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Yeluxalee yuav dim ntawm Xenakhawli
(2Vntx. 19:1-19)
5Thaus vaajntxwv Hexekhiya cov tim xyoob tuaj cuag Yaxaya,
6Yaxaya has rua puab tas, “Ca le has rua mej tug vaajntxwv tas, ‘Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Tsw xob ntshai tej lug kws mej tau nov hov, yog tej lug kws Axilia tug vaajntxwv tej num tswv thuaj kuv.
7Saib maj, kuv yuav tshoov nwg lub sab ua kuas nwg nov lug fuab lug cua mas nwg yuav rov qaab moog rua nwg lub tebchaws. Hab kuv yuav ua kuas nwg tuag nav ntaaj rua huv nwg lub tebchaws.’ ”
8Lasakhe txhad rov qaab moog mas ntswb Axilia tug vaajntxwv ua rog rua lub moos Lina, tsua qhov nwg nov tas vaajntxwv tub tawm huv Lakhi moog lawm.
9Axilia tug vaajntxwv nov xuv has tas Khuj⚓ tug vaajntxwv Thihakha tub sawv kev tuaj ntaus nwg. Thaus nwg nov le ntawd nwg txawm khaiv tuabneeg xaa xuv rov moog has rua Hexekhiya has tas,
10“Mej yuav tsum has le nuav rua Yuta tug vaajntxwv Hexekhiya has tas, ‘Tsw xob ca koj tug Vaajtswv kws koj vaam khom ntawd daag has tas Yeluxalee yuav tsw raug muab rua huv Axilia tug vaajntxwv txhais teg.
11Saib maj, mej tub nov lawm tas Axilia tej vaajntxwv tub ua le caag rua ib tsoom tebchaws huvsw lawm, tub ua rua tej tebchaws puam tsuaj taag huvsw. Koj nev, koj yuav tau kev dim lov?
12Ib tsoom tebchaws tej daab paab tau puab dim lov? Tub yog tej tebchaws kws kuv tej laug muab ua puam tsuaj, yog lub moos Kauxaa, lub moos Halaa, lub moos Lexe hab cov tuabneeg Etee kws nyob huv lub moos Thee‑axa.
13Tug vaajntxwv huv lub moos Hama hab tug vaajntxwv huv Apa hab tug vaajntxwv huv Xefava‑i, hab tug vaajntxwv huv Hena hab tug vaajntxwv huv Iva dua twg lawm?’ ”
14Hexekhiya txais tsaab ntawv ntawm tug xaa xuv txhais teg hab nyeem. Mas Hexekhiya txhad moog rua huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev, hab muab tsaab ntawv nthuav rua ntawm Yawmsaub lub xubndag.
15Hab Hexekhiya thov Yawmsaub has tas,
16“Au Yawmsaub tug muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus kws yog cov Yixayee tug Vaajtswv, kws nyob lub zwm txwv sau cov Khelunpee,⚓ koj tuab leeg xwb txhad yog ib tsoom tebchaws huv qaab ntuj tug Vaajtswv, koj tau tswm lub ntuj hab lub nplajteb.
17Au Yawmsaub, thov tig qhov ntsej noog. Au Yawmsaub thov tsaa qhov muag saib, hab thov koj noog Xenakhawli tej lug huvsw kws nwg xaa tuaj thuaj luag Vaajtswv kws muaj txujsa nyob.
18Au Yawmsaub, yeej muaj tseeb le ntawd tag, Axilia tej vaajntxwv tau ua rua txhua haiv tuabneeg hab puab lub tebchaws puam tsuaj taag,
19hab muab puab tej txoov daab nrum rua huv suavtawg, vem tej hov tsw yog timtswv, tsuas yog tej kws tuabneeg txhais teg ua xwb, yog ntoo hab pob zeb. Vem le hov tej hov txhad raug muab ua puam tsuaj taag.
20Au Yawmsaub kws yog peb tug Vaajtswv, nwgnuav kuv thov koj cawm peb dim huv nwg txhais teg, sub ib tsoom tebchaws huv nplajteb txhad paub tas koj tuab leeg yog Yawmsaub.”
Yaxaya xaa xuv rua Hexekhiya
(2Vntx. 19:20-37)
“Xi‑oo tug ntxhais dawb huv saib tsw taug koj luag koj,
Yeluxalee tug ntxhais cu hau quas nyo luag lawv koj qaab.
23“Koj thuaj hab has phem rua leejtwg?
Koj tsaa koj lub suab tawm tsaam leejtwg
hab koj khaav theeb zwg ncauj ntxw muag rua leejtwg?
Yog ua rua cov Yixayee tug Tswv kws Dawb Huv ntaag.
24Koj muab lug rua koj tej tub qhe thuaj luag tug Tswv⚓
hab koj tau khaav tas, ‘Kuv muaj tsheb ua rog ntau heev,
kuv nce moog sau tej roob sab,
moog txug tej qhov kws deb kawg huv Lenpanoo.
Kuv tub muab nwg tej ntoo cab kws sab kawg ntuv qaug
hab ntuv nwg tej ntoo cab nplooj suab kws zoo nkauj kawg.
Kuv moog txug nwg lub ncov roob kws deb kawg nkaus
hab moog txug lub haav zoov kws tsaus kawg nkaus.
25Kuv khawb qhov dej hab haus tej dej,
kuv txhais xwb taw tsuj Iyi tej haav dej qhuav taag huvsw.’
26“Koj tsw tau nov lov?
Kuv tub npaaj ca le ntawd ntev lug lawm.
Tej num kws kuv ua nwgnuav
kuv tub hom ca thau u lug lawm,
has tas koj yuav tsoo tej moos kws muaj ntsaa loog ruaj khov
pob taag ua tej nam pawg ca.
27Tej tuabneeg huv tej moos ntawd
qaug zug ntshaus ntsho poob sab taag hab txaaj muag heev,
puab zoo le tej zaub huv teb hab zoo le tej nroj mog mog,
zoo le tej nroj kws tuaj sau ruv tsev
kws ca le qhuav taag tsw hlub.
28“Kuv yeej paub qhov kws koj nyob tsawg
hab qhov kws koj tawm moog hab nkaag lug,
hab qhov kws koj npau tawg rua kuv.
29Vem koj tau npau tawg rua kuv
hab kuv tub nov qhov kws koj khaav theeb,
mas kuv yuav muab kuv tug nqai lauj chob koj lub qhov ntswg
hab muab kuv txuj xauv saam koj lub qhov ncauj,
mas kuv yuav caab koj tig hlo rov qaab
taug txujkev kws koj tuaj moog.
30“Nuav yog tej txujci kws qha rua koj paub. Xyoo nuav koj yuav noj tej qoob loos kws nwg tuaj nwg. Xyoo ob koj yuav noj tej kws tuaj ntawm lub qub chaw. Mas xyoo peb ca le tseb hab hlais hab ua vaaj txwv maab hab noj tej txwv ntawd.
31Yuta caaj ceg cov kws dim hab tseed tshuav nyob yuav rov cog caag rua huv hab txw txwv rua sau.
32Vem tas muaj ib co kws tseed tshuav nyob yuav tawm huv Yeluxalee moog, hab muaj ib co kws dim yuav tawm huv lub roob Xi‑oo moog. Yawmsaub kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus kub sab quas lug yuav ua tej nuav.
33“Vem le nuav Yawmsaub txhad has txug Axilia tug vaajntxwv le nuav tas, Nwg yuav tsw nkaag lug rua huv lub nroog nuav hab tsw tua xub neev moog rua huv, hab tsw tuav daim hlau thaiv tuaj ze lub nroog hab tsw tsub aav ua chaw nce ntsaa loog.
34Nwg tuaj txujkev twg nwg yuav rov txujkev ntawd moog, nwg yuav tsw nkaag rua huv lub nroog nuav. Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
35Kuv yuav tsom kwm lub nroog nuav ca kuas dim, vem saib rua kuv hab saib rua kuv tug tub qhe Tavi.”
36Yawmsaub tug tubkhai ntuj tawm moog tua Axilia cov tub rog huv puab lub yeej tuag 185,000 leej. Mas thaus sawv ntxuv puab sawv saib na cav cov ntawd tub tuag taag lawm.
37Tes Axilia tug vaajntxwv Xenakhawli txawm ca le sawv kev rov qaab moog tsev, moog nyob huv Ninave.
38Thaus nwg saamswm pe hawm huv lub tsev teev daab Nilau kws yog nwg tug daab, nwg ob tug tub Alamelej hab Salexaw txawm xuas ntaaj tua nwg. Tes ob tug tswv moog rua Alalab tebchaws lawm. Mas nwg tug tub Exahantoo sawv kaav nyob nwg chaw.
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Isaiah Assures Deliverance
1And ⚓so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
2Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of ⚓trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
4It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ⚓reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
5So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
7Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
Sennacherib’s Threat and Hezekiah’s Prayer
8Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to make war with you.” So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
11Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?
12Have the ⚓gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
13Where is the king of ⚓Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”
14And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
15Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying:
16“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You ⚓alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
17⚓Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and ⚓hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
18Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their ⚓lands,
19and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were⚓not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.
20Now therefore, O Lord our God, ⚓save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may ⚓know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib
21Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22this is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
23“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.
24By your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter its farthest height,
To its fruitful forest.
25I have dug and drunk water,
And with the soles of my feet I have dried up
All the brooks of defense.’
26“Did you not hear ⚓long ago
How I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
27Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
28“But I know your dwelling place,
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.
29Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore ⚓I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will ⚓turn you back
By the way which you came.” ’
30“This shall be a sign to you:
You shall eat this year such as grows of itself,
And the second year what springs from the same;
Also in the third year sow and reap,
Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
31And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
32For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The ⚓zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
33“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria:
‘He shall not come into this city,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.
34By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.
35‘For I will ⚓defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant ⚓David’s sake.’ ”
Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
36Then the ⚓angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
38Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then ⚓Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.