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Gisulong sa Taga-Asiria ang Jerusalem

(2 Hari 18:13-27; 2 Cro. 32:1-19)

36 Sa ika-14 nga tuig sa paghari ni Hezekia sa Juda, gisulong ni Senakerib nga hari sa Asiria ang tanang pinarilan nga mga lungsod sa Juda, ug nailog niya kini. Ug samtang didto si Senakerib sa Lakish, gisugo niya ang iyang komander sa mga sundalo uban sa daghang mga sundalo niini nga moadto sa Jerusalem aron sa pagpakigkita kang Haring Hezekia. Sa didto na sila sa gawas sa siyudad sa Jerusalem, mipundo ang komander uban sa iyang mga sundalo haduol sa agianan sa tubig sa ibabaw nga pundohanan ug tubig, dapit sa dalan paingon sa labhanan. Miadto kaniya si Eliakim nga anak ni Hilkia, nga tigdumala sa palasyo, si Shebna nga sekretaryo, ug si Joa nga anak ni Asaf, ang nagadumala sa mga kasulatan sa gingharian. Miingon kanila ang komander sa mga sundalo, “Ingna ninyo si Hezekia nga mao kini ang giingon sa gamhanang hari sa Asiria:

“Unsa may imong gisaligan? Nagahunahuna ka ba nga madaog nimo ang gira sa pulong lamang ug dili sa katakos ug kusog sa imong mga sundalo? Kinsay imong gisaligan nga nagrebelde ka man kanako? Ang Ehipto ba? Kini nga nasod ug ang iyang hari sama lang sa gabok nga baston nga kon imong itukod mabali ug makasamad sa kamot. Apan kon moingon ka kanako nga nagsalig kamo sa Ginoo nga inyong Dios, dili ba nga gipangguba mo man ang iyang mga simbahanan diha sa habog nga mga dapit apil na ang mga halaran niini, ug gisultihan mo ang mga lumulupyo sa Jerusalem ug sa ubang mga lungsod sa Juda sa pagsimba sa usa lang ka halaran?”

Mipadayon pag-ingon ang komander, “Karon, ingna ninyo siya nga may itanyag kaniya ang akong agalon, ang hari sa Asiria. Hatagan siya namog 2,000 ka mga kabayo, kana kon may 2,000 siya ka mga tigkabayo! Wala gayod siyay ikasukol bisan sa pinakamubo nga opisyal sa akong agalon. Nagsalig lang siya sa Ehipto nga mohatag kaniyag mga karwahe ug mga tigkabayo. 10 Naghunahuna ba siya nga wala ako sugoa sa Ginoo sa pag-anhi dinhi sa paglaglag niining lugara? Ang Ginoo mismo ang nagsugo kanako sa pagsulong ug sa paglaglag niini nga nasod.”

11 Miingon si Eliakim, Shebna, ug Joa sa komander, “Palihog pakigsulti kanamo sa pinulongan nga Aramico, kay masabtan namo kini. Ayaw pag-Hebreo kay madunggan ka sa mga tawo nga anaa sa mga paril sa siyudad.” 12 Apan mitubag ang komander, “Gisugo ako sa akong agalon nga ipahibalo kining mga butanga sa tanang lumulupyo sa Jerusalem, dili lang kaninyo ug sa inyong hari. Kay sama kaninyo kaonon usab nila ang ilang kaugalingong tae ug imnon ang ilang kaugalingong ihi.”

13 Unya mitindog ang komander sa mga sundalo ug misinggit sa pinulongang Hebreo, “Pamatia ninyo ang mensahe sa gamhanang hari sa Asiria! 14 Miingon siya nga dili kamo magpatunto kang Hezekia. Dili siya makaluwas kaninyo! 15 Ayaw kamo pagpahaylo kaniya nga mosalig sa Ginoo kon moingon siya, ‘Sigurado gayod nga luwason kita sa Ginoo; kining siyudad dili itugyan ngadto sa kamot sa hari sa Asiria.’

16 “Ayaw kamo pamati kang Hezekia! Mao kini ang giingon sa hari sa Asiria: Ayaw na kamo pagsukol kanako; ampo na lang kamo! Unya tugotan ko kamo nga makakaon sa bunga sa inyong ubasan ug kahoy nga igos, ug makainom sa inyong pundohanan ug tubig, 17 hangtod nga mobalik ako ug dad-on ko kamo sa yuta nga sama sa inyong yuta—ang yuta nga may mga ubasan nga makahatag kaninyog bino ug may mga trigo nga mahimo ninyong pan. 18 Ayaw kamo palingla kang Hezekia kon moingon siya nga luwason kamo sa Ginoo. May mga dios ba sa bisan asang nasod nga nakaluwas kanila gikan sa kamot sa hari sa Asiria? 19 May mahimo ba ang mga dios sa Hamat, Arpad, ug Sefarvaim? Naluwas ba sa mga dios[a] sa Samaria ang ilang nasod gikan sa akong mga kamot? 20 Kinsa ba sa mga dios niining mga nasora ang nakaluwas sa ilang nasod gikan kanako? Busa unsaon sa Ginoo pagluwas ang Jerusalem gikan sa akong mga kamot?”

21 Apan wala motubag ang mga tawo, kay nagmando si Haring Hezekia nga dili sila motubag. 22 Unya gigisi ni Eliakim, Shebna, ug Joa ang ilang mga bisti tungod sa kasubo, ug nangadto sila kang Hezekia ug misugilon sa giingon sa komander.

Footnotes

  1. 36:19 sa mga dios: o, nianang mga dios.

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(A)

36 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s(B) reign, Sennacherib(C) king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.(D) Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish(E) to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,(F) Eliakim(G) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator,(H) Shebna(I) the secretary,(J) and Joah(K) son of Asaph the recorder(L) went out to him.

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 of yours? You say you have counsel and might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel(M) against me? Look, I know you are depending(N) on Egypt,(O) that splintered reed(P) of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. But if you say to me, “We are depending(Q) on the Lord our God”—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed,(R) saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar”?(S)

“‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses(T)—if you can put riders on them! How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt(U) for chariots(V) and horsemen[a]?(W) 10 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told(X) me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

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

12 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?(AA)

13 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew,(AB) “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!(AC) 14 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(AD) you. He cannot deliver you! 15 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver(AE) us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’(AF)

16 “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(AG) and drink water from your own cistern,(AH) 17 until I come and take you to a land like your own(AI)—a land of grain and new wine,(AJ) a land of bread and vineyards.

18 “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?(AK) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim?(AL) Have they rescued Samaria(AM) from my hand? 20 Who of all the gods(AN) of these countries have been able to save their lands from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(AO)

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

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

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:9 Or charioteers

Sennacherib Invades Judah

36 (A)In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, (B)Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. (C)And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh[a] from (D)Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood (E)by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. And there came out to him (F)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and (G)Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the (H)great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? (I)Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. But if you say to me, “We trust in the Lord our God,” is it not he (J)whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar”? Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. How then can you repulse (K)a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when (L)you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 10 Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this land to destroy it? (M)The Lord said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”’”

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants (N)in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” 12 But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 Thus says the king: (O)‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you. 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me[b] and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, 17 until (P)I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 (Q)Where are the gods of (R)Hamath and (S)Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? (T)Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 (U)Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

21 But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.” 22 (V)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:2 Rabshakeh is the title of a high-ranking Assyrian military officer
  2. Isaiah 36:16 Hebrew Make a blessing with me

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord(A)

36 Now (B)it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. Then the king of Assyria sent the [a]Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field. And (C)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, (D)Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

(E)Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust? I say you speak of having plans and power for war; but they are [b]mere words. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? Look! You are trusting in the (F)staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who (G)trust in him.

“But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?” ’ Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them! How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10 Have I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’ ”

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in [c]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

12 But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?”

13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you; 15 nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’ 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; (H)and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern; 17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any one of the (I)gods of the nations delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they delivered (J)Samaria from my hand? 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”

21 But they [d]held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.” 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:2 A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor
  2. Isaiah 36:5 Lit. a word of the lips
  3. Isaiah 36:11 Lit. Judean
  4. Isaiah 36:21 were silent