2 Kongebok 19
1 Då kong Hizkia høyrde det, reiv han sund klædi sine, sveipte syrgjebunad kring seg og gjekk inn i Herrens hus.
And when king Hezekiah had heard this, he tore his garments, and he covered himself with sackcloth, and he entered the house of the Lord.
2 Han sende drottseten Eljakim og riksskrivaren Sebna og dei eldste prestarne syrgjeklædde til profeten Jesaja Amosson,
And he sent Eliakim, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and the elders from the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.
3 med dei ordi: «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.
And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. The sons are ready to be born, but the woman in labor does not have the strength.
4 Kann henda høyrer Herren, din Gud, alt 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!»»
Perhaps the Lord, your God, may hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, sent so that he would reproach the living God, and rebuke with words, which the Lord, your God, has heard. And so, offer a prayer on behalf of the remnant that has been found.”
5 Då hirdmennerne frå Hizkia kom til Jesaja,
And the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.
6 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!
And Isaiah said to them: “So shall you say to your lord. Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid before the face of the words that you have heard, by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.
7 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.»»
Behold, I will send a spirit to him, and he will hear a report, and he will return to his own land. And I will bring him down by the sword in his own land.”
8 Då Rabsake for burt att, fann han assyrarkongen i strid mot Libna; for han hadde høyrt at han hadde fare burt frå Lakis.
Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.
9 Då han fekk tiend at ætiopkongen Tirhaka hadde drege ut på herferd mot honom, sende han eit nytt bod til Hizkia med dei ordi:
And when he had heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia, saying, “Behold, he has gone out so that he may fight against you,” and when he went forth against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
10 «Seg so med Hizkia, Juda-kongen: «Ikkje lat din Gud, som du lit på, narra deg til å tenkja at ikkje Jerusalem skal falla i henderne på assyrarkongen!
“So shall you say to Hezekiah, the king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom you trust, lead you astray. And you should not say, ‘Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
11 Du hev nok høyrt gjete sjølv kor assyrarkongarne hev fare åt mot alle landi; at dei bannstøytte deim. Og so skulde du berga deg undan?
For you yourself have heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands, the manner in which they have laid waste to them. Therefore, how would you alone be able to be freed?
12 Kunde folke-gudarne berga sine folk, som federne mine øydde ut: Gozan, Haran, Resef eller Edens-folki i Telassar?
Have the gods of the nations freed any of those whom my fathers have destroyed, such as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were at Telassar?
13 Kvar er Hamat-kongen eller Arpad-kongen eller kongen yver Sefarvajimbyen, yver Hena og Ivva?»»
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena, and of Avva?”
14 Hizkia tok brevet frå sendebodi og las det; og so gjekk han upp i Herrens hus, og Hizkia breidde det ut for Herrens åsyn.
And so, when Hezekiah had received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he ascended to the house of the Lord, and he spread it out before the Lord.
15 Og Hizkia bad for Herrens åsyn, og sagde: «Herre, du Israels Gud! du som sit yver kerubarne! Einast du er Gud yver alle rike på jordi! du hev gjort himmelen og jordi.
And he prayed in his sight, saying: “O Lord, God of Israel, who sits upon the cherubim, you alone are God, over all the kings of the earth. You made heaven and earth.
16 Herre, legg øyra til og lyd! Herre, lat augo upp og sjå! Høyr dei ordi Sanherib sende, og svivyrde den livande Gud!
Incline your ear, and listen. Open your eyes, O Lord, and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, who sent so that he might reproach the living God before us.
17 Herre, det er sant: assyrarkongen hev øydt ut folki og deira land,
Truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have devastated all peoples and lands.
18 kasta gudarne deira på elden; for dei er ikkje gudar, berre manneverk utav stokk og stein; difor kunde dei øydast.
And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but instead were the works of men’s hands, out of wood and stone. And so they destroyed them.
19 Men no må du, Herre, vår Gud, frelsa oss frå hans magt, so alle rike på jordi må røyna: du, Herre, einast er Gud!»
Now therefore, O Lord our God, bring us salvation from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord God.”
20 Då sende Jesaja Amosson bod til Hizkia med dei ordi: «So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: «Bøni di hev eg høyrt um hjelp mot Sanherib, Assur-kongen.
Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I have heard what you beseeched from me, concerning Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians.
21 So lyder Herrens ord, som Herren hev tala imot honom: «Ho vanvyrder deg, ho spottar deg, ungmøyi, Sions dotter, ho rister på hovudet åt deg, Jerusalems dotter.
This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him: The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.
22 Kven hev du svivyrdt? kven hev du spotta? Kven hev røysti di ropa imot? Augo lyfte du høgt, mot Israels Heilage.
Whom have you reproached, and whom have you blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 Ved sendebodi 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 cypressarne hennar; eg tek meg fram i dei øvste heimar, inn i den tettaste skogen;
By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord, and you have said: ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon. And I have cut down its sublime cedars, and its elect spruce trees. And I have entered even to its limits. And its forest of Carmel,
24 eg borar meg brunnar og vatn drikk eg hjå framande folk; med fotsolen min turkar eg ut alle Egyptarlands elvar.»
I have cut down. And I drank foreign waters, and I dried up all the enclosed waters with the steps of my feet.’
25 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.
But have you not heard what I have done from the beginning? From the days of antiquity, I have formed it, and now I have brought it to be. And fortified cities of fighting men will become piles of ruins.
26 Folki deira vart veike og valne, skalv og stod til skammar. Det gjekk deim som gras på marki og grøne urter, som vokstrar på taket som moldaks i bryddande åker.
And whoever may settle in these, they have trembled, with a weak hand, and they have been confounded. They have become like the hay of the field, and like weeds sprouting on the rooftops, which dry up before they reached maturity.
27 Eg veit når du sit, og gjeng ut og gjeng inn, kor du slær deg vill imot meg.
Your habitation, and your exit, and your entrance, and your way, I knew beforehand, along with your fury against me.
28 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.
You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears. And so, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will lead you back along the way by which you came.
29 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.
But as for you, Hezekiah, this shall be a sign: Eat this year whatever you will find, and in the second year, whatever may spring up of itself. But in the third year, sow and reap; plant vineyards, and eat from their fruit.
30 Og leivningen som er att av Juda hus, skyt djupare røter nedantil og ovantil ber han si frukt.
And whatever will have been left behind, from the house of Judah, shall send a root downward, and shall bear fruit upward.
31 For ein leivning kjem frå Jerusalem, og ein rest frå Sionsfjellet. Herrens brennhug skal gjera dette.
Indeed, a remnant shall go forth from Jerusalem, and what may be saved shall go forth from mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.
32 Difor segjer Herren so um assyrarkongen: Ikkje skal han koma inn i denne byen, og ikkje skal han skjota nokor pil der inn. Ikkje skal han storma fram mot han med skjold, og ikkje byggja skansar upp imot han.
For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians: He shall not enter into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor overtake it with the shield, nor encircle it with fortifications.
33 Den vegen som han kjem, den skal han heim att fara, i denne byen kjem han ikkje inn, so segjer Herren.
By the way that he came, so shall he return. And he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
34 Eg vernar denne by og bergar honom, for mi skuld og for Davids skuld, min tenar.»»
And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
35 Det hende seg den natti at Herrens engel gjekk ut og slo hundrad og fem og åtteti tusund i assyrarlægret. Tidleg næste morgon fann dei deim alle ligjande lik.
And so it happened that, in the same night, an Angel of the Lord went and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he had risen up, at first light, he saw all the bodies of the dead. And withdrawing, he went away.
36 Då tok assyrarkongen Sankerib ut og drog burt og snudde heim att, og heldt seg sidan i Nineve.
And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, returned and dwelled in Nineveh.
37 Ein gong han heldt bøn i huset åt Nisrok, guden sin, hogg Adrammelek og Sareser honom ned med sverd; dei kom seg undan til Araratslandet. Og Asarhaddon, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
And while he was worshipping in the temple of his god, Nisroch, his sons, Adram-melech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of the Armenians. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
