< 2 Kings 18 >

1 Now in the third yeere of Hoshea, sonne of Elah King of Israel, Hezekiah the sonne of Ahaz king of Iudah began to reigne.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi hono tolu taʻu ʻo Hosea ko e foha ʻo Ela ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻe kamata pule ʻa Hesekaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAhasi ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta.
2 He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twenty yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah,
Naʻe uofulu ma nima ʻa ʻene taʻu ʻi heʻene kamata pule: pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ma hiva ʻi Selūsalema. Ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē foki ko ʻApi, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Sakalia.
3 And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father had done.
Pea naʻe fai lelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe Tevita ko ʻene tamai.
4 He tooke away the hie places, and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israel did burne incense to it, and hee called it Nehushtan.
Naʻa ne fakalala ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga, pea fesiʻi hifo ʻae ngaahi tamapua, pea ne tā hifo ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, pea naʻa ne fesifesi ke iiki ʻae ngata palasa ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Mōsese: he naʻe tutu ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki ai ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia: pea naʻa ne ui ia ko Nehusitani.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Iudah, neither were there any such before him.
Naʻe falala ia kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ko ia naʻe ʻikai tatau mo ia ha tokotaha ki mui ʻi he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, pe ha tokotaha naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate ia.
6 For he claue to the Lord, and departed not from him, but kept his commandements, which the Lord had commanded Moses.
He naʻe pikitai ia kia Sihova, pea ʻikai liʻaki ʻene muimui ʻiate ia, ka naʻa ne tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekau, ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese.
7 So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all thinges, which he tooke in hande: also he rebelled against the King of Asshur, and serued him not.
Pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova; pea naʻe monūʻia ia ʻi he potu kotoa pē naʻe ʻalu ia ki ai: pea naʻa ne liʻaki ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻo ʻikai tauhi ki ai
8 He smote the Philistims vnto Azzah, and the coastes thereof, from the watch towre vnto the defensed citie.
Naʻa ne taaʻi ʻae kakai Filisitia, ʻo aʻu atu ki Kesa, mo hono ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo ia mei he fale māʻolunga ʻae kau leʻo ʻo aʻu ki he kolotau.
9 And in the fourth yere of King Hezekiah, (which was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea sonne of Elah King of Israel) Shalmaneser King of Asshur came vp against Samaria, and besieged it.
Pea ʻi hono fā ʻoe taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Hesekaia, ʻaia ko hono fitu taʻu ʻo Hosea ko e foha ʻo Ela ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Salimanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki Samēlia, mo ne kapui ia ʻaki ʻae tau.
10 And after three yeeres they tooke it, euen in the sixt yeere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yeere of Hoshea King of Israel was Samaria taken.
Pea ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu ʻe tolu naʻa nau kapasia ia. ʻI hono ono taʻu ʻo Hesekaia, ʻaia ko hono hiva ʻo Hosea ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻe kapa ʻa Samēlia.
11 Then the King of Asshur did carry away Israel vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
Pea naʻe fetuku ʻa ʻIsileli ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki ʻAsilia, ʻo ne tuku ʻakinautolu ʻi Hala mo Hapoa, ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻo Kosani, pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻoe kakai Mitia.
12 Because they woulde not obey the voyce of the Lord their God, but transgressed his couenant: that is, all that Moses the seruant of the Lord had commanded, and would neyther obey nor doe them.
Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai te nau talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, ka naʻa nau talangataʻa ki heʻene fuakava, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova, pea ʻikai tokanga ki ai pe fai ki ai.
13 Moreouer, in the fourteenth yeere of King Hezekiah, Saneherib King of Asshur came vp against all the strong cities of Iudah, and tooke them.
ʻI hono hongofulu ma fā ʻoe taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Hesekaia naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ke tauʻi ʻae ngaahi kolo tau kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, pea naʻa ne lavaʻi ʻakinautolu.
14 Then Hezekiah King of Iudah sent vnto the King of Asshur to Lachish, saying, I haue offended: depart from me, and what thou layest vpon me, I wil beare it. And the King of Asshur appoynted vnto Hezekiah King of Iudah three hudreth talents of siluer, and thirty talets of golde.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻi Lakisi, ʻo pehē, “Kuo u fai hala; ke ke liliu meiate au: ko ia ʻoku ke tala kiate au te u kātaki.” Pea naʻe ʻeke ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia meia Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ʻae taleniti siliva ʻe tolungeau mo e taleniti koula ʻe tolungofulu.
15 Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house.
Pea naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻe Hesekaia ʻae siliva kotoa pē naʻe ʻilo ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, pea ʻi he ngaahi tukuʻanga koloa ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi.
16 At the same season did Hezekiah pul off the plates of the doores of the Temple of the Lord, and the pillars (which the sayd Hezekiah King of Iudah had couered ouer) and gaue them to the King of Asshur.
‌ʻI he kuonga ko ia naʻe tutuʻu ai ʻe Hesekaia [ʻae koula ]mei he ngaahi matapā ʻoe faletapu ʻo Sihova, pea mei he ngaahi pou ʻaia naʻe ʻaofi ʻe Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻo ne ʻatu ia ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.
17 And the King of Asshur sent Tartan, and Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great hoste against Ierusalem. And they went vp, and came to Ierusalem, and when they were come vp, they stood by the conduite of the vpper poole, which is by the path of the fullers fielde,
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻa ʻAlatani mo Lapisalisi mo Lapisake mei Lakisi ki he tuʻi ko Hesekaia, mo e fuʻu tau lahi ke tauʻi ʻa Selūsalema. Pea naʻa nau ʻalu hake ʻo hoko ki Selūsalema. Pea ʻi heʻenau ʻalu hake naʻa nau tuʻu ofi ki he tafeʻanga vai ʻoe vai ʻi ʻolunga, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he hala motuʻa ʻoe ngoue ʻoe tufunga fakamaʻa kofu.
18 And called to the King. Then came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder.
Pea hili ʻenau ui ki he tuʻi, naʻe haʻu kituʻa kiate kinautolu ʻa Iliakimi ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, ʻaia naʻe pule ki he fale, mo Sepina ko e tangata tohi, mo Soa ko e foha ʻo ʻAsafi ko e tangata naʻe tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakapuleʻanga.
19 And Rabshakeh sayde vnto them, Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great King, euen the great King of Asshur, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Lapisake kiate kinautolu, “Ko eni ke mou lea kia Hesekaia, ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi lahi, ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Ko e hā ʻae mālohi ni ʻaia ʻoku ke falala ki ai?”
20 Thou thinkest, Surely I haue eloquence, but counsell and strength are for the warre. On whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
‌ʻOku ke pehē, (ka ko e lea launoa pe) “ʻOku ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau mo e mālohi ki he tau. Pea ko eni, ko hai ia ʻoku ke falala ki ai, kuo ke angatuʻu ai kiate au?
21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staffe of reede, to wit, on Egypt, on which if a man leane, it will goe into his hand, and pearce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt vnto all that trust on him.
Pea ko eni, vakai, ʻoku ke falala ki ho tokotoko ʻoe kaho mafesi ni, ʻio, ko ʻIsipite, ʻaia kapau ʻe faʻaki ki ai ha tangata, ʻe ʻasi ia ki hono nima, pea ʻe lavea ai: ʻoku pehē pe ʻa Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku falala kiate ia.
22 But if ye say vnto me, We trust in the Lord our God, is not that he whose hie places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath sayd to Iudah and Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Ierusalem?
Pea kapau ʻoku mou pehē kiate au, ʻoku mau falala kia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua: ʻikai ko ia ia ko e ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻoʻona mo hono ngaahi feilaulauʻanga kuo ʻave ʻe Hesekaia ʻo liʻaki, pea kuo ne tala kia Siuta mo Selūsalema, Ke lotu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe feilaulauʻanga ko eni ʻi Selūsalema?
23 Now therefore giue hostages to my lord the King of Asshur, and I will giue thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders vpon them.
Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, tuku mai ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea te u ʻatu kiate koe ʻae fanga hoosi ʻe ua afe, ʻo kapau te ke faʻa fai ʻe koe ke fakaheka ki ai ʻae kau heka hoosi.
24 For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?
Pea ʻe fēfeeʻi hao faʻa fai ke fakafoki ʻae mata ʻoe ʻeikitau ʻe tokotaha, ko e siʻi hifo taha pe ʻi he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa ʻeku ʻeiki, ka ke falala koe ki ʻIsipite ki he ngaahi saliote mo e kau tangata heka hoosi?
25 Am I now come vp without the Lord to this place, to destroy it? the Lord sayd to me, Goe vp against this land, and destroy it.
He kuo u hoko mai ni ʻo taʻekau mo Sihova ke fakaʻauha ʻae potu ni? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, ‘ʻAlu hake ʻo tauʻi ʻae fonua ni, pea fakaʻauha ia.’”
26 Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Ioah said vnto Rabshakeh, Speake I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites language, for we vnderstand it, and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.
Pea naʻe pehē ai ʻe Iliakimi ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, mo Sepina, mo Soa, kia Lapisake, “Ke ke lea mai ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻi he lea fakaSilia; he ʻoku mau ʻilo ia: kaeʻoua naʻa ke talanoa kiate kimautolu ʻi he lea ʻae kakai Siu ʻi he telinga ʻoe kakai ʻoku nofo ʻi he funga ʻā.”
27 But Rabshakeh saide vnto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speake these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?
Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Lapisake, kiate kinautolu, “He naʻe fekau au ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki ki hoʻo ʻeiki, pea kiate koe, ke lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni? ʻIkai ko ʻene fekau au ki he kau tangata ʻaia ʻoku heheka ki he ʻā maka, koeʻuhi ke nau kai ʻenau kinohaʻa ʻanautolu, mo inu ʻenau tuʻutata?”
28 So Rabshakeh stoode and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the king of Asshur.
Pea naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Lapisake, pea ne kalanga leʻo lahi ʻi he lea fakaSiu, mo ne lea, ʻo pehē, “Mou tokanga ki he lea ʻae tuʻi lahi, ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia:
29 Thus sayth the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you out of mine hand.
‌ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi, ʻoua naʻa fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Hesekaia: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne mafai ʻe ia ke fakamoʻui ʻakimoutolu mei hono nima:
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliuer vs, and this citie shall not be giuen ouer into the hand of the king of Asshur.
Pea ʻoua naʻa ueʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Hesekaia ke mou falala kia Sihova, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ʻe fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu ʻe Sihova, pea ʻe ʻikai tukuange ʻae kolo ni ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.’
31 Hearken not vnto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Asshur, Make appointment with me, and come out to me, that euery man may eate of his owne vine, and euery man of his owne figge tree, and drinke euery man of the water of his owne well,
‌ʻOua naʻa mou tokanga kia Hesekaia he ʻoku pehē ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Fai hoʻo fakalelei kiate au ʻaki ha meʻaʻofa, pea haʻu kituʻa kiate au, pea te mou toki kai taki taha ʻae tangata ʻae vaine ʻaʻana, pea taki taha ʻi he fiki ʻaʻana, pea mou inu taki taha kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi vai ʻo ʻene vaikeli ʻaʻana:
32 Till I come, and bring you to a land like your owne land, euen a land of wheate and wine, a land of bread and vineyardes, a lande of oliues oyle, and hony, that ye may liue and not die: and obey not Hezekiah, for he deceiueth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs.
Kaeʻoua ke u toki haʻu ʻo ʻave ʻakimoutolu ki ha fonua ʻoku hangē ko homou fonua, ko e fonua ʻoe uite mo e uaine, ko e fonua ʻoe mā mo e ngoue vaine, ko e fonua ʻoe lolo ʻolive mo e honi, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui, ka ʻe ʻikai mate: pea ʻoua naʻa mou tokanga kia Hesekaia, ʻi heʻene kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu ʻe Sihova.’
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his lande out of the hand of the King of Asshur?
He ʻoku ai ha tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kuo nau fakamoʻui hono fonua mei he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia?
34 Where is the god of Hamah, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharuaim, Hena and Iuah? how haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hand?
Ko fāʻa ia ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Hemati, mo ʻApati? Ko fāʻa ia ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Sifaveimi, mo Hena, mo Iva? He kuo nau fakamoʻui ʻa Samēlia mei hoku nima?”
35 Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that haue deliuered their lande out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?
Ko hai ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi fonua, ʻa ia kuo nau fakamoʻui honau fonua mei hoku nima, ke pehē ai ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova ʻa Selusalema mei hoku nima?
36 But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere ye him not.
Ka naʻe longo pe ʻae kakai, pea naʻe ʻikai tali ia ʻaki ha momoʻi lea: he naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOua naʻa tali ia.”
37 Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.
Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻa Iliakimi ko e foha ʻo Hilikia ʻaia naʻe pule ki he fale, mo Sepina ko e fai tohi, mo Soa ko e foha ʻo ʻAsafi ko e tangata naʻe tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakapuleʻanga, kia Hesekaia kuo haehae honau kofu, pea naʻa nau tala kiate ia ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa Lapisake.

< 2 Kings 18 >