¹After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

¹Poslije tih događaja i dokaza vjernosti dođe asirski kralj Sanherib i, ušavši u Judeju, opkoli tvrde gradove misleći ih osvojiti.

²And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

²Ezekija, vidjevši gdje je došao Sanherib i kako snuje da zavojšti na Jeruzalem,

³He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

³posavjetova se s knezovima i s junacima da začepi vodene izvore koji bijahu izvan grada. Oni mu podupriješe osnovu.

⁴So there was gathered much people together, 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?

⁴Sabralo se mnogo naroda te su začepili sva vrela i potok koji teče posred zemlje; govorahu: "Zašto da asirski kraljevi nađu toliko vode kad dođu!"

⁵Also 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.

⁵Ezekija se osokolio, obnovio sav oboreni zid i podigao kule na njemu; izvana je sagradio drugi zid i utvrdio Milon u Davidovu gradu; napravio je mnogo kopalja i štitova,

⁶And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

⁶zatim postavio vojvode nad narodom i, pozvavši ih k sebi na trg kraj gradskih vrata, ohrabri ih ovim riječima:

⁷Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

⁷"Budite hrabri i junaci; ne bojte se i ne plašite se asirskoga kralja, ni svega mnoštva što je s njim, jer je s nama moćniji nego s njim:

⁸With 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.

⁸s njim je tjelesna mišica, a s nama je Jahve, Bog naš, da nam pomaže i da bije naše bojeve." Narod se uzda u riječi judejskoga kralja Ezekije.

⁹After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

⁹Poslije toga asirski je kralj Sanherib, dok bijaše kod Lakiša sa svom bojnom silom, poslao sluge u Jeruzalem k judejskome kralju Ezekiji i k svim Judejcima koji bijahu u Jeruzalemu i poručio im:

¹⁰Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

¹⁰"Ovako veli asirski kralj Sanherib: 'U što se uzdate stojeći opsjednuti u Jeruzalemu?

¹¹Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹¹Ne zavodi li vas Ezekija da vas preda smrti od gladi i žeđi kad govori: Jahve, Bog naš, izbavit će nas iz ruke asirskoga kralja?

¹²Hath 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?

¹²Nije li taj Ezekija uklonio njegove uzvišice i njegove žrtvenike; i zapovjedio Judejcima i Jeruzalemcima govoreći: Pred jednim se žrtvenikom klanjajte i na njemu kadite!

¹³Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

¹³Zar ne znate što sam učinio ja i moji preci od svih zemaljskih naroda? Zar su bogovi zemaljskih naroda mogli izbaviti svoje zemlje iz moje ruke?

¹⁴Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

¹⁴Koji je među svim bogovima onih naroda što su ih sasvim uništili moji preci mogao izbaviti narod iz moje ruke, da bi mogao vaš Bog izbaviti vas iz moje ruke?'

¹⁵Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

¹⁵Zato nemojte da vas sada Ezekija vara i da vas tako zavodi i ne vjerujte mu! Jer nijedan bog nikojega naroda ili kraljevstva nije mogao izbaviti svoga naroda iz moje ruke, ni iz ruke mojih predaka, a kamoli će vaš Bog izbaviti vas iz moje ruke!"

¹⁶And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

¹⁶Još su više njegove sluge napadale Boga Jahvu i njegova slugu Ezekiju.

¹⁷He wrote also letters to rail on 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 mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

¹⁷Napisao je i pismo ružeći Jahvu, Izraelova Boga: "Kao što bogovi zemaljskih naroda nisu izbavili svojih naroda iz moje ruke, tako neće ni Ezekijin Bog izbaviti svojega naroda iz moje ruke."

¹⁸Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

¹⁸I vikahu iza glasa, na judejskom jeziku, jeruzalemskom narodu koji bijaše na zidu da ga uplaše i prepadnu kako bi osvojili grad.

¹⁹And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

¹⁹Govorili su o jeruzalemskom Bogu kao o bogovima zemaljskih naroda, bogovima koji su djelo čovječjih ruku.

²⁰And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

²⁰Stoga se pomoli kralj Ezekija i prorok Izaija, Amosov sin, i zazvaše nebo u pomoć.

²¹And the LORD sent an angel, which 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 was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

²¹Tada Jahve posla anđela koji uništi sve hrabre junake, zapovjednike i vojvode u vojsci asirskoga kralja, tako da se vratio posramljen u svoju zemlju. A kad je ušao u hram svoga boga, sasjekli su ga ondje mačem neki koji su se rodili iz njegova krila.

²²Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

²²Tako je Jahve spasio Ezekiju i jeruzalemske stanovnike od ruke asirskoga kralja Sanheriba i iz ruku neprijatelja, te im dao mir odasvud uokolo.

²³And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

²³Mnogi su donosili darove Jahvi u Jeruzalem i dragocjenosti judejskome kralju Ezekiji. Poslije toga Ezekija se uzvisio u očima svih naroda.

²⁴In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

²⁴U to se vrijeme Ezekija razbolio nasmrt, ali se pomolio Jahvi, koji mu je progovorio i učinio čudo.

²⁵But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

²⁵Ali se Ezekija nije odužio dobročinstvu koje mu je iskazano, nego se uzoholio; stoga je došla srdžba na nj, na Judu i na Jeruzalem.

²⁶Notwithstanding 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.

²⁶Ezekija se ponizio zato što mu se bilo uzoholilo srce, i on i Jeruzalemci, pa tako nije došla na njih Jahvina srdžba za Ezekijina života.

²⁷And Hezekiah had exceeding much 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;

²⁷Ezekija je stekao vrlo veliko bogatstvo i slavu; napravio je riznice za srebro i zlato, za drago kamenje, za miomirise, za štitove i za svakojake dragocjene posude;

²⁸Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

²⁸skladište za prirod od žita, od novog vina i ulja, staje za svakojaku stoku, torove za stada.

²⁹Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

²⁹Podigao je i gradove, imao je mnogo blaga, sitne stoke i goveda, jer mu je Bog dao vrlo veliko imanje.

³⁰This 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.

³⁰Isti je Ezekija začepio gornji izvor Gihonske vode i svrnuo je pravo na zapadnu stranu Davidova grada. Ezekija je bio sretan u svakom poslu.

³¹Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire 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.

³¹Samo kad su došli poslanici babilonskih knezova, poslani k njemu da se propitaju za čudo koje se dogodilo u zemlji, ostavio ga je Bog da bi ga iskušao i da bi se doznalo sve što mu je u srcu.

³²Now 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.

³²Ostala Ezekijina djela, njegova pobožnost, zapisani su u proročkom viđenju proroka Izaije, Amosova sina, i u Knjizi o judejskim i izraelskim kraljevima.

³³And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres 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.

³³Ezekija je počinuo kod svojih otaca. Sahranili su ga na usponu kako se ide ka grobovima Davidovih sinova. Po smrti su mu odali počast svi Judejci i Jeruzalemci. Na njegovo se mjesto zakraljio sin mu Manaše.