2 Kings 18

1 Now in the third yeere of Hoshea, sonne of Elah King of Israel, Hezekiah the sonne of Ahaz king of Iudah began to reigne.

١ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ لِحُكْمِ هُوشَعَ بْنِ أَيَلَةَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، اعْتَلَى حَزَقِيَّا بْنُ آحَازَ عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا،

2 He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twenty yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah,

٢ وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ أَبِي ابْنَةُ زَكَرِيَّا،

3 And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father had done.

٣ وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى نَهْجِ أَبِيهِ دَاوُدَ،

4 He tooke away the hie places, and brake the images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israel did burne incense to it, and hee called it Nehushtan.

٤ فَأَزَالَ مَعَابِدَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَحَطَّمَ التَّمَاثِيلَ، وَقَطَّعَ أَصْنَامَ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَسَحَقَ حَيَّةَ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا مُوسَى لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ظَلُّوا حَتَّى تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يُوْقِدُونَ لَهَا، وَدَعُوهَا نَحُشْتَانَ.

5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Iudah, neither were there any such before him.

٥ وَاتَّكَلَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَأْتِ قَبْلَهُ وَلا بَعْدَهُ مَلِكٌ نَظِيرُهُ بَيْنَ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا.

6 For he claue to the Lord, and departed not from him, but kept his commandements, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

٦ وَالْتَصَقَ بِالرَّبِّ وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ، بَلْ أَطَاعَ وَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

7 So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all thinges, which he tooke in hande: also he rebelled against the King of Asshur, and serued him not.

٧ لِذَلِكَ كَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَهُ وَكَلَّلَ أَعْمَالَهُ بِالنَّجَاحِ. وَثَارَ عَلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَأَبَى الْخُضُوعَ لَهُ،

8 He smote the Philistims vnto Azzah, and the coastes thereof, from the watch towre vnto the defensed citie.

٨ وَدَحَرَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِنْ بُرْجِ النَّوَاطِيرِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُحَصَّنَةِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ غَزَّةَ وَضَوَاحِيَهَا.

9 And in the fourth yere of King Hezekiah, (which was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea sonne of Elah King of Israel) Shalmaneser King of Asshur came vp against Samaria, and besieged it.

٩ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا، الْمُوَافِقَةِ لِلسَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ لاِعْتِلاءِ هُوشَعَ بْنِ أَيْلَةَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، زَحَفَ شَلْمَنْأَسَرُ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ عَلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَحَاصَرَهَا،

10 And after three yeeres they tooke it, euen in the sixt yeere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yeere of Hoshea King of Israel was Samaria taken.

١٠ وَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَيْهَا فِي نِهَايَةِ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ، أَيْ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ لِمُلْكِ حَزَقِيَّا، الْمُوَافِقَةِ لِلسَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ هُوشَعَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

11 Then the King of Asshur did carry away Israel vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

١١ وَسَبَى مَلِكُ أَشُورَ سُكَّانَ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أَشُورَ، وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي مَدِينَةِ حَلَحَ وَعَلَى ضِفَافِ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ جُوزَانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ مَادِي،

12 Because they woulde not obey the voyce of the Lord their God, but transgressed his couenant: that is, all that Moses the seruant of the Lord had commanded, and would neyther obey nor doe them.

١٢ لأَنَّهُمْ أَبَوْا الاسْتِمَاعَ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَنَكَثُوا عَهْدَهُ وَكُلَّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَعْمَلُوا بِها.

13 Moreouer, in the fourteenth yeere of King Hezekiah, Saneherib King of Asshur came vp against all the strong cities of Iudah, and tooke them.

١٣ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا اجْتَاحَ سَنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ جَمِيعَ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا.

14 Then Hezekiah King of Iudah sent vnto the King of Asshur to Lachish, saying, I haue offended: depart from me, and what thou layest vpon me, I wil beare it. And the King of Asshur appoynted vnto Hezekiah King of Iudah three hudreth talents of siluer, and thirty talets of golde.

١٤ وَأَرْسَلَ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا يَقُولُ لِمَلِكِ أَشُورَ فِي لَخِيشَ: «أَخْطَأْتُ، فَارْتَحِلْ عَنِّي، وَأَنَا أَدْفَعُ مَا تَفْرِضُهُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ جِزْيَةٍ». فَفَرَضَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا ثَلاثَ مِئَةِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ أَلْفٍ وَثَمَانِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)، وثَلاثِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانِيَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ).

15 Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house.

١٥ فَجَمَعَ حَزَقِيَّا كُلَّ مَا فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَدَفَعَهَا لَهُ.

16 At the same season did Hezekiah pul off the plates of the doores of the Temple of the Lord, and the pillars (which the sayd Hezekiah King of Iudah had couered ouer) and gaue them to the King of Asshur.

١٦ كَمَا قَشَّرَ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ غَشَّى بِهِ أَبْوَابَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَالدَّعَائِمَ، وَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُورَ.

17 And the King of Asshur sent Tartan, and Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great hoste against Ierusalem. And they went vp, and came to Ierusalem, and when they were come vp, they stood by the conduite of the vpper poole, which is by the path of the fullers fielde,

١٧ وَرَغْمَ ذَلِكَ أَرْسَلَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا قَائِدَ جَيْشِهِ وَوَزِيرَ خَزَائِنِهِ وَرَئِيسَ أَرْكَانِ قُوَّاتِهِ مِنْ لَخِيشَ، عَلَى رَأْسِ جَيْشٍ جَرَّارٍ لِمُحَاصَرَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. فَزَحَفُوا عَلَيْهَا، وَأَحَاطُوا بِها وَعَسْكَرُوا عِنْدَ قَنَاةِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْعُلْيَا فِي طَرِيقِ حَقْلِ الْقَصَّارِ.

18 And called to the King. Then came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder.

١٨ فَاسْتَدْعَوْا الْمَلِكَ. فَبَعَثَ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَيْهِمْ أَلْيَاقِيمَ بْنَ حِلْقِيَّا مُدِيرَ شُؤونِ الْقَصْرِ. وَشِبْنَةَ الْكَاتِبَ وَيُوَاخَ بْنَ آسَافَ مُسَجِّلَ الْمَلِكِ.

19 And Rabshakeh sayde vnto them, Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great King, euen the great King of Asshur, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

١٩ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ قَائِدُ جَيْشِ أَشُورَ: «بَلِّغُوا حَزَقِيَّا أَنَّ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الْمَلِكُ الْعَظِيمُ، مَلِكُ أَشُورَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَّكِلُ؟

20 Thou thinkest, Surely I haue eloquence, but counsell and strength are for the warre. On whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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

21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staffe of reede, to wit, on Egypt, on which if a man leane, it will goe into his hand, and pearce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt vnto all that trust on him.

٢١ هَا أَنْتَ تَتَّكِلُ عَلَى عُكَّازِ هَذِهِ الْقَصَبَةِ الْمَرْضُوضَةِ مِصْرَ، الَّتِي تَثْقُبُ كَفَّ كُلِّ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا! هَكَذَا يَكُونُ فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهِ!

22 But if ye say vnto me, We trust in the Lord our God, is not that he whose hie places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath sayd to Iudah and Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Ierusalem?

٢٢ وَإذَا قُلْتُمْ لِي إِنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ. أَفَلَيْسَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَزَالَ حَزَقِيَّا مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَأَمَرَ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يَسْجُدُوا فَقَطْ أَمَامَ هَذَا الْمَذْبَحِ الْقَائِمِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

23 Now therefore giue hostages to my lord the King of Asshur, and I will giue thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders vpon them.

٢٣ وَالآنَ لِيَعْقِدْ حَزَقِيَّا رِهَاناً مَعَ سَيِّدِي مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، فَأُعْطِيَكَ أَلْفَيْ فَرَسٍ، إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَجِدَ لَهَا فُرْسَاناً يَمْتَطُونَهَا.

24 For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?

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

25 Am I now come vp without the Lord to this place, to destroy it? the Lord sayd to me, Goe vp against this land, and destroy it.

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

26 Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Ioah said vnto Rabshakeh, Speake I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites language, for we vnderstand it, and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.

٢٦ فَقَالَ أَلْيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا وَشِبْنَةُ وَيُوَاخُ لِقَائِدِ الْجَيْشِ: «خَاطِبْ عَبِيدَكَ بِالأَرَامِيَّةِ لأَنَّنَا نَفْهَمُهَا، وَلا تُخَاطِبْنَا بِاللُّغَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ لِئَلّا يَسْمَعَ الشَّعْبُ الْمُتَجَمِّعُ عَلَى السُّورِ».

27 But Rabshakeh saide vnto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speake these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

٢٧ فَأَجَابَهُمْ قَائِدُ الْجَيْشِ: «أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّ سَيِّدِي قَدْ أَرْسَلَنَا لِنَتَحَدَّثَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَى مَلِكِكُمْ فَقَطْ بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ؟ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا الْكَلامُ مُوَجَّهاً إِلَى الرِّجَالِ الْمُتَجَمِّعِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ الَّذِينَ سَيَأْكُلُونَ مِثْلَكُمْ بِرَازَهُمْ وَيَشْرَبُونَ بَوْلَهُمْ؟»

28 So Rabshakeh stoode and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the king of Asshur.

٢٨ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ قَائِدُ الْجَيْشِ وَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ قَائِلاً بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ: «اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ.

29 Thus sayth the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you out of mine hand.

٢٩ لَا يَخْدَعْكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا لأَنَّهُ عَاجِزٌ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِكُمْ

30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliuer vs, and this citie shall not be giuen ouer into the hand of the king of Asshur.

٣٠ وَلا يُقْنِعْكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا بِالاتِّكَالِ عَلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: إِنَّهُ حَتْماً يُنْقِذُنَا وَلَنْ يَسْتَوْلِيَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

31 Hearken not vnto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Asshur, Make appointment with me, and come out to me, that euery man may eate of his owne vine, and euery man of his owne figge tree, and drinke euery man of the water of his owne well,

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

32 Till I come, and bring you to a land like your owne land, euen a land of wheate and wine, a land of bread and vineyardes, a lande of oliues oyle, and hony, that ye may liue and not die: and obey not Hezekiah, for he deceiueth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs.

٣٢ إِلَى أَنْ آتِيَ وَأَنْقُلَكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ كَأَرْضِكُمْ، أَرْضِ قَمْحٍ وَخَمْرٍ وَخُبْزٍ وَكُرُومٍ وَزَيْتُونٍ وَعَسَلٍ. فَاحْيَوْا وَلا تَمُوتُوا. لَا تُصْغُوا إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا لأَنَّهُ يُغْرِيكُمْ بِقَوْلِهِ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُنْقِذَنَا.

33 Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his lande out of the hand of the King of Asshur?

٣٣ فَهَلْ أَنْقَذَتْ آلِهَةُ الأُمَمِ أَرَاضِيهَا مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ؟

34 Where is the god of Hamah, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharuaim, Hena and Iuah? how haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hand?

٣٤ أَيْنَ آلِهَةُ حَمَاةَ وَأَرْفَادَ؟ أَيْنَ آلِهَةُ سَفْرَوَايِمَ وَهَيْنَعَ وَعَوَّا؟ هَلْ أَنْقَذَتِ السَّامِرَةَ مِنْ يَدِي؟

35 Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that haue deliuered their lande out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?

٣٥ مَنْ مِنْ كُلِّ آلِهَةِ الْبِلادِ الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا أَنْقَذَ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ يَدِي، حَتَّى يُنْقِذَ الرَّبُّ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنِّي؟»

36 But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere ye him not.

٣٦ فَصَمَتَ الشَّعْبُ وَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ بِكَلِمَةٍ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَمَرَهُمْ بِعَدَمِ الرَّدِّ عَلَيْهِ.

37 Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.

٣٧ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ أَلْيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا مُدِيرُ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْر، وَشِبْنَةُ الْكَاتِبُ وَيُوَاخُ بْنُ آسَافَ الْمُسَجِّلُ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا بِثِيَابٍ مُمَزَّقَةٍ، وَأَبْلَغُوهُ كَلامَ الْقَائِدِ الأَشُورِيِّ.