2 Kings 19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Peshitta
1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.	1 ܘܟܕ ܫܡܥ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܨܪܝ ܠܒ̈ܘܫܘܗܝ ܘܐܬܟܣܝ ܣܩܐ ܘܥܠ ܠܒܝܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.	2 ܘܫܕܪ ܠܐܠܝܩܝܡ ܪܒ ܒܝܬܐ ܘܠܫܒܢܐ ܣܦܪܐ ܘܠܣ̈ܒܐ ܕܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܟܕ ܡܟܣܝܢ ܣܩ̈ܐ ܠܘܬ ܐܫܥܝܐ ܢܒܝܐ ܒܪ ܐܡܘܨ
3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.	3 ܘܐܡܪܘ ܠܗ ܗܟܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܝܘܡܐ ܗܘ ܕܐܘܠܨܢܐ ܘܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ. ܘܕܪܘܓܙܐ ܝܘܡܢܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܡܛܝܘ ܚܒ̈ܠܐ ܕܒܢ̈ܝܐ ܘܠܝܬ ܚܝܠܐ ܒܝܠܕܬܐ
4 It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock 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."	4 ܛܟ ܢܫܡܥ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܟ ܡ̈ܠܘܗܝ ܕܪܒ ܫܩ̈ܐ ܕܫܕܪܗ ܡܪܗ ܡܠܟܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܠܡܚܣܕܘ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܚܝܐ ܘܢܟܣܝܘܗܝ ܒܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܫܡܥ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܟ ܘܬܒܥܐ ܘܬܨܠܐ ܥܠ ܫܪܟܐ ܕܐܫܬܚܪܘ
5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,	5 ܘܐܬܘ ܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܠܘܬ ܐܫܥܝܐ ܢܒܝܐ
6 Isaiah said to them, "Say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me.	6 ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܐܫܥܝܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܬܐܡܪܘܢ ܠܡܪܟܘܢ ܗܟܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܠܐ ܬܕܚܠ ܡܢ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܫܡܥܬ ܕܓܕܦܘ ܩܕܡܝ ܐܝ̈ܙܓܕܘܗܝ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that 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.'"	7 ܗܐ ܝܗܒ ܐܢܐ ܒܗ ܪܘܚܐ ܘܢܫܡܥ ܛܒܐ ܘܢܗܦܘܟ ܠܐܪܥܗ ܘܐܪܡܝܘܗܝ ܒܚܪܒܐ ܒܐܪܥܗ
8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he heard that the king had left Lachish.	8 ܘܗܦܟ ܪܒ ܫܩ̈ܐ ܘܐܫܟܚ ܠܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ܟܕ ܡܬܟܬܫ ܥܠ ܠܒܢܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܫܡܥ ܕܫܩܠ ܡܢ ܠܟܝܫ
9 And when the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "Behold, he has set out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,	9 ܘܫܡܥ ܥܠ ܬܪܗܩ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܟܘܫ ܕܢܦܩ ܠܡܬܟܬܫܘ ܥܡܗ ܘܗܦܟ ܘܫܕܪ ܐܝ̈ܙܓܕܐ ܠܘܬ ܚܙܩܝܐ
10 "Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.	10 ܗܟܢܐ ܬܐܡܪܘܢ ܠܚܙܩܝܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ ܠܐ ܢܛܥܝܟ ܐܠܗܟ ܕܬܟܝܠ ܐܢܬ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܘܐܡܪ ܐܢܬ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܬܠܡܐ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܒܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered?	11 ܗܐ ܐܢܬ ܫܡܥܬ ܟܠ ܕܥܒܕܘ ܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ܠܟܠܗܝܢ ܐܪ̈ܥܬܐ ܘܐܚܪܒܘ ܐ̈ܢܝܢ ܘܐܢܬ ܡܬܦܨܐ ܐܢܬ
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations which my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar?	12 ܕܠܡܐ ܦܨܝܘ ܐ̈ܠܗܝܗܘܢ ܕܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܐܢܫ ܐܪܥܗ ܕܚܪܒܘ ܐ̈ܒܗܝ ܠܓܘܙܢ ܘܠܚܪܢ ܘܠܪܨܦ ܘܠܒܢ̈ܝ ܥܕܢ ܕܒܕܠܣܪ
13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?"	13 ܐܝܟܐ ܗܘ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܚܡܬ ܘܡܠܟܐ ܕܪܦܕ ܘܡܠܟܐ ܕܩܪܝܬܐ ܣܦܪܘܝܡ ܘܕܢܥ ܘܕܥܘܐ
14 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.	14 ܘܢܣܒ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܐܓܪ̈ܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܐ ܕܐܝ̈ܙܓܕܐ ܘܩܪܐ ܐ̈ܢܝܢ ܘܣܠܩ ܠܒܝܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܘܦܪܣ ܐ̈ܢܝܢ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܐܓܪ̈ܬܐ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: "O LORD the God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.	15 ܘܨܠܝ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܚܝܠܬܢܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܝܬܒ ܥܠ ܟܪ̈ܘܒܐ ܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܠܚܘܕܝܟ ܥܠ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܐܢܬ ܥܒܕܬ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܐܪܥܐ
16 Incline thy ear, O LORD, and hear; open thy eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.	16 ܨܠܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܕܢܟ ܘܫܡܥ ܦܬܚ ܡܪܝܐ ܥܝܢ̈ܝܟ ܘܚܙܝ ܘܫܡܥ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܡ̈ܠܘܗܝ ܕܣܢܚܪܝܒ ܕܫܠܚ ܠܡܚܣܕܘ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܚܝܐ
17 Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,	17 ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܡܪܝܐ ܚܪܒܘ ܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ܠܟܘܠܗܝܢ ܐܪ̈ܥܬܐ ܘܐܪܥܗܘܢ
18 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they were destroyed.	18 ܘܐ̈ܠܗܝܗܘܢ ܐܘܩܕܘ ܒܢܘܪܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܗܘܘ ܐ̈ܠܗܐ ܐܠܐ ܥܒܕ ܐ̈ܝܕܝܐ ܕܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܢܫܐ ܕܩܝܣܐ ܘܕܟܐܦܐ ܘܐܘܩܕܘ ܐܢܘܢ
19 So now, O LORD our God, save us, I beseech thee, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou, O LORD, art God alone."	19 ܘܗܫܐ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܢ ܦܪܘܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܕܢܕܥܢ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܕܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܠܚܘܕܝܟ
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.	20 ܘܫܠܚ ܐܫܥܝܐ ܒܪ ܐܡܘܨ ܠܚܙܩܝܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܗܟܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܟܠ ܕܨܠܝܬ ܩܕܡܝ ܥܠ ܣܢܚܪܝܒ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ܫܡܥܬ
21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: "She despises you, she scorns you--the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you--the daughter of Jerusalem.	21 ܗܢܐ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܫܝܛܐ ܠܟ ܘܡܡܝܩܐ ܒܟ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܒܪܬ ܨܗܝܘܢ ܘܡܢܝܕܐ ܪܝܫܗ ܒܬܪܟ ܒܪܬ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ
22 "Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!	22 ܠܡ̇ܢ ܚܣܕܬ ܘܩܕܡ ܡ̇ܢ ܓܕܦܬ. ܘܥܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܐܪܝܡܬ ܩܠܟ. ܐܪܝܡܬ ܥܝܢܝ̈ܟ ܠܡܪܘܡܐ ܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ .
23 By your messengers you have mocked the LORD, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest retreat, its densest forest.	23 ܘܒܐܝܕܐ ܕܐܝ̈ܙܓܕܝܟ ܚܣܕܬ ܠܡܪܝܐ ܘܐܡܪܬ ܕܒܣܘܓܐ ܕܡܪ̈ܟܒܬܝ ܐܢܐ ܐܣܩ ܠܪܘܡܐ ܕܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܠܫ̈ܦܘܠܘܗܝ ܕܠܒܢܢ ܘܐܦܣܘܩ ܩ̈ܘܡܬܐ ܕܐܪ̈ܙܘܗܝ ܘܓܒ̈ܝܐ ܕܫܪ̈ܘܝܢܘܗܝ ܘܐܥܘܠ ܠܪܘܡܐ ܕܣܟܗ ܕܥܒܐ ܕܟܪܡܠܐ
24 I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.'	24 ܐܢܐ ܐܚܦܘܪ ܘܐܫܬܐ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܘܐܘܒܫ ܒܦܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܪ̈ܟܫܝ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܥܫ̈ܝܢܐ
25 "Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,	25 ܠܐ ܫܡܥܬ ܕܡܢ ܪܘܚܩܐ ܠܗ ܥܒܕܬ ܘܡܢ ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܐ ܠܗ ܥܬܕܬ ܘܗܫܐ ܐܝܬܝܬܗ ܕܬܗܘܐ ܠܚܘܪܒܐ ܘܠܨܕܝܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܐ ܥܫ̈ܝܢܬܐ
26 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field, and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops; blighted before it is grown?	26 ܕܝܬܒܝ̈ܗܝܢ ܙܥܪ ܚܝܠܗܘܢ ܐܬܬܒܪܘ ܘܒܗܬܘ ܘܗܘܘ ܐܝܟ ܥܣܒܐ ܕܚܩܠܐ ܘܐܝܟ ܝܘܪܩܐ ܕܬܕܐܐ ܘܐܝܟ ܥܡܝܪܐ ܕܐܓܪܐ ܘܐܝܟ ܒܘܚܫܝܢܐ ܩܕܡ ܩܝܡܬܐ
27 "But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.	27 ܡܘܬܒܟ ܘܡܥܠܟ ܘܡܦܩܟ ܝܕܥ ܐܢܐ ܘܕܐܬܪܘܪܒܬ ܥܠܝ
28 Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.	28 ܥܠ ܕܐܡܪܚܬ ܘܐܬܪܘܪܒܬ ܥܠܝ ܘܓܘܕܦܟ ܣܠܩ ܒܐ̈ܕܢܝ ܐܪܡܐ ܩܠܕܐ ܒܢܚܝܪܟ ܘܒܠܡܐ ܒܣ̈ܦܘܬܟ ܘܐܗܦܟܟ ܒܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܐܬܝܬ ܒܗ
29 "And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; then in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.	29 ܘܗܕܐ ܐܬܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܠܟ ܐܟܠ ܐܢܬ ܫܢܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܟܐܬܐ ܘܫܢܬܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܟܬ ܟܐܬܐ ܘܫܢܬܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܬܐ ܙܪܘܥܘ ܘܚܨܘܕܘ ܘܨܘܒܘ ܟܪ̈ܡܐ ܘܐܟܘܠܘ ܦܐܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ
30 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;	30 ܘܢܘܣܦܘܢ ܫܪܟܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܗܘܕܐ ܕܐܫܬܚܪܘ ܫܕܝܢ ܥܩܪܐ ܠܬܚܬ ܘܥܒܕܝܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܐ ܠܥܠ
31 for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD will do this.	31 ܡܛܠ ܕܡܢ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܢܦܘܩ ܫܪܟܢܐ ܘܦܘܠܛܐ ܡܢ ܛܘܪܐ ܕܨܗܝܘܢ ܩܢܐܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܚܝܠܬܢܐ ܬܥܒܕ ܗܕܐ
32 "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.	32 ܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ ܥܠ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ܠܐ ܢܥܘܠ ܠܩܪܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܘܠܐ ܢܫܕܐ ܬܡܢ ܓܐܪܐ ܘܠܐ ܢܩܪܡܝܗ ܒܣܟܪ̈ܐ ܘܠܐ ܢܟܡܢ ܥܠܝܗ ܟܡܐ̈ܢܐ
33 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the LORD.	33 ܐܠܐ ܒܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܒܗ ܢܗܦܘܟ ܘܠܩܪܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܠܐ ܢܥܘܠ ܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐ
34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."	34 ܘܐܓܢ ܥܠ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܘܐܦܪܩܝܗ ܡܛܠܬܝ ܘܡܛܠ ܕܘܝܕ ܥܒܕܝ
35 And that night the angel of the LORD went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.	35 ܘܗܘܐ ܒܠܠܝܐ ܗܘ ܘܢܦܩ ܡܠܐܟܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܘܩܛܠ ܒܡܫܪܝܬܗ ܕܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܡܐܐ ܘܬܡܢܐܝܢ ܘܚܡܫܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ ܘܩܕܡܘ ܒܨܦܪܐ ܘܚܙܝܢ ܘܗܐ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܦܓܪ̈ܐ ܡܝ̈ܬܐ
36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went home, and dwelt at Nineveh.	36 ܘܫܩܠܘ ܘܐܙܠܘ ܘܗܦܟ ܣܢܚܪܝܒ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ܘܝܬܒ ܒܢܝܢܘܐ
37 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.	37 ܘܟܕ ܣܓܕ ܗܘܐ ܒܝܬ ܢܣܪܟ ܐܠܗܗ ܐܕܪܡܠܟ ܘܫܪܐܨܪ ܒܢ̈ܘܗܝ ܩܛܠܘܗܝ ܒܚܪܒܐ ܘܗܢܘܢ ܐܬܦܠܛܘ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܕܐܪܕܛ ܘܐܡܠܟ ܣܪܚܕܘܡ ܒܪܗ ܒܬܪܗ