1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4 ¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 5 I say, sayest thou , (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? 8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
11 ¶ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
12 ¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
22 ¶ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Asiriyankoolu naata ka Yerusalaamu saatewo kele
(2 Mansoolu 18:13-372 Taarika 32:1-19)1 Mansa Hesekiya la maraloo sanji taŋ niŋ naaninjaŋo kono, Asiriya mansa Sennakeribu ye Yahuuda saatee tatariŋolu bee boyinkaŋ keloo la, aduŋ a ye ì muta.
2 Asiriya mansa ye a la kelediŋ kuntii baa kii ka bo naŋ Lakisi ka taa Hesekiya kaŋ Yerusalaamu a niŋ kelediŋ kafu baa. A loota siloo to jiibori dinkoo maafaŋo la, meŋ ka woyi naŋ ka bo santo daloo to ka taa Kuuru Dulaa. 3 Wo le to mansa la dookuulaa kee saba fintita a kaŋ naŋ. Wolu le mu Hilikiya dinkewo Eliyakimu ti, meŋ tarata marariŋ mansasuwo ma, Sebuna, meŋ mu safeerilaa ti, aniŋ Asafu dinkewo Yowa, meŋ marata taarika safeeroolu ma.
4 Asiriya kelediŋ kuntiyo ko ì ye ko, “Asiriya mansa baa ko a lafita a loŋ na le Mansa Hesekiya be jikiriŋ meŋ na. 5 Fo a ye a miira le ko, kuma kenseŋolu le mu keloo feeroo niŋ semboo ti baŋ? A be jikiriŋ jumaa le la fo a ka balaŋo tiliŋ ate la? 6 Fo a be jikiriŋ Misira mansa le la baŋ, wo meŋ ka munta le komeŋ taamaraŋ doko katiriŋo? Moo-wo-moo sujita a kaŋ ka maakoyiroo ñini, a be i soo la i buloo kono le komeŋ ñookala katiriŋo. 7 Waraŋ fo a ko a be jikiriŋ Yaawe* ali la Alla le la baŋ? Fo ate Hesekiya maŋ wo le la batudulaa tintiŋolu* niŋ sadaabodulaalu* buruka baŋ? Aduŋ a ko Yahuuda moolu niŋ Yerusalaamu moolu ye le ko, ì si naa ka baturoo ke sadaabodulaa doroŋ to, meŋ be Yerusalaamu. 8 Wo to saayiŋ a niŋ m maarii, Asiriya mansa ye beŋ kaŋ to. A be suu wuli fula dii la a la le, niŋ a ye a tara a si suuborindilaalu soto noo ì ye. 9 Wo to ate si balaŋ noo hani kelediŋ kiliŋ ma baŋ, meŋ na kuwo dooyaata m maarii la kelediŋ kuntiyolu bee ti, niŋ a ye a tara a be jikiriŋ Misira bankoo le la, ka keleraŋ sareetoolu* niŋ suuborindilaalu soto? 10 Wo bee koolaa, ate maŋ wuli a faŋ ye naŋ ñiŋ dulaa kamma, ka a kasaara, wo be looriŋ Yaawe la yaamaroo le kaŋ. Ate le ko a si wuli naŋ ñiŋ bankoo kamma, ka a kasaara.”
11 Bituŋ Eliyakimu, aniŋ Sebuna niŋ Yowa ko kelediŋ kuntii baa ñiŋ ye ko, “Dukaree diyaamu ntolu, i la dookuulaalu ye, Arameya kaŋo la. Ŋà a moyi le. Kana diyaamu ǹ ye Hiburu kaŋo la fo moolu ye a moyi, mennu be tata sansaŋo kaŋ santo.” 12 Bari kelediŋ kuntii baa ñiŋ ko, “Fo m maarii ye n kii ka ñiŋ kumoolu fo alitolu niŋ ali maarii dammaa le ye baŋ? A ye n kii le ka diyaamu ñiŋ moolu fanaa ye, mennu be siiriŋ tata sansaŋo kaŋ santo. Itolu fanaa be ì la buwo domo la le, ì ye ì la sumunaa miŋ, komeŋ alitolu faŋolu.”
13 Bituŋ kelediŋ kuntii baa ñiŋ loota, a sarita santo Hiburu kaŋo to, ka a fo ko:
“Ali i lamoyi Asiriya mansa baa la kumoo la. 14 Mansa ko ali kana soŋ Hesekiya ye ali neenee. A te ali tankandi noo la. 15 Ali kana soŋ Hesekiya ye ali dundi ñiŋ to ka jiki Yaawe la, ka a fo ali ye, a koyita a ma le ko, Yaawe be ali tankandi la le, aduŋ a te ñiŋ saatewo duŋ na Asiriya mansa bulu. 16 Ali kana i lamoyi Hesekiya la. Asiriya mansa ko ali ye soŋ kayiroo la ali niŋ ate teema, aduŋ ali si finti naŋ saatewo kono ka ali faŋ seyi a ma. Niŋ wo keta, moo-wo-moo be a fansuŋ wayini* yiridiŋolu niŋ sooto yiridiŋolu domo la le, aduŋ a be i miŋ na a fansuŋ koloŋo le to. 17 Wo koolaa a be naa le, a ye ali samba banku doo kaŋ, meŋ niŋ ali la bankoo mulunta. Wo bankoo kaŋ siimaŋ kesoo siyaata jee le, aniŋ mbuuroo. Wayini yiri kankaŋolu be jee le, aniŋ wayinoo. 18 Wo to ali kana soŋ, Hesekiya ye ali filindi ka a fo ko, Yaawe be ali tankandi la le. Fo banku koteŋ jalaŋ ne sotota baŋ, meŋ ye a la moolu tankandi noo Asiriya mansa bulu? 19 Hamati niŋ Aripadi jalaŋolu lee? Sefariwayimu jalaŋolu lee? Fo ì ye Samariya tankandi noo a bulu le baŋ? 20 Jalaŋolu bee kono banku jumaa le la jalaŋolu ye ì la bankoolu tankandi noo a bulu? Wo to fo Yaawe si Yerusalaamu tankandi noo ate ma baŋ?”
21 Bari moolu tuta deyiriŋ ne, ì maŋ hani kuma kiliŋ fo, kaatu Mansa Hesekiya ye ì yaamari le ko, ì kana a jaabi. 22 Bituŋ Hilikiya dinkewo Eliyakimu, meŋ marata mansasuwo ma, Sebuna meŋ mu safeerilaa ti, aniŋ Asafu dinkewo Yowa, meŋ marata taarika safeeroolu ma, taata Hesekiya kaŋ. Ì niŋ ì la dendika farariŋolu le taata, niikuyaa kamma la, aduŋ ì ye kumoo bee saata, kelediŋ kuntiyo ñiŋ ye meŋ fo.