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 was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says YHWH, 'Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.'"

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

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to YHWH, 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.

"Remember now, YHWH, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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

It happened, before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, that the word of YHWH 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;

"Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, 'Thus says YHWH, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of YHWH.

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 add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake."'"

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

Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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?«

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that YHWH will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of YHWH 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?«

Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from YHWH, that YHWH will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?"

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

Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."

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

Isaiah the prophet cried to YHWH; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial 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 Marduk-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick, and had recovered.

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.

Hezekiah was delighted at this, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.

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? From where did they come to you?" Hezekiah said, "They have come 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!«

He said, "What have they seen in your house?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

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

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of YHWH.

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!

'Look, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left,' says YHWH.

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

'Of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you shall father, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace 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, "The word of YHWH which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?"

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 all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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

Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.