2 Kings 18

1 After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.

OR l'anno terzo di Osea, figliuolo di Ela, re d'Israele, Ezechia, figliuolo di Achaz, re di Giuda, cominciò a regnare.

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.

Egli era d'età di venticinque anni, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò ventinove anni in Gerusalemme. E il nome di sua madre [era] Abi, figliuola di Zaccaria.

3 Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.

Egli fece quello che piace al Signore, interamente come avea fatto Davide, suo padre.

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.

Egli tolse via gli alti luoghi, e spezzò le statue, e tagliò i boschi, e stritolò il serpente di rame che Mosè avea fatto; perciocchè infino a quel tempo i figliuoli d'Israele gli facevano profumi; e lo chiamò Nehustan.

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.

Egli mise la sua confidenza nel Signore Iddio d'Israele; e giammai, nè davanti nè dopo lui, non vi è stato alcuno pari a lui, fra tutti i re di Giuda.

6 He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.

E si attenne al Signore, [e] non si rivolse indietro da lui; anzi osservò i comandamenti ch'egli avea dati a Mosè.

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).

Laonde il Signore fu con lui; dovunque egli andava, prosperava. Ed egli si ribellò dal re degli Assiri, e non gli fu [più] soggetto.

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.

Egli percosse i Filistei fino in Gaza, e i confini di essa, dalle torri delle guardie, fino alle città forti.

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].

OR avvenne l'anno quarto del re Ezechia, [ch'era] il settimo di Osea, figliuolo di Ela, re d'Israele, che Salmaneser, re degli Assiri, salì contro a Samaria, e l'assediò.

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.

Ed in capo di tre anni fu presa; l'anno sesto d'Ezechia, [ch]'era il nono di Osea, re d'Israele, Samaria fu presa.

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.

E il re degli Assiri menò gl'Israeliti in cattività in Assiria, e li fece condurre in Hala, ed in Habor, [presso] al fiume Gozan, e nelle città di Media;

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.

perciocchè non aveano ubbidito alla voce del Signore Iddio loro, ed aveano trasgredito il suo patto; tutto quello che Mosè, servitor di Dio, avea comandato, essi non aveano ubbidito, e non l'aveano messo in opera.

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.

Poi l'anno quartodecimo del re Ezechia, Sennacherib, re degli Assiri, salì contro a tutte le città forti di Giuda, e le prese.

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.

Ed Ezechia, re di Giuda, mandò a dire al re degli Assiri, in Lachis: Io ho fallito; partiti da me, ed io pagherò quello che tu m'imporrai. E il re degli Assiri impose ad Ezechia, re di Giuda, trecento talenti d'argento, e trenta talenti d'oro.

15 So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.

Ed Ezechia diede tutto l'argento, che si trovò nella Casa del Signore, e ne' tesori della casa reale.

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.

In quel tempo Ezechia spiccò dalle reggi del Tempio del Signore e dagli stipiti, [le piastre d'oro], con le quali egli stesso li avea coperti, e le diede al re degli Assiri.

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.

Poi il re degli Assiri mandò al re Ezechia, da Lachis in Gerusalemme, Tartan, e Rab-saris, e Rab-sache, con un grande stuolo. Ed essi salirono, e vennero in Gerusalemme. Ed essendo arrivati, si fermarono presso dell'acquidotto dello stagno disopra, ch'[è] nella strada del campo del purgator di panni;

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.

e gridarono al re. Allora Eliachim, figliuolo di Hilchia, mastro del palazzo, e Sebna, segretario, e Ioa, figliuolo di Asaf, cancelliere, uscirono a loro.

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]?

E Rab-sache disse loro: Dite pur ora ad Ezechia: Così ha detto il gran re, il re degli Assiri: Quale [è] questa confidenza che tu hai avuta?

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]?

Tu dici, ma [non sono] che parole di labbra, [che tu hai] consiglio e forza per la guerra. Ora dunque, in cui ti sei tu confidato, che tu ti sei ribellato contro a me?

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].

Ecco, ora tu ti sei confidato in quel sostegno di canna rotta, nell'Egitto, sopra il quale se alcuno si appoggia, esso gli entra nella mano, e la fora; tale [è] Faraone, re di Egitto, a tutti quelli che si confidano in lui.

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]?”’

E se voi mi dite: Noi ci confidiamo nel Signore Iddio nostro, non [è] egli [quello], i cui alti luoghi ed altari Ezechia ha tolti via; e ha detto a Giuda ed a Gerusalemme: Voi adorerete [solo] dinanzi a questo Altare in Gerusalemme?

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!

Deh! scommetti ora col mio signore, re degli Assiri; e io ti darò duemila cavalli, se tu puoi dare [altrettanti uomini] che li cavalchino.

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!

E come faresti tu voltar faccia all'uno de' capitani d'infra i minimi servitori del mio signore? ma tu ti sei confidato nell'Egitto per de' carri, e della gente a cavallo.

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!”

Ora, sono io forse salito contro questo luogo, per guastarlo, senza il Signore? Il Signore mi ha detto: Sali contro a quel paese, e guastalo.

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].”

Allora Eliachim, figliuolo di Hilchia, e Sebna, e Ioa, dissero a Rabsache: Deh! parla a' tuoi servitori in lingua siriaca, perciocchè noi l'intendiamo; e non parlar con noi in lingua giudaica, udente il popolo ch'[è] sopra le mura.

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].”

Ma Rab-sache rispose loro: Il mio signore mi ha egli mandato a dir queste parole al tuo signore, o a te? non [mi ha egli mandato] a quelli che stanno su le mura, per [protestar loro] che farà loro mangiare il loro sterco, e bere la loro urina insieme con voi?

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,

Poi Rab-sache si rizzò in piè e gridò ad alta voce in lingua giudaica, e parlò, e disse: Ascoltate la parola del gran re, re degli Assiri:

29 ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].

Così ha detto il re: Ezechia non v'inganni; perciocchè egli non potrà liberarvi dalla mia mano.

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!’

E non vi faccia Ezechia confidar nel Signore, dicendo: Il Signore per certo ci libererà, e questa città non sarà data nelle mani del re degli Assiri.

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.

Non ascoltate Ezechia; perciocchè il re degli Assiri ha detto così: Fate pace meco, ed uscite a me; e ciascun di voi mangi della sua vite, e del suo fico, e beva dell'acqua della sua cisterna;

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!

finchè io venga, e vi meni in un paese simile al vostro; paese di frumento e di mosto; paese di pane e di vigne; paese d'ulivi da olio, e di miele; e voi viverete, e non morrete: e non ascoltate Ezechia; perciocchè egli v'inganna, dicendo: Il Signore ci libererà.

33 The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!

Ha pure alcuno degl'iddii delle genti liberato il suo paese dalle mani del re degli Assiri?

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?

Dove [sono] gl'iddii di Hamat e di Arpad? dove gl'iddii di Sefarvaim, di Hena, e d'Ivva? hanno pure essi liberata Samaria dalla mia mano?

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]?’”

Quali [son quegli dii], d'infra tutti gl'iddii di que' paesi, che abbiano liberato il lor paese dalla mia mano; che il Signore abbia da liberar Gerusalemme dalla mia mano?

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.”

E il popolo tacque, e non gli rispose nulla; perciocchè tale [era] il comandamento del re: Non gli rispondete nulla.

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.

Ed Eliachim, figliuolo di Hilchia, mastro del palazzo, e Sebna, segretario, e Ioa, figliuolo di Asaf, cancelliere, vennero al re Ezechia co' vestimenti stracciati, e gli rapportarono le parole di Rab-sache.