Isaías 37

Ka Tono te Kīngi i tā Ihāia Tohutohu

1 Nā, ka rongo a Kīngi Hetekia, haea ana e ia ōna kākahu, kei te hīpoki i a ia ki te kākahu taratara, ā, haere ana ki te whare o Ihowā. 2 I tonoa anō e ia a Eriakimi rangatira o te whare, a Hepena kaituhituhi, me ngā kaumātua o ngā tohunga, he mea hīpoki ki te kākahu taratara, ki a Ihāia poropiti, tama a Āmoho; 3 hei mea ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Hetekia: Ko tēnei rā, he rā nō te hē, nō te whakatuma, nō te whakamā; kua taea hoki te whānautanga tamariki, heoi kāhore he kaha e whānau ai. 4 Tērā pea a Ihowā, tōu Atua, ka rongo ki ngā kupu a Rapahake i tonoa mai nei e tōna ariki, e te kīngi o Ahiria, hei whākorekore ki te Atua ora, ā, ka riri ki ngā kupu i rongo ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua. Nā, kia ara tāu īnoi mō ngā toenga e noho nei."

5 Nā, ko te haerenga atu o ngā tāngata a Kīngi Hetekia ki a Ihāia, 6 ka mea a Ihāia ki a rātou, "Kī atu ki tō koutou ariki, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kaua e wehi i ngā kupu i rongo rā koe, ki ērā i kohukohu mai rā ngā tāngata a te kīngi o Ahiria ki ahau. 7 Nā, ka tonoa e ahau he wairua ki a ia, ā, ka rongo ia i tētahi rongo, ka hoki ki tōna whenua; ka meinga anō hoki ia e ahau kia hinga i te hoari i tōna whenua.’ "

8 Nā, hoki ana a Rapahake, ā, rokohanga atu e ia e whawhai ana te kīngi o Ahiria ki Rīpina; i rongo hoki ia kua hāpainga mai e ia i Rakihi.

9 Ā, ka rongo ia ki a Tirihaka kīngi o Etiopia, ki te kōrero, "Kei te haere mai ki te whawhai ki a koe." Nā, ka rongo ia, ka tono tāngata anō ki a Hetekia, ka mea: 10 "Kī atu ki a Hetekia kīngi o Hūrā, mea atu: Kei tinihangatia koe e tōu Atua, e tāu e okioki nā koe, i a ia e kī nā, ‘E kore a Hiruhārama e hoatu ki te ringa o te kīngi o Ahiria.’ 11 Nanā, kua rongo nā koe ki tā ngā kīngi o Ahiria i mea ai ki ngā whenua katoa, ki tā rātou hunanga rawatanga i a rātou, ā, e ora rānei koe? 12 I whakaora rānei ngā atua o ngā tauiwi i ngā wāhi i hunā e ōku mātua; i Kotana, i Harana, i Retepe, i ngā tama a Erene, i ērā i Terahara? 13 Kei hea te kīngi o Hāmata, te kīngi o Ārapara, te kīngi o te pā o Hēparawaima, o Hena, o Iwa?"

Te Īnoi a Hetekia

14 Nā, ka tangohia mai e Hetekia te pukapuka i te ringa o ngā karere, kōrerotia ana e ia. Nā, haere ana a Hetekia ki runga, ki te whare o Ihowā, wherahia ana e ia ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 15 Nā, ka īnoi a Hetekia ki a Ihowā, ka mea: 16 "E Ihowā o ngā mano, e te Atua o Īharaira, e noho nā i runga o ngā kerupima, ko koe te Atua, ko koe anake, o ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua; nāu i hanga te rangi me te whenua. 17 Tahuri mai tōu taringa, e Ihowā, whakarongo mai; titiro mai ōu kanohi e Ihowā, kia kite koe; kia rongo ki ngā kupu katoa a Henakeripi, ki tāna i tuku mai ai hei whākorekore mō te Atua ora.

18 "He tika anō, e Ihowā, kua kore i ngā kīngi o Ahiria ngā iwi katoa, me tō rātou whenua. 19 Kua makā anō e rātou ō rātou atua ki te ahi, nō te mea ehara rātou i te atua, engari, he mahi nā te ringa tāngata – he rākau, he kōhatu – koia i hunā ai e rātou. 20 Tēnā rā, whakaorangia mātou āianei, e Ihowā, e tō mātou Atua, i tōna ringa, kia mōhio ai ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua ko koe a Ihowā, ko koe anake."

21 Katahi a Ihāia tama a Āmoho ka tono tāngata ki a Hetekia, hei mea: "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: I te mea i īnoi koe ki ahau mō Henakeripi kīngi o Ahiria; 22 nā, ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei i kōrero ai mōna:

Kua whakahāwea te wāhina,

te tamāhine a Hiona ki a koe;

kataina iho koe e ia – rūrū ana te māhunga

o te tamāhine a Hiruhārama ki a koe.

23 Ko wai tāu i whākorekore nā, i kohukohu nā?

Ki a wai tōu reo i whakarahia nā,

tōu kanohi i kake nā ki runga?

Ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira!

24 Meatia ana e koe āu karere

hei whākorekore mō te Ariki;

kua mea nā koe,

‘Kua kake ahau, me aku tini hāriata,

ki runga ki ngā wāhi tiketike o ngā maunga,

ki roto rawa o Repanōna;

ka tuaina anō e ahau ngā hīta roroa o reira,

me ō reira kauri papai;

ka tae anō ahau ki te wāhi tiketike o tōna wāhi whakamutunga mai,

ki te ngahere o tōna māra whai hua.

25 Keria ana e ahau,

inu wai ana ahau,

maroke ake i te kapu o tōku waewae

ngā awa katoa o Īhipa.’

26 "Kāhore rānei koe i rongo i mua noa atu,

nāku tēnā i mea?

I ngā rā onamata nāku tēnā i hanga?

Katahi nei ka whakaputaina e ahau,

ā, ka waiho nā koe hei mea i ngā pā taiepa

hei pūranga rukerukenga.

27 Koia i iti ai te kaha o ō reira tāngata;

wehi ana rātou, pōrahurahu kau ana;

rite tonu ki te tarutaru o te pārae,

ki te otaota matomato,

ki te taru i runga i ngā tuanui,

ki te wīti i ngingio i te mea kīanō i tupu noa.

28 "Otirā, e mātau ana ahau ki tōu nohoanga iho,

ki tōu haerenga atu, ki tōu haerenga mai,

me tōu nananga ki ahau.

29 Nā, mō tāu nananga ki ahau,

mō te mea kua tae ake nei tāu whakamanamana ki ōku taringa,

mō reira ka kuhua e ahau tāku matau ki tōu ihu,

tāku paraire ki ōu ngutu;

ā, ka whakahokia koe nā te ara

i haere mai nā koe.

30 "Ā, ko te tohu tēnei ki a koe:

I tēnei tau ka kai koutou i ngā mea tupu noa ake,

ā, i te rua o ngā tau ko ngā tupu noa ake o te tau.

Nā, hei te toru o ngā tau koutou whakatō ai, kokoti ai,

whakatō ai i ngā māra wāina, kai ai i ngā hua o aua māra.

31 Nā, tērā e hou anō whakararo ngā pakiaka o ngā oranga i mawhiti o te whare o Hūrā,

ka hua anō ngā hua whakarunga.

32 E puta ake hoki he toenga i Hiruhārama, he oranga i Maunga Hiona.

E taea tēnei e te ngākau nui o Ihowā o ngā mano.

33 "Nā, ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei mō te kīngi o Ahiria:

E kore ia e haere mai ki tēnei pā,

e kore anō e perea he pere e ia ki konei,

e kore anō e maua e ia he whakangungu rākau ki mua i tēnei pā,

e opehia rānei he puke hei whawhaitanga ki konei.

34 Ko te ara i haere mai ai ia, ka hoki ia mā reira;

e kore anō ia e tae ki tēnei pā,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

35 "Ka tiakina hoki e ahau tēnei pā, ka whakaorangia;

he whakaaro ki ahau, ki tāku pononga anō, ki a Rāwiri."

Te Whati me te Matenga o Henakeripi

36 Nā, ka puta atu te anahera a Ihowā, ā, patua iho e ia i te puni o ngā Ahiriana kotahi rau e waru tekau mā rima mano; ā, te marangatanga ake i te ata, nanā, ō rātou tinana! He tūpāpaku katoa rātou. 37 Nā, tūria atu ana e Henakeripi kīngi o Ahiria, haere ana, hoki ana, noho rawa atu kei Ninewe.

38 Ā, i a ia e koropiko ana i te whare o tōna atua, o Nitiroko, patua iho ia e āna tama, e Ataramereke rāua ko Harētere, ki te hoari; mawhiti tonu atu rāua ki te whenua o Ararata, ā, ko tāna tama ko Etara Harono, te kīngi i muri i a ia.

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 Jehovah. 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. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 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. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 16 O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 17 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God. 18 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land, 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. 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.

21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 24 By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field; 25 I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

26 Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 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 a field of grain before it is grown up. 28 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 29 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy 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.

30 And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, 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 fruit thereof. 31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

33 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 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 Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.