2 Wafalme 19
1 Ikawa kuhusu kwamba wakati Mfalme Hezekia aliposikia taazrifa zao, akararua mavazi yake, akavaa nguo za magunia, na kwenda kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,
2 Akamtuma Elkana, ambaye alikua msimamizi wa nyumba ya mfalme, na Shebna yule mwandishi, na wazee wa makuhani, wote walikuwa wamefunikwa na nguo za magunia, kwenda kwa Isaya mwana wa Amozi, yule nabii.
and sendeth Eliakim, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz,
3 Wakamwambia, “Hezekia wakisema, 'siku hii ni siku ya mateso, shutuma, na fedheha, kwa kuwa wakati umewadia watoto kuzaliwa, lakini hakuna nguvu ili wazaliwe.
and they say unto him, 'Thus said Hezekiah — A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising [is] this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bring forth.
4 Inaweza kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako atasikia maneno yote ya amiri jeshi mkuu, ambaye mfalme wa Ashuru bwana wake amemtuma kumkaidi Mungu aliye hai, naye atayakemea yale maneno ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako aliyasikia. Sasa inua maombi yako juu kwa ajili ya mabaki yaliyo bakia hapo.”'
'It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.'
5 Hivyo watumishi wa mfalme Hezekia wakaja kwa Isaya,
And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah,
6 na Isaya akawaambia, “Mwambieni bwana wenu: 'Yahwe asema hivi, “Usiyaogope maneno ambayo uliyoyasikia, pamoja na kwamba watumishi wa mfalme wa Ashuru wamenitukana.
and Isaiah saith to them, 'Thus do ye say unto your lord: Thus said Jehovah, Be not afraid because of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled Me.
7 Tazama, nitaweka roho ndani yake, na yamkini atasikia taarifa na kurudi kwenye nchi yake mwenyewe. Nitamfanya aanguke kwa upanga katika nchi yake mwenyewe."”'
Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.'
8 Kisha amiri jeshi mkuu akarudi na kumkuta mfalme wa Ashuru akipigana dhidi ya Libna, kwa kuwa alisikia kwamba mfalme alikuwa ameenda kutoka Lakishi.
And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.
9 Kisha Senakeribu akasikia kwamba Tirhaka mfalme wa Kushi na Misri alihamasisha kupigana dhidi yake, hivyo akatuma wajumbe tena kwa Hezekia pamoja na ujumbe:
And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, 'Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;' and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Mwambieni Hezekia mfalme wa Yuda, 'Asikudanganye Mungu wako unayemwamini, kusema, “Yerusalemu haitawekwa kwenye mikono ya mikono ya mfalme wa Ashuru.”
'Thus do ye speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift thee up in whom thou art trusting, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.
11 Tazama, umesikia kwamba wafalme wa Ashuru wamemaliza nchi zote kwa kuziharibu kabisa. Kwa hiyo je utaokoka?
Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands — to devote them; and thou art delivered!
12 Je wale miungu wa mataifa wamewaokoa, mataifa ambao baba zangu waliyaharibu: Gozani, Harani, Resefu, na watu wa Edeni katika Telasari?
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed — Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar?
13 Je yuko wapi mfalme wa Hamathi, mfalme Arpadi, mfalme wa miji ya Sefarvaimu, wa Hena, na Iva?”'
Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'
14 Hezekia akapokea hii barua kutoka wale wajumbe na kuisoma. Kisha akapanda hata kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe na kuukunjua mbele yake.
And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah.
15 Kisha Hezekia akaomba mbele ya Yahwe na kusema, “Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, uketiye juu ya makerubi, wewe ni Mungu wa pekee juu ya tawala zote za dunia. Uliyeziumba mbingu na nchi.
And Hezekiah prayeth before Jehovah, and saith, 'O Jehovah, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou [art] God Himself — Thyself alone — to all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.
16 Tega sikio lako, Yahwe, na usikie. Fungua macho yako, Yahwe, na tazama, na sikia maneno ya Senakeribu, ambayo ameyatuma kumdhihaki Mungu aliye hai.
Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17 Ni kweli, Yahwe, wafalme wa Ashuru ameyaharibu mataifa na nchi zao.
'Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,
18 Wameiweka miungu yao kwenye moto, kwa kuwa hawakuwa miungu lakini ilikuwa kazi ya mikono ya watu, ilikuwa miti na mawe. Hivyo Waashuru wamewaharibu.
and have put their gods into fire, for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.
19 Basi sasa, Yahwe Mungu wetu, tuokoe, nakusihi, kutoka kwenye nguvu zake, ili kwamba mamlaka zote za dunia zipate kujua yakwamba wewe, Yahwe, ndiye Mungu wa pekee.”
And now, O Jehovah our God, save us, we pray Thee, out of his hand, and know do all kingdoms of the earth that Thou [art] Jehovah God — Thyself alone.'
20 Kisha Isaya mwana wa Amozi akatuma ujumbe kwa Hezekia, akisema, “Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli asema, 'Kwasababu umeomba kwangu kuhusiana na Senakeribu mfalme wa Ashuru, nimekusikia.
And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard:
21 Hili ndilo neno ambalo Yahwe ameliongea kuhusu yeye: “Bikira binti Sayuni amekudharau na kukucheka kwa dharau. Binti wa Yerusalemu akatikisa kichwa juu yako.
this [is] the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: 'Trampled on thee — laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head — Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?
22 Je ni nani uliyemchokoza na kumtukana? Dhidi ya nani umeinua sauti yako na kuinua macho yako katika majivuno? Juu ya Mtakatifu wa Israeli!
Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes — Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 Kupitia wajumbe wako wamemdharau Bwana, na kusema, 'Pamoja na wingi wa magari yangu ya farasi nimeenda juu ya vilele ya milima, hata juu ya kilele cha Lebanoni. Nitaikata mierezi mirefu na kuchagua miti ya mivinje huko. Nitaingia sehemu za makazi yake yaliyo mbali, msitu wake uzaao sana.
By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains — The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.
24 Nimechimba visima na kunywa maji mageni. Nimekausha mito yote ya Misri chini ya soli ya miguu yangu.'
I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
25 Je hukusikia jinsi nilivyoagiza tangu zamani, na kuyafanya tangu siku za zamani? Sasa ninalileta kupita. Uko hapa kupunguza miji isiyoingilika kwenye rundo la maangamizi.
Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps [are] fenced cities,
26 Makazi yao, ya nguvu kidogo, imevunjwa vunjwa na aibu. Wamekuwa mimea katika shamba, majani ya kijani, majani juu kwenye dari au kwenye shamba, lililochomwa kabla halijakua.
And their inhabitants [are] feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn — before it hath risen up!
27 Lakini najua kuketi kwako chini, na kutoka kwako, kuingia kwako dhidi yangu.
And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thine anger towards Me;
28 Kwasababu kiburi chako kimeyafikia masikio yangu, Nitaweka kulabu yangu kwenye pua yako, na hatamu yangu kwenye mdomo wako; nitakurudisha nyuma kwa njia ile ile uliyoijia.”
Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise — it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.
29 Hii ndiyo itakuwa ishara kwako: Mwaka huu mtakula vitu viotavyo porini, na katika mwaka wa pili vile vikuavyo katika huo. Lakini katika mwaka wa tatu ni lazima mpande na kuvuna, kupanda mashamba ya mizabibu na kula matunda yake.
And this to thee [is] the sign, Food of the year [is] the spontaneous growth, And in the second year the self-produced, And in the third year sow ye, and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.
30 Mabaki ya nyumba ya Yuda ambayo yataokoka yatachukua tena mizizi na kuzaa matunda.
And it hath continued — The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left — to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.
31 Kwa kuwa mabaki yatatoka Yerusalemu, kutoka Mlima Sayuni wenye kuokoka utakuja. Wivu wa Yahwe wa majeshi utafanya hivyo.
For from Jerusalem goeth out a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion; The zeal of Jehovah [of Hosts] doth this.
32 Kwa hiyo Yahwe asema hivi kuhusu mfalme wa Ashuru: “Hatakuja kwenye huu mji wala kupiga mshale hapa. Wala hatakuja mbele yake na ngao au kujenga boma dhidi yake.
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it with shield. Nor doth he pour out against it a mount.
33 Njia ile ile aliyoijia ndiyo njia atakayoondokea; hatoingia mji huu - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe.”
In the way that he cometh in — In it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, The affirmation of Jehovah —
34 Kwa maana nitaulinda huu mji na kuuokoa, kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe na kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wangu.”'
And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
35 Ikawa kuhusu usiku huo ambao malaika wa Yahwe alitoka na kuvamia kambi ya Waashuru, akawaua maaskari 185, 000. Kisha watu wakaamka asubuhi na mapema, miili ya watu waliokuwa wamekufa ilikuwa imelala kila mahali.
And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses.
36 Hivyo Senakeribu mfalme wa Ashuru akaondoka Israeli na kwenda nyumbani na kuishi katika Ninawi.
And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;
37 Baadaye, alipokuwa akiabudu kwenye nyumba ya Nisroki mungu wake, watoto wake Adramaleki na Shareza wakamuua kwa upanga. Kisha wakakimbilia kwenye nchi ya Ararati. Kisha Esarhodani mwanaye akawa mfalme katika mahali pake.
and it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adramelech and Sharezar [his sons] have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.
