2 Kings 18
1 After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
İsrail Kralı Ela oğlu Hoşea'nın krallığının üçüncü yılında Ahaz oğlu Hizkiya Yahuda Kralı oldu.
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.
Hizkiya yirmi beş yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de yirmi dokuz yıl krallık yaptı. Annesi Zekeriya'nın kızı Aviya'ydı.
3 Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
Atası Davut gibi, o da RAB'bin gözünde doğru olanı yaptı.
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.
Alışılagelen tapınma yerlerini kaldırdı, dikili taşları, Aşera putlarını parçaladı. Musa'nın yapmış olduğu Nehuştan adındaki tunç yılanı da parçaladı. Çünkü İsrailliler o güne kadar ona buhur yakıyorlardı.
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.
Hizkiya İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB'be güvendi. Kendisinden önceki ve sonraki Yahuda kralları arasında onun gibisi yoktu.
6 He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
RAB'be çok bağlıydı, O'nun yolundan ayrılmadı, RAB'bin Musa'ya vermiş olduğu buyrukları yerine getirdi.
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).
RAB onunla birlikteydi. Yaptığı her işte başarılı oldu. Asur Kralı'na karşı ayaklandı ve ona kulluk etmedi.
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.
Gazze ve çevresine, gözcü kulelerinden surlu kentlere kadar her yerde Filistliler'i bozguna uğrattı.
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].
Hizkiya'nın krallığının dördüncü yılında –İsrail Kralı Ela oğlu Hoşea'nın krallığının yedinci yılı– Asur Kralı Şalmaneser Samiriye'ye yürüyerek kenti kuşattı.
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.
Kuşatma üç yıl sürdü. Sonunda Samiriye'yi ele geçirdiler. Hizkiya'nın krallığının altıncı yılı, İsrail Kralı Hoşea'nın krallığının dokuzuncu yılında Samiriye alındı.
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.
Asur Kralı İsrailliler'i Asur'a sürerek Halah'a, Habur Irmağı kıyısındaki Gozan'a ve Med kentlerine yerleştirdi.
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.
Çünkü Tanrıları RAB'bin sözünü dinlememişler, O'nun antlaşmasını ve RAB'bin kulu Musa'nın buyruklarını çiğnemişlerdi. Ne kulak asmışlar, ne de buyrukları yerine getirmişlerdi.
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.
Hizkiya'nın krallığının on dördüncü yılında Asur Kralı Sanherib, Yahuda'nın surlu kentlerine saldırıp hepsini ele geçirdi.
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.
Yahuda Kralı Hizkiya, Lakiş Kenti'ndeki Asur Kralı'na şu haberi gönderdi: “Suçluyum, üzerimden kuvvetlerini çek, ne istersen ödeyeceğim.” Asur Kralı Yahuda Kralı Hizkiya'yı üç yüz talant gümüş ve otuz talant altın ödemekle yükümlü kıldı.
15 So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
Hizkiya RAB'bin Tapınağı'nda ve kral sarayının hazinelerinde bulunan bütün gümüşü ona verdi.
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.
Daha önce yaptırmış olduğu RAB'bin Tapınağı'nın kapılarıyla kapı pervazlarının üzerindeki altın kaplamaları da çıkarıp Asur Kralı'na verdi.
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.
Asur Kralı başkomutan, askeri danışman ve komutanını büyük bir orduyla Lakiş'ten Yeruşalim'e, Kral Hizkiya'ya gönderdi. Yeruşalim'e varan ordu Çırpıcı Tarlası yolunda, Yukarı Havuz'un su yolunun yanında durdu.
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.
Haber gönderip Kral Hizkiya'yı çağırdılar. Saray sorumlusu Hilkiya oğlu Elyakim, Yazman Şevna ve devlet tarihçisi Asaf oğlu Yoah Asurlular'ı karşılamaya çıktı.
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]?
Komutan onlara şöyle dedi: “Hizkiya'ya söyleyin. ‘Büyük kral, Asur Kralı diyor ki: Güvendiğin şey ne, neye güveniyorsun?
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]?
Savaş tasarıların ve gücün olduğunu söylüyorsun, ama bunlar boş sözler. Kime güveniyorsun da bana karşı ayaklanıyorsun?
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].
İşte sen şu kırık kamış değneğe, Mısır'a güveniyorsun. Bu değnek kendisine yaslanan herkesin eline batar, deler. Firavun da kendisine güvenenler için böyledir.
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]?”’
Yoksa bana, Tanrımız RAB'be güveniyoruz mu diyeceksiniz? Hizkiya'nın Yahuda ve Yeruşalim halkına, yalnız Yeruşalim'de, bu sunağın önünde tapınacaksınız diyerek tapınma yerlerini, sunaklarını ortadan kaldırdığı Tanrı değil mi bu?’
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!
“Haydi, efendim Asur Kralı'yla bahse giriş. Binicileri sağlayabilirsen sana iki bin at veririm.
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!
Mısır'ın savaş arabalarıyla atlıları sağlayacağına güvensen bile, efendimin en küçük rütbeli komutanlarından birini yenemezsin!
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!”
Dahası var: RAB'bin buyruğu olmadan mı saldırıp burayı yıkmak için yola çıktığımı sanıyorsun? RAB, ‘Git, o ülkeyi yık’ dedi.”
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].”
Hilkiya oğlu Elyakim, Şevna ve Yoah, “Lütfen biz kullarınla Aramice konuş” diye karşılık verdiler, “Çünkü biz bu dili anlarız. Yahudi dilinde konuşma. Surların üzerindeki halk bizi dinliyor.”
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].”
Komutan, “Efendim bu sözleri yalnız size ve efendinize söyleyeyim diye mi gönderdi beni?” dedi, “Surların üzerinde oturan bu halka, sizin gibi dışkısını yemek, idrarını içmek zorunda kalacak olan herkese gönderdi.”
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,
Sonra ayağa kalkıp Yahudi dilinde bağırdı: “Büyük kralın, Asur Kralı'nın söylediklerini dinleyin!
29 ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
Kral diyor ki, ‘Hizkiya sizi aldatmasın, o sizi benim elimden kurtaramaz.
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!’
RAB bizi mutlaka kurtaracak, bu kent Asur Kralı'nın eline geçmeyecek diyen Hizkiya'ya kanmayın, RAB'be güvenmeyin.
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.
Hizkiya'yı dinlemeyin.’ Çünkü Asur Kralı diyor ki, ‘Teslim olun, bana gelin. Böylece ben gelip sizi zeytinyağı ve bal ülkesi olan kendi ülkeniz gibi bir ülkeye –tahıl ve yeni şarap, ekmek ve üzüm dolu bir ülkeye– götürene kadar herkes kendi asmasından, kendi incir ağacından yiyecek, kendi sarnıcından içecek. Yaşamı seçin, ölümü değil. RAB bizi kurtaracak diyerek sizi aldatmaya çalışan Hizkiya'yı dinlemeyin.
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!
33 The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
Ulusların ilahları ülkelerini Asur Kralı'nın elinden kurtarabildi mi?
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?
Hani nerede Hama'nın, Arpat'ın ilahları? Sefarvayim'in, Hena ve İvva'nın ilahları nerede? Samiriye'yi elimden kurtarabildiler mi?
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]?’”
Bütün ülkelerin ilahlarından hangisi ülkesini elimden kurtardı ki, RAB Yeruşalim'i elimden kurtarabilsin?’”
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.”
Halk sustu, komutana tek sözle bile karşılık veren olmadı. Çünkü Kral Hizkiya, “Karşılık vermeyin” diye buyurmuştu.
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.
Sonra saray sorumlusu Hilkiya oğlu Elyakim, Yazman Şevna ve devlet tarihçisi Asaf oğlu Yoah giysilerini yırttılar ve gidip komutanın söylediklerini Hizkiya'ya bildirdiler.
