Isaaya 36
1 Awo olwatuuka, mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ena ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Keezeekiya, Sennakeribu kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’ayambuka okulumba ebibuga byonna ebya Yuda ebyali bizimbiddwako bbugwe n’abiwamba.
And it comes to pass, in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Asshur has come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seizes them.
2 Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’asindika Labusake omuduumizi we ow’oku ntikko okuva e Lakisi n’eggye eddene ayolekere Yerusaalemi ewa kabaka Keezeekiya. Omuduumizi ono n’asimba amakanda ku mabbali g’omukutu gw’amazzi omunene ku luguudo olugenda ku Nnimiro y’Omwozi w’Engoye.
And the king of Asshur sends Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he stands by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller’s field,
3 Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya, eyali akulira olubiri, ne Sebuna omuwandiisi, ne Yoswa mutabani wa Asafu eyavunaanyizibwanga ebiwandiiko ne bafuluma okumusisinkana.
and Eliakim son of Hilkiah goes forth to him, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.
4 Labusake n’abagamba nti, “Mugambe Keezeekiya nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, Kiki ddala kye weesiga?
And Rabshakeh says to them, “Now say to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur: What [is] this confidence in which you have confided?
5 Olowooza ebigambo obugambo birina amaanyi n’amagezi okuwangula olutalo. Ani gwe weesiga olyoke onjemere?
I have said, Only a word of the lips! Counsel and might [are] for battle. Now, on whom have you trusted, that you have rebelled against me?
6 Laba weesiga Misiri, ogwo omuggo obuggo, olumuli olubetente, oluyinza okufumita engalo z’omuntu ng’alwesigamyeko: bw’atyo Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri bw’ayisa bonna abamwesiga.’
Behold, you have trusted on the staff of this broken reed—on Egypt—which a man leans on, and it has gone into his hand, and pierced it—so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.
7 Naye bw’onoŋŋamba nti, ‘Twesiga Mukama Katonda waffe,’ si ye yali nannyini byoto n’ebifo ebigulumivu Keezeekiya bye yaggyawo n’agamba Yuda ne Yerusaalemi nti, ‘Mu maaso g’ekyoto kino we munaasinzizanga’?
And do you say to me, We have trusted in our God YHWH? Is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has turned aside, and says to Judah and to Jerusalem, Bow yourselves before this altar?
8 “‘Kale nno Mukama wange Kabaka w’e Bwasuli agamba nti, Ajja kukuwa embalaasi enkumi bbiri bw’obanga ddala olina abanaazeebagala.
And now, please negotiate with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give two thousand horses to you, if you are able to put riders on them for yourself.
9 Mu mbeera eyo gy’olimu oyinza otya okuwangula wadde omuduumizi asembayo obunafu mu gye lyaffe ne bwe weesiga ebigaali n’embalaasi za Misiri?
And how do you turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and trust on Egypt for yourself, for chariot and for horsemen?
10 Ate ekirala olowooza nzize okulumba ensi eno n’okugizikiriza nga Mukama si y’andagidde? Mukama yaŋŋamba nnumbe ensi eno ngizikirize.’”
And now, without YHWH have I come up against this land to destroy it? YHWH said to me, Go up to this land, and you have destroyed it.”
11 Awo Eriyakimu ne Sebuna ne Yoswa ne bagamba Labusake nti, “Tukwegayiridde yogera n’abaddu bo mu Lusuuli kubanga tulumanyi, toyogera naffe mu Luyudaaya ng’abantu abali ku bbugwe bawulira.”
And Eliakim says—and Shebna and Joah—to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants [in] Aramaic, for we are understanding; and do not speak to us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.”
12 Naye Labusake n’ayogera nti, “Ebyo ebigambo Mukama wange yantumye kubyogera eri mukama wo n’eri ggwe mwekka, so si n’eri abasajja abatudde ku bbugwe abali nga mmwe abagenda okulya obubi bwabwe n’okunywa omusulo gwabwe?”
And Rabshakeh says, “To your lord, and to you, has my lord sent me to speak these words? Is it not for the men—those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?”
13 Awo Labusake n’ayimirira n’ayogera mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka mu lulimi olw’Abayudaaya nti, “Muwulire ebigambo bya kabaka omukulu, kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
And Rabshakeh stands and calls with a great voice [in] Jewish, and says, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Asshur—
14 Kabaka agambye bw’ati nti, Temukkiriza Keezeekiya kubalimbalimba tayinza kubawonya.
thus said the king: Do not let Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;
15 Temukkiriza Keezeekiya kubasigula ng’abagamba nti, ‘Mukama ddala ajja kutununula, ekibuga kino tekijja kugwa mu mukono gwa Bwasuli.’
and do not let Hezekiah make you trust to YHWH, saying, YHWH certainly delivers us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.
16 “Temuwuliriza Keezeekiya kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera kabaka w’e Bwasuli nti, ‘Mutabagane nange mufulume mujje gye ndi, olwo buli muntu ku mmwe lw’alirya ku muzabbibu gwe na buli muntu ku mutiini gwe, era buli omu alinywa ku mazzi ag’omu kidiba kye,
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur: Make a blessing with me, and come out to me, and each of you eat of his vine, and each of his fig tree, and each drink the waters of his own well,
17 okutuusa lwe ndijja ne mbatwalira ddala mu nsi efaanana ensi yammwe, ensi ey’eŋŋaano ne wayini, ensi ey’emigaati n’ennimiro ez’emizabbibu.’
until my coming in, and I have taken you to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;
18 “Mwekuume Keezeekiya aleme okubasendasenda ng’ayogera nti, ‘Mukama alibalokola.’ Waliwo katonda yenna ow’amawanga eyali awonyezza ensi ye mu mukono gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli?
lest Hezekiah persuades you, saying, YHWH delivers us. Have the gods of the nations each delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?
19 Bali ludda wa bakatonda ab’e Kamasi ne Alupadi? Bali ludda wa bakatonda ab’e Sefarayimu? Baali bawonyezza Samaliya mu mukono gwange?
Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Baani ku bakatonda bonna ab’ensi ezo abaali bawonyezza ensi zaabwe mu mukono gwange? Kale Mukama asobola atya okuwonya Yerusaalemi mu mukono gwange?”
Who among all the gods of these lands [are] they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that YHWH delivers Jerusalem out of my hand?”
21 Kyokka bo baasirika busirisi tebaddamu, kubanga kabaka yali alagidde nti, “Temumuddamu.”
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, “Do not answer him.”
22 Awo Eriyakimu mutabani wa Kirukiya eyali akulira olubiri ne Sebuna Omuwandiisi ne Yoswa mutabani wa Asafu Omukuumi w’ebiwandiiko, ne baddayo eri Keezeekiya nga bayuzizza engoye zaabwe, ne bamubuulira ebigambo bya Labusake.
And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, comes in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, to Hezekiah, with torn garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.
