Jesaja 37
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 sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 Och överhovmästaren Eljakim och sekreteraren Sebna och de äldste bland prästerna sände han, höljda i sorgdräkt, till profeten Jesaja, Amos' son.
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 Och de sade till denne: "Så säger Hiskia: En nödens, tuktans och smälekens dag är denne 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 this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Kanhända skall HERREN, din Gud, höra 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."
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king 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,
After those men gave me that message,
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.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by 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 the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. 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 captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Men när Sanherib fick höra sägas om Tirhaka, konungen i Etiopien, att denne hade dragit ut för att strida mot honom, skickade han, så snart han hörde detta, sändebud till Hiskia och sade:
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
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.'
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 Du har ju 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 destroyed them completely. 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 Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
13 Var är Hamats konung och Arpads konung och konungen över Sefarvaims stad, över Hena och Iva?"
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
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 received 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 till HERREN och sade:
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 "HERRE Sebaot, 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.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the 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.
17 HERRE, böj ditt öra härtill och hör; HERRE, öppna dina ögon och se. Ja, hör alla 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 Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
18 Det är sant, HERRE, att konungarna i Assyrien hava förött alla länder såsom ock sitt eget land.
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 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 all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 Men fräls oss nu, HERRE, vår Gud, ur hans hand, så att alla riken på jorden förnimma, att du, HERRE, är den ende."
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.”
21 Då sände Jesaja, Amos' son, bud till Hiskia och lät säga: "Så säger HERREN, Israels Gud, jag, till vilken du har bett angående Sanherib, konungen i Assyrien:
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 Detta är 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 despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 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.
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 Genom dina tjänare 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 översta höjder, dess frodigaste skog;
The messengers whom 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/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 jag grävde brunnar och drack ut vatten, och med min fot uttorkade jag alla Egyptens strömmar.'
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 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, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 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 förgås, förrän strået har vuxit upp.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
28 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.
29 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 you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) 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].”’
30 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 I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
31 Och den räddade skaran av Juda hus, som bliver kvar, skall åter skjuta rot nedtill och bära frukt upptill.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 Ty från Jerusalem skall utgå en kvarleva, en räddad skara från Sions berg. HERREN Sebaots nitälskan skall göra detta.
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 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.
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 Samma väg han kom skall han vända tillbaka, och in i denna stad skall han icke komma, säger HERREN.
And 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!
35 Ty jag skall beskärma och frälsa denna stad för min tjänare Davids skull."
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 Och HERRENS ängel gick 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 set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
37 Då bröt Sanherib, konungen i Assyrien, upp och tågade tillbaka; och han stannade sedan i Nineve.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 Men när han en gång tillbad i sin gud Nisroks tempel, blev han dräpt med svärd av sina söner 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, his two 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.
