Yehowa tiyiyu kandɩyɩ Ezekiyaasɩ yɔɔ

Asiirii mba mʋ Izrayɛɛlɩ kewiyaɣ ŋga kɛwɛnɩ cejewe 10 yɔ. Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, Asiirii wiyaʋ Senakeribʋ sɔɔlaa se ɛmʋ Yuuda kewiyaɣ ŋga kɛwɛnɩ cejewe 2 yɔ. Ɛpaɣzɩ Yuuda tɛtʋ mʋʋ kʋɖʋm kʋɖʋm. Ɛlɛ, tɛtʋ ndʋ ɛɛkɩlɩ sɔɔlʋʋ se ɛmʋ yɔ, ndʋ lɛ Yeruzalɛm. Ɛlɛ mbʋ Senakeribʋ tɩtɩlɩ yɔ lɛ se Yehowa wɛɛ nɛ ɛkandɩyɩɣ Yeruzalɛm yɔɔ.

Yuuda wiyaʋ Ezekiyaasɩ hɛyɩ liidiye sakɩyɛ Senakeribʋ se ɛtaalabɩnɩ Yeruzalɛm you. Senakeribʋ mʋ liidiye nɖɩ, ɛlɛ etiyi ɛ-sɔɔjanaa se powolo nɛ poyooni Yeruzalɛm. Sɔɔndʋ kaawɛɛ nɛ pɩkpaɣ samaɣ kpem alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Asiirii mba wɛɛ nɛ pɔñɔtʋʋnɩ pɛ-tɛtʋ yɔ. Peeɖe Ezekiyaasɩ heyi-wɛ se: “Sɔɔndʋ ɛtaakpa-mɩ. Toovenim se Asiirii mba wɛ ɖoŋ, ɛlɛ Yehowa kaɣ yebu nɛ ɖɩwɛɛ ɖoŋ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ-wɛ.”

Senakeribʋ tiyi ɛ-tɔm ɖɔkɩyʋ Rabɩsakee se ewolo Yeruzalɛm nɛ ehoŋ samaɣ. Rabɩsakee sɩŋ tɛtʋ nɔnɔɔ taa nɛ ɛma kubuka nɛ eheyi samaɣ se: “Yehowa ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛsɩnɩ-mɩ. Itaayele nɛ Ezekiyaasɩ cɛtɩ-mɩ. Ɛsɔ nɔɔyʋ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛlɩzɩ-mɩ ɖe-nesi tɛɛ.”

Ezekiyaasɩ pɔzɩ Yehowa se ɛna se ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɛla. Yehowa cosi-i se: “Sɔɔndʋ ɛtaakpa-ŋ tɔm ndʋ Rabɩsakee yɔɔdaa yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ. Senakeribʋ ɛɛkaɣ mʋʋ Yeruzalɛm tɛtʋ.” Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Senakeribʋ ma takayɩsɩ nɛ etiyini Ezekiyaasɩ. Ɛma takayɩsɩ nzɩ sɩ-taa se: “Ɩtaakaɖɩnɩ-ɖʋ. Yehowa ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛya mɩ-ñʋʋ.” Ezekiyaasɩ tɩmnɩ Yehowa se: “Hayɩ Yehowa ɖitendi-ŋ, ya ɖa-ñʋʋ nɛ paa weyi ɛna se ñe-ɖeke koŋ ñɛkɛnɩnɩ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ.” Yehowa cosi-i se: “Asiirii wiyaʋ ɛɛkaɣ kɔm Yeruzalɛm tɛtʋ taa. Mankaɣ kandɩyʋʋ mɛn-tɛtʋ yɔɔ.”

Senakeribʋ kaamaɣzɩ kpem se Yeruzalɛm pɩsɩɣ ɛ-ñɩm. Ɛlɛ ɖoo naayɛ taa, Yehowa tiyi e-tiyiyu Yeruzalɛm tɛtʋ nɛ tɩ-wayɩ, ɖenɖe Asiirii sɔɔjanaa kaakpeɣlaa yɔ. Tiyiyu ɛnʋ ɛkʋ sɔɔjanaa 185000. Wiyaʋ Senakeribʋ sɔɔjanaa mba paaɖɔ siŋŋ yɔ pasɩ. Ɛnawa se ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛtasɩ nabʋyʋ labʋ lɛ, ɛɖɛɛ nɛ ekpe ɛ-tɛ. Yehowa kandɩyɩ Ezekiyaasɩ nɛ Yeruzalɛm yɔɔ, ɛzɩ ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛɛyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ. Ye ŋŋwɛ Yeruzalɛm tɛtʋ taa alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa, ŋŋta Yehowa liu na?