1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it , that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Ikawa mfalme Hezekia aliposikia hayo, alizirarua nguo zake, akajivika nguo za magunia, akaingia katika nyumba ya Bwana.
2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Akamtuma Eliakimu aliyekuwa msimamizi wa nyumba yake na Shebna, mwandishi, na wazee wa makuhani, wamevikwa nguo za magunia, waende kwa Isaya nabii, mwana wa Amozi.
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Wakamwambia, Hezekia asema hivi, Siku hii ni siku ya dhiki, na aibu, na matukano; maana watoto wa tayari kuzaliwa, wala hapana nguvu za kuwazaa.
4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
Yamkini Bwana, Mungu wako, atayasikia maneno yote ya amiri huyu, ambaye mfalme wa Ashuru, bwana wake, amemtuma ili amtukane Mungu aliye hai, naye atayakemea hayo maneno aliyoyasikia BWANA, Mungu wako; kwa sababu hii inua dua yako kwa ajili ya mabaki yaliyobakia.
Isaiah's Counsel
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Basi watumishi wa mfalme Hezekia wakamwendea Isaya.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Isaya akawaambia, Mwambieni bwana wenu maneno haya; Bwana asema hivi, Usiyaogope maneno hayo uliyoyasikia, ambayo watumishi wa mfalme wa Ashuru wamenitukana.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Tazama, nitatia roho ya hofu ndani yake, naye atasikia kivumi, na kuirudia nchi yake mwenyewe; nami nitamwangusha kwa upanga katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Basi yule amiri akarudi, akamkuta mfalme wa Ashuru, anapigana na Libna; maana alikuwa amesikia ya kwamba ameondoka, akaacha Lakishi.
9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Na aliposikia habari ya Tirhaka mfalme wa Kushi, ya kwamba, Tazama, ametoka ili kupigana nawe; alituma wajumbe kwa Hezekia mara ya pili, kusema,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Mwambieni Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda, maneno haya, mkisema, Asikudanganye Mungu wako unayemtumaini, akisema, Yerusalemu hautatiwa katika mikono ya mfalme wa Ashuru.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Tazama, umesikia ni mambo gani wafalme wa Ashuru waliyozitenda nchi zote, kwa kuziangamiza kabisa; je! Utaokoka wewe?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
Je! Miungu ya mataifa wale, ambao baba zangu waliwaangamiza, imewaokoa? Yaani, Gozani, na Harani, na Resefu, na wana wa Adini waliokuwa katika Telasari?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
Yuko wapi mfalme wa Hamathi, na mfalme wa Arpadi, na mfalme wa mji wa Sefarvaimu, na wa Hena, na wa Iva?
14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
Basi Hezekia akaupokea waraka katika mikono ya wale wajumbe, akausoma; kisha Hezekia akapanda, akaingia katika nyumba ya Bwana, akaukunjua mbele za Bwana.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
Naye Hezekia akaomba mbele za Bwana, akasema, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ukaaye juu ya makerubi, wewe, naam, wewe peke yako, ndiwe Mungu wa falme zote za dunia; wewe ndiwe uliyeziumba mbingu na nchi.
16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Tega sikio lako, Ee Bwana, usikie; fumbua macho yako, Ee Bwana, uone; uyasikie maneno ya Senakeribu, ambayo amemtuma mtu aje nayo ili kumtukana Mungu aliye hai.
17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
Ni kweli, Bwana, wafalme wa Ashuru wamewaharibu mataifa na nchi zao,
18 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
na kuitupa miungu yao motoni; kwa maana haikuwa miungu, bali ni kazi ya mikono ya wanadamu; ilikuwa miti na mawe tu, ndiyo sababu wakaiharibu.
19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
Basi sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu wetu, utuokoe na mkono wake, nakusihi, ili kwamba falme zote za dunia zipate kujua ya kuwa wewe ndiwe Bwana Mungu, wewe peke yako.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
Ndipo Isaya, mwana wa Amozi, akapeleka ujumbe kwa Hezekia, akisema, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Kwa kuwa umeniomba juu ya Senakeribu, mfalme wa Ashuru, mimi nimekusikia.
21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Tamko alilolitamka Bwana katika habari zake ndilo hili, Bikira, binti Sayuni, amekudharau, na kukudhihaki sana; binti Yerusalemu ametikisa kichwa chake juu yako.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Ni nani uliyemshutumu na kumtukana? Umeinua sauti yako juu ya nani, na kuinua macho yako juu? Juu ya Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
Kwa vinywa vya wajumbe wako umemshutumu Bwana, ukasema, Kwa wingi wa magari yangu nimepanda juu ya vilele vya milima, mpaka mahali pa ndani pa Lebanoni. Nami nitaikata mierezi yake mirefu, na misunobari yake mizuri; nami nitaingia ndani ya makazi yake yaliyo mbali sana, na msitu wa shamba lake lizaalo sana.
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Nimechimba na kunywa maji mageni, na kwa nyayo za miguu yangu nitaikausha mito yote ya Misri.
25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Je! Hukusikia wewe ya kuwa mimi ndimi niliyeyatenda hayo tokea zamani, na kuyafanya tokea siku za kale? Sasa mimi nimelitimiza jambo hili, iwe kazi yako kuangamiza miji yenye boma, hata ikawe chungu na magofu.
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Ndiyo sababu wenyeji wao walikuwa na nguvu chache, wakafadhaika, na kuhangaika; wakawa kama majani ya mashamba, kama miche mibichi, kama majani juu ya dari, na kama ngano iliyokaushwa kabla haijaiva.
27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
Lakini nakujua, kuketi kwako, na kutoka kwako, na kuingia kwako; na ghadhabu yako unayonighadhibikia.
28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Kwa sababu ya kunighadhibikia kwako, na kwa sababu kutakabari kwako kumefika masikioni mwangu; kwa sababu hiyo nitatia kulabu yangu puani mwako, na hatamu yangu midomoni mwako, nami nitakurudisha nyuma kwa njia ile ile uliyoijia.
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Na kwako wewe hii ndiyo dalili; mwaka huu mtakula vitu viotavyo vyenyewe; na mwaka wa pili mtakula mazao ya vitu hivyo; na mwaka wa tatu pandeni mbegu, kavuneni; mkapande mashamba ya mizabibu, mkale matunda yake.
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Na mabaki yaliyookoka ya nyumba ya Yuda yatatia mizizi chini, na kuzaa matunda juu.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Maana mabaki yatatoka katika Yerusalemu, na wao watakaookoka katika mlima wa Sayuni wivu wa Bwana utatimiza jambo hilo.
32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Basi Bwana asema hivi katika habari za mfalme wa Ashuru, Yeye hatauingia mji huu, wala hatapiga mshale hapa, wala hatakuja mbele yake kwa ngao, wala hatajenga boma juu yake.
33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
Njia ile ile aliyojia, kwa njia iyo hiyo atarudi zake, wala hataingia ndani ya mji huu, asema Bwana.
34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Maana nitaulinda mji huu, niuokoe, kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe, na kwa ajili ya Daudi, mtumishi wangu.
Jerusalem Delivered
35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Ikawa usiku uo huo malaika wa Bwana alitoka, akakiingia kituo cha Waashuri, akawapiga watu mia na themanini na tano elfu. Na watu walipoondoka asubuhi na mapema, kumbe! Hao walikuwa maiti wote pia.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Basi Senakeribu mfalme wa Ashuru akaondoka, akaenda zake, akarudi akakaa Ninawi.
37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Ikawa, alipokuwa akiabudu nyumbani mwa Nisroki, mungu wake, Adrameleki na Shareza wakampiga kwa upanga; wakaikimbilia nchi ya Ararati. Na Esar-hadoni mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
