Anden Kongebog 20

1 I de Dage blev Ezekias dødssyg; og Esajas, Amoz's Søn, Profeten, kom til ham og sagde til ham: Saa sagde Herren: Beskik dit Hus, thi du skal dø og ikke leve.

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

2 Og han vendte sit Ansigt omkring til Væggen og bad til Herren og sagde:

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

3 Ak, Herre! kom dog i Hu, at jeg har trolig og med et retskaffent Hjerte vandret for dit Ansigt og gjort det, som er godt for dine Øjne; og Ezekias græd bitterligt.

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Og det skete, der Esajas endnu ikke var gaaet ud af den mellemste Forgaard, da skete Herrens Ord til ham, sigende:

Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

5 Vend tilbage og sig til Ezekias, mit Folks Fyrste: Saa sagde Herren, Davids, din Faders, Gud: Jeg har hørt din Bøn, jeg har set din Graad; se, jeg læger dig; paa den tredje Dag skal du gaa op til Herrens Hus.

“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.

6 Og jeg vil lægge til dine Dage femten Aar og fri dig og denne Stad fra Kongen af Assyriens Haand og beskærme denne Stad for min Skyld og for Davids, min Tjeners, Skyld.

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

7 Og Esajas sagde: Henter en Figenkage; og de hentede den og lagde den paa Bylden, og han blev i Live.

Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

8 Og Ezekias sagde til Esajas: Hvilket er Tegnet paa, at Herren vil læge mig, og at jeg skal gaa op paa den tredje Dag i Herrens Hus?

Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”

9 Og Esajas sagde: Du skal have dette Tegn af Herren paa, at Herren skal gøre denne Gerning, som han har sagt: Skal Skyggen gaa ti Streger frem eller gaa ti Streger tilbage?

And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”

10 Og Ezekias sagde: Det er let, at Skyggen bøjer ti Streger fremad, men ikke at Skyggen gaar ti Streger tilbage.

“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

11 Og Esajas, Profeten, raabte til Herren, og han lod Skyggen paa Timestregerne gaa de ti Streger igen tilbage, som den var gaaet fremad paa Akas's Solviser.

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

12 Paa den samme Tid sendte Berodak Baladan, Baladans Søn, Kongen af Babel, Breve og Skænk til Ezekias; thi han havde hørt, at Ezekias havde været syg.

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.

13 Og Ezekias hørte paa dem og viste dem hele Huset med sine dyrebare Sager, Sølvet og Guldet og de vellugtende Urter og den bedste Olie og hele sit Vaabenhus og alt det, som fandtes i hans Skatkamre; der var ingen Ting, som Ezekias ej viste dem i sit Hus og i sit hele Rige.

And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Da kom Esajas, Profeten, til Kong Ezekias og sagde til ham: Hvad have disse Mænd sagt, og hvorfra ere de komne til dig? Og Ezekias sagde, De ere komne fra et Land langt borte, fra Babel.

Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

15 Og han sagde: Hvad have de set i dit Hus? Og Ezekias sagde: De have set alt det, som er i mit Hus; der var ingen Ting, som jeg ej viste dem i mine Skatkamre.

“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

16 Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: Hør Herrens Ord:

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:

17 Se, de Dage komme, da alt det, som er i dit Hus, og hvad dine Fædre have samlet til Liggendefæ indtil denne Dag, skal føres til Babel; der skal ingen Ting blive tilovers, siger Herren.

The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

18 Og af dine Sønner, som nedstamme fra dig, som du skal avle, skulle de tage nogle ud, og de skulle være Kammertjenere i Kongen af Babels Palads.

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

19 Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: Det. Herrens Ord, som du har talt, er godt; og han sagde: Mon det ikke er godt, naar der bliver Fred og Trofasthed i mine Dage?

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

20 Men det øvrige af Ezekias's Handeler og al hans Vælde og det, han gjorde, Dammen og Vandledningen, hvorved han førte Vandet ind i Staden: Ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

21 Og Ezekias laa med sine Fædre, og Manasse, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.