Ishacyaah 36
1 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.
When King Hezekiah had been [ruling Judah] for almost 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] to attack the cities in Judah that had walls around them. [They did not conquer Jerusalem, but] they conquered all the other cities.
2 Oo boqorkii Ashuurna wuxuu Laakiish ka diray Rabshaaqeeh oo ciidan faro badan wata, oo wuxuu Boqor Xisqiyaah ugu diray Yeruusaalem. Oo wuxuu is ag taagay biyomareenkii balliga sare kaasoo ku dhex yiil waddada berrinkii dharmaydhaha.
Then 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 in their positions alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows into the upper pool [into Jerusalem], near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
3 Oo markaasaa waxaa u soo baxay Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah oo reerka u sarreeyey, iyo Shebnaa oo karraaniga ahaa, iyo Yoo'aax ina Aasaaf oo ahaa taariikhqorihii.
The Israeli officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, the (palace administrator/man who supervised the workers in the palace), Shebna the king’s secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions.
4 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?
Then 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?
5 Waxaan kugu leeyahay, Waxaad tidhaahdaa, Dagaal waxaa loo hayaa talo iyo xoog, laakiin afka uun baad ku tidhi. Haddaba waadiga iga fallaagoobaye bal yaad isku hallaynaysaa?
You say that you have weapons to fight us and some country’s 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]?
6 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 will be 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].
7 Laakiinse haddaad igu tidhaahdid, Waxaannu isku hallaynaynaa Rabbiga Ilaahayaga ah, miyuusan isagu ahayn kii meelihiisii sare iyo meelihiisii allabarigaba uu Xisqiyaah wada dumiyey isagoo dadka Yahuudah iyo dadka Yeruusaalemba ku leh, Meeshan allabariga horteeda waa inaad Ilaah ku caabuddaan?
But perhaps you will say to me, ‘[No], we are relying on 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]?’
8 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 with my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you can find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
9 Bal sidee baad u celin kartaa sirkaal ka mid ah kuwa ugu yaryar ee addoommada sayidkayga, 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!
10 Haddaba miyaan Rabbiga la'aantiis ugu kacay meeshan inaan baabbi'iyo? Rabbigu wuxuu igu yidhi, Dalkaas ku kac oo soo baabbi'i.
Furthermore, [do not think that] [RHQ] we have come here to attack and destroy this land without Yahweh’s orders! It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
11 Markaasaa Elyaaqiim iyo Shebnaa iyo Yoo'aax waxay Rabshaaqeeh ku yidhaahdeen, Waannu ku baryaynaaye nagula hadal afka reer Suuriya, annagoo addoommadaada ah, waayo, 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, “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 become frightened].”
12 Laakiinse Rabshaaqeeh wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, Sayidkaygu ma wuxuu ii soo diray inaan sayidkiinna iyo idinka erayadan 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 that my master sent me to say these things [only] to you, and not to the people standing on the wall [RHQ]? [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].”
13 Markaasuu Rabshaaqeeh istaagay, oo intuu cod weyn ku qayliyey ayuu afka Yuhuudda ku hadlay oo yidhi, War maqla erayadii 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!
14 Boqorkii wuxuu idinku leeyahay, Xisqiyaah yuusan idin khiyaanayn, waayo, isagu ma uu awoodi doono inuu idin samatabbixiyo.
He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
15 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 trust in Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that [the army of] the King of Assyria will never capture this city!’
16 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 well.
17 intaanan iman oo idiin kaxayn dal dalkiinna la mid ah, oo ah dal hadhuudh iyo khamri leh, oo ah dal kibis iyo beerocanab leh.
[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] new wine and, and where we make lots of bread.’
18 Iska jira oo yuusan Xisqiyaah idin sasabin isagoo leh, Rabbigu waa ina samatabbixin doonaa. Waayo, quruumaha ilaahyadoodii midkoodna miyuu dalkiisii ka samatabbixiyey gacanta boqorka Ashuur?
Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never [RHQ] rescued any of them from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria!
19 Bal meeye ilaahyadii Xamaad iyo Arfaad? Oo meeye ilaahyadii Sefarwayiim? Iyagu miyey Samaariya ka samatabbixiyeen gacantayda?
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities], and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power [MTY]?
20 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, no god [RHQ] of any nation has been able to rescue their people from me. So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
21 Laakiinse 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] were silent. No one said anything, because King [Hezekiah] had commanded, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you], do not answer him.”
22 Markaasaa waxaa Xisqiyaah u yimid Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah oo reerka 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 and Shebna and Joah returned to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed]. They told him what the official from Assyria had said.
