2 Kings 20

1 In those days, Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the Lord God: Instruct your house, for you will die, and not live.”

I de Dage blev Ezekias dødssyg; og Esajas, Amoz's Søn, Profeten, kom til ham og sagde til ham: Saa sagde Herren: Beskik dit Hus, thi du skal dø og ikke leve.

2 And he turned his face to the wall, and he prayed to the Lord, saying:

Og han vendte sit Ansigt omkring til Væggen og bad til Herren og sagde:

3 “I beg you, O Lord, I beseech you, remember how I have walked before you in truth, and with a perfect heart, and how I have done what is pleasing before you.” And then Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

Ak, Herre! kom dog i Hu, at jeg har trolig og med et retskaffent Hjerte vandret for dit Ansigt og gjort det, som er godt for dine Øjne; og Ezekias græd bitterligt.

4 And before Isaiah departed from the middle part of the atrium, the word of the Lord came to him, saying:

Og det skete, der Esajas endnu ikke var gaaet ud af den mellemste Forgaard, da skete Herrens Ord til ham, sigende:

5 “Return and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. And behold, I have healed you. On the third day, you shall ascend to the temple of the Lord.

Vend tilbage og sig til Ezekias, mit Folks Fyrste: Saa sagde Herren, Davids, din Faders, Gud: Jeg har hørt din Bøn, jeg har set din Graad; se, jeg læger dig; paa den tredje Dag skal du gaa op til Herrens Hus.

6 And I will add fifteen years to your days. Then too, I will free you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians. And I will protect this city for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”

Og jeg vil lægge til dine Dage femten Aar og fri dig og denne Stad fra Kongen af Assyriens Haand og beskærme denne Stad for min Skyld og for Davids, min Tjeners, Skyld.

7 And Isaiah said, “Bring me a mass of figs.” And when they had brought it, and they had placed it on his sore, he was healed.

Og Esajas sagde: Henter en Figenkage; og de hentede den og lagde den paa Bylden, og han blev i Live.

8 But Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will ascend to the temple of the Lord on the third day?”

Og Ezekias sagde til Esajas: Hvilket er Tegnet paa, at Herren vil læge mig, og at jeg skal gaa op paa den tredje Dag i Herrens Hus?

9 And Isaiah said to him: “This will be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word that he has spoken: Do you wish that the shadow may ascend ten lines, or that it may turn back for the same number of degrees?”

Og Esajas sagde: Du skal have dette Tegn af Herren paa, at Herren skal gøre denne Gerning, som han har sagt: Skal Skyggen gaa ti Streger frem eller gaa ti Streger tilbage?

10 And Hezekiah said: “It is easy for the shadow to increase for ten lines. And so I do not wish that this be done. Instead, let it turn back for ten degrees.”

Og Ezekias sagde: Det er let, at Skyggen bøjer ti Streger fremad, men ikke at Skyggen gaar ti Streger tilbage.

11 And so the prophet Isaiah called upon the Lord. And he led back the shadow, along the lines by which it had already descended on the sundial of Ahaz, in reverse for ten degrees.

Og Esajas, Profeten, raabte til Herren, og han lod Skyggen paa Timestregerne gaa de ti Streger igen tilbage, som den var gaaet fremad paa Akas's Solviser.

12 At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of the Babylonians, sent letters and gifts to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.

Paa den samme Tid sendte Berodak Baladan, Baladans Søn, Kongen af Babel, Breve og Skænk til Ezekias; thi han havde hørt, at Ezekias havde været syg.

13 Now Hezekiah rejoiced at their arrival, and so he revealed to them the house of aromatic spices, and the gold and silver, and the various pigments and ointments, and the house of his vessels, and all that he was able to have in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominions, that Hezekiah did not show to them.

Og Ezekias hørte paa dem og viste dem hele Huset med sine dyrebare Sager, Sølvet og Guldet og de vellugtende Urter og den bedste Olie og hele sit Vaabenhus og alt det, som fandtes i hans Skatkamre; der var ingen Ting, som Ezekias ej viste dem i sit Hus og i sit hele Rige.

14 Then the prophet Isaiah came to king Hezekiah, and said to him: “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said to him, “They came to me from Babylon, from a far away land.”

Da kom Esajas, Profeten, til Kong Ezekias og sagde til ham: Hvad have disse Mænd sagt, og hvorfra ere de komne til dig? Og Ezekias sagde, De ere komne fra et Land langt borte, fra Babel.

15 And he responded, “What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah said: “They saw all things whatsoever that are in my house. There is nothing in my treasuries that I did not show to them.”

Og han sagde: Hvad have de set i dit Hus? Og Ezekias sagde: De have set alt det, som er i mit Hus; der var ingen Ting, som jeg ej viste dem i mine Skatkamre.

16 And so Isaiah said to Hezekiah: “Listen to the word of the Lord.

Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: Hør Herrens Ord:

17 Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have stored up even to this day, will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing at all shall remain, says the Lord.

Se, de Dage komme, da alt det, som er i dit Hus, og hvad dine Fædre have samlet til Liggendefæ indtil denne Dag, skal føres til Babel; der skal ingen Ting blive tilovers, siger Herren.

18 Then too, they will take from your sons, who will go forth from you, whom you will conceive. And they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Og af dine Sønner, som nedstamme fra dig, som du skal avle, skulle de tage nogle ud, og de skulle være Kammertjenere i Kongen af Babels Palads.

19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah: “The word of the Lord, which you have spoken, is good. Let peace and truth be in my days.”

Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: Det. Herrens Ord, som du har talt, er godt; og han sagde: Mon det ikke er godt, naar der bliver Fred og Trofasthed i mine Dage?

20 Now the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and all his strength, and how he made a pool, and an aqueduct, and how he brought waters into the city, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

Men det øvrige af Ezekias's Handeler og al hans Vælde og det, han gjorde, Dammen og Vandledningen, hvorved han førte Vandet ind i Staden: Ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?

21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. And Manasseh, his son, reigned in his place.

Og Ezekias laa med sine Fædre, og Manasse, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.