以賽亞書 36
1 在希則克雅為王第十四年，亞述王散乃黑黎布上來攻打猶大的一切堅城，而且都佔領了。
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defended cities of Judah, and took them.
2 亞述王從拉基市打發一位大將軍，帶著大軍到耶路撒冷去見希則克雅王。當大將站在上池溝旁，漂布田間的大路上時，
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
3 出來迎接他的，有希耳克雅的兒子厄里雅金家宰、舍布納書記和阿撒夫的兒子約阿黑史官。
Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4 大將軍對他們說：「你們去告訴希則克雅說：大王，亞述王這樣說：你所依靠的算得什麼依靠，
And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust?
5 你想空口說話就是戰略和戰鬥的力量嗎﹖如今你靠誰來背叛我﹖
I say, say you, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
6 看哪！你依靠的埃及是一根破裂的蘆杖，誰依靠這杖，它就刺傷誰的手，且把手刺透；埃及王法郎對所有依靠他的人就是這樣。
See, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; where on if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
7 假使你們對我說：我們依靠雅威，我們的天主；希則克雅豈不是曾推翻他的高丘和祭壇，且對猶大和耶路撒冷說：你們只應在這祭壇前朝拜﹖
But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
8 如今你可與我的主上亞述王打賭：我給你兩千匹馬，你是否能給這些馬配上騎兵﹖
Now therefore give pledges, I pray you, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them.
9 若不能，你怎敢拒絕我主上最小僕人中的一個軍長，而去依靠埃及的戰車和騎兵﹖
How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 現在，我上來攻打毀滅這地，難道不是雅威的意思嗎﹖雅威對我說了：上去，攻打那地，加以毀滅！」
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
11 厄里雅金、舍布納和約阿黑對大將軍說：「請你對你的僕人說阿剌美話，因為我們都懂；你不要對我們講猶太話，因為城牆上的百姓能聽到。」
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
12 大將軍回答說：「難道我的主上打發我來只對你的主上和你講這些話，而不是對那些坐在城牆上，和你們一樣吃自己的糞，喝自己的尿的人，講這些話嗎﹖」
But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?
13 大將軍於是站起來仍用猶太話大聲喊說：「你們聽大王，亞述王的話罷 ！
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 大王這樣說：你們別上希則克雅的當，他決不能拯救你們！
Thus says the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
15 也不要讓希則克雅使你們信賴雅威說：雅威必會拯救我們，這城決不會落在亞述王手中！
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
16 不要聽從希則克雅，因為亞述王曾這樣說了：你們要與我和好，出來歸順我，各人就可以吃自己的葡萄和無花果，各人也可以喝自己井裏的水；
Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat you every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his own cistern;
17 直到我來領你們到一個與你們本國一樣的地方去，一個有五穀和新酒的地方，一個有食糧和葡萄園的地方。
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 切不要上希則克雅的當，聽信他說：雅威必拯救我們！萬國的神中有那一個由亞述王手中拯救了自己的國家﹖
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 哈瑪特和阿帕得的神在那裏﹖色法瓦因的神在那裏﹖撒瑪黎雅的神在那裏﹖難道他們由我手中拯救了撒瑪黎雅﹖
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 這些地域中的神，有那一個由我手中拯救了自己的國土﹖難道雅威就能由我手中拯救耶路撒冷嗎﹖」
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 他們都不作聲，一句話也沒有回答，因為君王有命：「不要回答他。」
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
22 希耳克雅的兒子厄里雅金家宰、舍布納書記和阿撒夫的兒兒子約阿黑史官撕裂了衣服，來見希則克雅，將大將軍的話告訴了他。
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
