2 Kings 19
1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, 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 Elyakim, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, 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 unto him, Thus hath said Hezekiah, A day of trouble, and of rebuke, and derision is this day; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
for at sig 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 Perhaps the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God; and who hath reproached with the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up a prayer in behalf of the remnant that is still found here.
Dog vil HERREN din Gud maaske høre alt, 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 And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Da Kong Ezekias's Folk kom til Esajas,
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus hath said the Lord, Be not afraid because of the words which thou hast heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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 Behold, I will put an [other] spirit in him, that when he will hear a rumor, he shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
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 And Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed 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 he heard it said of Thirhakah the king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight with thee; and he again sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,
Saa fik han Underretning om, at Kong Tirhaka af Ætiopien var rykket ud for at angribe ham, og han sendte atter Sendebud til Ezekias og sagde:
10 Thus shall ye say to Hezekiah the king of Judah, as followeth, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given up into the hand 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 Behold, thou thyself hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, by destroying them utterly: and thou alone shouldst be delivered?
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 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them; as Gozan, and Charan, and Rezeph, and the children of 'Eden, who were in Thelassar?
De Folk, mine Fædre tilintetgjorde, Gozan, Haran, Rezef og Folkene fra Eden i Telassar, har deres Guder kunnet frelse dem?
13 Where is the king of Chamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvayim, of Hena', and 'Ivvah?
Hvor er Kongen af Hamat, Kongen af Arpad eller Kongen af La'ir, Sefarvajim, Hena og Ivva?«
14 And Hezekiah took the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and read them: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread them out 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 Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the [true] God, thou alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth; for it is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth.
Derpaa bad Ezekias den Bøn for HERRENS Aasyn: »HERRE, Israels Gud, du, som troner over Keruberne, du alene er Gud over alle Jordens Riger; du har gjort Himmelen og Jorden!
16 Bend down, O Lord, thy ear, and hear! open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see! and hear the words of Sennacherib, that which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.
Bøj nu dit Øre, HERRE, og lyt, aabn dine Øjne, HERRE, og se! Læg Mærke til de Ord, Sankerib har sendt hid for at spotte den levende Gud!
17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their land,
Det er sandt, HERRE, at Assyrerkongerne har tilintetgjort de Folk og deres Lande
18 And they have placed their gods into the fire; for they are no gods, but the work of man's hands, wood and stone: and these have they destroyed.
og kastet deres Guder i Ilden; men de er ikke Guder, kun Menneskehænders Værk af Træ eller Sten, derfor kunde de ødelægge dem.
19 And now, O Lord our God, save us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, thou alone.
Men frels os nu, HERRE vor Gud, af hans Haand, saa alle Jordens Riger kan kende, at du, HERRE, alene er Gud!«
20 Then sent Isaiah the son of Amoz to Hezekiah, saying, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, What thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyria have I heard.
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!«
21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken over him: She despiseth thee, she laugheth thee to scorn, the virgin daughter of Zion; behind thee shaketh her head the daughter of Jerusalem.
Saaledes lyder det Ord, HERREN talede imod ham: Hun haaner, hun spotter dig, Jomfruen, Zions Datter, Jerusalems Datter ryster paa Hovedet ad dig!
22 Whom hast thou blasphemed, and [whom] hast thou scorned? and against whom hast thou raised thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the Holy One of Israel.
Hvem har du haanet og smædet, mod hvem har du løftet din Røst? Mod Israels Hellige løfted i Hovmod du Blikket!
23 By thy messengers thou hast blasphemed the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir-trees: and I will enter into the lodgings on its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.
Ved dine Sendebud 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.
24 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up with the sole of my feet all the streams of besieged places.
Fremmed Vand grov jeg ud, og jeg drak det, tørskoet skred jeg over Ægyptens Strømme!«
25 Hadst thou not heard that in distant ages I had prepared this? in the times of antiquity when I formed it? now have I brought it along, and it came to pass, to desolate into ruinous heaps fortified cities.
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,
26 And thus their inhabitants were short of power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the herbs of the field, and as the green grass; as the moss on the housetops, and as corn blasted before the ear appeareth.
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. Jeg ser, naar du rejser
27 But thy abiding and thy going out and thy coming in do I know, and thy raging against me.
og sætter dig, ved, naar du gaar og kommer.
28 Because of thy raging against me and thy tumult that is come up into my ears, will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle between thy lips; and I will cause thee to turn back on the way by which thou camest.
Fordi du raser imod mig, din Trods er mig kommet for Øre, lægger jeg Ring i din Næse og Bidsel i Munden og fører dig bort ad Vejen, du kom!
29 And this shall be unto thee the sign, Ye shall eat this year what groweth of itself, and in the second year what springeth up after the same; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat 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.
30 And the remnant of the house of Judah that is escaped shall yet again strike root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Den bjærgede Rest af Judas Hus slaar atter Rødder forneden og bærer sin Frugt foroven; thi fra Jerusalem udgaar en Rest, en Levning fra Zions Bjerg.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and that which escapeth out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
HERRENS Nidkærhed virker dette.
32 Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow thereon, nor come before it with shield, nor cast up against it an embankment.
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 dem;
33 On the way by which he came, by the same shall he return, and into this city shall he not come, saith the Lord.
ad Vejen, han kom, skal han gaa igen, i Byen her skal han ej komme ind saa lyder det fra HERREN.
34 And I will shield this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
Jeg værner og frelser denne By for min og min Tjener Davids Skyld!
35 And it came to pass, on the same night, that an angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty and five thousand men: and when people arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Samme Nat gik HERRENS Engel ud og ihjelslog i Assyrernes Lejr 185 000 Mand; og se, næste Morgen tidlig laa de alle døde.
36 And Sennacherib the king of Assyria then departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Da brød Assyrerkongen Sankerib op, vendte hjem og blev siden i Nineve.
37 And it came to pass, as he was prostrating himself in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Essar-chaddon his son became king in his stead.
Men da han engang tilbad i sin Gud Nisroks Hus, slog Adrammelek og Sar'ezer ham ihjel med deres Sværd, hvorefter de flygtede til Ararats Land; og hans Søn Asarhaddon blev Konge i hans Sted.
