2 Kongebok 18

1 I det tridje styringsåret åt Israels-kongen Hosea Elason vart Hizkia Ahasson konge i Juda.

Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.

2 Fem og tjuge år gamall var han då han vart konge, og ni og tjuge år rådde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Abi Zakarjadotter.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

3 Han gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo, heilt so som David, far hans, hadde gjort.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

4 Han fekk burt offerhaugarne, slo sund minnesteinarne, hogg ned Astarte-stolparne, og knasa koparormen som Moses hadde laga; for alt til den tid hadde Israels-borni brent røykjelse for honom, og dei kalla honom Nehustan.

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.

5 På Herren, Israels Gud, leit han. Millom alle Juda-kongarne fanst ikkje maken hans, korkje fyre eller etter honom.

He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

6 Han heldt seg til Herren, veik ikkje frå honom, men heldt hans bod, som Herren hadde bode Moses.

For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.

7 Og Herren var med honom so han hadde framgang i alt han tok seg fyre. Han fall ifrå assyrarkongen og vilde ikkje vera tenaren hans.

And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.

8 Og so vann han filistarane og tok landet alt til Gaza og bygdi derikring, frå minste vakttårnet til fastaste borgi.

He overcame the Philistines as far as Gaza and its limits, from the tower of the watchman to the walled town.

9 I fjorde styringsåret åt kong Hizkia - det var sjuande styringsåret åt Israels-kongen Hosea Elason - drog assyrarkongen Salmanassar upp og kringsette Samaria.

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.

10 Dei tok byen då tri år var lidne; i det sette styringsåret åt Hizkia og det niande styringsåret åt Hosea, kongen i Israel, vart Samaria teken.

And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah's rule, which was the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11 Assyrarkongen førde Israel burt til Assyria og busette deim i Halah og ved Gozanåi Habor, og i byarne i Media.

And the king of Assyria took Israel away as prisoners into Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes;

12 Det var av di dei ikkje høyrde på Herren, sin Gud, men braut hans pakt, alt det som Moses, Herrens tenar, hadde bode; dei korkje høyrde eller livde etter deim.

Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.

13 I det fjortande styringsåret åt kong Hizkia drog assyrarkongen Sankerib upp og hertok alle faste borger i Juda.

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

14 Juda-kongen Hizkia sende då bod til Lakis til assyrarkongen med dei ordi: «Eg hev synda; snu um att frå meg! Det du legg på meg, skal eg bera: » Assyrarkongen lagde då på Hizkia, Juda-kongen, åtte hundrad vågar sylv og åtteti vågar gull.

And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15 Hizkia gav ut alt sylvet som fanst i Herrens hus og i skattkammeret i kongsgarden.

So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the house of the Lord, and in the king's store-house.

16 Samstundes braut Hizkia laus gullet på dørerne i Herrens tempel og av dørstolparne som Hizkia, Juda-kongen, hadde klædt med gull, og gav det til assyrarkongen.

And at that time Hezekiah had the gold from the doors of the Lord's house, and from the door-pillars plated by him, cut off and gave it to the king of Assyria.

17 Men so sende assyrarkongen Tartan og Rabsaris og Rabsake med ein stor her frå Lakis mot kong Hizkia i Jerusalem, og dei drog upp og kom til Jerusalem. Då dei hadde fare upp og var komne dit, stana dei attmed vatsleidingi frå Øvredammen på allfarvegen til vaskarvollen.

Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.

18 Då dei kravde å få tala med kongen, gjekk drottseten Eljakim Hilkiason og riksskrivaren Sebna og kanslaren Joah Asafsson ut til deim.

And they sent for the king, and Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.

19 Rabsake sagde med deim: «Meld til Hizkia: «So segjer storkongen, assyrarkongen: Kva er det for tru som gjer deg so traust?

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

20 du tenkjer at berre eit ord gjer råd og dåd i krig! Kven lit du på, sidan du sette upp imot meg?

You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

21 Ja, det er sant: du lit på Egyptarland, den brotna røyrstaven, som sting hol i handi på kvar som styd seg til honom! Soleis er Farao, egyptarkongen, for alle som lit på honom.

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

22 Og svarar de meg: «Me lit på Herren, vår Gud!» var det då ikkje hans offerhaugar og hans altar Hizkia fekk burt, då han baud Juda og Jerusalem: «Framfor dette altaret skal de bøygja kne i Jerusalem.»

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

23 Gjer då eit veddemål med herren min, assyrarkongen: Eg gjev deg tvo tusund hestar, um du kann skaffa folk til å rida på deim.

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

24 Korleis vil du slå attende ein einaste jarl, ein av dei ringaste tenarane åt herren min? Og so lit du på egyptarane, på vognerne og ridarane deira!

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

25 Trur de det er Herrens uvitande, når eg kjem hit og øydelegg denne staden? Nei, det var Herren som baud meg: «Drag upp til dette landet og legg det i øyde!»»»

And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

26 Eljakim Hilkiason og Sebna og Joah sagde då til Rabsake: «Tala syrisk til tenarane dine! me skynar det nok; tala ikkje jødisk til oss! folket på muren høyrer på.»

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

27 «Nei, » svara Rabsake; «det er ikkje til herren din og til deg herren min hev sendt meg å tala desse ordi, men nettupp til dei folki som sit på muren og saman med dykk lyt eta sitt eige skarn og drikka sitt eige vatn!»

But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

28 So steig Rabsake fram og ropa høgmælt desse ordi på jødisk mål: «Høyr det storkongen, assyrarkongen, talar!

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;

29 So segjer kongen: «Lat ikkje Hizkia narra dykk; han er ikkje i stand til å hjelpa dykk ut or mi hand!

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

30 Lat ikkje Hizkia få dykk til å lita på Herren, med di han segjer: «Herren hjelpar oss for visst; han gjev ikkje denne byen i henderne på assyrarkongen.»

And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

31 Høyr ikkje på Hizkia! So segjer kongen i Assyria: Gjer fred med meg! gjev dykk yver til meg! So skal de få eta kvar av sitt eige vintre og sitt eige fiketre, og drikka vatn kvar or sin eigen brunn,

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

32 til dess eg kjem og hentar dykk til eit land som er likt dykkar eige, eit land med korn og druvesaft, eit land med brød og vinhagar, eit land med oljetre og honning. So skal de liva og sleppa døy. Høyr ikkje på Hizkia! Han narrar dykk når han segjer: «Herren bergar oss.»

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe.

33 Tru nokon av folke-gudarne berga sitt land for assyrarkongen?

Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

34 Kvar er gudarne i Hamat og Arpad? kvar er gudarne åt Sefarvajim og Hena og Ivva, eller hev dei berga Samaria ut or mi hand?

Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah? have they kept Samaria out of my hands?

35 Kven av alle gudarne i alle land hev berga sitt land or mi hand? Skulde då Herren berga Jerusalem ut or mi hand?»»

Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?

36 Folket tagde, svara honom ikkje eit ord: for so var kongens bod: «Ikkje svara honom!»

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

37 Eljakim Hilkiason, drottseten, og Sebna, riksskrivaren, og Joah Asafsson, kanslaren, kom då attende til Hizkia med sundrivne klæde, og melde honom ordi hans Rabsake.

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah, with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.