2 Kings 18
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
1Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi hono tolu taʻu ʻo Hosea ko e foha ʻo Ela ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻe kamata pule ʻa Hesekaia ko e foha ʻo ʻAhasi ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta.
2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
2Naʻe uofulu ma nima ʻa ʻene taʻu ʻi heʻene kamata pule: pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ma hiva ʻi Selūsalema. Ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē foki ko ʻApi, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Sakalia.
3He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
3Pea naʻe fai lelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe Tevita ko ʻene tamai.
4He removed the high places, broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
4¶ Naʻa ne fakalala ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga, pea fesiʻi hifo ʻae ngaahi tamapua, pea ne tā hifo ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, pea naʻa ne fesifesi ke iiki ʻae ngata palasa ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Mōsese: he naʻe tutu ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki ai ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia: pea naʻa ne ui ia ko Nehusitani.
5He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
5Naʻe falala ia kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ko ia naʻe ʻikai tatau mo ia ha tokotaha ki mui ʻi he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, pe ha tokotaha naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate ia.
6For he joined with the LORD. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
6He naʻe pikitai ia kia Sihova, pea ʻikai liʻaki ʻene muimui ʻiate ia, ka naʻa ne tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekau, ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese.
7The LORD was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
7Pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova; pea naʻe monūʻia ia ʻi he potu kotoa pē naʻe ʻalu ia ki ai: pea naʻa ne liʻaki ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻo ʻikai tauhi ki ai
8He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
8Naʻa ne taaʻi ʻae kakai Filisitia, ʻo aʻu atu ki Kesa, mo hono ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo ia mei he fale māʻolunga ʻae kau leʻo ʻo aʻu ki he kolotau.
9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
9¶ Pea ʻi hono fā ʻoe taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Hesekaia, ʻaia ko hono fitu taʻu ʻo Hosea ko e foha ʻo Ela ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Salimanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki Samēlia, mo ne kapui ia ʻaki ʻae tau.
10At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
10Pea ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu ʻe tolu naʻa nau kapasia ia. ʻI hono ono taʻu ʻo Hesekaia, ʻaia ko hono hiva ʻo Hosea ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻe kapa ʻa Samēlia.
11The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
11Pea naʻe fetuku ʻa ʻIsileli ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ki ʻAsilia, ʻo ne tuku ʻakinautolu ʻi Hala mo Hapoa, ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻo Kosani, pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻoe kakai Mitia.
12because they didn’t obey the LORD their God’s voice, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it or do it.
12Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai te nau talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, ka naʻa nau talangataʻa ki heʻene fuakava, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova, pea ʻikai tokanga ki ai pe fai ki ai.
13Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
13¶ ʻI hono hongofulu ma fā ʻoe taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Hesekaia naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Senakalipe ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ke tauʻi ʻae ngaahi kolo tau kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, pea naʻa ne lavaʻi ʻakinautolu.
14Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Withdraw from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
14Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻi Lakisi, ʻo pehē, “Kuo u fai hala; ke ke liliu meiate au: ko ia ʻoku ke tala kiate au te u kātaki.” Pea naʻe ʻeke ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia meia Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ʻae taleniti siliva ʻe tolungeau mo e taleniti koula ʻe tolungofulu.
15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the LORD’s house and in the treasures of the king’s house.
15Pea naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻe Hesekaia ʻae siliva kotoa pē naʻe ʻilo ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, pea ʻi he ngaahi tukuʻanga koloa ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi.
16At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the LORD’s temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
16ʻI he kuonga ko ia naʻe tutuʻu ai ʻe Hesekaia ʻae koula mei he ngaahi matapā ʻoe faletapu ʻo Sihova, pea mei he ngaahi pou ʻaia naʻe ʻaofi ʻe Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻo ne ʻatu ia ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.
17The king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
17¶ Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻa ʻAlatani mo Lapisalisi mo Lapisake mei Lakisi ki he tuʻi ko Hesekaia, mo e fuʻu tau lahi ke tauʻi ʻa Selūsalema. Pea naʻa nau ʻalu hake ʻo hoko ki Selūsalema. Pea ʻi heʻenau ʻalu hake naʻa nau tuʻu ofi ki he tafeʻanga vai ʻoe vai ʻi ʻolunga, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he hala motuʻa ʻoe ngoue ʻoe tufunga fakamaʻa kofu.
18When they had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder came out to them.
18Pea hili ʻenau ui ki he tuʻi, naʻe haʻu kituʻa kiate kinautolu ʻa Iliakimi ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, ʻaia naʻe pule ki he fale, mo Sepina ko e tangata tohi, mo Soa ko e foha ʻo ʻAsafi ko e tangata naʻe tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakapuleʻanga.
19Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
19Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Lapisake kiate kinautolu, “Ko eni ke mou lea kia Hesekaia, ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi lahi, ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Ko e hā ʻae mālohi ni ʻaia ʻoku ke falala ki ai?”
20You say (but they are but vain words), ‘There is counsel and strength for war.’ Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
20ʻOku ke pehē, (ka ko e lea launoa pe) “ʻOku ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau mo e mālohi ki he tau. Pea ko eni, ko hai ia ʻoku ke falala ki ai, kuo ke angatuʻu ai kiate au?
21Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
21Pea ko eni, vakai, ʻoku ke falala ki ho tokotoko ʻoe kaho mafesi ni, ʻio, ko ʻIsipite, ʻaia kapau ʻe faʻaki ki ai ha tangata, ʻe ʻasi ia ki hono nima, pea ʻe lavea ai: ʻoku pehē pe ʻa Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku falala kiate ia.
22But if you tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
22Pea kapau ʻoku mou pehē kiate au, ʻoku mau falala kia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua: ʻikai ko ia ia ko e ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻoʻona mo hono ngaahi feilaulauʻanga kuo ʻave ʻe Hesekaia ʻo liʻaki, pea kuo ne tala kia Siuta mo Selūsalema, Ke lotu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe feilaulauʻanga ko eni ʻi Selūsalema?
23Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
23Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, tuku mai ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻoni ki heʻeku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea te u ʻatu kiate koe ʻae fanga hoosi ʻe ua afe, ʻo kapau te ke faʻa fai ʻe koe ke fakaheka ki ai ʻae kau heka hoosi.
24How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
24Pea ʻe fēfeeʻi hao faʻa fai ke fakafoki ʻae mata ʻoe ʻeikitau ʻe tokotaha, ko e siʻi hifo taha pe ʻi he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa ʻeku ʻeiki, ka ke falala koe ki ʻIsipite ki he ngaahi saliote mo e kau tangata heka hoosi?
25Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”’”
25He kuo u hoko mai ni ʻo taʻekau mo Sihova ke fakaʻauha ʻae potu ni? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, ‘ʻAlu hake ʻo tauʻi ʻae fonua ni, pea fakaʻauha ia.’”
26Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
26Pea naʻe pehē ai ʻe Iliakimi ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, mo Sepina, mo Soa, kia Lapisake, “Ke ke lea mai ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻi he lea fakaSilia; he ʻoku mau ʻilo ia: kaeʻoua naʻa ke talanoa kiate kimautolu ʻi he lea ʻae kakai Siu ʻi he telinga ʻoe kakai ʻoku nofo ʻi he funga ʻā.”
27But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Hasn’t he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own urine with you?”
27Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Lapisake, kiate kinautolu, “He naʻe fekau au ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki ki hoʻo ʻeiki, pea kiate koe, ke lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni? ʻIkai ko ʻene fekau au ki he kau tangata ʻaia ʻoku heheka ki he ʻā maka, koeʻuhi ke nau kai ʻenau kinohaʻa ʻanautolu, mo inu ʻenau tuʻutata?”
28Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
28Pea naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Lapisake, pea ne kalanga leʻo lahi ʻi he lea fakaSiu, mo ne lea, ʻo pehē, “Mou tokanga ki he lea ʻae tuʻi lahi, ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia:
29The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
29ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi, ʻoua naʻa fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Hesekaia: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne mafai ʻe ia ke fakamoʻui ʻakimoutolu mei hono nima:
30Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
30Pea ʻoua naʻa ueʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Hesekaia ke mou falala kia Sihova, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ʻe fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu ʻe Sihova, pea ʻe ʻikai tukuange ʻae kolo ni ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.’
31Don’t listen to Hezekiah.’ For the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone of you eat from his own vine, and everyone from his own fig tree, and everyone drink water from his own cistern;
31ʻOua naʻa mou tokanga kia Hesekaia he ʻoku pehē ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, Fai hoʻo fakalelei kiate au ʻaki ha meʻaʻofa, pea haʻu kituʻa kiate au, pea te mou toki kai taki taha ʻae tangata ʻae vaine ʻaʻana, pea taki taha ʻi he fiki ʻaʻana, pea mou inu taki taha kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi vai ʻo ʻene vaikeli ʻaʻana:
32until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live and not die. Don’t listen to Hezekiah when he persuades you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.”
32Kaeʻoua ke u toki haʻu ʻo ʻave ʻakimoutolu ki ha fonua ʻoku hangē ko homou fonua, ko e fonua ʻoe uite mo e uaine, ko e fonua ʻoe mā mo e ngoue vaine, ko e fonua ʻoe lolo ʻolive mo e honi, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui, ka ʻe ʻikai mate: pea ʻoua naʻa mou tokanga kia Hesekaia, ʻi heʻene kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu ʻe Sihova.’
33Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
33He ʻoku ai ha tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kuo nau fakamoʻui hono fonua mei he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia?
34Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
34Ko fāʻa ia ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Hemati, mo ʻApati? Ko fāʻa ia ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Sifaveimi, mo Hena, mo Iva? He kuo nau fakamoʻui ʻa Samēlia mei hoku nima?”
35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
35Ko hai ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi fonua, ʻa ia kuo nau fakamoʻui honau fonua mei hoku nima, ke pehē ai ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova ʻa Selusalema mei hoku nima?
36But the people stayed quiet, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
36Ka naʻe longo pe ʻae kakai, pea naʻe ʻikai tali ia ʻaki ha momoʻi lea: he naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOua naʻa tali ia.”
37Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, came with Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him Rabshakeh’s words.
37Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻa Iliakimi ko e foha ʻo Hilikia ʻaia naʻe pule ki he fale, mo Sepina ko e fai tohi, mo Soa ko e foha ʻo ʻAsafi ko e tangata naʻe tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakapuleʻanga, kia Hesekaia kuo haehae honau kofu, pea naʻa nau tala kiate ia ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa Lapisake.
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