< 2 Kings 18 >

1 After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
以色列王以拉的儿子何细亚第三年,犹大王亚哈斯的儿子希西家登基。
2 He was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah] and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
他登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王二十九年。他母亲名叫亚比,是撒迦利雅的女儿。
3 Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
希西家行耶和华眼中看为正的事,效法他祖大卫一切所行的。
4 He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars [for worshiping the goddess Asherah]. He also broke into pieces the bronze [replica/statue of a] snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it.
他废去邱坛,毁坏柱像,砍下木偶,打碎摩西所造的铜蛇,因为到那时以色列人仍向铜蛇烧香。希西家叫铜蛇为铜块。
5 Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped.] There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as [devoted to Yahweh as] he was.
希西家倚靠耶和华—以色列的 神,在他前后的犹大列王中没有一个及他的。
6 He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
因为他专靠耶和华,总不离开,谨守耶和华所吩咐摩西的诫命。
7 Yahweh always (helped/was with) him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to (pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do).
耶和华与他同在,他无论往何处去尽都亨通。他背叛、不肯事奉亚述王。
8 His army defeated [the soldiers of] Philistia as far [south] as Gaza [city] and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls.
希西家攻击非利士人,直到迦萨,并迦萨的四境,从了望楼到坚固城。
9 After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, [the army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria [city].
希西家王第四年,就是以色列王以拉的儿子何细亚第七年,亚述王撒缦以色上来围困撒马利亚;
10 In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years.
过了三年就攻取了城。希西家第六年,以色列王何细亚第九年,撒马利亚被攻取了。
11 The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah [town], some were taken to a place near the Habor [River] in [the] Gozan [region], and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live.
亚述王将以色列人掳到亚述,把他们安置在哈腊与歌散的哈博河边,并米底亚人的城邑;
12 That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh [very well], had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them.
都因他们不听从耶和华—他们 神的话,违背他的约,就是耶和华仆人摩西吩咐他们所当守的。
13 After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, [the army of] King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They [did not capture Jerusalem, but they] captured all the other cities.
希西家王十四年,亚述王西拿基立上来攻击犹大的一切坚固城,将城攻取。
14 King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please [tell your soldiers to] stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him (ten tons/9,000 kg.) of silver and (one ton/900 kg.) of gold.
犹大王希西家差人往拉吉去见亚述王,说:“我有罪了,求你离开我;凡你罚我的,我必承当。”于是亚述王罚犹大王希西家银子三百他连得,金子三十他连得。
15 So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
希西家就把耶和华殿里和王宫府库里所有的银子都给了他。
16 Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria.
那时,犹大王希西家将耶和华殿门上的金子和他自己包在柱上的金子都刮下来,给了亚述王。
17 But 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 alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
亚述王从拉吉差遣他珥探、拉伯撒利,和拉伯沙基率领大军往耶路撒冷,到希西家王那里去。他们上到耶路撒冷,就站在上池的水沟旁,在漂布地的大路上。
18 They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials [to talk to them]. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people.
他们呼叫王的时候,就有希勒家的儿子家宰以利亚敬,并书记舍伯那和亚萨的儿子史官约亚,出来见他们。
19 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] [RHQ]?
拉伯沙基说:“你们去告诉希西家说,亚述大王如此说:‘你所倚靠的有什么可仗赖的呢?
20 You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country 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]?
你说有打仗的计谋和能力,我看不过是虚话。你到底倚靠谁才背叛我呢?
21 Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But that is 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].
看哪,你所倚靠的埃及是那压伤的苇杖;人若靠这杖,就必刺透他的手。埃及王法老向一切倚靠他的人也是这样。
22 But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are (relying on/trusting in) 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]?”’
你们若对我说:我们倚靠耶和华—我们的 神,希西家岂不是将 神的邱坛和祭坛废去,且对犹大和耶路撒冷的人说:你们当在耶路撒冷这坛前敬拜吗?
23 So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
现在你把当头给我主亚述王,我给你二千匹马,看你这一面骑马的人够不够。
24 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!
若不然,怎能打败我主臣仆中最小的军长呢?你竟倚靠埃及的战车马兵吗?
25 Furthermore, (do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.) [RHQ] It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
现在我上来攻击毁灭这地,岂没有耶和华的意思吗?耶和华吩咐我说:你上去攻击毁灭这地吧!’”
26 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, 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 be frightened].”
希勒家的儿子以利亚敬和舍伯那,并约亚,对拉伯沙基说:“求你用亚兰言语和仆人说话,因为我们懂得;不要用犹大言语和我们说话,达到城上百姓的耳中。”
27 But the official replied, “Do you think [RHQ] that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? [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].”
拉伯沙基说:“我主差遣我来,岂是单对你和你的主说这些话吗?不也是对这些坐在城上、要与你们一同吃自己粪、喝自己尿的人说吗?”
28 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. He says,
于是拉伯沙基站着,用犹大言语大声喊着说:“你们当听亚述大王的话!
29 ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
王如此说:‘你们不要被希西家欺哄了;因他不能救你们脱离我的手。
30 Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’
也不要听希西家使你们倚靠耶和华,说耶和华必要拯救我们,这城必不交在亚述王的手中。’
31 “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 wells.
不要听希西家的话!因亚述王如此说:‘你们要与我和好,出来投降我,各人就可以吃自己葡萄树和无花果树的果子,喝自己井里的水。
32 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] wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you!
等我来领你们到一个地方与你们本地一样,就是有五谷和新酒之地,有粮食和葡萄园之地,有橄榄树和蜂蜜之地,好使你们存活,不至于死。希西家劝导你们,说耶和华必拯救我们;你们不要听他的话。
33 The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
列国的神有哪一个救他本国脱离亚述王的手呢?
34 Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities] unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria [RHQ]? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, [towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared] [RHQ]? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
哈马、亚珥拔的神在哪里呢?西法瓦音、希拿、以瓦的神在哪里呢?他们曾救撒马利亚脱离我的手吗?
35 No, none of the gods of the countries [that my army attacked] rescued their people [RHQ] from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
这些国的神有谁曾救自己的国脱离我的手呢?难道耶和华能救耶路撒冷脱离我的手吗?’”
36 But the people [who were listening] stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you, ] do not answer him.”
百姓静默不言,并不回答一句,因为王曾吩咐说:“不要回答他。”
37 Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed], and they told him what the official from Assyria had said.
当下,希勒家的儿子家宰以利亚敬和书记舍伯那,并亚萨的儿子史官约亚,都撕裂衣服,来到希西家那里,将拉伯沙基的话告诉了他。

< 2 Kings 18 >