2 Kings 19

1 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

1 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ حَزَقِيَّا ذَلِكَ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَارْتَدَى مُسُوحاً وَلَجَأَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

2 And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

2 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ أَلْيَاقِيمَ مُدِيرَ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ وَشِبْنَةَ الْكَاتِبَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَهُمْ مُرْتَدُونَ الْمُسُوحَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ،

3 to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

3 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ حَزَقِيَّا: هَذَا الْيَوْمُ هُوَ يَوْمُ ضِيقٍ وَإِهَانَةٍ وَكَرْبٍ، فَإِنَّنَا كَالأَجِنَّةِ الْمُشْرِفَةِ عَلَى الْوِلادَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَتَوَافَرَ لَهَا الْقُوَّةُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

4 فَلَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ يَسْمَعُ وَعِيدَ الْقَائِدِ الأَشُّورِيِّ الَّذِي أَوْفَدَهُ سَيِّدُهُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ، لِيُهِينَ الإِلَهَ الْحَيَّ فَيُعَاقِبَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ عَلَى مَا صَدَرَ مِنْهُ مِنْ تَعْيِيرٍ، فَصَلِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَقِيَّةِ النَّاجِيَةِ مِنَّا».

5 So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,

5 فَجَاءَ رِجَالُ الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا لإِشَعْيَاءَ،

6 who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

6 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «بَلِّغوا سَيِّدَكُمْ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لَا تَجْزَعْ مِمَّا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ تَجْدِيفِ رِجَالِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ عَلَيَّ.

7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

7 فَهَا خَبَرٌ سَيِّئٌ يَرِدُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ بِلادِهِ يَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى الْعَوْدَةِ إِلَيْهَا حَيْثُ أَقْضِي عَلَيْهِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ فِي عُقْرِ دَارِهِ».

8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

8 وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ قَائِدُ الْجَيْشِ الأَشُورِيُّ بِأَنَّ مَلِكَ أَشُورَ قَدِ ارْتَحَلَ عَنْ لَخِيشَ وَشَرَعَ فِي مُحَارَبَةِ لِبْنَةَ، انْسَحَبَ هُوَ أَيْضاً وَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ هُنَاكَ.

9 Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

9 وَبَلَغَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ أَنَّ تُرْهَاقَةَ مَلِكَ كُوشٍ قَدْ خَرَجَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهِ، فَبَعَثَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى رُسُلاً إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا قَائِلاً:

10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

10 «هَذَا مَا تُبَلِّغُونَهُ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا: لَا يَخْدَعْكَ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي تَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَمَا يَقُولُ لَنْ تَسْقُطَ أُورُشَلِيمُ فِي قَبْضَةِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ،

11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?

11 فَهَا أَنْتَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ بِمَا أَلْحَقَهُ مُلُوكُ أَشُورَ بِكُلِّ الْبُلْدَانِ مِنْ تَدْمِيرٍ كَامِلٍ فَهَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَنْجُوَ أَنْتَ؟

12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

12 هَلْ أَنْقَذَتْ آلِهَةُ الأُمَمِ الأُخْرَى أَهْلَ جُوزَانَ وَحَارَانَ وَرَصْفَ وَبَنِي عَدَنَ الَّذِينَ فِي تَلَسَّارَ الَّذينَ أَفْنَاهُمْ آبَائِي؟

13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

13 أَيْنَ مَلِكُ حَمَاةَ وَمَلِكُ أَرْفَادَ وَمَلِكُ مَدِينَةِ سَفْرَوَايِمَ وَهَيْنَعَ وَعَوَّا؟»

14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

14 فَتَنَاوَلَ حَزَقِيَّا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ أَيْدِي الرُّسُلِ وَقَرَأَهُ، ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَبَسَطَهُ أَمَامَهُ.

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

15 وَصَلَّى قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الْمُتَرَبِّعُ فَوْقَ الْكَرُوبِيمَ، أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ إِلَهُ كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ. أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ خَلَقْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ.

16 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

16 أَرْهِفْ يَا رَبُّ أُذُنَيْكَ وَاسْتَمِعْ. افْتَحْ يَا رَبُّ عَيْنَيْكَ وَانْظُرْ، وَاسْمَعْ كُلَّ تَهْدِيدَاتِ سَنْحَارِيبَ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَهَا لِيُعَيِّرَ اللهَ الْحَيَّ.

17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.

17 حَقّاً يَا رَبُّ إِنَّ مُلُوكَ أَشُّورَ قَدْ أَهْلَكُوا الأُمَمَ وَدَمَّرُوا دِيَارَهُمْ،

18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

18 وَطَرَحُوا آلِهَتَهُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ وَأَبَادُوهَا لأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ فِعْلاً آلِهَةً بَلْ خَشَباً وَحِجَارَةً مِنْ صَنْعَةِ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ،

19 And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

19 فَخَلِّصْنَا الآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا مِنْ يَدِهِ، فَتُدْرِكَ مَمَالِكُ الأَرْضِ بِأَسْرِهَا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ».

20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

20 فَبَعَثَ إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا قَائِلاً: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي تَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَيْهِ لِيُنْقِذَكَ مِنْ سَنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ».

21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

21 وَهَذَا هُوَ رَدُّ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِ: «هَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ صِهْيَوْنَ قَدِ احْتَقَرَتْكَ وَاسْتَهْزَأَتْ بِكَ، وَهَزَّتِ ابْنَةُ أُورُشَلِيمَ رَأْسَهَا سُخْرِيَةً مِنْكَ.

22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

22 مَنْ عَيَّرْتَ وَجَدَّفْتَ عَلَيْهِ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ رَفَعْتَ صَوْتاً وَشَمَخْتَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ زَهْواً؟ أَعَلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

23 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

23 لَقَدْ عَيَّرْتَ السَّيِّدَ عَلَى لِسَانِ رُسُلِكَ، وَقُلْتَ: بِكَثْرَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِي قَدْ صَعِدْتُ إِلَى أَعَالِي الْجِبَالِ، وَبَلَغْتُ أَقَاصِي لُبْنَانَ قَاطِعاً أَطْوَلَ أَرْزِهِ وَخِيَارَ سَرْوِهِ وَاخْتَرَقْتُ أَبْعَدَ رُبُوعِهِ وأَفْضَلَ غَابَاتِهِ.

24 I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

24 قَدْ حَفَرْتُ آبَاراً فِي أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةٍ وَشَرِبْتُ مِيَاهاً، وَبِبَاطِنِ قَدَمَيَّ جَفَّفْتُ جَمِيعَ خُلْجَانِ مِصْرَ.

25 Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

25 أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ؟ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ طَوِيلٍ قَدَّرْتُ ذَلِكَ. مُنْذُ الأَيَّامِ الْقَدِيمَةِ قَرَّرْتُهُ وَهَا أَنَا الآنَ أُحَقِّقُهُ، إِذْ أَقَمْتُكَ لِتَدْمِيرِ مُدُنٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ فَتُحَوِّلُهَا إِلَى رَوَابِي خَرِبَةٍ.

26 Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

26 وَقَدْ خَارَتْ قُوَى أَهْلِهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا مُرْتَاعِينَ خَجِلِينَ، صَارُوا كَعُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ، كَالنَّبَاتِ اللَّيِّنِ وَكَحَشِيشِ السُّطُوحِ الذَّاوِي قَبْلَ نُمُوِّهِ.

27 But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

27 وَلَكِنِّي مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى حَرَكَاتِكَ وَسَكَنَاتِكَ وَهَيَجَانِكَ عَلَيَّ.

28 Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

28 وَلأَنَّ ثَوْرَتَكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَجْرَفَتَكَ قَدْ بَلَغَتَا مَسَامِعِي، فَإِنِّي سَأَشْكُمُكَ بِخِزَامَتِي فِي أَنْفِكَ، وَأَضَعُ لِجَامِي فِي فَمِكَ، وَأُعِيدُكَ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي أَقْبَلْتَ مِنْهُ.

29 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

29 وَهَذِهِ عَلامَةٌ لَكَ يَا حَزَقِيَّا: فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ تَأْكُلُونَ مِمَّا نَبَتَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ تَأْكُلُونَ مِمَّا يَنْبُتُ عَنْهُ، وَأَمَّا فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَتَزْرَعُونَ فِيهَا وَتَحْصُدُونَ وَتَغْرِسُونَ كُروُماً وَتَجْنُونَ أَثْمَارَهَا.

30 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

30 وَيَعُودُ النَّاجُونَ الْبَاقُونَ مِنْ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا، فَتَتَأَصَّلُ جُذُورُهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَيَحْمِلُونَ أَثْمَاراً عَلَى أَغْصَانِهِمْ،

31 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

31 لأَنَّ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ تَخْرُجُ الْبَقِيَّةُ، وَمِنْ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ يَأْتِي النَّاجُونَ، فَغَيْرَةُ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا.

32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

32 لِذَلِكَ فَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ: لَنْ يَدْخُلَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَنْ يُطْلِقَ عَلَيْهَا سَهْماً أَوْ يَتَقَدَّمَ نَحْوَهَا بِتُرْسٍ وَلَنْ يُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا مِقْلاعاً.

33 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.

33 بَلْ يَرْجِعَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي جَاءَ مِنْهُ، وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

34 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

34 لأَنَّنِي أُدَافِعُ عَنْهَا، وَأُنْقِذُهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي، وَإِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي».

35 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

35 وَحَدَثَ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ أَنَّ مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ قَتَلَ مِئَةً وَخَمْسَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ جَيْشِ الأَشُورِيِّينَ، فَمَا إِنْ طَلَعَ الصَّبَاحُ حَتَّى كَانَتِ الْجُثَثُ الْمَيْتَةُ تَمْلأُ الْمَكَانَ.

36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

36 فَانْسَحَبَ سَنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ وَارْتَدَّ إِلَى بِلادِهِ وَمَكَثَ فِي نِينَوَى.

37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

37 وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَتَعَبَّدُ فِي هَيْكَلِ إِلَهِهِ نِسْرُوخَ، اغْتَالَهُ ابْنَاهُ، أَدْرَمَّلَكُ وَشَرَآصِرُ، وَفَرَّا إِلَى أَرْضِ أَرَارَاطَ، فَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آسَرْحَدُّونُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.