2 Kingi 18

1 Na, no te toru o nga tau o Hohea tama a Eraha kingi o Iharaira, i kingi ai a Hetekia tama a Ahata kingi o Hura.

And it came to pass in the third year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel [that] Ezekias son of Achaz king of Juda began to reign.

2 E rua tekau ma rima ona tau i tona kingitanga, a e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama; a ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Api, he tamahine na Hakaraia.

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Abu, daughter of Zacharias.

3 Na he tika tana mahi ki te titiro a Ihowa, i rite ki nga mea katoa i mea ai a Rawiri, tona tupuna.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David did.

4 I whakakahoretia e ia nga wahi tiketike, i tukitukia hoki nga whakapakoko, tuaina ana e ia te Ahera: a mongamonga ana i a ia te nakahi parahi, i hanga nei e Mohi; tahu tonu ai hoki nga tama a Iharaira i te whakakakara ki taua mea a taea noatia ta ua ra; a tapa ana e ia, ko Nehuhatana.

He removed the high places, and broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and the brazen serpent which Moses made: because until those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Neesthan.

5 I whakawhirinaki hoki ia ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o Iharaira; na kahore he rite mona o nga kingi katoa o Hura i muri i a ia, o era ranei i mua atu i a ia.

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; and after him there was not any like him among the kings of Juda, nor among those that were before him.

6 I piri tonu hoki ia ki a Ihowa, kihai i mahue te whai i a ia, engari i puritia e ia ana whakahau i whakahau ai a Ihowa ki a Mohi.

And he clave to the Lord, he departed not from following him; and he kept his commandments, as many as he commanded Moses.

7 Na i a ia a Ihowa, a oti pai ana tana i nga wahi katoa i haere ai ia. Na ka whakakeke ia ki te kingi o Ahiria, a kihai i mahi ki a ia.

And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook: and he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.

8 I patua e ia nga Pirihitini tae noa ki Kaha, ki ona rohe, i te taumaihi o nga kaitutei ki te pa taiepa.

He smote the Philistines [even] to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city.

9 Na i te wha o nga tau o Kingi Hetekia, ara i te whitu o nga tau o Honea tama a Eraha kingi o Iharaira, ka whakaekea Hamaria e Haramanehere kingi o Ahiria, whakapaea ana e ia.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel, ) [that] Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

10 A, i te mutunga o te toru o nga tau, ka horo a reira i a ratou; ara no te ono o nga tau o Hetekia, koia ra te iwa o nga tau o Hohea kingi o Iharaira, ka horo Hamaria.

And he took it at the end of three years, in the sixth year of Ezekias, (this [is] the ninth year of Osee king of Israel, when Samaria was taken.)

11 Na ka whakahekea e te kingi o Ahiria a Iharaira ki Ahiria, whakanohoia ana e ia ki Haraha, ki Haporo, ki te taha o te awa o Kotana ki nga pa ano hoki o nga Meri:

And the king of the Assyrians carried away the Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Alae and in Abor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the mountains of the Medes;

12 Mo ratou kihai i rongo ki te reo o Ihowa, o to ratou Atua, engari takahia ana e ratou tana kawenata me nga mea katoa i whakahaua mai e Mohi, e ta Ihowa pononga; kihai i whakarangona, kihai i mahia.

because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord their God, and transgressed his covenant, [even] in all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and hearkened not [to them], nor did [them].

13 Na no te tekau ma wha o nga tau o Kingi Hetekia ka whakaekea nga pa taiepa katoa o Hura e Henakeripi kingi o Ahiria, a horo ana i a ia.

And in the fourteenth year of king Ezekias came up Sennacherim king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Juda, and took them.

14 Na ka unga tangata a Hetekia kingi o Hura ki te kingi o Ahiria ki Rakihi hei mea, Kua hara ahau; hoki atu i ahau: ko tau e whakapikau mai ai ki ahau ka pikaua e ahau. Na whakaritea ana e te kingi o Ahiria ki a Hetekia kingi o Hura kia toru rau t aranata hiriwa, kia toru tekau hoki taranata koura.

And Ezekias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Ezekias king of Juda [a tribute of] three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.

15 Na hoatu ana e Hetekia ki a ia te hiriwa katoa i kitea ki te whare o Ihowa, ki nga taonga ano o te whare o te kingi.

And Ezekias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.

16 No taua wa ano ka tapahia e Hetekia te koura o nga tatau o te temepara o Ihowa, o nga pou hoki i whakakikoruatia nei e Hetekia kingi o Hura, a hoatu ana ki te kingi o Ahiria.

At that time Ezekias cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple, and [from] the pillars which Ezekias king of Juda [had] overlaid with gold, and gave it to the king of the Assyrians.

17 Na ka unga e te kingi o Ahiria a Taratana, a Rapaharihi, a Rapahake i Rakihi ki a Kingi Hetekia ki Hiruharama, he nui te ope, Na haere ana ratou, ka tae ki Hiruharama. A, i to ratou taenga atu, ka haere ratou, ka tu ki te awakeri o te puna wai o runga, o tera i te huarahi o te mara a te kaihoroi kakahu.

And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field.

18 Na, ka karanga ratou ki te kingi, ka puta atu ki a ratou a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia, te rangatira o te whare, a Hepena kaituhituhi, a Ioaha tama a Ahapa te kaiwhakamahara.

And they cried to Ezekias: and there came to him Heliakim the son of Chelcias the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder.

19 Na ka mea a Rapahake ki a ratou, Korero atu ainei ki a Hetekia, Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria, He aha tenei whakawhirinaki, e whakawhirinaki na koe?

And Rapsakes said to them, Say now to Ezekias, Thus says the king, the great king of the Assyrians, What [is] this confidence wherein thou trustest?

20 E mea na koe, otiia he mea ngutu kau, Tenei te ngarahu tika, te kaha mo te whawhai. Na e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki a wai, i whakakeke ai koe ki ahau?

Thou hast said, (but [they are] mere words, ) [I have] counsel and strength for war. Now then in whom dost thou trust, that thou hast revolted from me?

21 Nana, e whakawhirinaki ana koe ki tena kakaho pepe hei tokotoko, ki a ngoto ki roto ki tona ringa, na, kua tu. Ka pera ano a Parao kingi o Ihipa ki te hunga katoa e okioki ana ki a ia.

See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, [even] upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

22 Otiia ki te mea mai koutou ki ahau, Ko Ihowa, ko to matou Atua ta matou e whakawhirinaki nei: he teka ianei ko ia tena, nana nei nga wahi tiketike, me nga aata i whakakahoretia atu nei e Hetekia, a kua mea ia ki a Hura raua ko Hiruharama, Hei mu a i tenei aata i Hiruharama koutou koropiko ai?

And whereas thou hast said to me, We trust on the Lord God: [is] not this he, whose high places and altars Ezekias has removed, and has said to Juda and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

23 Na homai aianei he utu pupuri ki toku ariki, ki te kingi o Ahiria, a ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe etahi hoiho, kia rua mano, ki te taea e koe te whakanoho kaieke ki runga.

And now, I pray you, make and agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

24 A me pehea e taea ai e koe te pare atu te kanohi o tetahi rangatira kotahi o nga iti rawa o nga pononga a toku ariki, a ka whakawhirinaki koe ki Ihipa hei hariata, hei kaieke hoiho mau?

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one petty governor, from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

25 I haere kau mai ranei ahau, kahore a Ihowa, ki te huna i tenei wahi? I mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Haere ki te whenua ra huna ai.

And now have we come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

26 Katahi ka mea a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia ratou ko Hepena, ko Ioaha, ki a Rapahake, Korero koa ki au pononga i te reo Hiriani; e matau ana hoki matou ki tena reo; kaua e korero mai ki a matou i te reo Hurai i te mea e whakarongo ana te iwi i runga i te taiepa.

And Heliakim the son of Chelkias, and Somnas, and Joas, said to Rapsakes, Speak now to thy servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jewish language: and why dost thou speak in the ears of the people that are on the wall?

27 Ano ra ko Rapahake ki a ratou, I unga mai ranei ahau e toku ariki ki tou ariki, a ki a koe, hei korero i enei kupu? He teka ianei i unga mai ahau e ia ki nga tangata e noho ana i runga i te taiepa, kia kainga e ratou to ratou paru, kia inumia to ratou mimi, ara e koutou tahi?

And Rapsakes said to them, Has my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own water together with you.

28 Katahi a Rapahake ka tu, a he nui tona reo ki te karanga i te reo Hurai; i korero ia, i mea, Whakarongo ki te kupu a te kingi nui, a te kingi o Ahiria.

And Rapsakes stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear the words of the great king of the Assyrians:

29 Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi Kei tinihangatia koutou e Hetekia; e kore hoki koutou e taea te whakaora e ia i tona ringa:

thus says the king, Let not Ezekias encourage you with words: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

30 Kei meinga hoki koutou e Hetekia kia whakawhirinaki ki a Ihowa, i a ia e ki na, He pono, tera tatou e whakaorangia e Ihowa, e kore hoki tenei pa e tukua ki te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria.

And let not Ezekias cause you to trust on the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly deliver us; this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians: hearken not to Ezekias:

31 Kaua e rongo ki a Hetekia; ko te kupu tenei a te kingi o Ahiria, Houhia ta koutou rongo ki ahau, ka haere mai ki waho ki ahau; ka kai ai koutou i nga hua o tana waina, o tana waina, o tana piki, o tana piki, ka inu ano i te wai o tana puna, o ta na puna:

for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Gain my favour, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink [of the wine] of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig-tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern;

32 Kia tae atu ra ano ahau ki te tiki atu i a koutou ki te whenua penei i to koutou nei whenua, ki te whenua witi, waina, ki te whenua taro, mara waina, ki te whenua hinu oriwa, honi hoki, kia ora ai koutou, kei mate; kaua hoki e whakarongo ki a He tekia, i a ia e tohe na ki a koutou, e mea na, Ma Ihowa tatou e whakaora.

until I come and remove you to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey, and ye shall live and not die: and do not ye hearken to Ezekias, for he deceives you, saying, The Lord shall deliver you.

33 I ora ranei i tetahi o nga atua o nga tauiwi tona whenua i te ringa o te kingi o Ahiria?

Have the Gods of the nations at all delivered each their own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

34 Kei hea nga atua o Hamata, o Arapara? kei hea nga atua o Heparawaima, o Hena, o Iwa? i whakaorangia ranei e ratou a Hamaria i toku ringa?

Where is the god of Haemath, and of Arphad? where is the god of Seppharvaim, Ana, and Aba? for have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

35 Ko wai o nga atua katoa o nga whenua, kua whakaorangia e ratou to ratou whenua i toku ringa, e whakaorangia ai e Ihowa a Hiruharama i toku ringa?

Who [is there] among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

36 Otiia whakarongo kau ana tera te iwi, kihai i whakahoki kupu ki a ia; ko ta te kingi hoki tena i ako ai, i ki ai, Kaua e whakahoki kupu atu ki a ia.

But [the men] were silent, and answered him not a word: for [there was] a commandment of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

37 Katahi ka haere a Eriakimi tama a Hirikia, te rangatira o te whare, a Hepena te kaituhituhi, a Ioaha tama a Ahapa te kaiwhakamahara ki a Hetekia, he mea haehae o ratou kakahu, a korerotia ana e ratou ki a ia nga kupu a Rapahake.

And Heliakim the son of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder came in to Ezekias, having rent their garments; and they reported to him the words of Rapsakes.