Isaiah 36
1 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.
El año 14 del rey Ezequías, aconteció que Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, subió contra todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá y las tomó.
2 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.
El rey de Asiria envió al Rabsaces con un gran ejército desde Laquis a Jerusalén contra el rey Ezequías. Hizo alto junto al acueducto del estanque de arriba, en la senda del Campo del Lavador.
3 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.
Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo del palacio, Sebna el escriba, y Joa, hijo de Asaf, el cronista, salieron a él.
4 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?
El Rabsaces les habló: Digan a Ezequías: El gran rey, el rey de Asiria, dice: ¿En qué confías tú?
5 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]?
Dijiste que tienes un plan y poderío para la guerra, pero solo son vanas palabras. Ahora pues, ¿en quién confías para rebelarte contra mí?
6 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].
¿Confías en ese bastón de caña quebrada que es Egipto? Al que se apoye en él se le clava en la mano y se la atraviesa. Así es Faraón, rey de Egipto, para todos los que confían en él.
7 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]?’
Si me replicas: En Yavé nuestro ʼElohim confiamos, ¿no es éste el mismo de quien Ezequías quitó los lugares altos, quemó sus altares y exigió a Judá y a Jerusalén que se postraran solamente en ese altar?
8 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!
Ahora pues, haz un trato con mi ʼadón, el rey de Asiria, y te daré 2.000 caballos si logras proveer jinetes para ellos.
9 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!
¿Cómo podrás resistir al más insignificante esclavo de mi ʼadón, si confías en que Egipto te dará carrozas y jinetes?
10 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!”
¿Subí yo sin orden de Yavé contra esta tierra para destruirla? Yavé me dijo: Sube contra esa tierra y destrúyela.
11 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].”
Entonces Eliaquim, Sebna y Joa, dijeron al Rabsaces: Te rogamos que hables a tus esclavos en arameo, porque nosotros lo entendemos. No nos hables en hebreo a oídos del pueblo que está sobre el muro.
12 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].”
Pero el Rabsaces respondió: ¿Mi amo me envió a decir estas palabras solo a tu amo y a ti? ¿No me envió a los hombres que están en el muro, expuestos a comer sus propios excrementos y beber su orina con ustedes?
13 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!
Al ponerse en pie, el Rabsaces gritó en hebreo a voz en cuello: Escuchen las palabras del gran rey de Asiria.
14 He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
El rey dice: No los engañe Ezequías, porque él no los podrá librar,
15 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!’
ni les infunda Ezequías confianza en Yavé, al decir: Ciertamente Yavé nos librará, y esta ciudad no será entregada en manos del rey de Asiria.
16 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.
No escuchen a Ezequías, porque así dijo el rey de Asiria: Hagan conmigo la paz y salgan a mí. Cada uno coma de su vid y cada uno de su higuera, y beba cada cual el agua de su pozo
17 [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.’
hasta que yo venga y los traslade a una tierra como la de ustedes, tierra de grano y de vino, tierra de pan y de viñas.
18 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!
Que no los engañe Ezequías al decir: Yavé nos librará. ¿Alguno de los ʼelohim de las naciones libró a su tierra de la mano del rey de Asiria?
19 Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities], and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power [MTY]?
¿Dónde están los ʼelohim de Hamat y de Arfad? ¿Dónde están los ʼelohim de Sefarvaim? ¿Libraron a Samaria de mi mano?
20 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]?’”
¿Cuál entre todos los ʼelohim de esas tierras libró su tierra de mi mano? ¿Yavé libraría a Jerusalén de mi mano?
21 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.”
Pero ellos callaron y no respondieron ni una palabra, porque la orden del rey decía: No le respondan.
22 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.
Entonces Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo del palacio, Sebna, el escriba, y Joa, hijo de Asaf, el cronista, se presentaron ante Ezequías con sus ropas rasgadas y le declararon las palabras del Rabsaces.
