Anden Kongebog 19
1 Og det skete, der Kong Ezekias hørte det, da sønderrev han sine Klæder og iførte sig Sæk og gik ind i Herrens Hus.
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2 Og han sendte Eliakim, som var Hovmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og de ældste af Præsterne, som havde iført sig Sæk, til Profeten Esajas, Amoz's Søn.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 Og de sagde til ham: Saa sagde Ezekias: Denne Dag er Nødens og Tugtelsens og Bespottelsens Dag; thi Børnene ere komne til Fødselens Sted, og der er ingen Kraft til at føde.
And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 Maaske Herren din Gud vil høre alle Rabsakes Ord, hvem hans Herre, Kongen af Assyrien, sendte for at forhaane den levende Gud, og han vil straffe ham for de Ord, som Herren din Gud har hørt; saa opløft din Bøn folde overblevne, som findes.
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
5 Der Kong Ezekias's Tjenere kom til Esajas,
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 da sagde Esajas til dem: Saa skulle I sige til eders Herre: Saa sagde Herren: Frygt ikke for de Ord, som du hørte, de, hvormed Kongen af Assyriens Tjenere forhaanede mig.
And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Se, jeg vil indgive ham en Aand, og han skal høre et Rygte og drage tilbage til sit Land, og jeg vil fælde ham med Sværd i hans Land.
Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Og der Rabsake kom tilbage, da fandt han, at Kongen af Assyrien stred imod Libna; thi han havde hørt, at han var rejst fra Lakis.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 Og der han hørte om Thirhaka, Morlands Konge, og der sagdes: Se, han er dragen ud at stride imod dig, da sendte han igen Bud til Ezekias og lod sige:
And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Cush, Behold, he hath come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Saa skulle I sige til Ezekias, Judas Konge: Lad din Gud, som du forlader dig paa, ikke bedrage dig, saa at du siger: Jerusalem skal ikke gives i Kongen af Assyriens Haand.
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Se, du har hørt, hvad Kongerne af Assyrien have gjort ved alle Landene, at de have ødelagt dem, og skulde du blive friet?
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have Hedningernes Guder friet dem, som mine Fædre ødelagde, nemlig Gosan og Karan og Rezef og Edens Børn, som vare i Thelassar?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Thelasar?
13 Hvor er Kongen af Hamath og Kongen af Arfad og Kongen af Sefarvajms Stad, af Hena og Iva?
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
14 Og Ezekias tog Brevene af Budenes Haand og læste dem; og han gik op til Herrens Hus, og Ezekias udbredte dem for Herrens Ansigt.
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
15 Og Ezekias bad for Herrens Ansigt og sagde: Herre! Israels Gud, du som sidder over Keruber, du alene er Gud over alle Riger paa Jorden, du gjorde Himmelen og Jorden.
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16 Herre, bøj dine Øren og hør! Herre, oplad dine Øjne og se! og hør Senakeribs Ord, som han sendte for at haane den levende Gud!
LORD, bow down thy ear, and hear: open, LORD, thy eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17 Det er sandt, Herre! Kongerne af Assyrien have ødelagt Hedningerne og deres Land.
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
18 Og de have overgivet deres Guder til Ilden, fordi de ikke vare Guder, men Menneskens Hænders Gerning, Træ og Sten, og de tilintetgjorde dem.
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 have destroyed them.
19 Men nu, Herre, vor Gud! kære, frels os fra hans Haand, at alle Riger paa Jorden maa kende, at du, Herre, du alene er Gud.
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
20 Da sendte Esajas, Amoz's Søn, til Ezekias og lod sige: Saa siger Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg har hørt, hvad du har bedet mig om imod Senakerib, Kongen af Assyrien.
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 Dette er det Ord, som Herren har talt imod ham: Jomfruen, Zions Datter, foragter dig og spotter dig, Jerusalems Datter ryster med Hovedet ad dig.
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Hvem har du bespottet og forhaanet? og imod hvem opløftede du Røsten? du opløftede dine Øjne højt imod Israels hellige.
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 Du bespottede Herren ved dine Sendebud og sagde: Med mine Vognes Mangfoldighed er jeg opfaren paa Bjergenes Højder, Libanons Toppe, og jeg vil afhugge dens høje Cedere, dens udvalgte Fyrre, jeg vil komme til dens yderste Bolig, til dens frodige Skov.
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down its tall cedar trees, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 Jeg har gravet Brønde og drukket de fremmede Vande og udtørret alle dybe Floder med mine Fødders Saaler.
I have dug and drank strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
25 Har du ikke hørt, at jeg har gjort dette for lang Tid siden, at jeg har beskikket det i gamle Dage? nu har jeg ladet det komme, og det skal være til at ødelægge de faste Stæder, at de blive til øde Grushobe.
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities in ruinous heaps.
26 Og de, som bo deri, bleve afmægtige, bleve knuste og beskæmmede, de bleve som Græs paa Marken og som de grønne Urter, som Hø paa Tagene og som Korn, der er blevet forbrændt, før det sætter Aks.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
27 Og jeg ved din Bolig og din Udgang og din Indgang, og at du raser imod mig.
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28 Efterdi du raser imod mig, og din Sorgløshed er kommen op for mine Øren, saa vil jeg lægge min Krog i din Næse og mit Bidsel i dine Læber og føre dig ad den Vej tilbage, som du kom paa.
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29 Og dette skal være dig Tegnet: At man i dette Aar skal æde det, som opvokser uden Arbejde, og i det andet Aar det, som vokser af sig selv; men i det tredje Aar saar da og høster og planter Vingaarde og æder deres Frugt!
And this shall be a sign to thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of it.
30 Thi det undkomne, som er overblevet af Judas Hus, skal atter faa Rødder nedefter og bære Frugt opefter.
And the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 Thi fra Jerusalem skal der udgaa nogle overblevne og fra Zions Bjerg nogle undkomne; Herren Zebaoths Nidkærhed skal gøre det.
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape from mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
32 Derfor saa sagde Herren om Kongen af Assyrien: Han skal ikke komme ind i denne Stad og ikke skyde en Pil derind og ikke komme for den med Skjold og ingen Vold opkaste imod den.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
33 Han skal drage ad den Vej tilbage, som han kom paa, og ikke komme ind i denne Stad, siger Herren.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
34 Thi jeg vil beskærme denne Stad for at frelse den for min Skyld og for Davids, min Tjeners, Skyld.
For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
35 Og det skete i den samme Nat, at Herrens Engel for ud og slog i Assyrernes Lejr Hundrede og fem og firsindstyve Tusinde, og der man stod aarle op om Morgenen, se, da vare de alle sammen døde Kroppe.
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
36 Saa rejste Senakerib, Kongen af Assyrien, og drog bort og vendte tilbage og blev i Ninive.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
37 Og det skete, der han tilbad i Nisroks, sin Guds Hus, da ihjelsloge Adra-Melek og Sar-Ezer, hans Sønner, ham med Sværd, og de undkom til Ararats Land, og hans Søn Asarhaddon blev Konge i hans Sted.
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
