2 Chronicles 32
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1After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
1Pea hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, mo hono fakatuʻumaʻu ʻo ia, naʻe haʻu ʻa Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea hoko ki Siuta, pea naʻe fakanofo ʻene tau ki he ngaahi kolotau, pea mahalo ʻe ia te ne maʻu ʻakinautolu maʻana.
2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,
2Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa Hesekaia kuo haʻu ʻa Senakalipe, pea kuo loto ia ke tauʻi ʻa Selūsalema,
3he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
3Naʻe fakakaukau ai ia mo hono houʻeiki mo ʻene kau tangata mālohi ke punusia ʻae vai ʻoe ngaahi matavai ʻaia naʻe ʻituʻa ʻi he kolo: pea naʻa nau tokoni kiate ia.
4Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
4Ko ia naʻe fakakātoa ai ʻae kakai tokolahi, ʻonau punusia ʻae ngaahi matavai kotoa pē, mo e vaitafe ʻaia naʻe tafe ʻi loto fonua, ʻonau pehē, Koeʻumaʻā ʻae haʻu ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻonau maʻu ʻae vai lahi?
5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
5Pea naʻa ne fakamālohi ia, pea naʻa ne langa ʻae ʻā maka kotoa pē naʻe holoki hifo, pea fokotuʻu hake ʻae ngaahi fale māʻolunga, mo e ʻā maka ʻe taha ʻi tuaʻā, ʻo ne teuteuʻi ʻa Milo ʻi he Kolo ʻo Tevita, pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi tao mo e ngaahi pā ke lahi ʻaupito.
6Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
6Pea naʻa ne fakanofo ʻae kau ʻeikitau ki he kakai, ʻo ne tānaki ʻo fakataha ʻakinautolu kiate ia ʻi he hala ʻoe matapā ʻoe kolo, ʻo ne lea lelei kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē,
7“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
7Ke mou mālohi mo lototoʻa, “ʻOua naʻa manavahē pe puputuʻu koeʻuhi ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pe ki he fuʻu tokolahi kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia: he ʻoku ʻiate kitautolu ʻae tokolahi hake ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻiate ia:
8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
8ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae nima fakakakano ka ʻoku ʻiate kitautolu ʻa Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua ke tokoni ʻakitautolu, pea ke fai ʻetau ngaahi tau.” Pea naʻe fiemālie ʻae kakai ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻa Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta.
9Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
9¶ Hili ʻae meʻa ni naʻe fekau ʻe Senakalipe ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ki Selūsalema (ka naʻe nofo pe ia ʻo tauʻi ʻa Lakisi mo ʻene mālohi kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia) kia Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea ki he kakai Siuta kotoa pē naʻe ʻi Selūsalema, ʻo pehē,
10“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
10“ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Ko e hā ia ʻoku mou faʻaki ki ai, ʻoku mou tali ai ʻi he kolotau ʻo Selūsalema?
11Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
11ʻIkai kuo fakahehemaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Hesekaia ke tukuange ʻakimoutolu ke mou mate ʻi he fiekaia mo e fieinu, ʻo pehē, Ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua te ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu mei he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia?
12Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
12ʻIkai kuo holoki hifo ʻe he Hesekaia ko ia, hono ngaahi potu māʻolunga mo ʻene ngaahi feilaulauʻanga, pea ne fekau ki Siuta mo Selūsalema, ʻo pehē, Te mou hū ʻi he muʻa feilaulauʻanga pe taha, pea tutu ki ai ʻae meʻa namu kakala.
13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
13ʻOku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ʻaia kuo u fai ʻeau pea mo ia naʻe fai ʻe heʻeku ngaahi tamai ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi fonua kehe? he naʻe mafai fakasiʻisiʻi ʻe he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoe ngaahi fonua ko ia ke fakamoʻui honau ngaahi fonua mei hoku nima?
14Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
14Ko hai ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ko ia naʻe fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻe heʻeku ngaahi tamai, naʻe mafai ʻe ia ke fakamoʻui hono kakai mei hoku nima, koeʻuhi ke pehē ʻe mafai ʻe homou ʻOtua ke fakamoʻui ʻakimoutolu mei hoku nima?
15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
15Pea ko eni ʻoua naʻa mou tuku ʻa Hesekaia ke ne kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu, pe ke fakalotoʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻo pehē ni, pea ʻoua foki naʻa mou tui kiate ia: he naʻe ʻikai ha ʻotua ʻo ha kakai pe ha puleʻanga naʻe mafai ke fakamoʻui hono kakai mei hoku nima, pea mei he nima ʻo ʻeku ngaahi tamai: kae muʻa hake eni ʻae taʻemafai ʻo homou ʻOtua ke fakamoʻui ʻakimoutolu mei hoku nima?”
16And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
16Pea naʻe lea kovi lahi hake ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua, pea ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki ko Hesekaia.
17He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
17Pea naʻe tohi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tohi ke kape kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, pea ke talakoviʻi ia, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe ʻikai faʻa fai ʻe he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe kakai ʻoe ngaahi fonua ke fakamoʻui honau kakai mei hoku nima, pea ʻe pehē, ʻe ʻikai mafai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo Hesekaia ke fakamoʻui hono kakai mei hoku nima.”
18Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
18Pea naʻa nau toki kalanga ʻi he leʻo lahi ʻi he lea fakaSiu ki he kakai ʻo Selūsalema naʻe ʻi he funga ʻā, ke fakamanavahēʻi ʻakinautolu, pea ke fakamamahiʻi ʻakinautolu: koeʻuhi ke nau lavaʻi ʻae kolo.
19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
19Pea naʻa nau lea kovi ki he ʻOtua ʻo Selūsalema, ʻo hangē ko ʻenau lau ki he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe kakai ʻo māmani, ʻaia ʻoku ngaohi ʻe he nima ʻoe tangata.
20In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
20Pea ko e meʻa ko ia naʻe lotu ai mo tangi ki langi ʻa Hesekaia ko e tuʻi mo e palōfita ko ʻIsaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi.
21and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
21¶ Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova ʻae ʻāngelo, ʻaia naʻa ne taaʻi ʻae kau tangata toʻa mālohi kotoa pē, mo e kau taki tau mo e houʻeiki pule ʻi he ʻapitanga ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia. Ko ia naʻe toe ʻalu ai ia ʻo mata mā ki hono fonua. Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki he fale ʻo hono ʻotua naʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻaki ʻae heletā, ʻekinautolu naʻe tupu mei hono fatu ʻoʻona.
22So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.
22Naʻe pehē pe hono fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova ʻa Hesekaia mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema mei he nima ʻo Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea mei he nima ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, pea naʻa ne fakahinohinoʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he potu kotoa pē.
23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
23Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe he tokolahi ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki kia Sihova ki Selūsalema, mo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa kia Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta: pea talu mei ai naʻe fakahikihiki ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē.
24In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
24¶ Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia naʻe mahaki ʻa Hesekaia ʻo teitei mate: pea naʻe lotu ia kia Sihova: pea naʻe folofola ia ki ai, pea naʻe tuku kiate ia ʻae fakaʻilonga.
25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
25Ka naʻe ʻikai ke fai ʻe Hesekaia ʻo fakatatau ki he lelei naʻe fai kiate ia: he naʻe fakahikihiki hono loto: ko ia naʻe ʻai ʻae houhau kiate ia, pea ki Siuta mo Selūsalema.
26Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
26Ka naʻe fakavaivai ia ʻe Hesekaia koeʻuhi ko e fielahi ʻo hono loto, ko ia mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema, ko ia naʻe ʻikai tō ai ʻae houhau ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hesekaia.
27Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.
27¶ Pea naʻe maʻu ʻe Hesekaia ʻae koloa lahi ʻaupito mo e ongoongolelei lahi: pea naʻa ne ngaohi moʻona ʻae ngaahi fale faʻoʻanga siliva, pea ki he koula, mo e ngaahi maka koloa mahuʻinga, pea ki he ngaahi meʻa nanamu, pea ki he ngaahi pā, pea ki he ngaahi meʻa teunga lelei kehekehe kotoa pē:
28He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.
28Mo e ngaahi feleoko foki ki hono tupu ʻoe uite, mo e uaine, mo e lolo: mo e ngaahi tuʻuʻanga ki he fanga manu kehekehe kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi lotoʻā ki he ngaahi fanga manu siʻi.
29He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
29Pea naʻa ne ngaohi maʻana ʻae ngaahi kolo, mo e ngaahi fanga manu siʻi, mo e ngaahi fanga manu lahi: he naʻe foaki kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi.
30It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
30Ko e Hesekaia ni foki naʻa ne tāpuni ʻae tafeʻanga vai ʻi ʻolunga ʻi Kihoni, ʻo ne ʻomi totonu ia ʻi he potu lulunga ʻoe Kolo ʻo Tevita. Pea naʻe monūʻia ʻa Hesekaia ʻi heʻene ngāue kotoa pē.
31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
31¶ Ka ko e meʻa ʻi he ngāue ʻae kau tangata fekau mei he houʻeiki ʻo Papilone, ʻaia naʻa nau fekau kiate ia ke fehuʻi kiate ia ʻi he meʻa mana naʻe fai ʻi he fonua, naʻe fakatukutukuʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua, ke ʻahiʻahiʻi ia, koeʻuhi ke ne ʻilo ai ʻaia kotoa pē naʻe ʻi hono loto.
32As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
32¶ Pea ko eni, ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa Hesekaia, mo ʻene angalelei, vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi kikite ʻae palōfita ko ʻIsaia, ko e foha ʻo ʻAmosi, pea ʻi he tohi ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta mo ʻIsileli.
33And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
33Pea naʻe mohe ʻa Hesekaia mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea nau tanu ia ʻi he fungani fonualoto ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Tevita: pea naʻe fai fakaʻapaʻapa kiate ia ʻa Siuta kotoa pē mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema ʻi heʻene pekia. Pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe hono foha ko Manase.
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