2 Kongebok 20
1 I dei dagarne lagdest Hizkia i helsott; då kom profeten Jesaja Amosson til honom og sagde med honom: «So segjer Herren; «Skila for deg! for du skal døy; du vert ikkje god att.»»
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.’”
2 Då snudde han seg mot veggen og bad til Herren:
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
3 «Å Herre, kom i hug kor eg hev ferdast ærleg og heilhjarta for di åsyn og gjort det som godt var i dine augo!» Og Hizkia sette i og storgret.
“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.
4 Fyrr Jesaja var nådd ut or den indre byen, kom Herrens ord til honom soleis:
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
5 «Gakk inn att, og seg til Hizkia, fyrsten yver folket mitt: «So segjer Herren, Gud åt David, far din: Eg hev høyrt bøni di, og set tårorne dine. Sjå, eg gjer deg god att; i yvermorgon skal du ganga upp til Herrens hus.
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.
6 Eg aukar alderen din med femtan år. Or handi åt assyrarkongen bergar eg deg og denne byen. Ja, denne byen vernar eg for mi skuld og for David skuld, tenaren min.»»
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].’”
7 Då sagde Jesaja: «Henta ei fikekaka!» Dei so gjorde, og lagde henne på verken. Og han friskna til att.
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.”
8 Hizkia sagde til Jesaja: «Kva skal eg hava til merke på at Herren gjer meg god att, so eg i yvermorgon kann ganga upp til Herrens hus?»
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?”
9 Jesaja svara: «Dette gjev Herren deg til merke på at Herren held det han lovar: Skal skuggen ganga ti strik fram, eller skal han no ganga ti strik attende?»
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?”
10 Hizkia svara: «Lett er det for skuggen å tøygja seg ti strik fram; nei, lat skuggen ganga attende ti strik!»
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.”
11 Profeten Jesaja ropa til Herren, og han let skuggen på solskiva åt Ahaz ganga attlenges dei ti striki som han nett hadde gjenge fram.
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).
12 Kring den tid sende Babel-kongen Berodak Baladan Baladansson brev og gåva til Hizkia; for han hadde spurt at Hizkia hadde vore sjuk.
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.
13 Då Hizkia hadde høyrt på deim, synte han deim heile forrådshuset sitt, sylvet og gullet, og angande kryddor og kosteleg olje, og våpnhuset alt som fanst i skattkammeri hans; det fanst ikkje den ting i hans hus og i heile hans rike som ikkje Hizkia synte deim.
[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.
14 Då kom profeten Jesaja til kong Hizkia og spurde honom: «Kva hev desse mennerne sagt, og kvar helst kom dei frå til deg?» Hizkia svara: «Frå eit land langt burte, frå Babel kom dei.»
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.”
15 «Kva hev dei set i huset ditt?» spurde han. «Alt som i huset mitt finst, hev dei set, » svara Hizkia; «det fanst ikkje den ting i skattkammeri mine som eg ikkje synte deim.»
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.”
16 Då sagde Jesaja til Hizkia: «Høyr Herrens ord!
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
17 Dagar kjem då alt som finst i huset ditt, det federne dine hev samla alt til i dag, det skal verta ført til Babel; aldri ein grand skal verta att, segjer Herren.
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]
18 Og sume av sønerne dine, ætta frå deg, utstokne frå deg, skal takast, og dei skal verta hirdmenner i slottet åt Babel-kongen.»
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.”
19 Hizkia svara Jesaja: «Godt er Herrens ord som du hev tala.» Han tenkte: «Berre det vert fred og trygd so lenge eg liver!»
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.”
20 Det som elles er å fortelja um Hizkia og alle hans storverk, kor han bygde dammen og vatsleidingi, og førde vatnet til byen, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.
[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’.
21 Hizkia lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og Manasse, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
