列王紀下 19
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
希西迦向以賽亞求助
19 希西迦王聽了就撕裂衣服，披上麻衣，進入耶和華的殿。 2 他派身披麻衣的宮廷總管以利亞敬、書記舍伯那和祭司中的長者去見亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞先知， 3 對他說：「希西迦說，『今天是遭難、蒙羞、受辱的日子，就像嬰兒要出生，產婦卻無力生產一樣。 4 亞述王派他的將軍來辱罵永活的上帝，也許你的上帝耶和華聽見那些話，就會懲罰他。所以，請你為我們這些剩下的人禱告。』」 5 希西迦王的臣僕說完這些話後， 6 以賽亞對他們說：「告訴你們主人，耶和華這樣說，『你不要因亞述王的僕人那些褻瀆我的話而害怕。 7 我必驚動[a]亞述王的心，讓他聽見一些風聲後便返回本國，在那裡死於刀下。』」
希西迦向上帝禱告
8 亞述的將軍聽說亞述王已離開拉吉，便回去見王，發現王在攻打立拿。 9 亞述王聽說古實王特哈加正前來攻打他，便再次派使者去對希西迦說： 10 「不要讓你所倚靠的上帝愚弄你，說什麼耶路撒冷必不會被亞述王攻陷。 11 你肯定聽過亞述諸王掃滅列國的事，難道你能倖免嗎？ 12 我先祖毀滅了歌散、哈蘭、利色和提·拉撒的伊甸人，這些國家的神明救得了他們嗎？ 13 哈馬王、亞珥拔王、西法瓦音城的王、希拿王和以瓦王如今在哪裡呢？」
14 希西迦從使者手中接過信，讀完後走進耶和華的殿，在耶和華面前展開信， 15 禱告說：「坐在二基路伯天使之上、以色列的上帝耶和華啊，唯有你是天下萬國的上帝，你創造了天地。 16 耶和華啊，求你側耳垂聽！耶和華啊，求你睜眼察看！求你聽聽西拿基立派使者來辱罵永活上帝的話。 17 耶和華啊，亞述諸王確實掃滅列國，使其土地荒涼， 18 把列國的神像丟在火中。因為那些神像只是人用木頭石頭製造的，根本不是神。 19 我們的上帝耶和華啊，現在求你從亞述王手中拯救我們，讓天下萬國都知道唯有你是耶和華。」
以賽亞給希西迦的信息
20 亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞派人告訴希西迦：「以色列的上帝耶和華說，『我已經聽見你關於亞述王西拿基立的禱告。 21 以下是耶和華對他的判語，
『錫安的居民藐視你，嘲笑你；
耶路撒冷的居民朝你逃竄的背影搖頭。
22 你在侮辱、褻瀆誰呢？
你不放在眼裡、
高聲罵的是誰呢？
是以色列的聖者！
23 你藉你的使者辱罵主，
你說你率領許多戰車上到群山之巔，
上到黎巴嫩的巔峰，
砍下最高的香柏樹和上好的松樹，
征服最高的山和最美的樹林。
24 你自誇已在外邦之地挖井取水，
已用腳掌踏乾埃及的河流。
25 『難道你不知道這是我在太初所定、
在亙古就籌畫好的嗎？
如今我實現了所定的計劃——
藉著你使堅城淪為廢墟。
26 城中的居民軟弱無力，
驚慌失措，羞愧難當，
脆弱如野草和菜蔬，
又像還未長大就被曬焦的房頂草。
27 『你起你坐，你出你進，
你向我發怒，我都知道。
28 因為你向我發怒，
你狂傲的話達到了我耳中，
我要用鉤子鉤住你的鼻子，
把嚼環放在你嘴裡，
使你原路返回。』
29 「希西迦啊，我要賜給你們一個兆頭，你們今年要吃野生的，明年也要吃自然生長的，後年要播種收割，栽種葡萄園，吃園中的果子。 30 猶大的倖存者要再次向下扎根，向上結果。 31 因為將有餘民從耶路撒冷出來，有倖存者從錫安山出來。耶和華必熱切地成就這事。
32 「至於亞述王，耶和華說，『他必不能進這城或向這裡射一箭，必不能手持盾牌兵臨城下或修築攻城的高臺。 33 他從哪條路來，也將從哪條路回去，他必進不了這城。這是耶和華說的。 34 我必為自己和我僕人大衛而保護、拯救這城。』」
35 當晚，耶和華的天使到亞述營中殺了十八萬五千人。人們清早起來，發現到處是屍體。 36 亞述王西拿基立便拔營回國，住在尼尼微。 37 一天，亞述王在他的神明尼斯洛的廟裡祭拜時，他的兩個兒子亞得米勒和沙利色用刀殺了他，逃往亞拉臘。他的另一個兒子以撒哈頓繼位。
Footnotes
- 19·7 「驚動」希伯來文是「使靈進入」。
2 Kings 19
New King James Version
Isaiah Assures Deliverance(A)
19 And (B)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with (C)sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 Then 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 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to [a]bring them forth. 4 (D)It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (E)reproach the living God, and will (F)rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 (G)And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be (H)afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the (I)servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7 Surely I will send (J)a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
Sennacherib’s Threat and Hezekiah’s Prayer(K)
8 Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed (L)from Lachish. 9 And (M)the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Look, he has come out to make war with you.” So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God (N)in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” 11 Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered? 12 (O)Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of (P)Eden who were in Telassar? 13 (Q)Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”
14 (R)And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord God of Israel, the One (S)who dwells between the cherubim, (T)You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 (U)Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; (V)open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, (W)which he has sent to reproach the living God. 17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, 18 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were (X)not gods, but (Y)the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I pray, save us from his hand, (Z)that all the kingdoms of the earth may (AA)know that You are the Lord God, You alone.”
The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib(AB)
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (AC)‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, (AD)I have heard.’ 21 This is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him:
‘The virgin, (AE)the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
(AF)Has shaken her head behind your back!
22 ‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against (AG)the Holy One of Israel.
23 (AH)By your messengers you have reproached the Lord,
And said: (AI)“By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter the extremity of its borders,
To its fruitful forest.
24 I have dug and drunk strange water,
And with the soles of my feet I have (AJ)dried up
All the brooks of defense.”
25 ‘Did you not hear long ago
How (AK)I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That (AL)you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As (AM)the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
27 ‘But (AN)I know your dwelling place,
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.
28 Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore (AO)I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back
(AP)By the way which you came.
29 ‘This shall be a (AQ)sign to you:
‘You shall eat this year such as grows [b]of itself,
And in the second year what springs from the same;
Also in the third year sow and reap,
Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
30 (AR)And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
(AS)The zeal of the Lord [c]of hosts will do this.’
32 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria:
‘He shall (AT)not come into this city,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.
33 By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.
34 ‘For (AU)I will (AV)defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and (AW)for My servant David’s sake.’ ”
Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death(AX)
35 And (AY)it came to pass on a certain night that the [d]angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at (AZ)Nineveh. 37 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons (BA)Adrammelech and Sharezer (BB)struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then (BC)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 19:3 give birth
- 2 Kings 19:29 Without cultivation
- 2 Kings 19:31 So with many Heb. mss. and ancient vss. (cf. Is. 37:32); MT omits of hosts
- 2 Kings 19:35 Or Angel
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
