< Isaiah 36 >
1 and to be in/on/with four ten year to/for king Hezekiah to ascend: rise Sennacherib king Assyria upon all city Judah [the] to gather/restrain/fortify and to capture them
When King Hezekiah had been [ruling Judah] for almost 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] to attack the cities in Judah that had walls around them. [They did not conquer Jerusalem, but] they conquered all the other cities.
2 and to send: depart king Assyria [obj] Rabshakeh Rabshakeh from Lachish Jerusalem [to] to(wards) [the] king Hezekiah in/on/with strength: soldiers heavy and to stand: stand in/on/with conduit [the] pool [the] high in/on/with highway Field (of the Launderer) Washer's
Then the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood in their positions alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows into the upper pool [into Jerusalem], near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
3 and to come out: come to(wards) him Eliakim son: child Hilkiah which upon [the] house: temple and Shebna [the] secretary and Joah son: child Asaph [the] to remember
The Israeli officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, the (palace administrator/man who supervised the workers in the palace), Shebna the king’s secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions.
4 and to say to(wards) them Rabshakeh Rabshakeh to say please to(wards) Hezekiah thus to say [the] king [the] great: large king Assyria what? [the] trust [the] this which to trust
Then one of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: This is what the King of Assyria, the great king, says: “What are you trusting in to rescue you?
5 to say surely word lip: words counsel and might to/for battle now upon who? to trust for to rebel in/on/with me
You say that you have weapons to fight us and some country’s promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us], but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
6 behold to trust upon staff [the] branch: stem [the] to crush [the] this upon Egypt which to support man: anyone upon him and to come (in): come in/on/with palm his and to pierce her so Pharaoh king Egypt to/for all [the] to trust upon him
Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But [that will be like] [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. [But] it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the King of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
7 and for to say to(wards) me to(wards) LORD God our to trust not he/she/it which to turn aside: remove Hezekiah [obj] high place his and [obj] altar his and to say to/for Judah and to/for Jerusalem to/for face: before [the] altar [the] this to bow
But perhaps you will say to me, ‘[No], we are relying on Yahweh our God [to help us].’ [I would reply], ‘Is he not the one whom [you insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship [only] in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?’
8 and now to pledge please with lord my [the] king Assyria and to give: give to/for you thousand horse if be able to/for to give: put to/for you to ride upon them
So I suggest that you make a deal with my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you can find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
9 and how? to return: turn back [obj] face governor one servant/slave lord my [the] small and to trust to/for you upon Egypt to/for chariot and to/for horseman
You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
10 and now from beside LORD to ascend: rise upon [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for to ruin her LORD to say to(wards) me to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to ruin her
Furthermore, [do not think that] [RHQ] we have come here to attack and destroy this land without Yahweh’s orders! It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
11 and to say Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to(wards) Rabshakeh Rabshakeh to speak: speak please to(wards) servant/slave your Aramaic for to hear: understand we and not to speak: speak to(wards) us Judahite in/on/with ear: hearing [the] people which upon [the] wall
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Please speak to us in [your] Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in [our] Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and become frightened].”
12 and to say Rabshakeh Rabshakeh to(wards) lord your and to(wards) you to send: depart me lord my to/for to speak: speak [obj] [the] word [the] these not upon [the] human [the] to dwell upon [the] wall to/for to eat [obj] (filth their *Q(K)*) and to/for to drink [obj] (water foot their *Q(K)*) with you
But the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things [only] to you, and not to the people standing on the wall [RHQ]? [If you reject this message], the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
13 and to stand: stand Rabshakeh Rabshakeh and to call: call out in/on/with voice great: large Judahite and to say to hear: hear [obj] word [the] king [the] great: large king Assyria
Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the King of Assyria!
14 thus to say [the] king not to deceive to/for you Hezekiah for not be able to/for to rescue [obj] you
He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
15 and not to trust [obj] you Hezekiah to(wards) LORD to/for to say to rescue to rescue us LORD not to give: give [the] city [the] this in/on/with hand: power king Assyria
Do not allow him to persuade you to trust in Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that [the army of] the King of Assyria will never capture this city!’
16 not to hear: hear to(wards) Hezekiah for thus to say [the] king Assyria to make with me blessing and to come out: come to(wards) me and to eat man: anyone vine his and man: anyone fig his and to drink man: anyone water pit his
Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king [of Assyria] says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. [If you do that, I will arrange for] each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own well.
17 till to come (in): come I and to take: take [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet like/as land: country/planet your land: country/planet grain and new wine land: country/planet food: bread and vineyard
[You will be able to do that] until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and [vineyards to produce grapes for making] new wine and, and where we make lots of bread.’
18 lest to incite [obj] you Hezekiah to/for to say LORD to rescue us to rescue God [the] nation man: anyone [obj] land: country/planet his from hand: power king Assyria
Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never [RHQ] rescued any of them from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria!
19 where? God Hamath and Arpad where? God Sepharvaim and for to rescue [obj] Samaria from hand: power my
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities], and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power [MTY]?
20 who? in/on/with all God [the] land: country/planet [the] these which to rescue [obj] land: country/planet their from hand: power my for to rescue LORD [obj] Jerusalem from hand: power my
No, no god [RHQ] of any nation has been able to rescue their people from me. So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
21 and be quiet and not to answer [obj] him word for commandment [the] king he/she/it to/for to say not to answer him
But the people [who were listening] were silent. No one said anything, because King [Hezekiah] had commanded, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you], do not answer him.”
22 and to come (in): come Eliakim son: child Hilkiah which upon [the] house: temple and Shebna [the] secretary and Joah son: child Asaph [the] to remember to(wards) Hezekiah to tear garment and to tell to/for him [obj] word Rabshakeh Rabshakeh
Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah returned to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed]. They told him what the official from Assyria had said.