Isaiah 37
1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went 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, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son 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 said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is 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 servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Esi fia Hezekia ƒe ame dɔdɔwo va Yesaya gbɔ la,
6 And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have 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 Behold, I will send a wind upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own 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 Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had 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 And he heard it said concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent 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 speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
“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 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Meka ɖe edzi be, èse nu siwo Asiria fiawo tu kple dukɔwo katã, eye wotsrɔ̃ wo gbidigbidi. Ke woaɖe wò ya?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in 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 Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
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 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and 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 to the LORD, saying,
Emegbe la, edo gbe ɖa na Yehowa be:
16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and 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 Incline thy ear, O LORD, and hear; open thy eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to reproach the living 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 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
“O! Yehowa, enye nyateƒe be Asiria fiawo na be ame siawo kple woƒe anyigbawo zu gbegbe.
19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have 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 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
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 son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Though thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
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 word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem 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 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted thy eyes on high? even 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 servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots have I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into the height of its border, and the forest of his Carmel.
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 have dug, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
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 long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
“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 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
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 abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
“Ke menya afi si nèle. Menya ɣeyiɣi si nèdona gagbɔna, eye menya ale si nèdo dɔmedzoe ɖe ŋunye.
29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which 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 shall be a sign to thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
“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 hath escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Ava eme be ame siwo susɔ na Yuda ƒe aƒe la woato ke, eye woatse ku,
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape from mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do 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 saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, 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 way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, 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 city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
“Maʋli du sia ta aɖee le nye ŋutɔ kple David, nye dɔla ta!”
36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
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 Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Ale Asiria fia, Senakerib kaka asaɖa la, eye wòho dzo. Etrɔ yi Ninive, eye wònɔ afi ma.
38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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.
