¹亚述王攻打犹大（王下18:13-18；代下32:1-9）

¹And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them.

²亚述王从拉吉差派拉伯沙基，带领大军往耶路撒冷，到希西家王那里去。他站在上池的水沟旁，就是在往漂布地之大路上的时候，

²And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller`s field,

³希勒家的儿子管家以利亚敬、书记舍伯那和亚萨的儿子史官约亚，都出来见他。

³and go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.

⁴拉伯沙基的恐吓（王下18:19-27）拉伯沙基对他们说：“你们去对希西家说：‘亚述大王这样说：你所倚靠的算得是什么倚靠呢？

⁴And Rabshakeh saith unto them, `Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, `Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What [is] this confidence in which thou hast confided?

⁵我说：你打仗所用的谋略和能力，不过是虚话罢了。你到底倚靠谁，以致你背叛我呢？

⁵I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might [are] for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?

⁶看哪！你所倚靠的埃及，是那压伤的芦苇杖；人若倚靠它，它就会插进他的手，把手刺透。埃及王法老对所有倚靠他的人，也是这样。

⁶`Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed — on Egypt — which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it — so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.

⁷你若对我说：我们倚靠耶和华我们的　神，这　神所有的邱坛和祭坛岂不是都给希西家废去了，他还对犹大和耶路撒冷的人说：你们只要在这祭坛面前敬拜吗？

⁷`And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?

⁸现在你可以与我的主人亚述王打赌：我给你二千匹马，看你这一方面能否派出足够骑马的人来。

⁸`And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them.

⁹若不能，你怎能击退我主的臣仆中最小的军长呢？你竟倚靠埃及的战车和马兵吗？

⁹And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?

¹⁰现在，我上来攻打这地，要把这地毁灭，岂没有耶和华的意思吗？耶和华曾对我说：你要上去攻打这地，把它毁灭。’”

¹⁰And now, without Jehovah have I come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up unto this land, and thou hast destroyed it.`

¹¹以利亚敬、舍伯那和约亚对拉伯沙基说：“请你用亚兰语对你的仆人说话，因为我们听得懂；不要用犹大语对我们说话，免得城墙上的人民听见。”

¹¹And Eliakim saith — and Shebna and Joah — unto Rabshakeh, `Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants [in] Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.`

¹²但拉伯沙基说：“我主差派我来，只是对你和你的主说这些话吗？不也是对那些坐在城墙上，要和你们一同吃自己的粪、喝自己的尿的人说吗？”

¹²And Rabshakeh saith, `Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men — those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?`

¹³劝降的话（王下18:28-37；代下32:9-19）于是拉伯沙基站着，用犹大语大声呼喊说：“你们要听亚述大王的话，

¹³And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish, and saith, `Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:

¹⁴王这样说：‘你们不要被希西家欺骗了，因为他决不能拯救你们；

¹⁴Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;

¹⁵也不要给希西家说服你们倚靠耶和华，说：耶和华必定拯救我们，这城也必不交在亚述王的手中。’

¹⁵and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

¹⁶不要听希西家的话，因为亚述王这样说：‘你们要与我和好，出来向我投降，这样各人就可以吃自己葡萄树和无花果树的果子，也可以喝自己井里的水；

¹⁶`Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,

¹⁷等到我来的时候，就会把你们领到一个与你们本地一样的地方；就是一个有五谷和新酒的地方，一个有粮食和葡萄园的地方。

¹⁷till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;

¹⁸你们要小心，免得希西家怂恿你们说：耶和华必拯救我们。列国的神有哪一位曾拯救自己的国土脱离亚述王的手呢？

¹⁸lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. `Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

¹⁹哈马和亚珥拔的神在哪里呢？西法瓦音的神在哪里呢？他们曾拯救撒玛利亚脱离我的手吗？

¹⁹Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?

²⁰这些国所有的神中，有哪一位曾拯救自己的国土脱离我的手呢？难道耶和华能拯救耶路撒冷脱离我的手吗？’”

²⁰Who among all the gods of these lands [are] they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?`

²¹众人都默不作声，一句话也没有回答他，因为王的吩咐说：“不要回答他。”

²¹And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.`

²²于是希勒家的儿子管家以利亚敬、书记舍伯那和亚萨的儿子史官约亚，都撕裂衣服，来到希西家面前，把拉伯沙基的话告诉了他。

²²And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.