Esajas 36
1 Og det skete i Kong Ezekias's fjortende Aar, at Senakerib, Kongen af Assyrien, drog op imod alle Judas faste Stæder og indtog dem.
And it happened that, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he seized them.
2 Og Kongen af Assyrien sendte Rabsake fra Lakis til Jerusalem til Kong Ezekias med en svar Hær; og han stod ved den øverste Dams Vandledning, som er ved den alfare Vej til Blegerens Ager.
And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh from Lachish into Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a great force, and he stood near the aqueduct of the upper pool, at the road to the fuller’s field.
3 Da gik Eliakim, Hilkias Søn, som var Hofmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og Joa, Asafs Søn, Historieskriveren, ud til ham.
And those who went to him were Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian.
4 Og Rabsake sagde til dem: Siger til Ezekias: Saa siger den store Konge, Kongen af Assyrien: Hvad er det for en Tillid, som du forlader dig paa?
And Rabshakeh said to them: “Tell Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith in which you believe?
5 Jeg siger — dog det er ikkun Læbers Ord — at der er Klogskab og Styrke til Krigen; nu, paa hvem forlader du dig, eftersom du er affalden fra mig?
And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me?
6 Se, du forlader dig paa denne brudte Rørkæp, paa Ægypten; støtter nogen sig paa den, da gaar den ind i hans Haand og borer den igennem; saaledes er Farao, Kongen i Ægypten, for alle dem, som forlade sig paa ham.
Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, in that broken staff of a reed. But if a man were to lean against it, it would enter his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
7 Og om du vil sige til mig: Vi forlade os paa Herren vor Gud, er det da ikke ham, hvis Høje og hvis Altre Ezekias har borttaget, idet han sagde til Juda og til Jerusalem: For dette Alter skulle I tilbede?
But if you answer me by saying: ‘We trust in the Lord our God.’ Is it not his high places and altars that Hezekiah has taken away? And he has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar.’
8 Og nu, indgaa Væddemaal med min Herre, Kongen af Assyrien, saa vil jeg give dig to Tusinde Heste, om du kan skaffe dig Ryttere til dem.
And now, hand yourselves over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and you will not be able to find riders for them on your own.
9 Hvorledes vilde du da drive en Fyrstes Magt tilbage, hørte han end til min Herres ringeste Tjenere? men du forlader dig paa Ægypten, for Vognes og for Rytteres Skyld.
So how will you withstand the face of the ruler of even one place, of even the least of my lord’s subordinates? But if you trust in Egypt, in four-horse chariots and in horsemen:
10 Og nu, mon jeg vel uden Herren er dragen op imod dette Land for at ødelægge det? Herren sagde til mig: Drag op imod dette Land og ødelæg det!
do I intend to go up against this land to destroy it without the Lord? But the Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”
11 Da sagde Eliakim og Sebna og Joa til Rabsake: Kære, tal til dine Tjenere paa Syrisk, thi vi forstaa det; og tal ikke til os paa jødisk for Folkets Øren, som er paa Muren.
And Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh: “Speak to your servants in the Syrian language. For we understand it. Do not speak to us in the Jewish language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”
12 Men Rabsake sagde: Har min Herre sendt mig til din Herre eller til dig for at tale disse Ord? mon ikke til de Mænd, som sidde paa Muren, og som skulle komme til at æde deres eget Skarn og drikke deres eget Vand med eder?
And Rabshakeh said to them: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you in order to speak all these words, and not even more so to the men who are sitting on the wall, so that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
13 Saa stod Rabsake og raabte med høj Røst paa jødisk og sagde: Hører den store Konges Ord, Kongens af Assyrien!
Then Rabshakeh stood up, and he cried out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and he said: “Listen to the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.
14 Saa sagde Kongen: Lader ikke Ezekias bedrage eder! thi han formaar ikke at redde eder.
Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. For he will not be able to rescue you.
15 Og lader ikke Ezekias faa eder til at forlade eder paa Herren, idet han siger: Herren skal visselig fri os; denne Stad skal ikke gives i Kongen af Assyriens Haand.
And do not let Hezekiah cause you to trust in the Lord, saying: ‘The Lord will rescue and free us. This city will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
16 Lyder ikke Ezekias ad; thi saa sagde Kongen af Assyrien: Slutter Fred med mig, og gaar ud til mig og æder, hver af sit Vintræ og hver af sit Figentræ, og drikker hver Vand af sin Brønd,
Do not listen to Hezekiah. For the king of the Assyrians says this: Act with me to your own benefit, and come out to me. And let each one eat from his own vine, and each one from his own fig tree. And let each one drink water from his own well,
17 indtil jeg kommer og henter eder til et Land som eders Land, et Land, i hvilket der er Korn og Vin, et Land, i hvilket der er Brød og Vingaarde.
until I arrive and take you away to a land which is like your own: a land of grain and of wine, a land of bread and of vineyards.
18 Lader ikke Ezekias tilskynde eder, idet han siger: Herren skal fri os; have Hedningernes Guder vel friet hver sit Land af Kongen af Assyriens Haand?
But you should not let Hezekiah disturb you, saying, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have any of the gods of each of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
19 Hvo ere de Guder af Hamat og Arfad? hvo ere de Guder af Sefarvajm? og mon de have reddet Samaria af min Haand?
Where is the god of Hamath and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim? Have they freed Samaria from my hand?
20 Hvo iblandt alle disse Landes Guder er der, som have friet deres Land af min Haand, og Herren skulde redde Jerusalem af min Haand?
Who is there, among all the gods of these lands, who has rescued his land from my hand, so that the Lord would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?”
21 Og de tav og svarede ham ikke et Ord; thi det var Kongens Befaling, som havde sagt: Svar ham intet!
And they remained silent and did not answer a word to him. For the king had commanded them, saying, “You shall not respond to him.”
22 Da kom Eliakim, Hilkias Søn, som var Hofmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og Joa, Asafs Søn, Historieskriveren, til Ezekias med sønderrevne Klæder; og de gave ham Rabsakes Ord til Kende.
And Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian, entered to Hezekiah with their garments rent, and they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.
