٢ أخبار 32

١ 1 وَبَعْدَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ وَهَذِهِ ٱلْأَمَانَةِ، أَتَى سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ وَدَخَلَ يَهُوذَا وَنَزَلَ عَلَى ٱلْمُدُنُ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ وَطَمِعَ بِإِخْضَاعِهَا لِنَفْسِهِ.

After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came and entered Judah. He camped to attack the fortified cities, which he intended to capture for himself.

٢ 2 وَلَمَّا رَأَى حَزَقِيَّا أَنَّ سِنْحَارِيبَ قَدْ أَتَى وَوَجْهُهُ عَلَى مُحَارَبَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to fight against Jerusalem,

٣ 3 تَشَاوَرَ هُوَ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَجَبَابِرَتُهُ عَلَى طَمِّ مِيَاهِ ٱلْعُيُونِ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ خَارِجَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَسَاعَدُوهُ.

he consulted with his leaders and his powerful men to stop up the waters of the springs that were outside the city; they helped him do so.

٤ 4 فَتَجَمَّعَ شَعْبٌ كَثِيرٌ وَطَمُّوا جَمِيعَ ٱلْيَنَابِيعِ وَٱلنَّهْرَ ٱلْجَارِيَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، قَائِلِينَ: «لِمَاذَا يَأْتِي مُلُوكُ أَشُّورَ وَيَجِدُونَ مِيَاهًا غَزِيرَةً؟»

So many people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that was flowing through the middle of the land. They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find a lot of water?”

٥ 5 وَتَشَدَّدَ وَبَنَى كُلَّ ٱلسُّورِ ٱلْمُنْهَدِمِ وَأَعْلَاهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبْرَاجِ، وَسُورًا آخَرَ خَارِجًا، وَحَصَّنَ ٱلْقَلْعَةَ، مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ، وَعَمِلَ سِلَاحًا بِكِثْرَةٍ وَأَتْرَاسًا.

Hezekiah took courage and built up all the wall that was broken down. He built the towers higher, and also the other wall outside. He also strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and he made large amounts of weapons and shields.

٦ 6 وَجَعَلَ رُؤَسَاءَ قِتَالٍ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَجَمَعَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى سَاحَةِ بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَطَيَّبَ قُلُوبَهُمْ قَائِلًا:

He placed military commanders over the people. He gathered them together to him in the broad place at the city gate and spoke encouragingly to them. He said,

٧ 7 «تَشَدَّدُوا وَتَشَجَّعُوا. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْتَاعُوا مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْجُمْهُورِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، لِأَنَّ مَعَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا مَعَهُ.

“Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and all the army that is with him, for someone is with us who is greater than those with him.

٨ 8 مَعَهُ ذِرَاعُ بَشَرٍ، وَمَعَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لِيُسَاعِدَنَا وَيُحَارِبَ حُرُوبَنَا». فَٱسْتَنَدَ ٱلشَّعْبُ عَلَى كَلَامِ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is Yahweh, our God, to help us, and to fight our battles.” Then the people comforted themselves with the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

٩ 9 بَعْدَ هَذَا أَرْسَلَ سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَبِيدَهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَهُوَ عَلَى لَخِيشَ وَكُلُّ سَلْطَنَتِهِ مَعَهُ، إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِلَى كُلِّ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَقُولُونَ:

After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem (now he was in front of Lachish, and all his army was with him), to Hezekiah, king of Judah, and to all of Judah who were in Jerusalem. He said,

١٠ 10 «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ سِنْحَارِيبُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَّكِلُونَ وَتُقِيمُونَ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ؟

“This is what Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says: What are you relying on in order to endure a siege in Jerusalem?

١١ 11 أَلَيْسَ حَزَقِيَّا يُغْوِيكُمْ لِيَدْفَعَكُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْعَطَشِ، قَائِلًا: ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا يُنْقِذُنَا مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ؟

Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, 'Yahweh our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria'?

١٢ 12 أَلَيْسَ حَزَقِيَّا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَزَالَ مُرْتَفَعَاتِهِ وَمَذَابِحَهُ، وَكَلَّمَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلًا: أَمَامَ مَذْبَحٍ وَاحِدٍ تَسْجُدُونَ، وَعَلَيْهِ تُوقِدُونَ؟

Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, 'On one altar you must worship, and on it you must burn your sacrifices'?

١٣ 13 أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَنَا وَآبَائِي بِجَمِيعِ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي؟ فَهَلْ قَدِرَتْ آلِهَةُ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي أَنْ تُنْقِذَ أَرْضَهَا مِنْ يَدِي؟

Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of the peoples of the surrounding lands able in any way to rescue their land from my power?

١٤ 14 مَنْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ آلِهَةِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَرَّمَهُمْ آبَائِي، ٱسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيعَ إِلَهُكُمْ أَنْ يُنْقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِي؟

Among all the gods of those nations that my ancestors completely destroyed, was there any god who could rescue his people out of my hand? Why should your God be able to rescue you from my power?

١٥ 15 وَٱلْآنَ لَا يَخْدَعَنَّكُمْ حَزَقِيَّا، وَلَا يُغْوِيَنَّكُمْ هَكَذَا وَلَا تُصَدِّقُوهُ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ إِلَهُ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ مَمْلَكَةٍ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي وَيَدِ آبَائِي، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَا يُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِي؟».

Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my hand?”

١٦ 16 وَتَكَلَّمَ عَبِيدُهُ أَكْثَرَ ضِدَّ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْإِلَهِ وَضِدَّ حَزَقِيَّا عَبْدِهِ.

Sennacherib's servants spoke even more against Yahweh God and against his servant Hezekiah.

١٧ 17 وَكَتَبَ رَسَائِلَ لِتَعْيِيرِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلِلتَّكَلُّمِ ضِدَّهُ قَائِلًا: «كَمَا أَنَّ آلِهَةَ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي لَمْ تُنْقِذْ شُعُوبَهَا مِنْ يَدِي، كَذَلِكَ لَا يُنْقِذُ إِلَهُ حَزَقِيَّا شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي».

Sennacherib also wrote letters in order to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him. He said, “As the gods of the nations of the lands have not rescued their people out of my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not rescue his people out of my hand.”

١٨ 18 وَصَرَخُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ بِٱلْيَهُودِيِّ إِلَى شَعْبِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ لِتَخْوِيفِهِمْ وَتَرْوِيعِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَأْخُذُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ.

They cried out in the language of the Jews to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, in order that they might capture the city.

١٩ 19 وَتَكَلَّمُوا عَلَى إِلَهِ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَمَا عَلَى آلِهَةِ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ صَنْعَةِ أَيْدِي ٱلنَّاسِ.

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which are merely the work of men's hands.

٢٠ 20 فَصَلَّى حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَإِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ لِذَلِكَ وَصَرَخَا إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ،

Hezekiah, the king, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed because of this matter and he cried out to heaven.

٢١ 21 فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَلَاكًا فَأَبَادَ كُلَّ جَبَّارِ بَأْسٍ وَرَئِيسٍ وَقَائِدٍ فِي مَحَلَّةِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ. فَرَجَعَ بِخِزْيِ ٱلْوَجْهِ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ. وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ بَيْتَ إِلَهِهِ قَتَلَهُ هُنَاكَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ أَحْشَائِهِ.

Yahweh sent an angel, who killed the fighting men, the commanders, and the officers of the king in the camp. So Sennacherib returned to his own land with shame on his face. When he had gone into the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

٢٢ 22 وَخَلَّصَ ٱلرَّبُّ حَزَقِيَّا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ سِنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ يَدِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، وَحَمَاهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ.

In this way, Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and gave them rest on every side.

٢٣ 23 وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ يَأْتُونَ بِتَقْدِمَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتُحَفٍ لِحَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَٱعْتُبِرَ فِي أَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Many were bringing offerings to Yahweh in Jerusalem, and precious gifts to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was lifted up in the eyes of all nations from that time forward.

٢٤ 24 فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ مَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى حَدِّ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فَكَلَّمَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ عَلَامَةً.

In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of dying. He prayed to Yahweh, who spoke to him and gave him a sign that he would be healed.

٢٥ 25 وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ حَزَقِيَّا حَسْبَمَا أُنْعِمَ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ ٱرْتَفَعَ، فَكَانَ غَضَبٌ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

But Hezekiah did not pay back Yahweh for the help given to him, for his heart was lifted up. So anger came on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

٢٦ 26 ثُمَّ تَوَاضَعَ حَزَقِيَّا بِسَبَبِ ٱرْتِفَاعِ قَلْبِهِ هُوَ وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَلَمْ يَأْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي أَيَّامِ حَزَقِيَّا.

Nevertheless, Hezekiah later humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that Yahweh's anger did not come on them during Hezekiah's days.

٢٧ 27 وَكَانَ لِحَزَقِيَّا غِنًى وَكَرَامَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا، وَعَمِلَ لِنَفْسِهِ خَزَائِنَ لِلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْحِجَارَةِ ٱلْكَرِيمَةِ وَٱلْأَطْيَابِ وَٱلْأَتْرَاسِ وَكُلِّ آنِيَةٍ ثَمِينَةٍ،

Hezekiah had very many riches and much honor. He provided himself with storerooms for silver, gold, precious stones, and for spices, as well as for shields and for all kinds of valuable objects.

٢٨ 28 وَمَخَازِنَ لِغَلَّةِ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ وَٱلْمِسْطَارِ وَٱلزَّيْتِ، وَأَوَارِيَ لِكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ، وَلِلْقُطْعَانِ أَوَارِيَ.

He also had storehouses for the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of animals. He also had flocks in their pens.

٢٩ 29 وَعَمِلَ لِنَفْسِهِ أَبْرَاجًا وَمَوَاشِيَ غَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ بِكَثْرَةٍ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعْطَاهُ أَمْوَالًا كَثِيرَةً جِدًّا.

In addition, he provided himself with cities and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very much wealth.

٣٠ 30 وَحَزَقِيَّا هَذَا سَدَّ مَخْرَجَ مِيَاهِ جَيْحُونَ ٱلْأَعْلَى، وَأَجْرَاهَا تَحْتَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، إِلَى ٱلْجِهَةِ ٱلْغَرْبِيَّةِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ. وَأَفْلَحَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي كُلِّ عَمَلِهِ.

It was this same Hezekiah who also stopped up the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and who brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all his projects.

٣١ 31 وَهَكَذَا فِي أَمْرِ تَرَاجِمِ رُؤَسَاءِ بَابِلَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ لِيَسْأَلُوا عَنِ ٱلْأُعْجُوبَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، تَرَكَهُ ٱللهُ لِيُجَرِّبَهُ لِيَعْلَمَ كُلَّ مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ.

However, in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to ask questions of those who knew, about the miraculous sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him, and to know all that was in his heart.

٣٢ 32 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ حَزَقِيَّا وَمَرَاحِمُهُ، هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي رُؤْيَا إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ فِي سِفْرِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

As for the other matters concerning Hezekiah, including his actions of covenant loyalty, you can see that they are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

٣٣ 33 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ حَزَقِيَّا مَعَ آبَائِهِ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي عَقَبَةِ قُبُورِ بَنِي دَاوُدَ، وَعَمِلَ لَهُ إِكْرَامًا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ كُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَمَلَكَ مَنَسَّى ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

Hezekiah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him on the hill of the tombs of the descendants of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Manasseh his son became king in his place.