ʻIsaia 36
1 Naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi hono taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma fā ʻoe pule ʻa Hesekaia, naʻe haʻu ʻa Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo Siuta naʻe teu ki he tau, pea ne lavaʻi ʻakinautolu.
Ngomnyaka wetshumi lane wokubusa kwenkosi uHezekhiya, uSenakheribhi inkosi yase-Asiriya wahlasela wonke amadolobho avikelweyo akoJuda wawathumba.
2 Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻa Lapisake mei Lakisi ki Selūsalema kia Hesekaia mo e kongakau tokolahi mo ia. Pea naʻa ne tuʻu ʻi he veʻevai taupotu ki ʻolunga ʻi he hala lahi ʻoe ngoue ʻae tangata fakamaʻa kofu.
Emva kwalokho inkosi yase-Asiriya yathuma umlawuli wayo lebutho elikhulu lisuka eLakhishi lisiya enkosini uHezekhiya eJerusalema. Kwathi umlawuli webutho esemi emgelweni wechibi elingaphezulu, elisendleleni eya eNsimini yoMgezisi,
3 Pea naʻe toki haʻu kiate ia ʻa Iliakimi, ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, ʻaia naʻe pule ʻi he fale, pea mo Sepina ko e tangata tohi, mo Soa, ko e foha ʻo ʻAsafi, ko e matāpule tohi.
u-Eliyakhimu indodana kaHilikhiya umgcini wesigodlo, loShebhina umabhalane kanye loJowa indodana ka-Asafi umbhali, baya kuye.
4 Pea pehē ʻe Lapisake kiate kinautolu, Mou pehē kia Hesekaia, “ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi lahi, ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Ko e hā koā ʻae falalaʻanga ni ʻoku ke falala ki ai?”
Umlawuli webutho wathi kubo, “Tshelani uHezekhiya ukuthi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo yinkosi enkulu, inkosi yase-Asiriya ithi: Uthembeni ngalesisibindi sakho na?
5 Kuo ke pehē ʻe koe, (ka ko e lea taʻeʻaonga, ) “ʻOku ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau mo e mālohi ki he tau: ka ʻoku ke falala kia hai, ke ke angatuʻu ai kiate au?
Uthi ulamaqhinga lamandla ebutho kodwa ukhuluma amazwi ayize. Uthembe bani uze ungihlamukele nje?
6 Vakai, ʻoku ke faʻaki ki he tokoni ʻoe kaho mafesi ni, ko ʻIsipite; ʻaia ʻi he faʻaki ki ai ha tangata, ʻe ʻasi ia ki hono nima, pea ʻe lavea ia: ʻoku pehē ʻa Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku falala kiate ia.”
Khangela, ngiyazi uthembe iGibhithe, yona enjengomhlanga ozimvava osika isandla somuntu umlimaze nxa eweyamile. Unjalo uFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe kubo bonke abathembele kuye.
7 Ka ʻi hoʻo pehē mai kiate au, “ʻOku mau falala kia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua: ʻikai kuo liʻaki ʻe Hesekaia hono ngaahi potu māʻolunga pea mo hono ngaahi feilaulauʻanga pea ne pehē ki Siuta, mo Selūsalema, ‘Te mou lotu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe feilaulauʻanga ni?’
Njalo nxa lisithi kimi, “Thina sithembe uThixo uNkulunkulu wethu,” kasuye yini uHezekhiya asusa izindawo zakhe eziphakemeyo lama-alithare akhe, esithi kuJuda leJerusalema, “Kumele likhonzele phambi kwaleli i-alithari”?
8 Ko ia ʻoku ou fekau kiate ko e ke ke ʻomi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakamoʻoni, ki hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea te u foaki atu ʻae hoosi ʻe ua afe, ʻo kapau te ke faʻa fakaheka ʻe koe ha kau tangata ki ai.
Khathesi woza wenze isivumelwano lenkosi yami, inkosi yase-Asiriya: Ngizakunika amabhiza azinkulungwane ezimbili nxa bekhona abazawagada!
9 Pea ka kuo pehē, ʻe fēfē hoʻo fakafoki ʻae mata ʻo ha ʻeikitau ʻoku siʻi hifo ʻi he ngaahi tamaioʻeiki ʻo ʻeku ʻeiki, pea falala ki ʻIsipite ke maʻu mei ai ʻae ngaahi saliote mo e kau tangata heka hoosi?
Pho ungayehlula njani induna eyodwa yezikhulu ezincane zenkosi yami, lanxa uthembele eGibhithe ekutholeni izinqola zempi labagadi bamabhiza na?
10 Pea kuo u haʻu eni ki he fonua ni ke tauʻi pea fakaʻauha ia ka e taʻekau ki ai ʻa Sihova? Naʻe pehē mai ʻe Sihova kiate au, ‘ʻAlu hake ki he fonua ni, pea fakaʻauha ia.’”
Phezu kwalokho, kanti ngizehlasela lokuzochitha ilizwe leli kungatshongo uThixo na? UThixo uqobo nguye othe ngizohlasela ilizwe leli ngilichithe.’”
11 Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Iliakimi mo Sepina pea mo Soa kia Lapisake, “ʻOku mau kole kiate koe, ke ke lea ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻi he lea fakaSilia; he ʻoku mau ʻilo ia: kaeʻoua ʻe lea kiate kimautolu ʻi he lea fakaSiu, ʻi he telinga ʻoe kakai ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he ʻā.
Ngakho u-Eliyakhimu loShebhina loJowa bathi kumlawuli webutho, “Ake ukhulume ezincekwini zakho ngesi-Aramayikhi ngoba siyasizwa. Ungasikhulumisi ngesiHebheru lababantu abasemdulini besizwa.”
12 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Lapisake, “Kuo fekau au ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki ki ho ʻeiki pea mo koe ke lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni? ʻIkai kuo ne fekau au ki he kau tangata ʻoku nofo ʻi he ʻā, ke nau kai honau kinohaʻa, pea inu honau tuʻutata, fakataha mo kimoutolu?
Kodwa umlawuli webutho waphendula esithi, “Inkosi yami ingithume ukuba izinto lezi ngizitsho kuphela enkosini yenu lakini, hatshi ebantwini abahlezi emdulini okuzakuthi labo njengani badle ubulongwe babo banathe lomchamo wabo na?”
13 Pea naʻe toki tuʻu hake ʻa Lapisake, pea kalanga ia ʻi he leʻo lahi ʻi he lea fakaSiu, ʻo pehē, Mou fanongo ki he lea ʻae tuʻi lahi, ʻae tuʻi lahi ʻo ʻAsilia.
Umlawuli webutho wasukuma wasememeza ngesiHebheru esithi, “Zwanini amazwi enkosi enkulu, inkosi yase-Asiriya!
14 ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi, ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻa Hesekaia ke kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa fakamoʻui ʻakimoutolu.
Lokhu yikho okutshiwo yinkosi: Lingamvumeli uHezekhiya ukuba alikhohlise. Angeke alikhulule.
15 Pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻa Hesekaia ke ne fakalotoʻi ʻakimoutolu ke mou falala kia Sihova, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ʻe fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu ʻe Sihova:’ ʻe ʻikai tukuange ʻae kolo ni ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.
Lingamvumeli uHezekhiya elincenga ukuba lithembele kuThixo lapho esithi ‘Ngempela uThixo uzasikhulula; idolobho leli kaliyikuphiwa esandleni senkosi yase-Asiriya.’”
16 ʻOua naʻa fanongo kia Hesekaia: he ʻoku pehē ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Mou fakalelei mo au ʻaki ha foaki, pea haʻu kituaʻā kiate au: pea kai taki taha ʻi heʻene vaine, pea taki taha ʻi heʻene ʻakau ko e fiki, pea taki taha inu ʻae vai ʻo ʻene puha vai.
Lingamlaleli uHezekhiya. Nanku okutshiwo yinkosi yase-Asiriya: Yenza isivumelwano sokuthula lami, uphume uze kimi. Lapho-ke omunye lomunye uzakudla esivinini sakhe lasemikhiweni yakhe, anathe lamanzi emthonjeni wakhe,
17 Kae ʻoua ke u haʻu ʻo ʻave ʻakimoutolu ki ha fonua ʻoku hangē ko homou fonua, ko e fonua ʻoe uite mo e uaine, ko e fonua ʻoe mā mo e ngoue vaine.
ngize ngifike ngilithathe, ngilise elizweni elifanana lelakini, ilizwe lamabele lewayini elitsha, ilizwe lesinkwa lezivini.
18 Vakai telia naʻa fakalotoʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Hesekaia, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu ʻe Sihova.’ ʻOku ai ha ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kuo ne fakamoʻui hono fonua mei he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia?
“Lingavumeli uHezekhiya ukuthi alikhohlise esithi, ‘UThixo uzasikhulula.’ Kulonkulunkulu wesinye isizwe osewake wakhulula ilizwe lakhe esandleni senkosi yase-Asiriya na?
19 ʻOku ʻi fē ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Hamati mo ʻAapati? ʻOku ʻi fē ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Sifaveimi? Pea kuo nau fakamoʻui ʻa Samēlia mei hoku nima?
Bangaphi onkulunkulu baseHamathi le-Ariphadi na? Bangaphi onkulunkulu baseSefavayimi na? Bayikhululile iSamariya esandleni sami na?
20 Ko hai ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi fonua ni, kuo fakamoʻui honau fonua mei hoku nima, koeʻuhi ke fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova ʻa Selūsalema mei hoku nima?”
Nguphi kubo bonke onkulunkulu bamazwe la oke wenelisa ukukhulula ilizwe lakhe kimi na? Pho uThixo angayikhulula njani iJerusalema esandleni sami na?”
21 Ka naʻa nau fakalongo pe, pea ʻikai ha lea siʻi kiate ia: he naʻe pehē ʻae fekau ʻae tuʻi, “ʻOua naʻa talia ia.”
Kodwa abantu bathula kabazange batsho lutho, ngoba inkosi yayilaye yathi, “Lingamphenduli.”
22 Pea naʻe toki haʻu kia Hesekaia ʻa Iliakimi, ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, ʻaia naʻe pule ʻi he fale, mo Sepina ko e tangata tohi, mo Soa, ko e foha ʻo ʻAsafi, ko e matāpule tohi, kuo mahae honau kofu, pea naʻe tala kiate ia ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa Lapisake.
U-Eliyakhimu indodana kaHilikhiya umgcini wesigodlo loShebhina umabhalane loJowa indodana ka-Asafi umbhali, baya kuHezekhiya izigqoko zabo zidabukile bamtshela okwakutshiwo ngumlawuli webutho.
