The King Asks Isaiah's Advice
(Isaiah 37.1-7)1 As soon as King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes in grief, put on sackcloth, and went to the Temple of the Lord. 2 He sent Eliakim, the official in charge of the palace, Shebna, the court secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They also were wearing sackcloth. 3 This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: “Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it. 4 The Assyrian emperor has sent his chief official to insult the living God. May the Lord your God hear these insults and punish those who spoke them. So pray to God for those of our people who survive.”
5 When Isaiah received King Hezekiah's message, 6 he sent back this answer: “The Lord tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you with their claims that he cannot save you. 7 The Lord will cause the emperor to hear a rumor that will make him go back to his own country, and the Lord will have him killed there.”
The Assyrians Send Another Threat
(Isaiah 37.8-20)8 The Assyrian official learned that the emperor had left Lachish and was fighting against the nearby city of Libnah; so he went there to consult him. 9 Word reached the Assyrians that the Egyptian army, led by King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, was coming to attack them. When the emperor heard this, he sent a letter to King Hezekiah of Judah 10 to tell him, “The god you are trusting in has told you that you will not fall into my hands, but don't let that deceive you. 11 You have heard what an Assyrian emperor does to any country he decides to destroy. Do you think that you can escape? 12 My ancestors destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and killed the people of Betheden who lived in Telassar, and none of their gods could save them. 13 Where are the kings of the cities of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?”
14 King Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went to the Temple, placed the letter there in the presence of the Lord, 15 and prayed, “O Lord, the God of Israel, seated on your throne above the winged creatures, you alone are God, ruling all the kingdoms of the world. You created the earth and the sky. 16 Now, Lord, look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God. 17 We all know, Lord, that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate, 18 and burned up their gods—which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands. 19 Now, Lord our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that only you, O Lord, are God.”
Isaiah's Message to the King
(Isaiah 37.21-38)20 Then Isaiah sent a message telling King Hezekiah that in answer to the king's prayer 21 the Lord had said, “The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you. 22 Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel. 23 You sent your messengers to boast to me that with all your chariots you had conquered the highest mountains of Lebanon. You boasted that there you cut down the tallest cedars and the finest cypress trees and that you reached the deepest parts of the forests. 24 You boasted that you dug wells and drank water in foreign lands and that the feet of your soldiers tramped the Nile River dry.
25 “Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out. I gave you the power to turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. 26 The people who lived there were powerless; they were frightened and stunned. They were like grass in a field or weeds growing on a roof when the hot east wind blasts them.
27 “But I know everything about you, what you do and where you go. I know how you rage against me. 28 I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth, and take you back by the same road you came.”
29 Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, “Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant your grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes. 30 Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit. 31 There will be people in Jerusalem and on Mount Zion who will survive, because the Lord is determined to make this happen.
32 “And this is what the Lord has said about the Assyrian emperor: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built around it. 33 He will go back by the same road he came, without entering this city. I, the Lord, have spoken. 34 I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.’”
35 That night an angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers. At dawn the next day there they lay, all dead! 36 Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh. 37 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 and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.
Hesekiya ye yaamaroo ñini Yesaya bulu
(Yesaya 37:1-13)1 Kabiriŋ Mansa Hesekiya ye kumoo ñiŋ moyi, a ye a la duŋ feŋolu fara, niikuyaa kamma la, a ye booto funtoolu duŋ. A taata duŋ Yaawe* Batudulaa Buŋo* kono. 2 A ye mansasuwo maralaa Eliyakimu, safeerilaa Sebuna, aniŋ piriisi* alifaalu kii, ka taa Annabilayi Yesaya kaŋ, Amosi dinkewo. Ì bee ye booto funtoolu le duŋ. 3 Ì ko a ye ko, “Hesekiya ko bii luŋo mu niitooroo le ti, jaraboo, aniŋ maloo. Ǹ ka munta le ko deenaanoolu mennu pareeta wuluu la, bari ì baamaa maŋ semboo soto ka ì wuluu. 4 Asiriya mansa ye a la kelediŋ kuntiyo kii le ka Alla baluuriŋo sooki. Tumandoo Yaawe, i la Alla, ye a la kumakaŋolu moyi le, a si a yankankati a kaŋ. Wo to duwaa moo toomaalu ye, mennu tuta jee.”
5 Kabiriŋ Yesaya ye Mansa Hesekiya la kumoo moyi, 6 a ye ñiŋ jaabiroo murundi a kaŋ ko, “Yaawe ko a kana sila kuwo la a ye meŋ moyi. A kana sila kumakaŋolu la Asiriya mansa la dookuulaalu ye mennu fo ka ate Yaawe sooki. 7 I lamoyi, Yaawe be silaŋo le dundi la a la. Niŋ wo keta, a be kibaaroo le moyi la, aduŋ a be muru la a fansuŋ bankoo kaŋ ne. Wo to le ate Yaawe be a tinna la ì ye a faa niŋ hawusaroo* la.”
8 Kelediŋ kuntiyo ñiŋ ye a moyi ko Asiriya mansa bota Lakisi saatewo to le. Wo le to a muruta, aduŋ a ye a tara mansa be Libuna saatewo kele kaŋ. 9 Ì ye kibaaroo le fo Asiriya mansa ye ko, Mansa Tirihaka, Kusinkoo*, be siloo kaŋ ne ka naa keloo boyi a kaŋ. Bituŋ a ye kiilaalu kii Yahuuda mansa Hesekiya kaŋ kotenke. 10 A ko ì si a fo a ye ko, a kana soŋ a la Alla ye a neenee, a be jikiriŋ meŋ na. Hesekiya kana laa a la niŋ a ko, Yerusalaamu te duŋ na Asiriya mansa bulu. 11 A ko, “Hesekiya, ite faŋo ye a moyi le Asiriya mansoolu ye meŋ ke banku koteŋolu la. Ì ye ì bee kasaara le. Fo ite jikita le ko i be tanka la le baŋ? 12 Fo wo bankoolu la jalaŋolu ye ì tankandi noo le baŋ? Asiriya mansa mumuñolu ye ì kasaara le. Wo saatee baalu le mu Kosani ti, Harani, Resefu, aniŋ Edeni moolu, mennu tarata siiriŋ nuŋ Telasari. 13 Hamati mansa lee? Aripadi mansa lee? Sefariwayimu mansa lee, aniŋ Hena niŋ Iwa?”
Hesekiya la duwaa
(Yesaya 37:14-20)14 Hesekiya ye leetaroo muta kiilaalu bulu, a ye a karaŋ. Bituŋ a taata Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo kono, a ye a waree Yaawe ñaa koto. 15 Wo le to Hesekiya duwaata Yaawe ñaatiliŋo la ka a fo ko, “M Maarii Yaawe, Banisirayila la Alla, meŋ be sabatiriŋ kerubu malaayikoolu* teema, ite doroŋ ne mu Alla ti duniyaa mansamarali bankoolu bee kaŋ. Ite le ye saŋo niŋ bankoo daa. 16 Yaawe, i lamoyi, kumakaŋolu moyi, Sennakeribu ye mennu kii naŋ ka ite Alla baluuriŋo sooki. 17 M Maarii Yaawe, tooñaa le mu ko, Asiriya mansoolu ye banku koteŋolu niŋ ì la kenoolu kasaara le. 18 Ì ye ì la jalaŋolu jani dimbaa kono le ka ì kasaara. Kaatu wo jalaŋolu mu yiroolu niŋ beroolu doroŋ ne ti, ì maŋ ke Alla ti. Moolu le ye ì dadaa ì buloolu la. 19 Wo to saayiŋ Yaawe, ǹ na Alla, ǹ tankandi mansa ñiŋ bulu. Niŋ wo keta, duniyaa mansamarali bankoolu bee si a loŋ ko, ite Yaawe doroŋ ne mu Alla ti.”
Annabilayi Yesaya ye Alla la jaabiroo dii Hesekiya la
(Yesaya 37:21-382 Taarika 32:20-21)20 Bituŋ Amosi dinkewo Yesaya ye kumoo kii Hesekiya kaŋ ko, “Yaawe, Banisirayila la Alla ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, a ye i la duwaa moyi Asiriya mansa Sennakeribu la kuwo to le. 21 A ye ñiŋ kumoo le fo a la kuwo to ko:
“Dimmusuriŋ* Siyoni* ye Sennakeribu koŋ ne,
aduŋ Dimmusoo Yerusalaamu jututa a la le.
Ì jeleta a la le,
biriŋ a be bori la.
22 Sennakeribu bulata jumaa le la ka a neŋ?
A ye a kaŋo sikandi ka sari jumaa le kaŋ?
A ye a ñaalu wulindi kufaŋo kono nte le kamma,
Banisirayila la Senuŋ Baa.
23 Sennakeribu ye kiilaalu kii ka nte Yaawe neŋ ne.
A ko, ‘N niŋ n na keleraŋ sareeti* jamaalu seleta konkoolu santo le,
ka taa fo Libanooni bankoo daŋo to.
Ŋa jee sedari* yiri jaŋ baalu boyi le,
aniŋ junipa yiri ñiimaa baalu.
M futata a konkoolu daŋo ma le,
ka taa a sutu yiriwaariŋolu kono.’
24 A ko, ‘Ŋa koloŋolu siŋ wandi bankoo kaŋ,
aduŋ ŋa jiyo miŋ jee.
Ŋa Misira baa bolondiŋolu bee jandi le,
ka bo niŋ n siŋ teetewo la.’
25 “Fo Sennakeribu maŋ a moyi baŋ ko,
nte Yaawe le ye a kuwo londi waati jaŋ koomanto?
Ŋa a feeroo landi le biriŋ juuna,
ŋa meŋ timmandi teŋ saayiŋ,
Sennakeribu ye saatee tatariŋolu ke tumbuŋolu ti.
26 Tuma meŋ na wo saatewolu moolu semboo banta,
ì jikilateyita, aduŋ ì maluta.
Ì keta le komeŋ kunkukono fiifeŋolu,
aniŋ ñaama soroŋ kutoo.
Ì ka munta le komeŋ ñaamoo meŋ falinta buŋo santo,
meŋ ka jaa janniŋ a be meŋ na.
27 Nte Yaawe ye a wulitoo niŋ a siitoo loŋ ne,
a fintitoo niŋ a duntoo,
aniŋ a la kamfaa nte kamma.
28 Baawo Sennakeribu kamfaata nte le kamma,
aduŋ ŋa a la faŋ waroo moyi le,
m be n na dooliŋo le duŋ na a nuŋo la,
ŋa karafewo bula a daa la.
M be a murundi la siloo le la,
a naata meŋ na.”
29 Yesaya tententa ka a fo ko, “Hesekiya, ñiŋ ne be ke la ite ye taamanseeroo ti: Ñinaŋ saŋo, fiifeŋo meŋ falinta a faŋ ye ali be wo le domo la, jaari saŋo fanaa, meŋ falinta ka bo wo bala. Bari sanji sabanjaŋo la, ali si fiiroo niŋ katiroo ke, ali si wayini* yiri kankaŋolu tutu, ali ye ì diŋolu domo. 30 Yahuuda moo toomaalu mennu tuta baluuriŋ be ke la le komeŋ yiroo, ka suloo duŋ bankoo duuma, ì ye diŋ santo. 31 Kaatu too be tu la Siyoni Konkoo kaŋ Yerusalaamu moolu kono le, mennu tuta baluwo to. Yaawe Alihawaa Maariyo* ye a hame le ka ñiŋ kuwo taamandi.
32 “Wo kamma la Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo Asiriya mansa la kuwo to ko: Sennakeribu te duŋ na ñiŋ saatewo kono ka kalabeñoo fayi jee. A niŋ keleraŋ koteeroo* te a ñaa tiliŋ na a la, waraŋ ka seleraŋ sapoo* loo jee. 33 A naata siloo meŋ na a be muru la wo le la. A te duŋ na ñiŋ saatewo kono. Yaawe le ye a fo. 34 Yaawe be loo la ñiŋ saatewo ye le ka a tankandi a faŋo la kuwo kamma la, aniŋ a la dookuulaa Dawuda la kuwo kamma la.”
35 Wo suutoo faŋo la Yaawe la malaayikoo taata, a ye kee wuli keme, wuli taŋ seyi, aniŋ wuli luulu faa Asiriyankoolu la daakaa kono. Kabiriŋ fanoo keta, ì furewolu tarata laariŋ jee le. 36 Bituŋ Asiriya mansa Sennakeribu ye daakaa janjaŋ, a seyita ka taa sii Ninewe saatewo to. 37 Luŋ kiliŋ, kabiriŋ a be baturoo la Nisiroki la buŋo kono, a ye meŋ muta a la Alla ti, a dinkewolu Adiramu-Meleki niŋ Saresa ye a faa hawusaroo la. Ì borita ka taa Ararati bankoo kaŋ. A dinkewo Esahadoni keta a noo to mansa ti.
