Isaiah and Hezekiah
1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Ikawa, katika mwaka wa kumi na nne wa kumiliki kwake mfalme Hezekia, Senakeribu, mfalme wa Ashuru, akapanda ili kupigana na miji yote ya Yuda yenye boma, akaitwaa.
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Mfalme wa Ashuru akamtuma amiri toka Lakishi hata Yerusalemu, kwa mfalme Hezekia, pamoja na jeshi kubwa. Naye akasimama karibu na mfereji wa birika ya juu, iliyo katika njia kuu ya kuuendea uwanda wa dobi.
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
Wakamtokea Eliakimu, mwana wa Hilkia, aliyekuwa msimamizi wa nyumba ya mfalme, na Shebna, mwandishi, na Yoa, mwana wa Asafu, mwenye kuandika tarehe.
The Assyrian Threat
4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Yule amiri akawaambia, Haya, mwambieni Hezekia, kwamba mfalme mkuu, mfalme wa Ashuru, asema hivi, Ni tumaini gani hili unalolitumainia?
5 I say, sayest thou , (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Nasema, mashauri yako, na nguvu zako kwa vita, ni maneno yasiyo na maana; basi, unamtumaini nani hata ukaniasi mimi?
6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
Tazama, unaitumainia fimbo ya mwanzi huu uliopondeka, yaani, Misri, ambayo, mtu akitegemea juu yake, humwingia mkononi na kumchoma; ndivyo alivyo Farao, mfalme wa Misri, kwa wote wamtumainio.
7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Lakini ukiniambia, Tunamtumaini Bwana, Mungu wetu, je! Si yeye ambaye Hezekia ameondoa mahali pake mlimoinuka, na madhabahu zake, akawaambia watu wa Yuda na Yerusalemu, Sujuduni mbele ya madhabahu hii?
8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Basi sasa, tafadhali mpe bwana wangu, mfalme wa Ashuru, dhamana, nami nitakupa farasi elfu mbili, ikiwa wewe kwa upande wako waweza kupandisha watu juu yao.
9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Wawezaje, basi, kurudisha nyuma uso wa akida mmoja wa watumishi walio wadogo wa bwana wangu, na kuitumainia Misri upewe magari na farasi?
10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Je! Nimepanda mimi, ili kupigana na mahali hapa na kupaangamiza, bila shauri la Bwana? Bwana ndiye aliyeniambia, Panda upigane na nchi hii na kuiangamiza.
11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Ndipo Eliakimu, mwana wa Hilkia, na Shebna, na Yoa, wakamwambia yule amiri, Tafadhali, sema na watumishi wako kwa lugha ya Kiashuri; maana tunaifahamu; wala usiseme nasi kwa lugha ya Kiyahudi, masikioni mwa watu wote walio ukutani.
12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Lakini yule amiri akawaambia, Je! Bwana wangu amenituma kwa bwana wako, na kwako wewe, niseme maneno haya? Hakunituma kwa watu hawa walio ukutani, ili wale mavi yao wenyewe na kunywa mkojo wao pamoja nanyi?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Kisha yule amiri akasimama akalia kwa sauti kuu kwa lugha ya Kiyahudi, akisema, Lisikieni neno la mfalme mkuu, mfalme wa Ashuru.
14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Mfalme asema hivi; Hezekia asiwadanganye, kwa maana hataweza kuwaokoa;
15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
wala msimwache Hezekia kuwatia moyo wa kumtumaini Bwana; akisema, Bwana bila shaka atatuokoa, mji huu hautatiwa katika mkono wa mfalme wa Ashuru.
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Msimsikilize Hezekia; maana mfalme wa Ashuru asema hivi, Fanyeni suluhu na mimi, mkatoke mnijie, mkale kila mtu matunda ya mzabibu wake na matunda ya mtini wake, mkanywe kila mmoja maji ya birika yake mwenyewe;
17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
hata nije nikawachukue mpaka nchi iliyo kama nchi yenu wenyewe, nchi ya nafaka na divai, nchi ya mkate na mashamba ya mizabibu.
18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Jihadharini, asije Hezekia akawadanganya, akisema, Bwana atatuokoa. Je! Yuko mungu mmoja wa mataifa aliyewaokoa watu wake na mkono wa mfalme wa Ashuru?
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Wako wapi miungu ya Hamathi na ya Arpadi? Wako wapi miungu ya Sefarvaimu? Je! Wameiokoa Samaria na mkono wangu?
20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Katika miungu yote ya nchi hizi ni nani waliookoa nchi yao na mkono wangu, hata Bwana auokoe Yerusalemu na mkono wangu?
21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Lakini watu wakanyamaza kimya; wala hawakumjibu hata neno moja; maana ilikuwa amri ya mfalme, kwamba, Msimjibu neno.
22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Ndipo Eliakimu, mwana wa Hilkia, aliyekuwa msimamizi wa nyumba ya mfalme, na Shebna, mwandishi, na Yoa, mwana wa Asafu mwenye kuandika tarehe, wakaenda kwa Hezekia, na nguo zao zimeraruliwa, wakamwambia Hezekia maneno ya yule amiri.
