Esajas 37
1 Da Kong Ezekias hørte det, sønderrev han sine Klæder, hyllede sig i Sæk og gik ind i HERRENs Hus.
And it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
2 Og han sendte Paladsøversten Eljakim og Statsskriveren Sjebna og Præsternes Ældste, hyllet i Sæk, til Profeten Esajas, Amoz's Søn,
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.
3 for at sige til ham: "Ezekias lader sige: En Nødens, Tugtelsens og Forsmædelsens Dag er denne Dag, thi Barnet er ved at fødes, men der er ikke Kraft til at bringe det til Verden!
And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 Dog vil HERREN din Gud måske høre, hvad Rabsjake har sagt, han, som er sendt af sin Herre, Assyrerkongen, for at håne den levende Gud, og måske vil han straffe ham for de Ord, som HERREN din Gud har hørt gå derfor i Forbøn for den Rest, der endnu er tilbage!"
It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.
5 Da Kong Ezekias's Folk kom til Esajas,
And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 sagde han til dem: "Således skal I svare eders Herre: Så siger HERREN: Frygt ikke for de Ord, du har hørt, som Assyrerkongens Trælle har hånet mig med!
And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Se, jeg vil indgive ham en Ånd, og han skal få en Tidende at høre, så han vender tilbage til sit Land, og i hans eget Land vil jeg fælde ham med Sværdet!"
Behold, I will put a spirit into him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Rabsjake vendte så tilbage og traf Assyrerkongen i Færd med at belejre Libna, thi han havde hørt, at Kongen var brudt op fra Lakisj.
And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 Så fik han Underretning: om, at Kong Tirhaka af Ætiopien var rykket ud for at angribe ham, og han sendte Sendebud til Ezekias og sagde:
And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 "Således skal I sige til Kong Ezekias af Juda: Lad ikke din Gud, som du slår din Lid til, vildlede dig med at sige, at Jerusalem ikke skal gives i Assyrerkongens Hånd!
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy God, upon whom thou reliest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Du har jo dog hørt, hvad Assyrerkongerne har gjort ved alle Lande, hvorledes de har lagt Band på dem og du skulde kunne undslippe!
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
12 De Folk, mine Fædre tilintetgjorde, Gozan, Karan, Rezef og Folkene fra Eden i Telassar, har deres Guder kunnet frelse dem?
Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar?
13 Hvor er Kongen af Hamat, Kongen af Arpad eller Kongen af La'ir, Sefarvajim, Hena og Ivva?"
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
14 Da Ezekias havde modtaget Brevet af Sendebudenes Hånd og læst det, gik han op i HERRENs Hus og bredte det ud for HERRENs Åsyn.
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
15 Derpå bad Ezekias den Bøn for HERRENs Åsyn:
And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,
16 "Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud, du, som troner over Keruberne, du alene er Gud over alle Jordens Riger; du har gjort Himmelen og Jorden!
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, who sittest [between] the cherubim, thou, the Same, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heavens and the earth.
17 Bøj nu dit Øre, HERRE, og lyt, åbn dine Øjne, HERRE, og se! Læg Mærke til alle de Ord, Sankerib har sendt hid for at spotte den levende Gud!
Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to reproach the living God.
18 Det er sandt, HERRE, at Assyrerkongerne har tilintetgjort alle de Folk og deres Lande
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,
19 og kastet deres Guder i Ilden; men de er ikke Guder, kun Menneskehænders Værk af Træ eller Sten; derfor kunde de ødelægge dem.
and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
20 Men frels os nu, HERRE vor Gud, af hans Hånd, så alle Jordens Riger kan kende, at du, HERRE, alene er Gud!"
And now, Jehovah our God, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, thou only.
21 Så sendte Esajas, Amoz's Søn, Bud til Ezekias og lod sige: "Så siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Din Bøn angående Assyrerkongen Sankerib har jeg hørt!"
And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 Således lyder det Ord, HERREN talede imod ham: Hun håner, hun spotter dig, Jomfruen, Zions Datter, Jerusalems Datter ryster på Hovedet ad dig!
this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
23 Hvem har du hånet og smædet, mod hvem har du løftet din Røst? Til Israels Hellige løfted i Hovmod du Blikket!
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
24 Ved dine Trælle håned du HERREN og sagde: "Med mine talløse Vogne besteg jeg Bjergenes Højder, Libanons afsides Egne; jeg fælded dets Cedres Højskov, dets ædle Cypresser, trængte frem til dets øverste Raststed, dets Havers Skove.
By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; and I will enter into its furthest height, [into] the forest of its fruitful field.
25 Fremmed Vand grov jeg ud, og jeg drak det, tørskoet skred jeg over Ægyptens Strømme!"
I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
26 Har du ej hørt det? For længst kom det op i min Tanke, jeg lagde det fordum til Rette, nu lod jeg det ske, og du Gjorde murstærke Byer til øde Stenhobe
Hast thou not heard that long ago I did it, and that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities [into] ruinous heaps.
27 mens Folkene grebes i Afmagt af Skræk og Skam, blev som Græsset på Marken, det spirende Grønne, som Græs på Tage, som Mark for Østenvinden.
And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass of the field and the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.
28 Jeg ser, når du rejser og sætter dig, ved, når du går og kommer.
But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
29 Fordi du raser imod mig, din Trods bar nået mit Øre, lægger jeg Ring i din Næse og Bidsel i Munden og fører dig bort ad Vejen, du kom!
Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
30 Og dette skal være dig Tegnet: I År skal man spise, hvad der såed sig selv, og Året derpå, hvad der skyder af Rode, tredje År skal man så og høste, plante Vin og nyde dens Frugt.
And this [shall be] the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; and in the second year that which springeth of the same; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.
31 Den, bjærgede Rest af Judas Hus slår atter Rødder forneden og bærer sin Frugt foroven;
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
32 thi fra Jerusalem udgår en Rest, en Levning fra Zions Bjerg. Hærskarers HERREs Nidkærhed virker dette.
for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that escape: the zeal of Jehovah of hosts shall do this.
33 Derfor, så siger HERREN om Assyrerkongen: I Byen her skal han ej komme ind, ej sende en Pil herind, ej nærme sig den med Skjolde eller opkaste Vold imod den;
Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
34 ad Vejen, han kom, skal han gå igen, i Byen her skal han ej komme ind så lyder det fra HERREN.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.
35 Jeg værner og frelser denne By for min og min Tjener Davids Skyld!
And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
36 Så gik HERRENs Engel ud og ihjelslog i Assyrernes Lejr 185000 Mand; og se, næste Morgen tidlig lå de alle døde.
And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
37 Da brød Assyrerkongen Sankerib op, vendte hjem og blev siden i Nineve.
And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.
38 Men da han engang tilbad i sin Gud Nisroks Hus, slog hans Sønner Adrammelek og Sar'ezer ham ihjel med deres Sværd, hvorefter de flygtede til Ararats Land: og hans Søn Asarhaddon blev Konge i hans Sted.
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
