Esajas 36

1 I Kong Ezekias's fjortende Regeringsaar drog Assyrerkongen Sankerib op mod alle Judas befæstede Byer og indtog dem.

And it happened that, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he seized them.

2 Assyrerkongen sendte saa Rabsjake med en anselig Styrke fra Lakisj til Kong Ezekias i Jerusalem, og han gjorde Holdt ved Øvredammens Vandledning, ved Vejen til Blegepladsen.

And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh from Lachish into Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a great force, and he stood near the aqueduct of the upper pool, at the road to the fuller’s field.

3 Da gik Paladsøversten Eljakim, Hilkijas Søn, Statsskriveren Sjebna og Kansleren Joa, Asafs Søn, ud til ham.

And those who went to him were Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian.

4 Rabsjake sagde til dem: »Sig til Ezekias: Saaledes siger Storkongen, Assyrerkongen: Hvad er det for en Fortrøstning, du hengiver dig til?

And Rabshakeh said to them: “Tell Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith in which you believe?

5 Du mener vel, at et blot og bart Ord er det samme som Plan og Styrke i Krig? Og til hvem sætter du egentlig din Lid, siden du gør Oprør imod mig?

And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me?

6 Se, du sætter din Lid til Ægypten, denne brudte Rørkæp, som river Saar i Haanden paa den, der støtter sig til den! Thi saaledes gaar det alle dem, der sætter deres Lid til Farao, Ægyptens Konge.

Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, in that broken staff of a reed. But if a man were to lean against it, it would enter his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.

7 Men vil du sige til mig: Det er HERREN vor Gud, vi sætter vor Lid til! er det saa ikke ham, hvis Offerhøje og Altre Ezekias skaffede bort, da han sagde til Juda og Jerusalem: Foran dette Alter skal I tilbede!

But if you answer me by saying: ‘We trust in the Lord our God.’ Is it not his high places and altars that Hezekiah has taken away? And he has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar.’

8 Og nu, indgaa et Væddemaal med min Herre, Assyrerkongen: Jeg giver dig to Gange tusinde Heste, hvis du kan stille Ryttere til dem!

And now, hand yourselves over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and you will not be able to find riders for them on your own.

9 Hvorledes vil du afslaa et Angreb af en eneste Statholder, en af min Herres ringeste Tjenere? Og du sætter din Lid til Ægypten, til Vogne og Heste?

So how will you withstand the face of the ruler of even one place, of even the least of my lord’s subordinates? But if you trust in Egypt, in four-horse chariots and in horsemen:

10 Mon det desuden er uden HERRENS Vilje, at jeg er draget op mod dette Land for at ødelægge det? Det var HERREN selv, der sagde til mig: Drag op mod dette Land og ødelæg det!«

do I intend to go up against this land to destroy it without the Lord? But the Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”

11 Men Eljakim, Sjebna og Joa sagde til Rabsjake: »Tal dog Aramaisk til dine Trælle, det forstaar vi godt; tal ikke Judæisk til os, medens Folkene paa Muren hører paa det!«

And Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh: “Speak to your servants in the Syrian language. For we understand it. Do not speak to us in the Jewish language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”

12 Men Rabsjake svarede dem: »Er det til din Herre og dig, min Herre har sendt mig med disse Ord? Er det ikke til de Mænd, der sidder paa Muren hos eder og æder deres eget Skarn og drikker deres eget Vand?«

And Rabshakeh said to them: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you in order to speak all these words, and not even more so to the men who are sitting on the wall, so that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

13 Og Rabsjake traadte hen og raabte med høj Røst paa Judæisk: »Hør Storkongens, Assyrerkongens, Ord!

Then Rabshakeh stood up, and he cried out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and he said: “Listen to the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.

14 Saaledes siger Kongen: Lad ikke Ezekias vildlede eder, thi han er ikke i Stand til at frelse eder!

Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. For he will not be able to rescue you.

15 Og lad ikke Ezekias forlede eder til at sætte eders Lid til HERREN, naar han siger: HERREN skal sikkert frelse os, og denne By skal ikke overgives i Assyrerkongens Haand!

And do not let Hezekiah cause you to trust in the Lord, saying: ‘The Lord will rescue and free us. This city will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’

16 Hør ikke paa Ezekias, thi saaledes siger Assyrerkongen: Vil I slutte Fred med mig og overgive eder til mig, saa skal enhver af eder spise af sin Vinstok og sit Figentræ og drikke af sin Brønd,

Do not listen to Hezekiah. For the king of the Assyrians says this: Act with me to your own benefit, and come out to me. And let each one eat from his own vine, and each one from his own fig tree. And let each one drink water from his own well,

17 indtil jeg kommer og tager eder med til et Land, der ligner eders, et Land med Korn og Most, et Land med Brød og Vingaarde.

until I arrive and take you away to a land which is like your own: a land of grain and of wine, a land of bread and of vineyards.

18 Lad ikke Ezekias forføre eder med at sige: HERREN vil frelse os! Mon nogen af Folkenes Guder har kunnet frelse sit Land af Assyrerkongens Haand?

But you should not let Hezekiah disturb you, saying, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have any of the gods of each of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

19 Hvor er Hamats og Arpads Guder, hvor er Sefarvajims Guder, hvor er Landet Samarias Guder? Mon de frelste Samaria af min Haand?

Where is the god of Hamath and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim? Have they freed Samaria from my hand?

20 Hvor er der blandt alle disse Landes Guder nogen, der har frelst sit Land af min Haand? Mon da HERREN skulde kunne frelse Jerusalem?«

Who is there, among all the gods of these lands, who has rescued his land from my hand, so that the Lord would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?”

21 Men de tav og svarede ham ikke et Ord, thi Kongens Bud lød paa, at de ikke maatte svare ham.

And they remained silent and did not answer a word to him. For the king had commanded them, saying, “You shall not respond to him.”

22 Derpaa gik Paladsøversten Eljakim, Hilkijas Søn, Statsskriveren Sjebna og Kansleren Joa, Asafs Søn, med sønderrevne Klæder til Ezekias og meddelte ham, hvad Rabsjake havde sagt.

And Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian, entered to Hezekiah with their garments rent, and they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.