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

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

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

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto 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.

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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 the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy 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.

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith 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 send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and 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 was 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.

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers 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.

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall 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, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou 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, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which 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, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

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

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

15 و َصَلَّى حَزَقِيّا فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ وَقالَ:

And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

16 « أيُّها الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ الجالِسُ عَلَى مَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ. أنْتَ وَحدَكَ إلَهُ كُلِّ مَمالِكِ الأرْضِ. أنْتَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ!

O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

17 ف َاسْتَمِعْ إلَيَّ يا اللهُ. وَافتَحْ عَينَيكَ وَانظُرْ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ. وَاسْمَعْ كَلامَ سَنْحارِيبَ الَّذِي يُهِينُ اللهَ الحَيَّ.

Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

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

Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

19 و َصَحِيحٌ أيضاً أنَّهُمْ ألقَوْا بِآلِهَةِ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى فِي النّارِ. لَكِنَّها لَمْ تَكُنْ آلِهَةً حَقيقيَّةً، بَلْ صَنَعهَا أُناسٌ بِأيديهِمْ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَحَجَرٍ. لِذَلِكَ تَدَمَّرَتْ!

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.

20 ف َخَلِّصْنا أنتَ يا إلهَنا ، خَلِّصْنا مِنْ يَدِ سَنْحارِيبَ، حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ جَمِيعُ مَمالِكِ الأرْضِ أنَّكَ أنْتَ يهوه هُوَ الإلَهُ الوَحِيدُ.» جَوابُ اللهِ لِحَزقيّا

Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

21 ح ِينَئِذٍ، أرسَلَ إشَعْياءُ بْنُ 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 unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

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

This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

23 م َنْ عَيَّرْتَ، وَعَلَى مَنْ جَدَّفْتَ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ رَفَعْتَ صَوتَكَ، وَرَفَعْتَ عُيونَكَ بِكِبْرِياءٍ؟ أَعَلى قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ؟

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

24 ع َيَّرْتَ الرَّبَّ عَلَى فَمِ خُدّامِكَ. قُلْتَ: ‹بِمَرْكَباتِي الكَثِيرَةِ صَعِدْتُ إلَى أعالِي الجِبالِ وَإلَى قِمَمِ لُبْنانَ. قَطَعْتُ أعلَى أشجارِ الأرْزِ، وَأفْضَلَ أشْجارِ السَّروِ. صَعِدْتُ إلَى أعلَى قِمَمِهِ، وَإلَى أكثَرِ غاباتِهِ كَثافَةً.

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

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

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

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

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

27 ب َينَما شَعبُها الضُّعِيفُ مُرتَعِبٌ وَمُرتَبِكٌ مِثلَ أعشابٍ فِي الحَقلِ وَمِثلَ حَشِيشٍ أخضَرَ، مِثلَ عُشبٍ عَلَى سُطُوحِ المَنازِلِ، تُحرِقُهُ الرِّياحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ.

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

29 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 thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

30 « 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.

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

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

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

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

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

33 « 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 thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

34 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 shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

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

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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

Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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

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

38 و َذاتَ يَوْمٍ، كَانَ يَعبُدُ فِي هَيكَلِ إلَهِهِ نَسْرُوخَ. فَقَتَلَهُ ابْناهُ أدْرَمَّلَكُ وَشَرآصِرُ بِالسَّيفِ. ثُمَّ هَرَبا إلَى أرْضِ أراراطَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ آسَرْحَدُّونَ.

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.