2 Kingi 18

1 Na, no te toru o nga tau o Hohea tama a Eraha kingi o Iharaira, i kingi ai a Hetekia tama a Ahata kingi o Hura.

And it comes to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, has reigned;

2 E rua tekau ma rima ona tau i tona kingitanga, a e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama; a ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Api, he tamahine na Hakaraia.

he was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abi daughter of Zechariah.

3 Na he tika tana mahi ki te titiro a Ihowa, i rite ki nga mea katoa i mea ai a Rawiri, tona tupuna.

And he does that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father David did,

4 I whakakahoretia e ia nga wahi tiketike, i tukitukia hoki nga whakapakoko, tuaina ana e ia te Ahera: a mongamonga ana i a ia te nakahi parahi, i hanga nei e Mohi; tahu tonu ai hoki nga tama a Iharaira i te whakakakara ki taua mea a taea noatia ta ua ra; a tapa ana e ia, ko Nehuhatana.

he has turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the Asherah, and beaten down the bronze serpent that Moses made, for up to these days the sons of Israel were making incense to it, and he calls it “a piece of bronze.”

5 I whakawhirinaki hoki ia ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o Iharaira; na kahore he rite mona o nga kingi katoa o Hura i muri i a ia, o era ranei i mua atu i a ia.

In YHWH, God of Israel, he has trusted, and after him there has not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] who were before him;

6 I piri tonu hoki ia ki a Ihowa, kihai i mahue te whai i a ia, engari i puritia e ia ana whakahau i whakahau ai a Ihowa ki a Mohi.

and he cleaves to YHWH, he has not turned aside from after Him, and keeps His commands that YHWH commanded Moses.

7 Na i a ia a Ihowa, a oti pai ana tana i nga wahi katoa i haere ai ia. Na ka whakakeke ia ki te kingi o Ahiria, a kihai i mahi ki a ia.

And YHWH has been with him; in every place where he goes out he acts wisely, and he rebels against the king of Asshur, and has not served him;

8 I patua e ia nga Pirihitini tae noa ki Kaha, ki ona rohe, i te taumaihi o nga kaitutei ki te pa taiepa.

he has struck the Philistines, even to Gaza and its borders, from a tower of watchers to the fortified city.

9 Na i te wha o nga tau o Kingi Hetekia, ara i te whitu o nga tau o Honea tama a Eraha kingi o Iharaira, ka whakaekea Hamaria e Haramanehere kingi o Ahiria, whakapaea ana e ia.

And it comes to pass, in the fourth year of King Hezekiah—it [is] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel—Shalmaneser king of Asshur has come up against Samaria and lays siege to it,

10 A, i te mutunga o te toru o nga tau, ka horo a reira i a ratou; ara no te ono o nga tau o Hetekia, koia ra te iwa o nga tau o Hohea kingi o Iharaira, ka horo Hamaria.

and they capture it at the end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah—it [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel—Samaria has been captured,

11 Na ka whakahekea e te kingi o Ahiria a Iharaira ki Ahiria, whakanohoia ana e ia ki Haraha, ki Haporo, ki te taha o te awa o Kotana ki nga pa ano hoki o nga Meri:

and the king of Asshur removes Israel to Asshur, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor [by] the river Gozan, and [in] cities of the Medes,

12 Mo ratou kihai i rongo ki te reo o Ihowa, o to ratou Atua, engari takahia ana e ratou tana kawenata me nga mea katoa i whakahaua mai e Mohi, e ta Ihowa pononga; kihai i whakarangona, kihai i mahia.

because that they have not listened to the voice of their God YHWH, and transgress His covenant—all that He commanded Moses, servant of YHWH—indeed, they have not listened nor done [it].

13 Na no te tekau ma wha o nga tau o Kingi Hetekia ka whakaekea nga pa taiepa katoa o Hura e Henakeripi kingi o Ahiria, a horo ana i a ia.

And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Asshur has come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seizes them,

14 Na ka unga tangata a Hetekia kingi o Hura ki te kingi o Ahiria ki Rakihi hei mea, Kua hara ahau; hoki atu i ahau: ko tau e whakapikau mai ai ki ahau ka pikaua e ahau. Na whakaritea ana e te kingi o Ahiria ki a Hetekia kingi o Hura kia toru rau t aranata hiriwa, kia toru tekau hoki taranata koura.

and Hezekiah king of Judah sends to the king of Asshur at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which you put on me I bear”; and the king of Asshur lays on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold,

15 Na hoatu ana e Hetekia ki a ia te hiriwa katoa i kitea ki te whare o Ihowa, ki nga taonga ano o te whare o te kingi.

and Hezekiah gives all the silver that is found in the house of YHWH and in the treasures of the house of the king;

16 No taua wa ano ka tapahia e Hetekia te koura o nga tatau o te temepara o Ihowa, o nga pou hoki i whakakikoruatia nei e Hetekia kingi o Hura, a hoatu ana ki te kingi o Ahiria.

at that time Hezekiah has cut off the doors of the temple of YHWH, and the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gives them to the king of Asshur.

17 Na ka unga e te kingi o Ahiria a Taratana, a Rapaharihi, a Rapahake i Rakihi ki a Kingi Hetekia ki Hiruharama, he nui te ope, Na haere ana ratou, ka tae ki Hiruharama. A, i to ratou taenga atu, ka haere ratou, ka tu ki te awakeri o te puna wai o runga, o tera i te huarahi o te mara a te kaihoroi kakahu.

And the king of Asshur sends Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, to King Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that [is] in the highway of the fuller’s field.

18 Na, ka karanga ratou ki te kingi, ka puta atu ki a ratou a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia, te rangatira o te whare, a Hepena kaituhituhi, a Ioaha tama a Ahapa te kaiwhakamahara.

And they call to the king, and Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, go out to them.

19 Na ka mea a Rapahake ki a ratou, Korero atu ainei ki a Hetekia, Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria, He aha tenei whakawhirinaki, e whakawhirinaki na koe?

And the chief of the butlers 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?

20 E mea na koe, otiia he mea ngutu kau, Tenei te ngarahu tika, te kaha mo te whawhai. Na e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki a wai, i whakakeke ai koe ki ahau?

You 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?

21 Nana, e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki tena kakaho pepe hei tokotoko, ki a ngoto ki roto ki tona ringa, na, kua tu. Ka pera ano a Parao kingi o Ihipa ki te hunga katoa e okioki ana ki a ia.

Now behold, you have trusted for yourself 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.

22 Otiia ki te mea mai koutou ki ahau, Ko Ihowa, ko to matou Atua ta matou e whakawhirinaki nei: he teka ianei ko ia tena, nana nei nga wahi tiketike, me nga aata i whakakahoretia atu nei e Hetekia, a kua mea ia ki a Hura raua ko Hiruharama, Hei mu a i tenei aata i Hiruharama koutou koropiko ai?

And when 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, You bow yourselves before this altar in Jerusalem?

23 Na homai aianei he utu pupuri ki toku ariki, ki te kingi o Ahiria, a ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe etahi hoiho, kia rua mano, ki te taea e koe te whakanoho kaieke ki runga.

And now, please give a pledge for yourself to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give two thousand horses to you, if you are able to give riders for yourself on them.

24 A me pehea e taea ai e koe te pare atu te kanohi o tetahi rangatira kotahi o nga iti rawa o nga pononga a toku ariki, a ka whakawhirinaki koe ki Ihipa hei hariata, hei kaieke hoiho mau?

And how do you turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that you trust for yourself on Egypt for chariot and for horsemen?

25 I haere kau mai ranei ahau, kahore a Ihowa, ki te huna i tenei wahi? I mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Haere ki te whenua ra huna ai.

Have I now come up without YHWH against this place to destroy it? YHWH said to me, Go up against this land, and you have destroyed it.”

26 Katahi ka mea a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia ratou ko Hepena, ko Ioaha, ki a Rapahake, Korero koa ki au pononga i te reo Hiriani; e matau ana hoki matou ki tena reo; kaua e korero mai ki a matou i te reo Hurai i te mea e whakarongo ana te iwi i runga i te taiepa.

And Eliakim son of Hilkiah says—and Shebna and Joah—to the chief of the butlers, “Please speak to your servants [in] Aramaic, for we are understanding, but do not speak with us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.”

27 Ano ra ko Rapahake ki a ratou, I unga mai ranei ahau e toku ariki ki tou ariki, a ki a koe, hei korero i enei kupu? He teka ianei i unga mai ahau e ia ki nga tangata e noho ana i runga i te taiepa, kia kainga e ratou to ratou paru, kia inumia to ratou mimi, ara e koutou tahi?

And the chief of the butlers says to them, “For 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?”

28 Katahi a Rapahake ka tu, a he nui tona reo ki te karanga i te reo Hurai; i korero ia, i mea, Whakarongo ki te kupu a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria.

And the chief of the butlers stands and calls with a great voice [in] Jewish, and speaks and says, “Hear a word of the great king, the king of Asshur—

29 Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi Kei tinihangatia koutou e Hetekia; e kore hoki koutou e taea te whakaora e ia i tona ringa:

thus said the king: Do not let Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand;

30 Kei meinga hoki koutou e Hetekia kia whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowa, i a ia e ki na, He pono, tera tatou e whakaorangia e Ihowa, e kore hoki tenei pa e tukua ki te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria.

and do not let Hezekiah make you trust in YHWH, saying, YHWH certainly delivers us, and this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

31 Kaua e rongo ki a Hetekia; ko te kupu tenei a te kingi o Ahiria, Houhia ta koutou rongo ki ahau, ka haere mai ki waho ki ahau; ka kai ai koutou i nga hua o tana waina, o tana waina, o tana piki, o tana piki, ka inu ano i te wai o tana puna, o ta na puna:

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur: Make a blessing with me, and come out to me, and each eat of his vine, and each [eat] of his fig tree, and each drink the waters of his own well,

32 Kia tae atu ra ano ahau ki te tiki atu i a koutou ki te whenua penei i to koutou nei whenua, ki te whenua witi, waina, ki te whenua taro, mara waina, ki te whenua hinu oriwa, honi hoki, kia ora ai koutou, kei mate; kaua hoki e whakarongo ki a He tekia, i a ia e tohe na ki a koutou, e mea na, Ma Ihowa tatou e whakaora.

until my coming in, and I have taken you to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey; and live, and do not die; and do not listen to Hezekiah when he persuades you, saying, YHWH delivers us.

33 I ora ranei i tetahi o nga atua o nga tauiwi tona whenua i te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria?

Have each of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

34 Kei hea nga atua o Hamata, o Arapara? kei hea nga atua o Heparawaima, o Hena, o Iwa? i whakaorangia ranei e ratou a Hamaria i toku ringa?

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

35 Ko wai o nga atua katoa o nga whenua, kua whakaorangia e ratou to ratou whenua i toku ringa, e whakaorangia ai e Ihowa a Hiruharama i toku ringa?

Who [are they] among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that YHWH delivers Jerusalem out of my hand?”

36 Otiia whakarongo kau ana tera te iwi, kihai i whakahoki kupu ki a ia; ko ta te kingi hoki tena i ako ai, i ki ai, Kaua e whakahoki kupu atu ki a ia.

And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, “Do not answer him.”

37 Katahi ka haere a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia, te rangatira o te whare, a Hepena te kaituhituhi, a Ioaha tama a Ahapa te kaiwhakamahara ki a Hetekia, he mea haehae o ratou kakahu, a korerotia ana e ratou ki a ia nga kupu a Rapahake.

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 the chief of the butlers.