Asiria wɔ Ɔpon Ano
Asiria safohene gyina ɔfasu no abɔnten gye akyinnye wɔ Yudafo kasa mu sɛnea obiara a otie no bɛte: Misraim yɛ demmire a apɛpɛ, Hesekia rentumi nnye mo nkwa, ɔman biara nyame nsiw yɛn kwan da. Ɔka mpo sɛ AWURADE na ɔsomaa no. Nkurɔfo no tie ɔhene no na wommua no biribiara.
36 1Ɔhene Hesekia adedi mfe dunan so no, Asiria hene Senakerib tow hyɛɛ Yuda nkuropɔn a wɔabɔ ho ban no nyinaa so, na ɔfaa wɔn. 2Asiria hene somaa Rabsake ne asraafo dɔm kɛse fii Lakis kɔɔ Ɔhene Hesekia nkyɛn wɔ Yerusalem. Ɔkɔgyinaa atare a ɛwɔ soro hɔ no nsuka ho, wɔ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Ntamsifo Afuw no so. a a v2 Rabsake yɛ Asiria asraafo panyin bi abodin; ɛte sɛ asraafo sahene anaa asraafo mpanyimfo so panyin. 3Hilkia ba Eliakim a ɔhwɛ ahemfie hɔ no, Sebna ɔkyerɛwfo no, ne Asaf ba Yoa a ɔkyerɛw nsɛm to hɔ no pue kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
4Rabsake ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monka nkyerɛ Hesekia se: Ɔhene kɛse, Asiria hene, se: Ahotoso bɛn ni a wode wo ho ato so yi?
5Woka se wowɔ afotu ne ahoɔden ma ɔko, nanso ɛyɛ ano kasa kɛkɛ. Afei, hena na wode wo ho ato no so, a enti woatew wo ho atia me? 6Hwɛ, wode wo ho ato demmire poma a abubu yi, Misraim, so; sɛ wode wo ho twerɛ so a, ɛbɛwɔ wo nsa mu atwa mu. Saa na Misraim hene Farao te ma wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to no so nyinaa. 7Sɛ woka kyerɛ me se, ‘Yɛde yɛn ho to Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn so’ a, ɛnyɛ ɔno na Hesekia tuu ne sorɔnsorɔmmea ne nʼafɔremuka gui, na ɔka kyerɛɛ Yuda ne Yerusalem se, ‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mosom wɔ afɔremuka yi anim’? b b v7 Rabsake bɔ Awurade din de daadaa, na ɛnyɛ sɛ ɔresom. FHB kura ‘Awurade’ mu sen ‘yɛn Agya’ bere a abosonsomfo a wɔredi fɛw no bɔ din no a wonnim Agya a wɔbɔ ne din no. 8Enti afei, wo ne me wura, Asiria hene, nhyɛ bɔ: mede apɔnkɔ mpem abien bɛma wo, sɛ wubetumi anya wɔn so atenafo a. 9Ɛnde ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wobɛtumi apam ɔsahene biako, mpo me wura nkoa mu ketewaa koraa, bere a wode wo ho to Misraim so sɛ ɔde nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔsotefo bɛma wo? 10Afei, so maforo aba asase yi so sɛ merebɛsɛe no a Awurade nni mu? Awurade ankasa ka kyerɛɛ me se: Foro kɔ asase yi so na kɔsɛe no.”
11Afei Eliakim, Sebna ne Yoa ka kyerɛɛ Rabsake se, “Yɛsrɛ wo, ka Aram kasa kyerɛ wo nkoa, efisɛ yɛte ase. Nka Yuda kasa nkyerɛ yɛn wɔ baabi a nnipa a wɔwɔ ɔfasu no so no bɛte.” c c v11 ‘Yuda kasa’ ha kyerɛ Hebri kasa, Yudafo kasa a wɔka no da biara.
12Rabsake buaa se, “Me wura somaa me sɛ memmɛka eyi nkyerɛ wo wura ne wo nko, na ɛnyɛ mmarima a wɔtete ɔfasu no so no, wɔn a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔne mo di wɔn ankasa bin na wɔnom wɔn ankasa dwonsɔ no?” 13Afei Rabsake gyinaa hɔ de Yuda kasa teɛɛm se, “Muntie ɔhene kɛse, Asiria hene, nsɛm! 14Ɔhene se: Mommma Hesekia nnaadaa mo; ɔrentumi nnye mo. 15Mommma Hesekia nhyɛ mo sɛ momfa mo ho nto Awurade so, sɛ ɔka se, ‘Ampa ara Awurade bɛgye yɛn; kurow yi renkɔ Asiria hene nsa.’ 16Muntie Hesekia. Sɛɛ na Asiria hene se: Mo ne me nyɛ asomdwoe, na mumfi mmra me nkyɛn. Mo mu biara bɛdi ne bobe ne ne borɔdɔma dua aba, na mo mu biara bɛnom nsu afi nʼankasa abura mu, 17kosi sɛ mɛba abɛfa mo akɔ asase bi a ɛte sɛ mo asase so, aburow ne nsa foforo asase, abodoo ne bobe nturo asase. 18Mommma Hesekia nnaadaa mo sɛ ɔka se, ‘Awurade bɛgye yɛn.’ So ɔman bi nyame agye nʼasase afi Asiria hene nsa mu pɛn? 19Hamat ne Arpad anyame wɔ he? Sefarwaim anyame wɔ he? So wɔagye Samaria afi me nsa mu? 20Aman yi nyinaa anyame mu hena na wagye nʼasase afi me nsa mu, na Awurade agye Yerusalem afi me nsa mu?”
21Wɔyɛɛ komm, na wɔammua no asɛm biara, efisɛ ɔhene no ahyɛde ne se, “Mommua no.”
22Afei Hilkia ba Eliakim a ɔhwɛ ahemfie hɔ no, Sebna ɔkyerɛwfo no, ne Asaf ba Yoa a ɔkyerɛw nsɛm to hɔ no sunsuan wɔn ntade, na wɔbaa Hesekia nkyɛn bɛkaa Rabsake nsɛm no kyerɛɛ no.
