2 Abami
18: 1 Umwaka wa gatatu wa Hosheya mwene Ela umwami wa
Isiraheli, ko Hezekiya mwene Ahazi umwami wa Yuda yatangiye kuganza.
18: 2 Yari afite imyaka makumyabiri n'itanu igihe yatangiraga ingoma; nuko araganza
imyaka makumyabiri n'icyenda i Yeruzalemu. Nyina yitwaga kandi Abi ,.
umukobwa wa Zakariya.
3 Akora ibikwiriye imbere y'Uhoraho, nk'uko yabivuze
ibyo Dawidi yakoraga byose.
4: 4 Yakuye ahantu hirengeye, asenya amashusho, atema Uwiteka
ibiti, hanyuma ugacamo ibice inzoka y'umuringa Mose yakoze: kuko
kugeza icyo gihe, Abisiraheli batwika imibavu, na we
ayita Nehushtan.
5 Yiringira Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli; ku buryo nyuma ye nta n'umwe wari umeze
we mu bami bose b'u Buyuda, cyangwa abari bamubanjirije bose.
6 Kuko yakomye Uwiteka, ariko ntiyareka kumukurikira, ahubwo akomeza
amategeko ye Uhoraho yategetse Mose.
7 Uhoraho yari kumwe na we. kandi yateye imbere aho yajyaga hose:
nuko yigomeka ku mwami wa Ashuri, ariko ntiyamukorera.
8 Akubita Abafilisitiya, kugeza i Gaza, n'imbibi zacyo
umunara wabarinzi kugera mumujyi ukikijwe.
9 Mu mwaka wa kane w'umwami Hezekiya, ari we Uwiteka
umwaka wa karindwi wa Hosheya mwene Ela umwami wa Isiraheli, uwo mwami wa Shalmaneseri
ya Ashuri yazamutse kurwanya Samariya, iragota.
18 Imyaka itatu irangiye barayifata: no mu mwaka wa gatandatu wa
Hezekiya, uwo ni umwaka wa cyenda wa Hosheya umwami wa Isiraheli, Samariya yari
cyafashwe.
18:11 Umwami wa Ashuri ajyana Isiraheli muri Ashuri, arabashyira
i Halah no muri Habori ku ruzi rwa Gozan, no mu migi ya
Abamedi:
18:12 Kuberako batumviye ijwi ry'Uwiteka Imana yabo, ariko
yarenze ku masezerano ye, n'ibyo Mose yari umugaragu w'Uwiteka
yategetse, kandi ntazabumva, cyangwa ngo abumve.
18:13 Mu mwaka wa cumi na kane w'umwami Hezekiya akora Senakeribu umwami
Ashuri ihagurukira kurwanya imigi yose ikikijwe n'u Buyuda, irabatwara.
18 Hezekiya umwami w'u Buyuda yohereza umwami wa Ashuri i Lakishi,
mvuga nti: Nababaje; garuka kuri njye: ibyo wanshyizeho
Nzabyihanganira. Umwami wa Ashuri agenera Hezekiya umwami wa
Yuda impano magana atatu z'ifeza n'impano mirongo itatu za zahabu.
Hezekiya amuha ifeza zose zabonetse mu nzu y'Uwiteka
Uhoraho, no mu butunzi bw'inzu y'umwami.
18:16 Muri icyo gihe, Hezekiya yatemye zahabu ku muryango w'urusengero
y'Uhoraho, no mu nkingi Hezekiya umwami w'u Buyuda yari afite
ararengerwa, ayiha umwami wa Ashuri.
18:17 Umwami wa Ashuri yohereza Tartani, Rabsari na Rabshake
Lachish ku mwami Hezekiya hamwe n'ingabo nyinshi zirwanya Yeruzalemu. Kandi bo
arazamuka agera i Yeruzalemu. Bamaze kuzamuka, baraza kandi
yahagaze kumuyoboro wa pisine yo hejuru, iri mumuhanda wa
umurima wuzuye.
18:18 Bamaze guhamagara umwami, basanga Eliyaki Uhoraho
mwene Hilkiya, wari hejuru y'urugo, na Shebna umwanditsi, na
Yowasi mwene Asafu.
18:19 Rabshake arababwira ati: “Nimubwire Hezekiya, ni ko Uwiteka avuga.”
umwami ukomeye, umwami wa Ashuri, Ni ikihe cyizere ufite
kwizerwa?
18:20 Uragira uti: (ariko ni amagambo yubusa,) Mfite inama n'imbaraga
intambara. Noneho uwo wizeye, ko wigometse
njye?
18:21 Noneho, dore ko wizeye inkoni y'uru rubingo rwavunitse, ndetse
kuri Egiputa, umuntu aramutse yegamiye, bizajya mu kuboko kwe, kandi bitobore
ni ko na Farawo umwami wa Egiputa ku bamwiringira bose.
18:22 Ariko nimumbwira ngo, Twiringiye Uwiteka Imana yacu: si we,
Ahantu hegereye no ku bicaniro Hezekiya yakuyeho, kandi afite
abwira Yuda na Yeruzalemu ati: 'Muzasengera imbere y'iki gicaniro
Yerusalemu?
18:23 Noneho rero, ndagusabye, mpa databuja umwami wa Ashuri,
Nzaguha amafarasi ibihumbi bibiri, niba ubishoboye
kubashiraho.
18:24 None ni gute uzahindura isura ya capitaine umwe muto wanjye?
abagaragu ba shobuja, kandi wiringire Egiputa ku magare no kuri
abanyamafarasi?
18:25 Ubu ndaje ntafite Uwiteka kurwanya aha hantu ngo ndimbure? Uwiteka
Uhoraho arambwira ati 'Uzamuke ujye kurwanya iki gihugu, urimbure.
18 Eliyaki mwene Hilkiya na Shebna na Yowasi barabwira
Rabshakeh, Vuga, ndagusabye, ku bagaragu bawe mu rurimi rwa Siriya;
kuberako turabyumva: kandi ntukavugane natwe mururimi rwabayahudi mur
ugutwi kwabantu bari kurukuta.
18:27 Ariko Rabshake arababwira ati: Databuja yanyohereje kwa shobuja, kandi
kuri wewe, kuvuga aya magambo? Ntiyantumye ku bantu bicaye
kurukuta, kugirango barye amase yabo, kandi banywe piss zabo
hamwe nawe?
18:28 Rabshakeh arahagarara, ataka n'ijwi rirenga mu rurimi rw'Abayahudi,
aravuga ati: “Umva ijambo ry'umwami ukomeye, umwami wa Ashuri:
18:29 Umwami avuga ati: “Hezekiya ntagushuke, kuko atazoba
ashoboye kugukiza mu kuboko kwe:
18 Hezekiya ntukemere kwiringira Uwiteka, avuga ati: 'Uwiteka azabishaka.'
rwose udukize, kandi uyu mujyi ntuzashyikirizwa amaboko
umwami wa Ashuri.
18:31 Ntimwumve Hezekiya, kuko umwami wa Ashuri avuga ati, kora an
nemeranya nanjye nimpano, hanyuma uze aho ndi, hanyuma urye
umuntu wese wo mu ruzabibu rwe, na buri giti cye cy'umutini, akanywa
Umuntu wese amazi y'iriba rye:
18:32 Kugeza igihe nzaza nkakujyana mu gihugu kimeze nk'igihugu cyawe, igihugu cya
ibigori na vino, igihugu cyumugati nimizabibu, igihugu cyamavuta ya elayo na
buki, kugira ngo ubeho, ntupfe: kandi ntiwumve Hezekiya,
igihe azakwemeza, akavuga ati 'Uwiteka azadukiza.
18:33 Hoba hari imana zo mu mahanga zatanze mu gihugu ciwe zose zivuye mu Uwiteka?
ukuboko k'umwami wa Ashuri?
18:34 Imana ya Hamati na Aripadi iri he? imana ziri he
Sepharvaim, Hena, na Iva? bakuye Samariya mu byanjye
ukuboko?
Ni bande bari mu mana zose zo mu bihugu, barokoye?
Igihugu cyabo mu kuboko kwanjye, kugira ngo Uwiteka akize Yeruzalemu
mu kuboko kwanjye?
18:36 Ariko abantu baraceceka, ntibamusubiza n'ijambo: kuko ari Uhoraho
itegeko ry'umwami ryari, rivuga ngo, Ntumusubize.
18:37 Haca haza Eliyakimu mwene Hilkiya, wari hejuru y'urugo, kandi
Shebna umwanditsi, na Yowiya mwene Asafu wandika amajwi, babishyira i Hezekiya
imyenda yabo ikodeshwa, amubwira amagambo ya Rabshakeh.