2 Mga Hari 19
1 At nangyari, nang mabalitaan ng haring Ezechias, ay hinapak niya ang kaniyang mga suot, at nagbalot ng kayong magaspang, at pumasok sa bahay ng Panginoon.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went to the temple [to ask God what to do].
2 At kaniyang sinugo si Eliacim, na katiwala sa bahay, at si Sebna na kalihim, at ang mga matanda sa mga saserdote na may mga balot na kayong magaspang, kay Isaias na propeta na anak ni Amos.
He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me.
3 At sinabi nila sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ni Ezechias, Ang araw na ito ay araw ng kabagabagan, at ng pagsaway, at ng pagkutya: sapagka't ang mga anak ay nagsidating sa kapanganakan, at walang kalakasang ilabas.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. [Other nations are causing] us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [MET] a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Marahil ay didinggin ng Panginoon mong Dios ang lahat ng mga salita ni Rabsaces na siyang sinugo ng kaniyang panginoon na hari sa Asiria upang tungayawin ang buhay na Dios, at sasansalain ang mga salita na narinig ng Panginoon mong Dios: kaya't idalangin mo ang labis na natitira.
Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].”
5 Sa gayo'y ang mga lingkod ng haring Ezechias ay nagsiparoon kay Isaias.
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 At sinabi ni Isaias sa kanila, Ganito ang inyong sasabihin sa inyong panginoon, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Huwag kang matakot sa mga salita na iyong narinig, na ipinanungayaw sa akin ng mga lingkod ng hari sa Asiria.
Isaiah said to them, “[Go back to] your boss/master [and] tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said.
7 Narito, ako'y maglalagay ng isang espiritu sa kaniya, at siya'y makakarinig ng kaingay, at babalik sa kaniyang sariling lupain; at aking ipabubuwal siya sa pamamagitan ng tabak sa kaniyang sariling lupain.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, [that a foreign army is about to attack his country]. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.’”
8 Sa gayo'y bumalik si Rabsaces, at nasumpungan ang hari sa Asiria na nakikipagdigma laban sa Libna: sapagka't nabalitaan niya na kaniyang nilisan ang Lachis.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had left Lachish [city], and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official went there [to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 At ng kaniyang marinig na sabihin ang tungkol kay Thiraca na hari sa Ethiopia, Narito, siya'y lumabas upang lumaban sa iyo, siya'y nagsugo ng mga sugo uli kay Ezechias, na sinasabi,
Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
10 Ganito ang inyong sasalitain kay Ezechias na hari sa Juda, na sasabihin, Huwag kang dayain ng Dios na iyong tinitiwalaan na sabihin, Ang Jerusalem ay hindi mabibigay sa kamay ng hari sa Asiria.
[In the letter] he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that [the city of] Jerusalem will not be captured by my army [MTY].
11 Narito, nabalitaan mo ang ginawa ng mga hari sa Asiria sa lahat ng lupain, sa paglipol na lubos sa kanila: at maliligtas ka ba?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Iniligtas ba sila ng mga dios ng mga bansa na nilipol ng aking mga magulang, gaya ng Gozan, at ng Haran, at ng Reseph, at ng mga anak ni Eden na nangasa Thalasar?
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 the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria] and the people of Eden who had been (deported/forced to go) to Tel-Assar [city]? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them.
13 Saan nandoon ang hari sa Hamath, at ang hari sa Arphad, at ang hari sa bayan ng Sepharvaim, ng Hena, at ng Hiva?
What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah [cities] [RHQ]? [Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported]!”
14 At tinanggap ni Ezechias ang sulat sa kamay ng mga sugo, at binasa; at pumanhik si Ezechias sa bahay ng Panginoon, at iniladlad sa harap ng Panginoon.
Hezekiah took 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 At si Ezechias ay dumalangin sa harap ng Panginoon at nagsabi, Oh Panginoon, na Dios ng Israel na nauupo sa mga querubin, ikaw ang Dios, ikaw lamang sa lahat ng kaharian sa lupa; ikaw ang lumikha ng langit at lupa.
Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the [statues of] 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.
16 Ikiling mo ang iyong pakinig, Oh Panginoon, at iyong dinggin; idilat mo ang iyong mga mata, Oh Panginoon, at tumingin ka: at dinggin mo ang mga salita ni Sennacherib, na kaniyang ipinasugo upang ipanungayaw sa buhay na Dios.
So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look [at what is happening]. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.
17 Sa katotohanan, Panginoon, sinira ng mga hari sa Asiria ang mga bansa, at ang kanilang mga lupain,
“Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
18 At inihagis ang kanilang mga dios sa apoy: sapagka't sila'y hindi mga dios, kundi gawa ng mga kamay ng mga tao, na kahoy at bato; kaya't kanilang nilipol ang mga yaon.
And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But [that was not difficult to do, because] they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
19 Ngayon nga, Oh Panginoon naming Dios, iligtas mo kami, isinasamo ko sa iyo sa kaniyang kamay, upang makilala ng lahat na kaharian sa lupa na ikaw ang Panginoong Dios, ikaw lamang.
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.”
20 Nang magkagayo'y nagsugo si Isaias na anak ni Amos kay Ezechias, na nagsasabi, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Yamang ikaw ay dumalangin sa akin laban kay Sennacherib na hari sa Asiria, dininig kita.
Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
21 Ito ang salita na sinalita ng Panginoon tungkol sa kaniya. Niwalang kabuluhan ka ng anak na dalaga ng Sion at tinatawanan ka, ang anak na babae ng Jerusalem ay iginalaw ang kaniyang ulo sa iyo.
This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
22 Sino ang iyong pinulaan at tinungayaw? at laban kanino itinaas mo ang iyong tinig at ipinandilat mo ang iyong mga mata ng mataas? sa makatuwid baga'y laban sa Isang Banal ng Israel.
Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship.
23 Sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga sugo ay iyong pinulaan ang Panginoon, at sinabi mo, Sa karamihan ng aking mga karo ako'y nakaahon sa kataasan ng mga bundok, sa mga kaloobloobang bahagi ng Libano; at aking ibubuwal ang mga matayog na sedro niyaon, at ang mga piling puno ng abeto niyaon: at ako'y papasok sa kaniyang pinaka malayong tuluyan, sa gubat ng kaniyang mabungang bukid.
The messengers that 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/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests.
24 Ako'y humukay at uminom ng tubig ng iba, at aking tutuyuin ang lahat na ilog ng Egipto ng talampakan ng aking mga paa.
We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”’
25 Hindi mo ba nabalitaan kung paanong aking ginawa na malaon na, at aking iniakma ng una? ngayo'y aking pinapangyari, upang iyong sirain ang mga bayang nakukutaan na magiging mga guho na bunton.
[‘But I reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [that those things would happen]? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have [the power to] capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble.
26 Kaya't ang kanilang mga mananahan ay may munting kapangyarihan, sila'y nanganglupaypay at nangatulig; sila'y gaya ng damo sa bukid, at ng sariwang gugulayin, na gaya ng damo sa mga bubungan, at gaya ng trigo na lanta bago nakalaki.
The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
27 Nguni't talastas ko ang iyong pagupo, at ang iyong paglabas, at ang iyong pagpasok, at ang iyong pag-iinit laban sa akin.
“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.
28 Dahil sa iyong galit laban sa akin, at dahil sa iyong kagilasan ay dumating sa aking mga pakinig, kaya't aking ikakawit ang aking taga sa iyong ilong, at ang aking paningkaw sa iyong mga labi, at ibabalik kita sa daan na iyong pinanggalingan.
So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and an iron (bit/piece of metal) 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].” '
29 At ito ang magiging tanda sa iyo: ikaw ay kakain sa taong ito ng tumutubo sa sarili, at sa ikalawang taon ay ang tumubo roon; at sa ikatlong taon ay maghasik kayo, at umani, at mag-ubasan, at kanin ninyo ang bunga niyaon.
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove [that I am telling the truth]: This year and next year you [and your people] will be able to harvest only (wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted). But the following year, you [Israelis] will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest.
30 At ang nalabi na nakatanan sa mga anak ni Juda ay maguugat uli sa ilalim, at magbubunga sa itaas,
The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
31 Sapagka't sa Jerusalem ay lalabas ang isang nalabi, at sa bundok ng Sion ay silang magtatanan: gaganapin ito ng sikap ng Panginoon.
There will be many people in Jerusalem [DOU] who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants [PRS] it to happen.
32 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, tungkol sa hari sa Asiria. Siya'y hindi paririto sa bayang ito, o magpapahilagpos man ng pana riyan, ni haharap man siya riyan na may kalasag, o maghahagis man ng bunton laban doon.
So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against [the city walls] [to enable them to attack the city].
33 Sa daang kaniyang pinanggalingan, doon din siya babalik, at hindi siya darating sa bayang ito, sabi ng Panginoon.
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!
34 Sapagka't aking ipagsasanggalang ang bayang ito upang iligtas, dahil sa akin at dahil sa aking lingkod na si David.
I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
35 At nangyari, nang gabing yaon, na ang anghel ng Panginoon ay lumabas, at nanakit sa kampamento ng mga taga Asiria ng isang daan at walong pu't limang libo: at nang ang mga tao ay magsibangong maaga sa kinaumagahan, narito, silang lahat ay mga bangkay.
That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
36 Sa gayo'y umalis si Sennacherib na hari sa Asiria, at yumaon, at bumalik, at tumahan sa Ninive.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 At nangyari, nang siya'y sumamba sa bahay ni Nisroch na kaniyang dios, na sinugatan siya ng tabak ni Adramelech, at ni Saresar: at sila'y nagsitanan na patungo sa lupain ng Ararat. At si Esar-hadon na kaniyang anak ay naghari na kahalili niya.
One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his 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.
