Isaias 36
1 Iti maikasangapulo ket uppat a tawen ni Ari Ezekias, rinaut ni Sennakerib nga ari ti Asiria ti am-amin a nasarikedkedan a siudad ti Juda ket sinakupna dagitoy.
When King Hezekiah had been [ruling Judah] for almost 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] to attack the cities in Judah that had walls around them. [They did not conquer Jerusalem, but] they conquered all the other cities.
2 Kalpasanna, imbaon ti ari ti Asiria ti panguloen a mangidadaulo manipud iti Lakis a mapan kenni Ari Ezekias iti Jerusalem a kaduana ti adu nga armada. Inasitganna ti pagay-ayusan ti akinngato a pagur-urnongan iti danum, iti kalsada nga agturong iti tanap dagiti aglablaba, ket nagtakder iti abay daytoy.
Then the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood in their positions alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows into the upper pool [into Jerusalem], near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
3 Dagiti opisial nga Israelita a rimmuar iti siudad tapno makisarita kadakuada ket ni Eliakim nga anak a lalaki ni Hilkias a mangay-aywan iti palasio, ni Sebna a sekretario ti ari, ken ni Joa a putot a lalaki ni Asaf ken mangisursurat kadagiti pangngeddeng ti gobierno.
The Israeli officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, the (palace administrator/man who supervised the workers in the palace), Shebna the king’s secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions.
4 Kinuna kadakuada ti panguloen a mangidadaulo, “Ibagayo kenni Ezekias a kastoy ti kuna ti natan-ok nga ari, ti ari ti Asiria, “Ania ti pagtataudan ti panagtalekmo?
Then one of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: This is what the King of Assyria, the great king, says: “What are you trusting in to rescue you?
5 Ti ibagbagam ket sasao laeng nga awan serserbina, ibagbagam nga adda ti balakad ken pigsa a makigubat. Ita, siasino ti pagtaltalkam? Siasino ti nangted kenka iti tured a bumusor kaniak?
You say that you have weapons to fight us and some country’s promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us], but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
6 Kitaem, agtaltalekka iti Egipto, iti dayta a naparpar a runo nga us-usarem a kas sarukod, ngem no pagsammakedan daytoy ti maysa a tao, maitudok daytoy iti imana ket salputen daytoy ti imana. Kasta ti kaiyarigan ni Faraon nga ari ti Egipto iti siasinoman nga agtaltalek kenkuana.
Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But [that will be like] [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. [But] it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the King of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
7 Ngem no kunaem kaniak, “Agtaltalekkami kenni Yahweh a Diosmi,” saan kadi nga isuna ti akinkukua kadagiti disso a pagdaydayawan ken kadagiti altar nga inikkat ni Ezekias, ken ti nangibaga iti Juda ken Jerusalem, “Masapul nga agdayawkayo iti sangoanan daytoy nga altar iti Jerusalem”?
But perhaps you will say to me, ‘[No], we are relying on Yahweh our God [to help us].’ [I would reply], ‘Is he not the one whom [you insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship [only] in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?’
8 Ita ngarud, adda isingasingko kenka manipud iti apok nga ari ti Asiria. Ikkanka iti dua a ribu a kabalio no makabirokka kadagiti agsakay kadagitoy.
So I suggest that you make a deal with my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you can find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
9 Kasanom a sarangten ti uray maysa a kapitan dagiti kababassitan kadagiti adipen ti apok? Nagtalekka iti Egipto nga ikkannaka kadagiti karwahe ken kadagiti kumakabalio!
You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
10 Ita ngarud, simmang-atak kadi ditoy a saanko a kadua ni Yahweh a manggubat iti daytoy a daga ken mangdadael iti daytoy? Kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak, “Rautem daytoy a daga ket dadaelem.””
Furthermore, [do not think that] [RHQ] we have come here to attack and destroy this land without Yahweh’s orders! It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
11 Kalpasanna, kinuna ni Eliakim a putot a lalaki ni Hilkias, da Sebna ken Joa iti panguloen a mangidadaulo, “Pangngaasim ta agsaoka kadakami nga adipenmo iti pagsasao ti Arameo nga Aramaic, ta maawatanmi daytoy. Saanka a makisarita kadakami iti pagsasao ti Juda a mangmangngeg dagiti tattao nga adda iti rabaw ti pader.”
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Please speak to us in [your] Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in [our] Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and become frightened].”
12 Ngem kinuna ti panguloen a mangidadaulo, “Imbaonnak kadi ti apok iti apoyo ken kadakayo tapno ibaga dagitoy a sasao? Saan kadi nga imbaonnak kadagiti tattao nga agtugtugaw iti rabaw ti pader, a kadduayonto a mangan kadagiti takkida ken uminom kadagiti isboda?
But the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things [only] to you, and not to the people standing on the wall [RHQ]? [If you reject this message], the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
13 Ket nagtakder ti panguloen a mangidadaulo ket impukkawna iti pagsasao dagiti Judio a kunana, “Denggenyo dagiti sasao ti natan-ok nga ari, ti ari ti Asiria.
Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the King of Assyria!
14 Kuna ti ari, 'Saanyo nga ipalubos nga allilawennakayo ni Ezekias, ta saannakayonto a maispal.
He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
15 Saanyo nga ipalubos a pagtalkennakayo kenni Yahweh, a kunana, “Awan duadua nga ispalennatayonto ni Yahweh; saan a maiyawat daytoy a siudad iti ari ti Asiria.”'
Do not allow him to persuade you to trust in Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that [the army of] the King of Assyria will never capture this city!’
16 Saanyo a denggen ni Ezekias, ta kastoy ti kuna ti ari ti Asiria: 'Makikappiakayo kaniak ket rummuarkayo a mapan kaniak. Ket ti tunggal maysa kadakayo ket mangan iti bukodna nga ubas ken iti bukodna nga igos ken uminum iti danum manipud iti bukodna a bubon.
Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king [of Assyria] says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. [If you do that, I will arrange for] each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own well.
17 Aramidenyo daytoy agingga nga umayak ket ipankayo iti maysa a daga a kas iti bukodyo a daga, daga iti bukbukel ken baro nga arak, daga iti tinapay ken kaubasan.’
[You will be able to do that] until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and [vineyards to produce grapes for making] new wine and, and where we make lots of bread.’
18 Saanyo nga ipalubos nga iyaw-awannakayo ni Ezekias, a kunana, ‘Ispalennatayonto ni Yahweh.' Adda kadi ti uray siasino kadagiti dios dagiti tattao ti nangispal kadakuada manipud iti pannakabalin ti ari ti Asiria?
Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never [RHQ] rescued any of them from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria!
19 Sadino ti ayan dagiti dios ti Hamat ken Arpad? Sadino ti ayan dagiti dios ti Sefarvaim? Naispalda kadi ti Samaria manipud iti pannakabalinko?
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities], and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power [MTY]?
20 Kadagiti amin a dios dagitoy a daga, adda kadi ti uray siasino a dios a nakaispal iti dagana manipud iti pannakabalinko, a kasla maisalakan met ni Yahweh ti Jerusalem manipud iti bilegko?”
No, no god [RHQ] of any nation has been able to rescue their people from me. So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
21 Ngem nagtalinaed a naulimek dagiti tattao ket saanda a simmungbat, ta ti bilin ti ari ket, “Saanyo a sungsungbatan isuna.”
But the people [who were listening] were silent. No one said anything, because King [Hezekiah] had commanded, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you], do not answer him.”
22 Kalpasanna, ni Eliakim a putot ni Hilkias, a mangimatmaton iti palasio, ni Sebna nga eskriba, ken ni Joa a putot ni Asaf, nga agisursurat, napanda kenni Ezekias a naray-ab dagiti kawesda ket imbagada kenkuana dagiti sasao ti panguloen a mangidadaulo.
Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah returned to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed]. They told him what the official from Assyria had said.
