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.
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Tỗp Asi-ria Parưt Ễ Chíl Vil Yaru-salem
1Toâq moâm puo Hê-sakia táq tanoang tapứng máh ranáq Yiang Sursĩ ớn án táq, Sê-naca-rip puo cruang Asi-ria toâq chíl cruang Yuda. Án ớn tahan án ỡt crŏ́q lavíng máh vil ca bữn viang khâm, yuaq án ễ cheng ndỡm máh vil ki. 2Tữ Hê-sakia hữm Sê-naca-rip ễ chíl vil Yaru-salem machớng ki tê, 3ngkíq án cớp máh cũai ayững atĩ án pruam muoi mứt, chơ king nheq dỡq tũm yáng tiah vil, dŏq táq yỗn tỗp Asi-ria ŏ́q dỡq nguaiq toâq tỗp alới cheq ễ toâq vil Yaru-salem. 4Yuaq ngkíq, máh cũai ayững atĩ puo dững cũai proai clứng lứq pỡq culứp nheq máh mec dỡq cớp máh tũm hỡ, tỡ yỗn dỡq hoi noâng. Yuaq alới pai neq: “Cỗ nŏ́q máh puo tễ cruang Asi-ria toâq chíl hái, chơ bữn dỡq sa‑ữi?” 5Puo Hê-sakia atức viang vil Yaru-salem yỗn khâm lứq; án táq ngôl kĩaq tâng viang vil, cớp táq viang muoi lưp ễn yáng tiah viang vil hỡ. Ma hỡn tễ nâi, án atức máh ngôl kĩaq coah angia mandang loŏh tễ vil Yaru-salem, bân ntốq ca tiaq. Án táq coih cớp khễl sa‑ữi lứq. 6Án chóh cũai sốt tỗp tahan dŏq nhêng salĩq cũai proai, cớp arô tỗp alới yỗn toâq pỡ rana téh-cláng bân mpứng dĩ viang vil. Chơ án pai neq: 7“Cóq anhia sabớng cớp clŏ́q lứq! Chỗi ngcŏh puo Asi-ria, tỡ la poâl tahan án. Tỗp hái bữn chớc clữi tễ tỗp alới. 8Tỗp alới bữn rêng ống tễ cũai sâng, ma hái bữn rêng tễ Yiang Sursĩ, Ncháu hái; Ncháu lứq rachuai cớp chíl chuai tỗp hái.” Toâq cũai proai sâng puo pai ngkíq, chơ tỗp alới sâng hỡr loah. 9Ntun ki, bo Sê-naca-rip puo Asi-ria cớp tỗp tahan án noâng ỡt pỡ vil Lakit, án ớn cũai táq ranáq án pỡq chu vil Yaru-salem dŏq ramóh Hê-sakia puo Yuda, cớp dững santoiq neq: 10“Cứq, la Sê-naca-rip puo Asi-ria, sễq blớh anhia neq: ‘Acán ntrớu anhia poâng, mŏ anhia noâng khớn ỡt tâng vil Yaru-salem ca tahan cứq ỡt crŏ́q lavíng nâi?’ 11Hê-sakia puo anhia pai neq: ‘Yiang Sursĩ la Ncháu anhia ễ rachuai anhia yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ puo Asi-ria.’ Ma án raphếq rathũ anhia, cớp dững anhia yỗn cuchĩt khlac. 12Án toâp talốh nheq máh rup cớp máh prông sang yiang, ma án atỡng máh cũai proai Yuda cớp cũai Yaru-salem cóq chiau sang crơng, cớp bốh sang crơng tâng prông ống muoi ntốq sâng. 13Nŏ́q tỗp anhia tỡ bữn dáng cứq cớp achúc achiac cứq khoiq táq chóq máh cũai canŏ́h tỡ? Máh yiang cũai canŏ́h têq rachuai alới yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ cứq tỡ? 14Bo léq máh yiang ki rachuai cruang cutễq aléq yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ cứq? Cớp ntrớu táq yỗn anhia chanchớm, Yiang Sursĩ têq chuai anhia? 15Yuaq ngkíq, chỗi yỗn Hê-sakia raphếq rathũ anhia, cớp radững anhia pỡq tâng rana tỡ pĩeiq. Chỗi noap án; lứq tỡ bữn yiang aléq têq rachuai cũai proai yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ sốt máh puo cũai Asi-ria. Ma lứq samoât yiang anhia tỡ têq rachuai ntrớu anhia!” 16Máh cũai ayững atĩ Sê-naca-rip ayê ra‑ac Yiang Sursĩ cớp puo Hê-sakia, án ca táq ranáq Yiang Sursĩ. 17Khlễc choâiq ca án chĩc mumat Yiang Sursĩ, la Ncháu tỗp I-sarel, pai neq: “Máh yiang cũai canŏ́h tỡ têq rachuai proai yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ cứq. Lứq machớng ki tê Yiang Sursĩ ca Hê-sakia sang tỡ têq rachuai proai án yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ cứq.” 18Chơ máh cũai ayững atĩ puo Sê-naca-rip cuhễq máh cũai proai tâng viang vil Yaru-salem. Alới pai toâq parnai Hê-brơ prưt yỗn tỗp alới cỡt ngcŏh cớp pứt mứt; táq ngkíq yỗn lambỡ toâq alới mut chíl cheng ndỡm vil. 19Tỗp alới pai Yiang Sursĩ ca vil Yaru-salem sang, ki machớng cớp máh yiang cũai canŏ́h, la yiang atĩ cũai chống mial táq rup. 20Ngkíq puo Hê-sakia cớp cũai tang bỗq Yiang Sursĩ, ramứh Ê-sai con samiang Amot, câu sễq yỗn Yiang Sursĩ toâq chuai tễ ranáq nâi. 21Chơ Yiang Sursĩ ớn muoi ranễng án sễng cachĩt táh nheq máh cũai tahan cớp máh cũai sốt taniap tỗp tahan Asi-ria tâng dỗn alới. Yuaq ngkíq, puo Sê-naca-rip píh chu loah pỡ cruang cutễq án, cớp án sâng casiet táq lứq. Toâq án mut tâng dống sang yiang án bữm, máh con samiang án bữm tráh án toâq dau. 22Ngkíq Yiang Sursĩ chuai puo Hê-sakia cớp tỗp proai I-sarel yỗn vớt tễ talang atĩ Sê-naca-rip, la puo Asi-ria, cớp tễ talang atĩ máh cũai par‑ũal alới. Ncháu táq yỗn cũai proai bữn ỡt ien khễ cớp cruang ca ỡt cheq alới. 23Bữn sa‑ữi náq cũai dững crơng toâq chiau sang Yiang Sursĩ pỡ vil Yaru-salem, cớp dững crơng mpon yỗn puo Hê-sakia. Ngkíq, noap tễ tangái ki, cũai cruang canŏ́h yám noap lứq Hê-sakia.