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.

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defended cities of Judah, and took 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 Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

3 Da gik Eliakim, Hilkias Søn, som var Hofmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og Joa, Asafs Søn, Historieskriveren, ud til ham.

Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.

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, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust?

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?

I say, say you, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against 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.

See, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; where on if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that 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 say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and 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.

Now therefore give pledges, I pray you, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them.

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.

How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for 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!

And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? 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.

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on 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?

But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, 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, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

14 Saa sagde Kongen: Lader ikke Ezekias bedrage eder! thi han formaar ikke at redde eder.

Thus says the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver 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.

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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,

Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat you every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his own cistern;

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 come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and 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?

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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 are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of 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 are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

21 Og de tav og svarede ham ikke et Ord; thi det var Kongens Befaling, som havde sagt: Svar ham intet!

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

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.

Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.