II Kings 18

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ لِهُوشَعَ بْنِ أَيْلَةَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَلَكَ حَزَقِيَّا بْنُ آحَازَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

كَانَ ابْنَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ أَبِي ابْنَةُ زَكَرِيَّا.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

وَعَمِلَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ دَاوُدُ أَبُوهُ.

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

هُوَ أَزَالَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَكَسَّرَ التَّمَاثِيلَ، وَقَطَّعَ السَّوَارِيَ، وَسَحَقَ حَيَّةَ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا مُوسَى لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانُوا إِلَى تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يُوقِدُونَ لَهَا وَدَعَوْهَا «نَحُشْتَانَ».

He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ اتَّكَلَ، وَبَعْدَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ فِي جَمِيعِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَلاَ فِي الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَهُ.

For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

وَالْتَصَقَ بِالرَّبِّ وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهُ، بَلْ حَفِظَ وَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِهَا الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَهُ، وَحَيْثُمَا كَانَ يَخْرُجُ كَانَ يَنْجَحُ. وَعَصَى عَلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَلَمْ يَتَعَبَّدْ لَهُ.

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

هُوَ ضَرَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ وَتُخُومِهَا، مِنْ بُرْجِ النَّوَاطِيرِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُحَصَّنَةِ.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِلْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا، وَهِيَ السَّنَةُ السَّابِعَةُ لِهُوشَعَ بْنِ أَيْلَةَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، صَعِدَ شَلْمَنْأَسَرُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَحَاصَرَهَا.

And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

وَأَخَذُوهَا فِي نِهَايَةِ ثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ. فَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ لِحَزَقِيَّا، وَهِيَ السَّنَةُ التَّاسِعَةُ لِهُوشَعَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أُخِذَتِ السَّامِرَةُ.

And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

وَسَبَى مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أَشُّورَ، وَوَضَعَهُمْ فِي حَلَحَ وَخَابُورَ نَهْرِ جُوزَانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ مَادِي،

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِهِمْ، بَلْ تَجَاوَزُوا عَهْدَهُ وَكُلَّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَمْ يَعْمَلُوا.

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةَ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا، صَعِدَ سَنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ وَأَخَذَهَا.

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

وَأَرْسَلَ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ إِلَى لَخِيشَ يَقُولُ: «قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ. ارْجعْ عَنِّي، وَمَهْمَا جَعَلْتَ عَلَيَّ حَمَلْتُهُ». فَوَضَعَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا ثَلاَثَ مِئَةِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَثَلاَثِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

فَدَفَعَ حَزَقِيَّا جَمِيعَ الْفِضَّةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَفِي خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ.

At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

فِي ذلِكَ الزَّمَانِ قَشَّرَ حَزَقِيَّا الذَّهَبَ عَنْ أَبْوَابِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَالدَّعَائِمِ الَّتِي كَانَ قَدْ غَشَّاهَا حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا، وَدَفَعَهُ لِمَلِكِ أَشُّورَ.

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

وَأَرْسَلَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ تَرْتَانَ وَرَبْسَارِيسَ وَرَبْشَاقَى مِنْ لَخِيشَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَصَعِدُوا وَأَتَوْا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلَمَّا صَعِدُوا جَاءُوا وَوَقَفُوا عِنْدَ قَنَاةِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْعُلْيَا الَّتِي فِي طَرِيقِ حَقْلِ الْقَصَّارِ.

And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

وَدَعَوْا الْمَلِكَ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَلِيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا الَّذِي عَلَى الْبَيْتِ وَشِبْنَةُ الْكَاتِبُ وَيُواخُ بْنُ آسَافَ الْمُسَجِّلُ.

And Rab–shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَبْشَاقَى: «قُولُوا لِحَزَقِيَّا: هكَذَا يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ الْعَظِيمُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: مَا الاتِّكَالُ الَّذِي اتَّكَلْتَ؟

Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

قُلْتَ إِنَّمَا كَلاَمُ الشَّفَتَيْنِ هُوَ مَشُورَةٌ وَبَأْسٌ لِلْحَرْبِ. وَالآنَ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّكَلْتَ حَتَّى عَصَيْتَ عَلَيَّ؟

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

فَالآنَ هُوَذَا قَدِ اتَّكَلْتَ عَلَى عُكَّازِ هذِهِ الْقَصَبَةِ الْمَرْضُوضَةِ، عَلَى مِصْرَ، الَّتِي إِذَا تَوَكَّأَ أَحَدٌ عَلَيْهَا، دَخَلَتْ فِي كَفِّهِ وَثَقَبَتْهَا! هكَذَا هُوَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ لِجَمِيعِ الْمُتَّكِلِينَ عَلَيْهِ.

But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ لِي: عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا اتَّكَلْنَا، أَفَلَيْسَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَزَالَ حَزَقِيَّا مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَقَالَ لِيَهُوذَا وَلأُورُشَلِيمَ: أَمَامَ هذَا الْمَذْبَحِ تَسْجُدُونَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

وَالآنَ رَاهِنْ سَيِّدِي مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ، فَأُعْطِيَكَ أَلْفَيْ فَرَسٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَاكِبِينَ.

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

فَكَيْفَ تَرُدُّ وَجْهَ وَال وَاحِدٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِي الصِّغَارِ، وَتَتَّكِلُ عَلَى مِصْرَ لأَجْلِ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ؟

Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

وَالآنَ هَلْ بِدُونِ الرَّبِّ صَعِدْتُ عَلَى هذَا الْمَوْضِعِ لأَخْرِبَهُ؟ اَلرَّبُّ قَالَ لِي اصْعَدْ عَلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَاخْرِبْهَا».

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

فَقَالَ أَلِيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا وَشِبْنَةُ وَيُواخُ لِرَبْشَاقَى: «كَلِّمْ عَبِيدَكَ بِالأَرَامِيِّ لأَنَّنَا نَفْهَمُهُ، وَلاَ تُكَلِّمْنَا بِالْيَهُودِيِّ فِي مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ».

But Rab–shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَبْشَاقَى: «هَلْ إِلَى سَيِّدِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ أَرْسَلَنِي سَيِّدِي لِكَيْ أَتَكَلَّمَ بِهذَا الْكَلاَمِ؟ أَلَيْسَ إِلَى الرِّجَالِ الْجَالِسِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ لِيَأْكُلُوا عَذِرَتَهُمْ وَيَشْرَبُوا بَوْلَهُمْ مَعَكُمْ؟»

Then Rab–shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

ثُمَّ وَقَفَ رَبْشَاقَى وَنَادَى بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ بِالْيَهُودِيِّ وَتَكَلَّمَ قَائِلاً: «اسْمَعُوا كَلاَمَ الْمَلِكِ الْعَظِيمِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

هكَذَا يَقُولُ الْمَلِكُ: لاَ يَخْدَعْكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا، لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُنْقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ،

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

وَلاَ يَجْعَلْكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا تَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: إِنْقَاذًا يُنْقِذُنَا الرَّبُّ وَلاَ تُدْفَعُ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ إِلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ.

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

لاَ تَسْمَعُوا لِحَزَقِيَّا. لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا يَقُولُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: اعْقِدُوا مَعِي صُلْحًا، وَاخْرُجُوا إِلَيَّ، وَكُلُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ جَفْنَتِهِ وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ تِينَتِهِ، وَاشْرَبُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَاءَ بِئْرِهِ

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

حَتَّى آتِيَ وَآخُذَكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ كَأَرْضِكُمْ، أَرْضَ حِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ، أَرْضَ خُبْزٍ وَكُرُومٍ، أَرْضَ زَيْتُونٍ وَعَسَل وَاحْيَوْا وَلاَ تَمُوتُوا. وَلاَ تَسْمَعُوا لِحَزَقِيَّا لأَنَّهُ يَغُرُّكُمْ قَائِلاً: الرَّبُّ يُنْقِذُنَا.

Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

هَلْ أَنْقَذَ آلِهَةُ الأُمَمِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ؟

Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

أَيْنَ آلِهَةُ حَمَاةَ وَأَرْفَادَ؟ أَيْنَ آلِهَةُ سَفَرْوَايِمَ وَهَيْنَعَ وَعِوَّا؟ هَلْ أَنْقَذُوا السَّامِرَةَ مِنْ يَدِي؟

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

مَنْ مِنْ كُلِّ آلِهَةِ الأَرَاضِي أَنْقَذَ أَرْضَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِي، حَتَّى يُنْقِذَ الرَّبُّ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ يَدِي؟».

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

فَسَكَتَ الشَّعْبُ وَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ، لأَنَّ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ كَانَ قَائِلاً: «لاَ تُجِيبُوهُ».

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.

فَجَاءَ أَلِيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا الَّذِي عَلَى الْبَيْتِ وَشِبْنَةُ الْكَاتِبُ وَيُوَاخُ بْنُ آسَافَ الْمُسَجِّلُ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا وَثِيَابُهُمْ مُمَزَّقَةٌ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِكَلاَمِ رَبْشَاقَى.