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.

¹Po teh dogodbah in po tej zvestobi je prišel Senaherib, kralj asirski, in je vdrl na Judovo in oblegal utrjena mesta, da bi jih pograbil zase.

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

²In ko vidi Ezekija, da je prišel Senaherib ter da se je namenil bojevati zoper 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.

³se posvetuje s svojimi knezi in oblastniki, da bi zamašili studence, ki so bili zunaj mesta; in oni so mu pomagali.

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?

⁴Zbere se torej veliko ljudi in zamaše vse studence in potok, ki teče po sredi dežele, rekoč: Čemu naj najdejo kralji asirski veliko vode, kadar pridejo?

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.

⁵In Ezekija se ohrabri in popravi vse zidovje, ki je bilo luknjasto, ter zgradi stolpe na njem in še drugi zid odzunaj in utrdi Milo v mestu Davidovem in napravi veliko orožja in ščitov.

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,

⁶In postavi vojne poveljnike nad ljudstvom in jih zbere k sebi v široko ulico ob mestnih vratih ter jim govori na srce takole:

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:

⁷Bodite močni in srčni, ne bojte se in ne plašite se pred asirskim kraljem, ne pred vso to množico, ki je pri njem! Zakaj večji je z nami nego ž 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.

⁸ž njim je mesena roka, z nami pa je GOSPOD, naš Bog, da nam pomaga in za nas vodi boj. In ljudstvo se je zaneslo na besede Ezekija, kralja Judovega.

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,

⁹Potem pošlje Senaherib, kralj asirski, hlapce svoje v Jeruzalem (stal pa je pred Lahisom in vsa vojna moč njegova ž njim) k Ezekiju, kralju Judovemu, in k vsem Judovim, ki so bili v Jeruzalemu, in sporoči:

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

¹⁰Tako pravi Senaherib, kralj asirski: Na koga stavite upanje, da sedite v obleganem 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?

¹¹Vas li ne zapeljuje Ezekija, da vas izda v smrt z lakoto in žejo, govoreč: GOSPOD, Bog naš, nas otme iz roke kralja asirskega?

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?

¹²Ni li on tisti Ezekija, ki je odpravil njegove višave in oltarje in velel Judi in Jeruzalemu: Pred edinim oltarjem molite in na njem žgite kadilo?

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?

¹³Ne veste li, kaj sem storil jaz in očetje moji vsem narodom po deželah? So li mar bili bogovi narodov po deželah kaj zmožni, da bi oteli deželo svojo iz moje roke?

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?

¹⁴Kateri je med vsemi bogovi tistih narodov, ki so jih pokončali očetje moji, ki je mogel oteti ljudstvo svoje iz moje roke, da bi vaš Bog vas mogel oteti iz moje roke?

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?

¹⁵Naj vas torej sedaj ne prekani Ezekija, tudi se mu ne dajte pregovoriti in ne verujte mu! Zakaj ako ni mogel noben bog kateregakoli naroda ali kraljestva oteti ljudstva svojega iz moje in mojih očetov roke, kako bi li vas otel vaš Bog iz roke moje?

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

¹⁶In še več so govorili hlapci njegovi zoper GOSPODA Boga in zoper hlapca njegovega Ezekija.

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.

¹⁷Tudi liste je pisal, da bi kidal sramoto na GOSPODA, Izraelovega Boga, in zoper njega govoril, češ, kakor bogovi narodov po deželah niso svojega ljudstva oteli iz roke moje, tako tudi ne otme Ezekijev Bog iz moje roke ljudstva svojega.

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.

¹⁸In glasno so vpili po judovsko proti ljudstvu iz Jeruzalema, ki je bilo na obzidju, da ga spravijo v strah in obup, da bi tako dobili mesto.

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.

¹⁹In govorili so o Bogu Jeruzalema kakor o bogovih ljudstev po deželah, ki so človeških rok delo.

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

²⁰Kralj Ezekija pa in prorok Izaija, sin Amozov, sta spričo tega molila in vpila v nebo.

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.

²¹In GOSPOD je poslal angela, ki je pobil vse močne junake in vojvode in poveljnike v taboru kralja asirskega, da se je z očitno sramoto vrnil v deželo svojo. In ko je prišel v svojega boga hišo, sta ga ondi z mečem umorila, ki sta bila po rodu njegova.

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 GOSPOD rešil Ezekija in prebivalce v Jeruzalemu roke Senaheriba, kralja asirskega, in roke vseh drugih in jih je vodil, da so bili varni z vseh strani.

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.

²³In mnogi so prinašali darila GOSPODU v Jeruzalem in dragocenosti Ezekiju, kralju Judovemu, tako da se je odslej povišal pred očmi vseh narodov.

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.

²⁴V tistih dneh zboli Ezekija na smrt. Tedaj je molil h GOSPODU, in on mu je govoril ter mu dal čudno znamenje.

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 Ezekija ni povrnil dobrote, ki mu je bila dana. Zakaj njegovo srce se je prevzelo, in zato je prišel srd nad njega in nad Judo in 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.

²⁶Ko pa se je Ezekija ponižal zato, ker se je bilo prevzelo srce njegovo, s prebivalci jeruzalemskimi vred, ni prišel srd GOSPODOV nadnje v dnevih Ezekijevih.

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;

²⁷In Ezekija je imel silno veliko bogastva in časti in si je oskrbel zakladnice za srebro in za zlato, za drage kamene in za dišave, za ščite in za vsakovrstno dragoceno orodje.

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

²⁸Imel je tudi skladišča za pridelke žita, vina in olja, in hleve za vsakovrstno živino in tamare za drobnico.

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

²⁹Napravil si je tudi mesta in imel je veliko drobnice in govedi, kajti Bog mu je dal silno veliko imetja.

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.

³⁰On, Ezekija, je tudi bil tisti, ki je zamašil gorenji iztok Gihonske vode ter jo napeljal naravnost doli po zahodni strani mesta Davidovega. In Ezekija je imel srečo v vseh svojih podjetjih.

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.

³¹Toda ko so bili k njemu poslani vojvod babilonskih poslanci, da bi vprašali po čudnem znamenju, ki se je bilo zgodilo v deželi, ga je Bog zapustil, da ga je izkusil, da bi spoznal vse, kar je bilo v srcu njegovem.

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.

³²A druge zgodbe Ezekijeve in njegova pobožna dela, glej, zapisana so v prikazni Izaija proroka, sinu Amozovega, v knjigi kraljev Judovih in Izraelovih.In Ezekija je legel k očetom svojim, in pokopali so ga ob stopnicah, ki vodijo gori h grobovom sinov Davidovih; in ves Juda in prebivalci jeruzalemski so mu izkazali čast ob njegovi smrti. In Manase, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.

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.

³³In Ezekija je legel k očetom svojim, in pokopali so ga ob stopnicah, ki vodijo gori h grobovom sinov Davidovih; in ves Juda in prebivalci jeruzalemski so mu izkazali čast ob njegovi smrti. In Manase, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.