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Xisqiyaah, Boqorkii Yahuudah

18 Haddaba Hoosheeca ina Eelaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil sannaddiisii saddexaad ayaa Xisqiyaah ina Aaxaas dalka Yahuudah boqor ka noqday. Oo markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray shan iyo labaatan sannadood, oo Yeruusaalem boqor buu ka ahaa sagaal iyo labaatan sannadood, oo hooyadiisna magaceeda waxaa la odhan jiray Abii ina Sekaryaah. Oo isna wuxuu sameeyey wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku qumman, sidii dhammaan awowgiis Daa'uud sameeyey oo kale. Wuxuu dumiyey meelihii sarsare, tiirarkiina wuu jejebiyey, geedihii Asheeraahna wuu jaray; oo wuxuu kaloo burburiyey abeesadii naxaasta ahayd oo Muuse sameeyey, waayo, ilaa wakhtigaas dadkii Israa'iil foox bay u shidi jireen, oo isna wuxuu magaceedii u bixiyey Nexushtaan. Oo wuxuu isku halleeyey Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil; oo dabadiis boqorradii dalka Yahuudah oo dhan laguma arag mid isagii la mid ah, hortiisna ma jirin. Waayo, Rabbiguu xajistay, oo lasocodkiisiina kama uu tegin, laakiinse wuxuu dhawray amarradiisii uu Rabbigu Muuse ku amray. Oo Rabbigu isaga wuu la jiray, oo meel alla meeshuu tegeyba wuu ku liibaanay, oo wuxuu ka fallaagoobay boqorkii Ashuur oo umana adeegin. Oo reer Falastiinna wuxuu ku laayay Gaasa iyo soohdimaheeda, iyo tan iyo munaaraddii waardiyayaasha iyo ilaa magaaladii deyrka lahayd.

Oo sannaddii afraad ee Boqor Xisqiyaah, taasoo ahayd sannaddii toddobaad ee Hoosheeca ina Eelaah oo boqorkii dalka Israa'iil ahaa ayuu Shalmaneser oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur Samaariya ku kacay oo hareereeyey. 10 Oo saddex sannadood dabadeedna way qabsadeen, taasuna waxay ahayd Xisqiyaah sannaddiisii lixaad, oo ahayd Hoosheeca oo boqorkii dalka Israa'iil ahaa sannaddiisii sagaalaad markii Samaariya la qabsaday. 11 Markaasaa boqorkii Ashuur kaxaystay dadkii Israa'iil oo wuxuu dejiyey Xalax iyo Xaaboor oo webiga Goosaan ag ahaa, iyo magaalooyinkii reer Maaday, 12 maxaa yeelay, ma ay addeecin codkii Rabbiga Ilaahooda ahaa, laakiinse way ku xadgudbeen axdigiisii iyo dhammaan wixii uu midiidinkii Rabbiga oo Muuse ahaa ku amray; ma ay maqlin, mana ay samayn.

13 Haddaba Boqor Xisqiyaah sannaddiisii afar iyo tobnaad ayaa Seenxeeriib oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur ku kacay magaalooyinkii deyrka lahaa oo dalka Yahuudah oo dhan, wuuna qabsaday. 14 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah ayaa boqorkii Ashuur ugu cid diray Laakiish, oo wuxuu yidhi, Xumaan baan sameeyey, haddaba iga noqo, oo anna wixii aad i saarto waan aqbalayaa. Markaasaa boqorkii Ashuur wuxuu boqorkii dalka Yahuudah saaray saddex boqol oo talanti oo lacag ah iyo soddon talanti oo dahab ah. 15 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah wuxuu isagii siiyey kulli lacagtii laga helay gurigii Rabbiga iyo khasnadihii gurigii boqorka oo dhanba. 16 Oo waagaasaa Xisqiyaah dahabkii ka jaray albaabbadii gurigii Rabbiga iyo tiirarkiiba, kuwaasoo uu Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah ku dahaadhay, oo wuxuu siiyey boqorkii Ashuur.

Boqor Seenxeeriib Oo U Hanjabay Yeruusaalem

17 Markaasaa boqorkii Ashuur wuxuu Laakiish ka diray Tartaan iyo Rab Saariis iyo Rabshaaqeeh oo ciidan faro badan wata, oo wuxuu iyaga Boqor Xisqiyaah ugu diray Yeruusaalem. Oo iyana intay kaceen ayay Yeruusaalem tageen. Oo markay yimaadeen waxay is-ag taageen biyomareenkii balliga sare kaasoo ku dhex yiil waddada berrinkii dharmaydhaha. 18 Oo markay boqorkii u yeedheen waxaa iyagii u yimid Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah oo u sarreeyey reerkii boqorka, iyo Shebnaa oo karraanigii ahaa, iyo Yoo'aax ina Aasaaf oo ahaa taariikhqorihii. 19 Markaasaa Rabshaaqeeh wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, Waxaad Xisqiyaah haddeer ku tidhaahdaan, Boqorka weyn ee boqorka Ashuur ah wuxuu kugu leeyahay, War waxaad ku kalsoon tahay oo aad isku hallaynaysaa waa maxay? 20 Adigu waxaad leedahay, Dagaalka waxaa loo hayaa talo iyo xoog, laakiinse afka uun baad ka tidhi. Haddaba waadiga iga fallaagoobaye bal yaad isku hallaynaysaa? 21 Bal ogow, waxaad isku hallaynaysaa oo ul ahaan u qaadanaysaa cawsduurkan burburay, kaasoo ah Masar, oo isna haddii nin ku tiirsado gacantuu ka galaa oo ka mudaa; oo boqorka Masar oo Fircoon ahu saasoo kaluu u yahay kuwa isaga isku halleeya oo dhan. 22 Laakiinse haddaad igu tidhaahdaan, Waxaannu isku hallaynaynaa Rabbiga Ilaahayaga ah, miyuusan isagu ahayn kii meelihiisii sarsare iyo meelihiisii allabarigaba uu Xisqiyaah wada dumiyey isagoo dadka Yahuudah iyo dadka Yeruusaalemba ku leh, Meeshan allabariga ee Yeruusaalem ku taal horteeda waa inaad Ilaah ku caabuddaan? 23 Haddaba waan ku baryayaaye bal sharad la dhigo sayidkayga oo ah boqorka Ashuur, haddaba waxaan ku siin doonaa laba kun oo faras, haddaad rag fuula u heli kartid. 24 Bal sidee baad u celin kartaa sirkaal ka mid ah kuwa ugu yaryar ee addoommada sayidkayga ah, oo sidee baad Masar isugu hallaynaysaa inay ku siinayso gaadhifardood iyo rag fardooley ah? 25 Haddaba miyaan Rabbiga la'aantiis ugu kacay meeshan inaan baabbi'iyo? Rabbigu wuxuu igu yidhi, Dalkaas ku kac oo soo baabbi'i. 26 Markaasaa Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah iyo Shebnaa iyo Yoo'aax waxay Rabshaaqeeh ku yidhaahdeen, Waan ku baryaynaaye nagula hadal afka reer Suuriya, annagoo addoommadaada ah, isagaannu garanaynaa; oo ha nagula hadlin afka Yuhuudda iyadoo dadka derbiga dul jooga ay na maqlayaan. 27 Laakiinse Rabshaaqeeh wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, Sayidkaygu ma wuxuu ii soo diray inaan sayidkiinna iyo idinka eryadan kula hadlo? Sow iima uu soo dirin nimanka derbiga dul joogaa inay saxaradooda cunaan oo ay kaadidooda idinla cabbaan? 28 Markaasuu Rabshaaqeeh istaagay, oo intuu cod weyn ku qayliyey ayuu afka Yuhuudda ku hadlay oo yidhi, War maqla eraygii boqorka weyn ee ah boqorka Ashuur. 29 Boqorkii wuxuu idinku leeyahay, Xisqiyaah yuusan idin khiyaanayn, waayo, isagu ma uu awoodi doono inuu gacantiisa idinka samatabbixiyo. 30 Oo weliba Xisqiyaah yuusan Rabbiga idin aaminsiin isagoo leh, Hubaal Rabbigu waa ina samatabbixin doonaa, oo magaaladan laguma ridi doono gacanta boqorka Ashuur. 31 Haddaba Xisqiyaah ha maqlina, waayo, boqorkii Ashuur wuxuu leeyahay, Nabad ila dhigta, oo ii soo baxa, oo midkiin waluba wax ha ka cuno canabkiisa iyo geedkiisa berde, oo midkiin waluba ha cabbo biyaha ceelkiisa, 32 intaanan iman oo idiin kaxayn dal dalkiinna la mid ah, oo ah dal hadhuudh iyo khamri leh, oo ah dal cunto iyo beerocanab leh, oo ah dal saliid saytuun iyo malab leh inaad noolaataan oo aydnaan dhiman. Oo Xisqiyaah ha maqlina markuu idinku sasabayo oo idin leeyahay, Rabbigu waa ina samatabbixin doonaa. 33 Bal quruumaha ilaahyadoodii midkoodna miyuu weligiis dalkiisa ka samatabbixiyey gacanta boqorka Ashuur? 34 Bal meeye ilaahyadii Xamaad iyo Arfaad? Oo meeye ilaahyadii Sefarwayiim iyo Xeenac iyo Ciwaah? Iyagu miyey Samaariya ka samatabbixiyeen gacantayda? 35 Bal waa kuwee kuwa ku jira ilaahyada dalalka oo dhan oo dalkooda ka samatabbixiyey gacantayda? Haddaba Rabbigu sidee buu Yeruusaalem gacantayda uga samatabbixin karaa? 36 Laakiinse dadkii way iska aamuseen oo xataa eray keliya uguma ay jawaabin, waayo, boqorku wuxuu ku amray oo yidhi, Ha u jawaabina. 37 Markaasaa waxaa Xisqiyaah u yimid Elyaaqiim ina Xilqiyaah oo reerka boqorka u sarreeyey, iyo Shebnaa oo karraanigii ahaa, iyo Yoo'aax ina Aasaaf oo taariikhqorihii ahaa, iyagoo dhar jeexjeexan, oo waxay isagii u sheegeen Rabshaaqeeh erayadiisii.

Hezekiah King of Judah(A)(B)(C)

18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah(D) son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.(E) His mother’s name was Abijah[a] daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right(F) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(G) had done. He removed(H) the high places,(I) smashed the sacred stones(J) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(K) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[b])

Hezekiah trusted(L) in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. He held fast(M) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. And the Lord was with him; he was successful(N) in whatever he undertook. He rebelled(O) against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. From watchtower to fortified city,(P) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

In King Hezekiah’s fourth year,(Q) which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. 11 The king(R) of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.(S) 12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant(T)—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.(U) They neither listened to the commands(V) nor carried them out.

13 In the fourteenth year(W) of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah(X) and captured them. 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish:(Y) “I have done wrong.(Z) Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[c] of silver and thirty talents[d] of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave(AA) him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

16 At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors(AB) and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(AC)(AD)

17 The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander,(AE) his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool,(AF) on the road to the Washerman’s Field. 18 They called for the king; and Eliakim(AG) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna(AH) the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.

19 The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

“‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence(AI) of yours? 20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,(AJ) that splintered reed of a staff,(AK) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 22 But if you say to me, “We are depending on the Lord our God”—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?

23 “‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 24 How can you repulse one officer(AL) of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen[e]? 25 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord?(AM) The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(AN) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(AO) you. He cannot deliver you from my hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

31 “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree(AP) and drink water from your own cistern,(AQ) 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life(AR) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ 33 Has the god(AS) of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath(AT) and Arpad?(AU) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(AV)

36 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

37 Then Eliakim(AW) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,(AX) and told him what the field commander had said.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
  2. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
  3. 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
  4. 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric ton
  5. 2 Kings 18:24 Or charioteers