Isaiah 36
1 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
Awo olwatuuka, mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ena ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Keezeekiya, Sennakeribu kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’ayambuka okulumba ebibuga byonna ebya Yuda ebyali bizimbiddwako bbugwe n’abiwamba.
2 The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway.
Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’asindika Labusake omuduumizi we ow’oku ntikko okuva e Lakisi n’eggye eddene ayolekere Yerusaalemi ewa kabaka Keezeekiya. Omuduumizi ono n’asimba amakanda ku mabbali g’omukutu gw’amazzi omunene ku luguudo olugenda ku Nnimiro y’Omwozi w’Engoye.
3 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder came out to him.
Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya, eyali akulira olubiri, ne Sebuna omuwandiisi, ne Yoswa mutabani wa Asafu eyavunaanyizibwanga ebiwandiiko ne bafuluma okumusisinkana.
4 Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
Labusake n’abagamba nti, “Mugambe Keezeekiya nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, Kiki ddala kye weesiga?
5 I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Olowooza ebigambo obugambo birina amaanyi n’amagezi okuwangula olutalo. Ani gwe weesiga olyoke onjemere?
6 Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Laba weesiga Misiri, ogwo omuggo obuggo, olumuli olubetente, oluyinza okufumita engalo z’omuntu ng’alwesigamyeko: bw’atyo Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri bw’ayisa bonna abamwesiga.’
7 But if you tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?”
Naye bw’onoŋŋamba nti, ‘Twesiga Mukama Katonda waffe,’ si ye yali nannyini byoto n’ebifo ebigulumivu Keezeekiya bye yaggyawo n’agamba Yuda ne Yerusaalemi nti, ‘Mu maaso g’ekyoto kino we munaasinzizanga’?
8 Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
“‘Kale nno Mukama wange Kabaka w’e Bwasuli agamba nti, Ajja kukuwa embalaasi enkumi bbiri bw’obanga ddala olina abanaazeebagala.
9 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Mu mbeera eyo gy’olimu oyinza otya okuwangula wadde omuduumizi asembayo obunafu mu gye lyaffe ne bwe weesiga ebigaali n’embalaasi za Misiri?
10 Have I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’”
Ate ekirala olowooza nzize okulumba ensi eno n’okugizikiriza nga Mukama si y’andagidde? Mukama yaŋŋamba nnumbe ensi eno ngizikirize.’”
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
Awo Eriyakimu ne Sebuna ne Yoswa ne bagamba Labusake nti, “Tukwegayiridde yogera n’abaddu bo mu Lusuuli kubanga tulumanyi, toyogera naffe mu Luyudaaya ng’abantu abali ku bbugwe bawulira.”
12 But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
Naye Labusake n’ayogera nti, “Ebyo ebigambo Mukama wange yantumye kubyogera eri mukama wo n’eri ggwe mwekka, so si n’eri abasajja abatudde ku bbugwe abali nga mmwe abagenda okulya obubi bwabwe n’okunywa omusulo gwabwe?”
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
Awo Labusake n’ayimirira n’ayogera mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka mu lulimi olw’Abayudaaya nti, “Muwulire ebigambo bya kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
14 The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.
Kabaka agambye bw’ati nti, Temukkiriza Keezeekiya kubalimbalimba tayinza kubawonya.
15 Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us. This city won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”’
Temukkiriza Keezeekiya kubasigula ng’abagamba nti, ‘Mukama ddala ajja kutununula, ekibuga kino tekijja kugwa mu mukono gwa Bwasuli.’
16 Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
“Temuwuliriza Keezeekiya kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, ‘Mutabagane nange mufulume mujje gye ndi, olwo buli muntu ku mmwe lw’alirya ku muzabbibu gwe na buli muntu ku mutiini gwe, era buli omu alinywa ku mazzi ag’omu kidiba kye,
17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
okutuusa lwe ndijja ne mbatwalira ddala mu nsi efaanana ensi yammwe, ensi ey’eŋŋaano ne wayini, ensi ey’emigaati n’ennimiro ez’emizabbibu.’
18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?
“Mwekuume Keezeekiya aleme okubasendasenda ng’ayogera nti, ‘Mukama alibalokola.’ Waliwo katonda yenna ow’amawanga eyali awonyezza ensi ye mu mukono gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli?
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
Bali ludda wa bakatonda ab’e Kamasi ne Alupadi? Bali ludda wa bakatonda ab’e Sefarayimu? Baali bawonyezza Samaliya mu mukono gwange?
20 Who are they amongst all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
Baani ku bakatonda bonna ab’ensi ezo abaali bawonyezza ensi zaabwe mu mukono gwange? Kale Mukama asobola atya okuwonya Yerusaalemi mu mukono gwange?”
21 But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
Kyokka bo baasirika busirisi tebaddamu, kubanga kabaka yali alagidde nti, “Temumuddamu.”
22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya eyali akulira olubiri ne Sebuna Omuwandiisi ne Yoswa mutabani wa Asafu Omukuumi w’ebiwandiiko, ne baddayo eri Keezeekiya nga bayuzizza engoye zaabwe, ne bamubuulira ebigambo bya Labusake.
