Anden Kongebog 20

1 Ved den Tid blev Ezekias dødssyg. Da kom Profeten Esajas, Amoz's Søn, til ham og sagde: »Saa siger HERREN: Beskik dit Hus, thi du skal dø og ikke leve!«

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.

2 Da vendte han Ansigtet om mod Væggen og bad saaledes til HERREN:

Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

3 »Ak, HERRE, kom dog i Hu, hvorledes jeg har vandret for dit Aasyn i Oprigtighed og med helt Hjerte og gjort, hvad der er godt i dine Øjne!« Og Ezekias græd højt.

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

4 Men Esajas var endnu ikke ude af den mellemste Forgaard, før HERRENS Ord kom til ham saaledes:

Now before Isaiah had gone out of the middle of the town, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

5 »Vend tilbage og sig til Ezekias, mit Folks Fyrste: Saa siger HERREN, din Fader Davids Gud: Jeg har hørt din Bøn, jeg har set dine Taarer! Se, jeg vil helbrede dig; i Overmorgen kan du gaa op i HERRENS Hus;

Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.

6 og jeg vil lægge femten Aar til dit Liv og udfri dig og denne By af Assyrerkongens Haand og værne om denne By for min og min Tjener Davids Skyld!«

I will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

7 Derpaa sagde Esajas: »Kom med et Figenplaster!« Og da de kom med Plasteret og lagde det paa det syge Sted, blev han rask.

Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

8 Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: »Hvad er Tegnet paa, at HERREN vil helbrede mig, saa jeg i Overmorgen kan gaa op i HERRENS Hus?«

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

9 Da svarede Esajas: »Dette skal være dig Tegnet fra HERREN paa, at HERREN vil udføre, hvad han har sagt: Skal Skyggen gaa ti Streger frem eller ti Streger tilbage?«

And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?

10 Ezekias sagde: »Skyggen kan let strække sig ti Streger frem — nej, lad den gaa ti Streger tilbage!«

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

11 Da raabte Profeten Esajas til HERREN; og han lod Skyggen paa Akaz's Solur gaa ti Streger tilbage.

Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.

12 Ved den Tid sendte Bal'adans Søn, Kong Merodak-Bal'adan af Babel, Brev og Gave til Ezekias, da han hørte, at Ezekias havde været syg.

At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill.

13 Og Ezekias glædede sig over deres Komme og viste dem hele Huset, hvor han havde sine Skatte, Sølvet og Guldet, Røgelsestofferne, den fine Olie, hele sit Vaabenoplag og alt, hvad der var i hans Skatkamre; der var ikke den Ting i hans Hus og hele hans Rige, som Ezekias ikke viste dem.

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil of great price, and the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores; there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which Hezekiah did not let them see.

14 Da kom Profeten Esajas til Kong Ezekias og sagde til ham: »Hvad sagde disse Mænd, og hvorfra kom de til dig?« Ezekias svarede: »De kom fra et fjernt Land, fra Babel!«

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

15 Da spurgte han: »Hvad fik de at se i dit Hus?« Ezekias svarede: »Alt, hvad der er i mit Hus, saa de; der er ikke den Ting i mine Skatkamre, jeg ikke viste dem!«

And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

16 Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: »Hør HERRENS Ord!

And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.

17 Se, Dage skal komme, da alt, hvad der er i dit Hus, og hvad dine Fædre har samlet indtil denne Dag, skal bringes til Babel og intet lades tilbage, siger HERREN!

Truly, days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone, says the Lord.

18 Og af dine Sønner, der nedstammer fra dig, og som du avler, skal nogle tages og gøres til Hofmænd i Babels Konges Palads!«

And your sons, the offspring of your body, they will take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

19 Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: »Det Ord fra HERREN, du har kundgjort, er godt!« Thi han tænkte: »Saa bliver der da Fred og Tryghed, saa længe jeg lever!«

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?

20 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Ezekias og hans Heltegerninger, og hvorledes han anlagde Vanddammen og Vandledningen og ledede Vandet ind i Byen, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

21 Saa lagde Ezekias sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre; og hans Søn Manasse blev Konge i hans Sted.

And Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers; and Manasseh his son became king in his place.