1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. 2He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 3They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. 4It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.” 5When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, 6Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ” 8When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. 9Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,⚓ was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10“Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’ 11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? 12Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? 13Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?”
Hezekiah’s Prayer
14Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God. 17“It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. 19Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, Lord, are God.”
Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall
20Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. 21This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “ ‘Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and mocks you. Daughter Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee. 22Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! 23By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, “With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest parts, the finest of its forests. 24I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
25“ ‘Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone. 26Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.
27“ ‘But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me. 28Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’ 29“This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah: “This year you will eat what grows by itself, and the second year what springs from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 30Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above. 31For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. “The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. 32“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “ ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it. 33By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city,
34I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’ ” 35That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 37One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.
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Nau Y-Hêsêkia Mbơh Sơm, Jêh Ri Nau Mbơh Lor Y-Êsai-Nau Tâm Rklaih Yêrusalem
1Tơlah Hađăch Hêsêkia tăng nau nây păng nkhêk bok ao păng jêh ri nsoh ao kroh, jêh ri lăp tâm ngih Yêhôva. 2Păng prơh hăn Y-Êliakim, nơm chiă uănh ngih, jêh ri Y-Sêpha, kôranh chih sămƀŭt, jêh ri phung kôranh ƀư brah ranh rlau lơn, nsoh ao ƀau (ao kroh), hăn tât ma kôranh nơm mbơh lor Y-Êsai, kon buklâu Y-Amôt. 3Khân păng lah ma păng, "Pôaơ nau Y-Hêsêkia lah, Nar aơ jêng nar geh nau uh ah, nau nduyh, jêh ri nau bêk prêng; yorlah phung bu ur lĕ trâl khay jêh, ƀiălah lĕ huơi mâu dơi ndôr deh ôh. 4Klăp lah Yêhôva Brah Ndu may hŏ tăng jêh nau Rapsaka, nơm hađăch Asiri, kôranh păng prơh hăn tât gay ntêh rmot Brah Ndu rêh; jêh ri mra nduyh nau ngơi Yêhôva Brah Ndu may tăng jêh. Yor nây mbơh sơm hom ma phung hôm e." 5Tơlah phung oh mon hađăch Hêsêkia hăn tât ma Y-Êsai, 6Y-Êsai lah ma khân păng, 'Pô aơ Yêhôva lah: Lơi klach ôh yor nau ngơi khân may lĕ tăng jêh, ma nau nây phung oh mon hađăch Asiri suai rak jêh ma gâp. 7Gâp mra du nau mĭn tâm păng, pôri păng mra iăt nau bu nkoch bri jêh ri păng du sĭt ma bri păng nơm; ta nây gâp mra dŏng đao nkhĭt păng.'" 8Tơlah Rapsaka plơ̆ sĭt ma hađăch Asiri, saơ khân păng dôl nchueng lơh ƀon Lipna; yorlah păng tăng jêh hađăch du jêh tă bơh ƀon Lakis. 9Hađăch tăng ma Y-Tirhaka hađăch Êthiôpi, lah: "Aơ, păng văch ŭch tâm lơh đah may, "Yor nau nây, Sênakêrip prơh đŏng bunuyh hăn ma hađăch Hêsêkia, lah: 10"Pôaơ nau khân may mra ngơi ma Y-Hêsêkia, hađăch Yuda: 'Lơi ăn Brah Ndu may, jêng Nơm may nsing rnơm, ndơm may ôh, lah: Yêrusalem mâu mra jao tâm ti hađăch Asiri ôh. 11Aơ, may hŏ tăng moh nau phung hađăch Asiri ƀư jêh ma lĕ rngôch n'gor bri, ƀư rai khân păng lĕ ƀhiau, jêh ri khân may mra dơi klaih lĕ? 12Lĕ rngôch phung brah ma phung ntil mpôl bunuyh lĕ mâp tâm rklaih lĕ khân păng, jêng phung ntil mpôl bunuyh gâp hŏ ƀư rai Jêh n'gor Gôsan, ƀon Haran, ƀon Rêsep, jêh ri phung ƀon lan Êden gŭ ta ƀon Têlasar? 13Phung hađăch ƀon Hamat, hađăch ƀon Arpat, hađăch ƀon Sepharvam, hađăch ƀon Hêna, mâu lah hađăch ƀon Iva mbah ntŭk khân păng gŭ?'" 14Y-Hêsêkia, sŏk dơn sămƀŭt bơh ti phung bu prơh hăn jêh ri uănh. Pônây, Y-Hêsêkia hăn hao ma ngih Yêhôva jêh ri ling sămƀŭt ta năp Yêhôva. 15Y-Hêsêkia mbơh sơm ta năp Yêhôva jêh ri lah, "Hơi Yêhôva, Brah Ndu Israel, Nơm gŭ ta sưng hađăch ta kalơ phung Chêrubim, kanŏng êng May jêng Brah Ndu ma lĕ rngôch ƀon bri hađăch ta neh ntu. May njêng jêh trôk jêh ri neh ntu. 16Hơi Yêhôva! Rkêng hom tôr May jêh ri iăt. Hơi Yêhôva! lin hom măt may jêh ri treng. Dăn Kôranh Brah iăt hom nau Sênakêrip ngơi, nau păng njuăl ŭch mưch ma Brah Ndu rêh. 17N'hêl nanê̆, Hơi Yêhôva, phung hađăch Asiri ƀư rai jêh phung ntil mpôl bunuyh nây jêh ri bri khân păng, 18jêh ri mƀăr lơi brah khân păng tâm ŭnh, yorlah khân păng mâu jêng brah ôh, ƀiălah kanŏng jêng kan ti bunuyh, tơm si jêh ri lŭ; yor nây bu ƀư rai lơi khân păng. 19Pôri aƀaơ, Hơi Yêhôva Brah Ndu hên, tâm rklaih hom hên klaih tă bơh ti Sênakêrip, gay ma lĕ rngôch ƀon bri hađăch ta neh ntu dơi gĭt kanŏng êng may Yêhôva jêng Brah Ndu. 20Jêh ri Y-Êsai, kon buklâu Y-Amôt njuăl bâr ngơi ma Y-Hêsêkia lah, "Pô aơ nau Yêhôva Brah Ndu Israel lah: gâp tăng jêh nau may mbơh sơm ma gâp yor Sênakêrip hađăch Asiri. 21Aơ jêng nau Yêhôva ngơi di ma păng: "Kon bu ur ƀon Siôn tâm rmot ma may, kon bu ur ƀon Yêrusalem rteh bôk pakơi may. 22"Ma mbu may mưch jêh ri rtăp rak jêh? Ma mbu may nter tâm rdâng jêh ri N'gơr măt ma nau sưr? Ma phung kloh ueh Israel! 23Ma phung may prơh hăn, may lĕ mưch jêh ma Yêhôva, jêh ri may hŏ lah jêh, 'Ma âk ndeh seh gâp, gâp hao jêh kalơ dor yôk, tât ta bôl bri Liban; Gâp hŏ kăl jêh tơm si Sêdar păng prêh lơn, jêh ri tơm si Chiprơ păng ueh lơn; Gâp lăp jêh ntŭk păng ngai lơn, krŏng păng mbâl lơn. 24Gâp kuyh jêh ndrâm ntu jêh ri gâp nhêt jêh dak phung bunăch, jêh ri ma mpang jâng gâp, gâp ƀư suăt jêh lĕ rngôch n'hor dak n'gor bri Êjipt. 25"Nau aơ gâp hŏ thăm jŏ jêh, Kan aơ gâp hŏ ndrăp ơm bơh kăl e, mâm may mâu hŏ gĭt nau aơ? Aƀaơ ri, gâp ƀư ăn tât nau nây, gay ma may mra ƀư rai lơi ƀon geh pôih nâp jêng mbŭch bu bun rsong ndơ lĕ djơh rai jêh. 26Yor nây, phung ƀon lan ăp ƀon nây lĕ rdja da dê geh nau klach krit jêh ri bêk prêng; jêh ri khân păng jêng nâm bu gơ̆ nse tâm mir, nâm bu gơ̆ hon kalơ chor ngih, lĕ krŏt mâu hao prêh. 27"Ƀiălah gâp gĭt ntŭk may gŭ, dôl may hăn luh may hăn lăp, jêh ri nau may ji nuih ma gâp, gâp hŏ gĭt da dê jêh. 28Yorlah may ji nuih jêh ma gâp, jêh ri nau may ngơi sưr hao tât jêh ma tôr gâp, gâp mra nklĕ ndar gâp ta trôm muh may, jêh ri gâp dơm gang loih n'gla trôm mbung may. Jêh nây gâp mra mplơ̆ sĭt may tĭng trong may lĕ tă hăn jêh. 29Pôri, aơ mra jêng nau mbên ma may: Năm aơ, may mra sa ndơ ntil grăp tô̆p tă kalơ, hon êng păng; năm taơ, sa ndơ hon êng bơh ndơ nây; ƀiălah năm nguay (năm rơh pe) khân may mra srih jêh ri rek; tăm play kriăk ƀâu jêh ri sa play păng. 30Mbu nâm ntil mpôl lĕ lăn jêh, hôm e ntil mpôl phung Yuda mra brôi tay reh tâm dâng, kalơ mra geh play. 31Yorlah tă bơh ƀon Yêrusalem mra luh du phung hôm e, jêh ri tă bơh ƀon Siôn mra geh du phung klaih. Nau Yêhôva Srôih nsram mra ƀư nau aơ. 32"Yor nau nây, Yêhôva ngơi lah ma hađăch Asiri pôaơ: Păng mâu mra lăp ƀon aơ ôh, mâu lĕ pănh du tong hăr ta nây; mâu lah văch ta năp păng mra khêl mâu lah n'hao neh ƀư mpêr gay nchueng lơh păng. 33Yêhôva lah: Păng mra plơ̆ sĭt tĭng trong păng hŏ văch tât, mâu geh lăp tâm ƀon aơ. 34Yor gâp nơm jêh ri yor Y-David, oh mon gâp, gâp mra n'gang ƀon aơ gay tâm rklaih păng." 35Măng nây tông păr ueh Yêhôva du luh hăn tât tâm pôih phung Asiri, jêh ri nkhĭt du rsen pham rmưn prăm rbăn bunuyh ta nây. Tơlah bu kah rngăl ơm ôi, aơ lĕ phung nây jêng săk jăn lĕ khĭt jêh. 36Jêh ri Sênakêrip, hađăch Asiri du sĭt hăn gŭ ta ƀon Ninivơ. 37Dôl păng gŭ mbah yơk ma brah tâm ngih Nisrôk brah păng, Y-Adramêlek jêh ri Y-Sarêser phung kon buklâu păng nkhĭt păng ma đao jêh ri du hăn rlet bri Ararat. Jêh nây Y-Êsarhadôn kon buklâu păng chiă uănh thoi păng.