2 Kongebok 18

1 I det tridje styringsåret åt Israels-kongen Hosea Elason vart Hizkia Ahasson konge i Juda.

And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea' the son of Elah the king of Israel, that Hezekiah, the son of Achaz the king of Judah, became king.

2 Fem og tjuge år gamall var han då han vart konge, og ni og tjuge år rådde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Abi Zakarjadotter.

Twenty and five years old was he when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

3 Han gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo, heilt so som David, far hans, hadde gjort.

And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done.

4 Han fekk burt offerhaugarne, slo sund minnesteinarne, hogg ned Astarte-stolparne, og knasa koparormen som Moses hadde laga; for alt til den tid hadde Israels-borni brent røykjelse for honom, og dei kalla honom Nehustan.

He it was that removed the high-places, and broke the statues, and cut down the groves, and stamped in pieces the copper serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days were the children of Israel burning incense to it; and he called it Nechushtan.

5 På Herren, Israels Gud, leit han. Millom alle Juda-kongarne fanst ikkje maken hans, korkje fyre eller etter honom.

In the Lord the God of Israel did he trust; and after him there was not his like among all the kings of Judah, nor among those that were before him.

6 Han heldt seg til Herren, veik ikkje frå honom, men heldt hans bod, som Herren hadde bode Moses.

And he adhered to the Lord, and turned not away from following him; but he kept his commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

7 Og Herren var med honom so han hadde framgang i alt han tok seg fyre. Han fall ifrå assyrarkongen og vilde ikkje vera tenaren hans.

And the Lord was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

8 Og so vann han filistarane og tok landet alt til Gaza og bygdi derikring, frå minste vakttårnet til fastaste borgi.

He it was that smote the Philistines, as far as Gazzah, and its territory, from the tower of the watchmen up to the fortified city.

9 I fjorde styringsåret åt kong Hizkia - det var sjuande styringsåret åt Israels-kongen Hosea Elason - drog assyrarkongen Salmanassar upp og kringsette Samaria.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea' the son of Elah the king of Israel, that Shalmanesser the king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

10 Dei tok byen då tri år var lidne; i det sette styringsåret åt Hizkia og det niande styringsåret åt Hosea, kongen i Israel, vart Samaria teken.

And they captured it at the end of three years, —in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea' the king of Israel, was Samaria captured.

11 Assyrarkongen førde Israel burt til Assyria og busette deim i Halah og ved Gozanåi Habor, og i byarne i Media.

And the king of Assyria led away Israel as exiles unto Assyria, and transported them to Chalach and to Chabor, by the river of Gozan, and to the cities of Media;

12 Det var av di dei ikkje høyrde på Herren, sin Gud, men braut hans pakt, alt det som Moses, Herrens tenar, hadde bode; dei korkje høyrde eller livde etter deim.

Because they had not obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, but had transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and had not obeyed, nor done accordingly.

13 I det fjortande styringsåret åt kong Hizkia drog assyrarkongen Sankerib upp og hertok alle faste borger i Juda.

And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib the king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seized on them.

14 Juda-kongen Hizkia sende då bod til Lakis til assyrarkongen med dei ordi: «Eg hev synda; snu um att frå meg! Det du legg på meg, skal eg bera: » Assyrarkongen lagde då på Hizkia, Juda-kongen, åtte hundrad vågar sylv og åtteti vågar gull.

And Hezekiah the king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: what thou wilt impose on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah the king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15 Hizkia gav ut alt sylvet som fanst i Herrens hus og i skattkammeret i kongsgarden.

And Hezekiah gave up all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.

16 Samstundes braut Hizkia laus gullet på dørerne i Herrens tempel og av dørstolparne som Hizkia, Juda-kongen, hadde klædt med gull, og gav det til assyrarkongen.

At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the door-sills which Hezekiah the king of Judah had overlaid, and gave the same to the king of Assyria.

17 Men so sende assyrarkongen Tartan og Rabsaris og Rabsake med ein stor her frå Lakis mot kong Hizkia i Jerusalem, og dei drog upp og kom til Jerusalem. Då dei hadde fare upp og var komne dit, stana dei attmed vatsleidingi frå Øvredammen på allfarvegen til vaskarvollen.

And the king of Assyria sent Tharthan and Rub-sariss and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a strong army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem; and when they were come up, they came and halted by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the washer's field.

18 Då dei kravde å få tala med kongen, gjekk drottseten Eljakim Hilkiason og riksskrivaren Sebna og kanslaren Joah Asafsson ut til deim.

And they called for the king, when there came out to them Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder.

19 Rabsake sagde med deim: «Meld til Hizkia: «So segjer storkongen, assyrarkongen: Kva er det for tru som gjer deg so traust?

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherewith thou hast trusted?

20 du tenkjer at berre eit ord gjer råd og dåd i krig! Kven lit du på, sidan du sette upp imot meg?

Thou saidst, but it was only a word uttered with the lips, [I have] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom didst thou trust, that thou rebelledst against me?

21 Ja, det er sant: du lit på Egyptarland, den brotna røyrstaven, som sting hol i handi på kvar som styd seg til honom! Soleis er Farao, egyptarkongen, for alle som lit på honom.

Now, behold, thou trustedst thee upon yon cracked reed-staff, upon Egypt, which, if a man lean on it, will enter into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

22 Og svarar de meg: «Me lit på Herren, vår Gud!» var det då ikkje hans offerhaugar og hans altar Hizkia fekk burt, då han baud Juda og Jerusalem: «Framfor dette altaret skal de bøygja kne i Jerusalem.»

But if ye should say unto me, In the Lord our God have we trusted: is he not the one whose high-places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye prostrate yourselves in Jerusalem?

23 Gjer då eit veddemål med herren min, assyrarkongen: Eg gjev deg tvo tusund hestar, um du kann skaffa folk til å rida på deim.

And now, I pray thee, enter into a contest with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

24 Korleis vil du slå attende ein einaste jarl, ein av dei ringaste tenarane åt herren min? Og so lit du på egyptarane, på vognerne og ridarane deira!

How then wilt thou turn back the face of a single chieftain among the least of my master's servants, while thou hast put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

25 Trur de det er Herrens uvitande, når eg kjem hit og øydelegg denne staden? Nei, det var Herren som baud meg: «Drag upp til dette landet og legg det i øyde!»»»

Now am I come up without the Lord ['s will] against this place to destroy it? The Lord hath said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

26 Eljakim Hilkiason og Sebna og Joah sagde då til Rabsake: «Tala syrisk til tenarane dine! me skynar det nok; tala ikkje jødisk til oss! folket på muren høyrer på.»

Then said Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, and Shebnah, and Yoach, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jewish language before the ears of the people that are on the wall.

27 «Nei, » svara Rabsake; «det er ikkje til herren din og til deg herren min hev sendt meg å tala desse ordi, men nettupp til dei folki som sit på muren og saman med dykk lyt eta sitt eige skarn og drikka sitt eige vatn!»

But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master then sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? is it not rather to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own excrement, and drink their own urine with you?

28 So steig Rabsake fram og ropa høgmælt desse ordi på jødisk mål: «Høyr det storkongen, assyrarkongen, talar!

Then stood Rabshakeh up and called out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

29 So segjer kongen: «Lat ikkje Hizkia narra dykk; han er ikkje i stand til å hjelpa dykk ut or mi hand!

Thus hath said the king. Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand;

30 Lat ikkje Hizkia få dykk til å lita på Herren, med di han segjer: «Herren hjelpar oss for visst; han gjev ikkje denne byen i henderne på assyrarkongen.»

Neither let Hezekiah induce you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria:

31 Høyr ikkje på Hizkia! So segjer kongen i Assyria: Gjer fred med meg! gjev dykk yver til meg! So skal de få eta kvar av sitt eige vintre og sitt eige fiketre, og drikka vatn kvar or sin eigen brunn,

Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus hath said the king of Assyria, Make a treaty of peace with me, and come out to me, and eat ye every man of his own vine, and every man of his fig-tree, and drink ye every man the waters of his cistern;

32 til dess eg kjem og hentar dykk til eit land som er likt dykkar eige, eit land med korn og druvesaft, eit land med brød og vinhagar, eit land med oljetre og honning. So skal de liva og sleppa døy. Høyr ikkje på Hizkia! Han narrar dykk når han segjer: «Herren bergar oss.»

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil-olive trees, and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah; for he will mislead you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.

33 Tru nokon av folke-gudarne berga sitt land for assyrarkongen?

Have the gods of the nations delivered in anywise each his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 Kvar er gudarne i Hamat og Arpad? kvar er gudarne åt Sefarvajim og Hena og Ivva, eller hev dei berga Samaria ut or mi hand?

Where are the gods of Chamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvayim, Hena', and 'Ivvah? have they then delivered Samaria out of my hand?

35 Kven av alle gudarne i alle land hev berga sitt land or mi hand? Skulde då Herren berga Jerusalem ut or mi hand?»»

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

36 Folket tagde, svara honom ikkje eit ord: for so var kongens bod: «Ikkje svara honom!»

But the people remained silent, and answered him not a word; for it was the king's command, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

37 Eljakim Hilkiason, drottseten, og Sebna, riksskrivaren, og Joah Asafsson, kanslaren, kom då attende til Hizkia med sundrivne klæde, og melde honom ordi hans Rabsake.

Then came Elyakim the son of Chilkiyah, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent; and they told unto him the words of Rabshakeh.