Regum II 18

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Anno tertio Osee filii Ela regis Israël, regnavit Ezechias filius Achaz regis Juda.	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 cœpisset, et viginti novem annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Abi filia Zachariæ.	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, juxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater ejus.	3 He pleased the LORD, just as his forefather David had done.
4 Ipse dissipavit excelsa, et contrivit statuas, et succidit lucos, confregitque serpentem æneum quem fecerat Moyses : siquidem usque ad illud tempus filii Israël adolebant ei incensum : vocavitque nomen ejus 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 Israël speravit : itaque post eum non fuit similis ei de cunctis regibus Juda, 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 adhæsit Domino, et non recessit a vestigiis ejus, fecitque mandata ejus, quæ præceperat 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 quæ procedebat, sapienter se 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 Philisthæos usque ad Gazam, et omnes terminos eorum, 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 Ezechiæ, qui erat annus septimus Osee filii Ela regis Israël, ascendit Salmanasar rex Assyriorum in 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. Nam post annos tres, anno sexto Ezechiæ, id est nono anno Osee regis Israël, 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 Israël in Assyrios, collocavitque eos in Hala et in Habor fluviis Gozan 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 prætergressi sunt pactum ejus : omnia quæ præceperat 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 quartodecimo regis Ezechiæ, ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum ad universas civitates Juda 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 Juda nuntios ad regem Assyriorum in Lachis, dicens : Peccavi : recede a me, et omne quod imposueris mihi, feram. Indixit itaque rex Assyriorum Ezechiæ regi Judæ 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 laminas auri quas ipse affixerat, et dedit eas 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 Jerusalem : qui cum ascendissent, venerunt Jerusalem, et steterunt juxta aquæductum piscinæ superioris, quæ est in via Agrifullonis.	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 Eliacim filius Helciæ præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Joahe 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 Ezechiæ : Hæc dicit rex magnus, rex Assyriorum : Quæ 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 inisti consilium, ut præpares te ad prælium. In quo confidis, ut audeas rebellare ?	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 Ægypto, super quem, si incubuerit homo, comminutus ingredietur manum ejus, et perforabit eam ? sic est Pharao rex Ægypti omnibus qui confidunt in se.	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, cujus abstulit Ezechias excelsa et altaria, et præcepit Judæ et Jerusalem : Ante altare hoc adorabitis in Jerusalem ?	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 transite ad dominum meum regem Assyriorum, et dabo vobis duo millia equorum, et videte an habere valeatis 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 potestis resistere ante unum satrapam de servis domini mei minimis ? an fiduciam habes in Ægypto 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 Eliacim filius Helciæ, et Sobna, et Joahe Rabsaci : Precamur ut loquaris nobis servis tuis syriace : siquidem intelligimus hanc linguam : et non loquaris nobis judaice, 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, dicens : Numquid ad dominum tuum, et ad te misit me dominus meus, ut loquerer sermones hos, et non potius 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 exclamavit voce magna judaice, 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 Hæc 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 Dominum, dicens : Eruens liberabit nos Dominus, et non tradetur civitas hæc 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. Hæc enim dicit rex Assyriorum : Facite mecum quod vobis est utile, 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 quæ similis est terræ vestræ, in terram fructiferam, et fertilem vini, terram panis et vinearum, terram olivarum et 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 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 est deus Emath, et Arphad ? ubi est deus 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 Jerusalem 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 præceptum 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 Eliacim filius Helciæ, præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Joahe 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