II Chronicles 32

وَبَعْدَ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ وَهذِهِ الأَمَانَةِ، أَتَى سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ وَدَخَلَ يَهُوذَا وَنَزَلَ عَلَى الْمُدُنُ الْحَصِينَةِ وَطَمِعَ بِإِخْضَاعِهَا لِنَفْسِهِ.

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

وَلَمَّا رَأَى حَزَقِيَّا أَنَّ سِنْحَارِيبَ قَدْ أَتَى وَوَجْهُهُ عَلَى مُحَارَبَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

تَشَاوَرَ هُوَ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَجَبَابِرَتُهُ عَلَى طَمِّ مِيَاهِ الْعُيُونِ الَّتِي هِيَ خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَسَاعَدُوهُ.

He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

فَتَجَمَّعَ شَعْبٌ كَثِيرٌ وَطَمُّوا جَمِيعَ الْيَنَابِيعِ وَالنَّهْرَ الْجَارِيَ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ، قَائِلِينَ: «لِمَاذَا يَأْتِي مُلُوكُ أَشُّورَ وَيَجِدُونَ مِيَاهًا غَزِيرَةً؟»

So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

وَتَشَدَّدَ وَبَنَى كُلَّ السُّورِ الْمُنْهَدِمِ وَأَعْلاَهُ إِلَى الأَبْرَاجِ، وَسُورًا آخَرَ خَارِجًا، وَحَصَّنَ الْقَلْعَةَ، مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ، وَعَمِلَ سِلاَحًا بِكَِثْرَةٍ وَأَتْرَاسًا.

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

وَجَعَلَ رُؤَسَاءَ قِتَال عَلَى الشَّعْبِ، وَجَمَعَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى سَاحَةِ بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَطَيَّبَ قُلُوبَهُمْ قَائِلاً:

And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

«تَشَدَّدُوا وَتَشَجَّعُوا. لاَ تَخَافُوا وَلاَ تَرْتَاعُوا مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الْجُمْهُورِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ، لأَنَّ مَعَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا مَعَهُ.

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

مَعَهُ ذِرَاعُ بَشَرٍ، وَمَعَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا لِيُسَاعِدَنَا وَيُحَارِبَ حُرُوبَنَا». فَاسْتَنَدَ الشَّعْبُ عَلَى كَلاَمِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

بَعْدَ هذَا أَرْسَلَ سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَبِيدَهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَهُوَ عَلَى لَخِيشَ وَكُلُّ سَلْطَنَتِهِ مَعَهُ، إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِلَى كُلِّ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَقُولُونَ:

After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

«هكَذَا يَقُولُ سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَّكِلُونَ وَتُقِيمُونَ فِي الْحِصَارِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

أَلَيْسَ حَزَقِيَّا يُغْوِيكُمْ لِيَدْفَعَكُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ بِالْجُوعِ وَالْعَطَشِ، قَائِلاً: الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا يُنْقِذُنَا مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ؟

Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

أَلَيْسَ حَزَقِيَّا هُوَ الَّذِي أَزَالَ مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَكَلَّمَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلاً: أَمَامَ مَذْبَحٍ وَاحِدٍ تَسْجُدُونَ، وَعَلَيْهِ تُوقِدُونَ؟

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَنَا وَآبَائِي بِجَمِيعِ شُعُوبِ الأَرَاضِي؟ فَهَلْ قَدِرَتْ آلِهَةُ أُمَمِ الأَرَاضِي أَنْ تُنْقِذَ أَرْضَهَا مِنْ يَدِي؟

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

مَنْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ آلِهَةِ هؤُلاَءِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ حَرَّمَهُمْ آبَائِي، اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيعَ إِلهُكُمْ أَنْ يُنْقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِي؟

Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

وَالآنَ لاَ يَخْدَعَنَّكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا، وَلاَ يُغْوِيَنَّكُمْ هكَذَا وَلاَ تُصَدِّقُوهُ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ إِلهُ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي وَيَدِ آبَائِي، فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِلهُكُمْ لاَ يُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِي؟».

Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

وَتَكَلَّمَ عَبِيدُهُ أَكْثَرَ ضِدَّ الرَّبِّ الإِلهِ وَضِدَّ حَزَقِيَّا عَبْدِهِ.

And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

وَكَتَبَ رَسَائِلَ لِتَعْيِيرِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلِلتَّكَلُّمِ ضِدَّهُ قَائِلاً: «كَمَا أَنَّ آلِهَةَ أُمَمِ الأَرَاضِي لَمْ تُنْقِذْ شُعُوبَهَا مِنْ يَدِي، كَذلِكَ لاَ يُنْقِذُ إِلهُ حَزَقِيَّا شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي».

He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

وَصَرَخُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ بِالْيَهُودِيِّ إِلَى شَعْبِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّذِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ لِتَخْوِيفِهِمْ وَتَرْوِيعِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَأْخُذُوا الْمَدِينَةَ.

Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

وَتَكَلَّمُوا عَلَى إِلهِ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَمَا عَلَى آلِهَةِ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ صَنْعَةِ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ.

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

فَصَلَّى حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ وَإِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ النَّبِيُّ لِذلِكَ وَصَرَخَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ،

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ مَلاَكًا فَأَبَادَ كُلَّ جَبَّارِ بَأْسٍ وَرَئِيسٍ وَقَائِدٍ فِي مَحَلَّةِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ. فَرَجَعَ بِخِزْيِ الْوَجْهِ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ. وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ بَيْتَ إِلهِهِ قَتَلَهُ هُنَاكَ بِالسَّيْفِ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ أَحْشَائِهِ.

And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

وَخَلَّصَ الرَّبُّ حَزَقِيَّا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ سِنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ يَدِ الْجَمِيعِ، وَحَمَاهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ.

Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ يَأْتُونَ بِتَقْدِمَاتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتُحَفٍ لِحَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَاعْتُبِرَ فِي أَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ.

And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ مَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى حَدِّ الْمَوْتِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَكَلَّمَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ عَلاَمَةً.

In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

وَلكِنْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ حَزَقِيَّا حَسْبَمَا أُنْعِمَ عَلَيْهِ لأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ ارْتَفَعَ، فَكَانَ غَضَبٌ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

ثُمَّ تَوَاضَعَ حَزَقِيَّا بِسَبَبِ ارْتِفَاعِ قَلْبِهِ هُوَ وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَلَمْ يَأْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ فِي أَيَّامِ حَزَقِيَّا.

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

وَكَانَ لِحَزَقِيَّا غِنًى وَكَرَامَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا، وَعَمِلَ لِنَفْسِهِ خَزَائِنَ لِلْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ وَالأَطْيَابِ وَالأَتْرَاسِ وَكُلِّ آنِيَةٍ ثَمِينَةٍ،

And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

وَمَخَازِنَ لِغَلَّةِ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالْمِسْطَارِ وَالزَّيْتِ، وَأَوَارِيَ لِكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ الْبَهَائِمِ، وَلِلْقُطْعَانِ أَوَارِيَ.

Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

وَعَمِلَ لِنَفْسِهِ أَبْرَاجًا وَمَوَاشِيَ غَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ بِكَثْرَةٍ، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَعْطَاهُ أَمْوَالاً كَثِيرَةً جِدًّا.

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

وَحَزَقِيَّا هذَا سَدَّ مَخْرَجَ مِيَاهِ جَيْحُونَ الأَعْلَى، وَأَجْرَاهَا تَحْتَ الأَرْضِ، إِلَى الْجِهَةِ الْغَرْبِيَّةِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ. وَأَفْلَحَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي كُلِّ عَمَلِهِ.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

وَهكَذَا فِي أَمْرِ تَرَاجِمِ رُؤَسَاءِ بَابِلَ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ لِيَسْأَلُوا عَنِ الأُعْجُوبَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي الأَرْضِ، تَرَكَهُ اللهُ لِيُجَرِّبَهُ لِيَعْلَمَ كُلَّ مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ.

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ حَزَقِيَّا وَمَرَاحِمُهُ، هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي رُؤْيَا إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ النَّبِيِّ فِي سِفْرِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَزَقِيَّا مَعَ آبَائِهِ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي عَقَبَةِ قُبُورِ بَنِي دَاوُدَ، وَعَمِلَ لَهُ إِكْرَامًا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ كُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَمَلَكَ مَنَسَّى ابْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.