2 Istwa 32
1 Apre Ezekyas te fin fè tout bagay sa yo pou moutre jan li t'ap sèvi Bondye ak tout kè li, Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri, anvayi peyi Jida. Li sènen tout lavil ak gwo ranpa yo avèk lide pou l' pran yo.
After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, entered into Judah, encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to win them for himself.
2 Lè Ezekyas wè Senakerib t'ap pwoche bò lavil Jerizalèm ak lide pou l' atake l' tou,
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was planning to fight against Jerusalem,
3 li reyini tout otorite ak chèf lame l' yo, li di yo li fè lide bouche tout sous dlo ki andeyò lavil la. Yo tout dakò.
he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.
4 Yon foul moun reyini vre, yo bouche tout sous dlo yo ansanm ak kannal anba tè ki te konn mennen dlo a byen lwen nan peyi a. Yo t'ap di yo p'ap kite wa peyi Lasiri yo jwenn anpil dlo lè y'a rive isit la.
Then many people gathered together and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the middle of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find abundant water?”
5 Ezekyas mete gason sou li. Li fè repare tout miray lavil la, li bati fò won sou li ak yon lòt miray sou deyò. Li ranfòse ranpa ki pwoteje teren ranbleye ki bay sou solèy leve lavil David la. Li fè fè anpil frenn ak manch long ak anpil plak pwotèj.
He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
6 Li mete chèf lame alatèt pèp la, li reyini yo sou plas piblik ki bò pòtay lavil la. Li ankouraje yo, li di yo:
He set captains of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
7 -Mete gason sou nou! Kenbe fèm! Pa kite anyen fè nou pè, ni devan wa peyi Lasiri a, ni devan gwo lame k'ap mache avè l' la, paske nou gen plis fòs avèk nou pase li menm li gen avè l'.
“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.
8 Li menm, li konte sou fòs sòlda li yo. Nou menm, nou gen Seyè a, Bondye sèl Mèt la, pou ede nou, pou goumen pou nou. Lè pèp la tande pawòl sa yo soti nan bouch Ezekyas, wa peyi Jida a, yo tout pran kouraj.
An arm of flesh is with him, but the LORD our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 Kèk tan apre sa, Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a, te rive devan lavil lakis ansanm ak tout lame li a pou l' atake l'. Li voye kèk chèf bò kote Ezekyas, wa peyi Jida a ak bò kote tout pèp ki te lavil Jerizalèm lan avèk mesaj sa a:
After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was attacking Lachish, and all his forces were with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
10 -Men sa Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a, voye di nou: Poukisa nou gen tout konfyans sa a, kifè nou rete nan lavil Jerizalèm ki sènen toupatou a?
Sennacherib king of Assyria says, “In whom do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
11 Lè Ezekyas di nou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va delivre nou anba men wa peyi Lasiri a, se twonpe l'ap twonpe nou. Li pral kite nou mouri grangou ak swaf dlo.
Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria’?
12 Apa Ezekyas menm ki te disparèt dènye lotèl ak dènye kote yo te konn fè sèvis pou Seyè a, lèfini ki te di tout moun peyi Jida ak lavil Jerizalèm yo se devan yon sèl lotèl pou yo fè sèvis, pou yo boule lansan?
Hasn’t the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense on it’?
13 Se konnen nou pa konnen sa zansèt mwen yo ansanm avè m' nou te fè pèp lòt nasyon yo? Eske bondye nasyon sa yo te rive delivre yo anba men mwen?
Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand?
14 Pa gen yonn nan bondye lòt nasyon zansèt mwen yo te detwi yo ki te rive delivre yo anba men mwen. Poukisa atò nou vle kwè Bondye nou an ka delivre nou anba men m'?
Who was there amongst all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
15 Se poutèt sa, pa kite Ezekyas ban nou manti, pa kite li pete nou! Nou pa bezwen kwè l'! Pa gen bondye ankenn gouvènman, ni bondye ankenn nasyon ki te ka delivre yon peyi anba men zansèt mwen yo, ni anba men pa m'! Ale wè pou Bondye nou an ta ka delivre nou anba men mwen!
Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”
16 Chèf lame Lasiri yo te pale pi mal toujou sou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, Seyè a, ak sou Ezekyas, sèvitè l' la.
His servants spoke yet more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.
17 Senakerib te ekri yon lèt kote li te joure Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la. Li te di ladan l': Bondye lòt nasyon ki sou latè yo pa t' ka delivre pèp yo anba men m'. Se pa Bondye Ezekyas la ki va delivre pèp la anba men m'!
He also wrote letters insulting the LORD, the God of Israel, and speaking against him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.”
18 Mesaje wa Lasiri yo t'ap pale byen fò nan lang ebre pou tout moun ki te sou miray lavil Jerizalèm yo te ka tande. Yo t'ap fè yo pè, yo t'ap fè yo pèdi kouraj pou yo te ka pran lavil la fasil.
They called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them, that they might take the city.
19 Yo t'ap pale sou Bondye lavil Jerizalèm lan tankou yo te konn pale sou bondye lòt nasyon yo ki yon bann estati moun fè ak men.
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
20 Lè sa a, wa Ezekyas ak pwofèt Ezayi, pitit Amòz la, pran lapriyè, yo t'ap mande Bondye sekou.
Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
21 Seyè a voye yon zanj nan kan moun peyi Lasiri yo, li touye tout vanyan sòlda yo ansanm ak kaptenn ak chèf lame yo. Se konsa wa peyi Lasiri a tounen tou wont nan peyi l'. Yon jou li te antre nan tanp bondye li a, pwòp pitit li yo touye l' ak kout nepe.
The LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, the leaders, and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own body killed him there with the sword.
22 Se konsa Seyè a te delivre Ezekyas ak tout moun lavil Jerizalèm yo anba men Senakerib, wa peyi Lasiri a, ak anba lòt lènmi yo. Li fè yo viv san bri san kont ak tout peyi nan vwazinaj yo.
Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
23 Anpil moun vini lavil Jerizalèm pote ofrann pou Seyè a ak kado pou Ezekyas, wa peyi Jida a. Depi lè sa a tout lòt nasyon nan vwazinaj yo respekte Ezekyas.
Many brought gifts to the LORD to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from then on.
24 Yon lè rive, Ezekyas tonbe malad, li te prèt pou mouri. Li lapriyè Seyè a. Seyè a reponn li, li fè l' wè yon mirak.
In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to the LORD; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
25 Men, Ezekyas kite lògèy vire tèt li, li refize di mèsi pou sa Seyè a te fè pou li. Se konsa, Seyè a move ni sou li, ni sou peyi Jida, ni sou lavil Jerizalèm.
But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.
26 Tansèlman, Ezekyas ansanm ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo rekonèt fòt yo apre sa. Depi lè sa a, Seyè a pa move sou yo ankò jouk jou Ezekyas mouri.
However, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the LORD’s wrath didn’t come on them in the days of Hezekiah.
27 Ezekyas te gen anpil richès, tout moun te respekte l'. Li fè bati depo pou mete tout bagay an ajan, an lò li te genyen, bèl pyè koute chè, epis santi bon, plak pwotèj ak tout lòt bagay koute chè l' yo.
Hezekiah had exceedingly great riches and honour. He provided himself with treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of valuable vessels;
28 Li fè bati tou depo pou mete grenn manje, diven ak lwil oliv, kay pou tout bèt li yo ak pak pou mouton l' yo.
also storehouses for the increase of grain, new wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of animals, and flocks in folds.
29 Li fè bati kèk vil, li achte kantite mouton, kabrit ak bèf, paske Bondye te ba li anpil richès.
Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him abundant possessions.
30 Se wa Ezekyas ki te bouche kote dlo sous Giyon an te konn soti sou anwo a pou fè l' pase sou anba bò solèy kouche lavil David la. Tou sa li te vle fè te mache byen.
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of David’s city. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
31 Se konsa, lè wa Babilòn yo te voye delege bò kote l' pou wè kalite mirak ki te fèt nan peyi a, Bondye te kite l' pou kont li pou sonde l', pou l' te ka konnen sa ki te nan kè li.
However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
32 Tout lòt bagay wa Ezekyas te fè yo, jan li te sevi Bondye nan tou sa li t'ap fè, tou sa ekri nan liv Vizyon pwofèt Ezayi, pitit Amòz la, ak nan liv Istwa wa peyi Jida ak wa peyi Izrayèl yo.
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33 Lè Ezekyas mouri, yo antere l' nan yon chanm anwo nan kavo fanmi David yo. Lè l' mouri, tout moun peyi Jida yo ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo fè bèl lantèman pou li. Se Manase, pitit li, ki moute wa nan plas li.
Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent to the tombs of the sons of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honoured him at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
