Isaiah 36

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

وَكَانَ فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا أَنَّ سَنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ صَعِدَ عَلَى كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ وَأَخَذَهَا.

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

وَأَرْسَلَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ رَبْشَاقَى مِنْ لاَخِيشَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ قَنَاةِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْعُلْيَا فِي طَرِيقِ حَقْلِ الْقَصَّارِ.

Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ أَلِيَاقِيمُ بْنُ حِلْقِيَّا الَّذِي عَلَى الْبَيْتِ، وَشَبْنَةُ الْكَاتِبُ، وَيُوآخُ بْنُ آسَافَ الْمُسَجِّلُ.

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say 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 هُوَ هذَا الاتِّكَالُ الَّذِي اتَّكَلْتَهُ؟

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

إِنَّكَ قَدِ اتَّكَلْتَ عَلَى عُكَّازِ هذِهِ الْقَصَبَةِ الْمَرْضُوضَةِ، عَلَى مِصْرَ، الَّتِي إِذَا تَوَكَّأَ أَحَدٌ عَلَيْهَا دَخَلَتْ فِي كَفِّهِ وَثَقَبَتْهَا. هكَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ لِجَمِيعِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْهِ.

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

وَإِذَا قُلْتَ لِي: عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا اتَّكَلْنَا، أَفَلَيْسَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَزَالَ حَزَقِيَّا مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَقَالَ لِيَهُوذَا وَلأُورُشَلِيمَ: أَمَامَ هذَا الْمَذْبَحِ تَسْجُدُونَ.

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

فَالآنَ رَاهِنْ سَيِّدِي مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ، فَأُعْطِيكَ أَلْفَيْ فَرَسٍ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ 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؟

And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

وَالآنَ هَلْ بِدُونِ الرَّبِّ صَعِدْتُ عَلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ لأُخْرِبَهَا؟ الرَّبُّ قَالَ لِي: اصْعَدْ إِلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَاخْرِبْهَا».

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

فَقَالَ أَلِيَاقِيمُ وَشَبْنَةُ وَيُوآخُ لِرَبْشَاقَى: «كَلِّمْ عَبِيدَكَ بِالأَرَامِيِّ لأَنَّنَا نَفْهَمُهُ، وَلاَ تُكَلِّمْنَا بِالْيَهُودِيِّ فِي مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ عَلَى السُّورِ».

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

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

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

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

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

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

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

وَلاَ يَجْعَلْكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا تَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: إِنْقَاذًا يُنْقِذُنَا الرَّبُّ. لاَ 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 eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own 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.

حَتَّى آتِيَ وَآخُذَكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ مِثْلِ أَرْضِكُمْ، أَرْضِ حِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ، أَرْضِ خُبْزٍ وَكُرُومٍ.

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

لاَ يَغُرَّكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا قَائِلاً: الرَّبُّ يُنْقِذُنَا. هَلْ أَنْقَذَ آلِهَةُ الأُمَمِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ؟

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

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

Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

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

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

فَسَكَتُوا وَلَمْ يُجِيبُوا بِكَلِمَةٍ لأَنَّ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ كَانَ قَائِلاً: «لاَ تُجِيبُوهُ».

Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that 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 Rabshakeh.

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