2 Mga Hari 18
1 Ngayon sa pangatlong taon ni Hosea na anak ni Ela, hari ng Israel, nagsimulang maghari si Hezekias na anak ni Ahaz, hari ng Juda.
After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
2 Dalawampu't limang taong gulang siya nang magsimula siyang maghari; naghari siya ng dalawampu't siyam na taon sa Jerusalem. Abija ang pangalan ng kaniyang ina; na anak ni Zecarias.
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 Ginawa niya ang tama sa paningin ni Yahweh, sinunod ang lahat ng halimbawa na ginawa ni David, na kaniyang ninuno.
Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
4 Tinanggal niya ang mga dambana, winasak ang mga sagradong poste na gawa sa bato, at pinutol ang mga poste ni Asera. Pinagpira-piraso niya ang tansong ahas na ginawa ni Moises, dahil sa mga panahon na iyon nagsusunog dito ng insenso ang bayan ng Israel; tinawag itong “Nehustan”.
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 Nagtiwala si Hezekias kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, na walang katulad sa lahat ng mga haring sumunod sa kaniya, ni sa mga haring sinundan niya.
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 Dahil nanindigan siya kay Yahweh. Hindi siya tumigil sa pag-sunod sa kaniya pero iningatan niya ang lahat ng kaniyang mga kautusan, na inutos ni Yahweh kay Moises.
He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
7 Kaya sinamahan ni Yahweh si Hezekias, at saanman siya pumunta siya ay sumagana. Naghimagsik siya laban sa hari ng Asiria at hindi siya pinaglingkuran.
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 Nilusob niya ang mga taga-Filisteo patungong Gaza at ang mga hangganang nasa paligid, mula sa tore ng bantay hanggang sa matibay na lungsod.
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 Sa ika-apat na taon ni Haring Hezekias, na ika-pitong taon ni Haring Hosea na anak ni Ela hari ng Israel, nilusob ni Salmaneser na hari ng Asiria ang Samaria at pinalibutan ito.
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 Sa katapusan ng ikatlong taon ay kinuha nila ito, sa ika-anim na taon ni Hezekias, na ika-siyam na taon ni Hoshea na hari ng Israel; sa ganitong paraan ay nasakop ang Samaria.
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 Kaya dinala ng hari ng Asiria ang mga Israelita papuntang Asiria at nilagay sila sa Hala, at sa Ilog Habor sa Gozan, at sa mga lungsod ng Medes.
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 Ginawa niya ito dahil hindi nila sinunod ang tinig ni Yahweh na kanilang Diyos, pero nilabag ang kaniyang tipan, lahat ng inutos ni Moises ang lingkod ni Yahweh. Tinanggihan nilang makinig dito o gawin ito.
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 Pagkatapos sa ika-labing apat na taon ni Haring Hezekias, nilusob ni Senaquerib na hari ng Asiria ang lahat ng matitibay na lungsod ng Juda at sinakop sila.
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 Kaya nagpadala si Hezekias hari ng Juda ng mensahe sa hari ng Asiria, na nasa Lacis, sinasabing, “Nasaktan ko ang iyong kalooban. Lumayo ka mula sa akin. Titiisin ko kung anuman ang ipataw mo sa akin.” Hiningi ng hari ng Asiria kay Hezekias na hari ng Juda na magbayad ng tatlong daang talento ng pilak at tatlumpung talento ng ginto.
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 Kaya binigay sa kaniya ni Hezekias ang lahat ng pilak na natagpuan sa tahanan ni Yahweh at sa mga pananalapi sa palasyo ng hari.
So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
16 Pagkatapos pinutol ni Hezekias ang ginto mula sa mga pinto ng templo ni Yahweh at mula sa mga poste na kaniyang pinagpatungan; binigay niya ang ginto sa hari ng Asiria.
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 Pero pinakilos ng hari ng Asiria ang kaniyang dakilang hukbo, pinadala si Tartan at Rabsaris at ang punong tagapag-utos mula sa Lacis kay Haring Hezekias sa Jerusalem. Naglakbay sila sa kalsada at dumating sa labas ng Jerusalem. Nilapitan nila ang padaluyan ng tubig sa itaas na tubigan, sa malawak na daanan ng mga naglalaba, at tumayo dito.
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 Nang nanawagan sila kay Haring Hezekias, sina Eliakim na anak ni Hilkias, na namamahala ng sambahayan, at Sebna ang eskriba, at Joas anak ni Asaf, ang tagapagtala, ay lumabas para katagpuin sila.
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 Kaya sinabi sa kanila ng punong tagapag-utos na sabihin kay Hezekias kung ano ang sinabi ng dakilang hari, ang hari ng Asiria: “Ano ang pinanggagalingan ng iyong kapanatagan?
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 Nagsasalita ka lang ng mga walang kabuluhang mga salita, sinasabi mong may mga alyansa at lakas para sa digmaan. Ngayon sino ang iyong pinagkakatiwalaan? Sino ang nagbigay sa iyo ng tapang na maghimagsik laban sa akin?
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 Tingnan mo, nagtitiwala ka sa tungkod na panglakad ng bugbog na tambo ng Ehipto, pero kapag sinandalan ito ng isang tao tutusok ito sa kaniyang kamay at bubutasin ito. Iyon ang Paraon hari ng Ehipto sa sinumang nagtitiwala sa kaniya.
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 Pero kapag sinabi mo sa akin, 'Nagtitiwala kami kay Yahweh aming Diyos', hindi ba't siya ang tinaggalan ni Hezekias ng mga dambana at mga altar, at sinabi sa Juda at sa Jerusalem, 'Dapat kayong magsamba sa altar na ito sa Jerusalem'?
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 Kaya ngayon, nais kong gumawa ka ng magandang alok mula sa aking panginoon ang hari ng Asiria. Bibigyan kita ng dalawang libong kabayo, kung makakahanap ka ng mga sasakay sa kanila.
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 Paano mo malalabanan kahit ang isang kapitan ng mahihina sa mga lingkod ng aking panginoon? Pinagkatiwalaan mo ang Ehipto para sa mga karwahe at mangangabayo!
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 Naglakbay ba ako dito nang wala si Yahweh para labanan at wasakin ang lugar na ito? Sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh, 'Lusubin mo ang lupain at wasakin ito.'”
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 Pagkatapos sinabi nila Eliakim na anak ni Hilkias, ni Sebna, at ni Joas sa punong tagapag-utos, “Pakiusap, kausapin mo ang iyong mga lingkod sa wikang Aramaic, dahil naiintindihan namin ito. Huwag mo kaming kausapin sa wika ng Juda sa tainga ng mga mamamayang nasa pader.”
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 Pero sinabi ng punong tagapag-utos sa kanila, “Pinadala ba ako ng aking panginoon para sabihin sa inyong panginoon at sa inyo ang mga salitang ito? Hindi ba niya ako pinadala para sa mga taong nakaupo sa pader, ang kakain ng kanilang sariling mga dumi at iinumin ang kanilang mga ihi kasama ninyo?”
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 Pagkatapos tumayo ang punong tagapag-utos at sumigaw nang may malakas na tinig sa wikang Judio, “Makinig sa salita ng dakilang hari, ang hari ng Asiria.
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 Sinasabi ng hari, “Huwag ninyong hayaang linlangin kayo ni Hezekias, dahil hindi niya kayo maliligtas mula sa aking kapangyarihan.
‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
30 Huwag ninyong hayaang pilitin kayo ni Hezekias na pagkatiwalaan si Yahweh, na sinasabing, “Siguradong ililigtas tayo ni Yahweh; hindi mapapasakamay ang lungsod na ito sa hari ng Asiria.'”
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 Huwag kayong makinig kay Hezekias, dahil ito ang sinasabi ng hari ng Asiria: 'Makipagpayapaan kayo sa akin at lumabas kayo at pumunta sa akin. Pagkatapos ang bawat isa sa inyo ay kakain sa sarili niyang ubasan at mula sa sarili niyang puno ng igos, at iinom ng tubig mula sa sarili niyang balon.
“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 Gagawin ninyo ito hanggang sa dumating ako at dalhin kayo sa lupaing gaya ng inyong sariling lupain, isang lupain ng butil at bagong alak, isang lupain ng tinapay at ubasan, isang lupain ng mga puno ng olibo at pulot, para mabuhay kayo at hindi mamatay.' Huwag kayong makinig kay Hezekias kapag sinubukan niya kayong pilitin, na sinasabing, 'Sasagipin tayo ni Yahweh.'
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 Mayroon ba sa mga diyos ng mga tao ang sumagip sa kanila mula sa kapangyarihan ng hari ng Asiria?
The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
34 Nasaan na ang mga diyos ng Hamat at Arpad? Nasaan na ang mga diyos ng Sefarvaim, Hena, at Iva? Sinagip ba nila ang Samaria mula sa aking kamay?
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 Sa lahat ng mga diyos sa lupain, mayroon bang diyos na nakapagsagip ng kaniyang lupain mula sa aking kapangyarihan? Paano ililigtas ni Yahweh ang Jerusalem mula sa aking kapangyarihan?”
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 Pero nanatiling tahimik ang mga mamamayan at hindi sumagot, dahil sinabi sa kanila ng hari, “Huwag ninyo siyang sasagutin.”
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 Pagkatapos sina Eliakim na anak ni Hilkias, ang pinuno ng sambahayan; si Sebna ang eskriba; at Joas ang anak ni Asaf, ang tagapagtala, ay pinuntahan si Hezekias nang may mga punit na damit, at inulat sa kaniya ang mga sinabi ng punong tagapag-utos.
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.
