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17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him. 3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison. 5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes. 7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods 8 and followed the practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. 9 The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[b] 13 The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.” 14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.” 16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal. 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger. 18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced. 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence. 21 When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin. 22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them 23 until the Lord removed them from his presence, as he had warned through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria, and they are still there. 24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns. 25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people. 26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.” 27 Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.” 28 So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord. 29 Nevertheless, each national group made its own gods in the several towns where they settled, and set them up in the shrines the people of Samaria had made at the high places. 30 The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima; 31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelek and Anammelek, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 They worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed all sorts of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places. 33 They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought. 34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel. 35 When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: “Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them. 36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices. 37 You must always be careful to keep the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. 38 Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. 39 Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.” 40 They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. 41 Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did. 18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah[c] daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. 4 He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[d]) 5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6 He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. 7 And the Lord was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8 From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory. 9 In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. 11 The king of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes. 12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. They neither listened to the commands nor carried them out. 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[e] of silver and thirty talents[f] of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace. 16 At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field. 18 They called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them. 19 The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: “‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? 20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 22 But if you say to me, “We are depending on the Lord our God”—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem”? 23 “‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 24 How can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen[g]? 25 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’” 26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.” 27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?” 28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’ 31 “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern, 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life and not death! “Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ 33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” 36 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.” 37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn, and told him what the field commander had said. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.” 27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[a] 31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God[b] gives the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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2 राजा 18Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) हिजकियाह यहूदामा आफ्नो शासन शुरू गर्छन् 18 आहारजका छोरा हिजकियाह यहूदाका राजा थिए। एलाका छोरा होशे इस्राएलका राजा हुँदा तेस्रो बर्षमा हिजकियाहले शासन गर्न शुरू गरे। 2 हिजकियाह 25 बर्षका थिए जब उनले शासन गर्न शुरू गरे। हिजकियाहले यरूशलेममा 29 बर्ष शासन गरे। उनकी आमा जकर्याहकी छोरीको नाउँ अबी थियो। 3 हिजकियाहले ती कामहरू गरे आफ्ना पुर्खा दाऊद जस्तै जो परमप्रभुले सही भन्नुभएको थियो। 4 हिजकियाहले अल्गा ठाउँहरू भत्काए। उनले स्मारक ढुङ्गाहरू फोरे अनि अश्तारोत खाँमाहरू ढाले। त्यस समयमा इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले मोशाद्वारा बनाइएको काँसाको सर्पका लागि धूपबलि जलाउने गर्दथे। यस काँसको सर्पलाई “नेहुरातान” भनिन्थ्यो हिजकियाहरूले यस काँसाको सर्पलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पारे किनभने मानिसहरूले त्यस सापको पूजा गरिरहेका थिए। 5 हिजकियाहले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरमाथि विश्वास गर्दथे। यहूदाका राजाहरूमा उनी अघि अथवा पछि हिजकियाह जस्तो व्यक्ति कोही भएन। 6 हिजकियाह परमप्रभुप्रति साह्रै नै विश्वासी थिए। उनले परमप्रभुको अनुशरण गर्न छोडेनन्। उनले आदेशहरू पालन गरे जो परमप्रभुले मोशालाई दिनुभएको थियो। 7 परमप्रभु हिजकियाहसँग हुनुहुन्थ्यो। हिजकियाह प्रत्येक काममा सफल भए जो उनले गरे। हिजकियाह अश्शूरका राजाबाट अलग भए।हिजकियाहले अश्शूरका राजाको सेवा गर्न बन्द गरे। 8 हिजकियाहले गाजासम्म तथा यसको वरिपरि पलिश्तीलीहरूलाई पराजित गरे। उनले सानो देखि ठूलो सबै पलिश्तीली शहरहरू पराजित गरे। अश्शूरीहरू सामरिया दखल गर्छन् 9 अश्शूरका राजा शल्मनेसेर सामरियाको विरोधमा युद्ध गर्न गए। उनको सैनिकले शहरलाई घेरे यो घटना यहूदाका राजा हिजकियाहको शासन कालको चौथो बर्षमा भयो।(एलाका छोरा होशे इस्राएलका राजा भएको सातौं बर्ष पनि थियो।) 10 तेस्रो बर्षको अन्तमा, शल्मनेसेरले सामरिया कब्जा गरे। उनले सामरियालाई यहूदाका राजा हिजकियाहको छैटौं बर्षमा कब्जा गरे।(यो इस्राएलका राजा होशे भएको नवौं बर्ष थियो।) 11 अश्शूरका राजाले इस्राएलीहरूलाई बन्दी बनाएर अश्शूर लगे। उनले तिनीहरूलाई हाबीर (गोजान नदी) किनारमा हलह र मादीमा बसाए। 12 यस्तो घटना भयो किनभने इस्राएलीहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्नो परमेश्वरको अनुशरण गरेनन्। तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको करारलाई मानेनन्। तिनीहरूले ती सबै कुराहरू माननेन् जो परमप्रभुका सेवक मोशाले आदेश दिएका थिए। इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुको करार नसुने जस्तो गरे न त ती कामहरू गरे करारमा उनीहरूलाई गर्न भनिएको थियो। अश्शूर यहूदालाई लिन तयार हुन्छ 13 हिजकियाहको शासनकालको 14औं बर्षमा अश्शूरका राजा सनहेरीब यहूदाका सबै शक्तिशाली शहरहरूको विरोधमा युद्ध गर्न गए। सनहेरीबले ती सबै शहरहरू जिते। 14 तब यहूदाका राजा हिजकियाहले अश्शूरका राजालाई लाकीशमा एउटा सन्देश पठाए। हिजकियाहले भने, “मैले भूल गरेको छु। मलाई एक्लै छोडिदेऊ। तब तिमीले मागेको जे पनि तिर्न तयार हुनेछु।” तब अश्शूरका राजाले यहूदाका राजा हिजकियाहलाई 300 तोडा भन्दा बढी चाँदी तथा 30 तोडा भन्दा बढी सुन तिर्नु भने। 15 हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुको मन्दिर अनि राजाको खजानामा भएको चाँदी दिए। 16 त्यस समयमा हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको ढोकाहरू र चौखटहरूमा लगाइएका सुन उप्काए। राजा हिजकियाहले नै ती ढोकाहरू र चौखटहरूमा सुन जोड्ने काम गरेका थिए। हिजकियाहले ती सुन अश्शूरका राजालाई दिए। अश्शूरका राजा मानिसहरू यरूशलेम पठाउँछन् 17 अश्शूरका राजाले आफ्ना अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण तीनजना सेनापतिहरू विशाल सेनासँगै राजा हिजकियाहकहाँ यरूशलेम पठाए। ती मानिसहरू लाकीशबाट हिंडे अनि यरूशलेम पुगे। तिनीहरू माथिल्लो पोखरिको छेऊको कुलो नजिक उभिए। माथिल्लो पोखरी धोबीको खेत जाने बाटोमा थियो। 18 यी मानिसहरूले राजालाई बोलाए। हिल्कियाहका छोरा एल्याकीम (एल्याकीम राजाको महलको हेरचाह गर्दैथे।) शेब्ना (मुख्य सचिब) र आसापका छोरा योआ (अभिलेखापाल) तिनीहरूसँग भेट गर्न बाहिर आए। 19 सेनापतिहरूमध्ये एक जनाले उनीहरूलाई भने, “अश्शूका राजा, महाराजले जे भनेका छन्, हिजकियाहलाई भनः ‘तिमी केमाथि विश्वास गर्दछौ? 20 तिम्रा वचनहरू अर्थहीन छन्। तिमी भन्छौ, “युद्धमा मलाई सघाउन तिमीसँग पर्याप्त सल्लाह र शक्ति छ।” तर तिमीलाई कसले विश्वास गर्छ किनभने तिमीले मेरो नियमको उल्लंघन गरेका छौ। 21 तिमी भाँच्चिएको बेतको लौरोको मद्दत लिंदै छौ। यो हिंड्ने लौरो मिश्र हो। यदि कोही मानिस यस लौरोको मद्दत लिन्छ भने यो भाँचिन्छ र हातउँदो गएर घाइते बनाउँछ। मिश्रका राजा त्यस्तै हुन ती मानिसहरूका लागि जो उनलाई विश्वास गर्छन्। 22 हुन सक्छ तिमी भन्ने छौ, “हामी परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वरमाथि विश्वास गर्दछौ।” तर म जान्दछु हिजकियाहले अग्ला ठाउँहरू र वेदीहरू हटाए जहाँ मानिसहरू परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्दथे हटाए। अनि हिजकियाहले यहूदा र यरूशलेमका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले यहाँ यरूशलेममा वेदीको अघि मात्र आराधना गर्ने छौ।” 23 ‘अब अश्शूरका राजा, हाम्रा मालिकसँग सम्झौता गर। म वचन दिन्छु, यदि तिमीले सवार गर्नेहरू भेटाउन सक्छौ भने म तिमीलाई 2,000 घोडाहरू दिनेछु। 24 तिमी मेरा मालिकका अधिकारीहरूमध्ये तल्लो स्तरका एक जना अधिकारीलाई परास्त गर्न सक्ने छैनौ। तिमी रथ र घोडाका सैनिकहरूका लागि मिश्रमाथि भर पर्छौ। 25 ‘म परमप्रभुको आदेश बिना यरूशलेमलाई नष्टपार्न आएको होइन। परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभएको छ “यस देशको विरोधमा जाऊ अनि यसलाई नष्टपार।”’” 26 तब हिल्कियाहका छोरा एल्याकीम, शेब्ना र योआले सेनापतिलाई भने, “कृपया हामीसँग अरामी भाषामा कुरा गर। हामी त्यो भाषा बुझ्छौं। यहूदाको भाषामा हामीसँग कुरा नगर किनभने पर्खालमाथि उभिएका मानिसहरूले सुन्ने छन्।” 27 तर सेनापतिले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “मेरो मालिकले मलाई तिमी र तिम्रा राजासँग बोल्न मात्र पठाउनुभएको छैन। म अरू मानिसहरूसँग पनि कुरा गर्नेछु जो पर्खालमा बसिरहेका छन्। तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूको मल-मूत्र तिमीहरूसँगै नै खाने अनि पिउने छन्।” 28 तब सेनापति जोरसित हिब्रू भाषामा कराएर भने, “महाराजाधिराज, अश्शूरका राजाबाट यो सन्देश सुन। 29 राजा भन्दछन्, ‘हिजकियाहलाई मूर्ख बनाउन नदेऊ। उनले तिमीलाई मेरो शक्तिबाट बचाउन सक्दैनन्। 30 हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुप्रति तिमीहरू विश्वास गर्ने बनाउन नसकोस्।’ हिजकियाह भन्दछन्, ‘परमप्रभुले हामीलाई बचाउनु हुनेछ! अश्शूरकाले राजा यस शहरलाई परास्त गर्ने छैनन्!’ 31 तर हिजकियाहका कुरा नसुन! अश्शूरका राजा यस्तो भन्दछन्: ‘मसित शान्ति सन्धि गर अनि मसँग मिल। तब तिमीहरूमध्ये प्रत्येकले आफ्नो आइफल, आफ्नै अंञ्जीर फल अनि आफ्नै कपको पानी खान सक्ने छौ। 32 तिमीहरू यस्तो तबसम्म गर्न सक्ने छौ जबसम्म म आएर तिमीहरू टाढा आफ्नो देशमा लिएर जान्न। यो ठाउँ अन्न र नयाँ दाखरस, गहुँ र अंङ्गुर र अंडीर, महको देश हो। तब तिमीहरू बाँच्ने छौ, मर्दैनौ। तर हिजकियाहका कुरा नसुन। उनी तिमीहरूको मन बदली गर्न चाहन्छन्। उनी भन्दैछन्। “परमप्रभुले हामीलाई बचाउनु हुनेछ।” 33 के अर्कै राष्ट्रका देवताहरूमध्ये कसैले अश्शूरका राजाबाट उनको देशलाई बचाउन सक्यो? सकेन! 34 हमात र अपार्दका देवताहरू कहाँ छन? सपवैम, हेना र इव्वाका देवताहरू कहाँ छन्? के तिनीहरूले मबाट सामरियालाई बचाउन सके? 35 सकेनन् के अरू देशका देवताहरू मध्ये कसैले आफ्नो देश मबाट बचाउन सके? सकेनन् के परमप्रभुले मबाट यरूशलेमलाई बचाउन सक्नुहुन्छ? सक्दैनन्।’” 36 तर मानिसहरू बोलेका थिएनन्। तिनीहरूले सेनापतिलाई एक शब्द पनि भनेनन् किनभने राजा हिजकियाहले तिनीहरूलाई आदेश दिएका थिए। उनले भने, “उनलाई केही नभन।” 37 हिल्कियाहका छोरा एल्याकीम (एल्याकीम राजाको दरबारको अधिकारी थिए) शेब्ना (सेबाका मुख्य सचिब) र आसापका छोरा योआ (अभिलेखापाल) हिजकियाहसमक्ष आए। तिनीहरूको लुगा च्यातिएको थियो र तिनीहरू दुःखी भएको बुझिन्थ्यो। तिनीहरूले हिजकियाहलाई सबै कुरा भने जो अश्शूरका सेनापतिले भनेका थिए।