Esajas 37
1 Og det skete, der Kong Ezekias hørte det, da sønderrev han sine Klæder og iførte sig Sæk og gik ind i Herrens Hus.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 Og han sendte Eliakim, som var Hofmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og de ældste af Præsterne, som havde iført sig Sæk, til Profeten Esajas, Amoz's Søn.
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 Og de sagde til ham: Saa sagde Ezekias: Denne Dag er Nødens og Tugtelsens og Bespottelsens Dag; thi Børnene ere komne til Fødselens Sted, og der er ingen Kraft til at føde.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Maaske Herren din Gud vil høre Rabsakes Ord, hvem hans Herre, Kongen af Assyrien, sendte for at forhaane den levende Gud, og han vil straffe ham for de Ord, som Herren din Gud har hørt; saa opløft en Bøn for de overblevne, som findes.
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
5 Der Kong Ezekias's Tjenere kom til Esajas,
After those men gave me that message,
6 da sagde Esajas til dem: Saa skulle I sige til eders Herre: Saa sagde Herren: Frygt ikke for de Ord, som du hørte, dem, hvormed Kongen af Assyriens Tjenere forhaanede mig.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
7 Se, jeg vil indgive ham en Aand, og han skal høre et Rygte og drage tilbage til sit Land, og jeg vil fælde ham med Sværd i hans Land.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
8 Og der Rabsake kom tilbage, da, fandt han, at Kongen af Assyrien stred imod Libna; thi han hørte, at han var rejst fra Lakis.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Og der han hørte om Thiraka, Morlands Konge, og der sagdes: Han er dragen ud at stride imod dig: — Der han hørte det, da sendte han Bud til Ezekias og lod sige:
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
10 Saa skulle I sige til Ezekias, Judas Konge: Lad din Gud, som du forlader dig paa, ikke bedrage dig, saa at du siger: Jerusalem skal ikke gives i Kongen af Assyriens Haand.
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 Se, du har hørt, hvad Kongerne af Assyrien have gjort ved alle Landene, at de have ødelagt dem, og skulde du blive friet?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Have Hedningernes Guder friet dem, som mine Fædre ødelagde, nemlig Gosan og Haran og Rezef og Edens Børn, som vare i Telassar?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
13 Hvor er Kongen af Hamat og Kongen af Arfad og Kongen af Sefarvajms Stad og af Hena og Jova?
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
14 Og Ezekias tog Brevene af Budenes Haand og læste dem; og han gik op til Herrens Hus, og Ezekias udbredte dem for Herrens Ansigt.
Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 Og Ezekias bad til Herren og sagde:
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud! du, som sidder over Keruber, du alene er Gud over alle Riger paa Jorden, du gjorde Himlene og Jorden.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
17 Herre! bøj dit Øre og hør; Herre! oplad dine Øjne og se; og hør alle, Senakeribs Ord, som han sendte for at haane den levende Gud.
[So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
18 Det er sandt, Herre! Kongerne af Assyrien have ødelagt alle Landene og deres eget Land.
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 Og de have overgivet deres Guder til Ilden, fordi de ikke vare Guder, men Menneskenes Hænders Gerning, Træ og Sten, og de tilintetgjorde dem.
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 Men nu, Herre vor Gud! frels os fra hans Haand, at alle Riger paa Jorden maa kende, at du er Herre, du alene.
So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
21 Da sendte Esajas, Amoz's Søn, til Ezekias og lod sige: Saa giger Herren, Israels Gud: Du har bønfaldet mig angaaende Senakerib, Kongen af Assyrien.
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 Dette er det Ord, som Herren har talt imod ham: Jomfruen, Zions Datter, foragter dig og spotter dig, Jerusalems Datter ryster med Hovedet ad dig.
this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 Hvem har du bespottet og forhaanet? og imod hvem opløftede du Røsten? og du opløftede dine Øjne højt imod Israels Hellige.
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 Du bespottede Herren ved dine Tjenere og sagde: Med mine Vognes Mangfoldighed er jeg opfaren paa Bjergenes Højder, Libanons Toppe; og jeg vil afhugge dens høje Cedre, dens udvalgte Fyrre, og jeg vil komme til dens højeste Tinde, til dens frodige Skov.
The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 Jeg har gravet Brønde og drukket Vand og udtørret alle dybe Floder med mine Fødders Saaler.
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 Har du ikke hørt, at jeg har gjort dette for lang Tid siden, at jeg har beskikket det i gamle Dage? nu har jeg ladet det komme, og det skal være til at ødelægge de faste Stæder, at de blive til øde Grushobe.
[But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 Og de, som bo deri, bleve afmægtige, bleve knuste og beskæmmede; de bleve som Græs paa Marken og som de grønne Urter, som Hø paa Tagene og som Korn, der er blevet forbrændt, før, det sætter Aks.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
28 Og jeg ved din Bolig og din Udgang og din Indgang, og at du raser imod mig.
[But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
29 Efterdi du raser imod mig, og din Sorgløshed er kommen op for mine Øren, saa vil jeg lægge min Krog i din Næse og mit Bidsel i dine Læber og føre dig tilbage ad den Vej, som du kom paa.
[So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
30 Og dette skal være dig Tegnet: At man i dette Aar skal æde det, som opvokser uden Arbejde, og i det andet Aar det, som vokser af sig selv; men i det tredje Aar saar da og høster, og planter Vingaarde og æder deres Frugt!
[Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
31 Thi det undkomne, som er overblevet af Judas Hus, skal atter faa Rødder nedefter og bære Frugt opefter.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 Thi fra Jerusalem skal der udgaa nogle overblevne og fra Zions Bjerg nogle undkomne; den Herre Zebaoths Nidkærhed skal gøre det.
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 Derfor saa siger Herren om Kongen af Assyrien: Han skal ikke komme ind i denne Stad og ikke skyde en Pil derind og ikke komme for den med Skjold og ingen Vold opkaste imod den.
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 Han skal drage tilhage ad den Vej, som han kom paa, og ikke komme ind i denne Stad, siger Herren.
And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
35 Men jeg vil beskærme denne Stad for at frelse den, for min Skyld og for Davids, min Tjeners, Skyld.
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 Da for Herrens Engel ud og slog i Assyrernes Lejr hundrede og fem og firsindstyve Tusinde; og der man stod aarle op om Morgenen, se, da vare de alle sammen døde Kroppe.
[That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
37 Saa rejste Senakerib, Kongen af Assyrien, og drog bort og vendte tilbage, og han blev i Ninive.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 Og det skete, der han tilbad i Nisroks, sin Guds, Hus, da ihjelsloge hans Sønner, Adramelek og Sar-Ezer, ham med Sværd, og de undkom til Ararats Land, og hans Søn Asarhaddon blev Konge i hans Sted.
[One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
