2 Kings 18
1 Ní ọdún kẹta Hosea ọmọ Ela ọba Israẹli, Hesekiah ọmọ Ahasi ọba Juda bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìjọba.
In the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, the king of Israel: Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, reigned as king of Judah.
2 Ó jẹ́ ẹni ọdún mẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dọ́gbọ̀n nígbà tí ó ti di ọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún mọ́kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ sì ni Abijah ọmọbìnrin Sekariah.
He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
3 Ó sì ṣe ohun tí ó dára níwájú Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí i baba rẹ̀ Dafidi ti ṣe.
And he did what was good before the Lord, in accord with all that his father David had done.
4 Ó mú ibi gíga náà kúrò, ó sì fọ́ àwọn ère òkúta, ó sì gé àwọn ère Aṣerah lulẹ̀, ó sì fọ́ ejò idẹ tí Mose ti ṣe náà túútúú, títí di ọjọ́ tí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ń sun tùràrí sí. (Wọ́n sì pè é ní Nehuṣitani.)
He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan.
5 Hesekiah sì gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli. Kò sì ṣí ẹnìkan tí ó dàbí tirẹ̀ lára gbogbo àwọn ọba Juda, bóyá kí ó tó jẹ tàbí lẹ́yìn rẹ̀.
He hoped in the Lord, the God of Israel. And after him, there was no one similar to him, among all the kings of Judah, nor even among any of those who were before him.
6 Ó súnmọ́ Olúwa, kò sì dẹ́kun láti tì í lẹ́yìn: ó sì pa òfin Olúwa mọ́ tí ó ti fi fún Mose.
And he clung to the Lord, and he did not withdraw from his footsteps, and he carried out his commandments, which the Lord had instructed to Moses.
7 Olúwa sì wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀; ó sì ń ṣe rere nínú gbogbo ohun tí ó dáwọ́lé. Ó ṣe ọ̀tẹ̀ sí ọba Asiria kò sì sìn ín.
Therefore, the Lord was also with him. And he conducted himself wisely in all the things to which he went forth. Also, he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and he did not serve him.
8 Láti ilé ìṣọ́ títí dé ìlú olódi, ó sì pa àwọn ará Filistini run, àti títí dé Gasa àti agbègbè rẹ̀.
He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and in all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
9 Ní ọdún kẹrin ọba Hesekiah, nígbà tí ó jẹ́ ọdún keje Hosea ọmọ Ela ọba Israẹli. Ṣalamaneseri ọba Asiria yàn lára Samaria ó sì tẹ̀dó tì í.
In the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, the son of Elah, the king of Israel: Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended to Samaria, and he fought against it,
10 Lẹ́yìn ọdún mẹ́ta Asiria gbé e. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n kó Samaria ní ọdún kẹfà Hesekiah tí ó sì jẹ́ ọdún kẹsànán Hosea ọba Israẹli.
and he seized it. For after three years, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
11 Ọba Asiria lé Israẹli kúrò ní Asiria, wọ́n sì ṣe àtìpó wọn ní Hala, ní Gosani létí odò Habori àti ní ìlú àwọn ará Media.
And the king of the Assyrians took away Israel into Assyria. And he located them in Halah and in Habor, at the rivers of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
12 Èyí ṣẹlẹ̀ nítorí wọn kò pa àṣẹ Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn mọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n ti dà májẹ̀mú rẹ̀ gbogbo èyí tí Mose ìránṣẹ́ Olúwa ti pàṣẹ. Wọn kò fi etí wọn sílẹ̀ sí òfin wọn kò sì gbé wọn jáde.
For they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant. All that Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed, they would neither hear, nor do.
13 Ní ọdún kẹrìnlá tí Hesekiah jẹ ọba, Sennakeribu ọba Asiria kọlu gbogbo ìlú olódi ti Juda ó sì pa wọ́n run.
In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up to all the fortified cities of Judah, and he captured them.
14 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Hesekiah ọba Juda sì ránṣẹ́ yìí sí ọba Asiria ní Lakiṣi, wí pé, “Mo ti ṣẹ̀, padà lẹ́yìn mi: èmi yóò sì san ohunkóhun tí ìwọ bá béèrè lọ́wọ́ mi.” Ọba Asiria sì bu fún Hesekiah ọba Juda ọ̀ọ́dúnrún tálẹ́ǹtì fàdákà àti ọgbọ̀n tálẹ́ǹtì wúrà.
Then Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians at Lachish, saying: “I have offended. Withdraw from me, and all that you will impose upon me, I will bear.” And so the king of the Assyrians levied a tax upon Hezekiah, the king of Judah, of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 Hesekiah fún un ní gbogbo fàdákà tí a rí nínú ilé Olúwa àti nínú ìṣúra ilé ọba.
And Hezekiah gave all the silver that had been found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king.
16 Ní àkókò yìí Hesekiah ọba Juda ké wúrà tí ó wà ní ẹnu ìlẹ̀kùn ilé Olúwa, kúrò àti ti òpó tí Hesekiah ọba Juda ti gbéró ó sì fi fún ọba Asiria.
At that time, Hezekiah broke apart the doors of the temple of the Lord, with the plates of gold which he had affixed to them. And he gave these to the king of the Assyrians.
17 Ọba Asiria rán alákòóso gíga jùlọ, ìjòyè pàtàkì àti àwọn adarí pápá pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ-ogun tí ó pọ̀, láti Lakiṣi sí ọba Hesekiah ní Jerusalẹmu. Wọ́n wá sí òkè Jerusalẹmu wọ́n sì dúró ní etí ìdarí omi àbàtà òkè, ní ojú ọ̀nà tó lọ sí òpópó pápá alágbàfọ̀.
Then the king of the Assyrians sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh, from Lachish, to king Hezekiah, with a powerful hand, to Jerusalem. And when they had ascended, they arrived in Jerusalem, and they stood beside the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is along the way of the fuller’s field.
18 Wọ́n sì pe ọba; àti Eliakimu ọmọ Hilkiah ẹni tí í ṣe ilé olùtọ́jú, Ṣebna akọ̀wé, àti Joah ọmọkùnrin Asafu tí ó jẹ́ akọ̀wé ìrántí jáde pẹ̀lú wọn.
And they called for the king. But there went out to them Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the keeper of records.
19 Olùdarí pápá wí fún wọn pé, “Sọ fún Hesekiah pé, “‘Èyí ni ohun tí ọba ńlá, ọba Asiria sọ: Kí ni ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé yìí tí ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé?
And Rabshakeh said to them: “Speak to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith, in which you strive?
20 Ìwọ wí pé ìwọ ni ìmọ̀ àti agbára láti jagun, ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ sọ̀rọ̀ òfìfo lásán. Ǹjẹ́ ta ni ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀ rẹ lé, tí ìwọ fi ń ṣe ọ̀tẹ̀ sí mi?
Perhaps, you have taken counsel, so that you would prepare yourself for battle. In whom do you trust, so that you would dare to rebel?
21 Wò ó, nísinsin yìí, ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀ rẹ lé Ejibiti, ẹ̀rún ọ̀pá pẹlẹbẹ ìyè fífọ́ yìí, èyí tí yóò wọ inú ọwọ́ ẹni tí ó sì bá fi ara tì í. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Farao ọba Ejibiti ṣe rí fún gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbẹ́kẹ̀ wọn lé e.
Do you hope in Egypt, that staff of a broken reed, which, if a man would lean upon it, breaking, it would pierce his hand? Such is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who would trust in him.
22 Tí ìwọ bá sì sọ fún mi pé, “Àwa gbẹ́kẹ̀ wa lé Olúwa Ọlọ́run.” Òun ha kọ́ ní ẹnìkan náà tí ibi gíga àti àwọn pẹpẹ tí Hesekiah mú kúrò, tí ó wí fún Juda àti Jerusalẹmu pé, “O gbọdọ̀ sìn níwájú pẹpẹ yìí ní Jerusalẹmu”?
But if you say to me: ‘We have faith in the Lord, our God.’ Is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away? And did he not instruct Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You shall adore before this altar in Jerusalem?’
23 “‘Wá nísinsin yìí, ṣe àdéhùn pẹ̀lú ọ̀gá mi, ọba Asiria èmi yóò sì fún ọ ní ẹgbẹ̀rún méjì ẹṣin tí ìwọ bá lè kó àwọn tí yóò gùn ún sí orí rẹ!
Now therefore, cross over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, and we will see if you even have enough riders for them.
24 Báwo ni ìwọ yóò ha ti ṣe le yí ojú balógun kan tí ó kéré jùlọ padà nínú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ olúwa mi, tí ìwọ sì gbẹ́kẹ̀ rẹ lé Ejibiti fún àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹlẹ́ṣin?
So how can you resist one prince from the least of my lord’s servants? Do you have faith in Egypt because of the chariots and horsemen?
25 Síwájú sí i, èmi ti wá láti mú àti láti parun ibí yìí láìsí ọ̀rọ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa? Olúwa fún rara rẹ̀ sọ fún mi pé kí n yára láti yan lórí ìlú yìí, kí n sì pa á run.’”
Is it not by the will of the Lord that I have chosen to ascend to this place, so that I may destroy it? The Lord said to me: ‘Ascend to this land, and destroy it.’”
26 Nígbà náà Eliakimu ọmọ Hilkiah, àti Ṣebna àti Joah sọ fún olùdarí pápá pé, “Jọ̀wọ́ sọ̀rọ̀ fún àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ní èdè Aramaiki, nítorí ti ó tí yé wa, má ṣe sọ̀rọ̀ fún wa pẹ̀lú èdè Heberu ní etí ìgbọ́ àwọn ènìyàn tí ń bẹ lórí odi.”
Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh: “We beseech you, that you may speak to us, your servants, in Syriac. For we understand that language to some extent. And do not speak to us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”
27 Ṣùgbọ́n aláṣẹ dáhùn pé, “Ṣé fún ọ̀gá rẹ àti ìwọ nìkan ní ọ̀gá mi rán mi sí láti sọ àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí kì í sì í ṣe fún àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó jókòó lórí odi ni gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ, ni yóò ní láti jẹ ìgbẹ́ ará wọn kí wọ́n sì mu ìtọ̀ ará wọn?”
And Rabshakeh responded to them, saying: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you, so that I may speak these words, and not instead to the men who are sitting upon the wall, so that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?”
28 Nígbà náà, aláṣẹ dìde, ó sì pè jáde ní èdè Heberu pé, “Ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ọba ńlá, ọba Asiria!
And so, Rabshakeh stood up, and he exclaimed in a great voice, in the Jews’ language, and he said: “Listen to the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.
29 Èyí ni ohun tí ọba sọ, má ṣe jẹ́ kí Hesekiah tàn ọ́ jẹ kò le gbà ọ́ kúrò ní ọwọ́ mi.
Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah lead you astray. For he will not be able to rescue you from my hand.
30 Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí Hesekiah mú yín gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Olúwa nípa sísọ pé, ‘Olúwa yóò gbà wá nítòótọ́; ìlú yìí ni wọn kò ní fi lé ọba ìlú Asiria lọ́wọ́.’
And do not let him give you faith in the Lord, saying: ‘The Lord will rescue and free us, and this city will not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.’
31 “Má ṣe tẹ́tí sí Hesekiah. Èyí ni ohun tí ọba Asiria wí pé, ‘Fi ẹ̀bùn wá ojúrere mi, kí o sì jáde tọ̀ mí wá.’ Nígbà náà olúkúlùkù yín yóò jẹun láti inú àjàrà rẹ̀ àti igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́, yóò sì mu omi láti inú àmù rẹ̀,
Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of the Assyrians: Do with me what is for your own good, and come out to me. And each one of you will eat from his own vine, and from his own fig tree. And you shall drink water from your own wells,
32 títí tí èmi yóò fi wá mú ọ lọ sí ilé gẹ́gẹ́ bí i tìrẹ, ilẹ̀ ọkà àti ọtí wáìnì, ilẹ̀ oúnjẹ àti ọgbà àjàrà, ilẹ̀ òróró olifi àti ti ilẹ̀ oyin; yàn ìyè má sì ṣe yàn ikú! “Kí ẹ má ṣe gbọ́ tí Hesekiah, nítorí ó ń tàn yín tí ó ba tí wí pé, ‘Olúwa yóò gbà wá?’
until I arrive and transfer you into a land, similar to your own land, a fruitful and fertile land of wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives and oil and honey. And you will live, and not die. Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah, who deceives you, saying: ‘The Lord will free us.’
33 Ṣé òrìṣà àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè kankan ti gba ilé rẹ lọ́wọ́ àwọn ọba Asiria?
Have any of the gods of the nations freed their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Níbo ni àwọn òrìṣà Hamati àti Arpadi gbé wà? Níbo ni àwọn òrìṣà Sefarfaimi, Hena àti Iffa gbé wà? Wọ́n ha gba Samaria kúrò lọ́wọ́ mi bí?
Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and of Avva? Have they freed Samaria from my hand?
35 Ta ni nínú gbogbo àwọn òrìṣà ilẹ̀ yìí tí ó ti gbìyànjú láti gba ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ kúrò lọ́wọ́ mi? Báwo ni Olúwa yóò ṣe gba Jerusalẹmu kúrò lọ́wọ́ mi?”
Which ones among all the gods of the lands have rescued their region from my hand, so that the Lord would be able to rescue Jerusalem from my hand?”
36 Ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn náà dákẹ́ síbẹ̀ wọn kò sì sọ ohunkóhun, láti fi fèsì, nítorí ọba ti paláṣẹ, “Ẹ má ṣe dá a lóhùn.”
But the people were silent, and they did not respond at all to him. For indeed, they had received an instruction from the king that they should not respond to him.
37 Nígbà náà Eliakimu ọmọ Hilkiah olùtọ́jú ààfin, Ṣebna akọ̀wé àti Joah ọmọ Asafu akọ̀wé ránṣẹ́ lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ Hesekiah, pẹ̀lú aṣọ wọn yíya, ó sì wí fún un ohun tí olùdarí pápá ti sọ.
And Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the keeper of records, went to Hezekiah with their garments torn. And they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.
