2 Wa 18
1 Alò, li te vin rive nan twazyèm ane Osée, fis a Éla a, wa Israël la ke Ézéchias, fis Achaz la, wa Juda a, te devni wa a.
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 Li te gen venn-senkan lè l te devni wa e li te renye pandan vent-nèf ane Jérusalem. Non manman li se te Abi, fi a Zacharie a.
Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
3 Li te fè sa ki bon nan zye SENYÈ a, selon tout sa ke zansèt li yo, David te konn fè.
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
4 Li te retire wo plas yo, li te kraze pilye sakre yo, e li te koupe desann Astarté la. Anplis, li te kraze an mòso sèpan an bwonz ke Moïse te fè a, paske jis rive nan jou sa yo, fis Israël yo te konn brile lansan pou li; epi li te rele Nehuschtan.
He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
5 Li te mete konfyans li nan SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, jiskaske, apre li, pa t gen tankou li nan tout wa Juda yo, ni nan sila ki te avan l yo.
He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among them] that were before him.
6 Paske li te kenbe fèm a SENYÈ a. Li pa t varye nan swiv Li, men li te kenbe kòmandman ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Moïse yo.
For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
7 Epi SENYÈ a te avèk li. Nenpòt kote li te ale, li te reyisi. Li te fè rebèl kont wa a Assyrie a e li pa t sèvi li.
And Jehovah was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8 Li te venk Filisten yo soti rive nan Gaza avèk teritwa li, soti nan tou kay gad yo, jis rive nan gwo vil fòtifye a.
He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
9 Alò, nan katriyèm ane Wa Ézéchias la, ki te setyèm ane Osée, fis a Éla a, wa Israël la, Salmanasar, wa Assyrie a, te monte kont Samarie, e te fè syèj kont li.
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 Nan fen twazan, yo te kaptire li, epi nan sizyèm ane Ézéchias la, ki te nan nevyèm ane Osée a, wa Israël la, Samarie te vin kaptire.
And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 Konsa, wa Assyrie a te pote Israël ale an egzil nan Assyrie, e li te mete yo nan Chalach sou rivyè Gozan nan vil a Mèdes yo,
And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
12 paske yo pa t obeyi vwa a SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a, men yo te transgrese akò pa Li a, menm tout sa ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te kòmande yo. Yo pa t koute yo, ni fè yo.
because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
13 Alò, nan katòzyèm ane a Wa Ézéchias, Sanchérib la, wa Assyrie a te vin monte kont tout vil fòtifye Juda yo, e li te sezi yo.
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
14 Alò, Ézéchias, wa Juda a te voye kote wa Assyrie a nan Lakis. Li te di: “Mwen te fè mal. Rale bak sòti sou mwen; nenpòt sa ke ou mande m peye, m ap sipòte l.” Pou sa, wa Assyrie a te fè demand a Ézéchias pou peye twa san talan ajan avèk trant talan lò.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 Ézéchias te bay tout ajan ki te twouve nan kay SENYÈ a ak nan kès lakay wa a.
And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
16 Nan tan sa a, Ézéchias te koupe retire lò nan pòt tanp SENYÈ a, avèk chanbrann pòt ke Ézéchias, wa Juda a, te kouvri a e li te bay li a wa Assyrie a.
At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 Epi wa Assyrie a te voye Tharthan, Rab-Saris avèk Rabschaké sòti nan Lakis avèk yon gwo lame rive kote Ézéchias Jérusalem. Konsa, yo te monte pou te rive Jérusalem. Epi lè yo te monte, yo te rive e te kanpe kote kanal souteren an, nan ma sous dlo piwo a, ki te sou chemen chan lesiv la.
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
18 Lè yo te rele wa a, Élikiam, fis a Hilkija a, ki te sou tout kay la ak Schebna, grefye a ak Joach, fis a Asaph la, achivist la, te parèt kote yo.
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19 Epi Rabschaké te di yo: “Pale koulye a a Ézéchias: ‘Konsa pale gran wa a, wa Assyrie a: “Ki kalite konfyans sa ke ou genyen an?
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20 Ou di nou (malgre se pawòl vid yo ye): ‘Mwen gen konsèy avèk pwisans pou fè lagè.’ Alò, sou kilès ou depann, pou ou vin fè rebèl kont mwen an?
Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), [There is] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
21 Alò, veye byen, ou depann de baton a wozo kraze sa a, sou Égypte menm. Sou sila si yon nonm apiye, l ap fonse antre nan men l e pèse l nèt. Se konsa, Farawon va ye pou tout sila ki depann de li yo.
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22 Men si ou di mwen: ‘Nou mete konfyans nan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an’, se pa li menm pou sila Ézéchias te retire wo plas avèk lotèl yo, e ki te di a Juda avèk Jérusalem: ‘Nou va adore devan lotèl sa a Jérusalem?’
But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23 Pou sa, vini, fè yon antant avèk mèt mwen, wa a Assyrie a, e mwen va ba ou de mil cheval, si ou kab menm mete moun sou do yo.
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24 Kijan ou kab reziste a menm youn nan pi piti a sèvitè mèt mwen yo e depann de Égypte pou cha ak chevalye?
How then canst 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 Èske se san soutyen SENYÈ a ke m vin monte kont plas sa a pou detwi li? SENYÈ a te di m ‘Monte kont plas sa a pou detwi l.’”’”
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
26 Alò Éliakim, fis a Hilkija a, avèk Schebna ak Joach te di a Rabschaké: “Pale koulye a a sèvitè ou yo an Arameyen, paske nou konprann li. Pa pale avèk nou an Jideyen nan zòrèy a moun ki sou mi yo.”
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
27 Men Rabschaké te di yo: “Èske mèt mwen an te voye m sèlman a mèt pa w la pou pale pawòl sila yo, pa pou mesye ki chita sou mi yo, ki va manje pwòp watè pa yo e bwè dlo pipi pa yo ansanm avè w?”
But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
28 Epi Rabschaké te kanpe, li te kriye avèk yon vwa fò an Jideyen. Li te di: “Tande pawòl gran wa a, wa Assyrie a!
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
29 Konsa pale wa a! ‘Pa kite Ézéchias twonpe nou, paske li p ap kab delivre nou pou sòti nan men m.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
30 Ni pa kite Ézéchias mennen nou pou mete konfyans nan SENYÈ a, pou l di: “SENYÈ a va anverite delivre nou, e vil sa a p ap livre nan men a gran wa a Assyrie a.”
neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Pa koute Ézéchias.’ Paske konsa pale wa Assyrie a: ‘Fè lapè nou avèk mwen e sòti vin kote mwen. Manje nou chak nan pwòp chan rezen pa nou, nou chak pye fig mi etranje pa nou e nou chak nan pwòp dlo sitèn pa nou,
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
32 jiskaske mwen rive pou pran nou ale nan yon lòt peyi, yon peyi ak sereyal avèk diven nèf, yon peyi avèk bwa doliv ak siwo myèl, pou nou kapab viv e pa mouri.’ Men pa koute Ézéchias lè li mal dirije nou pou di: ‘SENYÈ a va delivre nou.’
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
33 Èske okenn nan dye a peyi sila yo te delivre peyi pa yo a devan men wa a Assyrie a?
Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Kote dye a Hamath yo oswa Arpad yo? Kote dye a Sepharvaïm yo, oswa Héna avèk Ivva yo? Èske yo te delivre Samarie pou l sòti nan men m?
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
35 Kilès pami tout dye a peyi yo ki te delivre peyi pa yo devan men m, pou SENYÈ a ta dwe delivre Jérusalem soti nan men m?”
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
36 Men pèp la te rete an silans e pa t reponn menm yon mo; paske lòd a wa a se te “Pa reponn li”.
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Epi Éliakim, fis a Hilkija a, ki te sou tout kay la, Schebna, grefye a ak Joach, fis a Asaph la, achivist la, te vin kote Ézéchias avèk rad yo tou chire pou te pale li pawòl a Rabschaké yo.
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 rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
