Secondo libro dei Re 18

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Anno tertio Osee filii Ela regis Israel regnavit Ezechias filius Achaz regis Iudae.	1 In the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 Viginti quinque annorum erat, cum regnare coepisset, et viginti et novem annis regnavit in Ierusalem. Nomen matris eius Abi filia Zachariae.	2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.
3 Fecitque, quod erat bonum coram Domino, iuxta omnia, quae fecerat David pater suus.	3 He pleased the LORD, just as his forefather David had done.
4 Ipse dissipavit excelsa et contrivit lapides et succidit palum confregitque serpentem aeneum, quem fecerat Moyses; siquidem usque ad illud tempus filii Israel adolebant ei; vocabatur Nohestan.	4 It was he who removed the high places, shattered the pillars, and cut down the sacred poles. He smashed the bronze serpent called Nehushtan which Moses had made, because up to that time the Israelites were burning incense to it.
5 In Domino, Deo Israel, speravit. Itaque post eum non fuit similis ei de cunctis regibus Iudae sed neque in his, qui ante eum fuerunt.	5 He put his trust in the LORD, the God of Israel; and neither before him nor after him was there anyone like him among all the kings of Judah.
6 Et adhaesit Domino et non recessit a vestigiis eius fecitque mandata eius, quae praeceperat Dominus Moysi,	6 Loyal to the LORD, Hezekiah never turned away from him, but observed the commandments which the LORD had given Moses.
7 unde et erat Dominus cum eo, et in cunctis, ad quae procedebat, prospere agebat. Rebellavit quoque contra regem Assyriorum et non servivit ei.	7 The LORD was with him, and he prospered in all that he set out to do. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
8 Ipse percussit Philisthaeos usque Gazam et terminos eius, a turre custodum usque ad civitatem munitam.	8 He also subjugated the watchtowers and walled cities of the Philistines, all the way to Gaza and its territory.
9 Anno quarto regis Ezechiae, qui erat annus septimus Osee filii Ela regis Israel, ascendit Salmanasar rex Assvriorum Samariam et oppugnavit eam	9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, attacked Samaria, laid siege to it,
10 et cepit. Post annos tres, anno sexto Ezechiae, id est nono anno Osee regis Israel, capta est Samaria.	10 and after three years captured it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 Et transtulit rex Assyriorum Israel in Assur collocavitque eos in Hala et Habor iuxta fluvium Gozan et in civitatibus Medorum,	11 The king of Assyria then deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
12 quia non audierunt vocem Domini Dei sui, sed praetergressi sunt pactum eius; omnia, quae praeceperat Moyses servus Domini, non audierunt neque fecerunt.	12 This came about because they had not heeded the warning of the LORD, their God, but violated his covenant, not heeding and not fulfilling the commandments of Moses, the servant of the LORD.
13 Anno quarto decimo regis Ezechiae ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum ad universas civitates Iudae munitas et cepit eas.	13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went on an expedition against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
14 Tunc misit Ezechias rex Iudae nuntios ad regem Assyriorum Lachis dicens: “ Peccavi. Recede a me, et omne, quod imposueris mihi, feram ”. Indixit itaque rex Assyriorum Ezechiae regi Iudae trecenta talenta argenti et triginta talenta auri;	14 Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Leave me, and I will pay whatever tribute you impose on me." The king of Assyria exacted three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold from Hezekiah, king of Judah.
15 deditque Ezechias omne argentum, quod repertum fuerat in domo Domini et in thesauris regis.	15 Hezekiah paid him all the funds there were in the temple of the LORD and in the palace treasuries.
16 In tempore illo confregit Ezechias valvas templi Domini et postes, quos ipse inauraverat, et dedit aurum regi Assyriorum.	16 He broke up the door panels and the uprights of the temple of the LORD which he himself had ordered to be overlaid with gold, and gave the gold to the king of Assyria.
17 Misit autem rex Assyriorum Tharthan et Rabsaris et Rabsacen de Lachis ad regem Ezechiam cum manu valida Ierusalem. Qui cum ascendissent, venerunt in Ierusalem et steterunt iuxta aquae ductum piscinae superioris, quae est in via agri fullonis,	17 The king of Assyria sent the general, the lord chamberlain, and the commander from Lachish with a great army to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They went up, and on their arrival in Jerusalem, stopped at the conduit of the upper pool on the highway of the fuller's field.
18 vocaveruntque regem. Egressus est autem ad eos Eliachim filius Helciae praepositus domus et Sobna scriba et Ioah filius Asaph a commentariis.	18 They called for the king, who sent out to them Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the master of the palace; Shebnah the scribe; and the herald Joah, son of Asaph.
19 Dixitque ad eos Rabsaces: “ Loquimini Ezechiae: Haec dicit rex magnus, rex Assyriorum: Quae est ista fiducia, qua niteris?	19 The commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you base this confidence of yours?
20 Forsitan putas verbum labiorum esse consilium et fortitudinem ad proelium? In quo confidis, ut audeas rebellare contra me?	20 Do you think mere words substitute for strategy and might in war? On whom, then, do you rely, that you rebel against me?
21 An speras in baculo arundineo atque confracto, Aegypto, super quem, si incubuerit homo, comminutus ingreditur manum eius et perforabit eam? Sic est pharao rex Aegypti omnibus, qui confidunt in eo.	21 This Egypt, the staff on which you rely, is in fact a broken reed which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it. That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who rely on him.
22 Quod si dixeritis mihi: “In Domino Deo nostro habemus fiduciam”, nonne iste est, cuius abstulit Ezechias excelsa et altaria et praecepit Iudae et Ierusalem: “Ante altare hoc adorabitis in Ierusalem?”.	22 But if you say to me, We rely on the LORD, our God, is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, commanding Judah and Jerusalem to worship before this altar in Jerusalem?'
23 Nunc igitur spondete cum domino meo rege Assyriorum; dabo tibi duo milia equorum; et vide an habere valeas ascensores eorum.	23 "Now, make a wager with my lord, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you can put riders on them.
24 Et quomodo potes in fugam vertere unum satrapam de servis domini mei minimis? An fiduciam habes in Aegypto propter currus et equites?	24 How then can you repulse even one of the least servants of my lord, relying as you do on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
25 Numquid sine Domini voluntate ascendi ad locum istum, ut demolirer eum? Dominus dixit mihi: “Ascende ad terram hanc et demolire eam” ”.	25 Was it without the LORD'S will that I have come up to destroy this place? The LORD said to me, 'Go up and destroy that land!'"
26 Dixerunt autem Eliachim filius Helciae et Sobna et Ioah Rabsaci: “ Precamur, ut loquaris nobis servis tuis Aramaice, siquidem intellegimus hanc linguam, et non loquaris nobis Iudaice, audiente populo, qui est super murum ”.	26 Then Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah said to the commander: "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic; we understand it. Do not speak to us in Judean within earshot of the people who are on the wall."
27 Responditque eis Rabsaces: “ Numquid ad dominum tuum et ad te misit me dominus meus, ut loquerer sermones hos, et non ad viros, qui sedent super murum, ut comedant stercora sua et bibant urinam suam vobiscum? ”.	27 But the commander replied: "Was it to your master and to you that my lord sent me to speak these words? Was it not rather to the men sitting on the wall, who, with you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their urine?"
28 Stetit itaque Rabsaces et clamavit voce magna Iudaice et ait: “ Audite verba regis magni, regis Assyriorum:	28 Then the commander stepped forward and cried out in a loud voice in Judean, "Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
29 Haec dicit rex: Non vos seducat Ezechias; non enim poterit eruere vos de manu mea!	29 Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, since he cannot deliver you out of my hand.
30 Neque fiduciam vobis tribuat super Domino dicens: “Eruens liberabit nos Dominus, et non tradetur civitas haec in manu regis Assyriorum”.	30 Let not Hezekiah induce you to rely on the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely save us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.
31 Nolite audire Ezechiam! Haec enim dicit rex Assyriorum: Facite mecum benedictionem et egredimini ad me, et comedet unusquisque de vinea sua et de ficu sua, et bibetis aquas de cisternis vestris,	31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and surrender! Then each of you will eat of his own vine and of his own fig-tree, and drink the water of his own cistern,
32 donec veniam et transferam vos in terram, quae similis terrae vestrae est, in terram fructiferam et fertilem vini, terram panis et vinearum, terram olivarum olei ac mellis; et vivetis et non moriemini. Nolite audire Ezechiam, qui vos decipit dicens: “Dominus liberabit nos!”.	32 until I come to take you to a land like your own, a land of grain and wine, of bread and orchards, of olives, oil and fruit syrup. Choose life, not death. Do not listen to Hezekiah when he would seduce you by saying, The LORD will rescue us.
33 Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium unusquisque terram suam de manu regis Assyriorum?	33 Has any of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Ubi sunt dii Emath et Arphad? Ubi sunt dii Sepharvaim, Ana et Ava? Numquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea?	34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Avva? Where are the gods of the land of Samaria?
35 Quinam illi sunt in universis diis terrarum, qui eruerunt regionem suam de manu mea, ut possit eruere Dominus Ierusalem de manu mea? ”.	35 Which of the gods for all these lands ever rescued his land from my hand? Will the LORD then rescue Jerusalem from my hand?'"
36 Tacuit itaque populus et non respondit ei quidquam; siquidem praeceptum regis acceperant, ut non responderent ei.	36 But the people remained silent and did not answer him one word, for the king had ordered them not to answer him.
37 Venitque Eliachim filius Helciae praepositus domus et Sobna scriba et Ioah filius Asaph a commentariis ad Ezechiam, scissis vestibus, et nuntiaverunt ei verba Rabsacis.	37 Then the master of the palace, Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, Shebnah the scribe, and the herald Joah, son of Asaph, came to Hezekiah with their garments torn, and reported to him what the commander had