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.

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured 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.

Then the king of Assyria sent the chief commander from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a great army. He approached the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the launderers' field, and stood by it.

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

The Israelite officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah's son Eliakim, the palace administrator, Shebna the king's secretary, and Asaph's son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions.

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?

The chief commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that the great king, the king of Assyria, says, 'What is the source of your confidence?

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?

You speak only useless words, saying there is counsel and strength for war. Now in whom are you trusting? Who has given you courage to 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.

Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed that you use as a walking staff, but if a man leans on it, it will stick into his hand and pierce it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who trusts 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 are trusting in Yahweh our God,” is not he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?

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, I want to make you a good offer from my master the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to find riders for 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 could you resist even one captain of the least of my master's servants? You have put your trust in Egypt for chariots and 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!

Now then, have I traveled up here without Yahweh to fight against this land and destroy it? Yahweh said to me, “Attack 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 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah said to the chief commander, “Please speak to your servants in the Aramean language, Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak with us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who 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 the chief commander said, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will have to 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 the chief commander stood and shouted in a loud voice in the Jews' language, saying, “Listen to 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.

The king says, '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.

Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely rescue us; this city will not be given 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,

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: 'Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and from his own fig tree, and drink from the water in 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.

You will do this until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new 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?

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you, saying, 'Yahweh will rescue us.' Has any of the gods of the peoples rescued them from 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 Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my power?

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?

Among all the gods of these lands, is there any god who has rescued his land from my power, as if Yahweh could save Jerusalem from my power?”

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

But the people remained silent and did not respond, for the king's order was, “Do not answer 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.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of the chief commander.