2 Kings 20
1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”
På den tiden vardt Hiskia dödsjuk; och Propheten Esaia, Amos son, kom till honom, och sade till honom: Så säger Herren: Skicka om ditt hus; ty du måste dö, och icke blifva lefvandes.
2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
Men han vände sitt ansigte till väggena, och bad till Herran, och sade:
3 “Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
Ack Herre! Kom dock ihåg, att jag hafver troliga vandrat för dig, och med rättsinnigt hjerta, och gjort det dig hafver ljuft varit. Och Hiskia gret svårliga.
4 Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
Men som Esaia icke ännu halfväges igenom staden utkommen var, kom Herrans ord till honom, och sade:
5 which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my temple.
Vänd om, och säg Hiskia mins folks Första: Detta säger Herren dins faders Davids Gud: Jag hafver hört dina bön, och sett dina tårar; si, jag vill göra dig helbregda; tredje dagen härefter skall du uppgå i Herrans hus.
6 I will enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”
Och jag skall förlänga ditt lif till femton år, och fria dig och denna staden utu Konungens hand i Assyrien, och beskärma denna staden för mina skull, och för min tjenares Davids skull.
7 So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”
Och Esaia sade: Får mig hit ett stycke fikon. Och när de hade det fått honom, lade han det på böldena, och han vardt helbregda,
8 Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”
Hiskia sade till Esaia: Hvad tecken är dertill, att Herren vill göra mig helbregda, och jag uppgå skall i Herrans hus tredje dagen härefter?
9 Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”
Esaia sade: Detta tecknet skall du hafva af Herranom, att Herren skall så göra med dig, som han sagt hafver; vill du att skuggen skall gå tio streck framåt, eller tio streck tillbaka?
10 Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”
Hiskia sade: Det är lätt, att skuggen går framåt tio streck, det vill jag icke; utan att han går tio streck tillbaka.
11 So Isaiah prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King Ahaz).
Då åkallade Propheten Esaia Herran, och skuggen gick tillbaka tio streck, som han framåt gångit hade på Ahas säjare.
12 At that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.
På den tiden sände Berodach Baladan, Baladans son, Konungen i Babel, bref och gåfvor till Hiskia; förty han hade hört, att Hiskia hade varit krank.
13 [When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.
Och Hiskia gjorde sig glad med dem, och viste dem hela örtahuset, silfver, guld, speceri, och den bästa oljon, och harneskhuset, och allt det i hans fatebur för handene var; och var intet i hans hus, och i allt hans våld, det Hiskia dem icke viste.
14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”
Så kom Propheten Esaia till Konung Hiskia, och sade till honom: Hvad hafva desse männerna sagt? Och hvadan äro de komme till dig? Hiskia sade: De äro utaf fjerran land komne till mig, ifrå Babel.
15 Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”
Han sade: Hvad hafva de sett i dino huse? Hiskia sade: De hafva sett allt det i mino huse är; och i mina håfvor är intet, som jag dem icke vist hafver.
16 [Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
Då sade Esaia till Hiskia: Hör Herrans ord:
17 There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]
Si, den tid skall komma, att allt skall bortfördt varda utu ditt hus till; Babel, och allt det dine fäder församlat hafva intill denna dag; och skall intet igenlefdt varda, säger Herren.
18 Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants in the palace of the King of Babylon.”
Dertill de barn, som af dig komma, som du födandes varder, skola varda tagne till att vara kamererare i Konungens palats i Babel.
19 Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”
Hiskia sade till Esaia: Det är så godt, som Herren sagt hafver. Och sade ytterligare: Vare dock frid och sanning i min tid.
20 [If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Hvad nu mer af Hiskia sägandes är, och all hans magt, och hvad han gjort hafver, och om dammen och vatturännorna, dermed han ledde vatten in i staden, si, det är skrifvet uti Juda Konungars Chrönico.
21 Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
Och Hiskia afsomnade med sina fäder; och Manasse hans son vardt Konung i hans stad.
