II Chronicles 32

akhare haddevarim veha'emet ha'elleh ba sankheriv melekh-ashur vayyavo vihudah vayyikhan al-he'arim habbetsurot vayyomer leviqam elayw

After these faithful deeds, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah and encamped against its fortified towns with the aim of taking them over.

vayyar yekhizqiyyahu ki-va sankheriv ufanayw lammilkhamah al-yerushalai͏m

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, intent on making war against Jerusalem,

vayyivva'ats im-sarayw vegibborayw listom et-meme ha'ayanot asher mikhuts la'ir vayyazeruhu

he consulted with his officers and warriors about stopping the flow of the springs outside the city, and they supported him.

vayyiqqavetsu am-rav vayyistemu et-kol-hammayanot ve'et-hannakhal hashotef betokh-ha'arets lemor lammah yavo'u malkhe ashur umatse'u mayim rabbim

A large force was assembled to stop up all the springs and the wadi that flowed through the land, for otherwise, they thought, the king of Assyria would come and find water in abundance.

vayyitkhazzaq vayyiven et-kol-hakhomah happerutsah vayya'al al-hammigdalot velakhutsah hakhomah akheret vayekhazzeq et-hammillo ir david vayya'as shelakh larov umaginnim

He acted with vigor, rebuilding the whole breached wall, raising towers on it, and building another wall outside it. He fortified the Millo of the City of David, and made a great quantity of arms and shields.

vayyitten sare milkhamot al-ha'am vayyiqbetsem elayw el-rekhov sha'ar ha'ir vayedabber al-levavam lemor

He appointed battle officers over the people; then, gathering them to him in the square of the city gate, he rallied them, saying,

khizqu ve'imtsu al-tire'u ve'al-tekhattu mippene melekh ashur umillifne kol-hehamon asher-immo ki-immanu rav me'immo

“Be strong and of good courage; do not be frightened or dismayed by the king of Assyria or by the horde that is with him, for we have more with us than he has with him.

immo zeroa basar ve'immanu Adonai elohenu le'ozrenu ulehillakhem milkhamotenu vayyissamekhu ha'am al-divre yekhizqiyyahu melekh-yehudah

With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the ETERNAL our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by the speech of King Hezekiah of Judah.

akhar zeh shalakh sankheriv melekh-ashur avadayw yerushalaymah vehu al-lakhish vekhol-memshalto immo al-yekhizqiyyahu melekh yehudah ve'al-kol-yehudah asher birushalai͏m lemor

Afterward, King Sennacherib of Assyria sent his officers to Jerusalem—he and all his staff being at Lachish—with this message to King Hezekiah of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

koh amar sankheriv melekh ashur al-mah attem botekhim veyoshevim bematsor birushalai͏m

“Thus said King Sennacherib of Assyria: On what do you trust to enable you to endure a siege in Jerusalem?

halo yekhizqiyyahu massit etkhem latet etkhem lamut bera'av uvetsama lemor Adonai elohenu yatsilenu mikkaf melekh ashur

Hezekiah is seducing you to a death of hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The ETERNAL our God will save us from the king of Assyria.’

halo-hu yekhizqiyyahu hesir et-bamotayw ve'et-mizbekhotayw vayyomer lihudah velirushalai͏m lemor lifne mizbeakh ekhad tishtakhavu ve'alayw taqtiru

But is not Hezekiah the one who removed your God’s shrines and altars and commanded the people of Judah and Jerusalem saying, ‘Before this one altar you shall prostrate yourselves, and upon it make your burnt offerings’?

halo tede'u meh asiti ani va'avotay lekhol amme ha'aratsot hayakhol yakhelu elohe goye ha'aratsot lehatsil et-artsam miyyadi

Surely you know what I and my ancestors have done to the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands able to save their lands from me?

mi bekhol-elohe haggoyim ha'elleh asher hekherimu avotay asher yakhol lehatsil et-ammo miyyadi ki yukhal elohekhem lehatsil etkhem miyyadi

Which of all the gods of any of those nations whom my ancestors destroyed was able to save their people from me, that your God should be able to save you from me?

ve'attah al-yashi etkhem khizqiyyahu ve'al-yassit etkhem kazot ve'al-ta'aminu lo ki-lo yukhal kol-eloah kol-goy umamlakhah lehatsil ammo miyyadi umiyyad avotay af ki elohekhem lo-yatsilu etkhem miyyadi

Now then, do not let Hezekiah delude you; do not let him seduce you in this way; do not believe him. For no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save their people from me or from my ancestors—much less your God, to save you from me!”

ve'od dibberu avadayw al-Adonai ha'elohim ve'al yekhizqiyyahu avdo

His officers said still more things against the ETERNAL God and against Hezekiah—God’s servant.

usefarim katav lekharef la-Adonai elohe yisra'el velemor alayw lemor kelohe goye ha'aratsot asher lo-hitsilu ammam miyyadi ken lo-yatsil elohe yekhizqiyyahu ammo miyyadi

He also wrote letters reviling the ETERNAL God of Israel, saying, “Just as the gods of the other nations of the earth did not save their people from me, so the God of Hezekiah will not save this people from me.”

vayyiqre'u veqol-gadol yehudit al-am yerushalai͏m asher al-hakhomah leyare'am ulevahalam lema'an yilkedu et-ha'ir

They called loudly in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them into panic, so as to capture the city.

vayedabberu el-elohe yerushalai͏m ke'al elohe amme ha'arets ma'aseh yede ha'adam

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem like they spoke of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, made by human hands.

vayyitpallel yekhizqiyyahu hammelekh vishayahu ven-amots hannavi al-zot vayyizaqu hashamayim

Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this, and cried out to heaven.

vayyishlakh Adonai malakh vayyakhkhed kol-gibbor khayil venagid vesar bemakhaneh melekh ashur vayyashov bevoshet panim le'artso vayyavo bet elohayw (vmytsyv) [umitsi'e] me'ayw sham hippiluhu vekharev

GOD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty warrior, commander, and officer in the army of the king of Assyria, and he returned in disgrace to his land. He entered the house of his god, and there some of his own offspring struck him down by the sword.

vayyosha Adonai et-yekhizqiyyahu ve'et yosheve yerushalai͏m miyyad sankheriv melekh-ashur umiyyad-kol vayenahalem missaviv

Thus GOD delivered Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria, and from everyone—providing for them on all sides.

verabbim mevi'im minkhah la-Adonai lirushalai͏m umigdanot likhizqiyyahu melekh yehudah vayyinnasse le'ene khol-haggoyim me'akhare-khen

Many brought tribute to GOD to Jerusalem, and gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah; thereafter he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations.

bayyamim hahem khalah yekhizqiyyahu ad-lamut vayyitpallel el-Adonai vayyomer lo umofet natan lo

At that time, Hezekiah fell deathly sick. He prayed to GOD, who responded to him and gave him a sign.

velo-khigmul alayw heshiv yekhizqiyyahu ki gavah libbo vayehi alayw qetsef ve'al-yehudah virushalai͏m

Hezekiah made no return for what had been bestowed upon him, for he grew arrogant; so wrath was decreed for him and for Judah and Jerusalem.

vayyikkana yekhizqiyyahu begovah libbo hu veyosheve yerushalai͏m velo-va alehem qetsef Adonai bime yekhizqiyyahu

Then Hezekiah humbled himself where he had been arrogant, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and no wrath of GOD came on them during the reign of Hezekiah.

vayehi likhizqiyyahu osher vekhavod harbeh me'od ve'otsarot asah-lo lekhesef ulezahav ule'even yeqarah velivsamim ulemaginnim ulekhol kele khemdah

Hezekiah enjoyed riches and glory in abundance; he filled treasuries with silver and gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all lovely objects;

umiskenot litvu'at dagan vetirosh veyitshar ve'uravot lekhol-behemah uvehemah va'adarim la'averot

and store-cities with the produce of grain, wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of beasts, and flocks for sheepfolds.

ve'arim asah lo umiqneh-tson uvaqar larov ki natan-lo elohim rekhush rav me'od

And he acquired towns, and flocks of small and large cattle in great number, for God endowed him with very many possessions.

vehu yekhizqiyyahu satam et-motsa meme gikhon ha'elyon vayyaysherem lemattah-mmaravah le'ir david vayyatslakh yekhizqiyyahu bekhol-ma'asehu

It was Hezekiah who stopped up the spring of water of Upper Gihon, leading it downward west of the City of David; Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

vekhen bimlitse sare vavel hameshallekhim alayw lidrosh hammofet asher hayah va'arets azavo ha'elohim lenassoto lada'at kol-bilvavo

So too in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire about the sign that was in the land, when God forsook him in order to test him, to learn all that was in his mind.

veyeter divre yekhizqiyyahu vakhasadayw hinnam ketuvim bakhazon yeshayahu ven-amots hannavi al-sefer malkhe-yehudah veyisra'el

The other events of Hezekiah’s reign, and his faithful acts, are recorded in the visions of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

vayyishkav yekhizqiyyahu im-avotayw vayyiqberuhu bema'aleh qivre vene-david vekhavod asu-lo vemoto kol-yehudah veyosheve yerushalai͏m vayyimlokh menasheh veno takhtayw

Hezekiah rested with his ancestors, and was buried on the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David. When he died, all the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem accorded him much honor. Manasseh, his son, succeeded him.