2 Kings 18
1 After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
Ita, iti maikatlo a tawen a panagturay ni Oseas nga ari ti Israel nga anak ni Ela, nangrugi nga agturay ni Hezekias nga anak ni Ahaz a kas ari iti Juda.
2 He was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah] and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
Agtawen idi isuna iti duapulo ket lima idi nangrugi nga agturay; nagturay isuna iti duapulo ket siam a tawen idiay Jerusalem. Ti nagan ti inana ket Abiha nga anak a babai ni Zacarias.
3 Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
Inaramidna ti umno iti imatang ni Yahweh, sinurotna ti pagwadan kadagiti amin nga inaramid ti kapuonanna a ni David.
4 He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars [for worshiping the goddess Asherah]. He also broke into pieces the bronze [replica/statue of a] snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it.
Inikkatna dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan, dinadaelna dagiti nasagradoan a bato nga adigi, ken pinutedna dagiti imahen ni Asera. Binurakna ti bronse a sinan-uleg nga inaramid ni Moises, gapu ta kadagidiay nga al-aldaw, nagpupuor iti insenso dagiti tattao ti Israel iti daytoy; naawagan daytoy iti “Nehustan.”
5 Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped.] There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as [devoted to Yahweh as] he was.
Nagtalek ni Hezekias kenni Yahweh a Dios ti Israel, ket awanen ti simmaruno a kas kenkuana kadagiti amin nga ar-ari ti Juda, wenno kadagiti ar-ari nga immun-una kenkuana.
6 He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
Ta nagkapet isuna kenni Yahweh. Saan isuna a simmardeng a sumursurot kenkuana ket tinungpalna dagiti bilbilinna, nga imbilin ni Yahweh kenni Moises.
7 Yahweh always (helped/was with) him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to (pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do).
Isu nga adda ni Yahweh kenni Hezekias, ket sadinoman ti papananna, agballigi isuna. Binusorna ti ari ti Asiria ken saan a nagserbi kenkuana.
8 His army defeated [the soldiers of] Philistia as far [south] as Gaza [city] and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls.
Ginubatna dagiti Filisteo idiay Gaza ken dagiti nagbebeddengan iti aglawlaw, manipud iti tore dagiti agbanbantay agingga iti dakkel a nasarikedkedan a siudad.
9 After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, [the army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria [city].
Iti maikapat a tawen a panagturay ni Ari Hezekaias, a maikapito met a tawen a panagturay nga ari iti Israel ni Oseas nga anak ni Ela, rinaut ni Salmaneser nga ari ti Asiria ti Samaria ket linnakubda daytoy.
10 In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years.
Kalpasan iti tallo a tawen, nasakupda daytoy, iti maikanem a tawen a panagturay ni Hezekias, a maika-siam met a tawen a panagturay ni Oseas nga ari ti Israel; iti kastoy a wagas, nasakup ti Samaria.
11 The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah [town], some were taken to a place near the Habor [River] in [the] Gozan [region], and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live.
Isu nga impan ti ari ti Asiria ti Israel idiay Asiria ket impanna ida idiay Hala, iti Karayan Habor ti Gosan, ken kadagiti siudad ti Media.
12 That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh [very well], had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them.
Inaramidna daytoy gapu ta saanda a tinungpal ti timek ni Yahweh a Diosda, ngem sinalungasingda ti katulaganna, dagiti amin nga imbilin ni Moises nga adipen ni Yahweh. Saanda a dinengngeg daytoy wenno inaramid daytoy.
13 After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, [the army of] King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They [did not capture Jerusalem, but they] captured all the other cities.
Iti maikasangapulo ket uppat a tawen a panagturay ni Ari Hezekias, ginubat ni Senakerib nga ari ti Asiria dagiti amin a nasarikedkedan a siudad ti Juda ket tiniliwda ida.
14 King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please [tell your soldiers to] stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him (ten tons/9,000 kg.) of silver and (one ton/900 kg.) of gold.
Isu a nangipatulod ti sao ni Hezekias nga ari ti Juda iti ari ti Asiria, nga adda sadiay Lakis, a kinunana, “Pinabainanka. Panawannak. Aniaman nga ipabaklaymo kaniak, baklayek.” Kinalikaguman ti ari ti Asiria nga agbayad ni Hezekaias nga ari ti Juda iti tallo gasut a talento ti pirak ken tallopulo a talento ti balituk.
15 So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
Isu nga inted amin ni Hezekias dagiti pirak a nabirukanna iti balay ni Yahweh ken kadagiti pagiduldulinan ti kinabaknang iti palasio ti ari.
16 Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria.
Linikkab ni Hzsekias dagiti balitok kadagiti ruangan ti templo ni Yahweh ken manipud kadagiti inkalupkopna kadagiti adigi; intedna dagiti balitok iti ari ti Asiria.
17 But the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
Ngem pinagtignay ti ari ti Asiria ti adu nga armadana, imbaonna da Tartan, Rabsaris ken ti panguloen a komandante manipud idiay Lakis a mapan kenni Ari Hezekias idiay Jerusalem. Nagdaliasatda kadagiti dalan ket nakadanunda iti ruar ti Jerusalem. Immasidegda iti pagayusan ti akinngato a pagurnongan ti danum, iti kalsada nga abay ti paglalabaan, ket nagtakderda iti abay daytoy.
18 They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials [to talk to them]. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people.
Idi inayabanda ni Ari Hezekias, rimmuar da Eliakim nga anak ni Hilkias a mangimatmaton iti palasio, ni Sebna nga eskriba, ken Joa nga anak ni Asaf nga agay-aywan kadagiti napapateg a papeles, tapno sabtenda ida.
19 One of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the king of Assyria, the great king, says: ‘What are you trusting in [to rescue you] [RHQ]?
Kinuna ti panguloen a komandante kadakuada nga ibagada amin kenni Hezekias ti kinuna ti naindaklan nga ari, ti ari ti Asiria, “Ania aya ti pagpanpannakkelyo?
20 You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us, ] but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
Agsasaokayo laeng kadagiti awan kaes-eskanna a sasao, ibagbagayo nga adda dagiti sabali a nasion a tumulong kadakayo ken pigsayo iti gubat. Ita, siasino ti pagtaltalkanyo? Siasino ti nangpatured kadakayo a bumusor kaniak?
21 Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But that is like [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the king of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
Kitaenyo, agtalekkayo iti tukkol a sarukod a runo ti Egipto, a no agsammaked ti maysa a tao a pagsarukod daytoy, maitudok iti imana. Dayta ti kaiyarigan ti Paraon nga ari ti Egipto iti siasinoman nga agtalek kenkuana.
22 But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are (relying on/trusting in) Yahweh our God [to help us].” [I would reply, ] “Is he not the one whom you [insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship only in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?”’
Ngem no ibagayo kaniak, 'Agtaltalekkami kenni Yahweh a Diosmi,' saan kadi a kukuana dagiti inikkat ni Hezekias a disso a pagdaydayawan ken dagiti altar, ket naibaga iti Juda ken iti Jerusalem, 'Masapul nga agdayawkayo iti sangoanan daytoy nga altar iti Jerusalem'?
23 So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
Ita ngarud, kayatko ti mangidiaya ti nasayaat kadakayo manipud iti apok nga ari ti Asiria. Ikkankayo iti dua ribu a kabalio, no makabirukkayo iti mangsakay kadagitoy.
24 You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
Kasanoyo a sarangten ti uray maysa laeng a kapitan dagiti kakakapuyan nga adipen ti apok? Inkabilyo ti panagtalekyo iti Egipto gapu kadagiti karwahe ken kadagiti kumakabalio!
25 Furthermore, (do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.) [RHQ] It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
Dimmanonak kadi ditoy a lugar a manggubat ken mangdadael iti daytoy a lugar nga awan ni Yahweh? Kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak, 'Rautem daytoy a daga ket dadaelem.'''
26 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and be frightened].”
Ket kinuna da Eliakim nga anak ni Hilkias, Sebna ken Joa iti panguloen a komandante, “Pangaasim ta agsaoka kadagiti adipenmo iti pagsasao nga Arameo, ta maawatanmi daytoy. Saanka nga agsao kadakami iti pagsasao ti Juda kadagiti lapayag dagiti tattao nga adda kadagiti rabaw ti pader.”
27 But the official replied, “Do you think [RHQ] that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? [If you reject this message, ] the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
Ngem kinuna ti panguloen a komandante kadakuada, “Imbaonnak kadi ti apok iti apoyo ken kadakayo tapno ibagak dagitoy a sasao? Saan kadi nga imbaonnak kadagiti tattao nga agtugtugaw kadagiti rabaw ti pader, a kadduayo a mangan kadagiti bukodyo a rugit ken uminum kadagiti bukodyo nga isbu?”
28 Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the king of Assyria. He says,
Kalpasanna ket timmakder ken nagpukkaw iti napigsa ti panguloen a komandante iti pagsaso a Judio a kinunana, “Dumngegkayo iti sao ti naindaklan nga ari, ti ari ti Asiria.
29 ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
Kinuna ti ari,
30 Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’
'Saanyo nga ipalubos nga allilawennakayo ni Hezekaias, ta saannakayo a kabaelan nga ispalen manipud iti bilegko. Saanyo nga ipalubos a pagtalkennakayo ni Hezekias kenni Yahweh, a kunana, “Awan dua-dua nga ispalennatayo ni Yahweh; saan a maipaima daytoy a siudad iti ari ti Asiria.'''
31 “Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines, and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells.
Saankayo a dumngeg kenni Hezekias, ta daytoy ti kinuna ti ari ti Asiria: 'Makikapiakayo kaniak ket sumukokayo kaniak. Ket mangan iti tunggal maysa kadakayo manipud iti ubasna ken manipud iti kayona nga igos, ken uminom iti danum manipud iti bubonna.
32 You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to [produce grapes for making] wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you!
Aramidenyo daytoy agingga nga umayak a mangipan kadakayo iti daga a kasla iti bukodyo a daga, daga nga addaan kadagiti trigo ken baro nga arak, daga nga addaan iti tinapay ken kaubasan, daga nga addaan kadagiti kayo ti olibo ken diro, tapno agbiagkayo a saan ketdi a matay.' Saankayo a dumngeg kenni Hezekias no allukoyennakayo a kunana, “Ispalennatayo ni Yahweh.'
33 The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
Adda kadi kadagiti dios dagiti tattao ti nangispal kadakuada manipud iti bileg ti ari ti Asiria?
34 Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities] unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria [RHQ]? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, [towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared] [RHQ]? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
Sadino ti ayan dagiti dios da Hamat ken Arpad? Sadino ti ayan dagiti dios da Sefravaim, Hena ken Ivva? Naispalda kadi ti Samaria manipud kadagiti imak?
35 No, none of the gods of the countries [that my army attacked] rescued their people [RHQ] from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
Kadagiti amin a dios dagiti daga, adda kadi ti aniaman a dios a nangispal iti dagana manipud iti bilegko? Kasano nga isalakan ni Yahweh ti Jerusalem manipud iti kinabilegko?”
36 But the people [who were listening] stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you, ] do not answer him.”
Ngem nagtalinaed a naulimek dagiti tattao ket saanda a simmungbat, ta isu ti imbilin ti ari, “Saankayo a sumungbat kenkuana.”
37 Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed], and they told him what the official from Assyria had said.
Kalpasanna, napan da Eliakim nga anak ni Hilkias, a mangimatmaton ti palasio; Sebna nga eskriba; ken ni Joa nga anak ni Asaf, ti paraidulin kadagiti napapateg a papeles kenni Hezekias, a naray-ab dagiti pagan-anayda ket impadamagda kenkuana dagiti sinao ti panguloen a komandante.
