¹And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.

¹ A ciya mo, Israyla bonkoono Hoseya Ela izo mayra jiiri hinzanta ra, kala Yahuda bonkoono Hezeciya Ahaz izo mo te bonkooni.

²He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.

² A gonda jiiri waranka cindi gu waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may mo jiiri waranka cindi yagga Urusalima ra. A nyaŋo maa Abi, Zakariya ize way.

³And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

³ A na teera hanno te Rabbi diyaŋ gaa, sanda hay kulu kaŋ a kaayo Dawda te cine.

⁴He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

⁴ A na tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey tuusu, ka cinarey ceeri-ceeri, ka wayboro himandi bundu toorey beeri-beeri. A na guuru-say gondo bagu-bagu, wo kaŋ Musa dan. Zama kala alwaato din Israyla izey ga dugu ton a se, i ga ne a se mo Nehustan, _kaŋ a feerijo ga ti gondo kaŋ i te da guuru-say|_.

⁵He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] that were before him.

⁵ A de Rabbi Israyla Irikoyo gaa, a banda mo a cine mana te Yahuda bonkooney kulu ra, baa ngey kaŋ yaŋ n'a jin ra.

⁶And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁶ Zama a naagu Rabbi gaa. A mana fay d'a ganayaŋ mo, amma a n'a lordey haggoy, kaŋ yaŋ Rabbi na Musa lordi nd'a.

⁷And Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

⁷ Rabbi mo go a banda. Naŋ kaŋ a gana kulu, a du albarka. A murte mo Assiriya bonkoono gaa, a mana may a se.

⁸He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

⁸ A na Filistancey kar ka koy hala Gaza nd'a kawyey, za batukoy gar'ize gaa ka koy hala kwaara kaŋ gonda birni cinari gaa.

⁹And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

⁹ A ciya mo, Bonkoono Hezeciya mayra jiiri taacanta ra, kaŋ ga ti Israyla bonkoono Hoseya Ela izo jiiri iyyanta, kala Assiriya bonkoono Salmaneser ziji ka koy Samariya k'a windi nda wongu.

¹⁰And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

¹⁰ Jiiri hinzanta bananta i n'a ŋwa, sanda Hezeciya mayra jiiri iddanta ra, kaŋ ga ti Israyla bonkoono Hoseya mayra jiiri yagganta, i na Samariya ŋwa.

¹¹And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes;

¹¹ Assiriya mo na Israyla ku ka kond'ey Assiriya k'i gorandi Hala, Habor isa me gaa, Gozan laabu, da Midiyancey kwaarey ra mo.

¹²because they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded; and they would not hear nor do it.

¹² Zama i mana Rabbi ngey Irikoyo sanno gana bo, amma i n'a sappa tunandi, kaŋ ga ti hayey kulu kaŋ Rabbi tamo Musa n'i lordi nd'a. I wangu ka maa a se mo, sanku fa i m'a te.

¹³And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

¹³ Kala bonkoono Hezeciya mayra jiiri way cindi taacanta ra, Assiriya bonkoono Sennakerib ziji ka kaa ka Yahuda gallu kulu kaŋ gonda cinari beeri wongu, a n'i ŋwa mo.

¹⁴And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: I will bear what thou layest upon me. And the king of Assyria laid upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

¹⁴ Yahuda bonkoono Hezeciya mo donton Assiriya bonkoono do Lacis kwaara ra ka ne: «Ay na taali te. Ni ma tun k'ay naŋ. Haŋ kaŋ ni dake ay boŋ kulu, ay g'a sambu.» Assiriya bonkoono mo dake Yahuda bonkoono Hezeciya boŋ nzarfu ton way cindi hinza nda jare cine, da wura ton fo nda jare cine.

¹⁵And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house.

¹⁵ Hezeciya mo n'a no nzarfu kulu kaŋ i gar Rabbi windo ra, da bonkoono kwaara jisiyaŋ nango ra.

¹⁶At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the posts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave them to the king of Assyria.

¹⁶ Alwaato din no Hezeciya na wura kaŋ go Rabbi windo meyey gaa da meyey ganjey gaa dagu, wo kaŋ Yahuda bonkoono Hezeciya n'i daabu nd'a. A n'i no Assiriya bonkoono se.

¹⁷And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.

¹⁷ Assiriya bonkoono na Tartan, da mantawey jine funa, da Rabsake donton i ma fun Lacis ka koy Bonkoono Hezeciya do Urusalima. I koy mo nda wongu marga bambata. Saaya kaŋ i to noodin, i binde kay bango hari fonda jarga, nga kaŋ go beene kaarukoy fari fonda gaa haray.

¹⁸And they called to the king. Then came forth to them Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler.

¹⁸ Saaya kaŋ i na bonkoono ce, kala Eliyacim Hilciya ize kaŋ ga faada almayaaley dabari, da Sebna kaŋ ga tirey hantum, da Yowa Asaf izo kaŋ ga tirey gaay, i fatta ka koy i do.

¹⁹And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

¹⁹ Rabsake ne i se: «Kal araŋ ma ci Hezeciya se sohõ: Mate kaŋ bonkooni beero, Assiriya bonkoono ci neeya: Deyaŋ hari woofo dumi gaa no ni goono ga jeeri?

²⁰Thou 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?

²⁰ Ni goono ga ne (amma woodin kulu ruubu no): iri gonda dabari nda wongu gaabi. May no bora binde kaŋ gaa ni goono ga jeeri, kaŋ se ni murte ay gaa?

²¹Now behold, 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.

²¹ A go, ni goono ga jeeri goobo wo gaa, kaŋ kwaari ceero no, kaŋ ga ti Misira. Baa boro jeeri haya din dumi gaa, kal a ma furo bora kambe ra k'a gooru. Yaadin cine no Misira bonkoono Firawna bara nd'a boro kulu kaŋ ga jeeri a gaa se!

²²And if ye 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 in Jerusalem?

²² Amma d'araŋ ne ay se araŋ go ga de Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo gaa -- manti nga no Hezeciya n'a sududuyaŋ nangey d'a sargay feemey hibandi? A ne mo Yahuda nda Urusalima se: ‹Feema woone jine no araŋ ga sududu Urusalima ra.›

²³And now, engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou canst set the riders upon them.

²³ Sohõ binde, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma caaca nd'ay koyo Assiriya bonkoono. Ay ga ni no bari zambar hinka, hala day nin wo, ni wano do haray ni ga hin ka kaarukoyaŋ dake i boŋ.

²⁴How 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!

²⁴ Mate binde no ni ga te ka yaarukom folloŋ bare ka ye banda ay koyo bannyey ra, baa i kulu ikayna? Ni goono ga jeeri Misira gaa. To, ni ga du wongu torkoyaŋ da bari-kariyaŋ noodin?

²⁵Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

²⁵ Ay mo sohõ, kaŋ ay kaa ay ma nango wo halaci se, manti Rabbi yaddayaŋ boŋ no? Rabbi no ka ne ay se ay ma koy ka laabo wo wongu k'a halaci.»

²⁶And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jewish [language] in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

²⁶ Kala Hilciya izo Eliyacim da Sebna nda Yoha ne Rabsake se: «Iri ga ni ŋwaaray, ma salaŋ iri, ni bannyey se da Suriyance sanni, zama iri ga maa woodin. Ma si salaŋ iri se da Yahudancey sanni borey kaŋ go birni cinaro boŋ hangey ra.»

²⁷And Rab-shakeh said to them, 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?

²⁷ Amma Rabsake ne i se: «E! Ay koyo n'ay donton nin da ni koyo do no, sanku fa ay ma sanni woone yaŋ ci? Manti alborey kaŋ go ga goro birni cinaro boŋ yaŋ gaa no a n'ay donton, i ma ngey wuri ŋwa, i ma ngey hari-mun haŋ mo araŋ banda?»

²⁸And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and spoke and said, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

²⁸ Kala Rabsake kay noodin ka ce da jinde beeri Yahudance sanni ra. A salaŋ i se ka ne: «Wa maa bonkooni beero Assiriya bonkoono sanno.

²⁹Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the [king's] hand.

²⁹ Yaa no bonkoono ci: ‹Wa si ta Hezeciya m'araŋ halli, zama a si hin k'araŋ faaba Assiriya bonkoono kambe ra.

³⁰Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will certainly deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

³⁰ Hezeciya ma si naŋ mo araŋ ma de Rabbi gaa ka ne: Daahir Rabbi g'iri faaba, hala gallo wo ma si furo Assiriya bonkoono kambe ra.›

³¹Hearken 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;

³¹ Wa si hangan Hezeciya se, zama yaa no Assiriya bonkoono ci: ‹Wa amaana te da ay, wa fatta mo ka kaa ay do. Boro kulu ga nga reyzin* nyaŋo nafa ŋwa, boro kulu ga ŋwa nga jeejay* nyaŋo gaa, araŋ boro fo kulu ga haŋ nga bumbo dayo gaa,

³²until 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, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live and not die; and hearken not to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.

³² hal a ga to alwaati kaŋ ay ga kaa k'araŋ sambu, ka konda araŋ laabu fo ra kaŋ ga hima araŋ laabu. A gonda ntaaso da reyzin hari, laabu no kaŋ gonda hari nda reyzin kaliyaŋ, zeytun* nya da yu laabu mo no zama araŋ ma funa, araŋ ma si bu se.› Araŋ ma si hangan Hezeciya se pat! waati kaŋ a g'araŋ fafagu ka ne: ‹Rabbi g'iri faaba.›

³³Have any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

³³ Ndunnya de-koyey ra gonda afo kaŋ na nga laabo faaba Assiriya bonkoono kambe ra no?

³⁴Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

³⁴ Man Hamatyaŋ da Arpad de-koyey? Man gaa Sefarbayim da Hena nda Abba de-koyey? I na Samariya faaba ay kamba ra no?

³⁵Which are they among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

³⁵ Laabey kulu de-koyey ra, woofo no ka nga laabo faaba ay kambe ra, hala Rabbi mo ma Urusalima faaba ay kamba ra?»

³⁶But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

³⁶ Amma jama dangay siw! I mana tu a se da baa sann'ize folloŋ, zama bonkoono lordi ka ne i ma si tu a se.

³⁷And 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.

³⁷ Waato din gaa Eliyacim Hilciya ize kaŋ ga faada almayaaley dabari, da Sebna kaŋ ga tirey hantum, da Yowa Asaf izo kaŋ ga tirey gaay, i ye ka kaa Hezeciya do nda ngey bankaarayey toorante yaŋ ka Rabsake sanney ci a se.