Ishacyaah 37
1 Oo markii Boqor Xisqiyaah taas maqlay intuu dharkiisii jeexjeexay oo joonyad guntaday ayuu gurigii Rabbiga galay.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 Markaasuu Elyaaqiim oo reerka u sarreeyey, iyo Shebnaa oo karraanigii ahaa, iyo duqowdii wadaaddada iyagoo joonyado qaba u diray Nebi Ishacyaah oo ahaa ina Aamoos.
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 Oo iyana waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Xisqiyaah wuxuu kugu leeyahay, Maanta waa maalin dhibaato, iyo canaan, iyo cay, waayo, carruurtii way dhalan lahayd, laakiinse xoog lagu dhalaa ma jiro.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Waxaa laga yaabaa in Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ahu uu wada maqlo erayadii Rabshaaqeeh, kaasoo sayidkiisii ahaa boqorka Ashuur uu u soo diray inuu caayo Ilaaha nool, waana suurtowdaa inuu Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ahu canaanto kan uu erayadiisii maqlay, haddaba sidaas daraaddeed u ducee kuwa hadhay.
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
5 Sidaas daraaddeed Boqor Xisqiyaah addoommadiisii waxay u yimaadeen, Ishacyaah.
After those men gave me that message,
6 Oo Ishacyaah wuxuu ku yidhi, Waxaad sayidkiinnii ku tidhaahdaan, Rabbigu wuxuu ku leeyahay, Ha ka cabsan erayadii aad maqashay oo midiidinnadii boqorka Ashuur ay igu caayeen.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
7 Bal ogow, ruux baan gelin doonaa, oo belef buu maqli doonaa, markaasuu ku noqon doonaa dalkiisii, oo waxaan ka dhigi doonaa in seef lagu dilo, isagoo dalkiisii jooga.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
8 Markaasaa Rabshaaqeeh intuu noqday wuxuu helay boqorkii Ashuur oo la diriraya Libnaah, waayo, wuxuu maqlay inuu Laakiish ka tegey.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Oo markuu maqlay iyadoo la leeyahay, Boqorka Itoobiya oo Tirhaaqaah ah ayaa kugu soo baxay si uu kuula diriro, ayuu haddana wargeeyayaal u diray Xisqiyaah isagoo leh,
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
10 Xisqiyaah oo ah boqorka dalka Yahuudah waxaad ku tidhaahdaan, Ilaahaaga aad isku hallaysaa yuusan ku khiyaanayn, isagoo kugu leh, Yeruusaalem gacanta loo gelin maayo boqorka Ashuur.
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 Bal eeg, waad maqashay wixii ay boqorrada Ashuur dalalkan oo dhan ku sameeyeen iyo sidii ay dhammaantood u wada baabbi'iyeen, haddaba adiga ma lagu samatabbixinayaa?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Quruumihii ay awowayaashay baabbi'iyeen ilaahyadoodii miyey samatabbixiyeen kuwaasoo ahaa Goosaan, iyo Xaaraan, iyo Resef, iyo reer Ceeden oo Telasaar degganaa?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
13 Oo bal meeye boqorkii Xamaad, iyo boqorkii Arfaad, iyo boqorkii magaalada Sefarwayiim, iyo kii Xeenac iyo kii Ciwaah?
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
14 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah warqaddii ka qaaday gacantii wargeeyayaashii oo akhriyey, dabadeedna wuxuu tegey gurigii Rabbiga, oo warqaddii ku kala bixiyey Rabbiga hortiisa.
Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 Oo Xisqiyaah wuxuu baryay Rabbiga, oo yidhi,
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 Rabbiyow, Rabbiga ciidammadow, Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil, kan keruubiimta ku dul fadhiyow, waxaad tahay Ilaah, oo adiga keligaa ayaa ah Ilaaha boqortooyooyinka dunida oo dhan, oo cirka iyo dhulkana adigaa sameeyey.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
17 Rabbiyow, dhegta u dhig oo maqal, oo Rabbiyow, indhahaaga fur oo arag, bal maqal Seenxeeriib erayadii uu u soo diray inuu Ilaaha nool ku caayo oo dhan.
[So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
18 Rabbiyow, sida runta ah boqorrada Ashuur waxay baabbi'iyeen quruumihii oo dhan iyo dalalkoodiiba,
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 oo ilaahyadoodiina dab bay ku dhex tuureen, waayo, iyagu ilaahyo ma ay ahayn, laakiinse waxay ahaayeen wax gacanta lagu sameeyey, oo ahaa qoryo iyo dhagaxyo, oo sidaas daraaddeed iyagu way baabbi'iyeen.
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed, Rabbiyow, Ilaahayagow, gacantiisa naga badbaadi, in boqortooyooyinka dunida oo dhammu ay ogaadaan inaad adiga keliyuhu Rabbiga tahay.
So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
21 Markaasaa Ishacyaah ina Aamoos u soo cid diray Xisqiyaah, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Rabbiga Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Seenxeeriib oo ah boqorka Ashuur waad iga bariday,
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 taas aawadeed Rabbigu wuxuu ku hadlay eraygan isaga ku saabsan, Gabadha bikradda ah oo Siyoon ahu Way ku fududaysatay, oo intay kugu qososhay ayay ku quudhsatay, Yeruusaalem madaxay kaa ruxatay.
this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 Bal adigu kumaad yaraysatay oo aad cayday? Oo bal yaad codkaaga kor ugu qaadday Oo aad indhahaaga ku taagtay? Waa kan quduuska ah oo reer binu Israa'iil.
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 Addoommadaada ayaad Sayidka ku cayday Oo waxaad tidhi, Gaadhifardoodkayga badan Ayaan ku soo fuulay buuraha meesha ugu dheer, Iyo meelaha ugu hooseeya ee Lubnaan gudaheeda, Oo waxaan jari doonaa geedaheeda dhaadheer oo kedarka ah, iyo geedaheeda la doortay oo berooshka ah, Oo waxaan geli doonaa meeshiisa ugu dheer oo fog iyo kaynta berrinkeeda oo midhaha badan.
The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 Anigu waan qoday oo biyaan cabbay, Oo calaacalaha cagahayga baan ku wada qallajin doonaa Webiyaasha Masar oo dhan.
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 War sow ma aad maqal Sidaan waa hore u sameeyey, Oo aan wakhtiyadii hore u qabanqaabiyey? Haddaba anigaa saas ka yeelay Inaad magaalooyin deyr leh baabbi'isid oo aad ka dhigtid taallooyin burbur ah.
[But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 Oo sidaas daraaddeed dadkii degganaa way xoog yaraayeen, Wayna naxeen oo wareereen, Oo waxay ahaayeen sida cawska berrinka, iyo sida doogga, iyo sida cawska guryaha korkooda ka soo baxa, iyo sida hadhuudh intaanu korin.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
28 Laakiinse waan aqaan fadhigaaga, iyo bixiddaada, iyo soo geliddaada, iyo cadhadaadii aad ii cadhootayba.
[But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
29 Cadhadaadii aad ii cadhootay Iyo islaweynaantaadii waxay soo gaadheen dhegahayga, Oo sidaas daraaddeed sanka waxaan kaa sudhi doonaa qabatadayda, Bushimahaagana waxaan gelin doonaa xakamahayga, Oo waxaan kugu celin doonaa jidkii aad ku timid.
[So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
30 Oo tanu waxay kuu ahaan doontaa calaamad, sannaddan waxaad cuni doontaan waxa iska soo baxa, oo sannadda labaadna waxaad cuni doontaan wax kii hore uun ka soo baxay, oo sannadda saddexaadna idinku wax beerta, oo haddana goosta, oo beero canab ah tabcada, oo midhahooda cuna.
[Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
31 Markaasay kuwii hadhay oo reer Yahuudah ka baxsaday mar kalay xididdo hoos u bixin doonaan, midhona kor bay u dhali doonaan.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 Waayo, Yeruusaalem waxaa ka soo bixi doona kuwa hadhi doona, oo Buur Siyoonna waxaa ka soo bixi doona kuwa baxsan doona, oo qiirada Rabbiga ciidammada ayaa taas samayn doonta.
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 Haddaba Rabbigu saasuu uga hadlay boqorka Ashuur oo yidhi, Isagu magaaladan iman maayo, fallaadhna ku soo gani maayo, horteedana gaashaan la iman maayo, taallo ciid ahna ag tuuli maayo.
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 Oo Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Jidkuu ku yimid ayuu ku noqon doonaa, oo magaaladan iman maayo.
And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
35 Waayo, anigu magaaladan waxaan u daafici doonaa oo u badbaadin doonaa aniga daraadday iyo addoonkaygii Daa'uud daraaddiis.
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 Markaasaa malaa'igtii Rabbigu baxday oo waxay xeradii reer Ashuur ka laysay boqol iyo shan iyo siddeetan kun oo nin, oo aroor hore markii la toosay waxay wada ahaayeen meyd.
[That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
37 Markaasaa Seenxeeriib oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur intuu tegey Nineweh ku noqday oo degay.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 Oo markuu wax ku caabudayay gurigii ilaahiis Nisrog ayay wiilashiisii oo ahaa Adrammeleg iyo Shareser isagii seef ku dileen, markaasay u carareen dalkii Araarad. Oo meeshiisiina waxaa boqor ka noqday wiilkiisii Eesar Xaddoon.
[One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
