Boqorradii Labaad 18
1 Haddaba Hoosheeca ina Eelaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil sannaddiisii saddexaad ayaa Xisqiyaah ina Aaxaas dalka Yahuudah boqor ka noqday.
After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
2 Oo markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray shan iyo labaatan sannadood, oo Yeruusaalem boqor buu ka ahaa sagaal iyo labaatan sannadood, oo hooyadiisna magaceeda waxaa la odhan jiray Abii ina Sekaryaah.
He was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah] and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
3 Oo isna wuxuu sameeyey wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku qumman, sidii dhammaan awowgiis Daa'uud sameeyey oo kale.
Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
4 Wuxuu dumiyey meelihii sarsare, tiirarkiina wuu jejebiyey, geedihii Asheeraahna wuu jaray; oo wuxuu kaloo burburiyey abeesadii naxaasta ahayd oo Muuse sameeyey, waayo, ilaa wakhtigaas dadkii Israa'iil foox bay u shidi jireen, oo isna wuxuu magaceedii u bixiyey Nexushtaan.
He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars [for worshiping the goddess Asherah]. He also broke into pieces the bronze [replica/statue of a] snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it.
5 Oo wuxuu isku halleeyey Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil; oo dabadiis boqorradii dalka Yahuudah oo dhan laguma arag mid isagii la mid ah, hortiisna ma jirin.
Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped.] There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as [devoted to Yahweh as] he was.
6 Waayo, Rabbiguu xajistay, oo lasocodkiisiina kama uu tegin, laakiinse wuxuu dhawray amarradiisii uu Rabbigu Muuse ku amray.
He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
7 Oo Rabbigu isaga wuu la jiray, oo meel alla meeshuu tegeyba wuu ku liibaanay, oo wuxuu ka fallaagoobay boqorkii Ashuur oo umana adeegin.
Yahweh always (helped/was with) him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to (pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do).
8 Oo reer Falastiinna wuxuu ku laayay Gaasa iyo soohdimaheeda, iyo tan iyo munaaraddii waardiyayaasha iyo ilaa magaaladii deyrka lahayd.
His army defeated [the soldiers of] Philistia as far [south] as Gaza [city] and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls.
9 Oo sannaddii afraad ee Boqor Xisqiyaah, taasoo ahayd sannaddii toddobaad ee Hoosheeca ina Eelaah oo boqorkii dalka Israa'iil ahaa ayuu Shalmaneser oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur Samaariya ku kacay oo hareereeyey.
After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, [the army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria [city].
10 Oo saddex sannadood dabadeedna way qabsadeen, taasuna waxay ahayd Xisqiyaah sannaddiisii lixaad, oo ahayd Hoosheeca oo boqorkii dalka Israa'iil ahaa sannaddiisii sagaalaad markii Samaariya la qabsaday.
In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years.
11 Markaasaa boqorkii Ashuur kaxaystay dadkii Israa'iil oo wuxuu dejiyey Xalax iyo Xaaboor oo webiga Goosaan ag ahaa, iyo magaalooyinkii reer Maaday,
The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah [town], some were taken to a place near the Habor [River] in [the] Gozan [region], and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live.
12 maxaa yeelay, ma ay addeecin codkii Rabbiga Ilaahooda ahaa, laakiinse way ku xadgudbeen axdigiisii iyo dhammaan wixii uu midiidinkii Rabbiga oo Muuse ahaa ku amray; ma ay maqlin, mana ay samayn.
That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh [very well], had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them.
13 Haddaba Boqor Xisqiyaah sannaddiisii afar iyo tobnaad ayaa Seenxeeriib oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur ku kacay magaalooyinkii deyrka lahaa oo dalka Yahuudah oo dhan, wuuna qabsaday.
After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, [the army of] King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They [did not capture Jerusalem, but they] captured all the other cities.
14 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah ayaa boqorkii Ashuur ugu cid diray Laakiish, oo wuxuu yidhi, Xumaan baan sameeyey, haddaba iga noqo, oo anna wixii aad i saarto waan aqbalayaa. Markaasaa boqorkii Ashuur wuxuu boqorkii dalka Yahuudah saaray saddex boqol oo talanti oo lacag ah iyo soddon talanti oo dahab ah.
King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please [tell your soldiers to] stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him (ten tons/9,000 kg.) of silver and (one ton/900 kg.) of gold.
15 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah wuxuu isagii siiyey kulli lacagtii laga helay gurigii Rabbiga iyo khasnadihii gurigii boqorka oo dhanba.
So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
16 Oo waagaasaa Xisqiyaah dahabkii ka jaray albaabbadii gurigii Rabbiga iyo tiirarkiiba, kuwaasoo uu Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah ku dahaadhay, oo wuxuu siiyey boqorkii Ashuur.
Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria.
17 Markaasaa boqorkii Ashuur wuxuu Laakiish ka diray Tartaan iyo Rab Saariis iyo Rabshaaqeeh oo ciidan faro badan wata, oo wuxuu iyaga Boqor Xisqiyaah ugu diray Yeruusaalem. Oo iyana intay kaceen ayay Yeruusaalem tageen. Oo markay yimaadeen waxay is-ag taageen biyomareenkii balliga sare kaasoo ku dhex yiil waddada berrinkii dharmaydhaha.
But the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
18 Oo markay boqorkii u yeedheen waxaa iyagii u yimid Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah oo u sarreeyey reerkii boqorka, iyo Shebnaa oo karraanigii ahaa, iyo Yoo'aax ina Aasaaf oo ahaa taariikhqorihii.
They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials [to talk to them]. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people.
19 Markaasaa Rabshaaqeeh wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, Waxaad Xisqiyaah haddeer ku tidhaahdaan, Boqorka weyn ee boqorka Ashuur ah wuxuu kugu leeyahay, War waxaad ku kalsoon tahay oo aad isku hallaynaysaa waa maxay?
One of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the king of Assyria, the great king, says: ‘What are you trusting in [to rescue you] [RHQ]?
20 Adigu waxaad leedahay, Dagaalka waxaa loo hayaa talo iyo xoog, laakiinse afka uun baad ka tidhi. Haddaba waadiga iga fallaagoobaye bal yaad isku hallaynaysaa?
You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us, ] but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
21 Bal ogow, waxaad isku hallaynaysaa oo ul ahaan u qaadanaysaa cawsduurkan burburay, kaasoo ah Masar, oo isna haddii nin ku tiirsado gacantuu ka galaa oo ka mudaa; oo boqorka Masar oo Fircoon ahu saasoo kaluu u yahay kuwa isaga isku halleeya oo dhan.
Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But that is like [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the king of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
22 Laakiinse haddaad igu tidhaahdaan, Waxaannu isku hallaynaynaa Rabbiga Ilaahayaga ah, miyuusan isagu ahayn kii meelihiisii sarsare iyo meelihiisii allabarigaba uu Xisqiyaah wada dumiyey isagoo dadka Yahuudah iyo dadka Yeruusaalemba ku leh, Meeshan allabariga ee Yeruusaalem ku taal horteeda waa inaad Ilaah ku caabuddaan?
But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are (relying on/trusting in) Yahweh our God [to help us].” [I would reply, ] “Is he not the one whom you [insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship only in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?”’
23 Haddaba waan ku baryayaaye bal sharad la dhigo sayidkayga oo ah boqorka Ashuur, haddaba waxaan ku siin doonaa laba kun oo faras, haddaad rag fuula u heli kartid.
So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
24 Bal sidee baad u celin kartaa sirkaal ka mid ah kuwa ugu yaryar ee addoommada sayidkayga ah, oo sidee baad Masar isugu hallaynaysaa inay ku siinayso gaadhifardood iyo rag fardooley ah?
You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
25 Haddaba miyaan Rabbiga la'aantiis ugu kacay meeshan inaan baabbi'iyo? Rabbigu wuxuu igu yidhi, Dalkaas ku kac oo soo baabbi'i.
Furthermore, (do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.) [RHQ] It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
26 Markaasaa Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah iyo Shebnaa iyo Yoo'aax waxay Rabshaaqeeh ku yidhaahdeen, Waan ku baryaynaaye nagula hadal afka reer Suuriya, annagoo addoommadaada ah, isagaannu garanaynaa; oo ha nagula hadlin afka Yuhuudda iyadoo dadka derbiga dul jooga ay na maqlayaan.
Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and be frightened].”
27 Laakiinse Rabshaaqeeh wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, Sayidkaygu ma wuxuu ii soo diray inaan sayidkiinna iyo idinka eryadan kula hadlo? Sow iima uu soo dirin nimanka derbiga dul joogaa inay saxaradooda cunaan oo ay kaadidooda idinla cabbaan?
But the official replied, “Do you think [RHQ] that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? [If you reject this message, ] the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
28 Markaasuu Rabshaaqeeh istaagay, oo intuu cod weyn ku qayliyey ayuu afka Yuhuudda ku hadlay oo yidhi, War maqla eraygii boqorka weyn ee ah boqorka Ashuur.
Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the king of Assyria. He says,
29 Boqorkii wuxuu idinku leeyahay, Xisqiyaah yuusan idin khiyaanayn, waayo, isagu ma uu awoodi doono inuu gacantiisa idinka samatabbixiyo.
‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
30 Oo weliba Xisqiyaah yuusan Rabbiga idin aaminsiin isagoo leh, Hubaal Rabbigu waa ina samatabbixin doonaa, oo magaaladan laguma ridi doono gacanta boqorka Ashuur.
Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’
31 Haddaba Xisqiyaah ha maqlina, waayo, boqorkii Ashuur wuxuu leeyahay, Nabad ila dhigta, oo ii soo baxa, oo midkiin waluba wax ha ka cuno canabkiisa iyo geedkiisa berde, oo midkiin waluba ha cabbo biyaha ceelkiisa,
“Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines, and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells.
32 intaanan iman oo idiin kaxayn dal dalkiinna la mid ah, oo ah dal hadhuudh iyo khamri leh, oo ah dal cunto iyo beerocanab leh, oo ah dal saliid saytuun iyo malab leh inaad noolaataan oo aydnaan dhiman. Oo Xisqiyaah ha maqlina markuu idinku sasabayo oo idin leeyahay, Rabbigu waa ina samatabbixin doonaa.
You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to [produce grapes for making] wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you!
33 Bal quruumaha ilaahyadoodii midkoodna miyuu weligiis dalkiisa ka samatabbixiyey gacanta boqorka Ashuur?
The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
34 Bal meeye ilaahyadii Xamaad iyo Arfaad? Oo meeye ilaahyadii Sefarwayiim iyo Xeenac iyo Ciwaah? Iyagu miyey Samaariya ka samatabbixiyeen gacantayda?
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities] unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria [RHQ]? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, [towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared] [RHQ]? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
35 Bal waa kuwee kuwa ku jira ilaahyada dalalka oo dhan oo dalkooda ka samatabbixiyey gacantayda? Haddaba Rabbigu sidee buu Yeruusaalem gacantayda uga samatabbixin karaa?
No, none of the gods of the countries [that my army attacked] rescued their people [RHQ] from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
36 Laakiinse dadkii way iska aamuseen oo xataa eray keliya uguma ay jawaabin, waayo, boqorku wuxuu ku amray oo yidhi, Ha u jawaabina.
But the people [who were listening] stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you, ] do not answer him.”
37 Markaasaa waxaa Xisqiyaah u yimid Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah oo reerka boqorka u sarreeyey, iyo Shebnaa oo karraanigii ahaa, iyo Yoo'aax ina Aasaaf oo taariikhqorihii ahaa, iyagoo dhar jeexjeexan, oo waxay isagii u sheegeen Rabshaaqeeh erayadiisii.
Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed], and they told him what the official from Assyria had said.
