadamagda, rinay-abna dagiti kawesna, nagkawes isuna iti nakersang a lupot, ket simrek iti balay ni Yahweh.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
Imbaonna ni Eliakim a mangimatmaton iti palasio, ni Sebna nga eskriba, ken dagiti panglakayen dagiti padi a mapan kenni Isaias a profeta a lalaki a putot ni Amos, nakakawesda amin iti nakersang a lupot.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Kinunada kenkuana, “Kuna ni Ezekias, 'Daytoy nga aldaw ket aldaw ti panagsagaba, pannakatubngar, ken pannakaibabain, kas iti tiempo a dandanin a maipasngay ti maysa a maladaga, ngem awan ti pigsa ti ina a mangipasngay iti anakna.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Nalabit a denggen ni Yahweh a Diosmo dagiti sasao ti panguloen a mangidadaulo, nga imbaon ti ari ti Asiria nga apona a mangkarit iti sibibiag a Dios, ket tubngarenna dagiti sasao a nangngeg ni Yahweh a Diosmo. Ita, ikararagam dagiti nabatbati nga adda pay laeng ditoy.”
5 After those men gave me that message,
Napan ngarud kenni Isaias dagiti adipen ni Ari Ezekias,
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
ket kinuna ni Isaias kadakuada, “Ibagayo iti apoyo: 'Kuna ni Yahweh, “Saanka nga agbuteng kadagiti sasao a nangngegmo, a pananglais kaniak dagiti adipen ti ari ti Asiria.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
Denggem, mangikabilak iti maysa nga espiritu kenkuana, ket makangngegto isuna iti damag ket agsubli isuna iti dagana. Ipapasagkonto isuna babaen iti kampilan iti bukodna a daga.'”
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Kalpasanna, nagsubli ti panguloen a mangidadaulo ket nasarakanna ti ari ti Asiria a makigubgubat iti Libna, ta nangngegna a pimmanaw ti ari iti Lakis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
Ket nangngeg ni Senakerib a nagsagana a manggubat kenkuana ni Tirhaka nga ari ti Etiopia ken Egipto, isu a nangibaon manen isuna kadagiti mensahero kenni Ezekias, kastoy ti kuna ti mensahe:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
“Ibagayo kenni Ezekias nga ari ti Juda, 'Saanmo nga ipalubos nga allilawennaka ti Diosmo a pagtaltalkam, a kunana, “Saan a maiyawat ti Jerusalem iti ima ti ari ti Asiria.”
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Kitaem, nangngegmo no ania ti inaramid dagiti ari ti Asiria kadagiti amin a dagdaga babaen iti naan-anay a panangdadaelda kadakuada. Isu a maispalkanto kadi?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
Inispal kadi ida dagiti dios dagiti nasion, dagiti nasion a dinadael dagiti ammak: ti Gozan, Haran, Resef, ken dagiti tattao ti Eden idiay Telasar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
Sadino ti ayan ti ari ti Hamat, ti ari ti Arpad, ti ari dagiti siudad ti Sefarvaim, ti Hena, ken Ivva?'”
14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Inawat ni Ezekias daytoy a surat manipud kadagiti mensahero ket binasana daytoy. Ket simmang-at isuna a napan iti balay ni Yahweh ket inukradna daytoy iti sangoanan ni Yahweh.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Nagkararag ni Ezekias kenni Yahweh:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
“O Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin, a Dios ti Israel, sika a nakatugaw iti ngatoen dagiti kerubim, sika laeng ti Dios a mangiturturay iti amin a pagarian iti lubong. Pinarsuam ti langit ken ti daga.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Ibaw-ingmo ti lapayagmo, O Yahweh, ket denggem. Luktam dagiti matam, O Yahweh, ket kitaem, ken denggem dagiti sasao ni Senakerib, nga impatulodna tapno laisenna ti sibibiag a Dios.
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
Pudno, O Yahweh, a dinadael dagiti ari ti Asiria dagiti amin a nasion ken dagiti dagada.
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
Pinuoranda dagiti dios dagidiay a nasion, ta saanda a dios no di ket aramid dagiti ima dagiti tattao, kayo ken bato laeng. Isu a dinadael ida dagiti taga-Asiria.
20 So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
Isu nga ita, O Yahweh a Diosmi, isalakannakami manipud iti pannakabalinna, tapno maammoan koma dagiti amin a pagarian iti lubong a sika laeng ti agmaymaysa a Yahweh.
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Ket nangipatulod iti mensahe ni Isaias nga anak ni Amos kenni Ezekias, a kunana, “Kuna ni Yahweh a Dios ti Israel, 'Gapu ta nagkararagka kaniak maipapan kenni Senakerib nga ari ti Asiria,
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
daytoy ti sao nga imbaga ni Yahweh maipapan kenkuana: “Um-umsiennaka ti birhen nga anak ti Sion ken katkatawaannaka tapno laisennaka; iwingwingiwing iti anak ti Jerusalem ti ulona kenka.
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
Siasino kadi ti kinarit ken linaismo? Ken siasino kadi ti pinukkawam ken nangitangadam kadagiti matam a sitatangsit? Iti Nasantoan ti Israel.
24 The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Babaen kadagiti adipenmo, kinaritmo ti Apo ket kinunam, ‘Simmang-atak kadagiti nangangato a tapaw dagiti bantay a kaduak dagiti adu a karwahek, iti kangatoan a disso ti Lebanon. Pukanekto dagiti natayag a sedro daytoy ken dagiti kasasayaatan a kayo ti saleng sadiay, ken sumrekakto iti kaadaywan a nangato a disso, ti nabunga a bakir daytoy.
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
Nangkaliak kadagiti bubon ken imminumak iti danum dagiti gangganaet; pinatianak dagiti amin a karayan ti Egipto iti dapan dagiti sakak.'
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
Saanmo kadi a nangngeg no kasano nga inkeddengko daytoy idi un-una a panawen ken no kasano nga inaramidko daytoy idi un-una a tiempo? Ita, ipatpatungpalko daytoy. Addaka ditoy tapno pagbalinen a gabsuon dagiti narba dagiti siudad a narigat a maraut.
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Dagiti agnanaed kadagitoy, a nakapsut ket mariribukan ken mapababainan. Kaslada kadagiti mulmula iti tay-ak, nalangto a ruot, ti ruot iti atep wenno iti tay-ak, a magango no puk-oyan ti napudot nga angin manipud iti daya.
28 [But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Ngem ammok ti panagtugawmo, ti panagruarmo, ti panagserrekmo, ken ti panagpungtotmo kaniak.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
Gapu iti panagpungtotmo kaniak, ken gapu ta dimmanun kadagiti lapayagko ti kinatangsitmo, ikabilkonto ti kaw-itko iti agongmo, ken busalankanto; isublikanto iti isu met laeng a dalan nga immayam.”
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
Daytoyto ti pagilasinam: Iti daytoy a tawen, mangankayonto kadagiti balang, ken iti maikadua a tawen ket ti agsaringit manipud iti dayta. Ngem iti maikatlo a tawen, masapul nga agmula ken agapitkayo, agmulakayo kadagiti ubas ket kanenyo dagiti bungada.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Ti nabati a nakalasat iti balay ti Juda ket agramutto manen ken agbunga.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
Ta rummuarto dagiti nabati manipud iti Jerusalem; rummuarto dagiti nakalasat manipud iti Bantay Sion.' Aramidento daytoy iti regta ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin.”
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
Ngarud, kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh maipapan iti ari ti Asiria: “Saanto isuna a sumrek iti daytoy a siudad, wenno mangibiat iti pana ditoy. Ken saanto isuna nga umay iti sangoanan daytoy nga addaan iti kalasag wenno mangaramid iti pagbatayanna a manglakub iti daytoy.
34 And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Ti dalan a nagnaanna nga immay ket isunto met laeng ti dalan a pagnaanna a pumanaw; saan isuna a sumrek iti daytoy a siudad. Daytoy ti pakaammo ni Yahweh.
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Ta salaknibakto ken ispalekto daytoy a siudad, gapu kaniak ken gapu kenni David nga adipenko.”
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Kalpasanna, rimmuar ti anghel ni Yahweh ket rinautna ti kampo dagiti taga-Asiria, pinatayna ti 185, 000 a mannakigubat. Idi bimmangon dagiti tattao iti parbangon, agkakaiwara dagiti bangkay.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Isu a pimmanaw ni Senakerib nga ari ti Asiria iti Israel ket nagawid ken nagtalinaed iti Nineve.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
Saan a nagbayag, kabayatan nga agdaydayaw isuna iti balay ni Nisroc a diosna, pinatay isuna dagiti annakna a ni Adramalec ken ni Sarazer babaen iti kampilan. Ket naglibasda a napan iti daga ti Ararat. Ket ni Esarhadon nga anakna ti nagturay a kas ari a simmukat kenkuana.
