2 Kings 18
1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.
Treće godine kraljevanja Hošee, sina Elina, u Izraelu, postao je judejskim kraljem Ezekija, sin Ahazov.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
Bilo mu je dvadeset i pet godina kad se zakraljio. Kraljevao je dvadeset i devet godina u Jeruzalemu. Materi mu je bilo ime Abija, Zaharijina kći.
3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.
Činio je što je pravo u očima Jahvinim, sasvim kao njegov otac David.
4 He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.
On je uklonio uzvišice, srušio je stupove, sasjekao je ašere i razbio zmiju od mjedi koju bijaše načinio Mojsije. Izraelci su joj sve do tada prinosili žrtve. Zvali su je Nehuštan.
5 He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.
Pouzdavao se u Jahvu, Boga Izraelova. Ni prije njega ni poslije njega ne bijaše mu ravna među kraljevima judejskim.
6 For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.
Prionuo je uz Jahvu i nikada se nije okrenuo od njega. Držao je sve zapovijedi što ih je Jahve dao preko Mojsija.
7 And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.
I Jahve bijaše s njim, pomagaše ga u svim njegovim pothvatima. Pobunio se protiv asirskog kralja i nije mu više bio podložan.
8 He overcame the Philistines as far as Gaza and its limits, from the tower of the watchman to the walled town.
On je potukao Filistejce do Gaze, opustošio njihovo područje od stražarskih kula sve do utvrđenih gradova.
9 Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.
Četvrte godine vladavine Ezekijine, a to je bila sedma godina kraljevanja izraelskog kralja Hošee, sina Elina, napade asirski kralj Salmanasar Samariju i opsjede je.
10 And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah's rule, which was the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
Osvojio ju je nakon tri godine. Šeste godine Ezekijine vladavine, a devete godine izraelskog kralja Hošee, pala je Samarija.
11 And the king of Assyria took Israel away as prisoners into Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes;
Asirski je kralj odveo Izraelce u sužanjstvo u Asiriju i naselio ih u Halahu, na Haboru, rijeci gozanskoj, i u medijskim gradovima.
12 Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.
Bijaše to stoga što nisu poslušali glas Jahve, Boga svoga, i što su prekršili njegov Savez i sve što im je naredio Mojsije, sluga Jahvin. Nisu ništa slušali niti vršili.
13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.
Četrnaeste godine Ezekijina kraljevanja asirski kralj Sanherib napade utvrđene judejske gradove i osvoji ih.
14 And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Tada judejski kralj Ezekija poruči asirskom kralju u Lakiš: “Pogriješio sam! Obustavi svoje napade na me. Snosit ću sve što mi nametneš.” Asirski kralj zatraži od Ezekije, judejskog kralja, tri stotine talenata srebra i trideset talenata zlata.
15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the house of the Lord, and in the king's store-house.
I dade Ezekija sve srebro što se našlo u Domu Jahvinu i u riznicama kraljevskog dvora.
16 And at that time Hezekiah had the gold from the doors of the Lord's house, and from the door-pillars plated by him, cut off and gave it to the king of Assyria.
U to je vrijeme Ezekija obio vrata i vratnice na Svetištu Jahvinu što ih bijaše pozlatio on sam, judejski kralj Ezekija, i posla to asirskom kralju.
17 Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.
Asirski je kralj poslao iz Lakiša u Jeruzalem kralju Ezekiji vrhovnog zapovjednika vojske, velikog dvoranina i peharnika s jakom vojskom. Krenuše oni, a kad su stigli u Jeruzalem, stadoše kod vodovoda Gornjeg ribnjaka, na putu u Valjarevo polje.
18 And they sent for the king, and Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.
Oni pozvaše kralja. Pred njim je izašao upravitelj dvora Elijakim, sin Hilkijin, pisar Šebna i savjetnik Joah, sin Asafov.
19 And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?
Veliki peharnik reče im: “Kažite Ezekiji: 'Ovako veli veliki kralj, kralj asirski: kakvo je to pouzdanje u koje se uzdaš?
20 You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?
Misliš li da su prazne riječi već savjet i snaga za rat? U koga se uzdaš da si se pobunio protiv mene?
21 See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.
Eto, oslanjaš se na Egipat, na slomljenu trsku koja probada i prodire dlan onomu tko se na nju nasloni. Takav je faraon, kralj egipatski, svima koji se uzdaju u njega.'
22 And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?
Možda ćete mi odgovoriti: 'Uzdamo se u Jahvu, Boga svojega.' Ali nije li njemu Ezekija uklonio uzvišice i žrtvenike i zapovjedio Judejcima i Jeruzalemu: 'Samo se pred ovim žrtvenikom u Jeruzalemu klanjajte.'
23 And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.
Hajde, okladi se s mojim gospodarom, asirskim kraljem: dat ću ti dvije tisuće konja ako mogneš naći jahače za njih!
24 How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
Kako ćeš onda odoljeti jednome jedinom od najmanjih slugu moga gospodara? Ali se ti uzdaš u Egipat da će ti dati kola i konjanika.
25 And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.
Naposljetku, zar sam ja mimo volju Jahvinu krenuo protiv ovoga mjesta da ga razorim? Sam mi je Jahve rekao: 'Idi na tu zemlju i razori je!'”
26 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.
Elijakim, Šebna i Joah rekoše velikom peharniku: “Molimo te, govori svojim slugama aramejski, jer mi razumijemo; ne govori s nama judejski da čuje narod koji je na zidinama!”
27 But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.
Ali im veliki peharnik odgovori: “Zar me moj gospodar poslao da ovo kažem tvome gospodaru i tebi, a ne upravo onim ljudima koji sjede na zidinama, osuđeni da s vama jedu svoju nečist i piju svoju mokraću?”
28 Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;
Tada se veliki peharnik uspravi i u sav glas povika na judejskom ove riječi: “Čujte riječ velikoga kralja, kralja asirskog!
29 This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.
Ovako veli kralj: 'Neka vas Ezekija ne zavarava, jer vas ne može izbaviti iz moje ruke.
30 And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.
Neka vas Ezekija ne hrabri pouzdanjem u Jahvu govoreći: Jahve će nas sigurno izbaviti, ovaj grad neće pasti u ruke kralju asirskom.'
31 Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;
Ne slušajte Ezekije, jer ovako veli asirski kralj: 'Sklopite mir sa mnom, predajte mi se, pa neka svaki od vas jede plodove iz svoga vinograda i sa svoje smokve i neka pije vode iz svojega studenca
32 Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe.
dok ne dođem i ne odvedem vas u zemlju kao što je vaša, u zemlju pšenice i mošta, u zemlju kruha i vinograda, u zemlju ulja i meda da biste živjeli i da ne pomrete. Ne dajte da vas Ezekija zaludi govoreći vam: Jahve će vas izbaviti.'
33 Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?
Jesu li bogovi drugih naroda izbavili svoje zemlje iz ruku asirskoga kralja?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah? have they kept Samaria out of my hands?
Gdje su bogovi hamatski i arpadski, gdje su bogovi sefarvajimski, henski i ivski, gdje su bogovi samarijski da izbave Samariju iz ruke moje?
35 Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?
Koji su među svim bogovima tih zemalja izbavili svoju zemlju iz moje ruke da bi Jahve izbavio Jeruzalem iz ruke moje?”
36 But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
Šutjeli su i ni riječi mu nisu odgovorili, jer kralj bijaše zapovjedio: “Ne odgovarajte mu!”
37 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah, with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.
Upravitelj dvora Elijakim, sin Hilkijin, pisar Šebna i savjetnik Joah, sin Asafov, dođoše k Ezekiji, razdrijevši haljine, i saopćiše mu riječi velikoga peharnika
