2 Kings 20
1 About this time Hezekiah fell very sick and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your affairs in order, because you are going to die. You won't recover.”
Ved den Tid blev Ezekias dødssyg. Da kom Profeten Esajas, Amoz's Søn, til ham og sagde: »Saa siger HERREN: Beskik dit Hus, thi du skal dø og ikke leve!«
2 When Hezekiah heard this, he went to pray privately to the Lord, saying
Da vendte han Ansigtet om mod Væggen og bad saaledes til HERREN:
3 “Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah cried and cried.
»Ak, HERRE, kom dog i Hu, hvorledes jeg har vandret for dit Aasyn i Oprigtighed og med helt Hjerte og gjort, hvad der er godt i dine Øjne!« Og Ezekias græd højt.
4 Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the Lord spoke to him, saying,
Men Esajas var endnu ikke ude af den mellemste Forgaard, før HERRENS Ord kom til ham saaledes:
5 “Go back in and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, This is what the Lord, the God of your forefather David, says: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Look! I am going to heal you. In three days time you will go to the Lord's Temple.
»Vend tilbage og sig til Ezekias, mit Folks Fyrste: Saa siger HERREN, din Fader Davids Gud: Jeg har hørt din Bøn, jeg har set dine Taarer! Se, jeg vil helbrede dig; i Overmorgen kan du gaa op i HERRENS Hus;
6 I will add fifteen years to your life. I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
og jeg vil lægge femten Aar til dit Liv og udfri dig og denne By af Assyrerkongens Haand og værne om denne By for min og min Tjener Davids Skyld!«
7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a dressing from figs.” Hezekiah's servants did so and put it on the skin sores, and Hezekiah got better.
Derpaa sagde Esajas: »Kom med et Figenplaster!« Og da de kom med Plasteret og lagde det paa det syge Sted, blev han rask.
8 Hezekiah had previously asked Isaiah, “What is the sign to confirm that the Lord is going heal me and that I will go to the Lord's Temple in three days time?”
Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: »Hvad er Tegnet paa, at HERREN vil helbrede mig, saa jeg i Overmorgen kan gaa op i HERRENS Hus?«
9 Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to you that the Lord will do what he promised: Do you want the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
Da svarede Esajas: »Dette skal være dig Tegnet fra HERREN paa, at HERREN vil udføre, hvad han har sagt: Skal Skyggen gaa ti Streger frem eller ti Streger tilbage?«
10 “It's easy enough for the shadow to go forward ten steps, but not to go back ten steps,” Hezekiah answered.
Ezekias sagde: »Skyggen kan let strække sig ti Streger frem — nej, lad den gaa ti Streger tilbage!«
11 So Isaiah the prophet asked the Lord, and he moved the shadow back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
Da raabte Profeten Esajas til HERREN; og han lod Skyggen paa Akaz's Solur gaa ti Streger tilbage.
12 At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick.
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.
13 Hezekiah welcomed the visitors and showed them everything in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.
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 Vaabenoplag 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.
14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they tell you?” “They came from a long way away, from Babylon,” Hezekiah replied.
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!«
15 “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezekiah. “There wasn't anything in all my storehouses I didn't show them.”
Da spurgte han: »Hvad fik de at se i dit Hus?« Ezekias svarede: »Alt, hvad der er i mit Hus, saa de; der er ikke den Ting i mine Skatkamre, jeg ikke viste dem!«
16 Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says:
Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: »Hør HERRENS Ord!
17 You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord.
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!
18 Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
Og af dine Sønner, der nedstammer fra dig, og som du avler, skal nogle tages og gøres til Hofmænd i Babels Konges Palads!«
19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to himself, “Why not, if there'll be peace and safety in my lifetime.”
Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: »Det Ord fra HERREN, du har kundgjort, er godt!« Thi han tænkte: »Saa bliver der da Fred og Tryghed, saa længe jeg lever!«
20 The rest of what happened in Hezekiah's reign, all he did, and how he made the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Ezekias og hans Heltegerninger, og hvorledes han anlagde Vanddammen og Vandledningen og ledede Vandet ind i Byen, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.
21 Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh succeeded him as king.
Saa lagde Ezekias sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre; og hans Søn Manasse blev Konge i hans Sted.
