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.

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.

²When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had 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 springs which were outside of the city; and they helped him.

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

⁴So many people gathered together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed 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?

⁵He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons 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.

⁶He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke 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:

⁷“Be strong and courageous, don’t be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater 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 Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on 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, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who 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 says Sennacherib king of Assyria, “In whom do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?

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

¹¹Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ‘Yahweh our God will 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?

¹²Hasn’t the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense?’

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?

¹³Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my 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 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?

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 don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, neither believe 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 will your God deliver you out of my 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?

¹⁶His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

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

¹⁷He also wrote letters insulting Yahweh, 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 the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my 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.

¹⁸They cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten 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.

¹⁹They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

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

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

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

²¹Yahweh 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. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed 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 Yahweh 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.

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.

²³Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted 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 even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and 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 didn’t render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on 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 Yahweh didn’t come on 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.

²⁷Hezekiah 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 kinds of goodly vessels;

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 grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all kinds of animals, and flocks in folds.

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 very much substance.

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 spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. 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.

³¹However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to 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.

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 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.

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.

³³Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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.