Isaiah 36
1 In the fourteenth year of the reign of Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked and conquered all the fortified towns of Judah.
Og det skete i Kong Ezekias's fjortende Aar, at Senakerib, Kongen af Assyrien, drog op imod alle Judas faste Stæder og indtog dem.
2 The king of Assyria sent his army general, along with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. He stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer's Field.
Og Kongen af Assyrien sendte Rabsake fra Lakis til Jerusalem til Kong Ezekias med en svar Hær; og han stod ved den øverste Dams Vandledning, som er ved den alfare Vej til Blegerens Ager.
3 Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-keeper, went out to speak with him.
Da gik Eliakim, Hilkias Søn, som var Hofmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og Joa, Asafs Søn, Historieskriveren, ud til ham.
4 The Assyrian army general said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What are you trusting in that gives you such confidence?
Og Rabsake sagde til dem: Siger til Ezekias: Saa siger den store Konge, Kongen af Assyrien: Hvad er det for en Tillid, som du forlader dig paa?
5 You say you have a strategy and are ready for war, but these are empty words. Who are you relying on, now that you have rebelled against me?
Jeg siger — dog det er ikkun Læbers Ord — at der er Klogskab og Styrke til Krigen; nu, paa hvem forlader du dig, eftersom du er affalden fra mig?
6 Now look! You're trusting in Egypt, a walking stick that's like a broken reed that will cut the hand of anyone leaning on it. That's what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is like to everyone who trusts in him.
Se, du forlader dig paa denne brudte Rørkæp, paa Ægypten; støtter nogen sig paa den, da gaar den ind i hans Haand og borer den igennem; saaledes er Farao, Kongen i Ægypten, for alle dem, som forlade sig paa ham.
7 If you tell me, ‘We're trusting in the Lord our God,’ well didn't Hezekiah remove his high places and his altars, telling Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You have to worship at this altar in Jerusalem’?
Og om du vil sige til mig: Vi forlade os paa Herren vor Gud, er det da ikke ham, hvis Høje og hvis Altre Ezekias har borttaget, idet han sagde til Juda og til Jerusalem: For dette Alter skulle I tilbede?
8 Why don't you accept a challenge from my master, the king of Assyria? He says, I'll give you two thousand horses, if you can find enough riders for them!
Og nu, indgaa Væddemaal med min Herre, Kongen af Assyrien, saa vil jeg give dig to Tusinde Heste, om du kan skaffe dig Ryttere til dem.
9 How could you defeat even a single officer in charge of the weakest of my master's men when you're trusting in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Hvorledes vilde du da drive en Fyrstes Magt tilbage, hørte han end til min Herres ringeste Tjenere? men du forlader dig paa Ægypten, for Vognes og for Rytteres Skyld.
10 More than that—would I have come to attack this place without the Lord's encouragement? It was the Lord himself who told me, ‘Go and attack this land and destroy it.’”
Og nu, mon jeg vel uden Herren er dragen op imod dette Land for at ødelægge det? Herren sagde til mig: Drag op imod dette Land og ødelæg det!
11 Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah, said to the army general, “Please speak to us, your servants, in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew while the people on the wall are listening.”
Da sagde Eliakim og Sebna og Joa til Rabsake: Kære, tal til dine Tjenere paa Syrisk, thi vi forstaa det; og tal ikke til os paa jødisk for Folkets Øren, som er paa Muren.
12 But the army general replied, “Did my master only send me to say these things to your master and to you, and not to the people sitting on the wall? They too, just like you, are going to have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine!”
Men Rabsake sagde: Har min Herre sendt mig til din Herre eller til dig for at tale disse Ord? mon ikke til de Mænd, som sidde paa Muren, og som skulle komme til at æde deres eget Skarn og drikke deres eget Vand med eder?
13 Then the army general shouted out in Hebrew, “Listen to this from the great king, the king of Assyria!
Saa stod Rabsake og raabte med høj Røst paa jødisk og sagde: Hører den store Konges Ord, Kongens af Assyrien!
14 This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah trick you! He can't save you!
Saa sagde Kongen: Lader ikke Ezekias bedrage eder! thi han formaar ikke at redde eder.
15 Don't believe Hezekiah when he tells you to trust in the Lord, saying, ‘I'm certain the Lord will save us. This city will never fall into the hands of the king of Assyria.’
Og lader ikke Ezekias faa eder til at forlade eder paa Herren, idet han siger: Herren skal visselig fri os; denne Stad skal ikke gives i Kongen af Assyriens Haand.
16 Don't listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king says: Make a peace treaty with me and surrender to me. That way everyone will eat from their own vine and their own fig tree, and drink water from their own well!
Lyder ikke Ezekias ad; thi saa sagde Kongen af Assyrien: Slutter Fred med mig, og gaar ud til mig og æder, hver af sit Vintræ og hver af sit Figentræ, og drikker hver Vand af sin Brønd,
17 I will come and take you to a land that's like your own, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
indtil jeg kommer og henter eder til et Land som eders Land, et Land, i hvilket der er Korn og Vin, et Land, i hvilket der er Brød og Vingaarde.
18 But don't let Hezekiah trick you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have any of the gods of any nation ever saved their land from the power of the king of Assyria?
Lader ikke Ezekias tilskynde eder, idet han siger: Herren skal fri os; have Hedningernes Guder vel friet hver sit Land af Kongen af Assyriens Haand?
19 Where were the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where were the gods of Sepharvaim? Were they able to save Samaria from me?
Hvo ere de Guder af Hamat og Arfad? hvo ere de Guder af Sefarvajm? og mon de have reddet Samaria af min Haand?
20 Which one of all the gods of these countries has saved their land from me? How then could the Lord save Jerusalem from me?”
Hvo iblandt alle disse Landes Guder er der, som have friet deres Land af min Haand, og Herren skulde redde Jerusalem af min Haand?
21 But the people remained silent and didn't say anything, for Hezekiah had given the order, “Don't answer him.”
Og de tav og svarede ham ikke et Ord; thi det var Kongens Befaling, som havde sagt: Svar ham intet!
22 Then Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-keeper, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him what the Assyrian army general had said.
Da kom Eliakim, Hilkias Søn, som var Hofmester, og Sebna, Kansleren, og Joa, Asafs Søn, Historieskriveren, til Ezekias med sønderrevne Klæder; og de gave ham Rabsakes Ord til Kende.
