2 Wa 19
1 Lè Ézéchias te tande sa, li te chire rad li. Li te kouvri kò li avèk twal sak e li te antre lakay SENYÈ a.
It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
2 Epi li te voye Éliakim ki te sou tout kay avèk Schebna, grefye a ak ansyen pami prèt yo, kouvri avèk twal sak kote Ésaïe, pwofèt la, fis a Amots la.
He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 Yo te di li: “Konsa pale Ézéchias: ‘Jou sa a se yon jou gwo twoub, chatiman, ak abandon; pwiske pitit yo vin parèt pou akouche, men pa gen fòs pou fè l.
They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
4 Petèt SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, va tande tout pawòl a Rabschaké yo ke mèt li a, wa Assyrie a, te voye pou repwoche Bondye Vivan an e va repwoche pawòl ke SENYÈ a, Bondye ou a, te tande a. Pou sa, ofri lapriyè pou retay ki toujou rete a.’”
It may be Jehovah your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
5 Pou sa, sèvitè a wa Ézéchias yo te vin kote Ésaïe.
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Ésaïe te di yo: “Konsa nou va pale a mèt nou an: ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Pa krent akoz pawòl ke ou te tande yo, avèk sila sèvitè a wa Assyrie yo te blasfeme Mwen yo.
Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall tell your master, 'Thus says Jehovah, "Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Veye byen, mwen va mete yon lespri nan li pou l tande yon fo nouvèl pou retounen nan pwòp peyi pa li. Epi Mwen va fè l tonbe pa nepe nan pwòp peyi li.”’”
Look, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."'"
8 Alò, Rabschaké te retounen e te twouve wa Assyrie a t ap goumen kont Libna; paske li te tande ke li te fin kite Lakis.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 Lè l te tande sa pa Tirhaka, wa Ethiopie a, vwala, li vin parèt pou goumen kont ou, li te ankò voye mesaje yo kote Ézéchias e te di:
When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "Look, he has come out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Konsa ou va pale a Ézéchias, wa Juda a, ‘Pa kite Bondye ou a nan Sila ou mete konfyans ou an twonpe ou e di: “Jérusalem p ap antre nan men a wa Assyrie a.”
'Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, "Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Gade byen, ou konn tande sa ke wa Assyrie a te fè a tout peyi yo, destriksyon konplèt. Èske se konsa ke ou va delivre a?
Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
12 Èske dye a nasyon sila yo ke zansèt mwen yo te detwi yo, te delivre yo, menm? Gozan, Charan, Retseph, avèk fis a Éden ki te Telassar yo?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the people of Eden that were in Telassar?
13 Kibò wa Hamath la ye, wa Arpad la, wa gran vil Sepharvaïm nan, Henna, avèk Ivva?’”
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?"'"
14 Alò, Ézéchias te pran lèt la soti nan men a mesaje yo e li te li li. Li te monte lakay SENYÈ a, e li te louvri li devan SENYÈ a.
Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
15 Ézéchias te priye devan SENYÈ a, e te di: “O SENYÈ, Bondye Israël la, ki chita sou twòn li pami cheriben yo, Ou se Bondye a, Ou sèl Ou pami tout wayòm sou latè yo. Ou te fè syèl la avèk tè a.
Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, "Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
16 Panche zòrèy Ou, O SENYÈ a pou tande. Ouvri zye Ou O SENYÈ pou wè. Koute pawòl a Sanchérib yo, ke li te voye pou repwoche Bondye Vivan an.
Incline your ear, Jehovah, and hear. Open your eyes, Jehovah, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent to defy the living God.
17 Anverite, O SENYÈ, wa Assyrie yo te devaste nasyon yo avèk peyi pa yo,
Truly, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
18 epi yo te jete dye pa yo nan dife, paske se pa dye yo ye, men se zèv a men lèzòm yo, bwa avèk wòch. Pou sa, yo te detwi yo.
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.
19 Alò, O SENYÈ, Bondye nou an, mwen priye Ou, delivre nou nan men li pou tout wayòm sou latè yo kab konnen Ou sèl, O SENYÈ, se Bondye a.”
Now therefore, Jehovah our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Jehovah, are God alone."
20 Epi Ésaïe, fis a Amots la te voye kote Ézéchias e te di: “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la: ‘Akoz ou te priye a Mwen pou Sanchérib, wa Assyrie a, Mwen te tande.”
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, 'Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.
21 Sa se pawòl ke SENYÈ a te pale kont li an: “Li te meprize ou e moke ou, Fi vyèj a Sion an. Li te souke tèt li dèyè do ou, Fi a Jérusalem nan!
This is the word that Jehovah has spoken concerning him: "The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
22 Se kilès ou te repwoche e blasfeme a? Epi kont kilès ou te leve vwa ou a, avèk ògèy, ou te leve zye ou? Kont Sila ki Sen a Israël la?
Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
23 Pa mesaje ou yo, ou te repwoche SENYÈ a. Ou te di: “Avèk anpil cha mwen yo, mwen te rive sou wotè a mòn yo. Jis rive nan kote pi izole nan Liban an, mwen va koupe gwo bwa sèd li yo, avèk bwa pichpen pi chwazi li yo. Epi mwen va antre jis nan lojman pi izole yo, nan pi gran rakbwa ki te genyen yo.
By your messengers you have defied Jehovah, and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
24 Mwen te fouye pwi yo e te bwè dlo etranje li yo, Epi avèk pla pye mwen, mwen te seche tout rivyè Égypte yo.”
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.'
25 Èske ou pa t tande? Depi lontan Mwen te fè l; Depi nan tan ansyen yo, Mwen te planifye l. Koulye a, Mwen gen tan fè l vin rive, ke ou ta fè vil fòtifye yo vin pil ranblè.
Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
26 Pou sa, abitan pa yo te manke fòs. Yo te deranje e te vin wont nèt. Yo te tankou zèb chan, tankou zèb vèt, tankou zèb sou twati kay ki vin brile avan li kab grandi.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.
27 Men M konnen chita ou, sòti avèk antre pa ou, ak laraj ke ou konn fè kont Mwen.
But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me.
28 Epi akoz laraj ou kont Mwen, akoz awogans ou vin monte nan zòrèy Mwen, pou sa, mwen va mete zen Mwen nan nen ou, ak brid Mwen, pou antre nan lèv ou, epi Mwen va vire ou fè ou fè bak pa menm chemen ke ou te antre a.”
Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came."
29 “Epi sa va sign lan pou ou: Ou va manje nan lane sila a sa ki grandi pou kont li, nan dezyèm ane a, sa ki sòti menm jan an konsa e nan twazyèm ane a, ou va simen, rekòlte, plante chan rezen yo e manje fwi pa yo.
"'This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.
30 Retay ki chape lakay Juda a va ankò pran rasin k ap pouse pa anba pou bay fwi pa anlè.
The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 Paske depi Jérusalem, va vin sòti yon retay e sòti nan Mòn Sion, sila ki chape yo. Zèl SENYÈ a va acheve sa.”
For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will do this.'
32 “Pou sa, pale SENYÈ a selon wa Assyrie a: ‘Li p ap rive nan vil sila a, ni tire yon flèch la. Li p ap rive devan li avèk yon boukliye, ni monte yon ran syèj kont li.
"Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, 'He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
33 Pa menm chemen ke li te antre a, pa li menm, li va retounen e li p ap rive nan vil sila a’, deklare SENYÈ a.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city,' says Jehovah.
34 ‘Paske Mwen va defann vil sa a pou sove li pou koz Mwen menm ak pou koz sèvitè mwen an, David.’”
'For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.'"
35 Epi li te vin rive menm nwit sa a ke zanj SENYÈ a te sòti e te frape san-katre-ven-senk-mil moun nan kan Asiryen yo. Lè moun yo te leve granmmaten, men vwala, yo tout te mouri.
It happened that night, that the angel of Jehovah went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, look, these were all dead bodies.
36 Pou sa, Sanchérib, wa Assyrie a, te sòti e te retounen lakay li pou te rete Ninive.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
37 Konsa, li te vin rive pandan li t ap adore lakay Nisroc la, dye pa li a, ke Adrammélec avèk Scharetser te touye li avèk nepe, epi yo te chape nan peyi Ararat. Epi Ésar-Haddon, fis li a, te devni wa nan plas li.
It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
