¹V tretjem letu Hosea pa, sinu Elovega, kralja Izraelovega, je zakraljeval Ezekija, sin Ahaza, kralja Judovega.

¹And it cometh to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, reigned hath Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah;

²Petindvajset let mu je bilo, ko je zavladal, in kraljeval je devetindvajset let v Jeruzalemu. Matere njegove ime pa je bilo Abi, hči Zaharijeva.

²a son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abi daughter of Zechariah.

³On je delal, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH, po vsem, kakor je delal David, oče njegov.

³And he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,

⁴On je odpravil višave in strl stebre in posekal Ašere in razdrobil bronasto kačo, ki jo je bil Mojzes naredil; zakaj do tega časa so ji žgali kadilo sinovi Izraelovi; in imenoval jo je Nehuštan [T. j. troha brona.].

⁴he hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it `a piece of brass.`

⁵On je upal v GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega, da ni bilo za njim njemu podobnega med vsemi kralji Judovimi, tudi ne med tistimi, ki so bili pred njim.

⁵In Jehovah, God of Israel, he hath trusted, and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] who were before him;

⁶Kajti oklepal se je GOSPODA, ni se umaknil, hodeč za njim, temuč izpolnjeval je zapovedi njegove, ki jih je bil GOSPOD zapovedal Mojzesu.

⁶and he cleaveth to Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from after Him, and keepeth His commands that Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁷In GOSPOD je bil ž njim: kamor koli se je obrnil, je uspešno ravnal. Uprl se je tudi kralju asirskemu in mu ni služil.

⁷And Jehovah hath been with him, in every place where he goeth out he acteth wisely, and he rebelleth against the king of Asshur, and hath not served him;

⁸On je udaril Filistejce tja do Gaze in njeno pokrajino od čuvajevega stolpa do utrjenega mesta.

⁸he hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city.

⁹Zgodi se pa v četrtem letu kralja Ezekija, ki je bilo sedmo leto Hosea, sinu Ela, kralja Izraelovega, da pride Salmaneser, kralj asirski, gori zoper Samarijo in jo oblega.

⁹And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of king Hezekiah — it [is] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel — come up hath Shalmaneser king of Asshur against Samaria, and layeth siege to it,

¹⁰In dobili so jo ob koncu tretjega leta; v šestem letu Ezekija, ki je bilo deveto leto Hosea, kralja Izraelovega, je bila dobljena Samarija.

¹⁰and they capture it at the end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah — it [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel — hath Samaria been captureth,

¹¹In kralj asirski je odpeljal Izraelce v Asirijo in jih naselil v Halahu in Haborju, ob reki Gozanu, in v mestih Medov,

¹¹and the king of Asshur removeth Israel to Asshur, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor [by] the river Gozan, and [in] cities of the Medes,

¹²zato ker niso poslušali glasu GOSPODA, Boga svojega, in so prelomili njegovo zavezo, vse, kar je zapovedal Mojzes, služabnik GOSPODOV, ne hoteč tega ne slišati, ne delati.

¹²because that they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and transgress His covenant — all that He commanded Moses, servant of Jehovah — yea, they have not hearkened nor done [it].

¹³A v štirinajstem letu kralja Ezekija pride Senaherib, kralj asirski, gori zoper vsa utrjena mesta na Judovem ter jih pridobi.

¹³And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them,

¹⁴In Ezekija, kralj Judov, pošlje h kralju asirskemu v Lahis in sporoči: Pregrešil sem se! Kreni od mene; kar mi naložiš, hočem nositi. In kralj asirski določi Ezekiju, kralju Judovemu, tristo talentov srebra in trideset talentov zlata.

¹⁴and Hezekiah king of Judah sendeth unto the king of Asshur to Lachish, saying, `I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which thou puttest on me I bear;` and the king of Asshur layeth on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold,

¹⁵In Ezekija mu je dal vse srebro, ki se je našlo v hiši GOSPODOVI in v zakladih kraljeve hiše.

¹⁵and Hezekiah giveth all the silver that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king;

¹⁶V tem času je Ezekija odrezal zlato od durnic hiše GOSPODOVE in od podbojev, ki jih je bil sam dal prevleči, in ga je dal kralju asirskemu.

¹⁶at that time hath Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and giveth them to the king of Asshur.

¹⁷In kralj asirski je poslal iz Lahisa Tartana in Rabsarisa in Rabsaka h kralju Ezekiju proti Jeruzalemu z mnogoštevilno vojsko. In šli so gori in dospeli pred Jeruzalem. In ko so prišli gori, se ustavijo pri vodovodu zgornjega ribnika, ki je ob poti valjalčeve njive,

¹⁷And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that [is] in the highway of the fuller`s field.

¹⁸in kličejo kralja. Tedaj pridejo ven k njim Eljakim, sin Hilkijev, ki je bil nad dvorcem, in Sebna pisar in Joah, sin Asafov, letopisec.

¹⁸And they call unto the king, and go out unto them doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer.

¹⁹In Rabsak jim reče: Povejte vendar Ezekiju: Tako pravi kralj veliki, kralj asirski: Kakšno upanje je to, na katero se zanašaš?

¹⁹And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, `Say, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What [is] this confidence in which thou hast confided?

²⁰Praviš: Dosti je sveta in moči za vojskovanje – a prazna beseda je to. V koga torej upaš, da si se mi uprl?

²⁰Thou hast 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?

²¹Glej, se li mar zanašaš na palico iz nalomljenega trsta, na Egipt? katera se mu, kadar se kdo nasloni nanjo, zadere v roko in jo prebode. Tako je Faraon, egiptovski kralj, vsem, ki stavijo upanje vanj.

²¹`Now, lo, thou hast trusted for thee 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.

²²Ako mi pa porečete: V GOSPODA, Boga svojega, upamo – ni li on tisti, čigar višave in oltarje je Ezekija odpravil in je velel Judi in Jeruzalemu: Molite pred tem oltarjem v Jeruzalemu!

²²`And when ye 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 do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem?

²³Sedaj torej, pravim, stavi z gospodom mojim, s kraljem asirskim: dam ti dvakrat tisoč konj, ako boš imel jezdecev, da jih posadiš nanje!

²³`And, now, give a pledge for thee, I pray thee, to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to give for thee riders on them.

²⁴Kako bi mogel zavrniti le enega voditelja izmed najmanjših služabnikov gospoda mojega? A ti se zanašaš na Egipt zaradi voz in konjikov!

²⁴And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?

²⁵Sem li mar sedaj brez GOSPODA prišel gori zoper ta kraj, da ga pogubim? GOSPOD mi je velel: Idi gori zoper to deželo in pogubi jo!

²⁵Now, without Jehovah have I come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and thou hast destroyed it.`

²⁶Tedaj reče Eljakim, sin Hilkijev, in Sebna in Joah Rabsaku: Govóri, prosim, hlapcem svojim po sirsko, saj razumemo; in ne govori nam po judovsko, ker sliši ljudstvo, ki je na zidovju.

²⁶And Eliakim son of Hilkiah saith — and Shebna, and Joah — to the chief of the butlers, `Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants [in] Aramaean, for we are understanding, and do not speak with us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.`

²⁷Ali Rabsak jim reče: Me je li h gospodu tvojemu in k tebi poslal gospod moj, da naj govorim besede te? Ali ne k onim možem, ki sede po zidovju, da jedo blato svoje in pijo vodo svojo z vami vred?

²⁷And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, `For 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?`

²⁸Rabsak torej se ustopi in zavpije z glasom velikim po judovsko in govori takole: Čujte besede velikega kralja, kralja asirskega!

²⁸And the chief of the butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish, and speaketh and saith, `Hear ye a word of the great king, the king of Asshur:

²⁹Tako pravi kralj: Naj vas ne prekani Ezekija, kajti ne bo vas mogel oteti iz roke njegove!

²⁹thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand;

³⁰In ne pregovóri vas Ezekija, da bi upali v GOSPODA, govoreč: Gotovo nas otme GOSPOD, in to mesto ne bo dano kralju asirskemu v roko!

³⁰and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, and this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

³¹Ne poslušajte Ezekija; kajti tako pravi kralj asirski: Pogodite se z menoj za mir in pridite k meni; tako jejte vsak svoje trte sad in svoje smokve sad in pijte vsak svojega vodnjaka vodo,

³¹`Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make 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,

³²dokler ne pridem in vas vzamem v deželo, podobno vaši deželi, v deželo, kjer je obilo žita in vina, kruha in vinogradov, oljk in medú, da boste živeli in ne umrli. Ne poslušajte Ezekija, ko vas zapeljuje, govoreč: GOSPOD nas otme.

³²till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive, and honey, and live, and die not; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us.

³³Ali je rešil kateri bogov drugih narodov deželo svojo iz roke kralja asirskega?

³³`Have the gods of the nations delivered at all each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

³⁴Kje so bogovi Hamata in Arpada? kje so bogovi Sefarvaima, Hene in Ive? so li mar rešili Samarijo iz moje roke?

³⁴Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?

³⁵Kateri so med vsemi bogovi teh dežel, ki so deželo svojo oteli iz roke moje? da bi GOSPOD otel Jeruzalem iz roke moje!

³⁵Who [are they] among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?`

³⁶Ljudstvo je pa molčalo, in niso mu odgovorili ničesar, zakaj kraljev ukaz je velel: Ne odgovarjajte mu!Pride torej Eljakim, Hilkijev sin, ki je bil nad dvorcem, in Sebna, pisar, in Joah, Asafov sin, letopisec, k Ezekiju z raztrgano obleko, in naznanijo mu besede Rabsakove.

³⁶And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.`

³⁷Pride torej Eljakim, Hilkijev sin, ki je bil nad dvorcem, in Sebna, pisar, in Joah, Asafov sin, letopisec, k Ezekiju z raztrgano obleko, in naznanijo mu besede Rabsakove.

³⁷And 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 the chief of the butlers.