Isaiah 36

1 And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came up against all the fenced cities of Juda, and took them.

١ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا، اجْتَاحَ سَنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ جَمِيعَ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْمُحَصَّنَةِ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا.

2 And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias with a great army, and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller’s held.

٢ وَوَجَّهَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ رَبْشَاقَى (أَيْ الْقَائِدَ العَامَّ) مِنْ لَخِيشَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا عَلَى رَأْسِ جَيْشٍ جَرَّارٍ، فَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ قَنَاةِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْعُلْيَا عَلَى طَرِيقِ حَقْلِ الْقَصَّارِ.

3 And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder.

٣ فَخَرَجَ لِلِقَائِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ أَلْيَاقِيمَ بْنِ حِلْقِيَّا مُدِيرِ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ، وَشَبْنَةَ الْكَاتِبِ وَيُوآخَ بْنِ آسَافَ الْمُسَجِّلِ.

4 And Rabsaces said to them: Tell Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this confidence wherein thou trustest?

٤ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ رَبْشَاقَى الْقَائِدُ الْعَامُّ: «بَلِّغُوا حَزَقِيَّا: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الْمَلِكُ الْعَظِيمُ، مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَّكِلُ؟

5 Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me?

٥ أَظَنَنْتَ أَنَّ مُجَرَّدَ الْكَلامِ يُشَكِّلُ خُطَّةً وَقُوَّةً لِخَوْضِ الْحَرْبِ؟ عَلَى مَنِ اعْتَمَدْتَ حَتَّى تَمَرَّدْتَ عَلَيَّ؟

6 Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king or Egypt to all that trust in him.

٦ أَنْتَ تَتَّكِلُ عَلَى عُكَّازِ هَذِهِ القَصَبَةِ الْمَرْضُوضَةِ مِصْرَ، الَّتِي تَثْقُبُ كَفَّ كُلِّ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا. هَكَذَا يَكُونُ فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهِ.

7 But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away, and hath said to Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar?

٧ وَإذَا قُلْتُمْ لِي: إِنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، أَلَيْسَ هُوَ الَّذِي هَدَمَ حَزَقِيَّا مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَأَمَرَ شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يَسْجُدُوا فَقَطْ أَمَامَ الْمَذْبَحِ الْقَائِمِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

8 And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, and thou wilt not be able on thy part to find riders for them.

٨ وَالآنَ لِيَعْقِدْ حَزَقِيَّا رَهَاناً مَعَ سَيِّدِي مَلِكِ أَشُورَ: فَأُعْطِيَكَ أَلْفَي فَرَسٍ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَجِدَ لَهَا فُرْسَاناً يَمْتَطُونَهَا!

9 And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master’s servants? But if thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and in horsemen:

٩ فَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَصُدَّ قَائِداً وَاحِداً مِنْ أَقَلِّ قَادَةِ سَيِّدِي شَأْناً فِي حِينِ أَنَّكَ تَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى مِصْرَ لإِمْدَادِكَ بِالْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْفُرْسَانِ؟

10 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.

١٠ ثُمَّ هَلْ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةِ الرَّبِّ زَحَفْتُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الدِّيَارِ لأُدَمِّرَهَا؟ لَقَدْ قَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: هَاجِمْ هَذِهِ الدِّيَارَ وَخَرِّبْهَا».

11 And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for we understand it: speak not to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people, that are upon the wall.

١١ فَقَالَ أَلِيَاقِيمُ وَشَبْنَةُ وَيُوآخُ لِرَبْشَاقَى: «خَاطِبْ عَبِيدَكَ بِالأَرَامِيَّةِ لأَنَّنَا نَفْهَمُهَا، وَلا تُكَلِّمْنَا بِاللُّغَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ عَلَى مَسْمَعِ الشَّعْبِ الْمُتَجَمِّعِ عَلَى السُّورِ».

12 And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these words; and not rather to the men that sit on the wall; that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you?

١٢ فَأَجَابَ رَبْشَاقَى: «أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّ سَيِّدِي قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَى سَيِّدِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ فَقَطْ لِكَيْ أَتَحَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ؟ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا الْكَلامُ أَيْضاً مُوَجَّهاً إِلَى الرِّجَالِ الْمُتَجَمِّعِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ، الَّذِينَ سَيَأْكُلُونَ مِثْلَكُمْ بِرَازَهُمْ وَيَشْرَبُونَ بَوْلَهُمْ؟»

13 Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said: Hear the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.

١٣ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ القَائِدُ الْعَامُّ وَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ قَائِلاً بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ: «اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ:

14 Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.

١٤ لَا يَخْدَعَنَّكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا لأَنَّهُ عَاجِزٌ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِكُمْ،

15 And let not Ezechias make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.

١٥ وَلا يُقْنِعَنَّكُمْ بِالاتِّكَالِ عَلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ حَتْماً يُنْقِذُنَا، وَلَنْ يَسْتَوْلِيَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

16 Do not hearken to Ezechias: for thus said the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for your advantage, and come out to me, and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the water of his cistern,

١٦ لَا تُصْغُوا إِلَيْهِ، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: اعْقِدُوا مَعِي صُلْحاً وَاسْتَسْلِمُوا إِلَيَّ فَيَأْكُلَ عِنْدَئِذٍ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ كَرْمِهِ وَمِنْ تِينَتِهِ، وَيَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَاءِ بِئْرِهِ،

17 Till I come and take you away to a land, like to your own, a land of corn and of wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

١٧ إِلَى أَنْ آتِيَ وَأَنْقُلَكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ كَأَرْضِكُمْ، أَرْضِ حِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ وَخُبْزٍ وَكُرُومٍ.

18 Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

١٨ فَلا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا بِقَوْلِهِ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ يُنْقِذُنَا. هَلْ أَنْقَذَ أَحَدُ آلِهَةِ الأُمَمِ أَرْضَ شَعْبِهِ مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ؟

19 Where is the god of Emath and of Arphad? where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

١٩ أَيْنَ آلِهَةُ حَمَاةَ وَأَرْفَادَ؟ أَيْنَ آلِهَةُ سَفَرْوَايِمَ؟ هَلْ أَنْقَذَتِ السَّامِرَةَ مِنْ يَدِي؟

20 Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

٢٠ مَنْ مِنْ كُلِّ آلِهَةِ هَذِهِ الْبِلادِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ يَدِي؟ فَكَيْفَ يُنْقِذُ الرَّبُّ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنِّي؟»

21 And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer him not.

٢١ فَاعْتَصَمُوا بِالصَّمْتِ وَلَمْ يُجِيبُوا بِكَلِمَةٍ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِعَدَمِ الرَّدِّ عَلَيْهِ.

22 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

٢٢ وَرَجَعَ أَلِيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا مُدِيرُ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ وَشَبْنَةُ الْكَاتِبُ وَيُوآخُ بْنُ آسَافَ الْمُسَجِّلُ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا بِثِيَابٍ مُمَزَّقَةٍ وَأَبْلَغُوهُ كَلامَ الْقَائِدِ الأَشُورِيِّ.