Исая 37
1 А когато цар Езекия чу думите му, раздра дрехите си, покри се с вретище и влезе в Господния дом.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 И прати управителя на двореца Елиаким, секретаря Шевна и старшите свещеници, покрити с вретища, при пророк Исаия Амосовия син.
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 И рекоха му: Така казва Езекия: Ден на скръб, на изобличение и на оскърбление е тоя ден; защото настана часът да се родят децата, но няма сила за раждане.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Може би Господ твоят Бог ще чуе думите на Рапсака, когото господарят му асирийският цар прати да укорява живия Бог и ще изобличи думите, които Господ твоят Бог чу, затова възнеси молба за остатъка що е оцелял.
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
5 И тъй, слугите на цар Езекия отидоха при Исаия.
After those men gave me that message,
6 И Исаия им рече: Така да кажете на господаря си - така казва Господ: Не бой се от думите, които си чул, с които слугите на асирийския цар Ме похулиха.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
7 Ето, аз ще туря в него такъв дух, щото, като чуе слух, ще се върне в своята земя; и ще го направя да падне от нож в своята земя.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
8 И така, Рапсак, като се върна, намери, че асирийският цар воюваше против Ливна; защото бе чул, че той заминал от Лахис.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 И царят чу да казват за асирийския цар Тирак: Излезе да воюва против тебе. И когато чу това, прати посланици до Езекия, казвайки:
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
10 Така да говорите на Юдовия цар Езекия, да речете: Твоят Бог, на Когото уповаваш, да те не мами като казва: Ерусалим няма да бъде предаден в ръката на асирийския цар.
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 Ето, ти чу какво направили всичките царе на всичките земи, как ги обрекли на изтребление: та ти ли ще се избавиш?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Боговете на народите избавиха ли ония, които бащите ми изтребиха, Гозан, Харан, Ресеф, и еденяните, които бяха в Таласар?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
13 Где е ематският цар, арфадският цар и царете на града Сефаруим, на Ена и на Ава?
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
14 А когато Езекия взе писмото от ръката на посланиците та го прочете, Езекия възлезе в Господния дом и го разгъна пред Господа.
Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 И Езекия се помоли пред Господа, като каза:
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 Господи на Силите, Боже Израилев, Който седиш между херувимите, Ти и само Ти си Бог на всичките земни царства; Ти си направил небето и земята.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
17 Приклони, Господи, ухото Си и чуй; отвори, Господи, очите Си и виж; и чуй всичките думи на Сенахирима, който изпрати тогова да похули живия Бог.
[So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
18 Наистина, Господи, асирийските царе запустиха всичките области и земите им;
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 и хвърлиха в огън боговете им, защото не бяха богове, но дело на човешки ръце, дървета и камъни; затова ги погубиха.
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 Сега, прочее, Господи Боже наш, отърви ни от ръката му, за да познаят всичките земни царства, че Ти си Господ, единственият Бог.
So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
21 Тогава Исиая, Амосовият син, прати до Езекия да кажат: Така казва Господ Израилевият Бог: Чух това, за което си се помолил на Мене против асирийския цар Сенахирим.
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 Ето словото, което Господ изговори за него: Презря те, присмя ти се девицата, сионовата дъщеря: Зад гърба ти поклати глава Ерусалимската дъщеря.
this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 Кого си обидил и похулил ти? И против кого си говорил с висок глас И си надигнал нагоре очите си? Против светия Израилев.
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 Господа си обидил ти чрез слугите си, като си рекъл: С множеството на колесниците си възлязох аз Върху височината на планините, Върху уединенията на Ливан; И ще изсека високите му кедри, отбраните му елхи; И ще вляза в най-крайната му височина. В леса на неговия Кармил.
The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 Аз изкопах и пих вода: И със стъпалото на нозете си Ще пресуша всичките реки на Египет.
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 Не си ли чул, че Аз съм наредил това отдавна. И от древни времена съм начертал това? А сега го изпълних. Така щото ти да обръщаш укрепени градове в купове развалини.
[But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 Затова жителите им станаха безсилни, Уплашиха се и посрамиха се: Бяха като трева на полето, като зеленина, Като трева на къщния покрив. И жито препърлено преди да стане стъбло.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
28 Но Аз зная жилището ти, Излизането ти и влизането ти, И буйството ти против Мене.
[But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
29 Понеже буйството ти против Мене И надменността ти стигнаха до ушите Ми, Затова ще туря куката Си в ноздрите ти, И юздата Си в устата ти, Та ще те върна през пътя, по който си дошъл.
[So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
30 И това ще ти бъде знамението: Тая година ще ядете това, което е саморасло. Втората година това, което израства от същото, А третата година посейте и пожънете Насадете лозя и яжте плода им.
[Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
31 И оцелялото от Юдовия дом, Което е останало, пак ще пуска корени долу, И ще дава плод горе.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 Защото из Ерусалим ще излезе остатък, И из хълма Сион оцелялото. Ревността на Господа на Силите ще извърши това.
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 Затова, така казва Господ за асирийския цар - Няма да влезе в тоя град, Нито ще хвърли там стрела. Нито ще дойде пред него с щит, Нито ще издигне против него могила,
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 По пътя, през който е дошъл, по него ще се върне, И в тоя град няма да излезе, казва Господ;
And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
35 Защото ще защитя тоя град за да го избавя, Заради Себе Си и заради слугата Ми Давида.
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 Тогава излезе ангел Господен та порази сто и осемдесет и пет хиляди души в асирийския стан; и когато станаха хора на сутринта, ето, всички ония бяха мъртви трупове.
[That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
37 И тъй асирийският цар Сенахирим си тръгна та отиде, върна се, и живееше в Ниневия.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 А когато се кланяше в капището на бога си Нисрох, неговите синове Адрамелех и Сарасар, го убиха с нож; и побягнаха в Араратската земя. А вместо него се възцари син му Есарадон.
[One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
