2 Athamaki 19
1 Rĩrĩa Mũthamaki Hezekia aiguire ũguo, agĩtembũranga nguo ciake na akĩĩhumba nguo ya ikũnia, agĩthiĩ, agĩtoonya hekarũ ya Jehova thĩinĩ.
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went 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 he sent Elyakim, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son 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 unto him, Thus hath said Hezekiah, A day of trouble, and of rebuke, and derision is this day; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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.”
Perhaps the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God; and who hath reproached with the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up a prayer in behalf of the remnant that is still found here.
5 Rĩrĩa anene a Mũthamaki Hezekia maakinyire kũrĩ Isaia-rĩ,
And the servants 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 unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus hath said the Lord, Be not afraid because of the words which thou hast heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have 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.’”
Behold, I will put an [other] spirit in him, that when he will hear a rumor, he shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Rĩrĩa mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita aiguire atĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩoimĩte Lakishi, akĩehera Jerusalemu, agĩthiĩ agĩkora mũthamaki akĩrũa mbaara na Libina.
And Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring 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:
And he heard it said of Thirhakah the king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight with thee; and he again sent messengers unto 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 say to Hezekiah the king of Judah, as followeth, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Ti-itherũ nĩũiguĩte ũrĩa athamaki a Ashuri mekĩte mabũrũri-inĩ mothe, ũrĩa maamaniinire biũ. Inyuĩ mũngĩhonoka atĩa?
Behold, thou thyself hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, by destroying them utterly: and thou alone shouldst be delivered?
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?
Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them; as Gozan, and Charan, and Rezeph, and the children of 'Eden, who were in Thelassar?
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 Chamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvayim, of Hena', and 'Ivvah?
14 Hezekia akĩnyiita marũa kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maatũmĩtwo, na akĩmathoma. Agĩcooka akĩambata hekarũ-inĩ ya Jehova, akĩmatambũrũkia mbere ya Jehova.
And Hezekiah took the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and read them: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread them out 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 said, O Lord God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the [true] God, thou alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth; for it is thou who hast made the heavens 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.
Bend down, O Lord, thy ear, and hear! open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see! and hear the words of Sennacherib, that which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.
17 “Ti-itherũ Jehova, athamaki a Ashuri nĩmanangĩte biũ ndũrĩrĩ na mabũrũri macio.
Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their land,
18 Na nĩmaikĩtie ngai ciao mwaki-inĩ na magacithũkangia, tondũ itiarĩ ngai, no ciarĩ mĩtĩ na mahiga, ciathondeketwo na moko ma andũ.
And they have placed their gods into the fire; for they are no gods, but the work of man's hands, wood and stone: and these have they destroyed.
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.”
And now, O Lord our God, save us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, thou alone.
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 sent Isaiah the son of Amoz to Hezekiah, saying, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, What thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyria have I heard.
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 word that the Lord hath spoken over him: She despiseth thee, she laugheth thee to scorn, the virgin daughter of Zion; behind thee shaketh her head the daughter of Jerusalem.
22 Ũcio ũrumĩte na ũkamenereria nũũ? Ningĩ-rĩ, nũũ ũgũthũkĩire na mũgambo, na ũgakũũrĩra maitho na mwĩtĩĩo? Wee ũgookĩrĩra Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli!
Whom hast thou blasphemed, and [whom] hast thou scorned? and against whom hast thou raised thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the Holy 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 blasphemed the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir-trees: and I will enter into the lodgings on its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.
24 Nĩnyenjete ithima mabũrũri ma kũngĩ, na nganyua maaĩ kuo. Nĩhũithĩtie tũrũũĩ twa Misiri na makinya ma magũrũ makwa.”
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up with the sole of my feet all the streams of besieged places.
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.
Hadst thou not heard that in distant ages I had prepared this? in the times of antiquity when I formed it? now have I brought it along, and it came to pass, to desolate into ruinous heaps fortified cities.
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.
And thus their inhabitants were short of power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the herbs of the field, and as the green grass; as the moss on the housetops, and as corn blasted before the ear appeareth.
27 “‘No nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ũikaraga, na ngamenya ũgĩũka na ũgĩthiĩ, o na ũrĩa ũndakaragĩra.
But thy abiding and thy going out and thy coming in do I know, and thy raging 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.’
Because of thy raging against me and thy tumult that is come up into my ears, will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle between thy lips; and I will cause thee to turn back on the way by which 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 shall be unto thee the sign, Ye shall eat this year what groweth of itself, and in the second year what springeth up after the same; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
30 Na o rĩngĩ matigari ma nyũmba ya Juda nĩmagaikũrũkia mĩri na thĩ, na maciare maciaro na igũrũ.
And the remnant of the house of Judah that is escaped shall yet again strike root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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 Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and that which escapeth out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do 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.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow thereon, nor come before it with shield, nor cast up against it an embankment.
33 Njĩra ĩrĩa ookĩire-rĩ, no yo agaacookera; ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene, ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
On the way by which he came, by the same shall he return, and into this city shall he not come, saith the Lord.
34 Nĩngagitĩra itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene na ndĩrĩhonokie, nĩ ũndũ wakwa, na nĩ ũndũ wa Daudi ndungata yakwa.”
And I will shield this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
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 it came to pass, on the same night, that an angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty and five thousand men: and when people arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
36 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharia kambĩ agĩthiĩ. Agĩcooka Nineve agĩikara kuo.
And Sennacherib the king of Assyria then departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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 it came to pass, as he was prostrating himself 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 Ararat. And Essar-chaddon his son became king in his stead.
