< Isaiah 36 >

1 And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them.
希西家王十四年,亞述王西拿基立上來攻擊猶大的一切堅固城,將城攻取。
2 And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field,
亞述王從拉吉差遣拉伯沙基率領大軍往耶路撒冷,到希西家王那裏去。他就站在上池的水溝旁,在漂布地的大路上。
3 and go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.
於是希勒家的兒子家宰以利亞敬,並書記舍伯那和亞薩的兒子史官約亞,出來見拉伯沙基。
4 And Rabshakeh saith unto them, 'Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, 'Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What [is] this confidence in which thou hast confided?
拉伯沙基對他們說:「你們去告訴希西家說,亞述大王如此說:『你所倚靠的有甚麼可仗賴的呢?
5 I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might [are] for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?
你說,有打仗的計謀和能力,我看不過是虛話。你到底倚靠誰才背叛我呢?
6 'Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed — on Egypt — which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it — so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.
看哪,你所倚靠的埃及是那壓傷的葦杖,人若靠這杖,就必刺透他的手。埃及王法老向一切倚靠他的人也是這樣。
7 'And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?
你若對我說:我們倚靠耶和華-我們的上帝。希西家豈不是將上帝的邱壇和祭壇廢去,且對猶大和耶路撒冷的人說:你們當在這壇前敬拜嗎?
8 'And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them.
現在你把當頭給我主亞述王,我給你二千匹馬,看你這一面騎馬的人夠不夠。
9 And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?
若不然,怎能打敗我主臣僕中最小的軍長呢?你竟倚靠埃及的戰車馬兵嗎?
10 And now, without Jehovah have I come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up unto this land, and thou hast destroyed it.'
現在我上來攻擊毀滅這地,豈沒有耶和華的意思嗎?耶和華吩咐我說,你上去攻擊毀滅這地吧!』」
11 And Eliakim saith — and Shebna and Joah — unto Rabshakeh, 'Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants [in] Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.'
以利亞敬、舍伯那、約亞對拉伯沙基說:「求你用亞蘭言語和僕人說話,因為我們懂得;不要用猶大言語和我們說話,達到城上百姓的耳中。」
12 And Rabshakeh saith, 'Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men — those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?'
拉伯沙基說:「我主差遣我來,豈是單對你和你的主說這些話嗎?不也是對這些坐在城上、要與你們一同吃自己糞喝自己尿的人說嗎?」
13 And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish, and saith, 'Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:
於是,拉伯沙基站着,用猶大言語大聲喊着說:「你們當聽亞述大王的話。
14 Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;
王如此說:『你們不要被希西家欺哄了,因他不能拯救你們。
15 and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.
也不要聽希西家使你們倚靠耶和華說:耶和華必要拯救我們,這城必不交在亞述王的手中。』
16 'Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,
不要聽希西家的話,因亞述王如此說:『你們要與我和好。出來投降我,各人就可以吃自己葡萄樹和無花果樹的果子,喝自己井裏的水。
17 till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;
等我來領你們到一個地方,與你們本地一樣,就是有五穀和新酒之地,有糧食和葡萄園之地。
18 lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. 'Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?
你們要謹防,恐怕希西家勸導你們說:耶和華必拯救我們。列國的神有哪一個救他本國脫離亞述王的手呢?
19 Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?
哈馬和亞珥拔的神在哪裏呢?西法瓦音的神在哪裏呢?他們曾救撒馬利亞脫離我的手嗎?
20 Who among all the gods of these lands [are] they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
這些國的神有誰曾救自己的國脫離我的手呢?難道耶和華能救耶路撒冷脫離我的手嗎?』」
21 And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'
百姓靜默不言,並不回答一句,因為王曾吩咐說:「不要回答他。」
22 And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.
當下希勒家的兒子家宰以利亞敬和書記舍伯那,並亞薩的兒子史官約亞,都撕裂衣服,來到希西家那裏,將拉伯沙基的話告訴了他。

< Isaiah 36 >