Isaiah 37
1 And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.
Da Kong Ezekias hørte det, sønderrev han sine Klæder, hyllede sig i Sæk og gik ind i HERRENS Hus.
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
Og han sendte Paladsøversten Eljakim og Statsskriveren Sjebna og Præsternes Ældste, hyllet i Sæk, til Profeten Esajas, Amoz's Søn,
3 And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.
for at sige til ham: »Ezekias lader sige: En Nødens, Tugtelsens og Forsmædelsens Dag er denne Dag, thi Barnet er ved at fødes, men der er ikke Kraft til at bringe det til Verden!
4 It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.
Dog vil HERREN din Gud maaske høre, hvad Rabsjake har sagt, han, som er sendt af sin Herre, Assyrerkongen, for at haane den levende Gud, og maaske vil han straffe ham for de Ord, som HERREN din Gud har hørt — gaa derfor i Forbøn for den Rest, der endnu er tilbage!«
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Da Kong Ezekias's Folk kom til Esajas,
6 And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.
sagde han til dem: »Saaledes skal I svare eders Herre: Saa siger HERREN: Frygt ikke for de Ord, du har hørt, som Assyrerkongens Trælle har haanet mig med!
7 See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death.
Se, jeg vil indgive ham en Aand, og han skal faa en Tidende at høre, saa han vender tilbage til sit Land, og i hans eget Land vil jeg fælde ham med Sværdet!«
8 So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.
Rabsjake vendte saa tilbage og traf Assyrerkongen i Færd med at belejre Libna, thi han havde hørt, at Kongen var brudt op fra Lakisj.
9 And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,
Saa fik han Underretning om, at Kong Tirhaka af Ætiopien var rykket ud for at angribe ham, og han sendte Sendebud til Ezekias og sagde:
10 This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.
»Saaledes skal I sige til Kong Ezekias af Juda: Lad ikke din Gud, som du slaar din Lid til, vildlede dig med at sige, at Jerusalem ikke skal gives i Assyrerkongens Haand!
11 No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse: and will you be kept safe from their fate?
Du har jo dog hørt, hvad Assyrerkongerne har gjort ved alle Lande, hvorledes de har lagt Band paa dem — og du skulde kunne undslippe!
12 Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
De Folk, mine Fædre tilintetgjorde, Gozan, Karan, Rezef og Folkene fra Eden i Telassar, har deres Guder kunnet frelse dem?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the town of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivva?
Hvor er Kongen af Hamat, Kongen af Arpad eller Kongen af La'ir, Sefarvajim, Hena og Ivva?«
14 And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord,
Da Ezekias havde modtaget Brevet af Sendebudenes Haand og læst det, gik han op i HERRENS Hus og bredte det ud for HERRENS Aasyn.
15 And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,
Derpaa bad Ezekias den Bøn for HERRENS Aasyn:
16 O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
»Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud, du, som troner over Keruberne, du alene er Gud over alle Jordens Riger; du har gjort Himmelen og Jorden!
17 Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
Bøj nu dit Øre, HERRE, og lyt, aabn dine Øjne, HERRE, og se! Læg Mærke til alle de Ord, Sankerib har sendt hid for at spotte den levende Gud!
18 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands,
Det er sandt, HERRE, at Assyrerkongerne har tilintetgjort alle de Folk og deres Lande
19 And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.
og kastet deres Guder i Ilden; men de er ikke Guder, kun Menneskehænders Værk af Træ eller Sten; derfor kunde de ødelægge dem.
20 But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.
Men frels os nu, HERRE vor Gud, af hans Haand, saa alle Jordens Riger kan kende, at du, HERRE, alene er Gud!«
21 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.
Saa sendte Esajas, Amoz's Søn, Bud til Ezekias og lod sige: »Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Din Bøn angaaende Assyrerkongen Sankerib har jeg hørt!«
22 This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
Saaledes lyder det Ord, HERREN talede imod ham: Hun haaner, hun spotter dig, Jomfruen, Zions Datter, Jerusalems Datter ryster paa Hovedet ad dig!
23 Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? and against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Hvem har du haanet og smædet, mod hvem har du løftet din Røst? Til Israels Hellige løfted i Hovmod du Blikket!
24 You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.
Ved dine Trælle haaned du HERREN og sagde: »Med mine talløse Vogne besteg jeg Bjergenes Højder, Libanons afsides Egne; jeg fælded dets Cedres Højskov, dets ædle Cypresser, trængte frem til dets øverste Raststed, dets Havers Skove.
25 I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.
Fremmed Vand grov jeg ud, og jeg drak det, tørskoet skred jeg over Ægyptens Strømme!«
26 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
Har du ej hørt det? For længst kom det op i min Tanke, jeg lagde det fordum til Rette, nu lod jeg det ske, og du Gjorde murstærke Byer til øde Stenhobe,
27 This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.
mens Folkene grebes i Afmagt af Skræk og Skam, blev som Græsset paa Marken, det spirende Grønne, som Græs paa Tage, som Mark for Østenvinden.
28 But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.
Jeg ser, naar du rejser og sætter dig, ved, naar du gaar og kommer.
29 Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.
Fordi du raser imod mig, din Trods har naaet mit Øre, lægger jeg Ring i din Næse og Bidsel i Munden og fører dig bort ad Vejen, du kom!
30 And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself, and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed, and get in the grain, and make vine-gardens, and take of their fruit.
Og dette skal være dig Tegnet: I Aar skal man spise, hvad der saaed sig selv, og Aaret derpaa, hvad der skyder af Rode, tredje Aar skal man saa og høste, plante Vin og nyde dens Frugt.
31 And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.
Den bjærgede Rest af Judas Hus slaar atter Rødder forneden og bærer sin Frugt foroven;
32 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
thi fra Jerusalem udgaar en Rest, en Levning fra Zions Bjerg. Hærskarers HERRES Nidkærhed virker dette.
33 For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.
Derfor, saa siger HERREN om Assyrerkongen: I Byen her skal han ej komme ind, ej sende en Pil herind, ej nærme sig den med Skjolde eller opkaste Vold imod den;
34 By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town.
ad Vejen, han kom, skal han gaa igen, i Byen her skal han ej komme ind — saa lyder det fra HERREN.
35 For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
Jeg værner og frelser denne By for min og min Tjener Davids Skyld!
36 And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
Saa gik HERRENS Engel ud og ihjelslog i Assyrernes Lejr 185 000 Mand; og se, næste Morgen tidlig laa de alle døde.
37 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.
Da brød Assyrerkongen Sankerib op, vendte hjem og blev siden i Nineve.
38 And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.
Men da han engang tilbad i sin Gud Nisroks Hus, slog hans Sønner Adrammelek og Sar'ezer ham ihjel med deres Sværd, hvorefter de flygtede til Ararats Land; og hans Søn Asarhaddon blev Konge i hans Sted.
