Esajas 36

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

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

The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway.

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

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder came out to him.

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

Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?

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?

I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against 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 trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh 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 tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and 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!

Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

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?

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for 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!«

Have I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? 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!«

Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on 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?«

But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will 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, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

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

The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver 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!

Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us. This city won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”’

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,

Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

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 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 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?

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered 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 are they amongst all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

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

But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer 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.

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