1 ف َلَمّا سَمِعَ حَزَقِيّا هَذا، مَزَّقَ ثِيابَهُ، وَلَبِسَ خَيشاً حُزناً بِسَبِبِ ما سَمِعَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ.

When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.

2 و َأرْسَلَ حَزَقِيّا ألِياقِيمُ المَسْؤولُ عَنْ بَيتِ المَلِكِ، وَشِبْنَةُ كاتِبُ المَلِكِ، وَرُؤَساءُ الكَهَنَةِ إلَى النَّبِيِّ إشَعْياءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ، وَهُمْ يَلْبِسُونَ الخَيشَ.

He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

3 ف َقالُوا لإشَعْياءَ: «يَقُولُ حَزَقِيّا: ‹هَذا يَوْمُ ضِيقٍ وَتَأْدِيبٍ لَنا، فَكَأنَّ حالَنا هُوَ حالُ امْرأةٍ حانَ وَقْتُ وِلادَتِها، غَيرَ أنَّهُ لا قُوَّةَ فِيها لِلوِلادَةِ.

They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘Today is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

4 ل َعَلَّ إلَهَكَ يَسْمَعُ كُلَّ كَلامِ رَبْشاقَى الَّذِي أرْسَلَهُ سَيِّدُهُ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ لِيُهِينَ اللهَ الحَيَّ. وَلَعَلَّهُ يُعاقِبُهُ عَلَى الكَلامِ الَّذِي قالَهُ. فَصَلِّ لإلَهِكَ مِنْ أجلِ الأحياءِ الباقِينَ فِي المَدِينَةِ.›»

It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

5 ف َجاءَ مَسْؤُولُو المَلِكِ إلَى إشَعْياءَ.

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ إشَعْياءُ: «بَلِّغُوا حَزَقِيّا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ: لا تَخَفْ بِسَبَبِ ما قالَهُ خُدّامُ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ وَأهانُونِي بِهِ.

Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

7 ه ا إنِّي واضِعٌ فِيهِ رُوحَ خَوْفٍ. سَيَسْمَعُ إشاعَةً، فَيَعُودُ إلَى بَلَدِهِ. وَهُناكَ سَيَمُوتُ بِالسَّيفِ.›» مَلِكُ أشُّورَ يُنْذِرُ حَزَقِيّا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

8 و َسَمِعَ رَبْشاقَى أنَّ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ قَدْ تَرَكَ لَخِيشَ. وَعادَ فَوَجَدَهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ لِبْنَةَ يُحارِبُها.

So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

9 ث ُمَّ سَمِعَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ إشاعَةً عَنْ تِرْهاقَةَ، مَلِكِ الحَبَشَةِ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: «جاءَ تِرْهاقَةُ كَي يُحارِبَكَ.» فَأرْسَلَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى رُسُلاً إلَى حَزَقِيّا.

When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

10 و َحَمَّلَهُمْ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ إلَيهِ: «قُولُوا لِمَلِكِ يَهُوذا: ‹يَخدَعُكَ إلَهُكَ الّذِي تَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ يَقُولُ: لَنْ يَقْدِرَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ أنْ يَسْتَولِيَ عَلَى القُدْسِ.

‘Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: “Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

11 ل ا بُدَّ أنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ بِما فَعَلَهُ مُلُوكُ أشُّورَ بِكُلِّ البُلْدانِ الأُخْرَى، وَكَيفَ أنَّهُمْ دَمَّرُوها تَدمِيراً! فَكَيفَ تَتَوَهَّمُ أنَّكَ سَتَنْجُو؟

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?

12 ل َمْ تَقدِرْ آلِهَةُ هَذِهِ الشُّعُوبِ أنْ تُنقِذَها. فَقَدْ قَضَى آبائِي عَلَيها. قَضَوْا عَلَى جُوزانَ وَحارانَ وَرَصَفَ وَبَنِي عَدَنَ فِي تَلِّ أسّارَ.

Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

13 و َأينَ مَلِكُ حَماةَ وَمَلِكُ أرْفادَ وَمَلِكُ مَدِيْنَةِ سَفْراوِيمَ وَمَلِكُ هِينَعَ وَمَلِكَ عِوّا؟›» صلاةُ حَزَقِيّا

Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?”’”

14 ف َأخَذَ حَزَقِيّا الرَّسائِلَ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَقَرَأها. ثُمَّ صَعِدَ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ وَفَرَدَ الرَّسائِلَ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.

15 و َصَلَّى حَزَقِيّا فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ وَقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ الجالِسُ عَلَى مَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ. أنْتَ وَحدَكَ إلَهُ كُلِّ مَمالِكِ الأرْضِ. أنْتَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ!

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

16 ف َأمِلْ إلَيَّ أُذُنَكَ يا اللهُ. وَافتَحْ عَينَيكَ وَانظُرْ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ. وَاسْمَعْ كَلامَ سَنْحارِيبَ الَّذِي يُهِينُ اللهَ الحَيَّ.

Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.

17 ص َحِيحٌ يا اللهُ ، أنَّ مُلُوكَ أشُّورَ دَمَّرُوا الشُّعُوبَ الأُخْرَى وَأراضِيها.

Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

18 و َصَحِيحٌ أيضاً أنَّهُمْ ألقَوْا بِآلِهَةِ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى فِي النّارِ. لَكِنَّها لَمْ تَكُنْ آلِهَةً حَقِيقِيَّةً، وَلَيْسُوا سِوَى صُنْعِ أيْدٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ، فَهُمْ خَشَبٌ وَحَجَرٌ. وَلِهَذا دُمِّرُوا.

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

19 و َالآنَ يا إلهَنا ، خَلِّصْنا مِنْ يَدِ سَنْحارِيبَ، حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ جَمِيعُ مَمالِكِ الأرْضِ أنَّكَ أنْتَ يهوه هُوَ الإلَهُ الوَحِيدُ.» جَوابُ اللهِ لِحَزقيّا

Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God alone.”

20 ع ندئذٍ أرْسَلَ إشعياءُ بنُ آمُوصَ بِرِسالةٍ إلَى حَزَقِيّا قالَ فِيها: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ إليَّ بِخُصُوصِ سَنْحارِيبَ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, and I have heard you.

21 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ بِشَأْنِهِ: ‹يا سَنْحارِيبُ، احتقرَتْكَ وَاسْتَهْزَأتْ بِكَ العَذْراءُ العَزيزَةُ صِهْيَوْنُ، وَتَهُزُّ العَزيزَةُ القُدْسُ رَأْسَها عِنْدَ هَرَبِكَ.

This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

22 م َنْ عَيَّرَتَ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ جدَّفتَ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ رَفَعْتَ صَوتَكَ، وَرَفَعْتَ عُيونَكَ بِكِبْرِياءٍ؟ أَعَلى قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ؟

Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!

23 ع يَّرتَ الرَّبَّ من خِلالِ خدّامِكَ الَّذِينَ أرْسَلْتَهُمْ. قُلْتَ: ‹بِمَرْكَباتِي الكَثِيرَةِ صَعِدْتُ إلَى أعالِي الجِبالِ وَإلَى قِمَمِ لُبْنانَ. قَطَعْتُ أعلى أشْجارِ الأرْزِ، وَأفْضَلَ أشْجارِ السَّروِ. صَعِدْتُ إلَى أعلَى قِمَمِهِ، وَإلَى أكْثَرِ غاباتِهِ كَثافَةً.

By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.

24 ح َفَرْتُ آباراً، وَشَرِبْتُ ماءَ الأراضِي الأُخْرَى. وَبِباطِنِ أقْدامِي جفَّفْتُ كُلَّ أنْهارِ مِصْرَ وَسَواقِيها.›

I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”

25 ل َكِنْ ألَمْ تَسْمَعْ بِما خَطَّطتُ لَهُ؟ بِما خَطَّطْتُ لَهُ منذُ القديمِ، وَالآنَ جعلتُهُ يحدثُ؟ فَقَدْ خَطَّطْتُ لأنْ تُحَوِّلَ المُدُنَ الحَصِينَةَ إلَى تِلالِ حُطامٍ،

Haven’t you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

26 ب َيْنَما شَعبُ هَذِهِ المُدُنِ ضُعَفاءُ وَمُرْتَعِبِينَ. مِثلَ عُشْبٍ فِي الحَقلِ وَحَشِيشٍ أخْضَرَ، مِثلَ العُشْبِ عَلى سُطُوحِ المَنازِلِ، تُحرِقُهُ الرِّياحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ.

Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like grain blasted before it has grown up.

27 أ نا أعْرِفُ مَتى تَقُومُ وَمَتى تَجلِسُ، وَمَتى تَخْرُجُ وَمَتى تَدْخُلُ، وَأعْرِفُ ثَوَرانَكَ عَليَّ.

But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.

28 ل أنَّكَ ثُرْتَ عَليَّ، وَأنا سَمِعْتُ كَلامَك المُتَكَبِّرَ، فَسَأضَعُ الخُطّافَ فِي أنْفِكَ، وَالرَّسَنَ فِي فَمِكَ، وَسَأجْعَلُكَ تَعُودُ إلى أرْضِكَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي جِئْتَ بِهِ.›»

Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.’

29 « وَهَذِهِ هِيَ العَلامَةُ عَلَى أنِّي سَأُعِينُكَ، يا حَزَقِيّا: سَتَأْكُلُ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ زَرْعاً يَنْمُو وَحدَهُ. وَفِي السَّنَةِ القادِمَةِ سَتَأْكُلُ زَرْعاً يَنْمُو مِنْ بُذُورِ المَحْصوُلِ السّابِقِ. أمّا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ فَسَتَحْصُدُونَ ما تَزْرَعُونَ. وَتَغْرِسُونَ كُرُوماً وَتَأْكُلُونَ مِنْها عِنَباً.

“This will be the sign to you: This year, you will eat that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.

30 أ مّا النّاجُونَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذا فَسَيَعُودُونَ، وَسَيُعَمِّقُونَ جُذُورَهُمْ فِي الأرْضِ وَيَنْمُونَ.

The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

31 ل ِأنَّهُ سَتَبْقَى بَقِيَّةٌ وَتَخرُجُ مِنَ القُدْسِ، مِنْ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ. اللهُ القَدِيرُ يَصنَعُ هَذا بِسَبَبِ غَيْرَتِهِ.

For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. Yahweh’s zeal will perform this.

32 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَنْ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ: ‹لَنْ يَدخُلَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ، أوْ يُطلِقَ فِيها سَهْماً واحِداً. لَنْ يَقْتَرِبَ إلَى المَدِينَةِ بِأتْراسِهِ، أوْ يَبْنِيَ بُرْجَ حِصارٍ عَلَيها.

“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

33 ف ِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي جاءَ مِنْهُ سَيَرْجِعُ. لَنْ يَدخُلَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ.

By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,’ says Yahweh.

34 س َأُدافِعُ عَنِ هذِهِ المَدِينَةِ وَأُنْقِذُها. مِنْ أجلِ داوُدَ، وَمِنْ أجلِ اسْمِي، سَأفْعَلُ هَذا.›» القَضاءُ عَلَى الجَيشِ الأشُّورِيّ

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”

35 ف ِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ خَرَجَ مَلاكُ اللهِ وَقَتَلَ مِئَةً وَخَمْساً وَثَمانِينَ ألْفَ جُنْدِيٍّ فِي مُعَسْكَرِ الأشُّورِيِّينَ. وَلَمّا أفاقَ الأشُّورِيُّونَ فِي الصَّباحِ، رَأَوْا كُلَّ جُثَثِ القَتلَى.

That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

36 ف َغادَرَ سَنْحارِيبُ، مَلِكُ أشُّورَ، ذَلِكَ المَكانَ عائِداً إلَى نِينَوَى حَيثُ أقامَ.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.

37 و َذاتَ يَوْمٍ كانَ يَعبُدُ فِي هَيكَلِ إلَهِهِ نَسْرُوخَ. فَقَتَلَهُ ابْناهُ أدْرَمَّلَكُ وَشَرآصِرَ بِالسَّيفِ. ثُمَّ هَرَبا إلَى أرْضِ أراراطَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ آسَرْحَدُّونَ.

As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.