Isaia 37
1 Rĩrĩa Mũthamaki Hezekia aaiguire ũhoro ũcio, agĩtembũranga nguo ciake na akĩĩhumba nguo ya ikũnia, 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 mũrori wa maũndũ ma nyũmba ya ũthamaki, na Shebina ũrĩa mwandĩki-marũa, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa atongoria, othe mehumbĩte nguo cia makũnia, mathiĩ kũrĩ mũnabii Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũũ nĩguo Hezekia ekuuga: Mũthenya wa ũmũthĩ nĩ mũthenya wa mĩnyamaro, na ngũmano, na gĩconoko o ta ihinda rĩa ciana rĩa gũciarwo rĩakinya, naguo hinya wa gũciara ũkaaga.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: 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 ũcio wa mbũtũ cia ita, ũrĩa mwathi wake, mũthamaki wa Ashuri atũmĩte, nĩgeetha 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 the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
5 Rĩrĩa anene a Mũthamaki Hezekia maakinyire kũrĩ Isaia-rĩ,
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Isaia akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ĩrai mwathi wanyu atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: Tiga gwĩtigĩra nĩ ciugo iria ũiguĩte atungati a mũthamaki wa Ashuri makĩĩnuma nacio.
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Ta thikĩrĩria! Niĩ nĩngwĩkĩra roho wa mũthemba mũna thĩinĩ wake, nĩguo rĩrĩa arĩigua ũhoro mũna, acooke bũrũri wake, na arĩ kũu ndũme ooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.’”
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and 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 aaiguire atĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩoimĩte Lakishi, akĩehera Jerusalemu agĩthiĩ agĩkora mũthamaki akĩrũa mbaara na Libina.
So 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 say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Ĩrai Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda atĩrĩ: Ndũgetĩkĩrie Ngai ũcio wĩhokete akũheenie rĩrĩa ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Jerusalemu rĩtikũneanwo kũrĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri.’
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Ti-itherũ nĩũiguĩte ũrĩa athamaki a Ashuri mekĩte mabũrũri-inĩ mothe, ũrĩa maamaniinire biũ. Inyuĩ mũgũkĩhonoka atĩa?
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou 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 delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
13 Mũthamaki wa itũũra rĩa Hamathu arĩ ha, na mũthamaki wa Aripadi, na mũthamaki wa itũũra rĩrĩa inene rĩa Sefarivaimu, na wa Hena, na wa Iva, rĩu marĩ ha?”
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
14 Nake Hezekia akĩnyiita marũa kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maatũmĩtwo na akĩmathoma. Agĩcooka akĩambata hekarũ-inĩ ya Jehova, akĩmatambũrũkia mbere ya Jehova.
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
15 Nake Hezekia akĩhooya Jehova, akiuga atĩrĩ:
And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,
16 “Wee Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, o wee ũikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene gatagatĩ ka makerubi, Wee wiki nowe Ngai igũrũ rĩa mothamaki mothe ma thĩ. Nĩwe wombire igũrũ na thĩ.
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
17 Tega matũ maku, Wee Jehova, ũigue; hingũra maitho maku Wee Jehova wone, ũigue ciugo ciothe cia Senakeribu iria atũmĩte cia kũruma Ngai ũrĩa ũtũũraga muoyo.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
18 “Ti-itherũ, Jehova, athamaki a Ashuri nĩmanangĩte andũ a ndũrĩrĩ na mabũrũri mao biũ.
Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
19 Na nĩmaikĩtie ngai ciao mwaki-inĩ na magacithũkangia, tondũ itiarĩ ngai no ciarĩ mĩtĩ na mahiga, nacio ciathondeketwo na moko ma andũ.
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
20 Rĩu-rĩ, Wee Jehova Ngai witũ, tũhonokie kuuma guoko-inĩ gwake, nĩgeetha mothamaki mothe ma thĩ mamenye atĩ Wee Jehova, o Wee wiki, nĩwe Ngai.”
Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
21 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu agĩtũma ndũmĩrĩri kũrĩ Hezekia, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Ũũ nĩguo Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga: Tondũ nĩũũhooete ũhoro wĩgiĩ Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri-rĩ,
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
22 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 which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
23 Ũcio ũrumĩte na ũkamenereria nũũ? Nũũ ũgũthũkĩire na mũgambo, na ũkamwambararĩria maitho na mwĩtĩĩo? Wee nĩũũkĩrĩire Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli!
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
24 Ũtũmĩte andũ aku moke marume Jehova. Na ũkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ ũndũ wa ngaari ciakwa nyingĩ cia ita, nĩnyambatĩte ngakinya tũcũmbĩrĩ twa irĩma, o kũu igũrũ mũno Lebanoni. Nĩndemete mĩtarakwa yakuo ĩrĩa mĩraihu mũno, o na mĩthengera ĩrĩa mĩega mũno. Nĩnginyĩte tũcũmbĩrĩ twakuo kũrĩa kũraya mũno, o kũrĩa kũrĩ na mĩtitũ ĩrĩa mĩega mũno.
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
25 Nĩnyenjete ithima mabũrũri ma kũngĩ na nganyua maaĩ kuo. Nĩhũithĩtie tũrũũĩ twa Misiri na makinya ma magũrũ makwa.’
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
26 “Kaĩ ũtaiguĩte? Kuuma tene nĩndamũrĩte ũndũ ũcio. Matukũ-inĩ macio ma tene nĩndabangĩte ũndũ ũcio: rĩu nĩndĩũhingĩtie, atĩ wee nĩũtũmĩte matũũra manene marĩa mairigĩre na thingo cia hinya matuĩke hĩba cia mahiga.
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
27 Andũ akuo maagithĩtio hinya, nao makagegeare na magaconorithio. Mahaana mĩmera ĩrĩ mũgũnda, makoororoa o ta thuuna nduru, kana ta nyeki ĩmerete nyũmba igũrũ, ĩrĩa yũmaga ĩtanakũra.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
28 “No nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ũikaraga, na ngamenya ũkiumagara na ũgĩcooka, o na ũrĩa ũndakaragĩra.
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
29 Tondũ nĩũndakarĩire na rũngʼathio rwaku nĩrũkinyĩire matũ makwa, nĩngũgwĩkĩra gĩcũhĩ gĩakwa iniũrũ, na matamu ndĩmoohe kanua-inĩ gaku, na nĩngatũma ũcookere njĩra o ĩyo wokĩire.
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
30 “Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo gĩgaakorwo kĩrĩ kĩmenyithia gĩaku, wee Hezekia: “Mwaka ũyũ ũkũrĩa irio cia maitĩka, naguo mwaka wa keerĩ ũrĩe kĩrĩa gĩgaathundũka harĩ mo. No mwaka wa gatatũ-rĩ, nĩũkahaanda na ũgethe, ũhaande mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ, na ũrĩe maciaro mayo.
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
31 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 Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 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 they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
33 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ekuuga ũũ igũrũ rĩa mũthamaki wa Ashuri: “Ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene kana arathũkie mũguĩ kuo. Ndagooka mbere yarĩo na ngo kana arĩrigiicĩrie na ihumbu cia tĩĩri, arĩũkĩrĩre.
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
34 Njĩra ĩrĩa agookĩra no yo agaacookera; ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
35 “Nĩngagitĩra itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene na ndĩrĩhonokie, nĩ ũndũ wakwa na nĩ ũndũ wa Daudi ndungata yakwa!”
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
36 Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũraika wa Jehova agĩthiĩ na akĩũraga andũ ngiri igana rĩmwe rĩa mĩrongo ĩnana na atano kũu kambĩ-inĩ ya Ashuri. Rĩrĩa andũ mookĩrire rũciinĩ tene, magĩkora kũu no ciimba theri!
Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
37 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharia kambĩ agĩthiĩ; agĩcooka Nineve, agĩikara kuo.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
38 Na rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũmwe rĩrĩa ahooyaga arĩ hekarũ-inĩ ya ngai yake Nisiroku-rĩ, 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 worshipping 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 Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
