¹وبعد هذه الأمور وهذه الامانة اتى سنحاريب ملك اشور ودخل يهوذا ونزل على المدن الحصينة وطمع باخضاعها لنفسه.

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

²ولما رأى حزقيا ان سنحاريب قد اتى ووجهه على محاربة اورشليم

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

³تشاور هو ورؤساؤه وجبابرته على طمّ مياه العيون التي هي خارج المدينة فساعدوه.

³he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.

⁴فتجمع شعب كثير وطمّوا جميع الينابيع والنهر الجاري في وسط الارض قائلين لماذا يأتي ملوك اشور ويجدون مياها غزيرة.

⁴So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

⁵وتشدد وبنى كل السور المنهدم واعلاه الى الابراج وسورا آخر خارجا وحصّن القلعة مدينة داود وعمل سلاحا بكثرة واتراسا.

⁵And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

⁶وجعل رؤساء قتال على الشعب وجمعهم اليه الى ساحة باب المدينة وطيب قلوبهم قائلا

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

⁷تشددوا وتشجعوا. لا تخافوا ولا ترتاعوا من ملك اشور ومن كل الجمهور الذي معه لان معنا اكثر مما معه.

⁷Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

⁸معه ذراع بشر ومعنا الرب الهنا ليساعدنا ويحارب حروبنا. فاستند الشعب على كلام حزقيا ملك يهوذا

⁸with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

⁹بعد هذا ارسل سنحاريب ملك اشور عبيده الى اورشليم. وهو على لخيش وكل سلطنته معه. الى حزقيا ملك يهوذا والى كل يهوذا الذين في اورشليم يقولون.

⁹After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

¹⁰هكذا يقول سنحاريب ملك اشور. على ماذا تتكلون وتقيمون في الحصار في اورشليم.

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

¹¹أليس حزقيا يغويكم ليدفعكم للموت بالجوع والعطش قائلا الرب الهنا ينقذنا من يد ملك اشور.

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

¹²أليس حزقيا هو الذي ازال مرتفعاته ومذابحه وكلم يهوذا واورشليم قائلا امام مذبح واحد تسجدون وعليه توقدون.

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 upon it shall ye burn incense?

¹³أما تعلمون ما فعلته انا وآبائي بجميع شعوب الاراضي. فهل قدرت آلهة امم الاراضي ان تنقذ ارضها من يدي.

¹³Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

¹⁴من من جميع آلهة هؤلاء الامم الذين حرمهم آبائي استطاع ان ينقذ شعبه من يدي حتى يستطيع الهكم ان ينقذكم من يدي.

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

¹⁵والآن لا يخدعنّكم حزقيا ولا يغوينّكم هكذا ولا تصدقوه. لانه لم يقدر اله امة او مملكة ان ينقذ شعبه من يدي ويد آبائي. فكم بالحري الهكم لا ينقذكم من يدي.

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

¹⁶وتكلم عبيده اكثر ضد الرب الاله وضد حزقيا عبده.

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

¹⁷وكتب رسائل لتعيير الرب اله اسرائيل وللتكلم ضده قائلا كما ان آلهة امم الاراضي لم تنقذ شعوبها من يدي كذلك لا ينقذ اله حزقيا شعبه من يدي.

¹⁷He wrote also letters, to rail on Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.

¹⁸وصرخوا بصوت عظيم باليهودي الى شعب اورشليم الذين على السور لتخويفهم وترويعهم لكي ياخذوا المدينة.

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

¹⁹وتكلموا على اله اورشليم كما على آلهة شعوب الارض صنعة ايدي الناس

¹⁹And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

²⁰فصلّى حزقيا الملك واشعياء بن آموص النبي لذلك وصرخا الى السماء.

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

²¹فارسل الرب ملاكا فاباد كل جبار بأس ورئيس وقائد في محلّة ملك اشور. فرجع بخزي الوجه الى ارضه. ولما دخل بيت الهه قتله هناك بالسيف الذين خرجوا من احشائه.

²¹And Jehovah sent an angel, who 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 from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

²²وخلص الرب حزقيا وسكان اورشليم من سنحاريب ملك اشور ومن يد الجميع وحماهم من كل ناحية.

²²Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.

²³وكان كثيرون ياتون بتقدمات الرب الى اورشليم وتحف لحزقيا ملك يهوذا واعتبر في اعين جميع الامم بعد ذلك

²³And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

²⁴في تلك الايام مرض حزقيا الى حد الموت وصلّى الى الرب فكلمه واعطاه علامة.

²⁴In those days Hezekiah was sick even unto death: and he prayed unto Jehovah; and he spake unto him, and gave him a sign.

²⁵ولكن لم يردّ حزقيا حسبما أنعم عليه لان قلبه ارتفع فكان غضب عليه وعلى يهوذا واورشليم

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.

²⁶ثم تواضع حزقيا بسبب ارتفاع قلبه هو وسكان اورشليم فلم يأت عليهم غضب الرب في ايام حزقيا.

²⁶Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

²⁷وكان لحزقيا غنى وكرامة كثيرة جدا وعمل لنفسه خزائن للفضة والذهب والحجارة الكريمة والاطياب والاتراس وكل آنية ثمينة

²⁷And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;

²⁸ومخازن لغلة الحنطة والمسطار والزيت واواري لكل انواع البهائم وللقطعان اواري.

²⁸store-houses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds.

²⁹وعمل لنفسه ابراجا ومواشي غنم وبقر بكثرة لان الله اعطاه اموالا كثيرة جدا.

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

³⁰وحزقيا هذا سد مخرج مياه جيحون الاعلى واجراها تحت الارض الى الجهة الغربية من مدينة داود. وافلح حزقيا في كل عمله.

³⁰This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

³¹وهكذا في أمر تراجم رؤساء بابل الذين ارسلوا اليه ليسألوا عن الاعجوبة التي كانت في الارض تركه الله ليجربه ليعلم كل ما في قلبه.

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

³²وبقيت امور حزقيا ومراحمه ها هي مكتوبة في رؤيا اشعياء بن آموص النبي في سفر ملوك يهوذا واسرائيل.

³²Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

³³ثم اضطجع حزقيا مع آبائه فدفنوه في عقبة قبور بني داود وعمل له اكراما عند موته كل يهوذا وسكان اورشليم. وملك منسّى ابنه عوضا عنه

³³And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent 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.