¹希西家向以赛亚求救（赛37:1-5）

¹And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah`s hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

²王又派王宫总管以利亚敬、书记舍伯那和祭司中的长老披上麻布，到亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚先知那里。

²and sendeth Eliakim, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz,

³他们对他说：“希西家这样说：‘今天是痛苦、责罚和侮辱的日子，好像婴儿的产期到了，却没有力量生产。

³and they say unto him, `Thus said Hezekiah — A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising [is] this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bring forth.

⁴或者耶和华你的　神听到拉伯沙基所说的话（他就是他的主亚述王派来辱骂永活的　神的人），就因着耶和华你的　神所听见的话责罚他。所以请为这里余剩的人献上祷告。’”

⁴`It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.`

⁵希西家王的臣仆就来到以赛亚那里。

⁵And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah,

⁶以赛亚安慰的话（赛37:6-7）以赛亚对他们说：“你们要这样告诉你们的主人：‘耶和华这样说：不要因你所听见亚述王的随从亵渎我的话而惊怕。

⁶and Isaiah saith to them, `Thus do ye say unto your lord: Thus said Jehovah, Be not afraid because of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled Me.

⁷看哪，我要使他的心惊颤（“使他的心惊颤”原文作“放一个灵在他里面”），他将听见消息，就退回自己的地方去；我要使他在自己的国土倒在刀下。’”

⁷Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.`

⁸亚述王恐吓的话（赛37:8-13）拉伯沙基回去，发觉亚述王正在攻打立拿，因为他曾听说亚述王已拔营离开拉吉。

⁸And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.

⁹亚述王听见有关古实王特哈加的消息说：“看哪，他出来要和你交战。”于是亚述王再派使者去见希西家说：

⁹And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, `Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;` and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰“你们要对犹大王希西家说：‘不要让你所信靠的　神欺骗你说：耶路撒冷不会交在亚述王的手中。

¹⁰`Thus do ye speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift thee up in whom thou art trusting, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

¹¹看哪，你听过亚述列王怎样对付列国，把它们完全毁灭，你会得着解救吗？

¹¹Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands — to devote them; and thou art delivered!

¹²我祖先所消灭的民族，就是歌散人、哈兰人、利色人和在提．拉撒的伊甸人，他们的神可曾解救他们吗？

¹²did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed — Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar?

¹³哈马王、亚珥拔王、西法瓦音城的王、希拿王和以瓦王在哪里呢？’”

¹³Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?`

¹⁴希西家向　神祷告（赛37:14-20）希西家从使者手中接过信件，念完了，就上耶和华的殿。希西家把信件在耶和华面前展开。

¹⁴And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah.

¹⁵希西家在耶和华面前祷告，说：“耶和华以色列的　神，坐在二基路伯中间的啊，只有你是地上万国的　神，天地是你创造的。

¹⁵And Hezekiah prayeth before Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou [art] God Himself — Thyself alone — to all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.

¹⁶耶和华啊！求你侧耳聆听；耶和华啊！求你睁眼垂顾；听那派使者来侮辱永活的　神的西拿基立的话。

¹⁶Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.

¹⁷耶和华啊！亚述列王真的曾毁坏列国和它们的领土，

¹⁷`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,

¹⁸把它们的神丢进火里，但他们并不是神，不过是人手用木头、石头做成的，因此他们可以把他们除掉。

¹⁸and have put their gods into fire, for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

¹⁹现在，耶和华我们的　神啊，求你从他的手中把我们拯救出来，地上万国就可以知道只有你耶和华才是　神。”

¹⁹And now, O Jehovah our God, save us, we pray Thee, out of his hand, and know do all kingdoms of the earth that Thou [art] Jehovah God — Thyself alone.`

²⁰以赛亚预言亚述必败（赛37:21-35）于是亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚派人去见希西家，说：“耶和华以色列的　神这样说：‘你向我祷告有关亚述王西拿基立的事，我已经听见了。’

²⁰And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard:

²¹下面是耶和华所说关于他的话：‘锡安的居民（“居民”原文作“处女”）藐视你，嗤笑你；耶路撒冷的居民在你背后摇头。

²¹this [is] the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: `Trampled on thee — laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head — Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?

²²你辱骂了谁，亵渎了谁？你扬声攻击谁呢？你高举眼目是向谁傲慢呢？就是攻击以色列的圣者。

²²Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes — Against the Holy One of Israel!

²³你借着你的使者侮辱了我的主，你说－－我要用大批的战车，攀登众山的高峰，到达黎巴嫩山的顶端，砍伐高大的香柏树，佳美的松木；我要进入极远的峰峦，最茂密的森林。

²³By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains — The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

²⁴我掘井饮外地的水，我用脚掌踏干埃及所有的河道。

²⁴I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

²⁵你没有听过吗？在远古我已决定，在古时我已筹划，现在我要实现，就是你使设防城变成乱堆。

²⁵Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps [are] fenced cities,

²⁶他们的居民没有能力，惊惶、羞惭。他们好像田野的嫩草，青绿的蔬菜，和房顶上的草，还未长成就枯萎了。

²⁶And their inhabitants [are] feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn — before it hath risen up!

²⁷你坐下，你出去，你进来，以及你对我所发的烈怒，我都知道。

²⁷And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thine anger towards Me;

²⁸因为你向我发了烈怒，你狂傲的话进入我的耳中，我要把我的钩子钩在你的鼻子上，把嚼环套在你的嘴上，使你在你来的路上转回去。

²⁸Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise — it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.

²⁹‘这要给你作一个征兆：这一年要吃自然生长的，第二年也要吃自己长出来的，第三年要撒种、收割，栽种葡萄园，吃它们的果子。

²⁹And this to thee [is] the sign, Food of the year [is] the spontaneous growth, And in the second year the self-produced, And in the third year sow ye, and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.

³⁰犹大家逃脱的余民，必再往下扎根，往上结果；

³⁰And it hath continued — The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left — to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.

³¹因为将有剩余的人从耶路撒冷出来，将有逃脱的人从锡安山而来，耶和华的热心必成全这事。

³¹For from Jerusalem goeth out a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion; The zeal of Jehovah [of Hosts] doth this.

³²因此，耶和华论到亚述王这样说：他不会来到这城，不会在那里射箭，也不会拿着盾牌向城进攻，不会筑起土堆围攻它。

³²Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it with shield. Nor doth he pour out against it a mount.

³³他必循他来的路回去，他必不能来到这城，这是耶和华的宣告。

³³In the way that he cometh in — In it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, The affirmation of Jehovah —

³⁴为了我和我仆人大卫的缘故，我必保护这城，拯救这城。’”

³⁴And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.`

³⁵　神惩罚亚述王（代下32:20-21；赛37:36-38）那天晚上，耶和华的使者出去，在亚述军营杀了十八万五千人。早上，他们起来的时候，看哪，到处都是死尸。

³⁵And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses.

³⁶于是亚述王西拿基立拔营离开，回去住在尼尼微。

³⁶And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;

³⁷一日，他正在他的神亚斯洛的庙中叩拜的时候，亚得米勒和沙利巴用刀刺杀了他，然后逃到亚拉腊地。他的儿子以撒哈顿接续他作王。

³⁷and it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adramelech and Sharezar [his sons] have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.