Isaiah 37

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ حَزَقِيَّا ذلِكَ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَتَغَطَّى بِمِسْحٍ وَدَخَلَ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ.

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

وَأَرْسَلَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ الَّذِي عَلَى الْبَيْتِ وَشَبْنَةَ الْكَاتِبَ وَشُيُوخَ الْكَهَنَةِ مُتَغَطِّينَ بِمُسُوحٍ إِلَى إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ النَّبِيِّ.

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «هكَذَا يَقُولُ حَزَقِيَّا: هذَا الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ شِدَّةٍ وَتَأْدِيبٍ وَإِهَانَةٍ، لأَنَّ الأَجِنَّةَ دَنَتْ إِلَى الْمَوْلِدِ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ عَلَى الْوِلاَدَةِ.

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ يَسْمَعُ كَلاَمَ رَبْشَاقَى الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ سَيِّدُهُ لِيُعَيِّرَ الإِلهَ الْحَيَّ، فَيُوَبِّخَ عَلَى الْكَلاَمِ الَّذِي سَمِعَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ. فَارْفَعْ صَلاَةً لأَجْلِ الْبَقِيَّةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ».

It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

فَجَاءَ عَبِيدُ الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى إِشَعْيَاءَ.

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِشَعْيَاءُ: « هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِسَيِّدِكُمْ: هكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: لاَ تَخَفْ بِسَبَبِ الْكَلاَمِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتَهُ، الَّذِي جَدَّفَ عَلَيَّ بِهِ غِلْمَانُ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ.

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

هأَنَذَا أَجْعَلُ فِيهِ رُوحًا فَيَسْمَعُ خَبَرًا وَيَرْجعُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ، وَأُسْقِطُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فِي أَرْضِهِ».

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

فَرَجَعَ رَبْشَاقَى وَوَجَدَ مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ يُحَارِبُ لِبْنَةَ، لأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَّهُ ارْتَحَلَ عَنْ لَخِيشَ.

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

وَسَمِعَ عَنْ تِرْهَاقَةَ مَلِكِ كُوشَ قَوْلاً: «قَدْ خَرَجَ لِيُحَارِبَكَ». فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَرْسَلَ رُسُلاً إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا قَائِلاً:

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

«هكَذَا تُكَلِّمُونَ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا قَائِلِينَ: لاَ يَخْدَعْكَ إِلهُكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ مُتَوَكِّلٌ عَلَيْهِ، قَائِلاً: لاَ تُدْفَعُ أُورُشَلِيمُ إِلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ.

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

إِنَّكَ قَدْ سَمِعْتَ مَا فَعَلَ مُلُوكُ أَشُّورَ بِجَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي لِتَحْرِيمِهَا. وَهَلْ تَنْجُو أَنْتَ؟

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

هَلْ أَنْقَذَ آلِهَةُ الأُمَمِ هؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ أَهْلَكَهُمْ آبَائِي، جُوزَانَ وَحَارَانَ وَرَصَفَ وَبَنِي عَدَنَ، الَّذِينَ فِي تَلَسَّارَ؟

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

أَيْنَ مَلِكُ حَمَاةَ وَمَلِكُ أَرْفَادَ وَمَلِكُ مَدِينَةِ سَفَرْوَايِمَ وَهَيْنَعَ وَعِوَّا؟».

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

فَأَخَذَ حَزَقِيَّا الرَّسَائِلَ مِنْ يَدِ الرُّسُلِ وَقَرَأَهَا، ثُمَّ صَعِدَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَنَشَرَهَا حَزَقِيَّا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ،

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

وَصَلَّى حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

«يَا رَبَّ الْجُنُودِ، إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْجَالِسَ فَوْقَ الْكَرُوبِيمِ، أَنْتَ هُوَ الإِلهُ وَحْدَكَ لِكُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ. أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ.

O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

أَمِلْ يَا رَبُّ أُذُنَكَ وَاسْمَعِ. افْتَحْ يَا رَبُّ عَيْنَيْكَ وَانْظُرْ، وَاسْمَعْ كُلَّ كَلاَمِ سَنْحَارِيبَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ لِيُعَيِّرَ اللهَ الْحَيَّ.

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

حَقًّا يَا رَبُّ إِنَّ مُلُوكَ أَشُّورَ قَدْ خَرَّبُوا كُلَّ الأُمَمِ وَأَرْضَهُمْ،

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

وَدَفَعُوا آلِهَتَهُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا آلِهَةً بَلْ صَنْعَةُ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ، خَشَبٌ وَحَجَرٌ، فَأَبَادُوهُمْ.

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا خَلِّصْنَا مِنْ يَدِهِ، فَتَعْلَمَ مَمَالِكُ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ وَحْدَكَ».

Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

فَأَرْسَلَ إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا قَائِلاً: «هكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي صَلَّيْتَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ جِهَةِ سَنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ:

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

هذَا هُوَ الْكَلاَمُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِ: اِحْتَقَرَتْكَ. اسْتَهْزَأَتْ بِكَ الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ صِهْيَوْنَ. نَحْوَكَ أَنْغَضَتِ ابْنَةُ أُورُشَلِيمَ رَأْسَهَا.

This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

مَنْ عَيَّرْتَ وَجَدَّفْتَ، وَعَلَى مَنْ عَلَّيْتَ صَوْتًا، وَقَدْ رَفَعْتَ إِلَى الْعَلاَءِ عَيْنَيْكَ؟ عَلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ!

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِكَ عَيَّرْتَ السَّيِّدَ، وَقُلْتَ: بِكَثْرَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِي قَدْ صَعِدْتُ إِلَى عُلُوِّ الْجِبَالِ، عِقَابِ لُبْنَانَ، فَأَقْطَعُ أَرْزَهُ الطَّوِيلَ وَأَفْضَلَ سَرْوِهِ، وَأَدْخُلُ أَقْصَى عُلُوِّهِ، وَعْرَ كَرْمَلِهِ.

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

أَنَا قَدْ حَفَرْتُ وَشَرِبْتُ مِيَاهًا، وَأُنَشِّفُ بِبَطْنِ قَدَمِي جَمِيعَ خُلْجَانِ مِصْرَ.

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ؟ مُنْذُ الْبَعِيدِ صَنَعْتُهُ. مُنْذُ الأَيَّامِ الْقَدِيمَةِ صَوَّرْتُهُ. الآنَ أَتَيْتُ بِهِ. فَتَكُونُ لِتَخْرِيبِ مُدُنٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ رَوَابِيَ خَرِبَةً.

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

فَسُكَّانُهَا قِصَارُ الأَيْدِي قَدِ ارْتَاعُوا وَخَجِلُوا. صَارُوا كَعُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ وَكَالنَّبَاتِ الأَخْضَرِ، كَحَشِيشِ السُّطُوحِ، وَكَالْمَلْفُوحِ قَبْلَ نُمُوِّهِ.

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

وَلكِنَّنِي عَالِمٌ بِجُلُوسِكَ وَخُرُوجِكَ وَدُخُولِكَ وَهَيَجَانِكَ عَلَيَّ.

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

لأَنَّ هَيَجَانَكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَجْرَفَتَكَ قَدْ صَعِدَا إِلَى أُذُنَيَّ، أَضَعُ خِزَامَتِي فِي أَنْفِكَ وَشَكِيمَتِي فِي شَفَتَيْكَ، وَأَرُدُّكَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي جِئْتَ فِيهِ.

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

«وَهذِهِ لَكَ الْعَلاَمَةُ: تَأْكُلُونَ هذِهِ السَّنَةَ زِرِّيعًا، وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ خِلْفَةً، وَأَمَّا السَّنَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ فَفِيهَا تَزْرَعُونَ وَتَحْصِدُونَ، وَتَغْرِسُونَ كُرُومًا وَتَأْكُلُونَ أَثْمَارَهَا.

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

وَيَعُودُ النَّاجُونَ مِنْ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا الْبَاقُونَ يَتَأَصَّلُونَ إِلَى أَسْفَلَ، وَيَصْنَعُونَ ثَمَرًا إِلَى مَا فَوْقُ.

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

لأَنَّهُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ تَخْرُجُ بَقِيَّةٌ، وَنَاجُونَ مِنْ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ. غَيْرَةُ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ تَصْنَعُ هذَا.

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

«لِذلِكَ هكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ: لاَ يَدْخُلُ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَلاَ يَرْمِي هُنَاكَ سَهْمًا، وَلاَ يَتَقَدَّمُ عَلَيْهَا بِتُرْسٍ، وَلاَ يُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا مِتْرَسَةً.

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي جَاءَ فِيهِ يَرْجعُ، وَإِلَى هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ لاَ يَدْخُلُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

وَأُحَامِي عَنْ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ لأُخَلِّصَهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي».

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

فَخَرَجَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ وَضَرَبَ مِنْ جَيْشِ أَشُّورَ مِئَةً وَخَمْسَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفًا. فَلَمَّا بَكَّرُوا صَبَاحًا إِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعًا جُثَثٌ مَيِّتَةٌ.

Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

فَانْصَرَفَ سَنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ وَذَهَبَ رَاجِعًا وَأَقَامَ فِي نِينَوَى.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

وَفِيمَا هُوَ سَاجِدٌ فِي بَيْتِ نِسْرُوخَ إِلهِهِ ضَرَبَهُ أَدْرَمَّلَكُ وَشَرْآصَرُ ابْنَاهُ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَنَجَوَا إِلَى أَرْضِ أَرَارَاطَ. وَمَلَكَ أَسَرْحَدُّونَ ابْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.