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Atc^si^lie Caangv Bieqc Yu^ndaa

(Beiv mangc 2 Hungh Douh 18:13-37; 19:14-19; 35-37; I^saa^yaa 36:1-22; 37:8-38)

¹He^se^ki^yaa Hungh ziepc zuoqv nyei zoux liuz naaiv deix sic, nqa'haav Atc^si^lie nyei hungh, Sen^naa^ke^lipv daaih caangv bieqc Yu^ndaa. Ninh weih gormx yietc zungv maaih zingh laatc wuonv nyei zingh, hnamv oix caangv daaih benx ninh ganh nyei zingh. ²He^se^ki^yaa buatc Sen^naa^ke^lipv daaih jiez hnyouv oix mborqv Ye^lu^saa^lem, ³ninh ziouc caux ninh nyei jien caux henv haic nyei baeng caangh laangh oix zaeqv zingh nyei wuom-zingv. Ninh mbuo ziouc tengx ninh. ⁴Maaih mienh camv nyei gapv zunv daaih zaeqv nzengc yietc zungv wuom-zingv caux liouc jiex deic-bung wuov diuh ndoqv-dorn. Ninh mbuo gorngv, “Fungc oix zuqc bun Atc^si^lie nyei hungh daaih buatc wuom ndongc naaiv camv!” ⁵Hungh diex longc qaqv zoux gong zorc zingh laatc mbaang waaic nyei dorngx aengx ceix laauh yiem zingh laatc gu'nguaaic. Yiem zingh laatc ga'nyiec maengx ninh aengx ceix yiemc zingh laatc weih gormx, aengx ceix Ndaawitv nyei Zingh, Minlo,⚓ wuov norm dorngx. Ninh yaac zoux mborqv jaax nyei wuoqc ginc caux torngv-baaih camv.
⁶Ninh paaiv jun-baeng-bieiv gunv baeqc fingx, aengx heuc ninh mbuo gapv zunv yiem zingh gaengh nyei domh zuangx zaamc, ziouc longc naaiv deix waac orn ninh mbuo nyei hnyouv. ⁷“Meih mbuo oix zuqc henv yaac daamv hlo. Maiv dungx gamh nziex yaac maiv dungx hnyouv namx laaix Atc^si^lie nyei hungh caux gan ninh wuov deix yietc zungv jun-baeng, weic zuqc caux mbuo yiem wuov dauh zungv gauh henv caux ninh mbuo yiem nyei. ⁸Caux ninh yiem nyei se baamh mienh hnangv, mv baac caux mbuo yiem wuov dauh se Ziouv, mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, weic tengx mbuo yaac weic mbuo mborqv jaax.” Baeqc fingx ziouc kaux Yu^ndaa nyei hungh, He^se^ki^yaa, nyei waac duqv orn hnyouv.
⁹Nqa'haav Atc^si^lie nyei hungh, Sen^naa^ke^lipv, caux ninh nyei zuangx jun-baeng weih jienv Laakitv Zingh wuov zanc, ninh paaiv ninh nyei baeng-bieiv mingh Yu^ndaa nyei hungh, He^se^ki^yaa, caux yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh nyei yietc zungv Yu^ndaa Mienh gorngv,
¹⁰“Atc^si^lie nyei hungh, Sen^naa^ke^lipv, hnangv naaiv nor gorngv, ‘Meih mbuo kaux haaix nyungc cingx daaih yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem zuqc jun-baeng weih gormx? ¹¹He^se^ki^yaa Hungh mbuox meih mbuo “Ziouv, yie mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, zungv oix njoux yie mbuo biaux ndutv Atc^si^lie nyei buoz-ndiev” wuov deix waac ninh kungx nduov meih mbuo, oix bun meih mbuo zuqc ngorc hnaangx jaang nqaatv daic. ¹²He^se^ki^yaa Hungh ganh caeqv yiem hlang zaangc naaiv dauh zienh nyei dorngx caux ziec-dorngh, yaac gorngv mbuox meih mbuo Yu^ndaa caux Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei zuangx mienh, “Meih mbuo kungx oix zuqc daaih naaiv norm nduqc norm ziec-dorngh buov fongc horc ziec nyei ga'naaiv hnangv.”
¹³“ ‘Meih mbuo maiv hiuv duqv yie caux yie nyei ong-taaix hnangv haaix nor zoux bun ganh guoqv nyei fingx-fingx mienh fai? Wuov deix guoqv nyei baeqc fingx nyei zienh haih njoux ninh mbuo biaux ndutv yie nyei buoz-ndiev fai? ¹⁴Yie nyei ong-taaix mietc nzengc wuov deix guoqv nyei haaix dauh zienh duqv njoux ninh nyei baeqc fingx biaux ndutv yie fai? Wuov nyungc meih mbuo nyei zienh haih njoux meih mbuo biaux ndutv, maiv zuqc yiem yie nyei buoz-ndiev fai? ¹⁵Hnangv naaiv nor, maiv dungx bun He^se^ki^yaa nduov meih mbuo, bun meih mbuo hnamv dorngc. Maiv dungx sienx ninh, weic zuqc maiv maaih haaix norm guoqv fai haaix fingx mienh nyei zienh haih njoux ninh nyei baeqc fingx biaux ndutv yie fai yie nyei ong-taaix nyei buoz-ndiev. Hnangv naaic meih mbuo nyei zienh gauh fatv maiv haih njoux meih mbuo.’+”
¹⁶Sen^naa^ke^lipv nyei jien corc aengx gorngv camv-nyungc daanh Ziouv Tin-Hungh caux ninh nyei bou, He^se^ki^yaa. ¹⁷Ninh yaac fiev fienx gorngv doqc Ziouv, I^saa^laa^en nyei Tin-Hungh, yaac hnangv naaiv nor gorngv ninh, “Naaiv deix guoqv nyei zienh maiv njoux ninh mbuo nyei baeqc fingx biaux ndutv yie nyei buoz-ndiev. He^se^ki^yaa nyei zienh yaac fih hnangv nyei maiv haih njoux ninh nyei baeqc fingx biaux ndutv yie nyei buoz-ndiev.” ¹⁸Naaiv deix baeng-bieiv longc Yu^ndaa Mienh nyei waac⚓ heuc mbui nyei gorngv mbuox yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei zingh laatc gu'nguaaic nyei mienh, oix haeqv ninh mbuo, bun ninh mbuo gamh nziex haic ziouc haih caangv duqv wuov norm zingh. ¹⁹Ninh mbuo gorngv Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei Tin-Hungh hnangv ninh mbuo gorngv lungh ndiev nyei ganh fingx mienh nyei zienh, se mienh nyei buoz zoux daaih nyei zienh.

Tin-Hungh Njoux He^se^ki^yaa

(Beiv mangc 2 Hungh Douh 19:1-37; I^saa^yaa 37:1-38)

²⁰He^se^ki^yaa Hungh caux Aamortv nyei dorn, douc waac mienh, I^saa^yaa, ziouc weic naaiv deix jauv mangc jienv lungh heuc jienv daux gaux. ²¹Ziouv ziouc paaiv dauh fin-mienh bieqc Atc^si^lie hungh nyei ciangv daix nzengc ninh henv haic nyei mborqv jaax baeng caux ninh nyei domh baeng-bieiv fiuv-baeng-bieiv. Atc^si^lie nyei hungh ziouc nyaiv haic, nzuonx ninh ganh nyei guoqv. Ninh bieqc ninh nyei zienh nyei biauv wuov zanc, maaih deix ninh ganh nyei dorn longc nzuqc ndaauv daix ninh aqv.
²²Hnangv naaic Ziouv njoux He^se^ki^yaa caux Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei baeqc fingx biaux ndutv Atc^si^lie nyei hungh, Sen^naa^ke^lipv, nyei buoz-ndiev yaac biaux ndutv yietc zungv win-wangv nyei buoz-ndiev. ²³Mienh camv nyei daaih taux Ye^lu^saa^lem dorh ga'naaiv daaih bun Ziouv, aengx dorh jaaix nyei ga'naaiv daaih bun Yu^ndaa nyei hungh, He^se^ki^yaa. Yiem naaic daaih maanc guoqv mienh taaih He^se^ki^yaa weih hlo.

He^se^ki^yaa Butv Baengc

(Beiv mangc 2 Hungh Douh 20:1-11; I^saa^yaa 38:1-22)

²⁴Wuov deix ziangh hoc He^se^ki^yaa butv baengc aav lamh daic aqv. Ninh daux gaux tov Ziouv,Ziouv yaac dau aengx bun norm mbuoqc horngh nyei jangx-hoc. ²⁵Mv baac He^se^ki^yaa maiv laengz Ziouv nyei zingh en weic zuqc ninh nyei hnyouv maux. Weic naaiv Ziouv nouz haic ninh caux Yu^ndaa caux Ye^lu^saa^lem. ²⁶He^se^ki^yaa ziouc nyiemv aengx goiv hnyouv guangc ninh zoux maux nyei jauv. Weic naaiv yiem He^se^ki^yaa ziangh nyei hnoi-nyieqc, Ziouv maiv bun ninh mbuo zuqc ninh nouz.

He^se^ki^yaa Butv Zoih Yaac Maaih Njang-Laangc

(Beiv mangc 2 Hungh Douh 20:12-19; I^saa^yaa 39:1-8)

²⁷He^se^ki^yaa za'gengh! butv zoih haic. Haaix dauh yaac taaih ninh. Ninh zoux dorngx siou ninh nyei jiem nyaanh caux jaaix nyei la'bieiv, laapc liuc, torngv-baaih caux nyungc-nyungc jaaix nyei jaa-sic. ²⁸Ninh zoux lamz siou laangh ziqc, aengx zoux dorngx siou siang-a'ngunc diuv caux ga'lanv youh. Ninh aengx zoux nyungc-nyungc saeng-kuv nyei dorngx caux yungh laanh. ²⁹Ninh yaac ceix zingh camv nyei yaac duqv ngongh guanh yungh guanh camv! haic, weic zuqc Tin-Hungh ceix bun ninh za'gengh! butv zoih haic.
³⁰Se dongh He^se^ki^yaa caeqv Gi^hon wuov jiex nyei wuom-zingv bun wuom liouc njiec daaih bieqc Ndaawitv nyei Zingh. He^se^ki^yaa zoux haaix nyungc ninh duqv longx. ³¹Hnangv naaiv nor maaih Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei domh jien paaiv daaih nyei gong-zoh daaih naaic taux yiem guoqv zaangc cuotv nyei jangx-hoc. Tin-Hungh bun ninh sueih ninh ganh nyei hnyouv kauv ninh, oix hiuv duqv yiem ninh nyei hnyouv maaih nyei yietc zungv.

He^se^ki^yaa Guei Seix

(Beiv mangc 2 Hungh Douh 20:20-21)

³²He^se^ki^yaa Hungh gunv nyei ziangh hoc zoux zengc njiec nyei sic caux ninh zoux longx nyei jauv, fiev jienv Aamortv nyei dorn, douc waac mienh, I^saa^yaa, laauc yaangh nyei sic yiem I^saa^laa^en caux Yu^ndaa nyei hungh douh daan. ³³He^se^ki^yaa guei seix mi'aqv.⚓ Ninh zangx jienv yiem Ndaawitv nyei zeiv-fun nyei zouv-gemh wuov jiex maengx bung. Ninh daic nyei ziangh hoc, Yu^ndaa Deic caux Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh nyei zuangx mienh taaih ninh. Ninh nyei dorn, Maa^natv^se, nzipc jienv ninh zoux hungh.

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Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord

¹After ⚓these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself. ²And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem, ³he consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him. ⁴Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the ⚓springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?” ⁵And ⚓he strengthened himself, ⚓built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired the ⚓Millo in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance. ⁶Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and ⚓gave them encouragement, saying, ⁷⚓“Be strong and courageous; ⚓do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for ⚓there are more with us than with him. ⁸With 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 were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
⁹⚓After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, ¹⁰⚓“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem? ¹¹Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ⚓“The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”? ¹²⚓Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on ⚓it”? ¹³Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? ⚓Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand? ¹⁴Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my ⚓hand? ¹⁵Now therefore, ⚓do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’ ”
¹⁶Furthermore, his servants spoke against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.
¹⁷He also wrote letters to revile 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 from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my ⚓hand.” ¹⁸⚓Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city. ¹⁹And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth—⚓the work of men’s hands.

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

²⁰⚓Now because of this King Hezekiah and ⚓the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven. ²¹⚓Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned ⚓shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
²²Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side. ²³And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem, and ⚓presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was ⚓exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.

Hezekiah Humbles Himself

²⁴⚓In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the Lord; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign. ²⁵But Hezekiah ⚓did not repay according to the favor shown him, for ⚓his heart was lifted up; ⚓therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶⚓Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them ⚓in the days of Hezekiah.

Hezekiah’s Wealth and Honor

²⁷Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items; ²⁸storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and folds for flocks. ²⁹Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for ⚓God had given him very much property. ³⁰⚓This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah ⚓prospered in all his works.
³¹However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they ⚓sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to ⚓test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

Death of Hezekiah

³²Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, indeed 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⚓So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ⚓honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.