Kronika 2 32
1 Le nu siwo Hezekia wɔ anukwaretɔe vɔ megbe la, Asiria fia, Senakerib ho va dze Yuda dzi. Eɖe to ɖe du siwo woglã kple susu be, yeaxɔ wo na ye ɖokui.
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
2 Esi eme kɔ ƒãa be Fia Senakerib ɖo ta me be yeaho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu la,
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,
3 Hezekia wɔ takpekpe kple eƒe fiaviŋutsuwo kple eƒe aɖaŋudelawo. Woɖo be yewoaxe vudo siwo le dua godo.
he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
4 Wodi dɔwɔla geɖewo woxe vudoawo katã kple tɔsisi si si to agblewo me. Wobia be, “Nu ka ta Asiria fia ava eye wòakpɔ tsi ano?”
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
5 Emegbe la, Hezekia gbugbɔ teƒe siwo duawo ƒe gliwo gbã le la tu hegaglã teƒe bubuwo eye wògaɖo gli bubu ɖe gbãtɔ godo. Egbugbɔ Milo mɔ la glã le David ƒe Du la me eye wòwɔ aʋawɔnu kple akpoxɔnu geɖewo.
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
6 Eƒo aʋakɔ aɖe nu ƒu eye wòɖo asrafomegãwo ɖe wo nu, heɖo wo ɖe gbadzaƒe si le dua ŋgɔ. Eƒo nu, de dzi ƒo na wo kple nya siawo be,
Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
7 “Misẽ ŋu, miawɔ kalẽ eye migavɔ̃ Asiria fia la alo eƒe aʋakɔ gã la o elabena ame aɖe le mía dzi si kpɔ ŋusẽ wui sãa!
“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
8 Aʋakɔ gã aɖe le esi, eƒe aʋawɔlawo katã nye amegbetɔwo ko, ke míawo ya la, Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu, le mía dzi eye wòawɔ míaƒe aʋa na mí.”
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 Le nu siawo megbe la Asiria fia Senakerib kple aʋakɔwo ɖe to ɖe Lakis du la, eye wòdɔ amewo ɖa be woagblɔ na Yuda fia Hezekia kple Yudatɔ siwo katã le afi ma be,
Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
10 “Asiria fia Senakerib le biabiam be: Nu ka ŋu miele dzi ɖom ɖo be yewoate ŋu atsi agbe esi meɖe to ɖe Yerusalem dua?
“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
11 Fia Hezekia le mia flum be, miawu mia ɖokuiwo le afi ma, dɔ kple tsikɔ awu mi miaku, le esime wòle ŋugbe dom na mi be, ‘Yehowa, mía Mawu la aɖe mí tso Asiria fia sime!’
Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
12 Ɖe mienya be Fia Hezekia tututue nye ame si ɖe eƒe nuxeƒewo kple vɔsamlekpuiwo ɖa hegblɔ na Yuda kple Yerusalem be, ‘Mide ta agu ɖe vɔsamlekpui ɖeka ma si le gbedoxɔ la me ŋu eye miado dzudzɔ le eya ɖeɖe ko dzi’ oa?
Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
13 “Ɖe mienya nu si mía kple fofonyewo míewɔ anyigbadzidukɔwo katã oa? Dukɔ mawo ƒe mawuwo mete ŋu wɔ naneke heɖe woƒe anyigbawo o.
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
14 Dukɔ siawo ƒe mawuwo dometɔ kae te ŋu ɖe eƒe dukɔ tso nye asi me? Nu kae na miebu be miaƒe Mawu ya ate ŋu aɖe mi?
Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
15 Migana Hezekia nana miazu abunɛtɔwo o! Migaxɔ edzi se o! Megale egblɔm be, dukɔ aɖeke ƒe mawu mete ŋu ɖe eƒe amewo tso nye asi me loo alo tso tɔgbuinyewo ƒe asi me kpɔ o. Aleke miaƒe mawu ya ate ŋui?”
So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
16 Ale ame dɔdɔ la ɖe alɔme le Yehowa Mawu kple Mawu ƒe dɔla Hezekia ŋu eye wòdzu wo.
And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
17 Fia Senakerib ŋlɔ agbalẽ hã eye wòdo vlo Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la. Eŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ la me be, “Dukɔ bubuwo katã ƒe mawuwo mete ŋu ɖe woƒe amewo tso nye asi me o, eye Hezekia ƒe Mawu hã mate ŋui o.”
He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
18 Dɔla siwo tsɔ agbalẽa vɛ la do ɣli gblɔ ŋɔdzidonamenyawo le Yuda gbe me na ame siwo ƒo ƒu ɖe dua ƒe gliwo dzi eye wodi be yewoado vɔvɔ̃ na wo, ana dzi naɖe le wo ƒo.
Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
19 Dɔla siawo ƒo nu tso Yerusalem ƒe Mawu la ŋu abe ɖe wòle abe trɔ̃subɔlawo ƒe mawu, siwo nye legba siwo amegbetɔ wɔ la dometɔ ɖeka ene!
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
20 Ale Fia Hezekia kple Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya, Amoz ƒe vi, do ɣli, ɖe kuku na Mawu le dziƒo
In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
21 eye Yehowa ɖo dɔla aɖe ɖa wòva tsrɔ̃ Asiria fia ƒe aʋakɔ la kple eƒe asrafomegãwo kple aʋafiawo katã eye Fia Senakerib trɔ yi aƒe kple ŋukpe gã aɖe. Esi wòva ɖo eƒe mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ me la, eya ŋutɔ via ŋutsuwo va dzae kple yi ɖe afi ma.
and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
22 Ale Yehowa ɖe Fia Hezekia kple Yerusalemtɔwo eye azɔ la, ŋutifafa nɔ fiaɖuƒe blibo la me.
So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.
23 Tso ɣe ma ɣi dzi la, dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã wo la, bua Hezekia vevie eye nunana geɖewo na Yehowa kple nunana tɔxɛwo na Hezekia hã va ɖo Yerusalem.
Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
24 Le ŋkeke mawo me la, Hezekia dze dɔ vevie eye wòɖo kudo nu. Edo gbe ɖa na Yehowa, ame si ɖo gbedodoɖa la ŋu nɛ hena nukudzesi aɖee.
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
25 Ke dada nɔ Hezekia ƒe dzi me eye metsɔ ɖeke le dɔmenyo si Yehowa wɔ nɛ la me o eya ta Yehowa ƒe dziku nɔ eya amea, Yuda kple Yerusalem dzi.
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
26 Tete dada si nɔ Hezekia ƒe dzi me la vee eye wòtrɔ dzi me. Yerusalem nɔlawo hã wɔ nenema ke, eya ta Yehowa ƒe dziku la mebi ɖe wo ŋu le Hezekia ƒe ŋkekewo me o.
Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
27 Ale Hezekia zu kesinɔtɔ kple bubume gã aɖe, etu nudzraɖoƒewo na eƒe klosalo, sika kple kpe xɔasiwo, atike ʋeʋĩwo, akpoxɔnuwo kple sikatrewo.
Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.
28 Etu avawo be yeadzra bli, wain yeye kple ami ɖo ɖe wo me eye wògatu lãkpowo hã.
He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.
29 Etso kɔƒewo eye lãha gãwo sɔ gbɔ ɖe esi elabena Mawu na kesinɔnu geɖe ŋutɔ woe.
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
30 Exe Gihon tɔsisi la ƒe Dzigbetɔʋu la ƒe nugbɔ eye wòɖe tɔʋu aɖe na tsi la be wòatsa ayi David ƒe Du la ƒe ɣetoɖoƒe lɔƒo le Yerusalem.
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
31 Ke esi ame dɔdɔwo tso Babilonia va be, yewoabia nu tso ale si wòhaya nukutɔe ŋu la, Mawu gbugbɔ le eyome sẽe be yeadoe akpɔ eye yeanya ame si tɔgbi tututu wònye.
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
32 Woŋlɔ Hezekia ŋutinya mamlɛa kple dɔ nyui siwo katã wòwɔ la ɖe Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya, Amoz ƒe vi ƒe agbalẽ kple Yuda fiawo kple Israel fiawo ƒe Ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
33 Esi Hezekia ku la, woɖii ɖe fia David ƒe dzidzimeviwo wo ƒe yɔdowo gbɔ le togbɛ la ŋu. Yuda kple Yerusalem blibo la de bubu eŋu le eƒe ku me. Via ŋutsu Manase zu fia ɖe eteƒe.
And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
