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Xenakhawli tuaj ntaus Yeluxalees
(2Vntx. 18:13-37, 19:14-19,35-37; Yxy. 36:1-22, 37:8-38)
9Dhau ntawd thaum Axilia tus vajntxwv Xenakhawli thiab nws cov tub rog huvsi tseem tabtom vij lub moos Lakhi, mas nws tso nws cov tub teg tub taws mus rau lub nroog Yeluxalees mus cuag Yuda tus vajntxwv Hexekhiya thiab cuag cov neeg Yuda sawvdaws uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees, hais tias,
10“Axilia tus vajntxwv Xenakhawli hais li no tias, Nej vam khom dabtsi es nej yuav nyob hauv Yeluxalees thev qhov uas raug vij li no?
11Thaum Hexekhiya hais rau nej tias, ‘Yawmsaub uas yog peb tus Vajtswv yuav cawm peb dim hauv Axilia tus vajntxwv txhais tes,’ tsis yog Hexekhiya coj nej yuam kev mus tuag tshaib tuag nqhis lov?
12Tus Hexikhiya no nws tsis yog tus uas rhuav tshem Vajtswv tej chaw siab thiab tej thaj uas xyeem rau Vajtswv lov? Thiab hais rau cov Yuda thiab cov hauv Yeluxalees tias, ‘Nej yuav tsum pe rau tib lub thaj thiab hlawv xyeem rau lub thaj ntawd xwb.’
13Nej tsis paub tias kuv thiab kuv tej poj koob yawm txwv twb ua li cas rau txhua haiv neeg hauv lwm tebchaws lawm lov? Cov neeg hauv tej tebchaws ntawd li dab pab cawm tau lawv tej tebchaws dim hauv kuv txhais tes lov?
14Tej dab huvsi hauv tej tebchaws uas kuv tej poj koob yawm txwv muab ua puam tsuaj tag nrho muaj ib tug dab twg uas pab tau nws cov neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes? Mas nej tus Vajtswv tseem yuav pab tau nej dim hauv kuv txhais tes lov?
15Vim li no tsis txhob cia Hexekhiya dag ntxias nej lossis coj nej yuam kev, tsis txhob ntseeg nws, rau qhov tsis muaj ib tug dab hauv haiv neeg twg thiab lub tebchaws twg uas cawm tau nws haiv neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes lossis hauv kuv tej poj koob yawm txwv txhais tes. Nej tus Vajtswv yimhuab tsis txawj pab nej dim hauv kuv txhais tes li lauj!”
16Xenakhawli cov tub teg tub taws tseem thuam Vajtswv Yawmsaub thiab Hexekhiya uas yog Vajtswv tus tub qhe ntau dua li no.
17Thiab Xenakhawli tseem sau ntawv hais saib tsis taus Yawmsaub uas yog cov Yixayee tus Vajtswv thiab thuam hais tias, “Cov neeg hauv ib tsoom tebchaws li dab pab tsis tau lawv haiv neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes li cas, Hexekhiya tus Vajtswv kuj yuav pab tsis tau nws haiv neeg dim hauv kuv txhais tes li ntawd thiab.”
18Ces lawv txawm qw tej lus ntawd nrov nrov ua lus Yuda rau cov neeg Yeluxalees uas nyob saum lub ntsa loog hnov es kom lawv ntshai thiab poob siab heev xwv thiaj li txeeb tau lub nroog ntawd.
19Lawv hais txog Yeluxalees tus Vajtswv ib yam li lawv hais txog ib tsoom neeg hauv ntiajteb tej dab uas yog neeg txhais tes ua.
20Ces vajntxwv Hexekhiya thiab Amoj tus tub Yaxaya uas yog xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus txawm quaj thov txog zaj no rau saum ntuj.
21Yawmsaub thiaj txib ib tug tubtxib saum ntuj los mas nws tua cov tub rog siab loj siab tuab thiab cov thawj tub rog thiab cov uas kav tej pab tub rog huvsi tuag tag rau hauv vajntxwv Axilia lub yeej. Yog li no Xenakhawli thiaj li rov qab mus rau nws lub tebchaws yam poob ntsej muag kawg. Thaum nws mus rau hauv lub tsev uas teev nws tus dab nws cov tub qee leej xuas ntaj muab nws tua rau qhov ntawd.
22Yawmsaub thiaj cawm Hexekhiya thiab cov uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees dim hauv Axilia tus vajntxwv Xenakhawli txhais tes thiab hauv nws tej yeeb ncuab sawvdaws txhais tes li no. Yawmsaub pub lawv tau so tsis ua rog⚓ rau txhua fab.
23Neeg coob coj qhov txhia chaw tuaj rau hauv Yeluxalees pub rau Yawmsaub thiab coj tej uas tsim txiaj tuaj pub rau Yuda tus vajntxwv Hexekhiya, Hexekhiya thiaj tau koob meej tab meeg ib tsoom tebchaws sawvdaws txij thaum ntawd los.
Hexekhiya mob
(2Vntx. 20:1-3,12-21; Yxy. 38:1-3, 39:1-8)
Hexekhiya nplua nuj
27Hexekhiya muaj nyiaj txiag ntau kawg thiab muaj koob meej loj, mas nws ua tej txhab nyiaj rau nws rau nyiaj rau kub, rau tej qe zeb hlaws muaj nqes, rau txuj lom, rau tej daim phiaj hlau thaiv thiab tej twj siv tsim txiaj txhua yam.
28Thiab nws ua txhab rau qoob, rau cawv txiv hmab thiab roj, thiab ua nkuaj rau txhua yam tsiaj txhu thiab nkuaj yaj.
29Thiab nws tsim tej moos rau nws thiab nws muaj tej pab yaj tej pab tshis tej pab nyuj ntau nplua mias, vim yog Vajtswv pub cuab txhiaj cuab tam rau nws ntau heev.
30Tus vajntxwv Hexekhiya no yog tus uas cais lub hauv dej Kihoo sab ped kom ntws mus rau Davi lub nroog sab hnub poob. Hexekhiya vam meej rau nws tej haujlwm huvsi.
31Thaum cov thawj hauv lub nroog Npanpiloo txib neeg tuaj nug txog tej txujci phimhwj uas tshwm rau hauv lub tebchaws, mas Vajtswv muab nws tso nyob kab ntsab xwv thiaj sim tau nws thiab paub txhua yam uas nyob hauv nws lub siab.
32Lwm yam haujlwm uas Hexekhiya ua thiab tej yam zoo uas nws ua, twb muab sau cia rau hauv tej zaj yog toog uas Amoj tus tub Yaxaya uas yog xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus hais nyob rau hauv phau ntawv uas hais txog Yuda thiab Yixayee tej vajntxwv.
33Ces Hexekhiya txawm tuag mus nrog nws tej poj koob yawm txwv nyob. Lawv muab nws log rau saum caj qaum roob uas yog Davi caj ces li toj ntxa. Tag nrho cov Yuda thiab cov uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees sawvdaws tuaj pam nws lub ntees loj kawg hwm nws. Mas nws tus tub Manaxe sawv nws chaw ua vajntxwv kav.
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Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
1After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.
2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,
3he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him.
4They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings⚓ of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
5Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces⚓ of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.
6He 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. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.
8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.
9Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, 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, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
11When Hezekiah says, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.
12Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god’s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar 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?
14Who 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?
15Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”
16Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
17The king also wrote letters ridiculing the Lord, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods 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.”
18Then 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.
19They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.
20King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this.
21And the Lord sent an angel, 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.
22So 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⚓ on every side.
23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.
Hezekiah’s Pride, Success and Death
24In 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.
25But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
26Then Hezekiah repented 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.
27Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables.
28He 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.
29He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.
30It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.
31But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.
32The 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.
33Hezekiah 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.