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Seenxeeriib Oo U Hanjabay Yeruusaalem

32 Oo waxyaalahaas iyo aaminnimadaas dabadood waxaa yimid oo dalka Yahuudah soo galay Seenxeeriib oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur; magaalooyinkii deyrka lahaana ayuu weeraray, wuuna ku talo jiray inuu iyaga qaato. Xisqiyaahna markuu arkay in Seenxeeriib yimid oo uu ku talo jiro inuu Yeruusaalem la diriro, ayuu amiirradiisii iyo raggiisii xoogga badnaa kula tashaday in la wada awdo ilaha biyaha ah oo magaalada dibaddeeda ku yaal, oo iyana way caawiyeen. Sidaas aawadeed waxaa isu soo ururay dad badan, wayna wada awdeen ilihii biyaha ahaa oo dhan iyo durdurkii waddanka dhex mari jiray, oo waxay isyidhaahdeen, Bal boqorrada dalka Ashuur intay yimaadaan maxay biyo badan u helayaan? Markaasuu isdhiirrigeliyey, oo dhisay derbigii dunsanaa oo dhan, oo kor u gaadhsiiyey tan iyo munaaradihii, wuxuuna dhisay derbi kaloo dibadda ah, oo xoogeeyey Millo oo ku dhex tiil magaaladii Daa'uud, oo sameeyey hub dagaal iyo gaashaammo faro badan. Oo taladii dadkana wuu u dhiibay saraakiil dagaalka yaqaan, oo dhammaantoodna wuxuu ku soo wada urursaday meeshii bannaanayd oo magaalada iriddeeda u dhowayd, wuuna dhiirrigeliyey oo ku yidhi, Xoog yeesha oo aad u dhiirranaada, ha ka cabsanina, hana ka qalbi jabina boqorka Ashuur ama ciidanka faraha badan oo isaga la socda, maxaa yeelay, waxaa inala jira kuwa ka badan kuwa isaga la jira. Isaga waxaa la jira binu-aadmi, laakiinse innaga waxaa inala jira oo ina caawiya oo dagaalladeenna inoo dirira Rabbiga Ilaaheenna ah. Oo dadkiina waxay isku halleeyeen erayadii Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah.

Oo waxyaalahaas dabadood ayaa Seenxeeriib oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur joogay Laakiish horteeda oo xooggiisii oo dhammuna wuu la jiray, oo wuxuu addoommadiisii u soo diray Yeruusaalem ilaa Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah, iyo ilaa dadkii Yahuudah oo Yeruusaalem joogay oo dhan, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 10 Anoo ah Seenxeeriib oo ah boqorkii Ashuur waxaan idinku leeyahay, Qalcadda Yeruusaalem waa idinka ku sii jiree bal yaad isku hallaynaysaan? 11 War sow Xisqiyaah idinma sasabin si aad gaajo iyo harraad ugu dhimataan, isagoo leh, Rabbiga Ilaaheenna ah ayaa inaga samatabbixin doona gacanta boqorka Ashuur? 12 War Xisqiyaahaasu sow ma ahaa kii wada baabbi'iyey meelihiisii sarsare iyo meelihiisii allabarigaba, oo dadkii Yahuudah iyo Yeruusaalemna sow kuma uu amrin oo kuma odhan, Idinku waa inaad meel allabari oo keliya horteeda Ilaah ku caabuddaan, oo isla taas korkeedana waa inaad fooxa ku shiddaan? 13 War miyeydaan ka war qabin aniga iyo awowayaashayba wixii aan ku samaynay dadyowga dalalka deggan oo dhan? War quruumaha dalalka deggan ilaahyadoodu miyey sinaba u awoodeen inay dalkooda gacantayda ka samatabbixiyaan? 14 Oo quruumihii awowayaashay ay wada baabbi'iyeen ilaahyadoodii oo dhan kee baa awooday inuu dadkiisii gacantayda ka samatabbixiyo? Haddaba Ilaahiinnu sidee buu u awoodaa inuu gacantayda idinka samatabbixiyo? 15 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed Xisqiyaah yuusan idin khiyaanayn oo yuusan sidan idiin sasabin, hana rumaysanina, waayo, innaba ma jirin quruun ama boqortooyo ilaaheedu awooday inuu dadkiisa ka samatabbixiyo gacantayda iyo gacantii awowayaashay toona, haddaba ilaahiinna sidee buu gacantayda idiinka samatabbixin doonaa? 16 Oo addoommadiisiina waxay ku sii hadleen war badan oo ka gees ah Rabbiga Ilaaha ah iyo addoonkiisa Xisqiyaah ahba. 17 Oo weliba wuxuu kaloo qoray warqado uu ku caayayo oo wax kaga sheegayo Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil, oo wuxuu yidhi, Dalalka quruumaha deggan ilaahyadoodii oo dadkoodii gacantayda ka samatabbixin waayay sidoodii oo kalaa Ilaaha Xisqiyaahna dadkiisa gacantayda uga samatabbixin waayi doonaa. 18 Oo iyagoo afkii Yuhuudda ku hadlaya ayay cod weyn ugu dhawaaqeen dadkii reer Yeruusaalem oo derbiga kor joogay inay iyaga cabsiiyaan oo ay wareeriyaan si ay iyagu magaalada u qabsadaan. 19 Oo waxay Ilaahii Yeruusaalem uga hadleen siday uga hadleen ilaahyadii dadadka dunida, kuwaasoo ah wax dad gacanta ku sameeyey. 20 Markaasaa Boqor Xisqiyaah iyo Nebi Ishacyaah oo ahaa ina Aamoos u tukadeen xaalkan aawadiis, oo waxay qaylo gaadhsiyeen samada. 21 Markaasaa Rabbigu malag soo diray, kaasoo xeradii boqorkii Ashuur ku wada laayay raggii xoogga badnaa, iyo hoggaamiyayaashii, iyo saraakiishii oo dhanba. Sidaas daraaddeed isagoo ceebaysan ayuu dalkiisii ku noqday. Oo markuu gurigii ilaahiisa galay waxaa halkaas seef kaga dilay wiilashii uu dhalay. 22 Sidaasuu Rabbigu Xisqiyaah iyo dadkii Yeruusaalem degganaaba uga badbaadiyey Seenxeeriib oo ahaa boqorkii Ashuur gacantiisii iyo gacantii kuwii kale oo dhanba, oo iyagiina dhinac kasta wuu ka ilaaliyey. 23 Oo dad badan ayaa Rabbiga Yeruusaalem ugu keeneen hadiyado, oo Xisqiyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudahna waxay u keeneen waxyaalo qaali ah, sidaas aawadeed markaas intii ka dambaysay ayaa isaga loogu sarraysiiyey quruumaha oo dhan hortooda.

Kibirkii, Guushii Iyo Dhimashadii Xisqiyaah

24 Oo waagaas ayaa Xisqiyaah bukooday, oo geeri buu u dhowaaday, markaasuu Rabbiga baryay, oo isna intuu la hadlay ayuu calaamad u sameeyey. 25 Laakiinse Xisqiyaah wanaaggii isaga loo sameeyey mahad kama celin, waayo, qalbigiisa ayaa kibray, sidaas daraaddeed isagii iyo dalka Yahuudah iyo Yeruusaalemba cadho baa ku soo degtay. 26 Habase ahaatee Xisqiyaah wuu is-hoosaysiiyey oo kibirkii qalbigiisa wuu ka soo noqday isaga iyo dadkii Yeruusaalem degganaa oo dhammuba, sidaa daraaddeed cadhadii Rabbigu iyaga kuma ay soo degin wakhtigii Xisqiyaah. 27 Haddaba Xisqiyaah wuxuu lahaa maal aad iyo aad u faro badan iyo sharaf, oo wuxuu samaystay khasnado lagu xereeyo lacag, iyo dahab, iyo dhagaxyo qaali ah, iyo uunsi, iyo gaashaammo, iyo cayn kasta oo weelal wanaagsan ah. 28 Oo guryo wax lagu kaydiyona buu u samaystay wixii badnaa ee ahaa hadhuudh iyo khamri iyo saliid, wuxuuna samaystay xeryo lagu xereeyo xayawaan cayn kasta ah, iyo xeryo adhi. 29 Oo weliba wuxuu dhistay magaalooyin, oo wuxuu urursaday ido iyo lo' faro badan, waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu isaga siiyey maal aad u badan. 30 Oo Xisqiyaahaas qudhiisa ayaa awday biyihii Giixoon ishoodii sare, oo wuxuu hoos ugu soo toosiyey magaaladii Daa'uud dhankeedii galbeed. Oo Xisqiyaahna wuu ku liibaanay shuqulladiisii uu sameeyey oo dhan. 31 Habase ahaatee markay amiirradii dalka Baabuloon isaga cid ugu soo direen inay soo haybiyaan waxa uu yahay yaabka dalkiisa lagu dhex sameeyo ayaa Ilaah isagii uga tegey inuu tijaabiyo oo ogaado waxa qalbigiisa ku jira oo dhan. 32 Haddaba Xisqiyaah falimihiisii kale iyo camalladiisii wanaagsanaa oo dhammu waxay ku qoran yihiin waxyaalihii la tusay Nebi Ishacyaah oo ahaa ina Aamoos, kuwaasoo ku yaal kitaabkii boqorrada dalka Yahuudah iyo dalka Israa'iil. 33 Oo Xisqiyaah wuu dhintay oo la seexday awowayaashiis, oo waxaa isagii lagu aasay meesha laga fuulo qabuurihii farcanka Daa'uud; oo dadkii Yahuudah iyo dadkii Yeruusaalem degganaa oo dhammuba isagii bay sharfeen markuu geeriyooday. Oo meeshiisiina waxaa boqor ka noqday wiilkiisii Manaseh.

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. When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,(D) he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. 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. 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.

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: “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) 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.

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

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:4 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac king
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Or the Millo
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:22 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate He gave them rest

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.

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

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.

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?

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.

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,

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:

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.

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.