2 Bassekabaka 18
1 Mu mwaka ogwokusatu ogw’obufuzi bwa Koseya mutabani wa Era kabaka wa Isirayiri, Keezeekiya mutabani wa Akazi kabaka wa Yuda, n’atandika okufuga.
And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 Yali wa myaka amakumi abiri mu etaano, we yatandikira okufuga, n’afugira emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda mu Yerusaalemi, n’erinnya lya nnyina ye yali Abi muwala wa Zekkaliya.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.
3 N’akola ebirungi mu maaso ga Mukama nga jjajjaawe Dawudi bwe yakola.
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
4 N’aggyawo ebifo ebigulumivu n’amenyaamenya amayinja amoole, n’atema n’empagi eza Baasera. N’amenyaamenya omusota ogw’ekikomo Musa gwe yakola, kubanga ne mu biro ebyo Abayisirayiri baagwoterezangako obubaane.
He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5 Keezeekiya yeesiga Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri, ne wataba n’omu eyamwenkana ku bakabaka bonna aba Yuda mu abo abaamusooka ne mu abo abamuddirira.
He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] that were before him.
6 N’anywerera ku Mukama, n’ataleka kumugoberera, era n’akuuma n’amateeka Mukama ge yawa Musa.
And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
7 Mukama n’abeera wamu naye, era n’abeera n’omukisa mu buli kye yakolanga. N’agyemera kabaka w’e Bwasuli, n’agaana okumuweereza.
And Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8 N’awangula Abafirisuuti, mu buli kigo na buli kibuga ekyaliko bbugwe, okuva e Gaza n’okutuuka ku nsalo zaakyo.
He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.
9 Mu mwaka ogwokuna ogw’obufuzi bwa Keezeekiya, ate nga gwe mwaka ogw’omusanvu ogw’obufuzi bwa Koseya mutabani wa Era, kabaka wa Isirayiri, Salumaneseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’alumba Samaliya n’akizingiza.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
10 Bwe wayitawo emyaka esatu, mu mwaka ogw’omukaga ogw’obufuzi bwa Keezeekiya, ate nga gwe mwaka ogw’omwenda ogwa Koseya kabaka wa Isirayiri, Samaliya ne kiwambibwa.
And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’atwala Abayisirayiri e Bwasuli mu buwaŋŋanguse, n’abateeka mu Kala, ne mu Kaboli ku mugga gw’e Gozani ne mu bibuga by’Abameedi,
And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes;
12 kubanga tebagondera ddoboozi lya Mukama Katonda waabwe, naye baasobya endagaano ye, n’ebyo byonna Musa omuddu wa Katonda bye yalagira. Naye ne batabiwulirizza wadde okubigondera.
because they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded; and they would not hear nor do it.
13 Awo mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ena ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Keezeekiya, Sennakeribu kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’alumba ebibuga byonna ebyaliko bbugwe ebya Yuda, n’abiwamba.
And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
14 Awo Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda n’aweereza obubaka eri kabaka w’e Bwasuli e Lakisi ng’agamba nti, “Nnyonoonye mu maaso go; ddayo ondeke. Nnaakusasula byonna by’ononsalira.” Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’awooza ku Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda ttani kkumi eza ffeeza ne ttani emu eya zaabu.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: I will bear what thou layest upon me. And the king of Assyria laid upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 Keezeekiya n’amuwa ffeeza yonna eyali mu yeekaalu ya Mukama n’eyo eyali mu mawanika ag’omu lubiri.
And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house.
16 Mu kiseera ekyo Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda n’aggyako zaabu gwe yali atadde ku nzigi ne ku minyolo egya yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’amuwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the posts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave them to the king of Assyria.
17 Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’atuma Talutani, omuduumizi we ow’oku ntikko, Labusalisi, omukulu wa bakungu, ne Labusake omuduumizi we alwanira ku ttale n’eggye eddene, okuva e Lakisi okugenda ewa kabaka Keezeekiya e Yerusaalemi. Ne batuuka e Yerusaalemi, ne bakoma awali olusalosalo olw’ekidiba eky’engulu ekiri ku kkubo ery’Ennimiro ey’Omwozi w’Engoye.
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.
18 Awo ne bayita kabaka, naye Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya eyali ssabakaaki, Sebuna omuwandiisi ne Yowa mutabani wa Asafu omujjukiza ne bagenda gye bali.
And they called to the king. Then came forth to them Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler.
19 Awo Labusake n’abagamba nti, “Mutegeeze Keezeekiya nti, “‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, Kiki kye weesiga?
And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20 Olowooza nti ebigambo obugambo, kakoddyo akalaga amaanyi n’obuvumu mu kulwana? Ani gwe weesiga, n’okujeema n’onjeemera?
Thou sayest — but it is a word of the lips — There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?
21 Laba nno, weesize Misiri, olumuli olwo olwatifu, oluyinza okufumita omukono gw’omuntu ne lumuleetako ekiwundu. Bw’atyo bw’ali Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri eri abo bonna abamwesiga.
Now behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him.
22 Ate era bw’oŋŋamba nti, “Twesize Mukama Katonda waffe,” oyo si y’omu Keezeekiya gwe yaggyirawo ebifo ebigulumivu n’ebyoto, ng’agamba Yuda ne Yerusaalemi nti, “Munaasinzizanga mu maaso g’ekyoto kino mu Yerusaalemi”?
And if ye say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God: is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23 “‘Kale nno, jjangu oteese ne mukama wange kabaka w’e Bwasuli, nange n’akuwa embalaasi enkumi bbiri bw’onooba ng’olina abeebagazi.
And now, engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou canst set the riders upon them.
24 Onooyinza otya okuwangula omu ku baserikale ba mukama wange asembayo, bw’onooba nga weesiga amagaali n’abeebagala embalaasi ab’e Misiri?
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
25 Olowooza nti nnyinza okujja okutabaala ekifo kino n’okukizikiriza awatali kigambo kya Mukama? Mukama yennyini yaŋŋambye nyambuke nzikirize ensi eno.’”
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
26 Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya, Sebuna ne Yowa ne bagamba Labusake nti, “Tukwegayiridde yogera eri abaddu bo mu lulimi Olusuuli, kubanga tulutegeera. Toyogera naffe mu lulimi olw’Abayudaaya ng’abantu bonna abali ku bbugwe bawuliriza.”
And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jewish [language] in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
27 Naye Labusake n’abaddamu nti, “Mulowooza nti mukama wange yantuma eri mukama wammwe n’eri mmwe okwogera ebigambo bino, so si eri abasajja abatudde ku bbugwe, abali mu kabi nammwe kubanga okufaanana nga mmwe bagenda kulya empitambi yaabwe n’okunywa omusulo gwabwe?”
And Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?
28 Awo Labusake n’ayimirira n’akoowoola mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka mu lulimi olw’Abayudaaya nti, “Muwulire ekigambo kya kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli!
And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and spoke and said, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
29 Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka nti, ‘Keezeekiya tabalimbanga, kubanga taliyinza kubalokola mu mukono gwange.
Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the [king's] hand.
30 Temuganya Keezeekiya kubasendasenda mwesige Mukama ng’agamba nti, Mukama alibalokola, era n’ekibuga kino tekiriweebwayo mu mukono gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.’
Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will certainly deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
31 “Temuwuliriza Keezeekiya. Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, ‘Mutabagane nange mujje gye ndi, buli omu ku mmwe anywe okuva mu muzabbibu ggwe, buli muntu ku mutiini gwe, na buli muntu anywe amazzi ag’omu kidiba kye ye;
Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me, and come out to me; and eat every one of his vine and every one of his fig-tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern;
32 okutuusa lwe ndijja ne mbatwala mu nsi efaanana ensi yammwe, ensi ey’eŋŋaano n’omwenge omusu, ensi ey’emigaati n’ennimiro ez’emizabbibu, ensi ey’amafuta aga zeyituuni n’omubisi gw’enjuki, mube balamu muleme okufa.’ “Temuwuliriza Keezeekiya kubanga abawabya bw’agamba nti, ‘Mukama alibalokola.’
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-trees and of honey, that ye may live and not die; and hearken not to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
33 Waliwo katonda n’omu owa baamawanga eyali alokodde ensi ye mu mukono gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli?
Have any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Bali ludda wa bakatonda b’e Kamasi n’ab’e Alupadi? Bali ludda wa bakatonda b’e Sefavayimu, ab’e Kena n’ab’e Yiva? Baali balokodde Samaliya mu mukono gwange?
Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
35 Ani ku bakatonda abo bonna ab’ensi ezo eyali alokodde ensi ye mu mukono gwange, mulyoke mulowooze nti Mukama alirokola Yerusaalemi mu mukono gwange?”
Which are they among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
36 Naye abantu ne basirika ne bataddamu kigambo na kimu, kubanga kabaka yali alagidde nti, “Temumuddamu.”
But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya, eyali ssabakaaki, ne Sebuna omuwandiisi ne Yowa mutabani wa Asafu omujjukiza ne bagenda eri Keezeekiya nga bayuzizza engoye zaabwe, ne bamutegeeza ebigambo Labusake bye yali ayogedde.
And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler, came to Hezekiah with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
