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2 Hari 18
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
2 Hari 18
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Ang Paghari ni Hezekia sa Juda(A)
18 Nangin hari sang Juda si Hezekia nga anak ni Ahaz sang ikatatlo nga tuig sang paghari ni Hoseas, nga anak ni Elah, sa Israel. 2 Nagaedad si Hezekia sang 25 ka tuig sang nangin hari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang 29 ka tuig. Ang iya iloy amo si Abia nga anak ni Zacarias. 3 Maayo ang ginhimo ni Hezekia sa panulok sang Ginoo, pareho sa ginhimo sang iya katigulangan nga si David. 4 Ginpaguba niya ang mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar, ginpadugmok ang mga handumanan nga bato, kag ginpautod ang hulohaligi nga simbolo sang diosa nga si Ashera. Ginpadugmok man niya ang saway nga man-og nga ginhimo ni Moises, kay hasta sadto nga tion ginasimba ato sang mga Israelinhon paagi sa pagsunog sang mga insenso. Ining saway nga man-og gintawag nga Nehushtan.
5 Nagsalig si Hezekia sa Ginoo, ang Dios sang Israel. Wala gid sing hari sa Juda nga pareho sa iya, bisan ang mga nauna sa iya kag ang mga sunod sa iya. 6 Matutom gid siya sa pagsunod sa Ginoo, kag wala gid siya nag-untat sa pagsunod sa iya. Kag gintuman niya ang mga sugo nga ginhatag sang Ginoo kay Moises. 7 Gin-updan siya sang Ginoo, kag madinalag-on siya sa tanan niya nga ginahimo. Nagrebelde siya sa hari sang Asiria kag wala nag-alagad sa iya. 8 Halin sa magagmay nga mga baryo[a] hasta sa dalagko nga mga banwa nga napaderan, ginpierdi niya ang mga Filistinhon hasta sa Gaza kag sa mga lugar nga sakop sini.
9 Sang ikaapat nga tuig sang paghari ni Hezekia, nga amo ang ikapito nga tuig sang paghari ni Hoseas sa Israel, nagsalakay si Haring Shalmaneser sang Asiria sa Samaria kag ginkibon ini. 10 Pagkaligad sang tatlo ka tuig, sang ikaanom nga tuig sang paghari ni Hezekia kag sang ikasiyam nga tuig sang paghari ni Hoseas, naagaw sang Asiria ang Samaria. 11 Gindala sang hari sang Asiria ang mga taga-Israel sa Asiria bilang mga bihag, kag ginpaestar sila sa banwa sang Hala, sa mga lugar nga malapit sa Suba sang Habor sa Gozan, kag sa mga banwa sang mga Medianhon. 12 Natabo ini sa mga taga-Israel tungod kay wala sila nagtuman sa Ginoo nga ila Dios, kundi ginlapas nila ang kasugtanan sang Ginoo sa ila—ang tanan nga sugo nga ginhatag sang Ginoo paagi sa iya alagad nga si Moises. Wala sila nagpamati ukon nagtuman sini.
Ginsalakay sang Asiria ang Juda(B)
13 Sang ika-14 nga tuig sang paghari ni Hezekia, ginsalakay ni Haring Senakerib sang Asiria ang tanan nga napaderan nga mga banwa sang Juda kag gin-agaw niya ini. 14 Gani nagpadala sang sini nga mensahi si Haring Hezekia sa hari sang Asiria sa Lakish: “Nakasala ako sa akon pagrebelde sa imo. Pero hatagan ko ikaw sang bisan ano nga imo pangayuon, basta maghalin lang kamo sa amon.” Gani nangayo ang hari sang Asiria kay Haring Hezekia sing mga napulo ka tonelada nga pilak kag isa ka tonelada nga bulawan. 15 Ginhatag ni Hezekia sa iya ang tanan nga pilak sa templo sang Ginoo kag sa bodega sang palasyo. 16 Ginpanguha ni Hezekia pati ang mga bulawan nga iya ginhaklap sa mga puwertahan sang templo sang Ginoo kag sa mga hamba[b] sini, kag ginhatag ini sa hari sang Asiria.
17 Pero samtang didto si Senakerib sa Lakish, ginsugo niya ang iya pangulo nga kumander, ang pangulo nga opisyal, kag ang iya kumander nga may madamo nga mga soldado, nga magkadto sa Jerusalem sa pagpakigkita kay Haring Hezekia. Sang didto na sila sa guwa sang Jerusalem, nagpundo sila malapit sa ililigan sang ibabaw nga punong, didto dampi sa dalan pakadto sa lugar nga ginapanglabhan. 18 Ginpatawag nila si Haring Hezekia, pero ang ginpakadto sang hari amo si Eliakim nga anak ni Hilkia, nga administrador sang palasyo, si Shebna nga sekretaryo, kag si Joa nga anak ni Asaf, nga manugdumala sang mga kasulatan sang ginharian. 19 Nagsiling sa ila ang kumander, “Hambala ninyo si Hezekia nga amo ini ang ginasiling sang gamhanan nga hari sang Asiria:
“ ‘Ano ang imo ginasaligan? 20 Nagahunahuna ka bala nga madaog mo ang inaway sa pulong lamang kag indi sa abilidad kag kusog sang imo mga soldado? Sin-o bala ang imo ginasaligan nga nagrebelde ka sa akon? 21 Ang Egipto bala? Ini nga nasyon kag ang iya hari pareho lang sa bali nga baston nga kon gamiton mo nga panukod makapilas sang imo kamot. 22 Pero basi kon magsiling kamo sa akon nga nagasalig kamo sa Ginoo nga inyo Dios. Pero indi bala nga ginpaguba mo gani ang iya mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar pati ang mga halaran sini, kag ginhambalan mo ang mga taga-Juda kag taga-Jerusalem nga dapat magsimba sila sa isa lang ka halaran didto sa Jerusalem?’
23 “Karon may ginatanyag sa imo ang akon agalon, ang hari sang Asiria. Hatagan ka namon sang 2,000 ka kabayo, ina kon may 2,000 ka man ka manugkabayo! 24 Wala ka gid padaog bisan sa pinakanubo nga opisyal sang akon agalon. Nagasalig ka man lang sa Egipto nga maghatag sa imo sang mga karwahe kag mga manugkabayo. 25 Nagahunahuna ka bala nga wala ako pagsugua sang Ginoo sa pagkadto diri sa paglaglag sang sini nga nasyon? Ang Ginoo mismo ang nagsugo sa akon sa pagsalakay kag sa paglaglag sang sini nga nasyon.”
26 Nagsiling si Eliakim, Shebna, kag Joa sa kumander, “Palihog maghambal ka sa amon sa lingguahe nga Aramico, kay naintiendihan namon ini. Indi ka maghambal sa Hebreo kay mabatian ka sang mga tawo nga ara sa mga pader sang siyudad.” 27 Pero nagsabat ang kumander, “Ginsugo ako sang akon agalon nga ipahibalo ini nga mga butang sa tanan nga pumuluyo sang Jerusalem, indi lang sa inyo kag sa inyo hari. Kamo tanan gutumon kag uhawon sa tion nga salakayon namon kamo. Gani kaunon ninyo ang inyo tai kag imnon ninyo ang inyo ihi.”
28 Dayon nagtindog ang kumander kag nagsinggit sa lingguahe nga Hebreo, “Pamatii ninyo ang mensahi sang gamhanan nga hari sang Asiria! 29 Amo ini ang iya ginasiling: Indi kamo magpatunto kay Hezekia. Indi siya makaluwas sa inyo sa akon mga kamot! 30 Indi kamo magpahaylo sa iya nga magsalig sa Ginoo kon magsiling siya, ‘Sigurado gid nga luwason kita sang Ginoo; ini nga siyudad indi pag-itugyan sa kamot sang hari sang Asiria.’
31 “Indi kamo magpamati kay Hezekia! Amo ini ang ginasiling sang hari sang Asiria: ‘Indi na kamo magkontra sa akon; magsurender na lang kamo! Dayon tugutan ko kamo nga makakaon sang bunga sang inyo ubas kag higera, kag makainom sa inyo mga pulunduhan sang tubig, 32 hasta nga magabalik ako kag dal-on ko kamo sa duta nga pareho sang inyo duta—ang duta nga may mga talamnan sang ubas nga makahatag sa inyo sang duga sang ubas kag may mga uyas nga mahimo ninyo nga tinapay, kag may ara man sang mga kahoy nga olibo kag mga dugos. Tumana ninyo ang akon ginasiling agod mabuhi kamo kag indi mapatay. Indi kamo magpamati kay Hezekia kay ginapatalang lang niya kamo sa iya ginasiling nga luwason kamo sang Ginoo. 33 May mga dios bala sa bisan diin nga nasyon nga nakaluwas sa ila nasyon sa kamot sang hari sang Asiria? 34 May nahimo bala ang mga dios sang Hamat, Arpad, Sefarvaim, Hena, kag Iva? Naluwas bala sang mga dios sang Samaria ang ila duta sa akon mga kamot? 35 Sin-o sa mga dios sang sini nga mga nasyon ang nakaluwas sa ila nasyon sa akon? Gani paano maluwas sang Ginoo ang Jerusalem sa akon mga kamot?’ ” 36 Pero wala nagsabat ang mga tawo kay nagmando si Haring Hezekia nga indi sila magsabat. 37 Dayon gin-gisi ni Eliakim, Shebna, kag Joa ang ila mga bayo tungod sa kasubo, kag nagkadto sila kay Hezekia kag ginsugid nila ang mga ginsiling sang kumander.
2 Kings 18
New International Version
2 Kings 18
New International Version
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. 2 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. 3 He did what was right(F) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(G) had done. 4 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])
5 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. 6 He held fast(M) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. 7 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. 8 From watchtower to fortified city,(P) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.
9 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
- 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
- 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
- 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric ton
- 2 Kings 18:24 Or charioteers
2 Kings 18
King James Version
2 Kings 18
King James Version
18 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
6 For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
7 And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
25 Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2 Hari 18
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
2 Hari 18
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Ang Paghari ni Hezekia sa Juda(A)
18 Nangin hari sang Juda si Hezekia nga anak ni Ahaz sang ikatatlo nga tuig sang paghari ni Hoseas, nga anak ni Elah, sa Israel. 2 Nagaedad si Hezekia sang 25 ka tuig sang nangin hari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang 29 ka tuig. Ang iya iloy amo si Abia nga anak ni Zacarias. 3 Maayo ang ginhimo ni Hezekia sa panulok sang Ginoo, pareho sa ginhimo sang iya katigulangan nga si David. 4 Ginpaguba niya ang mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar, ginpadugmok ang mga handumanan nga bato, kag ginpautod ang hulohaligi nga simbolo sang diosa nga si Ashera. Ginpadugmok man niya ang saway nga man-og nga ginhimo ni Moises, kay hasta sadto nga tion ginasimba ato sang mga Israelinhon paagi sa pagsunog sang mga insenso. Ining saway nga man-og gintawag nga Nehushtan.
5 Nagsalig si Hezekia sa Ginoo, ang Dios sang Israel. Wala gid sing hari sa Juda nga pareho sa iya, bisan ang mga nauna sa iya kag ang mga sunod sa iya. 6 Matutom gid siya sa pagsunod sa Ginoo, kag wala gid siya nag-untat sa pagsunod sa iya. Kag gintuman niya ang mga sugo nga ginhatag sang Ginoo kay Moises. 7 Gin-updan siya sang Ginoo, kag madinalag-on siya sa tanan niya nga ginahimo. Nagrebelde siya sa hari sang Asiria kag wala nag-alagad sa iya. 8 Halin sa magagmay nga mga baryo[a] hasta sa dalagko nga mga banwa nga napaderan, ginpierdi niya ang mga Filistinhon hasta sa Gaza kag sa mga lugar nga sakop sini.
9 Sang ikaapat nga tuig sang paghari ni Hezekia, nga amo ang ikapito nga tuig sang paghari ni Hoseas sa Israel, nagsalakay si Haring Shalmaneser sang Asiria sa Samaria kag ginkibon ini. 10 Pagkaligad sang tatlo ka tuig, sang ikaanom nga tuig sang paghari ni Hezekia kag sang ikasiyam nga tuig sang paghari ni Hoseas, naagaw sang Asiria ang Samaria. 11 Gindala sang hari sang Asiria ang mga taga-Israel sa Asiria bilang mga bihag, kag ginpaestar sila sa banwa sang Hala, sa mga lugar nga malapit sa Suba sang Habor sa Gozan, kag sa mga banwa sang mga Medianhon. 12 Natabo ini sa mga taga-Israel tungod kay wala sila nagtuman sa Ginoo nga ila Dios, kundi ginlapas nila ang kasugtanan sang Ginoo sa ila—ang tanan nga sugo nga ginhatag sang Ginoo paagi sa iya alagad nga si Moises. Wala sila nagpamati ukon nagtuman sini.
Ginsalakay sang Asiria ang Juda(B)
13 Sang ika-14 nga tuig sang paghari ni Hezekia, ginsalakay ni Haring Senakerib sang Asiria ang tanan nga napaderan nga mga banwa sang Juda kag gin-agaw niya ini. 14 Gani nagpadala sang sini nga mensahi si Haring Hezekia sa hari sang Asiria sa Lakish: “Nakasala ako sa akon pagrebelde sa imo. Pero hatagan ko ikaw sang bisan ano nga imo pangayuon, basta maghalin lang kamo sa amon.” Gani nangayo ang hari sang Asiria kay Haring Hezekia sing mga napulo ka tonelada nga pilak kag isa ka tonelada nga bulawan. 15 Ginhatag ni Hezekia sa iya ang tanan nga pilak sa templo sang Ginoo kag sa bodega sang palasyo. 16 Ginpanguha ni Hezekia pati ang mga bulawan nga iya ginhaklap sa mga puwertahan sang templo sang Ginoo kag sa mga hamba[b] sini, kag ginhatag ini sa hari sang Asiria.
17 Pero samtang didto si Senakerib sa Lakish, ginsugo niya ang iya pangulo nga kumander, ang pangulo nga opisyal, kag ang iya kumander nga may madamo nga mga soldado, nga magkadto sa Jerusalem sa pagpakigkita kay Haring Hezekia. Sang didto na sila sa guwa sang Jerusalem, nagpundo sila malapit sa ililigan sang ibabaw nga punong, didto dampi sa dalan pakadto sa lugar nga ginapanglabhan. 18 Ginpatawag nila si Haring Hezekia, pero ang ginpakadto sang hari amo si Eliakim nga anak ni Hilkia, nga administrador sang palasyo, si Shebna nga sekretaryo, kag si Joa nga anak ni Asaf, nga manugdumala sang mga kasulatan sang ginharian. 19 Nagsiling sa ila ang kumander, “Hambala ninyo si Hezekia nga amo ini ang ginasiling sang gamhanan nga hari sang Asiria:
“ ‘Ano ang imo ginasaligan? 20 Nagahunahuna ka bala nga madaog mo ang inaway sa pulong lamang kag indi sa abilidad kag kusog sang imo mga soldado? Sin-o bala ang imo ginasaligan nga nagrebelde ka sa akon? 21 Ang Egipto bala? Ini nga nasyon kag ang iya hari pareho lang sa bali nga baston nga kon gamiton mo nga panukod makapilas sang imo kamot. 22 Pero basi kon magsiling kamo sa akon nga nagasalig kamo sa Ginoo nga inyo Dios. Pero indi bala nga ginpaguba mo gani ang iya mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar pati ang mga halaran sini, kag ginhambalan mo ang mga taga-Juda kag taga-Jerusalem nga dapat magsimba sila sa isa lang ka halaran didto sa Jerusalem?’
23 “Karon may ginatanyag sa imo ang akon agalon, ang hari sang Asiria. Hatagan ka namon sang 2,000 ka kabayo, ina kon may 2,000 ka man ka manugkabayo! 24 Wala ka gid padaog bisan sa pinakanubo nga opisyal sang akon agalon. Nagasalig ka man lang sa Egipto nga maghatag sa imo sang mga karwahe kag mga manugkabayo. 25 Nagahunahuna ka bala nga wala ako pagsugua sang Ginoo sa pagkadto diri sa paglaglag sang sini nga nasyon? Ang Ginoo mismo ang nagsugo sa akon sa pagsalakay kag sa paglaglag sang sini nga nasyon.”
26 Nagsiling si Eliakim, Shebna, kag Joa sa kumander, “Palihog maghambal ka sa amon sa lingguahe nga Aramico, kay naintiendihan namon ini. Indi ka maghambal sa Hebreo kay mabatian ka sang mga tawo nga ara sa mga pader sang siyudad.” 27 Pero nagsabat ang kumander, “Ginsugo ako sang akon agalon nga ipahibalo ini nga mga butang sa tanan nga pumuluyo sang Jerusalem, indi lang sa inyo kag sa inyo hari. Kamo tanan gutumon kag uhawon sa tion nga salakayon namon kamo. Gani kaunon ninyo ang inyo tai kag imnon ninyo ang inyo ihi.”
28 Dayon nagtindog ang kumander kag nagsinggit sa lingguahe nga Hebreo, “Pamatii ninyo ang mensahi sang gamhanan nga hari sang Asiria! 29 Amo ini ang iya ginasiling: Indi kamo magpatunto kay Hezekia. Indi siya makaluwas sa inyo sa akon mga kamot! 30 Indi kamo magpahaylo sa iya nga magsalig sa Ginoo kon magsiling siya, ‘Sigurado gid nga luwason kita sang Ginoo; ini nga siyudad indi pag-itugyan sa kamot sang hari sang Asiria.’
31 “Indi kamo magpamati kay Hezekia! Amo ini ang ginasiling sang hari sang Asiria: ‘Indi na kamo magkontra sa akon; magsurender na lang kamo! Dayon tugutan ko kamo nga makakaon sang bunga sang inyo ubas kag higera, kag makainom sa inyo mga pulunduhan sang tubig, 32 hasta nga magabalik ako kag dal-on ko kamo sa duta nga pareho sang inyo duta—ang duta nga may mga talamnan sang ubas nga makahatag sa inyo sang duga sang ubas kag may mga uyas nga mahimo ninyo nga tinapay, kag may ara man sang mga kahoy nga olibo kag mga dugos. Tumana ninyo ang akon ginasiling agod mabuhi kamo kag indi mapatay. Indi kamo magpamati kay Hezekia kay ginapatalang lang niya kamo sa iya ginasiling nga luwason kamo sang Ginoo. 33 May mga dios bala sa bisan diin nga nasyon nga nakaluwas sa ila nasyon sa kamot sang hari sang Asiria? 34 May nahimo bala ang mga dios sang Hamat, Arpad, Sefarvaim, Hena, kag Iva? Naluwas bala sang mga dios sang Samaria ang ila duta sa akon mga kamot? 35 Sin-o sa mga dios sang sini nga mga nasyon ang nakaluwas sa ila nasyon sa akon? Gani paano maluwas sang Ginoo ang Jerusalem sa akon mga kamot?’ ” 36 Pero wala nagsabat ang mga tawo kay nagmando si Haring Hezekia nga indi sila magsabat. 37 Dayon gin-gisi ni Eliakim, Shebna, kag Joa ang ila mga bayo tungod sa kasubo, kag nagkadto sila kay Hezekia kag ginsugid nila ang mga ginsiling sang kumander.
2 Kings 18
New International Version
2 Kings 18
New International Version
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. 2 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. 3 He did what was right(F) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(G) had done. 4 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])
5 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. 6 He held fast(M) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. 7 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. 8 From watchtower to fortified city,(P) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.
9 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
- 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
- 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
- 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric ton
- 2 Kings 18:24 Or charioteers
2 Kings 18
King James Version
2 Kings 18
King James Version
18 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
6 For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
7 And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
25 Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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