2 Reis 19

1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house. 2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, "Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. 4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’"

5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master this: ‘Yahweh says, "Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. 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 had departed from Lachish. 9 When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "Behold, he has come out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 10 "Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’"

14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh. 15 Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God. 17 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, 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. 19 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God alone."

20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, and I have heard you. 21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. 22 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel! 23 By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, "With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field. 24 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet." 25 Haven’t you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops and like grain blasted before it has grown up. 27 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me. 28 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.’

29 "This will be the sign to you: This year, you will eat that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from that; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 30 The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. Yahweh’s zeal will perform this.

32 "Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 33 He will return the same way that he came, and he will not come to this city,’ says Yahweh. 34 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’"

35 That night, Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh. 37 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

Ka Uiuia e Hetekia a Ihāia

1 Nā, i te rongonga o Kīngi Hetekia, ka haea e ia ōna kākahu, ka hīpoki i a ia ki te kākahu taratara, haere ana ki te whare o Ihowā. 2 I ungā hoki e ia a Eriakimi, te rangatira o te whare, rātou ko Hepena kaituhituhi, ko ngā kaumātua o ngā tohunga, he mea hīpoki ki te kākahu taratara, ki a Ihāia poropiti tama a Āmoho. 3 Ā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Hetekia, Ko tēnei rā, he rā nō te raruraru, nō te whakatuma, nō te kohukohu; kua tae hoki ngā tamariki ki te whānautanga, heoi kāhore he kaha e whānau ai. 4 Tērā pea ka rongo a Ihowā, tōu Atua ki ngā kupu katoa a Rapahake i ungā 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 Heoi, kua tae ngā tāngata a Kīngi Hetekia ki a Ihāia, 6 ā, ka mea a Ihāia ki a rātou, "Kia pēnei tā koutou kōrero ki tō koutou ariki, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kaua e wehi i ngā kupu i rongo nā koe, ki ēnā i kohukohu mai nā ngā tāngata a te kīngi o Ahiria ki ahau. 7 Nanā, ka hoatu e ahau he wairua ki roto ki a ia, ā, tērā ia e rongo i tētahi rongo, ka hoki ki tōna whenua, ā, ka meinga ia e ahau kia hinga i te hoari i tōna ake whenua.’ "

Te Takutaku a Henakeripi

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

9 Ā, nō tōna rongonga ki a Tirihaka, kīngi o Etiopia, ki te kōrero, "Nanā, kei te haere mai ia ki te whawhai ki a koe," ka unga tāngata anō ia ki a Hetekia, hei mea atu, 10 "Kia pēnei tā koutou kī atu ki a Hetekia kīngi o Hūrā, mea atu: Kei tinihangatia koe e tōu Atua, e okioki atu nā koe, i a ia e kī nā, ‘E kore a Hiruhārama e hoatu ki te ringa o te kīngi o Ahiria.’ 11 Nanā, tēnā koe kua rongo ki tā ngā kīngi o Ahiria i mea ai ki ngā whenua katoa, ki tā rātou hunanga i a rātou; ā, e ora rānei koe? 12 I ora rānei i ō rātou atua ngā tauiwi i hunā rā e ōku mātua, a Kotana, a Harana, a Retepe, me ngā tama a Erene, i Terahara rā? 13 Kei hea te kīngi o Hāmata, te kīngi o Ārapara, te kīngi o te pā o Hēparawaima, o Hena, o Iwa?"

Te Īnoi o Hetekia

14 Nā, ka riro mai i a Hetekia te pukapuka i te ringa o ngā karere, ā, ka kōrerotia 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 te aroaro o Ihowā, ka mea: "E Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, e noho mai 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. 16 Tahuri mai tōu taringa, e Ihowā, whakarongo mai; titiro mai ōu kanohi, e Ihowā, kia kite koe; whakarongo ki ngā kupu a Henakeripi, i unga mai nei i tēnei hei whākorekore mō te Atua ora.

17 "He tika anō e Ihowā, kua kore i ngā kīngi o Ahiria ngā iwi me ō rātou whenua, 18 kua makaia atu hoki ō rātou atua ki roto ki te ahi; ehara hoki ērā i te atua, engari he mahi nā te ringa tāngata, he rākau, he kōhatu; koia i hunā ai e rātou. 19 Tēnā rā, e Ihowā, e tō mātou Atua, whakaorangia mātou i tōna ringa, kia mōhio ai ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua ko Ihowā koe, ko te Atua, ko koe anake."

Te Karere a Ihāia ki te Kīngi

20 Kātahi a Ihāia tama a Āmoho ka unga tāngata ki a Hetekia, hei mea: "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: I īnoi mai nā koe ki ahau mō Henakeripi kīngi o Ahiria, nā, kua rongo ahau ki a koe. 21 Ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei i kōrero ai mōna:

‘Kua whakahāwea te tamāhine wāhina a Hiona ki a koe,

kua kataina koe e ia;

kua rūrū te mātenga

o te tamāhine a Hiruhārama ki a koe.

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

Ki a wai tōu reo i whakarahia nā,

tōu mata i kake nā ki runga?

Ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira!

23 Nā āu karere i whākorekore ai koe i te Ariki,

kua mea nā koe, "Kake ana ahau, me aku tini hāriata,

ki ngā wāhi tiketike o ngā maunga,

ki ngā taha rawa o Repanōna;

ā, ka tuaina e ahau ngā hīta roroa o reira

me ō reira kauri papai;

ā, ka tomo ahau ki te whare tira

haere o tōna wāhi whakamutunga mai,

ki te ngahere o tōna māra hua.

24 Kua keria e ahau,

kua inumia anō ngā wai kē,

ā, ka maroke i te kapu o tōku waewae

ngā awa katoa o Īhipa."

25 " ‘Kāhore rānei koe i rongo

nāku tēnā i mea i mua noa atu,

ā, nāku tēnā i hanga o ngā rā onamata?

Nō nāianei kua meinga e ahau,

ko koe hei mea i ngā pā taiepa

hei pūranga rukerukenga.

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

wehi ana rātou, pororaru ana.

Rite tonu rātou 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 āta tupu noa.

27 " ‘Otiia e mātau ana ahau ki tōu nohoanga iho,

ki tōu haerenga atu, ki tōu haerenga mai,

me tāu nananga ki ahau.

28 Mō tāu nananga ki ahau,

ā, mō tāu whakakake kua tae mai nei 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.’

29 "Ā, ko te tohu tēnei ki a koe:

Ka kai koutou i tēnei tau 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 iho ai i ngā hua.

30 Nā, tērā e hou anō whakararo ngā pakiaka o ngā mōrehu i mawhiti o te whare o Hūrā,

ā, ka hua ngā hua whakarunga.

31 Nō te mea tērā e puta ake he toenga i Hiruhārama,

he oranga i maunga Hiona;

e taea hoki tēnei e te ngākau nui o Ihowā.

32 "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 mai he pere e ia ki konei,

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

e haupūria rānei he puke hei whawhaitanga ki konei.

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

e kore hoki ia e tae mai ki tēnei pā,

e ai tā Ihowā.

34 Ka tiakina hoki e ahau tēnei pā, kia ora ai;

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

Te Hinganga me te Matenga o Henakeripi

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

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