2 Chronicles 32
1 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came and entered Judah. He camped to attack the fortified cities, which he intended to capture for himself.
Na rĩrĩ, thuutha wa maũndũ marĩa mothe Hezekia ekĩte na wĩhokeku, Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩũka agĩtharĩkĩra Juda. Nake agĩthiũrũrũkĩria matũũra manene marĩa mairigĩirwo na thingo cia hinya eeciirĩtie kũmahoota matuĩke make.
2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to fight against Jerusalem,
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Hezekia onire atĩ Senakeribu nĩoka na atĩ muoroto wake warĩ kũhũũra Jerusalemu,
3 he consulted with his leaders and his powerful men to stop up the waters of the springs that were outside the city; they helped him do so.
magĩciira na anene ake o na atongoria a thigari cia ita ũrĩa mekũhingĩrĩria maaĩ kuuma ithima-inĩ cia nja ya itũũra inene, nao makĩmũteithia.
4 So many people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that was flowing through the middle of the land. They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find a lot of water?”
Kĩrĩndĩ kĩnene kĩa andũ gĩkĩũngana, nakĩo gĩkĩhinga ithima ciothe na tũrũũĩ tũrĩa twathereragĩra bũrũri-inĩ. Makĩũria atĩrĩ, “Athamaki a Ashuri-rĩ, megũka makore maaĩ maingĩ ũũ nĩkĩ?”
5 Hezekiah took courage and built up all the wall that was broken down. He built the towers higher, and also the other wall outside. He also strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and he made large amounts of weapons and shields.
Ningĩ akĩruta wĩra mũingĩ wa gũcookereria rũthingo kũrĩa guothe rwamomoretwo, na agĩaka mĩthiringo mĩraihu na igũrũ rĩa ruo. Agĩaka rũthingo rũngĩ nja ya rũu, nacio ngĩĩka iria ciarũgamĩtie Itũũra rĩa Daudi agĩcinyiitia. O na agĩthondeka indo cia mbaara nyingĩ, o hamwe na ngo.
6 He placed military commanders over the people. He gathered them together to him in the broad place at the city gate and spoke encouragingly to them. He said,
Agĩthuura anene a mbũtũ cia ita marũgamĩrĩre andũ, na agĩtũma mongane mbere yake nja-inĩ ya kĩhingo gĩa itũũra inene, nake akĩmomĩrĩria na ciugo ici:
7 “Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and all the army that is with him, for someone is with us who is greater than those with him.
“Gĩai na hinya na mũũmĩrĩrie. Mũtigetigĩre, kana mũkue ngoro nĩ ũndũ wa mũthamaki wa Ashuri na mbũtũ nene ya ita ĩrĩa arĩ nayo, nĩgũkorwo tũrĩ na hinya mũnene mũno gũkĩra ũrĩa arĩ naguo.
8 With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is Yahweh, our God, to help us, and to fight our battles.” Then the people comforted themselves with the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
Kĩrĩa we arĩ nakĩo no hinya wa mwĩrĩ; no ithuĩ tũrĩ na Jehova Ngai witũ, na nĩegũtũteithia, na arũe mbaara ciitũ.” Nao andũ makĩũmĩrĩria kuumana na ciugo iria Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda oigire.
9 After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem (now he was in front of Lachish, and all his army was with him), to Hezekiah, king of Judah, and to all of Judah who were in Jerusalem. He said,
Thuutha ũcio, rĩrĩa Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri na mbũtũ ciake ciothe maathiũrũrũkĩirie Lakishi, agĩtũma anene ake Jerusalemu matwarĩre Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda, o na andũ othe a Juda arĩa maarĩ kuo, ndũmĩrĩri ĩno:
10 “This is what Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says: What are you relying on in order to endure a siege in Jerusalem?
“Ũũ nĩguo Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri ekuuga: Mũrutĩte ũmĩrĩru wanyu kũ, nĩguo mũikare Jerusalemu, kũndũ gũthiũrũrũkĩrie?
11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, 'Yahweh our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria'?
Rĩrĩa Hezekia ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova Ngai witũ nĩegũtũhonokia guoko-inĩ kwa mũthamaki wa Suriata,’ nĩaramũhĩtithia, atũme mũkue nĩ ngʼaragu na nyoota.
12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, 'On one altar you must worship, and on it you must burn your sacrifices'?
Githĩ Hezekia we mwene ndeheririe kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru kwa ngai ĩyo, o na akĩeheria igongona ciayo, na akĩĩra Juda na Jerusalemu atĩrĩ, ‘No nginya mũhooere kĩgongona-inĩ kĩmwe na mũcinagĩre magongona ho’?
13 Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of the peoples of the surrounding lands able in any way to rescue their land from my power?
“Kaĩ mũtooĩ ũrĩa niĩ na maithe maitũ twĩkĩte andũ othe a mabũrũri marĩa mangĩ? Nacio ngai cia ndũrĩrĩ icio-rĩ, nĩciakĩhotire o na rĩ kũgitĩra bũrũri wao kuuma moko-inĩ makwa?
14 Among all the gods of those nations that my ancestors completely destroyed, was there any god who could rescue his people out of my hand? Why should your God be able to rescue you from my power?
Nĩ ngai ĩrĩkũ ya icio cia ndũrĩrĩ iria cianangirwo nĩ maithe makwa yahotire kũhonokia andũ ayo kuuma kũrĩ niĩ? Gwakĩhoteka atĩa ngai yanyu ĩmũgitĩre kuuma guoko-inĩ gwakwa?
15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my hand?”
Tondũ ũcio-rĩ, mũtigetĩkĩrie Hezekia amũheenie na amũhĩtithie ũguo. Mũtikamwĩtĩkie, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ ngai ya rũrĩrĩ kana ũthamaki o na ũrĩkũ ĩrĩ yahota kũhonokia andũ ayo kuuma guoko-inĩ gwakwa kana kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa maithe makwa! To ngai yanyu ĩngĩkĩhota kũmũhonokia kuuma guoko-inĩ gwakwa!”
16 Sennacherib's servants spoke even more against Yahweh God and against his servant Hezekiah.
Ndungata cia Senakeribu igĩthiĩ o na mbere kwaria mĩario ya gũũkĩrĩra Jehova Ngai o na gũũkĩrĩra ndungata yake Hezekia.
17 Sennacherib also wrote letters in order to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him. He said, “As the gods of the nations of the lands have not rescued their people out of my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not rescue his people out of my hand.”
Ningĩ mũthamaki akĩandĩka marũa ma kũruma Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli akĩmũũkĩrĩra, akiuga atĩrĩ, “O ta ũrĩa ngai cia ndũrĩrĩ cia mabũrũri marĩa mangĩ itaahotire kũhonokia andũ acio kuuma guoko-inĩ gwakwa-rĩ, noguo ngai ya Hezekia ĩtekũhota kũhonokia andũ ayo kuuma moko-inĩ makwa.”
18 They cried out in the language of the Jews to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, in order that they might capture the city.
Ningĩ makĩanĩrĩra na Kĩhibirania kũrĩ andũ a Jerusalemu arĩa maarĩ rũthingo igũrũ, nĩguo mamamakie na mamekĩre guoya nĩgeetha menyiitĩre itũũra rĩu inene.
19 They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which are merely the work of men's hands.
Magĩkĩaria ũhoro wa Ngai wa Jerusalemu o ta ũrĩa maaragia ũhoro wa ngai cia andũ arĩa angĩ a thĩ, o iria ciathondeketwo na moko ma andũ.
20 Hezekiah, the king, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed because of this matter and he cried out to heaven.
Mũthamaki Hezekia na mũnabii Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu makĩhooya manĩrĩire magĩkaĩra ũrĩa ũrĩ igũrũ nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũcio.
21 Yahweh sent an angel, who killed the fighting men, the commanders, and the officers of the king in the camp. So Sennacherib returned to his own land with shame on his face. When he had gone into the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.
Nake Jehova agĩtũma mũraika ũrĩa waniinire thigari ciothe cia mbaara na atongoria na anene arĩa maarĩ kambĩ-inĩ ya mũthamaki wa Ashuri. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Senakeribu akĩinũka gwake aconokete. Na rĩrĩa aatoonyire hekarũ ya ngai yake-rĩ, ariũ ake amwe makĩmũtemanga na rũhiũ rwa njora.
22 In this way, Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and gave them rest on every side.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩhonokia Hezekia na andũ a Jerusalemu kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri, o na kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa andũ arĩa angĩ othe. Akĩmamenyerera mĩena-inĩ yothe.
23 Many were bringing offerings to Yahweh in Jerusalem, and precious gifts to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was lifted up in the eyes of all nations from that time forward.
Andũ aingĩ magĩtwarĩra Jehova indo cia maruta kũu Jerusalemu, na magĩtwarĩra Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda iheo cia goro. Kuuma hĩndĩ ĩyo agĩtuĩka mũndũ mũtĩĩku mũno nĩ ndũrĩrĩ ciothe.
24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of dying. He prayed to Yahweh, who spoke to him and gave him a sign that he would be healed.
Matukũ-inĩ macio-rĩ, Hezekia akĩrwara hakuhĩ akue. Akĩhooya Jehova, nake Jehova akĩmũigua na akĩmuonia kĩmenyithia kĩa mwanya.
25 But Hezekiah did not pay back Yahweh for the help given to him, for his heart was lifted up. So anger came on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
No rĩrĩ, ngoro ya Hezekia ĩkĩiyũrwo nĩ mwĩtĩĩo na akĩaga kũrũmbũiya ũtugi ũcio oonetio; nĩ ũndũ ũcio mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova makĩmũkora o na magĩkora Juda na Jerusalemu.
26 Nevertheless, Hezekiah later humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that Yahweh's anger did not come on them during Hezekiah's days.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Hezekia akĩĩrira mehia ma mwĩtĩĩo wa ngoro yake, o ta ũrĩa andũ a Jerusalemu meekire, nĩ ũndũ ũcio mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova makĩaga kũmakinyĩrĩra matukũ-inĩ ma Hezekia.
27 Hezekiah had very many riches and much honor. He provided himself with storerooms for silver, gold, precious stones, and for spices, as well as for shields and for all kinds of valuable objects.
Hezekia aarĩ na ũtonga mũingĩ mũno o na agatĩĩka, nake agĩaka makũmbĩ ma kũiga betha na thahabu, o na ma tũhiga twake twa goro, na mahuti manungi wega, na ngo, na indo ciothe cia bata.
28 He also had storehouses for the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of animals. He also had flocks in their pens.
O na ningĩ agĩaka makũmbĩ ma kũiga ngano yagethwo, na ma kũiga ndibei ya mũhihano, na maguta; na agĩaka ciugũ nĩ ũndũ wa ngʼombe na ndũũru cia ngʼondu.
29 In addition, he provided himself with cities and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very much wealth.
Nĩaakire tũtũũra na akĩgĩa na ndũũru nene cia ngʼondu na cia ngʼombe, nĩgũkorwo Ngai nĩamũheete ũtonga mũnene.
30 It was this same Hezekiah who also stopped up the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and who brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all his projects.
Hezekia nĩwe wahingĩrĩirie Gĩthima kĩa Gihoni mwena wa rũgongo, na akĩroria maaĩ makĩo mwena wa ithũĩro wa Itũũra Inene rĩa Daudi. Akĩgaacĩra maũndũ-inĩ marĩa mothe eekire.
31 However, in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to ask questions of those who knew, about the miraculous sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him, and to know all that was in his heart.
No rĩrĩa abarũthi maatũmirwo kũrĩ we nĩ aathani a Babuloni mamũũrie ũhoro wa rũũri rwa kĩmenyithia rũrĩa ruonekete bũrũri-inĩ-rĩ, Ngai akĩmũtiganĩria nĩguo amũgerie amenye maũndũ marĩa mothe maarĩ ngoro-inĩ yake.
32 As for the other matters concerning Hezekiah, including his actions of covenant loyalty, you can see that they are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Maũndũ marĩa mangĩ makoniĩ wathani wa Hezekia na wĩrutĩri wake nĩmandĩkĩtwo kĩoneki-inĩ kĩa mũnabii Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu, thĩinĩ wa ibuku rĩa athamaki a Juda na Isiraeli.
33 Hezekiah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him on the hill of the tombs of the descendants of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Manasseh his son became king in his place.
Hezekia akĩhurũka hamwe na maithe make na agĩthikwo kĩrĩma-inĩ kũrĩa mbĩrĩra cia andũ a rũciaro rwa Daudi ciarĩ. Nakuo Juda guothe na andũ a Jerusalemu makĩmũhe gĩtĩĩo aarĩkia gũkua. Nake mũriũ Manase agĩtuĩka mũthamaki ithenya rĩake.
