Ihaia 36

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

And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

2 Na ka tonoa mai e te kingi o Ahiria a Rapahake i Rakihi ki a Kingi Hetekia, ki Hiruharama; he nui te ope. Na tu ana ia ki te awakeri o to runga puna wai, ki te ara i te mara o te kaihoroi kakahu.

And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's

3 Na ka puta atu ki a ia a Eriakimi, tama a Hirikia, rangatira o te whare, ratou ko Hepena, kaituhituhi, ko Ioaha, tama a Ahapa, kaiwhakamahara.

And there came out to him Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

4 Na ka mea a Rapahake ki a ratou, Tena, mea atu 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 Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

5 Ki taku, ko tau ngarahu, me tou kaha mo te whawhai he kupu noa iho. Ko wai tou whakawhirinakitanga, i whakakeke ai koe ki ahau?

You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

6 Na e whakawhirinaki na koe ki tena kakaho whati hei tokotoko, ki Ihipa; ki te whakahinga atu te tangata ki reira, ka ngoto ki tona ringa, na kua tu. Ka pera ano a Parao kingi o Ihipa ki te hunga katoa e okioki ana ki a ia.

See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

7 Na ki te mea koe ki ahau, ko Ihowa, ko to matou Atua ta matou e whakawhirinaki nei: he teka ianei nana nga wahi tiketike, me nga aata e whakakahoretia na e Hetekia, i mea na ki a Hura raua ko Hiruharama, Hei mua i tenei aata koutou koropiko ai?

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

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

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

9 A me pehea e hoki ai i a koe te kanohi o tetahi rangatira o nga mea ririki rawa o nga pononga a toku ariki; i a koe ka whakawhirinaki ki Ihipa ki te hariata, ki te kaieke hoiho mau?

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

10 I ngaro ranei a Ihowa i toku haerenga mai ki te huna i tenei whenua? I mea mai a Ihowa ki ahau, Haere ki tera whenua huna ai.

And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

11 Na ka mea a Eriakimi ratou ko Hepena, ko Ioaha, ki a Rapahake, Tena, korero Hiriani mai ki au pononga; e mohiotia ana hoki tena reo e matou, kaua hoki e korero reo Hurai mai ki a matou, i te mea e whakarongo ana te iwi nei i runga i te taiepa.

Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

12 Ano ra ko Rapahake, I tonoa mai ranei ahau e toku ariki ki tou ariki, ki a koe ranei, hei korero i enei kupu? he teka ianei ki nga tangata e noho ana i runga i te taiepa, kia kainga e ratou to ratou paru, kia inumia ano to ratou mimi, ara e kout ou tahi?

But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

13 Na tu ana a Rapahake, a nui atu tona reo ki te karanga i te reo o nga Hurai; ka mea, Whakarongo ki nga kupu a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria.

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria:

14 Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi, Kei tinihangatia koutou e Hetekia; e kore hoki koutou e taea e ia te whakaora.

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

15 Kei meinga koutou e Hetekia kia whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowa, i a ia e ki na, Tera tatou ka whakaorangia e Ihowa; e kore tenei pa e tukua ki te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria.

And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

16 Kaua e rongo ki a Hetekia; ko te kupu hoki tenei a te kingi o Ahiria, Houhia tau rongo ki ahau, haere mai hoki 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 tana puna:

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

17 Kia tae atu ra ano ahau ki te tiki atu i a koutou ki te whenua e penei ana me to koutou nei whenua, ki te whenua witi, waina, ki te whenua taro, mara waina.

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens.

18 Kei whakapatia koutou e Hetekia, ki te mea ia, Ma Ihowa tatou e whakaora. I whakaorangia ranei e tetahi o nga atua o nga tauiwi tona whenua i te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria?

Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

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

Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? where are the gods of Samaria? and have they kept Samaria out of my hand?

20 Na wai o nga atua katoa o enei whenua i whakaora to ratou whenua i toku ringa, e whakaorangia ai e Ihowa a Hiruharama i toku ringa?

Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hand, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hand?

21 Heoi whakarongo kau ana ratou, kihai i utua tana; ko ta te kingi hoki tena i ako ai; i ki ia, Kaua e utua tana.

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

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

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.