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 their establishment, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

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

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

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

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

So there were assembled many people, 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?

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

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

And he set captains of war over the people, and assembled them to him in the street of the gate of the city, and encouraged them, saying,

٧ 7 «تَشَدَّدُوا وَتَشَجَّعُوا. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْتَاعُوا مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْجُمْهُورِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، لِأَنَّ 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 are] more with us than with him:

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

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, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him, ) to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,

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

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

١١ 11 أَلَيْسَ حَزَقِيَّا يُغْوِيكُمْ لِيَدْفَعَكُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْعَطَشِ، قَائِلًا: ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا 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 will deliver us out of 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؟

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?

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

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

١٤ 14 مَنْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ آلِهَةِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَرَّمَهُمْ آبَائِي، ٱسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُنْقِذَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ يَدِي حَتَّى يَسْتَطِيعَ إِلَهُكُمْ 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 my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?

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

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

And his servants spoke yet [more] against the LORD 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».

He wrote also letters to rail at 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 my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, 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 had come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

٢٢ 22 وَخَلَّصَ ٱلرَّبُّ حَزَقِيَّا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ سِنْحَارِيبَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ يَدِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، 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 [others], and guided them on every side.

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

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

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

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near to death, and [he] prayed to the LORD: and he spoke to him, and he gave him a sign.

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

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

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

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

And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor: 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:

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

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

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

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

٣٠ 30 وَحَزَقِيَّا هَذَا سَدَّ مَخْرَجَ مِيَاهِ جَيْحُونَ ٱلْأَعْلَى، وَأَجْرَاهَا تَحْتَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، إِلَى ٱلْجِهَةِ ٱلْغَرْبِيَّةِ 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.

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.

But, in [the business of] the embassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire 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.

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

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.

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