2 Bakonzi 18

1 Tango Oze, mwana mobali ya Ela, mokonzi ya Isalaele, akokisaki mibu misato na bokonzi, Ezekiasi, mwana mobali ya Akazi, mokonzi ya Yuda, akomaki mokonzi.

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 Ezekiasi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na mitano ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu tuku mibale na libwa na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Abi. » Abi azalaki mwana mwasi ya Zakari.

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

3 Ezekiasi asalaki makambo ya sembo na miso ya Yawe ndenge Davidi, koko na ye, asalaki.

And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

4 Alongolaki bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba, abukaki makonzi ya bule ya banzambe ya bikeko, mpe akataki likonzi ya bule ya nzambe mwasi Ashera. Abukaki-bukaki nyoka ya ebende oyo Moyize asalaki, pamba te kino na tango wana, bana ya Isalaele bazalaki kotumba ansa mpo na nyoka yango mpe kobenga yango « Nekushitani. »

He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for till those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

5 Ezekiasi atiaki motema na ye epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele. Mokonzi moko te akokanaki na ye kati na bakonzi nyonso ya Yuda, ezala liboso to sima na ye.

He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him.

6 Atikalaki ya kokangama na Yawe mpe atikaki te kolanda Ye; abatelaki mitindo oyo Yawe apesaki na nzela ya Moyize.

For he cleaved to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

7 Yawe azalaki elongo na ye mpe azalaki kolonga na makambo nyonso oyo azalaki kosala. Atombokelaki mokonzi ya Asiri mpe aboyaki kosalela ye.

And the LORD was with him; [and] he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

8 Alongaki bato ya Filisitia mpe alandaki bango kino na Gaza, abebisaki engumba mpe etuka na yango, mpe abotolaki bingumba batonga makasi mpe bandako milayi ya bakengeli.

He smote the Philistines, [even] to Gaza, and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

9 Tango Ezekiasi akokisaki mibu minei na bokonzi, oyo ezalaki mobu ya sambo ya bokonzi ya Oze, mwana mobali ya Ela, mokonzi ya Isalaele, Salimanasari, mokonzi ya Asiri, abundisaki Samari mpe azingelaki yango.

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 Bato ya Asiri babotolaki Samari sima na mibu misato ya bitumba, na mobu ya motoba ya bokonzi ya Ezekiasi, oyo ezalaki mobu ya libwa ya bokonzi ya Oze, mokonzi ya Isalaele.

And at the end of three years they took it: [even] in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11 Mokonzi ya Asiri amemaki bato ya Isalaele na bowumbu na Asiri mpe atiaki bango na Ala, na ngambo ya ebale Abori, na etuka ya Gozani mpe na bingumba ya Medi.

And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

12 Makambo oyo esalemaki mpo ete bato ya Isalaele batosaki te Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe babukaki boyokani na Ye; elingi koloba ete batosaki te makambo nyonso oyo Moyize, mosali na Nzambe, atindaki bango.

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, [and] all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear [them], nor do [them].

13 Tango mokonzi Ezekiasi akokisaki mibu zomi na minei na bokonzi, Senakeribe, mokonzi ya Asiri, abundisaki bingumba nyonso ya Yuda, oyo batonga makasi mpe abotolaki yango.

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

14 Ezekiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, atindaki sango oyo epai ya mokonzi ya Asiri, na Lakishi: « Nasali mabe, bima na mboka na ngai; nakofuta yo nyonso oyo okosenga ngai. » Mokonzi ya Asiri akatelaki Ezekiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, mpako ya motuya ya bakilo nkoto zomi ya palata mpe bakilo nkoto moko ya wolo.

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 I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15 Ezekiasi apesaki ye palata nyonso oyo ezalaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe mpe kati na bibombelo ya ndako ya mokonzi.

And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

16 Na tango wana, Ezekiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, alongolaki wolo oyo asalelaki mpo na kolatisa bikuke mpe mabaya oyo esimbaka bikuke ya Tempelo ya Yawe, mpe apesaki yango epai ya mokonzi ya Asiri.

At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

17 Wuta na Lakishi, mokonzi ya Asiri atindaki epai ya mokonzi Ezekiasi, na Yelusalemi, mokonzi ya mampinga na ye, mokonzi ya bakalaka ya lokumu, mokonzi ya basoda oyo bakengelaka ye, mpe mampinga ya basoda ya nguya. Tango bakomaki na Yelusalemi mpe batelemaki pene ya nzela oyo ememaka mayi na liziba ya mayi ya monene, oyo ezali na nzela ya elanga ya moto oyo atiaka langi na bilamba,

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem: and they went up, and came to Jerusalem: and when they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field.

18 babelelaki mokonzi. Mpe Eliakimi, mwana mobali ya Ilikia, mobateli biloko ya ndako ya mokonzi; Shebina, mokomi mikanda; mpe Yoa, mwana mobali ya Azafi mpe mobombi mikanda, babimaki mpo na kokutana na bango.

And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

19 Mokonzi ya basoda oyo bakengelaka mokonzi ya Asiri alobaki na bango: « Boloba na Ezekiasi: ‹ Tala makambo oyo mokonzi monene, mokonzi ya Asiri, alobi: ‘Otie elikya na yo na nini?

And Rab-shakeh said to them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this in which thou trustest?

20 Okanisi ete maloba ya pamba ekoki kozwa esika ya mayele mpe makasi ya bitumba? Otie penza elikya na nani mpo ete otombokela ngai?

Thou sayest, but [they are but] vain words, I [have] counsel and strength for the war. Now in whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

21 Tala, ozali nde kotia elikya na Ejipito oyo ezali lokola mwa nzete ya bambu oyo ebukana, oyo etobolaka mpe ezokisaka loboko ya moto oyo ayekamelaka yango! Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, azalaka nde bongo mpo na bato nyonso oyo batielaka ye motema!’

Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man leaneth, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

22 Tango mosusu bokoloba na ngai: ‘Totiaka elikya na biso kati na Yawe, Nzambe na biso.’ Boni! Ezali ye te oyo Ezekiasi alongolaki bisambelo na ye ya likolo ya bangomba mpe bitumbelo na ye tango alobaki na Yuda mpe na Yelusalemi: ‘Kati na Yelusalemi, bosengeli kogumbama liboso ya etumbelo oyo?’

But if ye say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

23 Sik’oyo, nabondeli yo, beta mondenge na nkolo na ngai, mokonzi ya Asiri: ‘Nakopesa yo bampunda nkoto mibale soki okoki kopesa basoda mpo ete batambolisa yango!

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

24 Okokoka ndenge nini kokimisa ata mokonzi moko kaka, kati na bakonzi ya basoda ya nkolo na ngai, yo oyo otiaka elikya na yo kati na Ejipito mpo na bashar mpe bato oyo batambolisaka yango?

How then wilt 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 Boni, okanisi ete ngai nayei kobundisa mpe kobebisa esika oyo na ndingisa ya Yawe te? Ezali Ye moko Yawe nde alobaki na ngai ete nabundisa mokili oyo mpe nabebisa yango.’ › »

Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

26 Eliakimi, mwana mobali ya Ilikia, Shebina mpe Yoa balobaki na mokonzi ya basoda oyo bakengelaka mokonzi: — Tobondeli yo, loba na basali na yo na lokota ya Arami, pamba te tososolaka yango; koloba na biso na lokota ya Ebre te, noki te bato oyo bazali na likolo ya mir bakoyoka.

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah, to Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.

27 Mokonzi ya basoda oyo bakengelaka mokonzi azongisaki: — Bokanisi ete nkolo na ngai atindi ngai koloba maloba oyo kaka epai na mokonzi na bino mpe epai na bino? Te! Maloba yango ezali mpe mpo na bato oyo batelemi na likolo ya mir, oyo bakolia nyei na bango mpe komela masuba na bango elongo na bino?

But Rab-shakeh said to them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, that they may feed on their vilest excretions with you?

28 Boye mokonzi ya basoda oyo bakengelaka mokonzi atelemaki mpe agangaki makasi na lokota ya Ebre: — Boyoka maloba ya mokonzi monene, mokonzi ya Asiri!

Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

29 Tala makambo oyo mokonzi alobi: « Tika ete Ezekiasi akosa bino te, pamba te akokoka te kokangola bino na loboko na ngai!

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

30 Bondima te ete Ezekiasi atinda bino kotia elikya na Yawe tango azali koloba: ‹ Solo, Yawe akokangola biso. Engumba oyo ekokweya te na maboko ya mokonzi ya Asiri. ›

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

31 Boyokela Ezekiasi te, pamba te tala makambo oyo mokonzi ya Asiri alobi: Bosala boyokani ya kimia elongo na ngai mpe boya epai na ngai; bongo moko na moko kati na bino akolia mbuma ya elanga na ye ya vino, ya nzete na ye ya figi, mpe akomela mayi ya libulu na ye

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me by a present, and come out to me, and [then] eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

32 liboso ete naya kozwa bino mpo na komema bino na mokili oyo ekokana na oyo ya bino, mokili oyo etonda na ble mpe na vino ya sika, mokili ya mapa mpe ya bilanga ya vino, mokili ya banzete ya olive mpe ya mafuta ya nzoyi. Boye, bokozala na bomoi, bokokufa te! Bondima Ezekiasi te, pamba te azali kokosa bino tango azali koloba: ‹ Yawe akokangola biso. ›

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-oil and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not to Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

33 Boni, ezali na nzambe ya ekolo songolo, oyo alonga kokangola ekolo na ye na loboko ya mokonzi ya Asiri?

Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 Wapi banzambe ya Amati mpe ya Aripadi? Wapi banzambe ya Sefarivayimi, ya Ena, ya Iva? Boni, balongaki kokangola Samari na loboko na ngai?

Where [are] the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

35 Kati na banzambe nyonso ya bikolo oyo, nani azalaki na makoki ya kokangola mokili na ye na maboko na ngai? Bongo ndenge nini Yawe akoka solo kokangola Yelusalemi na maboko na ngai? »

Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

36 Kasi bato batikalaki kimia mpe bazongiselaki ye ata liloba moko te, pamba te mokonzi apesaki mitindo: — Bopesa ye eyano te!

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

37 Boye Eliakimi, mwana mobali ya Ilikia mpe mobateli biloko ya ndako ya mokonzi; Shebina, mokomi mikanda; mpe Yoa, mwana mobali ya Azafi mpe mobombi mikanda, bayaki epai ya Ezekiasi na bilamba epasuka, mpe bayebisaki ye makambo oyo mokonzi ya basoda oyo bakengelaka mokonzi ya Asiri alobaki.

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 Rab-shakeh.