Chronicles II 32
1 And after these things and this faithful dealing, came Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, and he came to Juda, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to take them for himself.
Po teh stvareh in ustanovitvi tega je prišel asirski kralj Senaherib, vstopil v Juda, se utaboril zoper utrjena mesta in mislil, da jih osvoji zase.
2 And Ezekias saw that Sennacherim was come, and [that] his face [was set] to fight against Jerusalem.
Ko je Ezekíja videl, da je Senaherib prišel in da se je namenil, da se bojuje zoper Jeruzalem,
3 And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty [men] to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him.
se je posvetoval s svojimi princi in svojimi mogočnimi možmi, da zamaši vodne studence, ki so bili zunaj mesta, in ti so mu pomagali.
4 And he collected many people, and stopped the wells of water, and the river that flowed through the city, saying, Lest the king of Assyria come, and find much water, and strengthen [himself].
Tako je bilo tam skupaj zbranih veliko ljudi, ki so zamašili vse studence in potok, ki je tekel čez sredo dežele, rekoč: »Zakaj bi prišli asirski kralji in našli mnogo vode?«
5 And Ezekias strengthened [himself], and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance.
Prav tako se je okrepil in pozidal vse obzidje, ki je bil porušeno in ga dvignil k stolpom in drugi zid zunaj in popravil Miló v Davidovem mestu ter naredil puščic in ščitov v obilju.
6 And he appointed captains of war over the people, and they were gathered to [meet] him to the open place of the gate of the valley, and he encouraged them, saying,
Nad ljudstvom je postavil vojne poveljnike in jih zbral skupaj k sebi na ulici velikih vrat mesta in jim tolažilno govoril, rekoč:
7 Be strong and courageous, and fear not, neither be dismayed before the King of Assyria, and before all the nation that [is] with him: for [there are] more with us than with him.
»Bodite močni in pogumni, ne bodite prestrašeni niti zaprepadeni zaradi asirskega kralja niti zaradi vse množice, ki je z njim, kajti z nami jih je več kakor z njim.
8 With him [are] arms of flesh; but with us [is] the Lord our God to save [us], and to fight our battle. And the people were encouraged at the words of Ezekias king of Juda.
Z njim je mesen laket, toda z nami je Gospod, naš Bog, da nam pomaga in da bori naše bitke.« In ljudstvo se je opiralo na besede Judovega kralja Ezekíja.
9 And afterward Sennacherim king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem; and [he went] himself against Lachis, and all his army with him, and sent to Ezekias king of Juda, and to all Juda that [was] in Jerusalem, saying,
Za tem je asirski kralj Senaherib poslal svoje služabnike v Jeruzalem, (toda on sam je oblegal Lahíš in vsa njegova moč z njim) k Judovemu kralju Ezekíju in vsemu Judu, ki so bili v Jeruzalemu, rekoč:
10 Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do you trust, that you will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?
»Tako govori asirski kralj Senaherib: ›Komu zaupate, da ostajate v obleganem Jeruzalemu?
11 Does not Ezekias deceive you, to deliver you to death and famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Mar vas Ezekija ne prepričuje, da bi se prepustili smrti zaradi lakote in žeje, rekoč: › Gospod, naš Bog, nas bo osvobodil iz roke asirskega kralja?‹
12 Is not this Ezekias who has taken down his altars and his high places and has spoken to Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before this altar and burn incense upon it?
Mar ni isti Ezekíja odstranil njegove visoke kraje in njegove oltarje ter zapovedal Judu in Jeruzalemu, rekoč: ›Oboževali boste pred enim oltarjem in na njem zažigali kadilo?‹
13 Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the countries? Could the gods of the nations of all the earth at all rescue their people out of my hand?
Ne veste, kaj smo jaz in moji očetje storili vsem ljudstvom drugih dežel? Mar so bili bogovi narodov tistih dežel kakorkoli zmožni svoje dežele osvoboditi iz moje roke?
14 Who is there among all the gods of those nations whom my fathers utterly destroyed, [worthy of trust]? Could they deliver their people out of my hand, that your God should deliver you out of my hand?
Kdo je bil tam med vsemi bogovi tistih narodov, ki so jih moji očetje popolnoma uničili, ki bi lahko osvobodil svoje ljudstvo iz moje roke, da bi vas bil vaš Bog zmožen osvoboditi iz moje roke?
15 Now then, let not Ezekias deceive you, and let him not make you thus confident, and believe him not: for no god of any kingdom or nation is at all able to deliver his people out of my hand, or the hand of my fathers: therefore your God shall not deliver you out of my hand.
Zdaj torej naj vas Ezekíja ne zavede niti pregovori o tej zadevi niti mu še ne verjemite, kajti noben bog iz kateregakoli naroda ali kraljestva ni bil zmožen osvoboditi svojega ljudstva iz moje roke in iz roke mojih očetov. Kako veliko manj vas bo vaš Bog osvobodil iz moje roke?«
16 And his servants continued to speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias.
Njegovi služabniki so še bolj govorili zoper Gospoda Boga in zoper njegovega služabnika Ezekíja.
17 And he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke concerning him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their people out of my hand, so the God of Ezekias shall by no means deliver his people out of my hand.
Napisal je tudi pisma, da udriha po Gospodu, Izraelovemu Bogu in da govori zoper njega, rekoč: »Kakor bogovi narodov drugih dežel niso osvobodili svojih ljudstev iz moje roke, tako Ezekíjev Bog ne bo osvobodil svojega ljudstva iz moje roke.«
18 And he cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, [calling them] to assist them, and pull down [the walls], that they might take the city.
Potem so z močnim glasom zaklicali v Judovskem jeziku jeruzalemskemu ljudstvu, ki so bili na obzidju, da jih prestrašijo in da jih vznemirijo, da bi lahko zavzeli mesto.
19 And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, even as against the gods of the nations of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
Govorili so zoper jeruzalemskega Boga kakor zoper bogove ljudstev zemlje, ki so bili delo človeških rok.
20 And king Ezekias and Esaias the prophet the son of Amos prayed concerning these things, and they cried to heaven.
Zaradi tega razloga sta kralj Ezekíja in prerok Izaija, Amócov sin, molila in klicala k nebu.
21 And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and [some] of them that came out of his bowels killed him with the sword.
In Gospod je poslal angela, ki je usmrtil vse močne junaške može ter voditelje in poveljnike v taboru asirskega kralja. Tako se je ta z osramočenim obrazom vrnil k svoji lastni deželi. Ko pa je prišel v hišo svojega boga, sta ga tam z mečem usmrtila tista [dva], ki sta prišla iz njegovih lastnih ledij.
22 So the Lord delivered Ezekias and the dwellers in Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherim King of Assyria, and out of the hand of all [his enemies], and gave them rest round about.
Tako je Gospod rešil Ezekíja in prebivalce Jeruzalema iz roke asirskega kralja Senaheriba in iz roke vseh drugih ter jih usmerjal na vsaki strani.
23 And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezekias king of Juda; and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after these things.
Mnogi so Gospodu prinašali darila v Jeruzalem in darila Judovemu kralju Ezekíju, tako da je bil od takrat naprej poveličan v očeh vseh narodov.
24 In those days Ezekias was sick even to death, and prayed to the Lord: and he listened to him, and gave him a sign.
V tistih dneh je bil Ezekíja na smrt bolan in molil h Gospodu in ta mu je spregovoril ter mu dal znamenje.
25 But Ezekias did not recompense the Lord according to the return which he made him, but his heart was lifted up: and wrath came upon him, and upon Juda and Jerusalem.
Toda Ezekíja ni povrnil glede na korist, izkazano njemu, kajti njegovo srce je bilo povzdignjeno. Zato je bil bes nad njim, nad Judom in [nad] Jeruzalemom.
26 And Ezekias humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the dwellers in Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Ezekias.
Vendar se je Ezekíja ponižal zaradi ošabnosti svojega srca, tako on kakor prebivalci Jeruzalema, tako da v Ezekíjevih dneh Gospodov bes ni prišel nadnje.
27 And Ezekias had wealth and very great glory: and he made for himself treasuries of gold, and silver, and precious stones, also for spices, and stores for arms, and for precious vessels;
Ezekíja je imel silno veliko bogastev in časti. Naredil si je zakladnice za srebro, zlato, dragocene kamne, dišave, ščite in za vse vrste prijetnih dragocenosti;
28 and cities for the produce of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls and mangers for every [kind of] cattle, and folds for flocks;
tudi skladišča za donos od žita, vina in olja in hleve za vse vrste živali in staje za trope.
29 and cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store.
Poleg tega si je priskrbel mesta, posesti tropov in čred v obilju, kajti Bog mu je dal zelo veliko imetja.
30 The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.
Ta isti Ezekíja je tudi ustavil gornji vodni tok Gihona in ga privedel naravnost dol k zahodni strani Davidovega mesta. Ezekíja je uspeval v vseh svojih delih.
31 Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to enquire of him [concerning] the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.
Vendar ga je v zadevi predstavnikov babilonskih princev, ki so poslali k njemu, da povprašajo o čudežu, ki je bil storjen v deželi, Bog zapustil, da ga preizkusi, da bi lahko spoznal vse, kar je bilo v njegovem srcu.
32 And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and his kindness, behold, they are written in the prophecy of Esaias the son of Amos the prophet, and in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
Torej preostala izmed Ezekíjevih dejanj in njegova dobrota, glej, zapisana so v videnju preroka Amócovega sina Izaija ter v knjigi Judovih in Izraelovih kraljev.
33 And Ezekias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a high place among the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem gave him glory and honor at his death. And Manasses his son reigned in his stead.
Ezekíja je zaspal s svojimi očeti in pokopali so ga v glavnem izmed mavzolejev Davidovih sinov. Ves Juda in prebivalci Jeruzalema so mu ob njegovi smrti izkazali čast. Namesto njega je zakraljeval njegov sin Manáse.
