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, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Akamtuma Eliakimu aliyekuwa msimamizi wa nyumba yake na Shebna, mwandishi, na wazee wa makuhani, wamejivika 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 of 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 the words of Rabshakeh, 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 is left.
Yamkini Bwana, Mungu wako, atayasikia maneno ya huyo amiri ambaye mfalme wa Ashuru, bwana wake, amemtuma ili amtukane Mungu aliye hai; na Bwana, Mungu wako atayakemea maneno aliyoyasikia; basi, inua dua yako kwa ajili ya mabaki yaliyobakia.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Basi, watumishi wa mfalme Hezekia wakaenda kwa Isaya.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Isaya akawaambia, Mwambieni bwana wenu maneno haya; Bwana asema hivi, Usiyaogope maneno uliyoyasikia, ambayo watumishi wa mfalme wa Ashuru wamenitukana.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Tazama, nitatia roho ndani yake, naye atasikia kivumi, na kurudi hata nchi yake mwenyewe, nami nitamwangusha kwa upanga katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
8 So Rabshakeh 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 anafanya vita juu ya Libna; kwa maana alikuwa amesikia ya kwamba ameondoka, akaacha Lakishi.
9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it , he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Naye alisikia habari ya Tirhaka, mfalme wa Kushi, ya kwamba, Ametoka ili kupigana nawe; naye aliposikia hayo, akatuma wajumbe kwa Hezekia, 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 given 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 habari ya mambo yote, ambayo wafalme wa Ashuru wamezitenda 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 Telassar?
Je! Miungu ya mataifa, ambao baba zangu waliwaangamiza, wamewaokoa? Gozani, na Harani, na Resefu, na wana wa Adini waliokuwa katika Telasari?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Yuko wapi mfalme wa Hamathi, na mfalme wa Arpadi, na mfalme wa mji wa Sefarvaimu, wa Hena, na wa Iva?
Hezekiah's Prayer
14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto 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 unto the LORD, saying,
Hezekia akamwomba Bwana, akisema,
16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Ee Bwana wa majeshi, 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.
17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Tega sikio lako, Bwana, usikie; funua macho yako, Bwana, uone; uyasikie maneno ya Senakeribu, aliyopeleka ili kumtukana Mungu aliye hai.
18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
Ni kweli, Bwana, wafalme wa Ashuru wameziharibu nchi zote, na mashamba yao,
19 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 kuwatupa miungu yao motoni; kwa maana hao hawakuwa miungu, bali kazi ya mikono ya wanadamu; walikuwa miti na mawe, ndiyo sababu wakawaharibu.
20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
Basi sasa, Bwana, Mungu wetu, utuokoe na mkono wake, falme zote za dunia zipate kujua ya kuwa wewe ndiwe Bwana, wewe peke yako.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
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,
22 this is the word which 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, anakudharau, anakudhihaki sana; binti Yerusalemu anatikisa kichwa chake juu yako.
23 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.
24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Umemshutumu Bwana kwa watumishi wako, kwa kuwa umesema, Kwa wingi wa magari yangu nimepanda juu ya vilele vya milima, mpaka mahali pa ndani ya Lebanoni; nami nitaikata mierezi yake mirefu, na misunobari yake mizuri, nami nitaingia ndani ya mahali pake palipoinuka, palipo mbali sana, msitu wa shamba lake lizaalo sana.
25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Nimechimba na kunywa maji, na kwa nyayo za miguu yangu nitaikausha mito yote ya Misri.
26 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 defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Je! Hukusikia? Ni mimi niliyeyatenda hayo tokea zamani, na kuyafanya tokea siku za kale; nikayatimiza sasa, iwe kazi yako kuangamiza miji yenye boma, ikawe chungu na magofu.
27 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 wakawa hawana nguvu, na kufadhaika, na kuhangaika, wakawa kama majani ya mashamba, kama miche mibichi, kama majani juu ya dari, kama shamba la ngano kabla haijaiva.
28 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 uliyonighadhibikia.
29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I 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, nitatia kulabu yangu katika pua yako, na hatamu yangu midomoni mwako, nami nitakurudisha kwa njia ile ile uliyoijia.
30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Na kwako wewe dalili ndiyo hii; mwaka huu mtakula vitu vimeavyo vyenyewe; na mwaka wa pili mtakula mazao ya mbegu za vitu hivyo; na mwaka wa tatu pandeni mbegu, kavuneni; mkapande mizabibu katika mashamba, mkale matunda yake.
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Na mabaki yaliyookoka, yaliyobakia ya nyumba ya Yuda, yatatia mizizi chini, na kuzaa matunda juu.
32 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 katika Yerusalemu yatatoka mabaki, nao watakaookoka katika mlima Sayuni; wivu wa Bwana wa majeshi utatimiza mambo hayo.
33 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 shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Basi, Bwana asema hivi katika habari za mfalme wa Ashuru, Yeye hataingia ndani ya mji huu, wala hatapiga mshale hapa, wala hatakuja mbele yake kwa ngao, wala hatajenga boma juu yake.
34 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 aliyoijia, kwa njia hiyo atarudi zake, wala hataingia ndani ya mji huu; asema Bwana.
35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Nami nitaulinda mji huu, niuokoe kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe, na kwa ajili ya Daudi, mtumishi wangu.
36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Basi malaika wa Bwana alitoka, akaua watu mia na themanini na tano elfu katika kituo cha Waashuri, na watu walipoamka asubuhi na mapema, kumbe, hao walikuwa maiti wote pia.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Basi Senakeribu, mfalme wa Ashuru akaenda zake, akarudi Ninawi, akakaa huko.
38 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 katika nyumba ya Nisroki, mungu wake, Adrameleki na Shareza, wanawe, wakampiga kwa upanga; wakakimbilia nchi ya Ararati; naye Esar-hadoni, mwanawe, akamiliki badala yake.
