Anden Kongebog 20

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

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

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

And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah saying,

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

Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

4 Men Esajas var endnu ikke ude af den mellemste Forgård, før HERRENs Ord kom til ham således:

And it came to pass before Isaiah had gone out into the middle city that the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

5 "Vend tilbage og sig til Ezekias, mit Folks Fyrste: Så siger HERREN, din Fader Davids Gud: Jeg har hørt din Bøn, jeg har set dine Tårer! Se, jeg vil helbrede dig; i Overmorgen kan du gå op i HERRENs Hus;

Return, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of Jehovah;

6 og jeg vil lægge femten År til dit Liv og udfri dig og denne By af Assyrerkongens Hånd og værne om denne By for min og min Tjener Davids Skyld!"

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

7 Derpå sagde Esajas: "Kom med et Figenplaster!" Og da de kom med Plasteret og lagde det på det syge Sted, blev han rask.

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

8 Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: "Hvad er Tegnet på, at HERREN vil helbrede mig, så jeg i Overmorgen kan gå op i HERRENs Hus?"

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?

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

And Isaiah said, This [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

10 Ezekias sagde: "Skyggen kan let strække sig ti Streger frem nej, lad den gå ti Streger tilbage!"

And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

11 Da råbte Profeten Esajas til HERREN; og han lod Skyggen på Akaz's Solur gå ti Streger tilbage.

And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah, and he brought the shadow back on the degrees by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.

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 Berodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

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 Våbenoplag 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 hearkened to them, and shewed them all his treasure-house, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the fine oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found among his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not shew 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 came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, from Babylon.

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

And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah said, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewn them.

16 Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: "Hør HERRENs Ord!

And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah:

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!

Behold, days come that all that is in thy house, and what thy fathers have laid up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

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 of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be chamberlains 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: "Så bliver der da Fred og Tryghed, så længe jeg lever!"

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not so? if only there shall be peace and truth 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, står jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool and the aqueduct, and brought the water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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

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