2 Kungaboken 19
1 Då Konung Hiskia det hörde, ref han sin kläder, och drog en säck uppå sig, och gick in uti Herrans hus;
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went to the temple [to ask God what to do].
2 Och sände Eliakim hofmästaren, och Sebna skrifvaren, samt med de äldsta Presterna, klädda i säcker, till Propheten Esaia, Amos son.
He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me.
3 Och de sade till honom: Så säger Hiskia: Denne dagen är en bedröfvelses, bannors och förhädelses dag; barnen äro komne till födslon; men ingen magt är till att föda.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. [Other nations are causing] us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [MET] a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Om tilläfventyrs Herren din Gud ville höra all RabSake ord, hvilken hans Herre, Konungen i Assyrien, utsändt hafver, till att tala förhädelse emot lefvandes Gud; och till att bannas med de ord, som Herren din Gud hört hafver; så upphäf nu din bön för dem som ännu igenlefde äro.
Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].”
5 Och Konungens Hiskia tjenare kommo till Esaia.
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 Då sade Esaia till dem: Så säger edrom herra: Detta säger Herren: Frukta dig intet för de ord, som du hört hafver, der Konungens tjenare af Assyrien mig med förhädt hafva.
Isaiah said to them, “[Go back to] your boss/master [and] tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said.
7 Si, jag vill gifva honom en anda, att han skall få höra ett rykte, och draga tillbaka igen i sitt land; och jag vill fälla honom med svärd i hans land.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, [that a foreign army is about to attack his country]. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.’”
8 Och då RabSake kom igen, fann han Konungen af Assyrien stridandes emot Libna; förty han hade hört, att han var dragen ifrå Lachis.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had left Lachish [city], and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official went there [to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Och han fick höra om Thirhaka, Konungen i Ethiopien: Si, han är utdragen till att strida emot dig. Då vände han om, och sände båd till Hiskia, och lät säga honom:
Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
10 Detta säger Hiskia, Juda Konung: Låt icke din Gud bedraga dig, på hvilken du dig förlåter, och säger: Jerusalem varder icke gifvet uti Konungens hand i Assyrien.
[In the letter] he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that [the city of] Jerusalem will not be captured by my army [MTY].
11 Si, du hafver hört, hvad Konungarna i Assyrien gjort hafva allom landom, och gifvit dem tillspillo; och du skulle nu friad varda?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 Hafva ock Hedningarnas gudar friat dem, hvilka mine fäder förderfvat hafva; Gosan, Haran, Reseph, och Edens barn, som i Thelassar voro?
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 the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria] and the people of Eden who had been (deported/forced to go) to Tel-Assar [city]? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them.
13 Hvar är Konungen i Hamath, Konungen i Arphad, Konungen i den staden Sepharvaim, Hena och Iva?
What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah [cities] [RHQ]? [Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported]!”
14 Då Hiskia hade anammat brefvet af båden, och läsit det, gick han upp i Herrans hus, och upplät det för Herranom;
Hezekiah took 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.
15 Och bad inför Herranom, och sade: Herre Israels Gud, som sitter öfver Cherubim, du äst allena Gud i all rike på jorden; du hafver gjort himmel och jord.
Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the [statues of] 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.
16 Herre, böj din öron, och hör; Herre, upplåt din ögon och se; och hör Sanheribs ord, den hitsändt hafver, till att tala hädelse emot lefvandes Gud.
So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look [at what is happening]. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.
17 Det är sant, Herre, Konungarna i Assyrien hafva med svärd förlagt Hedningarna, och deras land;
“Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
18 Och hafva kastat deras gudar i elden; ty de voro icke gudar, utan menniskors handaverk, stock och sten; derföre hafva de förlagt dem.
And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But [that was not difficult to do, because] they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
19 Men nu, Herre vår Gud, hjelp oss utu hans hand, på det all rike på jordene skola förstå, att du, Herre, allena äst Gud.
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.”
20 Så sände Esaia, Amos son, till Hiskia, och lät säga honom: Detta säger Herren Israels Gud: Hvad du af mig bedit hafver om Sanherib, Konungen i Assyrien, det hafver jag hört.
Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
21 Detta är det Herren emot honom talat hafver: Jungfrun, dottren Zion, föraktar dig, och bespottar dig; dottren Jerusalem rister hufvudet efter dig.
This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
22 Hvem hafver du försmädat och förhädt? Öfver hvem hafver du upphöjt dina röst? Du hafver upphäfvit dina ögon emot den Heliga i Israel.
Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship.
23 Du hafver genom din sändningabåd försmädat Herran, och sagt: Jag hafver genom mina många vagnar stigit upp på bergshöjderna, uppå Libanons sido; jag hafver afhuggit dess höga ceder, och utvalda furor, och är kommen intill yttersta herberget, i hans Carmels skog.
The messengers that 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/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests.
24 Jag hafver grafvit, och utdruckit de främmande vatten, och hafver med mitt fotabjelle uttorkat all förvarad vatten.
We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”’
25 Men hafver du icke hört, att jag detta långt tillförene gjort hafver, och af begynnelsen hafver jag beredt det? Men nu hafver jag det komma låtit, att faste städer skulle förfalla till en öde stenhop.
[‘But I reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [that those things would happen]? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have [the power to] capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble.
26 Och de som deruti bodde, skulle varda vanmägtige, och rädas och skämmas, och varda såsom örter på markene, och som gröna gräset till hö på taken, hvilket förtorkas förr än det moget varder.
The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
27 Jag vet din boning, din utgång och ingång; och att du rasar emot mig.
“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.
28 Så efter du rasar emot mig, och ditt högmod är uppkommet för min öron, så skall jag sätta en ring i dina näso, och ett bett i din mun, och skall föra dig den vägen hem igen, som du hit kommen äst.
So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and an iron (bit/piece of metal) 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].” '
29 Och detta skall vara dig ett tecken: Uti detta år ät hvad som förtrampadt är; uti de andro årena hvad sjelft växer; uti tredje årena sår och uppskärer, och planterer vingårdar, och äter deras frukt.
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove [that I am telling the truth]: This year and next year you [and your people] will be able to harvest only (wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted). But the following year, you [Israelis] will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest.
30 Och Juda hus, som frälst och igenblifvet är, skall ännu rota sig nedantill, och bära frukt ofvantill.
The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
31 Ty utaf Jerusalem varda utgångande de som igenblefne äro; och utaf Zions berg de som undsluppne äro; Herrans Zebaoths nit varder detta görandes.
There will be many people in Jerusalem [DOU] who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants [PRS] it to happen.
32 Derföre säger Herren om Konungen i Assyrien alltså: Han skall icke komma i denna staden, och ingen pil skjuta der in, och ingen sköld föra der före, och ingen vall uppkasta der omkring;
So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against [the city walls] [to enable them to attack the city].
33 Utan han skall draga den vägen tillbaka igen, som han kommen är, och skall intet komma i denna staden; Herren hafver det sagt.
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!
34 Och jag skall beskärma denna staden, så att jag honom hjelpa vill för mina skull, och för Davids min tjenares skull.
I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
35 På den samma nattena for Herrans Ängel ut, och slog i de Assyriers lägre hundradetusend, och fem och åttatio tusend män; och då de om morgonen bittida uppstodo, si, då låg allt fullt med döda kroppar.
That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
36 Alltså bröt Sanherib, Konungen af Assyrien, upp, drog sina färde, och vände om, och blef i Nineve.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 Och då han tillbad i Nisrochs sins guds hus, slogo honom hans söner med svärd, Adrammelech och SarEzer, och undflydde in uti det landet Ararat; och hans son EsarHaddon vardt Konung i hans stad.
One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his 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.
