Judab di gao-aob Hiskiab
(2 Kroniks 29:1-22 31:1)1 ǃNonaǁî kurib Elab ôab, Israeli gao-aob Hoseab ǂgaeǂguis dib ǃnâb ge Axasi ôab Hiskiaba ge Judab gao-ao kai, 2 ǀgamdisikoroǀa kurixab a hîa tsî ǀgamdisikhoeseǀa kuriga Jerusalems ǃnâ gere ǂgaeǂgui. ǁÎb îs ge Saxariab ôas Abijasa. 3 Hiskiab ge ǁîb aboxab gao-aob Davidi aiǁgausa sao tsî ǃKhūba a ǃgâibana gere dī. 4 ǁÎb ge ǀūben di ǀgoreǀîǃkhaide hîkākā, ǁîn di ǀuiǂkhâǃnâga khôaǁnâ tsî ǁgôa-elos Aseras di īga ge ǁhāǁnâ. ǁKhātib ge ǁîba Moseb ge dī hâ i brons ǀaob, Nehustan ti gere ǀonǂgaiheb tsîna ge khôaǂkhū, Israelǁîn ge nēs kōse ǁîba ǀanǀanǁguibade gere ǁguiba xui-ao. 5 Hiskiab ge ǃKhūb Israeli di Elob ai ge ǂgomaiǂnûi hâ i. Judab ge Hiskiab aiǃâ tsî ǁkhāti ǁîb khaoǃgâs tsîna ǁîb khami ī gao-ao-e ge ūhâ tama hâ i. 6 ǁÎb ge ǃKhūb ǃoagu ge ǂgomǂgomsa i, tsî ǁîba ge ǁnâuǀnamoǃnâ tama hâ i; ǃKhūb ge Moseba mā mîmādi hoadeb ge ǁîba gere ǁnâuǀnam. 7 ǃKhūb ge ǁîb ǀkha ge hâ i tsîb ge dīb ra xū-i hoa-i ǃnâ gere ǃgâiǃgâ. ǁÎb ge Siriab gao-aoba ge mâǃoa tsî ǁîb xa gaoǂam kaisen ǂgao tama ge i. 8 ǁÎb ge Filisteǁîna dan tsî ǁîn ǃāde ge ǁnāǂam, ǂkhari ǃārode xu kai ǃādi kōse, Gasas tsî ǁîs ǂnamipeb tsîna ǃkhōǂgā hâse.
9 Hakaǁî ǂgaeǂguis kurib Hiskiab dib, ǁnāb ge hûǁî ǂgaeǂguis kurib Israeli gao-aob Hoseab di ge iba. ǁÎb ǃnâb ge Siriab gao-aob Salmanesera Israeli ǃoagu torodī tsî Samariasa ge xāǂgā. 10 ǃNona kurigu khaoǃgâb ge ǃāsa ge dan. ǁNās ge ǃnaniǁî kurib Hiskiab ǂgaeǂguis dib tsî khoeseǁî kurib Hoseab ǂgaeǂguis dib ǃnâ ge isa. 11 Siriab gao-aob ge Israelǁîna ǃkhōsabese Asiriab ǁga ǃgû-ū tsî ǀnîna Halaxs ǃnâ, ǀnîna Haborǃāb ǀgūse Gosans ǀkharib ǃnâ tsî ǀnîna Mediab ǃādi ǃnâ ge ǁan kai.
12 Samarias ge Israelǁîn ge ǃKhūb, ǁîn di Eloba ǁnâuǀnam tama i amaga ge hîkākāhe. ǁÎn ge ǃKhūb ge ǁîn ǀkha dī ǃgaeǀhaosa khôa tsî ǃKhūb di ǃgāb Moseb ge ǁîna mā ǂhanugu hoaga ge ǃûǂam. ǁÎn ge ge ǁnâuǀnamoǃnâ i tsî ge ǃgâ ǂgao tama hâ i.
Sanherib ge Jerusalemsa ra ǁnāǂam
(2 Kroniks 32:1-19Jesaja 36:1-22)13 Hakaǁî kurib gao-aob Hiskiab ǂgaeǂguis dib ǃnâb ge Siriab gao-aob Sanheriba omǂnamisa ǃādi Judab dide ǁnāǂam tsî ǁîde ge dan. 14 Hiskiab ge Sanherib hîa Lakis ǃnâ hâba ge haisiba: “Tsūse ta ge go dī; sa toroǃkhamaoga ǂgae-oa re, o ta ge ǂgants ka xū-i hoa-e nî matare.” Ob ge Siriab gao-aoba Hiskiaba ge mîba, îb disiǀoadisi kiloxramgu ǀhaiǀurib tsî ǀguiǀoadisi kiloxramgu ǃhuniǀurib tsîna sîba bi. 15 Ob ge Hiskiaba Tempeli tsî gao-ommi tsîkha ǃnâ ge hâ i ǀhaiǀurib hoaragaba ge sîba bi. 16 ǁÎb ge ǁkhāti Tempeli dao-amdi ǃhuniǀurib tsî dao-amǃnaogab ge ǃkhûǀkhā-ū hâ i ǃhuniǀurib tsîna ǂamǁnâ tsî Sanheriba ge sîba. 17 Siriab gao-aob ge kai ǂnubis toroǃkhamaoga Lakisa xu, ǀgapi ǃharode ūhâ ǃnona ǂamkhoegu ǂgaeǂguis ǃnaka ge sî, Hiskiaba gu Jerusalems tawa sī nî ǁnāǂamga. Jerusalems tawa gu ge sī, o gu ge ǂomaogu sîsenǃkhaib di daob, ǀausa xu i ǁgam-e ra dâuǃnâ āb tawa hâb tawa ge mâ. 18 Tsî gu ge gao-aob Hiskiaba ge haisiba, o gu ǃnona ǂamkhoegu ǁîb diga ge ǂoaxa: Hilkiab ôab Eliakimmi, gao-ommi mûǂamao ge ib, Sebnab, gao-aob xoa-ao ge ib tsî Asab ôab Joaxi, xoaǁguigu mûǂamao ge ib tsîga. 19 Ob ge Siriab ǂamkhoegu di ǀguiba ǁîga mâpa xub Hiskiaba nē ǁkhoaǂgaosiba ra hō ǃkhaisab gao-aoba ra ǂan ǂgaosa ge mîba. 20 ǁÎb ge ge mî: “Toroǃkhams ǁkhāsib tsî ǀgaib tsîkha di soasa di mîde a ū ǁkhā, tits ra ǂâi? Tari-i tita ǃoagu khâikhâisens ǃnâ nî hui tsi tits ra ǂâi? 21 Egipteb xats nî huihe tits ge ǂâi hâ, xawe ǁîb ai ǃgâsens ge ǂāb ai ǁgâibasens ǁkhās khami i, ǁîb ge khôa tsî ǃommi ǃnâ nî ǃkhā tsi. ǁNātib ge Egipteb gao-aoba ǁîb ai ra ǂgomǃgâ khoe-i hoa-e ība.”
22 ǃAruǀî gu ge ǁîga ge mî: “ǁNā tamas ka io, ots ǃKhūb sa Elob aits ra ǂgomǃgâ ti ra mîba te ǂgao? ǁÎb di ǀgoreǀîǃkhaidi tsî altardi tsînab ge Hiskiaba ge hîkākā, Judab tsî Jerusalems tsîra khoenab ge Jerusalems ǃnâ hâ altars tawa ǀguin nî ǀgoreǀî ti mîba ǃnubai. 23 A ge gao-aob ǀons ǃnâ ǁnâugu re. Tita ge ǀgamǀoadisi hāga nî mā tsi, ǁnātikō ǃgôab khoegats ga hō ǁkhāo. 24 Sats ge hoagu xa ǃnaka mâ Asiriab ǂamkhoeb xaweb tsîn ǃoagu mâ ǁkhā tama hâ, tsîts kha Egipteb ai ra ǂgomǃgâ torokunidi tsî hāǃgapi-aogu tsînab nî sîba tsi ǃkhaisa. 25 ǂÂits ra ǃKhūb di huib ose ta sa ǃhūba, ǁîba ta nî hîkākāse ra ǁnāǂamsa? ǃKhūb ǂûb ge go mîba te, î ta ǁîba hîkākā.”
26 O gu ge Eliakimmi, Sebnab tsî Joaxi tsîga ǂamkhoeb ǃoa ge mî: “ǃGôahesatse, Aramiagowab ǃnâ sige ǀkha ǃhoa re, ǁîba ge ra ǁnâuǃā xuige; î tā Hebregowab ǃnâ ǃhoa-ū ge, ǂnubiǂgoab ai hâ khoen hoan ra ǃgâ xuige.”
27 Ob ge ǁîba ge ǃeream: “ǂÂi go ra sida gao-aob go sadu gao-aob tsî sago ǀguigo ta nē xūna nî mîbase a sî tesa? Hî-î, tita ge ǂnubiǂgoab ai ǂnôa khoen hoan ǁga ra ǃhoa. ǁÎn ge sago ǁkhāgo khami ǁîn xauba ǂû tsî ǁîn ǀūba nî ā.”
28 ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge ǂamkhoeba Hebregowab ǃnâ ge ǃhao: “ǃGâ re tare-eb Siriab gao-aoba ra mîba dusa. 29 ǁÎb ge ra ǃkhâikhom du, î du tā Hiskiab xa ǂgaeǂhapu kaisen, ǁîb ge sado a huiǂui ǁoa. 30 Tāb ǁîba ǃKhūb ai ǂgomaiǂnûi kai du. Tā ǂâi ǃKhūb nî huiǂui du, tsî sadu ǃās nî sida Siriab dida di toroǂnubis xa danhe ǃkhaisa nî ǁkhaesa. 31 Tā du Hiskiaba ǃgâ. Siriab gao-aob ge ra mîmā du, î du ǃāsa xu ǂoaxa tsî māǁnâsen. ǁNāti du ga dī, o du ge hoado sadu draibehaidi tsî sadu ǀnomahaidi ǂûna ǂû tsî du sadu tsauga xu ǁgam-e nî ā ǃkhaisa nî mā-amhe, 32 gao-aob ǁkhawa sadu ǃhūb ǂûb khami ī ǃhūb ǃnâ nî ǁan kai dus kōse. ǁNāpa du ge sadu draibeǃhanagu tsî ǃhoroǃhanagu tsîna nî ǂgā; ǁnāb ge ǀkhera-olib tsî danib tsîna ūhâ ǃhūba. Tita ra mîmā du khami du ga dī, o du ge ǁō tide xawe nî ûi. Tāb Hiskiaba ǂgaeǂhapu du tsî sado ǃKhūb nî huiǂui du ti ǂâi kai. 33 Nau ǁaedi di ǀguis xawes di eloba Siriab gao-aoba xu ǁîn ǃhūba huiǂuib ge? 34 Hamats tsî Arpads tsîra di eloga mâpa gu hâ? Sefarvaims, Henas tsî Iwas tsîdi eloga mâpa gu hâ? ǀGuib xaweba Samariasa huiǂuib ge? 35 ǀGuib nē ǃhūgu elogu diba ǁîb ǃhūba Asiriab gao-aoba xu huiǂuib ge? Tsî du kha sado ǃKhūb Jerusalemsa a huiǂui ǁkhā ti ra ǂâi?”
36 On ge khoena gao-aob Hiskiab xan ge mîbahe hâ i khami ǃnō tsî ǀgui xū-i tsîna khom tama ge i. 37 O gu ge Eliakimmi, Sebnab tsî Joaxi tsîga saran âga ǃoab xa ǀkhau tsî Asiriab ǂamkhoeb ge mî xūna gao-aoba sī ge mîba.
King Hezekiah of Judah
(2 Chronicles 29.12 22 31.1)1 In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah as king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah 2 at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 3 Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the Lord. 4 He destroyed the pagan places of worship, broke the stone pillars, and cut down the images of the goddess Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made, which was called Nehushtan. Up to that time the people of Israel had burned incense in its honor. 5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; Judah never had another king like him, either before or after his time. 6 He was faithful to the Lord and never disobeyed him, but carefully kept all the commands that the Lord had given Moses. 7 So the Lord was with him, and he was successful in everything he did. He rebelled against the emperor of Assyria and refused to submit to him. 8 He defeated the Philistines and raided their settlements, from the smallest village to the largest city, including Gaza and its surrounding territory.
9 In the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign—which was the seventh year of King Hoshea's reign over Israel—Emperor Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and besieged Samaria. 10 In the third year of the siege Samaria fell; this was the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign and the ninth year of Hoshea's reign. 11 The Assyrian emperor took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan, and some in the cities of Media.
12 Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them and disobeyed all the laws given by Moses, the servant of the Lord. They would not listen and they would not obey.
The Assyrians Threaten Jerusalem
(2 Chronicles 32.1-19Isaiah 36.1-22)13 In the fourteenth year of the reign of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, attacked the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them. 14 Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, who was in Lachish: “I have done wrong; please stop your attack, and I will pay whatever you demand.” The emperor's answer was that Hezekiah should send him ten tons of silver and one ton of gold. 15 Hezekiah sent him all the silver in the Temple and in the palace treasury; 16 he also stripped the gold from the temple doors and the gold with which he himself had covered the doorposts, and he sent it all to Sennacherib. 17 The Assyrian emperor sent a large army from Lachish to attack Hezekiah at Jerusalem; it was commanded by his three highest officials. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they occupied the road where the cloth makers work by the ditch that brings water from the upper pool. 18 Then they sent for King Hezekiah, and three of his officials went out to meet them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace; Shebna, the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, who was in charge of the records. 19 One of the Assyrian officials told them that the emperor wanted to know what made King Hezekiah so confident. 20 He demanded, “Do you think that words can take the place of military skill and might? Who do you think will help you rebel against Assyria? 21 You are expecting Egypt to help you, but that would be like using a reed as a walking stick—it would break and jab your hand. That is what the king of Egypt is like when anyone relies on him.”
22 The Assyrian official went on, “Or will you tell me that you are relying on the Lord your God? It was the Lord's shrines and altars that Hezekiah destroyed, when he told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar in Jerusalem. 23 I will make a bargain with you in the name of the emperor. I will give you two thousand horses if you can find that many men to ride them! 24 You are no match for even the lowest ranking Assyrian official, and yet you expect the Egyptians to send you chariots and cavalry! 25 Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the Lord's help? The Lord himself told me to attack it and destroy it.”
26 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah told the official, “Speak Aramaic to us, sir. We understand it. Don't speak Hebrew; all the people on the wall are listening.”
27 He replied, “Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will.”
28 Then the official stood up and shouted in Hebrew, “Listen to what the emperor of Assyria is telling you! 29 He warns you not to let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah can't save you. 30 And don't let him persuade you to rely on the Lord. Don't think that the Lord will save you and that he will stop our Assyrian army from capturing your city. 31 Don't listen to Hezekiah. The emperor of Assyria commands you to come out of the city and surrender. You will all be allowed to eat grapes from your own vines and figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells— 32 until the emperor resettles you in a country much like your own, where there are vineyards to give wine and there is grain for making bread; it is a land of olives, olive oil, and honey. If you do what he commands, you will not die, but live. Don't let Hezekiah fool you into thinking that the Lord will rescue you. 33 Did the gods of any other nations save their countries from the emperor of Assyria? 34 Where are they now, the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did anyone save Samaria? 35 When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the Lord can save Jerusalem?”
36 The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word. 37 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah tore their clothes in grief, and went and reported to the king what the Assyrian official had said.
