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Síðari Kroníkubók 32
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Síðari Kroníkubók 32
Icelandic Bible
32 Eftir þessa atburði og eftir að hann hafði sýnt trúmennsku þessa, kom Sanheríb Assýríukonungur. Hann réðst inn í Júda, settist um víggirtar borgir og hugðist ná þeim á sitt vald.
2 Og er Hiskía varð þess vís, að Sanheríb kæmi og ætlaði sér að ráða á Jerúsalem,
3 þá réðst hann um við höfuðsmenn sína og kappa að stemma vatnslindirnar utanborgar, og veittu þeir honum stuðning.
4 Kom þá saman fjöldi fólks og stemmdu allar lindir og lækinn, er rann um mitt landið, og sögðu: "Hvers vegna ættu Assýríukonungar að finna gnóttir vatns, er þeir koma?"
5 Hann herti því upp hugann, gjörði alls staðar við múrinn, þar sem hann var brotinn niður, gekk upp á turnana og ytri múrinn úti fyrir, víggirti Milló í Davíðsborg og lét gjöra afar mikið af skotvopnum og skjöldum.
6 Síðan skipaði hann herforingja yfir lýðinn og stefndi þeim til sín á torginu við borgarhliðið, talaði vinsamlega til þeirra og mælti:
7 "Verið hughraustir og öruggir, óttist eigi né hræðist Assýríukonung og allan þann manngrúa, sem með honum er, því að sá er meiri, sem með oss er, en með honum.
8 Því að hann styður mannlegur máttur, en með oss er Drottinn, Guð vor, til þess að hjálpa oss og heyja orustur vorar." Og lýðurinn treysti á orð Hiskía Júdakonungs.
9 Eftir þetta sendi Sanheríb Assýríukonungur þjóna sína til Jerúsalem _ en sjálfur var hann hjá Lakís og allt lið hans hjá honum _ á fund Hiskía Júdakonungs og allra Júdamanna, þeirra er voru í Jerúsalem, með svolátandi orðsending:
10 "Svo segir Sanheríb Assýríukonungur: Á hvað treystið þér, er þér sitjið innikrepptir í Jerúsalem?
11 Vissulega ginnir Hiskía yður til þess að láta yður deyja úr hungri og þorsta, er hann segir: ,Drottinn, Guð vor, mun frelsa oss af hendi Assýríukonungs!`
12 Hefir þá ekki Hiskía þessi afnumið fórnarhæðir hans og ölturu, er hann bauð Júdamönnum og Jerúsalembúum á þessa leið: ,Þér eigið að falla fram fyrir einu altari, og á því einu megið þér brenna reykelsi?`
13 Vitið þér eigi hvað ég hefi gjört og feður mínir við allar þjóðir í löndunum? Gátu þjóðguðir landanna frelsað lönd þeirra af hendi minni?
14 Hver er sá af öllum guðum þessara þjóða, sem feður mínir hafa gjöreytt, er hafi getað frelsað lýð sinn af hendi minni, svo að yðar Guð geti frelsað yður af hendi minni?
15 Látið því eigi Hiskía tæla yður né ginna á slíkan hátt. Trúið honum eigi! Því að eigi hefir neinn guð nokkurrar þjóðar eða ríkis getað frelsað lýð sinn af hendi minni eða feðra minna. Hve miklu síður mun þá yðar Guð frelsa yður af hendi minni?"
16 Og enn fleira töluðu þjónar hans gegn Drottni Guði og gegn Hiskía þjóni hans.
17 Hann ritaði og bréf til þess að smána Drottin, Guð Ísraels, og tala gegn honum, á þessa leið: "Eins og þjóðguðir landanna eigi frelsuðu þjóðir sínar af hendi minni, svo mun og Guð Hiskía eigi frelsa sinn lýð af hendi minni."
18 Og þeir kölluðu með hárri röddu á Júda tungu til lýðsins í Jerúsalem, er var á múrunum, til þess að gjöra þá hrædda og felmtsfulla, svo að þeir gætu náð borginni,
19 og töluðu um Guð Jerúsalemborgar eins og um guði heiðnu þjóðanna, sem eru handaverk manna.
20 Þá er Hiskía konungur og Jesaja spámaður Amozson báðust fyrir út af þessu, og hrópuðu til himins,
21 þá sendi Drottinn engil, og drap hann alla kappa, höfuðsmenn og herforingja í herbúðum Assýríukonungs, svo að hann sneri aftur með sneypu heim í land sitt. En er hann kom í hof guðs síns, þá felldu hans eigin synir hann þar með sverði.
22 Þannig frelsaði Drottinn Hiskía og Jerúsalembúa af hendi Sanheríbs Assýríukonungs og af hendi allra annarra, og veitti þeim frið allt um kring.
23 Og margir færðu Drottni gjafir til Jerúsalem, og Hiskía Júdakonungi gersemar, og eftir þetta var hann frægur talinn meðal allra þjóða.
24 Um þessar mundir tók Hiskía sótt og var að dauða kominn. Þá bað hann til Drottins, og talaði hann til hans og gaf honum tákn.
25 En Hiskía endurgalt eigi velgjörð þá, er honum var sýnd, heldur varð drembilátur, og kom því reiði yfir hann og yfir Júda og Jerúsalem.
26 Þá lægði Hiskía dramb sitt, bæði hann og Jerúsalembúar, og kom því reiði Drottins eigi yfir þá meðan Hiskía lifði.
27 Og Hiskía bjó við afar mikinn auð og sæmd. Hann lét gjöra féhirslur handa sér fyrir silfur og gull og dýra steina, svo og fyrir kryddjurtir, skjöldu og alls konar verðmæta muni,
28 forðabúr fyrir korn-, aldinlagar- og olíu-afurðirnar, svo og hús fyrir alls konar kvikfénað og fjárborgir fyrir hjarðirnar.
29 Og hann lét gjöra borgir handa sér og aflaði sér fjölda hjarða af sauðum og nautum, því að Guð veitti honum afar miklar eignir.
30 Hiskía þessi stemmdi og efri uppsprettur Gíhonlindar, og veitti vatninu niður eftir að Davíðsborg vestanverðri, og Hiskía varð auðnumaður í öllu því, er hann tók sér fyrir hendur.
31 Þess vegna gaf Guð hann í hendur sendimanna Babelhöfðingjanna, er sendir voru til hans til þess að frétta um táknið, er orðið hafði í landinu, aðeins til þess að reyna hann, svo að hann mætti fá að vita um allt það, er honum bjó í huga.
32 Það sem meira er að segja um Hiskía og góðverk hans, það er ritað í vitrun Jesaja Amozsonar spámanns, í bók Júda- og Ísraelskonunga.
33 Og Hiskía lagðist til hvíldar hjá feðrum sínum, og var grafinn þar sem gengið er upp að gröfum Davíðsniðja, og allur Júda og Jerúsalembúar sýndu honum sæmd, er hann andaðist. Og Manasse sonur hans tók ríki eftir hann.
2 Chronicles 32
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2 Chronicles 32
New International Version
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(A)(B)
32 After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib(C) king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. 2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,(D) 3 he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. 4 They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs(E) and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings[a] of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said. 5 Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall(F) and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces[b](G) of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons(H) and shields.
6 He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: 7 “Be strong and courageous.(I) Do not be afraid or discouraged(J) because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.(K) 8 With him is only the arm of flesh,(L) but with us(M) is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.”(N) And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.
9 Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish,(O) he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:
10 “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you basing your confidence,(P) that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? 11 When Hezekiah says, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading(Q) you, to let you die of hunger and thirst. 12 Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god’s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar(R) and burn sacrifices on it’?
13 “Do you not know what I and my predecessors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand?(S) 14 Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand? 15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive(T) you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver(U) his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors.(V) How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”
16 Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah. 17 The king also wrote letters(W) ridiculing(X) the Lord, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods(Y) of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.” 18 Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. 19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.(Z)
20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer(AA) to heaven about this. 21 And the Lord sent an angel,(AB) who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.(AC)
22 So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them[c] on every side. 23 Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts(AD) for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.
Hezekiah’s Pride, Success and Death(AE)
24 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.(AF) 25 But Hezekiah’s heart was proud(AG) and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath(AH) was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Then Hezekiah repented(AI) of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.(AJ)
27 Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor,(AK) and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables. 28 He also made buildings to store the harvest of grain, new wine and olive oil; and he made stalls for various kinds of cattle, and pens for the flocks. 29 He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.(AL)
30 It was Hezekiah who blocked(AM) the upper outlet of the Gihon(AN) spring and channeled(AO) the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook. 31 But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon(AP) to ask him about the miraculous sign(AQ) that had occurred in the land, God left him to test(AR) him and to know everything that was in his heart.
32 The other events of Hezekiah’s reign and his acts of devotion are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David’s descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac king
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Or the Millo
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate He gave them rest
2 Chronicles 32
King James Version
2 Chronicles 32
King James Version
32 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
16 And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
17 He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
21 And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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