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.

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 the 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.

³He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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 struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

¹⁵Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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?

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, 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.

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!

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?’

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.›

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.

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 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?

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?

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.’”’”

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.»

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.”

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.»

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?”

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?»

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.

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, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his 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 trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely 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.›

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;

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 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.”

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.›

³³Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered 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, of Hena, and Ivvah? 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?

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?’”

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

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.

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.

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.