Isaya 36 - Ebibulia 2001

Abaasiria nibatinisa Yerusalemu

¹ Omu mwaka gwa 14 Omukama Hezekia aliire engoma, Omukama Senakeribu owa Asiria atatulira ebigo byona ebiina eboma omuli Yuda, abikwata.

² Ashuba ayema Lakishi atuma Rabushake hamoi n'eihe lihango aha mukama Hezekia omuli Yerusalemu. Omushaija ogwo agya akwata omuhanda gwona ogwagyaga aha bashuki b'emyendo, bwatana aha mutaro gw'amaizi agalikuruga aha kitunga kya bunyaruguru.

³ Aho Eliakimu eya Hilikia, omulebelezi mukuru w'ekikaare, na Shebuna omuhandiki, na Yoa eya Asafu ayabikaga ebihandiko, bonshatu bamugoba.

⁴ Rabushake abagambira ati, “Mubaze Hezekia muti, ‘Omukama rubamba, omukama wa Asiria, nagamba ngu mbwenu iwe noyesiga ohai?

⁵ Ngu notekeleza oti amagambo gashai nigo magezi gawe g'endashana? Nigo mani gawe? N'ohai ow'olikwesiga iwe kwija kunshenga inye?

⁶ Leba, nakumanyire okwo olikwesigayo Misiri, kyonkai kaziro noyehimbagiliza aha rubingo, nirwija kuhendeka rukakuchumita ekiganja. Farao omukama wa Misiri nikwo ali atyo aha tulikumwesiga bona.’ ”

⁷ K'oraba nongambira oti, “Ichwe twesiga Omukama Ruhanga waitu, obuju na alutare tibyo Hezekia achwire, akagambira abantu ba Yuda na Yerusalemu ati, ‘Murata kufukama aha alutare egi yonkai?

⁸ Mbwenu oije, iwe na inye, omw'ibara lya mukama wange omukama wa Asiria, tuteho omusimbo. Inye nkuhe efarasi 2,000, k'oraba oboine ab'okuzikuuba!

⁹ Iwe oije oshobore nangu kubinga n'omukuru w'eihe ow'ahansi bwoli omu bairu ba mukama wange, iwe alikwesigasiga Misiri k'ekuha amagali n'ab'efarasi?

¹⁰ Isi nolenga oti ntatuliire ensi yanyu nagita Omukama atanjunire? Omukama Ruhanga n'iwe andagiire kugitatulira nkagiita.’ ”

¹¹ Ahanyuma Eliakimu, Shebuna na Yoa, bagambira omukuru ogwo wa Asiria bati, “Abairu bawe obagambire Oruaramaiki; niturushobokerwa. Oruyahudi otarutugambira. Abantu bona atuli ahali eboma bahuliliize.”

¹² Rabushake abahorora ati, “Nimutekeleza muti mukama wange antumire kugambira inywe na mukama wanyu inywenkai ebigambo ebi byona? Chei, n'abashuntamire aha boma nimbibagambira; kuba nibaija kulya amazi gabo, banywe n'omukojo, nainywe kutyo.”

¹³ Aho Rabushake ayemelera, agambira eiguru omu Ruyahudi ati, “Muhulire eby'omukama rubamba wa Asiria alikubagambira.

¹⁴ Nabataisa okubeiywa Hezekia. Hezekia taina kubarokora.

¹⁵ Kandi atabalembalemba kwesiga Mukama Ruhanga mukakunda. Mutalenga muti Omukama arabarokora, atange ihe lya Asiria kukwata ekigo kyanyu.

¹⁶ Hezekia muleke kumuhuliliza! Omukama wa Asiria nabaragira kuruga omu kigo mukaimukya emikono; mugimukye mubone. Murabona ejuburo y'okunoga ezabibu zanyu n'etini zanyu muzilye, mutahe n'amaizi aha maziba ganyu munywe

¹⁷ kuhika orwo omukama Senakeribu wenene arabagobya omu nsi elikushusha eyanyu, mtuli hali endimiro z'ezabibu ez'okurugwamu edivai, n'engano y'okuchumbamu omukate.

¹⁸ Muramanya Hezekia atabahabisa mukamanya ngu Omukama Ruhanga arabachungura. Haliho baruhanga ab'eihanga lyona lyona abarakilize ensi zabo omu mikono y'omukama wa Asiria?

¹⁹ Mbwenu baruhanga ba Hamati na Arupadi tuli nkahai? Baruhanga ba Sefarivaimu tulihai? Haliho ruhanga ararokoire Samaria?

²⁰ Baruhanga bona b'ensi ezi barakilize maki ensi zabo omu mikono y'omukama wa Asiria? Mbwenu aho ekilikubaanaga mukatekeleza ngu Omukama Ruhanga yakurokora Yerusalemu ni kihai?”

²¹ Kyonkai abantu tibajegire kigambo; nikwo omukama Hezekia yabaire abaragiire.

²² Aho kaziro Eliakimu eya Hilikia omugelezi w'ekikaare, Shebuna omuhandiki na Yoa eya Asafu obubiki w'ebihandiko, bakwatwa omujune bungi muno batagura ebijwaro byabo. Bakwata omuhanda bagenda kubarulira Omukama Hezekia ebyo Rabushake yagamba.