18 — 4 Kings (2 Kings)

1In the third year of Osee, the son of Ela, king of Israel, reigned Ezechias, the son of Achaz, king of Juda.L'anno terzo di Osea figliuolo di Ela re d'Israele, regnò Ezechia figliuolo di Achaz re di Giuda.IN the third yeare of Osee the sonne of Ela king of Israel, reigned Ezechias the sonne of Achaz king of Iuda.Anno tertio Osee filii Ela regis Israël, regnavit Ezechias filius Achaz regis Juda. 2He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zacharias.Egli avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare; e ventinove anni regnò a Gerusalemme: la madre sua si nomò Abi figliuola di Zacharia.Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne: and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem: the name of his mother was Abi the daughter of Zacharias.Viginti quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et viginti novem annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Abi filia Zachariæ. 3And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David, his father, had done.Ed egli fece quello, che era ben fatto nel cospetto del Signore, imitando in tutto Davidde suo padre.And he did that which was good before our Lord, according to al thinges which Dauid his father had done.Fecitque quod erat bonum coram Domino, juxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater ejus. 4He destroyed the high places, and broke the statues in pieces, and cut down the groves, and broke the brazen serpent, which Moses had made: for till that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called its name Nohestan.Egli rovinò i luoghi eccelsi, e spezzò le statue, e atterrò i boschetti, e fece in pezzi il serpente di bronzo fatto da Mosè, perchè sino a quel tempo i figliuoli a' Israele gli bruciavano incensi; ed ei chiamollo Nohestan.He destroyed the excelses, and brake the statuees in peeces, and cut downe the groues, and brake the brasen serpent, which Moyses had made: for vntil that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called the name therof Nohestan.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. 5He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel: so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Juda, nor any of them that were before him:Egli sua speranza ripose nel Signore Dio d'Israele: per la qual cosa nissuno fu simile a lui di tutti i re di Giuda, che venner di poi, e meno dei precedenti:He trusted in our Lord the God of Israel: therfore after him there was not the like to him in al the kings of Iuda, yea neither among them that were before him:In Domino Deo Israël speravit: itaque post eum non fuit similis ei de cunctis regibus Juda, sed neque in his qui ante eum fuerunt:

6And he stuck to the Lord, and departed not from his steps, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.E stette unito al Signore, e non si dilungò da lui, e osservo i suoi comandamenti dati da lui a Mosè.and he cleaued to our Lord, and departed not from his steppes, and he did his commandmentes, which our Lord commanded Moyses.et adhæsit Domino, et non recessit a vestigiis ejus, fecitque mandata ejus, quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi. 7Wherefore the Lord also was with him, and in all things, to which he went forth, he behaved himself wisely. And he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.Per la qual cosa il Signore ancora era con lui, ed egli in tutto quello, che intraprendeva, si portava con prudenza. Egli ancor si sottrasse al giogo del re degli Assiri, e non fu servo di lui.Wherfore our Lord also was with him, and in al things, to the which he proceded, he behaued himselfe wisely. He rebelled also agaynst the king of the Assyrians, and serued him not.Unde et erat Dominus cum eo, et in cunctis ad quæ procedebat, sapienter se agebat. Rebellavit quoque contra regem Assyriorum, et non servivit ei. 8He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.Egli rovinò i Filistei fino a Gaza, e tutto il loro paese, dalle torri delle sentinelle fino alle città fortificate.He stroke the Philisthians as farre as Gaza, & al the borders, from the Towre of watchmen vnto the fensed citie.Ipse percussit Philisthæos usque ad Gazam, et omnes terminos eorum, a turre custodum usque ad civitatem munitam. 9In the fourth year of king Ezechias, which was the seventh year of Osee, the son of Ela, king of Israel, Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians, came up to Samaria, and besieged it,l'anno quarto del re Ezechia, che era l'anno settimo di Osea figliuolo di Eia re d'Israele, Salmanasar re degli Assiri venne a Samaria, e la assediò.In the fourth yeare of king Ezechias, which was the seuenth yeare of Osee the sonne of Ela the king of Israel, came vp Salmanasar the king of the Assyrians into Samaria, and assaulted it,Anno quarto regis Ezechiæ, qui erat annus septimus Osee filii Ela regis Israël, ascendit Salmanasar rex Assyriorum in Samariam, et oppugnavit eam, 10And took it. For after three years, in the sixth year of Ezechias, that is, in the ninth year of Osee, king of Israel, Samaria was taken:E la prese, imperocché di lì a tre anni, l'anno sesto di Ezechia, viene a dire, l'anno nono di Osea re a Israele, Samaria fu espugnata:and tooke it. For after three yeares, in the sixt yeare of Ezechias, that is, the ninth yeare of Osee the king of Israel, Samaria was taken:et cepit. Nam post annos tres, anno sexto Ezechiæ, id est nono anno Osee regis Israël, capta est Samaria:

11And the king of the Assyrians carried away Israel into Assyria, and placed them in Hala, and in Habor, by the rivers of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.E il re degli Assiri traportò Israele nella Assiria, e li pose in Hala, e in Habor, città dei Medi presso al fiume Gozan:and the king of the Assyrians transported Israel vnto the Assyrians, and placed them in Hala, and in Habor riuers of Gozan in the cities of the Medes:et transtulit rex Assyriorum Israël in Assyrios, collocavitque eos in Hala et in Habor fluviis Gozan in civitatibus Medorum: 12Because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord, their God, but transgressed his covenant: all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded, they would not hear, nor do.Perchè eglino non ascoltarono la voce del Signore Dio loro, e trasgredirono il suo patto: non ascoltarono, e non fecer nulla di quello, che Mosè servo del Signore avea comandato.because they heard not the voice of our Lord their God, but transgressed his couenant: al things, that Moyses the seruant of our Lord commanded, they heard not, neither did they it.quia non audierunt vocem Domini Dei sui, sed prætergressi sunt pactum ejus: omnia quæ præceperat Moyses servus Domini non audierunt, neque fecerunt. 13In the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, came up against the fenced cities of Juda, and took them.L'anno decimo quarto del re Ezechia, Sennacherib re degli Assiri andò ad oste contro tutte le città forti di Giuda, e le espugnò.In the fourtenth yeare of king Ezechias, came vp Sennacherib the king of Assyrians to al the fensed cities of Iuda: and tooke them.Anno quartodecimo regis Ezechiæ, ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum ad universas civitates Juda munitas, et cepit eas. 14Then Ezechias, king of Juda, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians, to Lachis, saying: I have offended, depart from me: and all that thou shalt put upon me, I will bear. And the king of the Assyrians put a tax upon Ezechias, king of Juda, of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.Allora Ezechia re di Giuda mandò ambasciadori al re degli Assiri a Lachis, facendogli dire: Ho peccato; vattene da me, e io mi obbligherò a tutto quello, che m'imporrai. E il re degli Assiri impose ad Ezechia re di Giuda trecento talenti d'argento, e trenta talenti d'oro.Then sent Ezechias the king of Iuda messengers to the king of the Assyrians into Lachis, saying: I haue sinned, retyre from me: and al that thou shalt put vpon me, I will beare. Therfore the king of the Assyrians put a taxe vpon Ezechias the king of Iuda, three hundred talents of siluer, and thirtie talents of gold.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.

15And Ezechias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the king’s treasures.E il re Ezechia diede tutto l'argento, che si era trovato nella casa del Signore, e ne' tesori reali.And Ezechias gaue al the siluer that was found in the house of our Lord, and in the kinges treasures.Deditque Ezechias omne argentum quod repertum fuerat in domo Domini et in thesauris regis. 16At that time Ezechias broke the doors of the temple of the Lord, and the plates of gold which he had fastened on them, and gave them to the king of the Assyrians.Allora fu, che Ezechia spezzò le porte del tempio del Signore, e le lame d'oro, che egli stesso vi aveva affisse, e le diede al re degli Assiri.At that time Ezechias brake the doores of the temple of our Lord, and the plates of gold, which he had fastened on them, and gaue them to the king of the Assyrians.In tempore illo confregit Ezechias valvas templi Domini, et laminas auri quas ipse affixerat, et dedit eas regi Assyriorum. 17And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan, and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces, from Lachis, to king Ezechias, with a strong army, to Jerusalem: and they went up and came to Jerusalem, and they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the way of the fuller’s field.Ma il re degli Assiri mando da Lachis Tharthan, e Rabsaris, e Rabsace al re Ezechia a Gerusalemme con una forte squadra: e questi vennero a Gerusalemme, e si fermarono presso l'acquidotto della peschiera superiore, che è sulla strada del campo del Gualchieraio.But the king of the Assyrias sent Tharthan, and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces from Lachis to king Ezechias with a strong powre to Ierusalem: who when they were come vp they came to Ierusalem, and stoode beside the conduite of the vpper poole, which is in the way of the fullers field.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. 18And they called for the king: and there went out to them Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder.E fecero chiamare il re, e andò a trovargli Eliacim figliuolo di Helcia, maggiordomo, e Sobna dottor della legge, e Joahe figliuolo di Asaph, segretario.And they called the king: and there went out to them Eliacim the sonne of Helcias gouernour of the house and Sobna the Scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph, the register,Vocaveruntque regem: egressus est autem ad eos Eliacim filius Helciæ præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Joahe filius Asaph a commentariis.

19And Rabsaces said to them: Speak to Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this confidence, wherein thou trustest?E Rabsace disse loro: Voi direte ad Ezechia: Il re grande, il re degli Assiri dice così: Su qual fidanza ti fondi tu?And Rabsaces sayd to them: Speake to Ezechias: Thus sayth the great king, the king of Assyrians: What is this confidence, that thou doest stay vpon?Dixitque ad eos Rabsaces: Loquimini Ezechiæ: Hæc dicit rex magnus, rex Assyriorum: Quæ est ista fiducia, qua niteris ? 20Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare thyself for battle. On whom dost thou trust, that thou darest to rebel?Hai tu forse preso il partito di prepararti alla battaglia? In qual cosa ti confidi tu, che ardisci di ribellarti?Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare thy selfe to battle. Wherin hast thou confidence, that thou darest to rebel?forsitan inisti consilium, ut præpares te ad prælium. In quo confidis, ut audeas rebellare ? 21Dost thou trust in Egypt a staff of a broken reed, upon which if a man lean, it will break and go into his hand, and pierce it? so is Pharao, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.Speri tu forse in quella canna fessa dell'Egitto, sopra la quale se uno vi si appoggi, ella rompendosi se gli ficcherà nella mano, e la forerà? Tale è Faraone re d'Egitto per tutti quelli, che si fidan di lui.Dost thou hope in Aegypt a staffe of reede and broken, vpon which if a man leane, broken into splinters it wil enter into his hand, and pearce it? so is Pharao the king of Aegypt, to al that haue confidence in him.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. 22But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord, our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away: and hath commanded Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?Che se voi mi direte: Noi abbiam fiducia nel Signore Dio nostro: non è egli l'istesso, di cui Ezechia ha distrutti i luoghi eccelsi, e gli altari, e ha intimato a Giuda, e a Gerusalemme: Dinanzi a questo altare voi farete adorazione in Gerusalemme?But, if you wil say to me: We haue confidence in our Lord God: is not this he, whose excelses and altars Ezechias hath taken away: and he commanded Iuda and Ierusalem: Before this altar shal you adore in Ierusalem?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 ?

23Now therefore come over to my master, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to have riders for them.Ora adunque venite al signor mio il re degli Assiri, e darovvi duemila cavalline vedete voi se possiate aver chi li monti.Now therfore passe to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I wil geue you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to haue ryders for them.Nunc igitur transite ad dominum meum regem Assyriorum, et dabo vobis duo millia equorum, et videte an habere valeatis ascensores eorum. 24And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master’s servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?E come potreste voi far fronte a un dei più piccoli satrapi del re mio signore. Ti confidi tu nell'Egitto a motivo dei cocchi, e dei cavalieri?And how can you resiste before one prince of the least seruantes of my lord? Hast thou confidence in Aegypt for the chariotes and horsemen?Et quomodo potestis resistere ante unum satrapam de servis domini mei minimis ? an fiduciam habes in Ægypto propter currus et equites ? 25Is it without the will of the Lord that I am come up to this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up to this land, and destroy it.Non è egli forse per volontà del Signore, che io son venuto in questi luoghi, per devastarli? Il Signore mi disse: Va in quel paese, e devastaloWhy am I come vp without the wil of the Lord to destroy it? The Lord sayd to me: Goe vp to this land, and destroy it.Numquid sine Domini voluntate ascendi ad locum istum, ut demolirer eum ? Dominus dixit mihi: Ascende ad terram hanc, et demolire eam. 26Then Eliacim, the son of Helcias, and Sobna, and Joahe, said to Rabsaces: We pray thee, speak to us, thy servants, in Syriac: for we understand that tongue: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall.Ma Heliacim figliuolo di Helcia, Sobna, e Joahe dissero a Rabsace: Ti preghiamo di parlare a noi tuoi servi in Siriaco, perocché noi intendiam questa lingua; e di non parlarci in lingua Giudea a sentita del popolo, che sta sulle mura.And Eliacim the sonne of Helcias, and Sobna, and Ioahe sayd to Rabsaces: We pray thee that thou speake to vs thy seruantes in Syryake: for we vnderstand this tongue: and speake not to vs in the Iewes language, the people hearing it, which is vpon the wal.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.

27And Rabsaces answered them, saying: Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words, and not rather to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you?Ma Rabsace rispose, e disse loro: Mi ha egli forse mandato il signor mio al tuo signore, e a te a dir queste cose, e non piuttosto a quegli uomini, che stanno sopra le mura, per ridursi mangiare il proprio sterco, e a bere la propria urina con voi?And Rabsaces answered them, saying: What did my lord send me to thee, that I should speake these wordes, and not rather to the men that sit vpon the wal, that they may eate their owne dung, and drinke their vrine with you?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 ? 28Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said: Hear the word of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.Quindi stando in piedi Rabsace, sclamò ad alta voce in Ebreo, e disse: Udite le parole del gran re, del re degli Assiri:Rabsaces therfore stood, and cryed out with a lowd voyce in the Iewes language, and sayd: Heare ye the wordes of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.Stetit itaque Rabsaces, et exclamavit voce magna judaice, et ait: Audite verba regis magni, regis Assyriorum. 29Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of my hand.Il re dice così: Non vi seduca Ezechia; perocché egli non potrà liberarvi dalle mie mani.Thus sayth the king: Let not Ezechias seduce you: for he shal not be able to deliuer you out my hand.Hæc dicit rex: Non vos seducat Ezechias: non enim poterit eruere vos de manu mea: 30Neither let him make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.E non v'ispiri fidanza nel Signore, dicendo: Il Signore ci libererà certamente, e questa città non sarà data in potere del re degli Assiri.Neither let him geue you confidence vpon the Lord, saying: Our Lord deliuering wil deliuer vs, and this citie shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.neque fiduciam vobis tribuat super Dominum, dicens: Eruens liberabit nos Dominus, et non tradetur civitas hæc in manu regis Assyriorum. 31Do not hearken to Ezechias. For thus saith the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for your advantage, and come out to me: and every man of you shall eat of his own vineyard, and of his own fig tree: and you shall drink water of your own cisterns,Non date retta ad Ezechia; imperocché il re degli Assiri dice così: Convenite meco di quello, che è utile per voi, e venite fuora a trovarmi, e ognun di voi mangerà le sue uve, e i suoi fichi, e berete Te acque delle vostre cisterne:Doe not heare Ezechias. For thus sayth the king of the Assyrians: Doe with me that which is profitable for you, and come forth to me: and euery man shal eate of his vineyard, and of his figge tree: and you shal drinke waters of your owne cesternes,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, 32Till I come, and take you away, to a land, like to your own land, a fruitful land, and plentiful in wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives, and oil, and honey, and you shall live, and not die. Hearken not to Ezechias, who deceiveth you, saying: The Lord will deliver us.Sino a tanto che io venga, e vi trasporti in un paese simile al vostro paese, in una terra feconda, e abbondante di vino, in una terra di pane, e di uve, e di ulivi, e di olio, e di miele, e camperete, e non morrete: non date retta ad Ezechia, il quale v'inganna, dicendo: Il Signore ci libererà.til I come, and transporte you into a land, that is like to your land, into a fruiteful land, and plentiful of wyne, a land of bread and of vineyardes, a land of oliuetes, and of oyle and honie, and you shal liue, and shal not die. Heare not Ezechias, who deceiueth you, saying: Our Lord wil deliuer vs.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.

33Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?Hann'eglino gli dei delle genti liberata la loro terra dal potere del re degli Assiri?Did the goddes of Nations deliuer their land from the hand of the king of Assyrians?Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium terram suam de manu regis Assyriorum ? 34Where is the god of Emath, and of Arphad? where is the god of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?Dov'è egli il dio di Emath, e di Arphad? Dov'è il dio di Sepharvaim, di Ana, e di Ava? Hann'eglino liberata Samaria dal poter mio?Where is the God of Emath & Arphad? Where is the God of Sepharuaim, of Ana, and Aua? did they deliuer Samaria out of my hand?ubi est deus Emath, et Arphad ? ubi est deus Sepharvaim, Ana, et Ava ? numquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea ? 35Who are they among all the gods of the nations that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?Chi son eglino tra tutti quanti gli dei del mondo quelli, che abbiali liberato il lor paese dal poter mio, onde possa il Signore liberar Gerusalemme dalle mie mani?What are they among al the goddes of nations, which haue deliuered their countrey out of my hand, that the Lord can deliuer Ierusalem out of my hand?Quinam illi sunt in universis diis terrarum, qui eruerunt regionem suam de manu mea, ut possit eruere Dominus Jerusalem de manu mea ? 36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.E il popolo stette in silenzio, e non gli rispose nulla: perocché aveano avuto ordine dal re di non dargli risposta.The people therfore held their peace, and did not answer him any thing: for they had receiued the kings commandement that they should not answer him.Tacuit itaque populus, et non respondit ei quidquam: siquidem præceptum regis acceperant ut non responderent ei. 37And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.Ed Eliacim figliuolo di Helcia, maggiordomo, e Sobna dottor della legge, e Joahe figliuolo di Asaph, segretario, tornarono ad Ezechia, stracciate le loro vesti, e riferirono a lui le parole di Rabsace.And Eliacim the sonne of Helcias, gouernour of the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph register came to Ezeehias, their garments rent, and told him the wordes of Rabsaces.Venitque Eliacim filius Helciæ, præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Joahe filius Asaph a commentariis ad Ezechiam scissis vestibus, et nuntiaverunt ei verba Rabsacis.