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Hê-sakia Cỡt Puo Yuda

¹Tâng cumo pái Hô-sê con samiang E-lah cỡt puo cruang I-sarel, bữn Hê-sakia con samiang puo Ahat chỗn cỡt puo cruang Yuda. ²Hê-sakia chỗn cỡt puo cruang Yuda bo án bar chít la sỡng cumo; án cỡt sốt tâng vil Yaru-salem bar chít takêh cumo. Mpiq án ramứh Abi, con mansễm Sa-chari. ³Án táq máh ranáq pĩeiq choâng moat Yiang Sursĩ, machớng puo Davĩt achúc achiac án khoiq táq. ⁴Án talốh táh máh ntốq noau cucốh sang yiang canŏ́h; án pieih máh tamáu khớt cớp poâiq táh nheq tanũl noau dốq sang yiang Asê-ra. Án pieih talốh nheq rup cusân Môi-se khoiq tooc toâq sapoan; rup ki noau dŏq ramứh Nê-hutan. Yuaq máh cũai proai I-sarel noâng chŏ́ng crơng phuom dŏq chiau sang rup cusân ki toau toâq dỡi ki.
⁵Hê-sakia sa‑âm Yiang Sursĩ, Ncháu cũai I-sarel, nheq rangứh rahỡ. Máh puo cruang Yuda tỡ bữn puo aléq ma ariang án, dếh cũai puo nhũang tỡ la ntun án. ⁶Án puai cớp trĩh Yiang Sursĩ samoât samơi lứq, cớp án yống pacái lứq dũ ŏ́c Yiang Sursĩ khoiq patâp na Môi-se. ⁷Yiang Sursĩ ỡt níc cớp án; ngkíq dũ ranáq án táq cỡt moâm nheq. Án táq choac chóq puo Asi-ria cớp tỡ bữn pruam noâng táq ranáq puo ki. ⁸Án chíl riap vil cớt cớp vil toâr tỗp Phi-li-tin, toau toâq pỡ vil toâr Casa, cớp máh vil ỡt mpễr ki. ⁹Tâng cumo pỗn Hê-sakia cỡt puo cruang Yuda, bữn Hô-sê con samiang E-lah cỡt puo tâng cruang I-sarel tapul cumo chơ. Ma Sal-mana-sê puo Asi-ria toâq chíl cruang I-sarel, cớp tỗp tahan án ỡt crŏ́q lavíng dŏq vil Sa-mari. ¹⁰Vớt pái cumo, ki nŏ́q tỗp alới sarbữn cớp bữn vil Sa-mari. Ranáq nâi cỡt tâng cumo tapoât Hê-sakia cỡt puo, ma tâng cumo takêh Hô-sê cỡt puo I-sarel. ¹¹Puo Asi-ria cỗp máh cũai proai I-sarel dững chu cruang Asi-ria. Án yỗn muoi tỗp ỡt tâng vil Hala, muoi tỗp ỡt tâng cruang Cô-san cheq crỗng Habor, cớp muoi tỗp ễn ỡt tâng máh vil tâng cruang Mê-dia. ¹²Vil Sa-mari cỡt ralốh la cỗ tian cũai I-sarel tỡ bữn trĩh santoiq Yiang Sursĩ, Ncháu alới. Ma alới táh máh ŏ́c parkhán Yiang Sursĩ khoiq yỗn tỗp alới na Môi-se, la cũai táq ranáq Yiang Sursĩ. Alới tỡ bữn tamứng cớp tỡ bữn trĩh án.

Tỗp Asi-ria Padâm Máh Cũai Tâng Vil Yaru-salem

¹³Tâng cumo muoi chít la pỗn Hê-sakia cỡt puo cruang Yuda, Sê-naca-rip puo Asi-ria toâq chíl máh vil cũai Yuda bữn viang khâm, cớp án cheng bữn máh vil ki. ¹⁴Puo Hê-sakia cơiq parnai yỗn puo Sê-naca-rip ỡt tâng vil Lakit, bữn santoiq neq: “Cứq khoiq táq lôih; sễq anhia carlũn aloŏh nheq máh tahan anhia, cớp máh léq anhia ễ bữn la cứq yỗn.”
Puo Sê-naca-rip ta‑ỡi loah án neq: “Puo Hê-sakia ơi! Cứq ễ bữn práq muoi chít tân, cớp yễng muoi tân tễ mới.”
¹⁵Chơ puo Hê-sakia ĩt máh práq tễ Dống Sang Toâr cớp tễ dống puo cơiq yỗn án. ¹⁶Cớp án pŏ́c ĩt nheq máh yễng tễ santŏ́ng Dống Sang Toâr Yiang Sursĩ. Máh yễng ki án toâp blom tễ nhũang. Chơ án cơiq nheq yỗn puo Asi-ria.
¹⁷Chơ án ớn pái náq cũai taniap tahan án dững tahan clứng lứq tễ vil Lakit pỡq chu vil Yaru-salem dŏq ớn puo Hê-sakia cóq chĩuq pê. Án tayứng tâng rana bân ntốq cũai dốq pooh aroâiq, cheq parchong dỡq hoi tễ amống coah pỡng. ¹⁸Chơ tỗp alới arô puo Hê-sakia yỗn toâq ramóh alới. Cớp bữn pái náq ayững atĩ Hê-sakia pỡq ramóh alới; ramứh alới pái náq la neq: E-lia-kim con samiang Hil-kia, cũai táq ranáq tâng dống puo; Sêp-na, cũai ayững atĩ chĩc choâiq yỗn puo; cớp Yũa con samiang Asap, cũai sốt chĩc máh ranáq noau atỡng. ¹⁹Cũai taniap tahan tỗp Asi-ria pai chóq alới pái náq ki neq: “Puo Asi-ria, án ca bữn chớc toâr lứq, yoc ễ dáng ntrớu ca táq yỗn puo Hê-sakia cỡt mứt clŏ́q cớp sabớng? ²⁰Nŏ́q anhia chanchớm láih parnai têq pláih tỗp tahan rêng cớp khễuq nâi tỡ? Anhia chanchớm noau toâp têq rachuai anhia, mŏ anhia lớn-sarlớn chóq cruang Asi-ria? ²¹Sanua anhia ngcuang cruang Ê-yip-tô toâq rachuai anhia. Ma táq ngkíq la ariang anhia yống ralỡng khoiq proam; toâq anhia troaq ralỡng ki, atĩ anhia lứq cỡt sarong. Puo Ê-yip-tô la samoât ngkíq yỗn máh cũai ca poâng án.”
²²Ma cũai ayững atĩ Asi-ria pai tữm ễn neq: “Cŏh lơ anhia ễ atỡng cứq la anhia poâng Yiang Sursĩ, Ncháu anhia. Ma puo Hê-sakia khoiq talốh táh máh ntốq sang toam cớp máh prông sang Yiang Sursĩ chơ.⚓ Cớp án khoiq atỡng cũai proai tâng cruang Yuda cớp cũai proai tâng vil Yaru-salem la cóq alới sang toam Yiang Sursĩ tâng prông sang pỡ vil Yaru-salem sâng. ²³Cứq ễ par‑ữq cớp anhia nhơ ramứh puo cũai Asi-ria neq: Cứq ễ yỗn anhia aséh bar ngin lám khân anhia bữn cũai têq ỡt máh aséh ki! ²⁴Lứq samoât anhia tỡ bữn li mŏ cớp cũai bữn chớc cacớt lứq tâng cruang Asi-ria, tam anhia ngcuang cruang Ê-yip-tô cơiq máh sễ aséh rachíl cớp tỗp tahan ỡt aséh. ²⁵Anhia chanchớm Yiang Sursĩ tỡ bữn chuai cứq dŏq chíl cớp talốh cruang anhia tỡ? Ống Yiang Sursĩ toâp ớn cứq toâq chíl cớp talốh nheq cruang anhia.”
²⁶Chơ E-lia-kim, Sêp-na, cớp Yũa atỡng cũai sốt ki neq: “Sễq anhia táq ntỡng toâq parnai Aram chóq hếq, yuaq hếq dáng tê parnai ki. Ma chỗi táq ntỡng toâq parnai Hê-brơ, yuaq dũ náq cũai ỡt tâng pỡng viang vil, alới bữn tamứng tê.”
²⁷Cũai sốt ki ta‑ỡi loah neq: “Tỗp anhia chanchớm puo ớn cứq toâq pỡ nâi dŏq atỡng ống anhia cớp puo anhia sâng tỡ? Lứq tỡ cỡn ngkíq! Cứq atỡng la ễq dếh alới ca tacu tâng pỡng viang vil nâi sâng tê. Yuaq nỡ‑ra tỗp alới lứq cha créq cớp nguaiq ralũm bữm machớng cớp anhia tê.”
²⁸Chơ cũai sốt ki yuor tayứng cớp pai casang toâq parnai Hê-brơ neq: “Cóq anhia tamứng máh parnai puo Asi-ria atỡng anhia. ²⁹Án catoaih anhia chỗi yỗn puo Hê-sakia raphếq rathũ anhia, yuaq puo ki tỡ têq rachuai anhia ntrớu mŏ. ³⁰Chỗi yỗn án radững anhia poâng ống Yiang Sursĩ sâng. Chỗi chanchớm pai Yiang Sursĩ têq chuai amoong anhia; cớp chỗi chanchớm pai Yiang Sursĩ têq catáng máh tahan Asi-ria tỡ yỗn toâq cheng ĩt vil anhia. ³¹Chỗi tamứng santoiq puo Hê-sakia. puo Asi-ria ớn anhia loŏh tễ vil anhia, cớp chĩuq pê. Án ễ yỗn dũ náq anhia bữn cha palâi nho tễ voar nho anhia chóh bữm, cớp bữn cha palâi tarúng tễ nỡm anhia chóh bữm, dếh nguaiq dỡq tễ chữong anhia píq bữm hỡ. ³²Vớt ki án chuaq bữn ntốq yỗn anhia ỡt loâng táng vil tâng muoi cruang canŏ́h ĩn tháng cruang anhia bữm, la ntốq bữn nưong nho dŏq táq blŏ́ng, racáu dŏq táq bễng mi. Tâng cruang ki bữn moang palâi o‑li‑vê, dỡq nsễng o‑li‑vê, cớp dỡq khĩal. Khân anhia trĩh parnai cứq, anhia tỡ bữn cuchĩt, ma anhia bữn tamoong. Chỗi yỗn Hê-sakia raphếq rathũ anhia, cớp chỗi chanchớm pai Yiang Sursĩ têq chuai amoong anhia. ³³Bữn yiang aléq têq chuai cruang alới yỗn vớt tễ puo Asi-ria tỡ? ³⁴Sanua, pỡ léq máh yiang vil Hamat cớp vil Ar-pat ỡt? Cớp nléq yiang vil Sê-phar-vêm, yiang vil Hê-na, cớp yiang vil I-va ỡt? Tễ nhũang tỡ bữn yiang aléq têq rachuai tỗp Sa-mari. ³⁵Máh yiang ki tỡ têq rachuai cruang alới yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ puo hếq. Khân ngkíq, nŏ́q anhia chanchớm Yiang Sursĩ têq chuai amoong cũai tâng vil Yaru-salem?”
³⁶Ma máh cũai proai ỡt rangiac sâng, tỡ bữn noau ta‑ỡi muoi ŏ́c ntrớu loâng. Yuaq puo Hê-sakia khoiq pai; “Chỗi ta‑ỡi ntrớu án.”
³⁷Chơ E-lia-kim, Sêp-na, cớp Yũa háq tampâc alới bữm cỗ sâng ngua lứq tâng mứt, cớp alới atỡng puo Hê-sakia tễ máh santoiq cũai ayững atĩ puo Asi-ria khoiq pai.

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Hezekiah Reigns in Judah

¹Now it came to pass in the third year of ⚓Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that⚓Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. ²He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was⚓Abi the daughter of Zechariah. ³And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
⁴⚓He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in pieces the ⚓bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan. ⁵He ⚓trusted in the Lord God of Israel, ⚓so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. ⁶For he ⚓held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁷The Lord⚓was with him; he ⚓prospered wherever he went. And he ⚓rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. ⁸⚓He subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, ⚓from watchtower to fortified city.
⁹Now ⚓it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. ¹⁰And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is,⚓the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. ¹¹⚓Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them ⚓in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, ¹²because they ⚓did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.
¹³And ⚓in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. ¹⁴Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay.” And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. ¹⁵So Hezekiah ⚓gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house. ¹⁶At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord

¹⁷Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the ⚓aqueduct from the upper pool, ⚓which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field. ¹⁸And when they had called to the king, ⚓Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them. ¹⁹Then 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? ²⁰You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? ²¹⚓Now look! You are trusting in the 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 trust in him. ²²But 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 in Jerusalem’?” ’ ²³Now 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! ²⁴How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? ²⁵Have I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’ ”
²⁶⚓Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 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 Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
²⁷But the Rabshakeh said to them, “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?”
²⁸Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew, and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! ²⁹Thus says the king: ⚓‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you from his hand; ³⁰nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’ ³¹Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; 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; ³²until 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, a land of olive groves and honey, that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” ³³⚓Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? ³⁴Where are the gods of ⚓Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and ⚓Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand? ³⁵Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, ⚓that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”
³⁶But the people held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.” ³⁷Then 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.