Четвертая книга Царств 18
1 И бысть в лето третие Осии сына Илы царя Израилева, воцарися Езекиа сын Ахаза царя Иудина:
After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah.
2 сын двадесяти пяти лет бе егда нача царствовати, и двадесять девять леть царствова во Иерусалиме. Имя же матере его Авуфа дщи Захариина.
He was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah] and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
3 И сотвори правое пред очима Господнима, по всем елика сотвори отец его Давид:
Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
4 той разруши высокая, и сокруши вся капища, и искорени дубравы и змию медяную, юже сотвори Моисей, яко и до дний тех сынове Израилевы беху кадяще ей: и назва имя ей Неестан.
He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars [for worshiping the goddess Asherah]. He also broke into pieces the bronze [replica/statue of a] snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it.
5 На Господа Бога Израилева упова, и но нем не бысть подобен ему в царех Иудиных и в бывших прежде его:
Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped.] There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as [devoted to Yahweh as] he was.
6 и прилепися Господеви, не отступи от Него, и сохрани заповеди Его, елики заповеда Моисей:
He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses.
7 и бе Господь с ним, и во всех, яже творяше, смысляше. И сопротивися царю Ассирийскому и не поработа ему:
Yahweh always (helped/was with) him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to (pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do).
8 той победи иноплеменники даже до Газы и до предел ея, от столпа стрегущих и даже и града тверда.
His army defeated [the soldiers of] Philistia as far [south] as Gaza [city] and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls.
9 И бысть в лето четвертое царя Езекии, сие же лето седмое Осии, сыну Илы, царю Израилеву, взыде Саламанассар царь Ассирийск на Самарию и обседе ю,
After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, [the army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria [city].
10 и взя ю при концы триех лет, в шестое лето Езекиево, сие лето девятое Осии царя Израилева, и пленена бысть Самариа.
In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years.
11 И преведе царь Ассирийский Самаряны во Ассирию, и посади я на Алаи и на Аворе, реках Гозанских, и в пределех Мидских:
The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah [town], some were taken to a place near the Habor [River] in [the] Gozan [region], and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live.
12 понеже не послушаша гласа Господа Бога своего и преступиша завет Его, вся елика заповеда Моисей раб Господень, и не послушаша, и не сотвориша.
That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh [very well], had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them.
13 И в четвертоенадесять лето царя Езекии, взыде Сеннахирим царь Ассирийский на грады Иудины твердыя и взят я.
After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, [the army of] King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They [did not capture Jerusalem, but they] captured all the other cities.
14 И посла Езекиа царь Иудин послы к царю Ассирийску в Лахис, глаголя: согреших, возвратися от мене: еже аще возложиши на мя, то понесу. И возложи царь Ассирийский на Езекию царя Иудина триста талант сребра и тридесять талантов злата.
King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please [tell your soldiers to] stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him (ten tons/9,000 kg.) of silver and (one ton/900 kg.) of gold.
15 И даде Езекиа все сребро обретшееся в дому Господни и в сокровищих дому царева.
So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace.
16 Во время оно ссече Езекиа царь Иудин двери храма Господня и утвержения, яже позлати Езекиа царь Иудин, и даде их царю Ассирийску.
Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria.
17 И посла царь Ассирийск Фарфана и Равосаиа и Рапсака от Лахиса на Иерусалим к царю Езекии с силою тяжкою зело. И взыдоша, и приидоша ко Иерусалиму, и сташа у водотечи купели вышния, яже есть на пути села белилнаго,
But the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
18 и возопиша ко Езекии. И изыде к ним Елиаким сын Хелкиев строитель, и Сомнас книгочий, и Иоас сын Сафатов воспоминатель.
They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials [to talk to them]. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people.
19 И рече к ним Рапсак: рцыте ныне ко Езекии: сице глаголет царь великий, царь Ассирийский: что упование сие, на неже уповаеши?
One of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the king of Assyria, the great king, says: ‘What are you trusting in [to rescue you] [RHQ]?
20 Рекл еси: токмо словеса устен, совет и сила на брань: ныне убо на кого надежду отвергл еси мене?
You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us, ] but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
21 Ныне с, надеешися ты на жезл тростяный сломленый сей, на Египет ли? Наньже аще опрется муж, внидет в руку его и пронзет ю: тако фараон царь Египетский всем надеющымся нань:
Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But that is like [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the king of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
22 и аще мне речете: на Господа Бога надеемся: не той ли сей, егоже и отстави Езекиа высокая его и жертвенники его, и рече Иуде и Иерусалиму: поклонитеся пред жертвенником сим во Иерусалиме?
But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are (relying on/trusting in) Yahweh our God [to help us].” [I would reply, ] “Is he not the one whom you [insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship only in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?”’
23 И ныне соединитеся с господином моим царем Ассирийским, и дам тебе две тысящы коней, аще можеши имети всадники на ня:
So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
24 и како отвратиши лице топарха единаго от рабов господина моего малейших, и уповал еси сам на Египет, на колесницы и кони?
You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
25 И ныне убо еда без Господа взыдохом на место сие, еже потребити и рече бо Господь ко мне: взыди на землю сию и потреби ю.
Furthermore, (do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.) [RHQ] It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
26 И рече Елиаким сын Хелкиин и Сомнас и Иоас ко Рапсаку: глаголи ныне ко отроком твоим сирски, яко слышим мы, а не глаголи к нам иудейски, и почто глаголеши во ушы людий, иже на стене?
Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and be frightened].”
27 И рече к ним Рапсак: еда к господину твоему и к тебе посла мя господин мой глаголати словеса сия? Не к мужем ли седящым на стене, еже ясти им гной свой и пити им сечь свою с вами вкупе?
But the official replied, “Do you think [RHQ] that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? [If you reject this message, ] the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
28 И ста Рапсак, и возопи гласом великим иудейски, и глагола, и рече: слышите словеса великаго царя Ассирийска:
Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the king of Assyria. He says,
29 сице глаголет царь: да не возносит вас царь Езекиа словесы, понеже не возможет вас изяти из руки моея:
‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power [MTY].
30 и да не обнадеживает вас Езекиа Господем, глаголя: изимая измет вы Господь, и не имать предатися град сей в руце царя Ассирийска:
Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’
31 не послушайте Езекии, яко сице глаголет царь Ассирийский: сотворите со мною благословение и изыдите ко мне, и да пиет муж от винограда своего, и муж вкусит от смоквей своих, и да пиет воду от рова своего,
“Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines, and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells.
32 дондеже прииду и поиму вы в землю (такову) якоже земля ваша, земля пшеницы и вина, и хлебов и виноградов, земля масличин елеа и меда, и живи будете и не умрете: и не послушайте Езекии, яко прельщает вы, глаголя: Господь ны избавит:
You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to [produce grapes for making] wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you!
33 еда избавляюще избавиша бози языков кийждо их свою страну из руки царя Ассирийска?
The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria [RHQ]!
34 Где есть бог Емафа и Арфада? Где есть бог Сепфаруима, Ана и Ава? Еда избавиша Самарию из руку моею?
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities] unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria [RHQ]? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, [towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared] [RHQ]? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
35 Кто во всех бозех земных, иже избавиша земли и от руки моея? И како измет Господь Иерусалима из руки моея?
No, none of the gods of the countries [that my army attacked] rescued their people [RHQ] from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
36 И умолкоша людие и не отвещаша ему слова, яко заповеда им царь глаголя: не отвещайте ему.
But the people [who were listening] stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you, ] do not answer him.”
37 И вниде Елиаким сын Хелкиин строитель, и Сомнас книгочий, и Иоас сын Сафатов воспоминатель ко Езекии, раздравше ризы своя, и возвестиша ему словеса Рапсакова.
Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed], and they told him what the official from Assyria had said.
