2 Књига о царевима 19
1 А кад то чу цар Језекија, раздре хаљине своје и веза око себе кострет, па отиде у дом Господњи.
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 И посла Елијакима, који беше над двором, и Сомну писара и најстарије свештенике обучене у кострет к Исаији пророку, сину Амосовом.
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 И рекоше му: Овако вели Језекија: Ово је дан невоље и кара и руга; јер приспеше деца до порођаја, а нема снаге да се роде.
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 Да ако је чуо Господ Бог твој све што рече Равсак, ког посла цар асирски, господар његов да ружи Бога Живога и да Га вређа речима, које је чуо Господ Бог твој; помоли се за остатак који се налази.
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 И дођоше к Исаији слуге цара Језекије.
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 И рече им Исаија: Овако реците господару свом: Овако вели Господ: Не плаши се од речи које си чуо, којима хулише на ме слуге цара асирског.
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 Ево, ја ћу пустити на њ дух, те ће чути глас и вратити се у своју земљу, и учинићу да погине од мача у својој земљи.
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 И тако, вративши се Равсак нађе цара асирског где бије Ливну, јер беше чуо да је отишао од Лахиса.
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 А он чу за Тираку, цара хуског где казаше: Ево иде да се бије с тобом. Зато опет посла посланике к Језекији говорећи:
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 Овако реците Језекији, цару Јудином: Немој да те вара Бог твој, у ког се уздаш говорећи: Неће се дати Јерусалим у руке цару асирском.
[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 Ето чуо си шта су учинили цареви асирски свим земљама потрвши их сасвим; а ти ли ћеш се избавити?
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 Јесу ли народе које сатрше оци моји избавили богови њихови, Госанце, Харанце, Ресефе и синове Еденове, који беху у Теласару?
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 Где је цар ематски и цар арфадски и цар од града Сефарвима, од Ене и Аве?
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 А кад Језекија прими књигу из руку посланика и прочита је, отиде у дом Господњи, и разви је Језекија пред Господом.
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 И помоли се Језекија Господу говорећи: Господе Боже Израиљев, који седиш на херувимима, Ти си сам, Бог свим царствима на земљи, Ти си створио небо и земљу,
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 Пригни, Господе, ухо своје и чуј; отвори, Господе, очи своје и види; чуј речи Сенахирима, који посла да ружи Бога Живога.
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 Истина је, Господе, опустошили су цареви асирски оне народе и земље њихове;
“Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
18 И побацали су богове њихове у огањ, јер не беху богови, него дело руку човечијих, дрво и камен; зато их потрше.
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 И зато, Господе Боже наш, избави нас из руку његових, да познаду сва царства на земљи да си Ти, Господе, сам Бог.
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 Тада посла Исаија син Амосов к Језекији, и поручи му: Овако вели Господ Бог Израиљев: Услишио сам за шта си ми се молио ради Сенахирима, цара асирског.
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 Ово је реч коју изрече Господ за њ: Руга ти се и подсмева ти се девојка, кћи сионска, за тобом маше главом кћи јерусалимска.
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 Кога си ружио и хулио? И на кога си подигао глас? И подигао у вис очи своје? На Свеца Израиљевог.
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 Преко посланика својих ружио си Господа и рекао си: С мноштвом кола својих изиђох на високе горе, на стране ливанске, и посећи ћу високе кедре његове и лепе јеле његове, и ући ћу у крајњи стан његов, у шуму његова Кармила.
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 Ја сам копао и пио воду туђу, и исушио сам стопама својим све потоке градовима.
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 Ниси ли чуо да ја то одавна чиним и од искона да сам тако уредио? Сада пуштам то, да превратиш тврде градове у пусте гомиле.
[‘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 Зато који у њима живе изнемогоше, уплашише се и сметоше се, посташе као трава пољска, као зелена травица, као трава на крововима, која се суши пре него сазри.
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 Знам седење твоје, и полажење твоје и долажење твоје знам, и како бесниш на ме.
“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 Јер бесниш на ме, и твоја обест дође до мојих ушију; зато ћу метнути брњицу своју на ноздрве твоје и узду своју у губицу твоју, па ћу те одвести натраг путем којим си дошао.
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 А теби ово нека буде знак: јешћете ове године шта само од себе роди, и друге године шта опет само од себе роди; а треће године сејте и жањите и садите винограде и једите род с њих.
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 Јер остатак дома Јудиног, што остане, опет ће пустити жиле оздо и родити озго.
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 Јер ће из Јерусалима изаћи остатак, и из горе Сиона, који се сачувају. Ревност Господа над војскама учиниће то.
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 Зато овако вели Господ за цара асирског: Неће ући у овај град нити ће бацити амо стреле, неће се примаћи ка њему са штитом, нити ће ископати опкопе око њега.
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 Вратиће се путем којим је дошао, а у град овај неће ући, вели Господ.
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 Јер ћу бранити тај град, и сачуваћу га себе ради и ради Давида, слуге свог.
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 И исту ноћ анђео Господњи изађе и поби у логору асирском сто и осамдесет и пет хиљада; и кад усташе ујутру, а то све сами мртваци.
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 Те се подиже Сенахирим, цар асирски, и отиде, и вративши се оста у Ниневији.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 И кад се клањаше у дому Нисрока, бога свог, Адрамелех и Сарасар синови његови убише га мачем, а сами побегоше у земљу араратску, и на његово се место зацари Есарадон, син његов.
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.
