¹And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

¹Huan, kumpipa Hezekia kum sawm leh kum lina kumin hichi ahi a, Assuria gam kumpipa Sennakerib tuh Juda gama khua kulhpi nei tengteng sim dingin a vahohtou-a a lata hi.

²And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a strong force. And he stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.

²Huan, Assuria kumpipan Rabsakeh sepaihhon tampi piin Lakish khua akipanin Jerusalem khuaa kumpipa Hezekia kiangah a sawla. Huan, dil saknung tuilakna kianga puansawpmi pawn lamlianah a dinga,

³Then came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler.

³Huchiin kumpipa inkuanpihte tunga heutu-a om Hilkia tapa Eliakim te, laigelhmi Shebnate, tanchin gelhmi Asaph tapa Joa te kiangah a hong suk uhi.

⁴And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which thou trustest?

⁴Huan Rabsakehin a kiang uah, Hezekia kiangah hichiin gen un, Kumpipa thupitak Assuria kumpipain hichiin a chi, Na muanna kiangakna bang ahi maia?

⁵Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

⁵Kidouna dinga na lemtheihna leh na hatna jaw thu lel ahi, ka chi; Kua muanga, ka tunga hel na hi maia?

⁶Behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand, and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him.

⁶Ngaiin, hiai sialluang chiang, kitan Aiguptate, muang neive; huaimin a muan aleh, a khutah a sun ding hi; Aigupta kumpipa Pharo jaw amah muang tengteng tungah hichibang ahi nakanak hi.

⁷And if thou say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

⁷Ahihkeileh, ka kiangah, TOUPA i Pathian uh ahi ka muan uh, na chihleh, amah pen Hezekiain Judate kiangah leh Jerusalemte kiangah, Hiai maitam maah kia na biak ding uh ahi, chi-a, a mun sangte leh a maitamte lak mang sakpa hi lou hia?

⁸And now engage, I pray thee, with 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.

⁸Huchiin, hehpihtakin, ka pu Assuria kumpipa kiangah thu chiamin, huchiin ken sakol sang nih ke honpe ding, nang a tung ua tuangdingte na muh theihpeuh ding leh.

⁹How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

⁹Bangchin, kangtalaite leh sakol tungtuang mite thu-ah Aiguptate tunga na muanna ngaa, ka pu sikha neupente laka heutu khat leng na nan zoh ding?

¹⁰And now am I come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

¹⁰Huan, hiai hihse dinga sim dingin TOUPA panglou-a hong pai tou ka hi-a hia? TOUPAN, ka kiangah, Huai gam sim dingin hoh tou inla, hihsia in, a honchi, chiin, a chi a.

¹¹And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jewish [language] in the ears of the people that are upon the wall.

¹¹Huan, Eliakim leh Shebna leh Joa ten, Rabsakeh kiangah, Hehpihtakin na sikhate Suria pauin honhoupihtain; huailah ka theithei ngal ua; kulh bang tunga mite jakin Juda pauin honhoupih nawn ken, a chi ua.

¹²And Rab-shakeh said, Is it to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?

¹²Himahleh Rabsakehin, Ka puin na pu kiang kiaah leh nang kiangah hiai thu gen dingin honsawl ahia? Kulh bang tunga tute, noute toh amau ek ne ding leh amau zun dawn dingte kiangah, a honsawl a hizo kei maw? a chi a.

¹³And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

¹³Huan, Rabsakeh a dinga, Juda pauin ngaihtakin a kikou-a, kumpipa thupi Assuria kumpipa thute ngaikhia un.

¹⁴Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.

¹⁴Kumpipan hichiin a chi, Hezekia khemin om nuam dah un; aman lah a honhumbit thei sin ngal keia;

¹⁵Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will certainly deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

¹⁵Hezekiain, TOUPAN pellouin honhumbit ding; hiai khopi jaw Assuria kumpipa khuta piakin a om kei ding, chiin, thu gen mahleh, TOUPA tuh Hezekia gen jiakin muang nuam tuan dah un.

¹⁶Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me and come out to me; and eat every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern;

¹⁶Hezekia thu ngaikhe kei un; Assuria kumpipan lah hichiin a chi ngala, Thilpiakin hon kituahpih unla, ka kiangah hongpai khia un; mi chihin a grep guia pat leh mi chihin a theipi kunga pat ne chiat unla, mi chihin a tuikhuka pat tui dawn chiat un.

¹⁷until 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.

¹⁷Ka hongpaia, noumau gam banga buh leh uain omna gam, tanghou leh grep huante omna gama ka honpaipih ma tan.

¹⁸Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹⁸TOUPAN honhumbit ding, chi-a, Hezekiain a honkhem khak leh pilvang un. Nam chih pathian laka mi himhimin a gam uh Assuria kumpipa kiangah a humbitta ua hia?

¹⁹Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

¹⁹Hamath leh Arpahte pathiante koia om ahi ta ua? Sepharvaimte pathiante koia om a hita ua? Huai Samari khua kei akipanin a humbit ta ua hia?

²⁰Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

²⁰Huai gam pathian tengteng loaka kuaten ahi a gam uh keia kipana a humbit uh? TOUPAN Jerusalem khua kei akipanin a humbit vial mahmah ding maw? chiin, a chi a.

²¹And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

²¹Amau bel a dai dide ua, thu khat lelin leng a dawng kei uh; kumpipa thupiak, Amau dawng kei un, chih ahi ngala.Huchiin kumpipa inkuanpihte tunga heutu-a om Hilkia tapa Eliakim te, laigelhmi Shebna te, tanchin gelhmi Asaph tapa Joa te puansilh bohkek silhin Hezekia kiangah a hongpai ua, Rabsakeh thugente a hilh uhi.

²²And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler, came to Hezekiah, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.

²²Huchiin kumpipa inkuanpihte tunga heutu-a om Hilkia tapa Eliakim te, laigelhmi Shebna te, tanchin gelhmi Asaph tapa Joa te puansilh bohkek silhin Hezekia kiangah a hongpai ua, Rabsakeh thugente a hilh uhi.