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 comes to pass, at King Hezekiah’s hearing, that he tears his garments, and covers himself with sackcloth, and enters the house of YHWH,
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 sends Eliakim, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elderly of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, 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 say to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: This day [is] a day of distress, and rebuke, and despising; for sons have come to the birth, and there is not power 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.”
It may be your God YHWH hears all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord has sent him to reproach the living God, and has decided concerning the words that your God YHWH has heard, and you have lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.”
5 Rĩrĩa anene a Mũthamaki Hezekia maakinyire kũrĩ Isaia-rĩ,
And the servants of King Hezekiah come 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 says to them, “Thus you say to your lord, Thus said YHWH: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled 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 am giving a spirit in him, and he has heard a report, and has turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his 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 the chief of the butlers turns back and finds the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he has heard that he has journeyed 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 hears concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, “Behold, he has come out to fight with you”; and he turns and sends messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Ĩrai Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda atĩrĩ: Ndũgetĩkĩrie Ngai ũcio wĩhokete akũheenie rĩrĩa ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Jerusalemu ndĩngĩneanwo kũrĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri.’
“Thus you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you are trusting lift you up, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.
11 Ti-itherũ nĩũiguĩte ũrĩa athamaki a Ashuri mekĩte mabũrũri-inĩ mothe, ũrĩa maamaniinire biũ. Inyuĩ mũngĩhonoka atĩa?
Behold, you have heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands—to devote them; and are you 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?
Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed—Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] 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 Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, 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 takes the letters out of the hand of the messengers and reads them, and goes up to the house of YHWH, and Hezekiah spreads it before YHWH.
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 prays before YHWH and says, “O YHWH, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubim, You [are] God Himself—You alone—to all the kingdoms of the earth: You have 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.
Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, and hear; open, O YHWH, Your eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib with which he has sent him to reproach the living God.
17 “Ti-itherũ Jehova, athamaki a Ashuri nĩmanangĩte biũ ndũrĩrĩ na mabũrũri macio.
Truly, O YHWH, kings of Asshur have laid waste 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 have put their gods into fire, for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy 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.”
And now, O our God YHWH, please save us out of his hand, and all kingdoms of the earth know that You [are] YHWH God—You 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.
And Isaiah son of Amoz sends to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: That which you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have 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 YHWH spoke concerning him: Trampled on you—laughed at you Has the virgin daughter of Zion; Shaken the head behind you Has 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 have you reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Indeed, you lift up your 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 the hand of your messengers You have reproached the Lord, and say, In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains—The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.
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 dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
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.
Have you not heard from afar [that] I made it, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becomes a desolation, Ruinous heaps [are] 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 their inhabitants [are] feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted grain—before it has risen up!
27 “‘No nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ũikaraga, na ngamenya ũgĩũka na ũgĩthiĩ, o na ũrĩa ũndakaragĩra.
And your sitting down, and your going out, And your coming in, I have known, And your anger toward 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 your anger toward Me, And your noise—it came up into My ears, I have put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And have caused you to turn back In the way in which you came.
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 [is] the sign to you, Food of the year [is] the spontaneous growth, And in the second year the self-produced, And in the third year you sow, and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.
30 Na o rĩngĩ matigari ma nyũmba ya Juda nĩmagaikũrũkia mĩri na thĩ, na maciare maciaro na igũrũ.
And it has continued—The escaped of the house of Judah That has been left—to take root beneath, And has made 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 a remnant goes out from Jerusalem, And an escape from Mount Zion; The zeal of YHWH [of Hosts] does 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 said YHWH, Concerning the king of Asshur: He does not come into this city, Nor does he shoot an arrow there, Nor does he come before it with shield, Nor does he pour out a mound against it.
33 Njĩra ĩrĩa ookĩire-rĩ, no yo agaacookera; ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene, ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
In the way that he comes in—In it he turns back, And to this city he does not come in, A declaration of YHWH—
34 Nĩngagitĩra itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene na ndĩrĩhonokie, nĩ ũndũ wakwa, na nĩ ũndũ wa Daudi ndungata yakwa.”
And I have covered over this city, To save it for My own sake, And for the sake of My servant David.”
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 comes to pass, in that night, that a messenger of YHWH goes out, and strikes one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of Asshur, and they rise early in the morning, and behold, all of them [are] dead corpses.
36 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharia kambĩ agĩthiĩ. Agĩcooka Nineve agĩikara kuo.
And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeys, and goes, and turns back, and dwells in 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 comes to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of his god Nisroch, and [his sons] Adramelech and Sharezar have struck him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and his son Esar-Haddon reigns in his stead.
