Aịzaya 37
1 Mgbe eze Hezekaya nụrụ nke a, ọ dọwara uwe ya, yikwasị akwa mkpe, baa nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard [it, that] he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.
2 O zipụrụ Eliakịm, onye nlekọta ụlọeze, Shebna ode akwụkwọ na ndị okenye nʼetiti ndị nchụaja, bụ ndị yikwa akwa mkpe, ka ha jekwuru Aịzaya onye amụma, nwa Emọz.
And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,
3 Ha sịrị ya, “Otu a ka Hezekaya sịrị, Ụbọchị taa bụ ụbọchị ahụhụ, ịba mba na nke ihe ihere. Ụbọchị jọgburu onwe ya dịka ụbọchị nwanyị nọ nʼoke ihe mgbu nke ịmụ nwa ma ike adịkwaghị o ji amụpụta nwa ya.
To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing [woman], but she has not strength to bring forth.
4 Ma eleghị anya Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, ga-anụ okwu ahụ nke Rabashaka, bụ ọchịagha, onye nna ya ukwu bụ eze Asịrịa, zitere ịkwa Chineke dị ndụ emo. Eleghị anya Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-abara ya mba nʼihi okwu ndị a niile o kwuru, bụ ndị ọ nụrụ. Ya mere, kpeere anyị ekpere, anyị bụ ndị fọdụrụ ndụ.”
May the Lord your God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord your God has heard: therefore you shall pray to your Lord for these that are left.
5 Mgbe ndị ọrụ eze Hezekaya bịakwutere Aịzaya,
So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias.
6 ọ sịrị ha, “Otu a ka unu ga-asị nna unu ukwu, ‘Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Atụla egwu nʼihi okwu niile nke ị nụrụ, bụ nke ndị na-ejere eze Asịrịa ozi ji kwuluo m.
And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be not you afraid at the words which you have heard, wherewith the ambassadors of the king of the Assyrians have reproached me,
7 Gee ntị, mgbe ọ nụrụ akụkọ dị aṅaa, aga m eme ka ọ chọọ ịlaghachi nʼobodo nke aka ya. Nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-emekwa ka e jiri mma agha gbuo ya.’”
Behold, I [will] send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Mgbe ọchịagha ahụ nụrụ na eze Asịrịa e sitela nʼobodo Lakish pụa, ọ laghachiri hụ na eze Asịrịa na-ebuso obodo Libna agha.
So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis.
9 Nʼoge ahụ, Senakerib natara ozi na Tiahaka, eze Kush, na-apụta ịbịa ibuso ya agha. Mgbe ọ nụrụ nke a, o zipụrụ ndị ozi ka ha ga zie Hezekaya ozi, sị,
And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to attack him. And when he heard it, he turned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,
10 “Gwanụ Hezekaya, eze Juda: Ekwela ka Chineke onye ị na-atụkwasị obi duhie gị, mgbe ọ na-asị, ‘Agaghị enyefe Jerusalem nʼaka eze Asịrịa.’
Thus shall you say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
11 Nʼezie a, ị nụla ihe ndị eze Asịrịa mere obodo niile ha busoro agha, otu ha si bibie ha kpamkpam. Ma a ga-anapụtakwa gị onwe gị?
Hast you not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shall you be delivered?
12 Chi niile nke mba niile, ndị ahụ nna nna m ha lara nʼiyi, ha napụtara ha, bụ chi ndị Gozan, Haran, Rezef na nke ndị Eden ndị nọ na Tel Asa?
Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath?
13 Olee ebe eze ndị Hamat maọbụ eze ndị Apad nọ? Olee ebe eze obodo Lair, Sefavaim, Hena na Iva nọkwa?”
Where are the kings of Emath? and where [is the king of] Arphath? and where [is the king] of the city of Eppharuaim, [and of] Anagugana?
14 Mgbe Hezekaya natara akwụkwọ ozi a site nʼaka ndị ozi ahụ, gụọ ya, o weere ya gaa nʼime ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị, gbasaa ya nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
And Ezekias received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord.
15 Hezekaya kpere ekpere nye Onyenwe anyị, sị:
And Ezekias prayed to the Lord, saying,
16 “O, Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Chineke nke Izrel, onye ocheeze ya dị nʼetiti ndị cherubim, naanị gị bụ Chineke na-achị alaeze niile nke ụwa. Ọ bụkwa naanị gị kere eluigwe na ụwa.
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sit upon the cherubs, you alone are the God of every kingdom of the world: you have made heaven and earth.
17 Tọọ ntị gị nʼala, o Onyenwe anyị ma nụrụ; meghee anya gị abụọ Onyenwe anyị, ka ịhụ; gee ntị nụkwa okwu niile ndị ahụ Senakerib zitere, nke o ji ekwulu Chineke dị ndụ.
Incline your ear, O Lord, listen, O Lord; open your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: and behold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
18 “Nʼeziokwu, Onyenwe anyị, ndị eze Asịrịa alala ndị a niile na ala ha nʼiyi, mee ka ha tọgbọrọ nʼefu,
For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,
19 ha atụnyekwala chi ha niile nʼime ọkụ, repịakwa ha, nʼihi na ọ bụghị chi ka ha bụ, kama ha bụ naanị ihe a kpụrụ akpụ, nke mmadụ ji osisi na nkume pịa.
and have cast their idols into the fire: for, they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.
20 Ma ugbu a, Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị, biko, zọpụta anyị site nʼaka ya, ka alaeze niile nke ụwa mata na naanị gị Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke, na ọ dịkwaghị chi ọzọ ma ọ bụghị gị.”
But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that you are God alone.
21 Mgbe ahụ, Aịzaya nwa Emọz, zigaara Hezekaya ozi, sị, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel, sịrị, Nʼihi ekpere gị niile nye m banyere Senakerib, eze Asịrịa,
And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I have heard your prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.
22 nke a bụ okwu Onyenwe anyị kwuru megide ya. “Nwaagbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke, bụ ada Zayọn, na-elelị gị anya, jirikwa gị na-eme ihe ọchị, Nwaada Jerusalem na-efufekwa isi ya mgbe ị na-agbapụ ọsọ.
This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion has despised you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 Onye ka ị kparịrị ma kwulukwaa? Ọ bụ onye ka i sitere na nganga gị welie olu okwu gị na anya gị elu megide? Ọ bụ megide onye Nsọ nke Izrel?
Whom have you reproached and provoked? and against whom have you lifted up your voice? and have you not lifted up your eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel?
24 I sitere nʼaka ndị ozi gị kparịa Onyenwe anyị, kwuluo ya, ị sịkwara, ‘Eji m ọtụtụ ụgbọala m rigoruo ebe dị elu nke nʼelu ugwu niile, nʼebe kachasị elu nke ugwu Lebanọn. Egbudasịala m osisi sida ya niile toro ogologo, na osisi junipa ya niile kachasị mma. Ejeruola m na nsọtụ ya kachasị nʼịdị elu, bụ ebe kachasị maa mma nʼoke ọhịa ya niile.
For you have reproached the Lord by messengers; for you have said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:
25 Egwuola m ọtụtụ olulu mmiri nʼala ndị mba ọzọ, ṅụkwa mmiri dị nʼebe ahụ. Ọ bụ ọbụ ụkwụ m ka m ji mee ka isi iyi niile dị nʼIjipt takpọọ.’
and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.
26 “Ọ bụ na ị nụbeghị? Na mgbe ochie ka m kpebiri ya. Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ gara aga ka nọ pịa ọpịpịa ya, ugbu a, emeela m ka ọ bịa na mmezu, na ị meela ka obodo nke mgbidi gbara gburugburu, ghọọ mkpokọta nkume.
Hast you not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed [them] from ancient times; but now have I manifested [my purpose] of desolating nations in [their] strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
27 Ndị bi nʼime ha, ndị a napụrụ ike ha nwere, bụ ndị dara mba, ndị e tinyekwara nʼọnọdụ ihere. Ha dịka ahịhịa ndụ puru nʼala ubi, na ome na-epupụta epupụta, nakwa ahịhịa na-etopụta nʼelu ụlọ nke anwụ na-achakpọ tupu o tolite.
I weakened [their] hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass.
28 “Ma amaara m ebe ị nọ ọnọdụ, marakwa ọpụpụ gị na mbata gị, marakwa oke iwe gị megide m.
But now I know your rest, and your going out, and your coming in.
29 Nʼihi ọnụma dị gị nʼobi megide m, nʼihi na mkparị gị eruola m ntị, aga m etinye nko m nʼimi gị, werekwa mkpụmkpụ igwe m kpachie egbugbere ọnụ gị, mee ka ị laghachi site nʼụzọ ahụ nke i siri bịa.
And your wrath wherewith you have been enraged, and your rancour has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in your nose, and a bit in your lips, and will turn you back by the way by which you came.
30 “Ma nke a ga-abụ ihe ịrịbama nye gị, Hezekaya. “Nʼafọ a, unu ga-eri ihe na-epu nʼonwe ya, nʼafọ nke abụọ unu ga-eri ihe si na nke ahụ pupụta. Ma nʼafọ nke atọ ghaanụ mkpụrụ ubi, weenụ ihe ubi, kụọ vaịnị nʼubi vaịnị, riekwanụ mkpụrụ ha.
And this shall be a sign to you, Eat this year what you have sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
31 Ọzọkwa, ndị fọdụrụ nʼalaeze Juda ga-agba mgbọrọgwụ nʼokpuru ala, mịkwaa mkpụrụ nʼelu.
And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 Nʼihi na ọ bụ site na Jerusalem ka ndị fọdụrụ ga-esi pụta, otu ndị fọdụrụ ndụ ga-esitekwa nʼugwu Zayọn pụta. Ọ bụ site nʼịnụ ọkụ nʼobi nke Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ga-emezu nke a.
for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
33 “Ya mere, nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere eze Asịrịa. “Ọ gaghị azọbata ụkwụ ya nʼime obodo a maọbụ gbaa ọ bụladị otu àkụ nʼebe a. Ọ gaghị eji ọta jegharịa nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ya, maọbụ wuo mgbidi nnọchibido megide ya.
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.
34 Ụzọ o si bịa ka ọ ga-esi laghachi; ọ gaghị abanye nʼobodo a.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into this city: thus says the Lord.
35 “Aga m echebe obodo a, zọpụtakwa ya nʼihi aha m, na nʼihi Devid, bụ ohu m.”
I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
36 Mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị pụrụ gaa tigbuo otu puku narị na puku iri asatọ na ise nʼụlọ ikwu ndị Asịrịa. Mgbe ndị mmadụ tetara nʼisi ụtụtụ, lee, ozu ka ha jupụtara ebe niile.
And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all [these] bodies dead.
37 Ya mere, Senakerib, eze Asịrịa, biliri ije, laghachi nʼala ya. Ọ laghachiri biri nʼobodo Ninive.
And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and lived in Nineve.
38 Otu ụbọchị, mgbe ọ nọ na-akpọ isiala nʼụlọ chi ya a na-akpọ Nisrọk, ụmụ ya ndị ikom aha ha bụ Adramelek na Shareza were mma agha gbuo ya. Ha gbapụrụ ọsọ gbaga nʼala Ararat. Isahadon, bụ nwa ya nwoke ghọrọ eze nʼọnọdụ ya.
And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons struck him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.
