Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
Då kong Hizkia høyrde det, reiv han sund klædi sine, og sveipte syrgjebunad kring seg og gjekk inn i Herrens hus.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
So sende han drottseten Eljakim og riksskrivaren Sebna og dei eldste av prestarne syrgjeklædde til profeten Jesaja Amosson.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Og dei sagde til han: «So segjer Hizkia: «Dette er ein dag full av naud og straff og skjemsla; fosteri hev nått fødsli, men det finst ikkje kraft til å føda.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Kann henda høyrer Herren, din Gud, det Rabsake hev sagt, han som er send av assyrarkongen, herren sin, til å svivyrda den livande Gud, so han straffar honom for dei ordi som Herren, din Gud, hev høyrt. Ber då fram ei bøn for den leivning som endå er att.»»
5 After those men gave me that message,
Då hirdmennerne frå kong Hizkia kom til Jesaja,
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
sagde Jesaja til deim: «So skal de svara herren dykkar: «So segjer Herren: Ver ikkje rædd for dei ordi du høyrde, då trælarne åt assyrarkongen spotta meg!
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
Eit hugskot skyt eg i hugen hans; han høyrer ei tiend, og heim att snur han; der let eg honom falla for sverd i sitt land.»»
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Då Rabsake for burt att, fann han assyrarkongen i strid mot Libna; for han hadde høyrt at han hadde fare burt frå Lakis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
Då han so fekk tiend at ætiopkongen Tirhaka hadde drege ut i herferd mot honom, sende han eit nytt bod til Hizkia med dei ordi:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
«Seg med Juda-kongen Hizkia: «Ikkje lat din Gud, som du lit på, narra deg til å tenkja at ikkje Jerusalem skal falla i henderne på assyrarkongen!
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Du hev nok høyrt gjete sjølv kor assyrarkongarne hev fare åt med mot alle landi: at dei bannstøytte deim. Og so skulde du berga deg undan?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
Kunde vel folkegudarne berga sine folk, som federne mine øydde ut: Gozan og Haran og Resef og Edens-sønerne som er i Telassar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
Kvar er Hamat-kongen eller Arpad-kongen eller kongen i Sefarvajim-byen, yver Hena og Ivva?»»
14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Hizkia tok brevet frå sendemennerne og las det; og so gjekk han upp i Herrens hus, og Hizkia breidde det ut for Herrens åsyn.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Og Hizkia bad til Herren og sagde:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
«Herre, allhers drott, Israels Gud, du som tronar yver kerubarne! Einast du er Gud yver alle rike på jordi; du hev gjort himmelen og jordi.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Herre, legg øyra til og lyd! Herre, lat augo upp og sjå! Høyr dei ordi Sanherib sende og svivyrde den livande Gud!
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
Herre, det er sant: assyrarkongarne hev øydt ut folki og deira land,
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
og dei hev kasta gudarne deira på elden; for dei er ikkje gudar, berre manneverk utav stokk og stein, og dei hev tynt deim.
20 So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
Men no må du, Herre, vår Gud, frelsa oss frå hans magt, so alle rike på jordi må røyna at einast du er Herren!»
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Då sende Jesaja Amosson bod til Hizkia med dei ordi: «So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: «Med umsyn på bøni di til meg um Sanherib, assyrarkongen,
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
då er dette det ordet som Herren hev tala imot honom: Ho vanvyrder deg, ho spottar deg, ungmøyi, Sions dotter, ho rister på hovudet åt deg, Jerusalems dotter.
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
Kven hev du svivyrdt? kven hev du spotta? Kven hev røysti di ropa imot? Augo lyfte du høgt, mot Israels Heilage.
24 The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Ved tenarane hædde du Herren og sagde: «Med dei mange vognerne mine for eg upp på dei høgste fjelli, ja, langt burti Libanons utmark, der høgg eg ned hennar høge cedrar og dei hæve cypressorne hennar; eg tek meg fram i dei øvste heimar, inn i den tettaste hagen;
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
eg hev grave og drukke vatn; med fotsolen min eg turkar ut alle Egyptarlands elvar.»
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
Hev du’kje høyrt at eg hev longe laga det so? Frå ævordsleg tid hev eg fyreåt fastsett dette! Og no let eg det koma i verk! Du fekk magt til å øyda sterke borgar til steinrøysar aude.
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Folki deira vart veike og valne, skalv og stod til skammar. Det gjekk deim som graset på marki og grøne urtar, som vokstrar på taket, som kornåker fyrr han hev skote.
28 [But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Eg veit når du sit, gjeng ut og gjeng inn, kor du slær deg vill imot meg.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
Av di du er vill imot meg, og eg høyrer kor kaut du er, eg hektar min krok i nosi di, legg min taum i munnen din og vikjer deg heim att den vegen du kom.»
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
Og dette skal du hava til merke: I år skal de eta sjølvsått korn, næste år sjølvrunne. Men tridje året skal de så og hausta og planta vinhagar og eta frukti av deim.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Og leivningen som er att av Juda hus, skyt djupare røter nedantil, og ovantil ber han si frukt.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
For ein leivning kjem frå Jerusalem, og ein rest frå Sionsfjellet. Brennhugen åt Herren, allhers drott, skal gjera dette.
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
Difor segjer Herren so um assyrarkongen: Ikkje skal han koma inn i denne byen, og ikkje skjota nokor pil der inn; ikkje skal han storma fram mot han med skjold, og ikkje byggja skansar upp imot han.
34 And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Den vegen han kjem, den skal han heim att fara, i denne byen slepp han ikkje inn, so segjer Herren.
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Eg vernar denne by og bergar honom, for mi skuld og for Davids skuld, min tenar.»
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Og Herrens engel gjekk ut og slo hundrad og fem og åtteti tusund mann i assyrarlægret. Tidleg næste morgon fann dei deim alle liggjande lik.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Då tok assyrarkongen Sanherib ut og drog burt og snudde heim att, og heldt seg sidan i Nineve.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
Ein gong han heldt bøn i huset åt Nisrok, guden sin, hogg sønerne hans, Adrammelek og Sareser, honom ned med sverd. Dei kom seg undan til Araratlandet, og Asarhaddon, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
