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.
About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”
2 Og han vendte sit Ansigt omkring til Væggen og bad til Herren og sagde:
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
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.
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
4 Og det skete, der Esajas endnu ikke var gaaet ud af den mellemste Forgaard, da skete Herrens Ord til ham, sigende:
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
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.
which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my temple.
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 enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”
7 Og Esajas sagde: Henter en Figenkage; og de hentede den og lagde den paa Bylden, og han blev i Live.
So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”
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?
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”
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?
Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”
10 Og Ezekias sagde: Det er let, at Skyggen bøjer ti Streger fremad, men ikke at Skyggen gaar ti Streger tilbage.
Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”
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 prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King 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, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.
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.
[When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.
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 Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”
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.
Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”
16 Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: Hør Herrens Ord:
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
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.
There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]
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.
Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants 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?
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”
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?
[If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
21 Og Ezekias laa med sine Fædre, og Manasse, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
