Otra Ķēniņu 19
1 Kad nu ķēniņš Hizkija to dzirdēja, tad viņš saplēsa savas drēbes un apvilka maisu un gāja Tā Kunga namā,
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went to the temple [to ask God what to do].
2 Un sūtīja nama uzraugu Elijaķimu un skrīveri Šebnu un tos vecākos priesterus, maisos ģērbušos, pie pravieša Jesajas, Amoca dēla.
He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me.
3 Un tie uz viņu sacīja: tā saka Hizkija: šī diena ir bēdu un soda un kauna diena. Jo bērni nākuši uz dzimšanu un spēka nav dzemdēt.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. [Other nations are causing] us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [MET] a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Vai Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, nedzirdēs visus Rabzakus vārdus, ko viņa kungs, Asīrijas ķēniņš, ir sūtījis, zaimot to dzīvo Dievu, un nepārmācīs par tiem vārdiem, ko Viņš dzirdējis, Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs? Tāpēc celies un lūdz par tiem atlikušiem, kas vēl atrodas.
Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].”
5 Un ķēniņa Hizkijas kalpi nāca pie Jesajas.
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 Un Jesaja uz tiem sacīja: tā jums savam kungam būs sacīt: tā saka Tas Kungs: “Nebīsties par tiem vārdiem, ko tu esi dzirdējis, ar ko Asīrijas ķēniņa sulaiņi Mani zaimojuši.
Isaiah said to them, “[Go back to] your boss/master [and] tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said.
7 Redzi, Es tam došu tādu garu, ka tas dzirdēs baumu un ies atpakaļ uz savu zemi, un Es viņam paša zemē likšu krist caur zobenu.”
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, [that a foreign army is about to attack his country]. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.’”
8 Kad nu Rabzakus gāja atpakaļ, tad viņš atrada Asīrijas ķēniņu pret Libnu karojam, jo viņš bija dzirdējis, ka tas no Laķisa jau bija aizgājis.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had left Lachish [city], and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official went there [to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Un kad viņš par Tiraku, Moru ķēniņu, dzirdēja sakām: redzi, viņš ir izgājis ar tevi karot, tad viņš atkal sūtīja vēstnešus pie Hizkijas un sacīja:
Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
10 Tā runājiet uz Hizkiju, Jūda ķēniņu, un sakāt: lai tevi nepieviļ tavs Dievs, uz ko tu paļaujies, sacīdams: Jeruzāleme netaps rokā dota Asīrijas ķēniņam.
[In the letter] he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that [the city of] Jerusalem will not be captured by my army [MTY].
11 Redzi, tu esi dzirdējis, ko Asīrijas ķēniņi darījuši visām zemēm, tās izdeldēdami; un tu domā izglābties?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Vai pagānu dievi tos glābuši, ko mani tēvi izpostījuši, Gozanu un Haranu un Recevu un Edeņa bērnus, kas bija Telasarā?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria] and the people of Eden who had been (deported/forced to go) to Tel-Assar [city]? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them.
13 Kur ir Hamatas ķēniņš un Arpadas ķēniņš un Sefarvaimas pilsētas, Enas un Ivas ķēniņš?
What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah [cities] [RHQ]? [Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported]!”
14 Kad nu Hizkija bija dabūjis tās grāmatas no vēstnešu rokas un tās izlasījis, tad viņš gāja Tā Kunga namā, un Hizkija tās atpleta Tā Kunga priekšā.
Hezekiah took the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 Un Hizkija pielūdza Tā Kunga priekšā un sacīja: Kungs, Israēla Dievs, kas sēdi pār ķerubiem, Tu viens pats esi Dievs pār visām zemes valstīm, Tu esi radījis debesis un zemi.
Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the [statues of] creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created [everything on] the earth and [in] the sky.
16 Atgriez, ak Kungs, Savas ausis un klausies, atveri, ak Kungs, Savas acis un redzi un dzirdi Sanheriba vārdus, ko viņš sūtījis, zaimot To dzīvo Dievu!
So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look [at what is happening]. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.
17 Patiesi, ak Kungs, Asīrijas ķēniņi ir postījuši pagānus un viņu zemi,
“Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
18 Un viņu dievus metuši ugunī, jo tie nav dievi, bet cilvēku roku darbs, koks un akmens, tāpēc tie tos ir izpostījuši.
And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But [that was not difficult to do, because] they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
19 Nu tad, Kungs, mūsu Dievs, izpestī mūs jel no viņa rokas, lai visas valstis virs zemes atzīst, ka Tu, ak Kungs, vien esi Dievs.
So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power [MTY] [of the king of Assyria], in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.”
20 Tad Jesaja, Amoca dēls, sūtīja pie Hizkijas un lika sacīt: tā saka Tas Kungs, Israēla Dievs: par ko tu Mani pielūdzis pret Sanheribu, Asīrijas ķēniņu, to Es esmu klausījis.
Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
21 Šis ir tas vārds, ko Tas Kungs pret viņu runājis: tevi nievā, tevi apsmej jumprava, Ciānas meita, aiz tevis krata galvu Jeruzālemes meita.
This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
22 Ko tu esi apsmējis un zaimojis un pret ko tu esi pacēlis savu balsi un augsti uzcēlis savas acis? Pret to Svēto iekš Israēla.
Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship.
23 Caur saviem vēstnešiem tu To Kungu esi apmēdījis un sacījis: ar saviem ratu pulkiem es uzkāpu kalnu galos, Lībanus virsgalā, un izcērtu viņa augstos ciedru kokus un izlasītās priedes, un tieku līdz paša gala mājoklim, līdz viņa meža lepnumiem.
The messengers that you sent made fun of me. You said, 'With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests.
24 Es roku un dzeru svešus ūdeņus, un no manu kāju pēdām paliek sausas visas Ēģiptes upes.
We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”’
25 Vai tu neesi dzirdējis, ka Es jau sen iepriekš to esmu sataisījis, jau vecos laikos to esmu apņēmies? Tagad Es tam esmu licis notikt, ka tu izposti stipras pilsētas un dari par akmeņu kopām.
[‘But I reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [that those things would happen]? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have [the power to] capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble.
26 Tāpēc viņu iedzīvotājiem nogura rokas, un tie iztrūcinājās un tapa kaunā, tie bija kā zāle laukā un kā uzzēlis zaļums un kā zāle uz jumtiem un kā rūsaina labība, pirms nāk stiebros.
The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
27 Un Es zinu tavu sēdēšanu un tavu iziešanu un tavu ieiešanu un tavu trakošanu pret Mani.
“But I know [everything about you]. I know when you are in your house and when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
28 Tavas trakošanas dēļ pret Mani un tavas pārgalvības pēc, kas nākusi Manās ausīs, Es Savu kāsi likšu tavās nāsīs un Savus laužņus tavā mutē, un tev likšu griezties atpakaļ pa to ceļu, kur tu esi nācis.
So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and an iron (bit/piece of metal) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country] on the same road on which you came here, [without conquering Jerusalem].” '
29 Un tas tev būs par zīmi: šai gadā ēdīs papuvē augušu, un otrā gadā ataugu, un trešajā gadā sējiet un pļaujiet un stādiet vīna dārzus un ēdiet viņu augļus.
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove [that I am telling the truth]: This year and next year you [and your people] will be able to harvest only (wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted). But the following year, you [Israelis] will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest.
30 Un kas no Jūda nama ir izglābts un atlicis, sakņos atkal lejup un nesīs augļus augšup;
The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
31 Jo no Jeruzālemes izies atlikuši, un atpestīti no Ciānas kalna. To darīs Tā Kunga Cebaot karstums.
There will be many people in Jerusalem [DOU] who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants [PRS] it to happen.
32 Tāpēc tā saka Tas Kungs par Asīrijas ķēniņu: viņš nenāks šai pilsētā un neiešaus tanī nevienu bultu un nepacels pret to priekšturamās bruņas un neuzmetīs pret to valni.
So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against [the city walls] [to enable them to attack the city].
33 Pa to pašu ceļu, kur viņš nācis, viņam būs griezties atpakaļ, bet šai pilsētā viņš nenāks, saka Tas Kungs.
Their king will return to his own country on the same road on which he came here. He will not enter this city! [That will happen because] I, Yahweh have said it!
34 Jo Es šo pilsētu paglabāšu un izpestīšu Sevis labad un Sava kalpa Dāvida labad.
I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
35 Un tai pašā naktī notikās, ka Tā Kunga eņģelis izgāja un nokāva Asiriešu lēģerī simts astoņdesmit un pieci tūkstošus. Un kad no rīta agri cēlās, redzi, tad tur viss bija miroņu pilns.
That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
36 Tā Sanheribs, Asīrijas ķēniņš, aizgāja un gāja projām un griezās atpakaļ un palika Ninivē.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 Un notikās, kad viņš pielūdza Nizroka, sava dieva, namā, tad Adrameleķs un Sarecers, viņa dēli, to nokāva ar zobenu un aizbēga uz Ararata zemi. Un viņa dēls Asaradons palika par ķēniņu viņa vietā.
One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to [the] Ararat [region, northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib's sons, Esarhaddon, became the king of Assyria.
