2 Chronicles 32

1 After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

1 وَبَعْدَ كُلِّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ حَزَقِيَّا بِأَمَانَةٍ، زَحَفَ سِنْحَارِيبُ عَلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَدَخَلَهَا، وَحَاصَرَ الْمُدُنَ الْحَصِينَةَ طَمَعاً فِي الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَيْهَا.

2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

2 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى حَزَقِيَّا أَنَّ سِنْحَارِيبَ قَدْ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى مُحَارَبَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

3 he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

3 تَدَاوَلَ فِي الأَمْرِ مَعَ رُؤَسَاءِ جَيْشِهِ وَزُعَمَاءِ الْبِلادِ، وَاتَّفَقُوا عَلَى رَدْمِ مِيَاهِ الْعُيُونِ الْقَائِمَةِ خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَعَانُوهُ.

4 Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

4 وَتَجَمَّعَ جُمْهُورٌ غَفِيرٌ، رَدَمُوا جَمِيعَ الْيَنَابِيعِ وَالنَّهْرَ الْجَارِيَ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ قَائِلِينَ: «لِمَاذَا يَأْتِي مُلُوكُ أَشُّورَ وَيَجِدُونَ مِيَاهاً غَزِيرَةً؟»

5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

5 وَتَشَجَّعَ وَرَمَّمَ السُّورَ الْمُنْهَدِمَ، وَعَزَّزَهُ بِالأَبْرَاجِ الْمُرْتَفِعَةِ، وَبَنَى سُوراً آخَرَ خَارِجَهُ، وَحَصَّنَ قَلْعَةَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَصَنَعَ أَسْلِحَةً كَثِيرَةً وَأَتْرَاساً.

6 Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

6 وَعَبَّأَ كُلَّ شَعْبِ الْمَدِينَةِ تَحْتَ قِيَادَةِ ضُبَّاطِ الْجَيْشِ، وَاسْتَدْعَاهُمْ إِلَى سَاحَةِ بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِيَبُثَّ فِيهِمِ الشَّجَاعَةَ قَائِلاً لَهُمْ:

7 “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

7 «تَقَوَّوْا وَتَشَجَّعُوا، لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَلا مِنْ كُلِّ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ، لأَنَّ الَّذِي مَعَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّذِي مَعَهُ.

8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

8 فَمَعَهُ قُوىً بَشَرِيَّةٌ، وَمَعَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لِيُنْجِدَنَا وَيُحَارِبَ حُرُوبَنَا». فَبَثَّ كَلامُ حَزَقِيَّا الشَّجَاعَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الشَّعْبِ.

9 Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

9 وَفِيمَا كَانَ سِنْحَارِيبُ وَجَيْشُهُ يُحَاصِرُونَ لَخِيشَ، أَرْسَلَ رِجَالَهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِلَى أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلِينَ:

10 “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

10 «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَّكِلُونَ فَتُقِيمُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ تَحْتَ الْحِصَارِ؟

11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

11 أَلا يُغْوِيكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا لِكَيْ تَمُوتُوا جُوعاً وَعَطَشاً، عِنْدَمَا يَقُولُ لَكُمْ: الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا يُنْقِذُنَا مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ؟

12 Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

12 أَلَيْسَ حَزَقِيَّا هُوَ الَّذِي أَزَالَ مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَأَمَرَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلاً: أَمَامَ مَذْبَحٍ وَاحِدٍ تَسْجُدُونَ وَعَلَيْهِ تُوْقِدُونَ؟

13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

13 أَمَا تَعْرِفُونَ مَا أَجْرَيْتُهُ أَنَا وَآبَائِي عَلَى جَمِيعِ أُمَمِ الأَرَاضِي، فَهَلِ اسْتَطَاعَتْ آلِهَتُهَا أَنْ تُنْقِذَ أَرْضَهَا مِنْ يَدِي؟

14 Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?

14 مَنْ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ آلِهَةِ هَؤُلاءِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ دَمَّرَهُمْ آبَائِي اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ شَعْبَهُ مِنِّي؟ فَكَيْفَ يَسْتَطِيعُ إِلَهُكُمْ أَنْ يُنْقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِي؟

15 So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

15 لِذَلِكَ لَا يَخْدَعَنَّكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا وَلا يُغْوِيَنَّكُمْ. لَا تُصَدِّقُوهُ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ إِلَهُ أَيِّ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي وَمِنْ يَدِ آبَائِي، فَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لإِلَهِكُمْ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَكُمْ؟»

16 And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

16 وَأَكْثَرَ الضُّبَّاطُ الأَشُّورِيُّونَ مِنَ التَّهَجُّمِ عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَعَلَى عَبْدِهِ حَزَقِيَّا.

17 He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

17 وَكَتَبَ الْمَلِكُ الأَشُّورِيُّ رَسَائِلَ عَيَّرَ فِيهَا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، جَاءَ فِيهَا: «كَمَا أَنَّ آلِهَةَ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ عَجَزَتْ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ شُعُوبِهَا مِنْ يَدِي، كَذَلِكَ لَا يُنْقِذُ إِلَهُ حَزَقِيَّا شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي».

18 Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

18 وَهَتَفَ رِجَالُ سِنْحَارِيبَ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ مُخَاطِبِينَ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْوَاقِفِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ، لِيُوْقِعُوا فِيهِمِ الرُّعْبَ وَالْخَوْفَ، تَمْهِيداً لِلاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ،

19 They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

19 وَكَانَ تَهَجُّمُهُمْ عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مُمَاثِلاً لِتَهَجُّمِهِمْ عَلَى أَصْنَامِ الشُّعُوبِ الأُخْرَى الَّتِي صَنَعَتْهَا أَيْدِي النَّاسِ.

20 In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

20 فَصَلَّى حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ وَإِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ النَّبِيُّ، وَاسْتَغَاثَا بِالسَّمَاءِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ ذَلِكَ،

21 and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

21 فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ مَلاكاً فَأَبَادَ كُلَّ بَطَلٍ شُجَاعٍ وَرَئِيسٍ وَقَائِدٍ فِي مُعَسْكَرِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ مَخْذُولاً. وَعِنْدَمَا دَخَلَ مَعْبَدَ إِلَهِهِ اغْتَالَهُ هُنَاكَ أَوْلادُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ

22 So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.

22 وَهَكَذَا أَنْقَذَ الرَّبُّ حَزَقِيَّا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ سِنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ وَمِنْ أَيْدِي سِوَاهُ مِنَ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَوَقَاهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ.

23 Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.

23 وَأَتَى كَثِيرُونَ بِتَقْدِمَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَبِتُحَفٍ لِحَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَارْتَفَعَتْ مَكَانَتُهُ فِي أَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

24 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

24 فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ مَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى أَنْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ عَلامَةً تَأْكِيداً لِشِفَائِهِ.

25 But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

25 وَلَكِنَّ حَزَقِيَّا لَمْ يَتَجَاوَبْ مَعَ مَا أَبْدَاهُ اللهُ نَحْوَهُ مِنْ نِعَمٍ، إِذِ امْتَلأَ قَلْبُهُ كِبْرِيَاءَ، فَغَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

26 Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

26 ثُمَّ اتَّضَعَ حَزَقِيَّا بَعْدَ كِبْرِيَائِهِ، هُوَ وَأَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَلَمْ يَحُلَّ بِهِمْ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ فِي أَيَّامِ حَزَقِيَّا.

27 Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

27 وَأَحْرَزَ حَزَقِيَّا غِنىً وَمَجْداً عَظِيمَيْنِ، وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ مَخَازِنَ لِلْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ وَالأَطْيَابِ وَالأَتْرَاسِ وَكُلِّ آنِيَةٍ ثَمِينَةٍ،

28 He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.

28 وَمَخَازِنَ لِمَحَاصِيلِ الْحِنْطَةِ، وَنِتَاجِ الْكَرْمَةِ وَالزَّيْتِ، وَمَرَابِطَ لِكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ الْبَهَائِمِ وَحَظَائِرَ لِلْقُطْعَانِ.

29 He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

29 وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ قُرىً، وَامْتَلَكَ مَوَاشِيَ غَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ بِوَفْرَةٍ، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَغْدَقَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْوَالاً كَثِيرَةً جِدّاً.

30 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

30 وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَدَّ مَخْرَجَ مِيَاهِ جَدْوَلِ جِيحُونَ الأَعْلَى، وَحَوَّلَهُ إِلَى قَنَاةٍ تَحْتَ الأَرْضِ، تَمْتَدُّ إِلَى الْجِهَةِ الْغَرْبِيَّةِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ. وَلَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ قَامَ بِهِ.

31 And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

31 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا وَفَدَ عَلَيْهِ مَبْعُوثُو مُلُوكِ بَابِلَ لِيَسْتَعْلِمُوا مِنْهُ عَنْ مُعْجِزَةِ شِفَائِهِ، تَرَكَهُ اللهُ لِيَخْتَبِرَ سَرَائِرَ قَلْبِهِ.

32 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

32 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ حَزَقِيَّا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي رُؤْيَا إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ النَّبِيِّ، وَفِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

33 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

33 ثُمَّ مَاتَ حَزَقِيَّا فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي الْجُزْءِ الأَعْلَى مِنْ مَقَابِرِ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ، فَكَرَّمَهُ كُلُّ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ مَنَسَّى عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.