Fiawo 2 18

1 Le Israel fia, Hosea, Ela ƒe vi ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe etɔ̃lia me la, Yuda fia, Ahaz ƒe viŋutsu Hezekia zu fia.

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

2 Edze fiaɖuɖu gɔme esi wòxɔ ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃. Eɖu fia ƒe blaeve-vɔ-asiekɛ le Yerusalem. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Abiya, Zekaria ƒe vinyɔnu.

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

3 Eɖu fia nyuie le Mawu ƒe ŋkume abe fofoa, David ene.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

4 Hezekia gbã nuxeƒe siwo nɔ toawo dzi kple woƒe aƒeliwo. Eho aƒeliwo, hegbã akɔblida si Mose wɔ eye wona ŋkɔe be Nehustan elabena va se ɖe fifia la, Israelviwo gadoa dzudzɔ nɛ.

He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for till those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

5 Exɔ Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la dzi se kple dzi blibo eye fia siwo do ŋgɔ nɛ kple esiwo kplɔe ɖo la dometɔ aɖeke menɔ Yehowa ŋu kplikplikpli kpɔ abe eya ene o.

He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

6 Elé ɖe Yehowa ŋu eye megbugbɔ le eyome o. Elé se siwo katã Yehowa de na Mose la me ɖe asi.

For he clung to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

7 Yehowa nɔ kplii eye wòna nu sia nu si wòwɔ la dze edzi nɛ. Etso ɖe Asiria fia ŋu eye mesubɔe o.

And the LORD was with him; and he prospered wherever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

8 Hezekia ɖu Filistitɔwo dzi tso gbetakpɔxɔ dzi va se ɖe du siwo woɖo gli ƒo xlãe la dzi; eɖu Filistitɔwo dzi yi ɖe Gaza kple eƒe nutowo me ke.

He smote the Philistines, even to Gaza, and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

9 Le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enelia si nye Fia Hosea, Ela vi, ƒe fiaɖuɖu le Israel ƒe ƒe adrelia me la, Asiria fia, Salmaneser, ho aʋa ɖe Israel ŋu eye wòɖe to ɖe Samaria du la.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

10 Le ƒe etɔ̃ megbe, si nye Fia Hezekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe adelia kple Israel fia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe asiekɛlia me la, woɖu Samaria dzi.

And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11 Ɣe ma ɣie Asiria fia ɖe aboyo Israelviwo yi Asiria eye wòda wo ɖe Hala du la me kple teƒe siwo le Habor tɔsisi la to le Gozan kple Mediatɔwo ƒe duwo me.

And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

12 Eva eme alea elabena Israelviwo gbe toɖoɖo Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la eye womewɔ nu si wòdi be woawɔ la o, ke boŋ woda le eƒe nubabla la dzi eye wogbe se siwo katã Mose, Yehowa ƒe dɔla de na wo la dzi wɔwɔ.

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

13 Emegbe le Fia Hezekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuienelia me la, Asiria fia, Senakerib ɖe to ɖe Yuda du siwo katã woglã la eye wòɖu wo dzi.

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

14 Fia Hezekia ɖe kuku, bia ŋutifafa eye wòɖo du ɖe Asiria fia le Lakis be, “Meda vo eya ta maxe fe ɖe sia ɖe si nàbla nam ne àdzo le nye anyigba dzi ko.” Ale Asiria fia bia be wòaxe klosalo kilo akpe ewo kple sika kilo akpe ɖeka na ye.

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; withdraw from me: that which thou puttest on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15 Hena ga home sia kpɔkpɔ la, Fia Hezekia dzra klosalo si wodzra ɖo ɖe gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la ƒe nudzraɖoƒewo me.

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king’s house.

16 Etsɔ sika si wofa ɖe gbedoxɔ la ƒe ʋɔtruwo ŋu kple esi eya ŋutɔ fa ɖe ʋɔtrutiwo ŋu gɔ̃ hã la katã na Asiria fia.

At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

17 Togbɔ be Fia Hezekia wɔ nu sia hã la, Asiria fia ɖo eƒe aʋafia, aʋakplɔlawo ƒe amegã, gadzikpɔlawo ƒe tatɔ kple asrafo siwo le gbedzi la ƒe amegã ɖa tso Lakis kple aʋakɔ gã aɖe ɖe Fia Hezekia gbɔ le Yerusalem. Esi wova ɖo Yerusalem la, woƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe mɔ gã la to le afi si woɖaa avɔ le le Dzigbeta la to.

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

18 Wobia tso Fia Hezekia si be wòava ƒo nu kple yewo, ke Hezekia ɖo Eliakim, Hilkia ƒe vi si nye eƒe asitsanyawo dzi kpɔla, Sebna, eƒe nuŋlɔla kple Yoa, Asaf ƒe vi, dukɔwo ƒe ŋutinyanyala ɖa be woabia ŋutifafa.

And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

19 Aʋafia la gblɔ na wo be, “Gblɔ na Hezekia be, “Ale Asiria fia, fiagã la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Nu ka dzie nètu wò dzideƒo sia ɖo?

And Rabshakeh said to them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which thou trustest?

20 Ègblɔ be, aʋawɔmɔnuwo kple aʋawɔwɔ ƒe ŋusẽ le ye si, ke nya dzodzrowo ko gblɔm nèle. Ame ka ŋue nèle ŋu ɖom ɖo hafi dze aglã ɖe ŋunye?

Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words, ) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now in whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

21 Kpɔ ɖa, azɔ la, èle ŋu ɖom ɖe Egipte ŋu, Egipte si nye aƒla ŋeŋe si tɔa asi na ame, dea abi ame ŋu ne èziɔ ɖe eŋu. Nenema tututue Farao, Egipte fia le ɖe ame sia ame si ɖoa ŋu ɖe eŋu la ŋuti.

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leaneth, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

22 Ne ègblɔ be, “Míele ŋu ɖom ɖe Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ŋu” la, ɖe menye eya ƒe nuxeƒewo kple vɔsamlekpuiwoe Hezekia gbã, hegblɔ na Yuda kple Yerusalem be, “Ele na mi be miasubɔ le vɔsamlekpui sia ŋgɔ le Yerusalem” oa?

But if ye say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

23 “‘Va azɔ ne nàtso gbe kple nye aƒetɔ Asiria fia. Matsɔ sɔ akpe eve na wò ne àte ŋu akpɔ wo dolawo ko!

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

24 Togbɔ be nèle dzi ɖom ɖe Egipte ŋu be wòana tasiaɖamwo kple sɔdolawo wò hã la, aleke nàte ŋu awɔ aɖu nye aƒetɔ ƒe aʋafiawo dometɔ suetɔ gɔ̃ hã dzi?

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

25 Gawu la, ɖe meva be madze teƒe sia dzi atsrɔ̃e ne nyemexɔ gbe tso Yehowa gbɔ oa? Yehowa ŋutɔe gblɔ nam be mava ƒo ɖe dukɔ sia dzi ne matsrɔ̃e.’”

Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

26 Eliakim, Hilkia ƒe vi, Sebna kple Yoa gblɔ na wo be, “Míeɖe kuku ƒo nu na mí le Aramgbe me elabena míese Aramgbe. Migaƒo nu na mí le Hebrigbe me o: ame siwo le glia dzi la ava se míaƒe nyawo.”

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

27 Ke Asiriatɔwo ƒe aʋafia la ɖo eŋu be, “Ɖe nye aƒetɔ ɖom ɖa be maƒo nu na mi kple miaƒe aƒetɔ koa? Ɖe meɖom ɖe ame siwo le glia dzi la hã gbɔ oa? Elabena evɔ na wo abe miawo ke ene. Woaɖu woawo ŋutɔ ƒe afɔdzi eye woano woawo ŋutɔ ƒe aɖuɖɔ!”

But Rabshakeh said to them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?

28 Tete aʋafiagã la te va hedo ɣli gblɔ le Hebrigbe me be, “Mise Asiria fia, fiagã la ƒe nya!

Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

29 Ale fia la gblɔe nye esi, migana Hezekia nable mi o. Mate ŋu aɖe mi tso nye asi me o!

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

30 Migana Hezekia nable mia nu be, miɖo dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu o, esime wògblɔ be, ‘Yehowa aɖe mi godoo; womatsɔ du sia ade asi na Asiria fia o.’

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

31 “Migaɖo to Fia Hezekia o. Nya si Asiria fia gblɔe nye esi: Miwɔ ŋutifafa kplim eye miava gbɔnye. Ekema mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe aɖu nu tso eya ŋutɔ ƒe wain kple gboti me eye wòano tsi tso eya ŋutɔ ƒe vudo me

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

32 va se ɖe esime mava akplɔ mi ayi anyigba si ɖi mia tɔ la dzi, anyigba si dzi bli kple wain yeye le, afi si abolo bɔ ɖo eye waingblewo le, afi si amitiwo kple anyitsi le. Mitia agbe, ke menye ku o! “Migaɖo to Hezekia o, elabena ele mia flum ne egblɔ be, ‘Yehowa axɔ na mí.’

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not to Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

33 Dukɔ bubu aɖe ƒe mawuwo ɖe eƒe amewo tso Asiria fia ƒe asi me kpɔa?

Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 Nya kae dzɔ ɖe Hamat, Arpad, Sefarvaim, Hena kple Iva ƒe mawuwo dzi? Ɖe woɖe Samaria?

Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

35 Ke mawuwo dometɔ kawoe le dukɔ siawo katã me si te ŋu ɖe eƒe anyigba tso nye asi me kpɔ hafi Yehowa ya ate ŋu aɖe Yerusalem tso nye asi me?”

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

36 Ke ame siwo nɔ glia dzi la meke nu o, elabena woƒe fia de se na wo be, womegagblɔ nya aɖeke o.

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

37 Azɔ la, Eliakim, Hilkia ƒe vi, asitsanyawo dzikpɔla la kple Sebna, fia ƒe nuŋlɔla kple Yoa, Asaf ƒe vi, dukɔwo ƒe ŋutinyanyala dze woƒe awuwo eye woyi Fia Hezekia gbɔ hegblɔ nya siwo Asiriatɔwo ƒe aʋafia la gblɔ na wo la nɛ.

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.