Isaiæ 36
1 Et factum est in quartodecimo anno regis Ezechiæ, ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum super omnes civitates Iuda munitas, et cepit eas.
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.
2 Et misit rex Assyriorum Rabsacen de Lachis in Ierusalem, ad regem Ezechiam in manu gravi, et stetit in aquæductu piscinæ superioris in via Agri fullonis.
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,
3 Et egressus est ad eum Eliacim filius Helciæ, qui erat super domum, et Sobna scriba, et Ioahe filius Asaph a commentariis.
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.
4 Et dixit ad eos Rabsaces: Dicite Ezechiæ: Hæc dicit rex magnus, rex Assyriorum: Quæ est ista fiducia, qua confidis?
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?
5 Aut quo consilio vel fortitudine rebellare disponis? Super quem habes fiduciam, quia recessisti a me?
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?
6 Ecce confidis super baculum arundineum confractum istum, super Ægyptum: cui si innixus fuerit homo, intrabit in manum eius, et perforabit eam: sic Pharao rex Ægypti omnibus, qui confidunt in eo.
'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.
7 Quod si responderis mihi: In Domino Deo nostro confidimus: nonne ipse est, cuius abstulit Ezechias excelsa et altaria? Et dixit Iudæ et Ierusalem: Coram altari isto adorabitis.
'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?
8 Et nunc trade te domino meo regi Assyriorum, et dabo tibi duo millia equorum, nec poteris ex te præbere ascensores eorum.
'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.
9 Et quomodo sustinebis faciem iudicis unius loci ex servis domini mei minoribus? Quod si confidis in Ægypto, in quadrigis, et in equitibus:
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?
10 et nunc numquid sine Domino ascendi ad terram istam ut disperderem eam? Dominus dixit ad me: Ascende super terram istam, et disperde eam.
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.'
11 Et dixit Eliacim, et Sobna, et Ioahe ad Rabsacen: Loquere ad servos tuos Syra lingua: intelligimus enim: ne loquaris ad nos Iudaice in auribus populi, qui est super murum.
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.'
12 Et dixit ad eos Rabsaces: Numquid ad dominum tuum et ad te misit me dominus meus, ut loquerer omnia verba ista; et non potius ad viros, qui sedent in muro, ut comedant stercora sua, et bibant urinam pedum suorum vobiscum?
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?'
13 Et stetit Rabsaces, et clamavit voce magna Iudaice, et dixit: Audite verba regis magni, regis Assyriorum.
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:
14 Hæc dicit rex: Non seducat vos Ezechias, quia non poterit eruere vos.
Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;
15 Et non vobis tribuat fiduciam Ezechias super Domino, dicens: Eruens liberabit nos Dominus, non dabitur civitas ista in manu regis Assyriorum.
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.
16 Nolite audire Ezechiam: hæc enim dicit rex Assyriorum: Facite mecum benedictionem, et egredimini ad me, et comedite unusquisque vineam suam, et unusquisque ficum suam: et bibite unusquisque aquam cisternæ suæ,
'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,
17 donec veniam, et tollam vos ad terram, quæ est ut terra vestra, terram frumenti et vini, terram panum et vinearum.
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;
18 Nec conturbet vos Ezechias, dicens: Dominus liberabit nos. Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium unusquisque terram suam de manu regis Assyriorum?
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?
19 Ubi est deus Emath, et Arphad? Ubi est deus Sepharvaim? Numquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea?
Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Quis est ex omnibus diis terrarum istarum, qui eruerit terram suam de manu mea, ut eruat Dominus Ierusalem de manu mea?
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?'
21 Et siluerunt, et non responderunt ei verbum. Mandaverat enim rex, dicens: Ne respondeatis ei.
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'
22 Et ingressus est Eliacim filius Helciæ, qui erat super domum, et Sobna scriba, et Ioahe filius Asaph a commentariis ad Ezechiam scissis vestibus, et nunciaverunt ei verba Rabsacis.
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.
