2 Mga Hari 19
1 Nangyari nga nang malaman ni Haring Hezekias ang ulat, pinunit niya ang kaniyang damit, binalutan ang kaniyang sarili ng magaspang na tela, at nagpunta sa tahanan ni Yahweh.
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 Pinadala niya si Eliakim, na tagapamahala ng sambahayan, at Sebna ang eskriba, at ang mga nakatatanda sa mga pari, na binabalutan ng magaspang na tela, kay Isaias ang anak ni Amoz, ang propeta.
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 Sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Sinasabi ni Hezekias, 'Ang araw na ito ay araw ng kabalisaan, pagsaway, at kahihiyan, dahil dumating na ang panahon ng pagpapanganak sa mga sanggol, pero walang lakas para isilang sila.
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 Maaaring pakikinggan ni Yahweh ang inyong Diyos ang lahat ng mga sinabi ng punong tagapag-utos, na pinadala ng hari ng Asiria na kaniyang panginoon para labanan ang buhay na Diyos, at sasawayin ang mga salitang narinig ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos. Ngayon ay itaas ninyo ang inyong mga panalangin para sa mga nalalabing naririto pa.”
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 Kaya pumunta ang mga lingkod ni Haring Hezekias kay Isaias,
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 at sinabi sa kanila ni Isaias, “Sabihin ninyo sa inyong panginoon: 'Sinasabi ni Yahweh, “Huwag kang matakot sa mga salitang narinig mo, kung saan kinutya ako ng mga lingkod ng hari ng 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 Tingnan mo, maglalagay ako sa kaniya ng espiritu, at makaririnig siya ng isang ulat at babalik siya sa sarili niyang lupain. Dudulutin ko siyang malaglag sa espada sa sarili niyang 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 Pagkatapos bumalik ang punong tagapag-utos at natagpuan ang hari ng Asiria na nakikipagdigmaan laban sa Libna, dahil narinig niyang umalis ang hari mula sa Lacis.
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 Pagkatapos narinig ni Senaquerib na kumilos si Tirhaka ang hari ng Etiopia at ang Ehipto para kalabanin siya, kaya muli siyang nagpadala ng mensahero kay Hezekias na may mensaheng:
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 “Sabihin mo kay Hezekias hari ng Juda, 'Huwag mong hayaang linlangin ka ng Diyos na siyang pinagkakatiwalaan mo, na sinasabing, “Hindi mapapasakamay ng hari ng Asiria ang Jerusalem.
[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 Tingnan mo, narinig mo ang ginawa ng mga hari ng Asiria sa lahat ng mga lupain sa pamamagitan ng ganap na pagwawasak sa kanila. Kaya masasagip 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 Niligtas ba sila ng mga diyos ng mga bansa, ang mga bansang winasak ng aking mga ama: Gozan, Haran, Rezef, at ang mga mamamayan ng Eden sa Telasar?
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 Nasaan ang mga hari ng Hamat, ang hari ng Arpad, ang hari ng mga lungsod ng Sefarvaim, ng Hena, at Iva?”
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 Natanggap ni Hezekias ang liham na ito mula sa mga mensahero at binasa ito. Umakyat siya sa tahanan ni Yahweh at nilatag ito sa kaniyang harapan.
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 Pagkatapos nanalangin si Hezekias sa harapan ni Yahweh at sinabing, “Yahweh ng mga hukbo, Diyos ng Israel, ikaw na nakaluklok sa ibabaw ng kerubim, ikaw lang ang Diyos sa lahat ng mga kaharian sa buong mundo. Nilikha mo ang langit at ang 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 Ibaling mo ang iyong tainga, Yahweh, at makinig. Buksan mo ang iyong mga mata, Yahweh, at tingnan, at pakinggan ang mga salita ni Senaquerib, na kaniyang pinadala para kutyain ang buhay na Diyos.
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 Tunay nga, Yahweh, winasak ng mga hari ng 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 Nilagay nila ang kanilang mga diyos sa apoy, dahil hindi sila mga diyos pero gawa ng mga kamay ng mga tao, kahoy lamang at bato. Kaya winasak sila ng mga taga-Asiria.
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 Kaya ngayon, Yahweh aming Diyos, iligtas mo kami, nagmamakaawa ako, mula sa kaniyang kapangyarihan, para malaman ng lahat ng mga kaharian sa mundo na ikaw, Yahweh, ang nag-iisang Diyos.”
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 Pagkatapos nagpadala si Isaias na anak ni Amoz ng mensahe kay Hezekias, sinasabing, “Sinasabi ni Yahweh ang Diyos ng Israel, 'Dahil nanalangin ka sa akin tungkol kay Senaquerib ang hari ng Asiria, narinig 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 mensahe na sinabi ni Yahweh tungkol sa kaniya: “Kinamumuhian ka ng birheng anak na babae ng Sion at pinagtatawanan ka para hamakin ka. Iniiling ng anak na babae ng Jerusalem 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 sinuway at kinutya? At sino ang iyong pinagtaasan ng boses at itinaas ang iyong mata nang may pagmamataas? Laban sa 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 Nilabanan mo ang Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga mensahero, at sinabing, “Kasama ng daan-daang kong mga karwahe ay umakyat ako sa kataasan ng mga kabundukan, sa pinakamataas na tuktok ng Lebanon. Puputulin ko ang matatayog na sedar at mainam na mga puno ng igos doon. At papasukin ko ang pinaka malalayong bahagi nito, ang pinaka masagana nitong gubat.
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 Humukay ako ng mga balon at uminom ng mga tubig mula sa mga ibang bansa. Tinuyot ko ang lahat ng mga ilog ng Ehipto sa ilalim ng aking talampakan.'
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 pa ba naririnig kung paano ko ito itinakda noon pa man, at ginawa ito noong sinaunang panahon? Ngayon ay tinutupad ko na ito. Narito ka para tibagin ang matitibay na lungsod at maging tumpok ng mga durog na bato.
[‘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 Ang kanilang mga mamamayan, na kaunti ang lakas, ay nawasak at napahiya. Sila ay mga halaman sa bukirin, luntiang mga damo, ang damo sa bubungan o sa bukirin, na sinunog bago pa man ito lumaki.
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 Pero alam ko ang iyong pag-upo, paglabas, pagdating, at ang iyong matinding galit 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 matinding galit mo sa akin, at dahil umabot sa aking pandinig ang iyong kayabangan, ilalagay ko ang aking kawit sa iyong ilong, at ang aking lubid sa iyong bibig; ibabalik kita sa paraan kung paano ka dumating.”
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 Ito ang magiging tanda para sa iyo: Sa taon na ito ay kakainin mo ang mga ligaw na halaman, at sa pangalawang taon ang tutubo mula roon. Pero sa pangatlong taon ay dapat kang magtanim at umani, magtanim ng ubasan at kainin ang kanilang bunga.
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 Ang mga natira sa angkan ni Juda na mabubuhay ay muling uugat at mamumunga.
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 Dahil mula sa Jerusalem ay may lalabas na nalabi, mula sa Bundok Sion ay darating ang mga naligtas. Gagawin ito ng kasigasigan ni Yahweh ng mga hukbo.
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 ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh tungkol sa hari ng Asiria: “Hindi siya papasok sa lungsod na ito ni papana ng palaso rito. Hindi siya makakalapit dito ng may kalasag ni magtatayo ng tungtungang panglusob dito.
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 Ang daan na kaniyang tinahak para makarating ang magiging parehong daanan sa kaniyang pag-alis; hindi siya papasok sa lungsod na ito. Ito ang kapahayagan ni Yahweh.”
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 Dahil ipagtatanggol ko ang lungsod na ito at sasagipin ito, para sa sarili kong kapakanan at para sa kapakanan ng lingkod kong 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 Nang gabing iyon lumabas ang anghel ng Diyos at nilusob ang kampo ng mga taga-Asiria, pinatay ang 185, 000 na mga sundalo. Nang bumangon ang mga lalaki ng madaling araw, nagkalat ang mga bangkay sa paligid.
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 Kaya umalis si Senaquerib na hari ng Asiria sa Israel at umuwi at nanatili sa Ninive.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 Kinalaunan, habang sumasamba siya sa tahanan ni Nisroc ang kaniyang diyos, pinatay siya ng kaniyang mga anak na sina Adramelec at Sarezer gamit ang espada. Pagkatapos tumakas sila sa lupain ng Ararat. Pagkatapos ang kaniyang anak na si Esarhadon ang pumalit sa kaniya bilang hari.
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.
