< 2 Athamaki 19 >
1 Rĩrĩa Mũthamaki Hezekia aiguire ũguo, agĩtembũranga nguo ciake na akĩĩhumba nguo ya ikũnia, agĩthiĩ, agĩtoonya hekarũ ya Jehova thĩinĩ.
And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sackecloth, and came into the house of the Lord,
2 Agĩtũma Eliakimu ũrĩa warĩ mũrori wa maũndũ ma nyũmba ya ũthamaki, na Shebina ũrĩa mwandĩki-marũa, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa atongoria, othe mehumbĩte nguo cia makũnia, mathiĩ kũrĩ Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu, ũrĩa mũnabii.
And sent Eliakim which was the stewarde of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and the Elders of the Priestes clothed in sackecloth to Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amoz.
3 Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũũ nĩguo Hezekia ekuuga: Mũthenya wa ũmũthĩ nĩ mũthenya wa mĩnyamaro, na ikũũmana, na gĩconoko, o ta ihinda rĩa ciana rĩa gũciarwo rĩakinya na hinya wa gũciara ũkaaga.
And they said vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke, and blasphemie: for the childre are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring foorth.
4 No gũkorwo Jehova Ngai waku nĩekũigua ciugo ciothe cia mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita, ũrĩa mwathi wake, mũthamaki wa Ashuri, atũmĩte oke anyũrũrie Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo, na amũkũũme nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũcio Jehova Ngai waku aiguĩte. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio hoera matigari marĩa matigaire muoyo.”
If so be the Lord thy God hath heard all the wordes of Rabshakeh, whome the King of Asshur his master hath sent to raile on the liuing God, and to reproch him with wordes which the Lord thy God hath heard, then lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
5 Rĩrĩa anene a Mũthamaki Hezekia maakinyire kũrĩ Isaia-rĩ,
So the seruants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Isaia akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ĩrai mwathi wanyu atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: Tiga gwĩtigĩra nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ũiguĩte ciugo icio atungati a mũthamaki wa Ashuri manumĩte nacio.
And Isaiah said vnto them, So shall ye say to your master, Thus sayeth the Lord, Be not afraide of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me.
7 Ta thikĩrĩria! Niĩ nĩngwĩkĩra roho wa mũthemba mũna thĩinĩ wake, nĩguo rĩrĩa arĩigua ũhoro mũna-rĩ, acooke bũrũri wake, na arĩ kũu ndũme ooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.’”
Beholde, I will sende a blast vpon him, and he shall heare a noyse, and returne to his owne lande: and I will cause him to fall by the sworde in his owne lande.
8 Rĩrĩa mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita aiguire atĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩoimĩte Lakishi, akĩehera Jerusalemu, agĩthiĩ agĩkora mũthamaki akĩrũa mbaara na Libina.
So Rabshakeh returned, and founde the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 Na rĩrĩ, Senakeribu agĩkinyĩrwo nĩ ũhoro wa atĩ Tirihaka, ũrĩa Mũkushi mũthamaki wa Misiri, nĩoimagarĩte, oke arũe nake. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtũma andũ rĩngĩ kũrĩ Hezekia marĩ na ũhoro ũyũ:
He heard also men say of Tirhakah King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he is come out to fight against thee: he therefore departed and sent other messengers vnto Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Ĩrai Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda atĩrĩ: Ndũgetĩkĩrie Ngai ũcio wĩhokete akũheenie rĩrĩa ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Jerusalemu ndĩngĩneanwo kũrĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri.’
Thus shall ye speake to Hezekiah King of Iudah, and say, Let not thy God deceiue thee in whome thou trustest, saying, Ierusalem shall not be deliuered into the hande of the King of Asshur.
11 Ti-itherũ nĩũiguĩte ũrĩa athamaki a Ashuri mekĩte mabũrũri-inĩ mothe, ũrĩa maamaniinire biũ. Inyuĩ mũngĩhonoka atĩa?
Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all landes, how they haue destroyed them: and shalt thou be deliuered?
12 Na rĩrĩ, ngai cia ndũrĩrĩ iria cianiinirwo nĩ maithe maitũ ma tene, ngai cia Gozani, na cia Harani, na cia Rezefu, na andũ a Edeni arĩa maarĩ Telasaru-rĩ, nĩciamahonokirie?
Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Thelasar?
13 Mũthamaki wa Hamathu na kana mũthamaki wa Aripadi, kana mũthamaki wa itũũra inene rĩa Sefarivaimu kana wa Hena, o na kana wa Iva-rĩ, arĩ ha?”
Where is the King of Hamath, and the King of Arpad, and the King of the citie of Shepharuaim, Hena and Iuah?
14 Hezekia akĩnyiita marũa kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maatũmĩtwo, na akĩmathoma. Agĩcooka akĩambata hekarũ-inĩ ya Jehova, akĩmatambũrũkia mbere ya Jehova.
So Hezekiah receiued the letter of the hande of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went vp into the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the Lord.
15 Nake Hezekia akĩhooya Jehova, akiuga atĩrĩ: “Wee Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, o wee ũikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene gatagatĩ ka makerubi, Wee wiki nowe Ngai igũrũ rĩa mothamaki mothe ma thĩ. Wee nĩwe wombire igũrũ na thĩ.
And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and saide, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.
16 Tega matũ maku Wee Jehova, ũigue; hingũra maitho maku Wee Jehova, wone; ũigue ciugo cia Senakeribu iria atũmĩte cia kũruma Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo.
Lord, bow downe thine eare, and heare: Lord open thine eyes and behold, and heare the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
17 “Ti-itherũ Jehova, athamaki a Ashuri nĩmanangĩte biũ ndũrĩrĩ na mabũrũri macio.
Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed the nations and their landes,
18 Na nĩmaikĩtie ngai ciao mwaki-inĩ na magacithũkangia, tondũ itiarĩ ngai, no ciarĩ mĩtĩ na mahiga, ciathondeketwo na moko ma andũ.
And haue set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them.
19 Na rĩrĩ, Wee Jehova Ngai witũ, tũhonokie kuuma guoko-inĩ gwake, nĩgeetha mothamaki mothe ma thĩ mamenye atĩ Wee Jehova, o Wee wiki, nĩwe Ngai.”
Nowe therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, saue thou vs out of his hande, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou, O Lord, art onely God.
20 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu agĩtũma ndũmĩrĩri kũrĩ Hezekia, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Ũũ nĩguo Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga: Nĩnjiguĩte mahooya maku makoniĩ Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri.
Then Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I haue heard that which thou hast prayed me, concerning Saneherib King of Asshur.
21 Ũyũ nĩguo ũhoro ũrĩa Jehova aarĩtie wa kũmũũkĩrĩra: “‘Mũirĩtu Gathirange, Mwarĩ wa Zayuni, nĩakũmenete na agakũnyarara. Mwarĩ wa Jerusalemu arainia mũtwe rĩrĩa wee ũroora.
This is the worde that the Lord hath spoken against him, O Virgine, daughter of Zion, he hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorne: O daughter of Ierusalem, he hath shaken his head at thee.
22 Ũcio ũrumĩte na ũkamenereria nũũ? Ningĩ-rĩ, nũũ ũgũthũkĩire na mũgambo, na ũgakũũrĩra maitho na mwĩtĩĩo? Wee ũgookĩrĩra Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli!
Whome hast thou railed on? and whome hast thou blasphemed? and against whome hast thou exalted thy voyce, and lifted vp thine eyes on hie? euen against the Holie one of Israel.
23 Ũtũmĩte andũ aku moke marume Jehova. Na ũkoiga atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ũndũ wa ngaari ciakwa nyingĩ cia ita-rĩ, nĩnyambatĩte ngakinya tũcũmbĩrĩ twa irĩma, o kũu igũrũ mũno Lebanoni. Nĩndemete mĩtarakwa yakuo ĩrĩa mĩraihu mũno, o na mĩthengera ĩrĩa mĩega mũno. Nĩnginyĩte mũthia wakuo kũrĩa kũraya mũno, kũrĩa kũrĩ na mĩtitũ ĩrĩa mĩega mũno.
By thy messengers thou hast rayled on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the toppe of the mountaines, by the sides of Lebanon, and will cut downe the hie cedars thereof, and the faire firre trees thereof, and I will goe into the lodging of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 Nĩnyenjete ithima mabũrũri ma kũngĩ, na nganyua maaĩ kuo. Nĩhũithĩtie tũrũũĩ twa Misiri na makinya ma magũrũ makwa.”
I haue digged, and drunke the waters of others, and with the plant of my feete haue I dried all the floods closed in.
25 “‘Kaĩ ũtaiguĩte? Kuuma tene nĩndamũrĩte ũndũ ũcio, matukũ-inĩ macio ma tene nĩndabangĩte ũndũ ũcio, na rĩu nĩndĩũhingĩtie, atĩ wee nĩũtũmĩte matũũra manene marĩa mairigĩre na thingo cia hinya matuĩke hĩba cia mahiga.
Hast thou not heard, howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I nowe bring it, that it should be destroyed, and laid on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?
26 Andũ akuo maagithĩtio hinya, magegearĩte na magaconorithio. Mahaana mĩmera ĩrĩ mũgũnda, makoororoa o ta thuuna nduru, kana ta nyeki ĩmerete nyũmba igũrũ, ĩrĩa yũmaga ĩtanakũra.
Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afraid, and confounded: they are like the grasse of the field, and greene herbe, or grasse on ye house toppes, or as corne blasted before it be growen.
27 “‘No nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ũikaraga, na ngamenya ũgĩũka na ũgĩthiĩ, o na ũrĩa ũndakaragĩra.
I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy furie against me.
28 Tondũ nĩũndakarĩire, na rũngʼathio rwaku nĩrũkinyĩire matũ makwa, nĩngũgwĩkĩra gĩcũhĩ gĩakwa iniũrũ, na matamu makwa ndĩmohe kanua-inĩ gaku, na nĩngatũma ũcookere njĩra o ĩyo wokĩire.’
And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares, I will put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lippes, and will bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.
29 “Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo gĩgaakorwo kĩrĩ kĩmenyithia gĩaku, wee Hezekia: “Mwaka-inĩ ũyũ ũkũrĩa irio cia maitĩka, naguo mwaka wa keerĩ ũrĩe kĩrĩa gĩgaathundũka kuuma harĩ mo. No mwaka-inĩ wa gatatũ-rĩ, nĩũkahaanda na ũgethe, ũhaande mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ, na ũrĩe maciaro mayo.
And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, O Hezekiah, Thou shalt eate this yeere such things as growe of them selues, and the next yeere such as growe without sowing, and the third yeere sowe ye and reape, and plant vineyardes, and eate the fruites thereof.
30 Na o rĩngĩ matigari ma nyũmba ya Juda nĩmagaikũrũkia mĩri na thĩ, na maciare maciaro na igũrũ.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall againe take roote downewarde, and beare fruite vpwarde.
31 Nĩgũkorwo Jerusalemu nĩgũkoima matigari ma andũ, nakuo Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Zayuni kuume gĩkundi kĩa arĩa mahonokete. Kĩyo kĩa Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩkĩo gĩkaahingia ũguo.
For out of Ierusalem shall goe a remnant, and some that shall escape out of mount Zion: the zeale of the Lord of hostes shall doe this.
32 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ekuuga ũũ igũrũ rĩa mũthamaki wa Ashuri: “Ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene, kana arathũkie mũguĩ kuo. Ndagooka mbere ya rĩo na ngo, kana arĩrigiicĩrie na ihumbu cia tĩĩri, arĩũkĩrĩre.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrowe there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it:
33 Njĩra ĩrĩa ookĩire-rĩ, no yo agaacookera; ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene, ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
But he shall returne the way he came, and shall not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
34 Nĩngagitĩra itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene na ndĩrĩhonokie, nĩ ũndũ wakwa, na nĩ ũndũ wa Daudi ndungata yakwa.”
For I will defende this citie to saue it for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake.
35 Ũtukũ o ro ũcio mũraika wa Jehova agĩthiĩ akĩũraga andũ 185,000 kũu kambĩ ya Ashuri. Rĩrĩa andũ mookĩrire rũciinĩ tene, magĩkora kũu no ciimba theri!
And the same night the Angell of the Lord went out and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth foure score and fiue thousande: so when they rose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
36 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharia kambĩ agĩthiĩ. Agĩcooka Nineve agĩikara kuo.
So Saneherib King of Asshur departed, and went his way, and returned, and dwelt in Nineueh.
37 Na rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũmwe, rĩrĩa aahooyaga arĩ hekarũ-inĩ ya ngai yake Nisiroku, ariũ ake eerĩ Adarameleki na Sharezeru makĩmũũraga na rũhiũ rũa njora, na makĩũrĩra bũrũri wa Ararati. Nake mũriũ Esari-Hadoni agĩtuĩka mũthamaki ithenya rĩake.
And as he was in the Temple worshipping Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sonnes slewe him with the sworde: and they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his sonne reigned in his steade.