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

¹Huan, Ela tapa Israel kumpipa Hosia kum thum a lal kumin hichi ahi a, Juda kumpipa Ahaz tapa Hezekia a lal pana.

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 the daughter of Zechariah.

²A lal pattungin kum sawmnih leh kumngaa upa ahi; huan, Jerusalem ah kum sawmnih leh kum kua a lala; a nu min Abi, Zekaria tanu ahi.

³He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

³Huan, a pu David thilhih peuhpeuh hih teiin TOUPA mitmuhin thil hoihtak a hih sek hi.

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

⁴Mun sangte a hihgawp a, suangphuhte a hihchima, Asera te a phuk a; huan, Mosi dal gul bawlte a kitam nen sak vek a; huai hun tanphain Israel suanten a kiangah gimlim a hal sek uh; huai bel Nehustan a chi uhi.

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

⁵Aman TOUPA Israelte Pathian a muanga; huchiin a nunga Juda kumpipate tengteng lakah amah bang kuamah a om kei ua, a malamin leng a om sam kei uh.

⁶For he joined with Yahweh; he didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.

⁶TOUPA a lenchintena, amah a zuih a tawp nuam keia, a thupiak TOUPAN Mosi a piakte a jui hi.

⁷Yahweh was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.

⁷Huchiin TOUPA a kiangah a oma; a vak khiakna peuhah a lamzang jel a; Assuria kumpipa tungah a hela, a na a semta kei hi.

⁸He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

⁸Philistiate bel Baza kho tanin a gam chiang tengteng toh, galvilmite in sang akipana kulh nei kho tanin a zou vek hi.

⁹It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

⁹Huan, kumpipa Hezekia kum li a lal kum, Israel kumpipa Ela tapa Hosia kum sagih a lal kumin hichi ahi a, Assuria kumpipa Salmaneserin Samari khua a suala, a um a.

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.

¹⁰Huan, kum thum a chin kumin a la ua; Hezekia kum guk a lal kum, Israel kumpipa Hosia kum kua a lal kumin ahi Samari khua a lak.

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,

¹¹Huan, Assuria kumpipan Assuria gamah Israel a pi manga, Hala ah te, Habor ah te, Gozan lui tungah te, leh Mediate khuaah te a omsak ta hi:

¹²because they didn’t obey the voice of Yahweh their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.

¹²TOUPA a Pathian uh thu a man nop louh ua, a thukhun a bohsiat jawk sop ua, TOUPAN a sikha Mosi thu a piak tengteng ngei a pom nop louh jiak un.

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

¹³Huan, kumpipa Hezekia kum sawmleh kum li a lal kumin Asuria gam kumpipa Sennakerib bel Juda gama khua kulhpi nei tengteng sual dingin a hoh tou a, a la taa.

¹⁴Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, “I have offended; return 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.

¹⁴Huan, Juda kumpipa Hezekiain Lakis khuaa Assuria kumpipa kiangah, Thil ka na hihkhial a hita hi, chiin thu a khak a. Huan, Assuria kumpipan Juda kumpipa Hezekia dangka talent zathum leh dangkaeng talent sawmthum a bikhiah saka.

¹⁵Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

¹⁵Huchiin Hezekiain TOUPA ina dangka om tengteng leh kumpipa ina gou koihkhawmnaa tengteng a pia.

¹⁶At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of Yahweh’s temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

¹⁶Huai tung mahin Hezekiain TOUPA biakin kongkhaka leh, Juda kumpipa Hezekiain dangkaeng a luante veka, Assuria kumpipa a pia hi.

¹⁷The king of Assyria sent Tartan and 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.

¹⁷Huan, Assuria kumpipan Tartan te, Rabsari te leh Rabsake te sepaih tampi toh Lakis khua akipanin Jerusalem khuaa kumpipa Hezekia kiangah a sawla. Huan, Jerusalem khua a tung tou ua. Huan, a tun touh un puansawpmi lam lian lampi-a dil saknung jaw tuilakna kiangah a ding uh.

¹⁸When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

¹⁸Huan, kumpipa a sap uleh, in sung lam heutu Hilkia tapa Eliakim te, laigelhmi Sebna te, tanchin gelhmi Asaph tapa Joa te a kiang uah a pawt khia ua.

¹⁹Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What confidence is this in which you trust?

¹⁹Huan, Rabsakein a kiang uah, Hezekia kiangah vagen dih ve ua, Kumpipa thupi tak Assuria kumpipain hichiin a chi, Na gina na muan bang ahia oi?

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?

²⁰Kidouna adingin geldan siam leh hatna ka nei uh, na chia; himahleh huai jaw paukam lel ahi. Kua ahia na muana ka tunga na hel mai jen?

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.

²¹Ngaiin, hiai sialluang chiang, Aigupta muang na hitaa; huaia mi a kiangaih leh a khut a sun ding; Aigupta kumpipa Pharo bel amah muangte tengteng tungah huchibang ahi naknak hi.

²²But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Yahweh 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?’

²²Ahihkeileh, Ka kiangah, TOUPA ka Pathian uh ahi ka muan uh, na chih uleh, amah pen Hezekiain Judate leh Jerusalem te kiangah Jerusalem khuaa hiai maitam maah na be ding uh ahi, chiin a mun sangte leh a maitamte a lak mang sakpa ahi ka hia? chiin.

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.

²³Huchiin ka pu Assuria kumpipa toh thu kichiam dih ua, huchiin sakol sangnih ka honpe ding, a tunga tuangmi ding na muh theih peuhmah ding leh.

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?

²⁴Bang chiin ahia kangtalaite leh sakol tungtuang mite thuin Aigupta tunga na muanna koihin, ka pu mite laka neupen heutu khat lel leng na nan kik zoh mahmah ding?

²⁵Have I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”’”

²⁵Huan, hiai gam TOUPA thu lou-a hihse dinga hongkuan tou ka hia hia? TOUPAN ka kiangah, Huai gam vasual inla, hihsiain, chi ahi, chiin, a chi a.

²⁶Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and 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.”

²⁶Huan, Hilkia tapa Eiakim leh Sebna leh Joa ten Rabsake kiangah, Hehpih takin na sikhate Suria pauin honhoupih zota in; huailaiah ka thei thei ngal ua; kulh tunga mite jiakin Juda pauin honhoupih nawn ken, a chi ua.

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 water with you?”

²⁷Himahleh Rasakein a kiang uah, ka puin na pu uh kiang leh nou kiang kiaah hiai thu gen dingin a honsawl ahia? Kulh tunga tute, noute leh amau a ek uh ne dingte kiangah leng a honsawl ahi kei maw? a chi a.

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.

²⁸Huan, Rabsake a dinga, Juda pauin aw ngaihtakin a kikou-a, Kumpipa thupi tak Assuria kumpipa thu ngaikhia un.

²⁹Thus says the king, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

²⁹Kumpipan hichiin a chi, Hezekia khemin om kei un; aman lah a khuta kipan nou a honhumbit thei sin ngal keia;

³⁰Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

³⁰Hezekiain, TOUPAN a honhumbit ngei ding; huan, hiai khopi Assuria kumpipa khuta piak ahi kei ding, chiin, TOUPA ah honmuang sak kei heh.

³¹Don’t listen to Hezekiah.’ For thus says the king of Assyria, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone of you eat of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;

³¹Hezekia thu pom kei un: Assuria kumpipan hichiin a chi ahi, Honkilep pih unla, ka kiangah hongpawt khia un; mi chihin amah grep guia leh mi chihin amah theipi kunga ne chiat uhenla, mi chihin amah tuikhuk tui ne chiat uhen;

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, “Yahweh will deliver us.”

³²Noumau gam banga buh leh uain gam, tanghou leh grep huan gam, oliv leh khuaiju gam, si lou-a na hintheihna ding gam ua ka hon pi masiah: Hezekiain, TOUPAN honhumbit ding chi-a nou a honkhemin leng pom nuam kei un.

³³Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

³³Nam chihte pathian mawngmawng laka himhimin a gam uh Assuria kumpipa akipan a humbit ngeita uh ahia?

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?

³⁴Hamat leh Arpad pathiante koia omta uh ahia? Sepharvaim te, Hena te, Ivva te pathiante len g koia om ta ahi ua? Samari khua keia kipan a humbit uh eita?

³⁵Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

³⁵Gam chih pathian tengtengte laka in kuate ahi ua a gam uh ka laka kipan humbita, TOUPAN Jerusalem khua keia kipan a humbit mahmah ding? chiin, a chi a.

³⁶But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”

³⁶Amau a dai sisip ua, Kamkhatin leng a dawng kei uh: kumpipa thupiak dan, Amah dawng ken, chih ahi ngala.Huchiin kumpipa in sung lam heutu Hilkia tapa Eliakim te, laigelhmi Sebna te, tanchin gelhmi Asaph tapa Jo ate a puan silh bohkekte uh silhin Hezekia kiangah a hoh ua, Rabsake thu gente a hilh uhi.

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 the words of Rabshakeh.

³⁷Huchiin kumpipa in sung lam heutu Hilkia tapa Eliakim te, laigelhmi Sebna te, tanchin gelhmi Asaph tapa Jo ate a puan silh bohkekte uh silhin Hezekia kiangah a hoh ua, Rabsake thu gente a hilh uhi.