Ii Regum 18

1 Anno tertio Osee filii Ela regis Israel, regnavit Ezechias filius Achaz regis Iuda.

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.

2 Vigintiquinque annorum erat, cum regnare cœpisset: et vigintinovem annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Abi filia Zachariæ.

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

3 Fecitque quod erat bonum coram Domino, iuxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater eius.

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

4 Ipse dissipavit excelsa, et contrivit statuas, et succidit lucos, confregitque serpentem æneum, quem fecerat Moyses: siquidem usque ad illud tempus filii Israel adolebant ei incensum: vocavitque nomen eius Nohestan.

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

5 In Domino Deo Israel speravit: itaque post eum non fuit similis ei de cunctis regibus Iuda, sed neque in his, qui ante eum fuerunt:

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

6 et adhæsit Domino, et non recessit a vestigiis eius, fecitque mandata eius, quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi.

For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.

7 Unde et erat Dominus cum eo, et in cunctis, ad quæ procedebat, sapienter se agebat. Rebellavit quoque contra regem Assyriorum, et non servivit ei.

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

8 Ipse percussit Philisthæos usque ad Gazam, et omnes terminos eorum, a Turre custodum usque ad Civitatem munitam.

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

9 Anno quarto regis Ezechiæ, qui erat annus septimus Osee filii Ela regis Israel, ascendit Salmanasar rex Assyriorum in Samariam, et oppugnavit eam,

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.

10 et cepit. Nam post annos tres, anno sexto Ezechiæ, id est nono anno Osee regis Israel, capta est Samaria:

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

11 et transtulit rex Assyriorum Israel in Assyrios, collocavitque eos in Hala, et in Habor fluviis Gozan in civitatibus Medorum:

And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

12 quia non audierunt vocem Domini Dei sui, sed prætergressi sunt pactum eius: omnia, quæ præceperat Moyses servus Domini, non audierunt, neque fecerunt.

because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.

13 Anno quartodecimo regis Ezechiæ, ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum ad universas civitates Iuda munitas: et cepit eas.

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

14 Tunc misit Ezechias rex Iuda nuncios ad regem Assyriorum in Lachis, dicens: Peccavi, recede a me: et omne, quod imposueris mihi, feram. Indixit itaque rex Assyriorum Ezechiæ regi Iudæ trecenta talenta argenti, et triginta talenta auri.

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.

15 Deditque Ezechias omne argentum quod repertum fuerat in domo Domini, et in thesauris regis.

And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

16 In tempore illo confregit Ezechias valvas templi Domini, et laminas auri, quas ipse affixerat, et dedit eas regi Assyriorum.

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

17 Misit autem rex Assyriorum Tharthan, et Rabsaris, et Rabsacen de Lachis ad regem Ezechiam cum manu valida Ierusalem: qui cum ascendissent, venerunt Ierusalem, et steterunt iuxta aquæductum piscinæ superioris, quæ est in via Agrifullonis.

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto 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.

18 Vocaveruntque regem: egressus est autem ad eos Eliacim filius Helciæ præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Ioahe filius Asaph a commentariis.

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

19 Dixitque ad eos Rabsaces: Loquimini Ezechiæ: Hæc dicit rex magnus, rex Assyriorum: Quæ est ista fiducia, qua niteris?

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?

20 Forsitan inisti consilium, ut præpares te ad prælium. In quo confidis, ut audeas rebellare?

Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), [There is] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?

21 an speras in baculo arundineo atque confracto Ægypto, super quem, si incubuerit homo, comminutus ingredietur manum eius, et perforabit eam? sic est Pharao rex Ægypti omnibus, qui confidunt in se.

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon 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.

22 Quod si dixeritis mihi: In Domino Deo nostro habemus fiduciam: nonne iste est, cuius abstulit Ezechias excelsa et altaria: et præcepit Iudæ et Ierusalem: Ante altare hoc adorabitis in Ierusalem?

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

23 Nunc igitur transite ad dominum meum regem Assyriorum, et dabo vobis duo millia equorum, et videte an habere valeatis ascensores eorum.

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 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.

24 Et quo modo potestis resistere ante unum satrapam de servis domini mei minimis? An fiduciam habes in Ægypto propter currus et equites?

How then canst 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?

25 Numquid sine Domini voluntate ascendi ad locum istum, ut demolirer eum? Dominus dixit mihi: Ascende ad terram hanc, et demolire eam.

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

26 Dixerunt autem Eliacim filius Helciæ, et Sobna, et Ioahe Rabsaci: Precamur ut loquaris nobis servis tuis Syriace: siquidem intelligimus hanc linguam: et non loquaris nobis Iudaice, audiente populo, qui est super murum.

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

27 Responditque eis Rabsaces, dicens: Numquid ad dominum tuum, et ad te misit me dominus meus, ut loquerer sermones hos, et non potius ad viros, qui sedent super murum, ut comedant stercora sua, et bibant urinam suam vobiscum?

But Rabshakeh 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 that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

28 Stetit itaque Rabsaces, et exclamavit voce magna Iudaice, et ait: Audite verba regis magni, regis Assyriorum.

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

29 Hæc dicit rex: Non vos seducat Ezechias: non enim poterit eruere vos de manu mea.

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

30 Neque fiduciam vobis tribuat super Dominum, dicens: Eruens liberabit nos Dominus, et non tradetur civitas hæc in manu regis Assyriorum.

neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

31 Nolite audire Ezechiam. Hæc enim dicit rex Assyriorum: Facite mecum quod vobis est utile, et egredimini ad me: et comedet unusquisque de vinea sua, et de ficu sua: et bibetis aquas de cisternis vestris,

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, 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;

32 donec veniam, et transferam vos in terram, quæ similis est terræ vestræ, in terram fructiferam, et fertilem vini, terram panis et vinearum, terram olivarum, et olei ac mellis, et vivetis, et non moriemini. Nolite audire Ezechiam, qui vos decipit, dicens: Dominus liberabit nos.

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.

33 Numquid liberaverunt dii Gentium terram suam de manu regis Assyriorum?

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

34 Ubi est Deus Emath, et Arphad? ubi est Deus Sepharvaim, Ana, et Ava? numquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea?

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

35 Quinam illi sunt in universis diis terrarum, qui eruerunt regionem suam de manu mea ut possit eruere Dominus Ierusalem de manu mea?

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

36 Tacuit itaque populus, et non respondit ei quidquam: siquidem præceptum regis acceperant ut non responderent ei.

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

37 Venitque Eliacim filius Helciæ, præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Ioahe filius Asaph a commentariis ad Ezechiam scissis vestibus, et nunciaverunt ei verba Rabsacis.

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who 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.