Isaiah Prophesies That Jerusalem Will Be Saved
1When King Hezekiah heard what the field commander had said, he tore his clothes. He put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. Then he went into the Lord’s temple. 2Hezekiah sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. He also sent the leading priests and Shebna the secretary to him. All of them were wearing rough clothing. 3They told Isaiah, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today we’re in great trouble. The Lord is warning us. He’s bringing shame on us. Sometimes babies come to the moment when they should be born. But their mothers aren’t strong enough to give birth to them. Today we are like those mothers. We aren’t strong enough to save ourselves. 4Perhaps the Lord your God will hear everything the field commander has said. His master, the king of Assyria, has sent him to make fun of the living God. Maybe the Lord your God will punish him for what he has heard him say. So pray for the remaining people who are still alive here.’ ”
5King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah. 6Then he said to them, “Tell your master, ‘The Lord says, “Do not be afraid of what you have heard. The officers who are under the king of Assyria have spoken evil things against me. 7Listen! I will send him news from his own country. It will make him want to return home. There I will have him cut down by a sword.” ’ ”
8The field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. So the commander pulled his troops back from Jerusalem. He went to join the king. He found out that the king was fighting against Libnah.
9During that time Sennacherib received a report. He was told that Tirhakah was marching out to fight against him. Tirhakah was the king of Cush. When Sennacherib heard the report, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah with a letter. It said, 10“Tell Hezekiah, the king of Judah, ‘Don’t let the god you depend on trick you. He says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” But don’t believe him. 11I’m sure you have heard about what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. They have destroyed them completely. So do you think you will be saved? 12The kings who ruled before me destroyed many nations. Did the gods of those nations save them? Did the gods of Gozan, Harran or Rezeph save them? What about the gods of the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? 13Where is the king of Hamath? Where is the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?’ ”
Hezekiah Prays to the Lord
14When Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, he read it. Then he went up to the Lord’s temple. There he spread the letter out in front of the Lord. 15Hezekiah prayed to the Lord. He said, 16“Lord who rules over all, you are the God of Israel. You sit on your throne between the cherubim. You alone are God over all the kingdoms on earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17Listen, Lord. Hear us. Open your eyes, Lord. Look at the trouble we’re in. Listen to what Sennacherib is saying. You are the living God. And he dares to make fun of you!
18“Lord, it’s true that the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and their lands. 19They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands. 20Lord our God, save us from the power of Sennacherib. Then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you are the only God.”
Sennacherib Falls From Power
21Isaiah sent a message to Hezekiah. Isaiah said, “The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, ‘You have prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. 22So here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord is telling him,
“ ‘ “You will not win the battle over Zion.
Its people hate you and make fun of you.
The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly
as you run away.
23Who have you laughed at?
Who have you spoken evil things against?
Who have you raised your voice against?
Who have you looked at so proudly?
You have done it against me.
I am the Holy One of Israel!
24Through your messengers
you have laughed at me again and again.
And you have said,
‘I have many chariots.
With them I have climbed to the tops of the mountains.
I’ve climbed the highest mountains in Lebanon.
I’ve cut down its tallest cedar trees.
I’ve cut down the best of its juniper trees.
I’ve reached its farthest mountains.
I’ve reached its finest forests.
25I’ve dug wells in other lands.
I’ve drunk the water from them.
I’ve walked through all the streams of Egypt.
I’ve dried up every one of them.’
26“ ‘ “But I, the Lord, say, ‘Haven’t you heard what I have done?
Long ago I arranged for you to do this.
In days of old I planned it.
Now I have made it happen.
You have turned cities with high walls
into piles of stone.
27Their people do not have any power left.
They are troubled and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field.
They are like new green plants.
They are like grass that grows on a roof.
It dries up before it is completely grown.
28“ ‘ “ ‘But I know where you are.
I know when you come and go.
I know how very angry you are with me.
29You roar against me and brag.
And I have heard your bragging.
So I will put my hook in your nose.
I will put my bit in your mouth.
And I will make you go home
by the same way you came.’ ” ’ ”
30The Lord said, “Hezekiah, here is a sign for you.
“This year you will eat what grows by itself.
Next year you will eat what grows from that.
But in the third year you will plant your crops and gather them in.
You will plant your grapevines and eat their fruit.
31The people of the kingdom of Judah who are still alive will be like plants.
Once more they will put down roots and produce fruit.
32Out of Jerusalem will come the people who remain.
Out of Mount Zion will come those who are still left alive.
My great love will make sure that happens.
I rule over all.
33“Here is a message from me about the king of Assyria. I say,
“ ‘He will not enter this city.
He will not even shoot an arrow at it.
He will not come near it with a shield.
He will not build a ramp in order to climb over its walls.
34By the way that he came he will go home.
He will not enter this city,’
announces the Lord.
35‘I will guard this city and save it.
I will do it for myself.
And I will do it for my servant David.’ ”
36Then the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 soldiers there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning. They looked out and saw all the dead bodies. 37So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, took the army tents down. Then he left. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
38One day Sennacherib was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok. His sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with their swords. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon became the next king after his father Sennacherib.
Ũhonokio wa Jerusalemu Kwĩranĩrwo
137:1 Kĩam 37:29; Math 21:13Rĩrĩa Mũthamaki Hezekia aaiguire ũhoro ũcio, agĩtembũranga nguo ciake na akĩĩhumba nguo ya ikũnia, agĩtoonya hekarũ ya Jehova thĩinĩ. 2Agĩtũma Eliakimu mũrori wa maũndũ ma nyũmba ya ũthamaki, na Shebina ũrĩa mwandĩki-marũa, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa atongoria, othe mehumbĩte nguo cia makũnia, mathiĩ kũrĩ mũnabii Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu. 337:3 Atiir 6:2; Isa 26:18Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũũ nĩguo Hezekia ekuuga: Mũthenya wa ũmũthĩ nĩ mũthenya wa mĩnyamaro, na ngũmano, na gĩconoko o ta ihinda rĩa ciana rĩa gũciarwo rĩakinya, naguo hinya wa gũciara ũkaaga. 437:4 Isa 36:13, 18-20; Amos 7:2No gũkorwo Jehova Ngai waku nĩekũigua ciugo ciothe cia mũnene ũcio wa mbũtũ cia ita, ũrĩa mwathi wake, mũthamaki wa Ashuri atũmĩte, nĩgeetha oke anyũrũrie Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo, na amũkũũme nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũcio Jehova Ngai waku aiguĩte. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio hoera matigari marĩa matigaire muoyo.”
5Rĩrĩa anene a Mũthamaki Hezekia maakinyire kũrĩ Isaia-rĩ, 637:6 Josh 1:9; Isa 7:4Isaia akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ĩrai mwathi wanyu atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: Tiga gwĩtigĩra nĩ ciugo iria ũiguĩte atungati a mũthamaki wa Ashuri makĩĩnuma nacio. 737:7 1Maũ 5:26Ta thikĩrĩria! Niĩ nĩngwĩkĩra roho wa mũthemba mũna thĩinĩ wake, nĩguo rĩrĩa arĩigua ũhoro mũna, acooke bũrũri wake, na arĩ kũu ndũme ooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.’ ”
8Rĩrĩa mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita aaiguire atĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩoimĩte Lakishi, akĩehera Jerusalemu agĩthiĩ agĩkora mũthamaki akĩrũa mbaara na Libina.
937:9 2Maũ 32:1Na rĩrĩ, Senakeribu agĩkinyĩrwo nĩ ũhoro wa atĩ Tirihaka, ũrĩa Mũkushi mũthamaki wa Misiri, nĩoimagarĩte oke arũe nake. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtũma andũ rĩngĩ kũrĩ Hezekia marĩ na ũhoro ũyũ: 1037:10 Isa 36:15“Ĩrai Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda atĩrĩ: Ndũgetĩkĩrie Ngai ũcio wĩhokete akũheenie rĩrĩa ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Jerusalemu rĩtikũneanwo kũrĩ mũthamaki wa Ashuri.’ 11Ti-itherũ nĩũiguĩte ũrĩa athamaki a Ashuri mekĩte mabũrũri-inĩ mothe, ũrĩa maamaniinire biũ. Inyuĩ mũgũkĩhonoka atĩa? 1237:12 Kĩam 11:31; 2Ath 18:11Na rĩrĩ, ngai cia ndũrĩrĩ iria cianiinirwo nĩ maithe maitũ ma tene: ngai cia Gozani, na cia Harani, na cia Rezefu, na andũ a Edeni arĩa maarĩ Telasaru-rĩ, nĩciamahonokirie? 1337:13 Isa 10:9; 2Ath 17:24Mũthamaki wa itũũra rĩa Hamathu arĩ ha, na mũthamaki wa Aripadi, na mũthamaki wa itũũra rĩrĩa inene rĩa Sefarivaimu, na wa Hena, na wa Iva, rĩu marĩ ha?”
Ihooya rĩa Hezekia
1437:14 2Maũ 32:17Nake Hezekia akĩnyiita marũa kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maatũmĩtwo na akĩmathoma. Agĩcooka akĩambata hekarũ-inĩ ya Jehova, akĩmatambũrũkia mbere ya Jehova. 15Nake Hezekia akĩhooya Jehova, akiuga atĩrĩ: 1637:16 Gũcook 10:17; Dan 4:34“Wee Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, o wee ũikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene gatagatĩ ka makerubi, Wee wiki nowe Ngai igũrũ rĩa mothamaki mothe ma thĩ. Nĩwe wombire igũrũ na thĩ. 1737:17 1Ath 8:29; Jer 25:29Tega matũ maku, Wee Jehova, ũigue; hingũra maitho maku Wee Jehova wone, ũigue ciugo ciothe cia Senakeribu iria atũmĩte cia kũruma Ngai ũrĩa ũtũũraga muoyo.
1837:18 2Ath 15:29“Ti-itherũ, Jehova, athamaki a Ashuri nĩmanangĩte andũ a ndũrĩrĩ na mabũrũri mao biũ. 1937:19 Josh 7:15; Agal 4:8; Thab 135:15Na nĩmaikĩtie ngai ciao mwaki-inĩ na magacithũkangia, tondũ itiarĩ ngai no ciarĩ mĩtĩ na mahiga, nacio ciathondeketwo na moko ma andũ. 2037:20 Josh 4:24; Thab 46:10Rĩu-rĩ, Wee Jehova Ngai witũ, tũhonokie kuuma guoko-inĩ gwake, nĩgeetha mothamaki mothe ma thĩ mamenye atĩ Wee Jehova, o Wee wiki, nĩwe Ngai.”
Isaia Kũratha Kũhootwo kwa Senakeribu
21Hĩndĩ ĩyo Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu agĩtũma ndũmĩrĩri kũrĩ Hezekia, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Ũũ nĩguo Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga: Tondũ nĩũũhooete ũhoro wĩgiĩ Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri-rĩ, 22ũyũ nĩguo ũhoro ũrĩa Jehova aarĩtie wa kũmũũkĩrĩra:
“Mũirĩtu Gathirange, Mwarĩ wa Zayuni
nĩakũmenete na agakũnyarara.
Mwarĩ wa Jerusalemu
arainia mũtwe rĩrĩa wee ũroora.
2337:23 Ndar 15:30; Isa 2:11Ũcio ũrumĩte na ũkamenereria nũũ?
Nũũ ũgũthũkĩire na mũgambo,
na ũkamwambararĩria maitho na mwĩtĩĩo?
Wee nĩũũkĩrĩire Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli!
2437:24 1Ath 7:2; Hos 14:8Ũtũmĩte andũ aku
moke marume Jehova.
Na ũkoiga atĩrĩ,
‘Nĩ ũndũ wa ngaari ciakwa nyingĩ cia ita,
nĩnyambatĩte ngakinya tũcũmbĩrĩ twa irĩma,
o kũu igũrũ mũno Lebanoni.
Nĩndemete mĩtarakwa yakuo ĩrĩa mĩraihu mũno,
o na mĩthengera ĩrĩa mĩega mũno.
Nĩnginyĩte tũcũmbĩrĩ twakuo kũrĩa kũraya mũno,
o kũrĩa kũrĩ na mĩtitũ ĩrĩa mĩega mũno.
25Nĩnyenjete ithima mabũrũri ma kũngĩ
na nganyua maaĩ kuo.
Nĩhũithĩtie tũrũũĩ twa Misiri
na makinya ma magũrũ makwa.’
2637:26 Atũm 2:23; Gũcook 13:16“Kaĩ ũtaiguĩte?
Kuuma tene nĩndamũrĩte ũndũ ũcio.
Matukũ-inĩ macio ma tene nĩndabangĩte ũndũ ũcio:
rĩu nĩndĩũhingĩtie,
atĩ wee nĩũtũmĩte matũũra manene marĩa mairigĩre na thingo cia hinya
matuĩke hĩba cia mahiga.
2737:27 Thab 129:6Andũ akuo maagithĩtio hinya,
nao makagegeare na magaconorithio.
Mahaana mĩmera ĩrĩ mũgũnda,
makoororoa o ta thuuna nduru,
kana ta nyeki ĩmerete nyũmba igũrũ,
ĩrĩa yũmaga ĩtanakũra.
28“No nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ũikaraga,
na ngamenya ũkiumagara na ũgĩcooka,
o na ũrĩa ũndakaragĩra.
2937:29 Isa 10:12; Ayub 40:24Tondũ nĩũndakarĩire
na rũngʼathio rwaku nĩrũkinyĩire matũ makwa,
nĩngũgwĩkĩra gĩcũhĩ gĩakwa iniũrũ,
na matamu ndĩmoohe kanua-inĩ gaku,
na nĩngatũma ũcookere
njĩra o ĩyo wokĩire.
30“Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo gĩgaakorwo kĩrĩ kĩmenyithia gĩaku, wee Hezekia:
“Mwaka ũyũ ũkũrĩa irio cia maitĩka,
naguo mwaka wa keerĩ ũrĩe kĩrĩa gĩgaathundũka harĩ mo.
No mwaka wa gatatũ-rĩ, nĩũkahaanda na ũgethe,
ũhaande mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ, na ũrĩe maciaro mayo.
3137:31 Isa 27:6O rĩngĩ matigari ma nyũmba ya Juda
nĩmagaikũrũkia mĩri na thĩ, na maciare maciaro na igũrũ.
3237:32 Isa 9:7Nĩgũkorwo Jerusalemu nĩgũkoima matigari ma andũ,
nakuo Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Zayuni kuume gĩkundi kĩa arĩa mahonokete.
Kĩyo kĩa Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe
nĩkĩo gĩkaahingia ũguo.
33“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ekuuga ũũ igũrũ rĩa mũthamaki wa Ashuri:
“Ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene
kana arathũkie mũguĩ kuo.
Ndagooka mbere yarĩo na ngo
kana arĩrigiicĩrie na ihumbu cia tĩĩri, arĩũkĩrĩre.
34Njĩra ĩrĩa agookĩra no yo agaacookera;
ndagatoonya itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
3537:35 Isa 31:5; 1Maũ 17:19“Nĩngagitĩra itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene na ndĩrĩhonokie,
nĩ ũndũ wakwa na nĩ ũndũ wa Daudi ndungata yakwa!”
3637:36 Thaam 12:23Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũraika wa Jehova agĩthiĩ na akĩũraga andũ ngiri igana rĩmwe rĩa mĩrongo ĩnana na atano kũu kambĩ-inĩ ya Ashuri. Rĩrĩa andũ mookĩrire rũciinĩ tene, magĩkora kũu no ciimba theri! 3737:37 2Maũ 32:1; Kĩam 10:11Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Senakeribu mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharia kambĩ agĩthiĩ; agĩcooka Nineve, agĩikara kuo.
3837:38 Jer 51:27; Isa 9:4Na rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũmwe rĩrĩa ahooyaga arĩ hekarũ-inĩ ya ngai yake Nisiroku-rĩ, ariũ ake eerĩ Adarameleki na Sharezeru makĩmũũraga na rũhiũ rũa njora, na makĩũrĩra bũrũri wa Ararati. Nake mũriũ Esari-Hadoni agĩtuĩka mũthamaki ithenya rĩake.
