2 Kungaboken 19
1 Då nu konung Hiskia hörde detta, rev han sönder sina kläder och höljde sig i sorgdräkt och gick in i HERRENS 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 överhovmästaren Eljakim och sekreteraren Sebna och de äldste bland prästerna sände han, höljda i sorgdräkt, till profeten Jesaja, 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 denne: »Så säger Hiskia: En nödens, tuktans och smälekens dag är denna dag, ty fostren hava väl kommit fram till födseln, men kraft att föda finnes icke.
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 Kanhända skall HERREN, din Gud, höra alla Rab-Sakes ord, med vilka hans herre, konungen i Assyrien, har sänt honom till att smäda den levande Guden, så att han straffar honom för dessa ord, som han, HERREN, din Gud, har hört. Så bed nu en bön för den kvarleva som ännu finnes.»
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 När nu konung Hiskias tjänare kommo till Jesaja,
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 sade Jesaja till dem: »Så skolen I säga till eder herre: Så säger HERREN: Frukta icke för de ord som du har hört, dem med vilka den assyriske konungens tjänare hava hädat mig.
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 Se, jag skall låta en sådan ande komma in i honom, att han, på grund av ett rykte som han skall få höra, vänder tillbaka till sitt land; och jag skall låta honom falla för svärd i hans eget 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 Rab-Sake vände tillbaka och fann den assyriske konungen upptagen med att belägra Libna; ty han hade hört att han hade brutit upp från Lakis.
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 Men när Sanherib fick höra säga om Tirhaka, konungen i Etiopien, att denne hade dragit ut för att strida mot honom, skickade han åter sändebud till Hiskia och sade:
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 »Så skolen I säga till Hiskia, Juda konung: Låt icke din Gud, som du förtröstar på, bedraga dig, i det att du tänker: 'Jerusalem skall icke bliva givet i den assyriske konungens hand.'
[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 Du har nu hört vad konungarna i Assyrien hava gjort med alla andra länder, huru de hava givit dem till spillo. Och du skulle nu bliva räddad!
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 Hava väl de folk som mina fäder fördärvade, Gosan, Haran, Resef och Edens barn i Telassar, blivit räddade av sina gudar?
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 Var är Hamats konung och Arpads konung och konungen över Sefarvaims stad, över 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 När Hiskia hade mottagit brevet av sändebuden och läst det, gick han upp i HERRENS hus, och där bredde Hiskia ut det inför HERRENS ansikte.
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 Hiskia bad inför HERRENS ansikte och sade: »HERRE, Israels Gud, du som tronar på keruberna, du allena är Gud, den som råder över alla riken på jorden; du har 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 ditt öra härtill och hör; HERRE, öppna dina ögon och se. Ja, hör Sanheribs ord, det budskap varmed han har smädat den levande Guden.
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, att konungarna i Assyrien hava förött folken 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 de hava kastat deras gudar i elden; ty dessa voro inga gudar, utan verk av människohänder, trä och sten; därför kunde de förgöra 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 fräls oss nu, HERRE, vår Gud, ur hans hand, så att alla riken på jorden förnimma att du, HERRE, allena är 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 Då sände Jesaja, Amos' son, bud till Hiskia och låt säga: »Så säger HERREN, Israels Gud: Det varom du har bett mig angående Sanherib, konungen i Assyrien, det har 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 Så är nu detta det ord som HERREN har talat om honom: Hon föraktar dig och bespottar dig, jungfrun dottern Sion; hon skakar huvudet efter dig, dottern Jerusalem.
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 vem har du smädat och hädat, och mot vem har du upphävt din röst? Alltför högt har du upplyft dina ögon -- Ja, mot Israels Helige.
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 Genom dina sändebud smädade du Herren, när du sade: 'Med mina många vagnar drog jag upp på bergens höjder, längst upp på Libanon; jag högg ned dess höga cedrar och väldiga cypresser; jag trängde fram till dess innersta gömslen, dess frodigaste 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 grävde brunnar och drack ut främmande vatten, och med min fot uttorkade jag alla Egyptens strömmar.'
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 Har du icke hört att jag för länge sedan beredde detta? Av ålder bestämde jag ju så; och nu har jag fört det fram: du fick makt att ödelägga befästa städer till grusade stenhopar.
[‘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 Deras invånare blevo maktlösa, de förfärades och stodo med skam. Det gick dem såsom gräset på marken och gröna örter, såsom det som växer på taken, och säd som förbrännes, förrän strået har vuxit upp.
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 Om du sitter eller går ut eller går in, så vet jag det, och huru du rasar mot 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 Men då du nu så rasar mot mig, och då ditt övermod har nått till mina öron, skall jag sätta min krok i din näsa och mitt betsel i din mun och föra dig tillbaka samma väg som du har kommit på.
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 för dig vara tecknet: man skall detta år äta vad som växer upp av spillsäd, och nästa år självvuxen säd; men det tredje året skolen I få så och skörda och plantera vingårdar och äta 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 den räddade skara av Juda hus, som bliver kvar, skall åter skjuta rot nedtill och bära frukt upptill.
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 från Jerusalem skall utgå en kvarleva, en räddad skara från Sions berg. HERRENS nitälskan skall göra detta.
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 Därför säger HERREN så om konungen i Assyrien: Han skall icke komma in i denna stad och icke skjuta någon pil ditin; han skall icke mot den föra fram någon sköld eller kasta upp någon vall mot den.
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 Samma väg han kom skall han vända tillbaka, och in i denna stad skall han icke komma, säger HERREN.
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 Ty jag skall beskärma och frälsa denna stad för min och min tjänare Davids 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 Och samma natt gick HERRENS ängel ut och slog i assyriernas läger ett hundra åttiofem tusen man; och när man bittida följande morgon kom ut, fick man se döda kroppar ligga där överallt
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 Då bröt Sanherib, konungen i Assyrien, upp och tågade tillbaka; och han stannade sedan i Nineve.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 Men när han en gång tillbad i sin gud Nisroks tempel, blev han dräpt med svärd av Adrammelek och Sareser; därefter flydde dessa undan till Ararats land. Och hans son Esarhaddon blev konung efter honom.
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.
