4-я Царств 18
1 В третий год Осии, сына Илы, царя Израильского, воцарился Езекия, сын Ахаза, царя Иудейского.
After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
2 Двадцати пяти лет был он, когда воцарился, и двадцать девять лет царствовал в Иерусалиме; имя матери его Ави, дочь Захарии.
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.
3 И делал он угодное в очах Господних во всем так, как делал Давид, отец его;
Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
4 он отменил высоты, разбил статуи, срубил дубраву и истребил медного змея, которого сделал Моисей, потому что до самых тех дней сыны Израилевы кадили ему и называли его Нехуштан.
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.
5 На Господа Бога Израилева уповал он; и такого, как он, не бывало между всеми царями Иудейскими и после него и прежде него.
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.
6 И прилепился он к Господу и не отступал от Него, и соблюдал заповеди Его, какие заповедал Господь Моисею.
He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
7 И был Господь с ним: везде, куда он ни ходил, поступал он благоразумно. И отложился он от царя Ассирийского, и не стал служить ему.
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).
8 Он поразил Филистимлян до Газы и в пределах ее, от сторожевой башни до укрепленного города.
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.
9 В четвертый год царя Езекии, то есть в седьмой год Осии, сына Илы, царя Израильского, пошел Салманассар, царь Ассирийский, на Самарию, и осадил ее,
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].
10 и взял ее через три года; в шестой год Езекии, то есть в девятый год Осии, царя Израильского, взята Самария.
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.
11 И переселил царь Ассирийский Израильтян в Ассирию, и поселил их в Халахе и в Хаворе, при реке Гозан, и в городах Мидийских,
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.
12 за то, что они не слушали гласа Господа Бога своего и преступили завет Его, все, что заповедал Моисей раб Господень, они и не слушали и не исполняли.
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.
13 В четырнадцатый год царя Езекии, пошел Сеннахирим, царь Ассирийский, против всех укрепленных городов Иуды и взял их.
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.
14 И послал Езекия, царь Иудейский, к царю Ассирийскому в Лахис сказать: виновен я; отойди от меня; что наложишь на меня, я внесу. И наложил царь Ассирийский на Езекию, царя Иудейского, триста талантов серебра и тридцать талантов золота.
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.
15 И отдал Езекия все серебро, какое нашлось в доме Господнем и в сокровищницах дома царского.
So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
16 В то время снял Езекия золото с дверей дома Господня и с дверных столбов, которые позолотил Езекия, царь Иудейский, и отдал его царю Ассирийскому.
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.
17 И послал царь Ассирийский Тартана и Рабсариса и Рабсака из Лахиса к царю Езекии с большим войском в Иерусалим. И пошли, и пришли к Иерусалиму; и пошли, и пришли, и стали у водопровода верхнего пруда, который на дороге поля белильничьего.
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.
18 И звали они царя. И вышел к ним Елиаким, сын Хелкиин, начальник дворца, и Севна писец, и Иоах, сын Асафов, дееписатель.
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.
19 И сказал им Рабсак: скажите Езекии: так говорит царь великий, царь Ассирийский: что это за упование, на которое ты уповаешь?
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]?
20 Ты говорил только пустые слова: для войны нужны совет и сила. Ныне же на кого ты уповаешь, что отложился от меня?
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]?
21 Вот, ты думаешь опереться на Египет, на эту трость надломленную, которая, если кто опрется на нее, войдет ему в руку и проколет ее. Таков фараон, царь Египетский, для всех уповающих на него.
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].
22 А если вы скажете мне: “на Господа Бога нашего мы уповаем”, то на того ли, которого высоты и жертвенники отменил Езекия, и сказал Иуде и Иерусалиму: “пред сим только жертвенником поклоняйтесь в Иерусалиме”?
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]?”’
23 Итак вступи в союз с господином моим царем Ассирийским: я дам тебе две тысячи коней, можешь ли достать себе всадников на них?
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!
24 Как тебе одолеть и одного вождя из малейших слуг господина моего? И уповаешь на Египет ради колесниц и коней?
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!
25 Притом же разве я без воли Господней пошел на место сие, чтобы разорить его? Господь сказал мне: “пойди на землю сию и разори ее”.
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!”
26 И сказал Елиаким, сын Хелкиин, и Севна и Иоах Рабсаку: говори рабам твоим по-арамейски, потому что понимаем мы, а не говори с нами по-иудейски вслух народа, который на стене.
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].”
27 И сказал им Рабсак: разве только к господину твоему и к тебе послал меня господин мой сказать сии слова? Нет, также и к людям, которые сидят на стене, чтобы есть помет свой и пить мочу свою с вами.
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].”
28 И встал Рабсак и возгласил громким голосом по-иудейски, и говорил, и сказал: слушайте слово царя великого, царя Ассирийского!
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,
29 Так говорит царь: пусть не обольщает вас Езекия, ибо он не может вас спасти от руки моей;
‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
30 и пусть не обнадеживает вас Езекия Господом, говоря: “спасет нас Господь и не будет город сей отдан в руки царя Ассирийского”.
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!’
31 Не слушайте Езекии. Ибо так говорит царь Ассирийский: примиритесь со мною и выйдите ко мне, и пусть каждый ест плоды виноградной лозы своей и смоковницы своей, и пусть каждый пьет воду из своего колодезя,
“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.
32 пока я не приду и не возьму вас в землю такую же, как и ваша земля, в землю хлеба и вина, в землю плодов и виноградников, в землю масличных дерев и меда, и будете жить, и не умрете. Не слушайте же Езекии, который обольщает вас, говоря: “Господь спасет нас”.
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 Спасли ли боги народов, каждый свою землю, от руки царя Ассирийского?
The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
34 Где боги Емафа и Арпада? Где боги Сепарваима, Ены и Иввы? Спасли ли они Самарию от руки моей?
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?
35 Кто из всех богов земель сих спас землю свою от руки моей? Так неужели Господь спасет Иерусалим от руки моей?
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]?’”
36 И молчал народ и не отвечали ему ни слова, потому что было приказание царя: “не отвечайте ему”.
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.”
37 И пришел Елиаким, сын Хелкиин, начальник дворца, и Севна писец и Иоах, сын Асафов, дееписатель, к Езекии в разодранных одеждах, и пересказали ему слова Рабсаковы.
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.
