2 Kings 19
1 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].
Da der König Hiskia das hörete, zerriß er seine Kleider und legte einen Sack an und ging in das Haus des HERRN.
2 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.
Und sandte Eliakim, den Hofmeister, und Sebena, den Schreiber, samt den ältesten Priestern, mit Säcken angetan, zu dem Propheten Jesaja, dem Sohn Amoz.
3 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.
Und sie sprachen zu ihm: So sagt Hiskia: Das ist ein Tag der Not und Scheltens und Lästerns; die Kinder sind kommen an die Geburt, und ist keine Kraft da zu gebären.
4 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].”
Ob vielleicht der HERR, dein Gott, hören wollte alle Worte des Erzschenken, den sein HERR, der König von Assyrien, gesandt hat, Hohn zu sprechen dem lebendigen Gott und zu schelten mit Worten, die der HERR, dein Gott, gehöret hat. So hebe dein Gebet auf für die übrigen, die noch vorhanden sind.
5 When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
Und da die Knechte des Königs Hiskia zu Jesaja kamen,
6 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.
sprach Jesaja zu ihnen: So saget eurem HERRN: So spricht der HERR: Fürchte dich nicht vor den Worten, die du gehöret hast, damit mich die Knaben des Königs von Assyrien gelästert haben.
7 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.’”
Siehe, ich will ihm einen Geist geben, daß er ein Gerücht hören wird und wieder in sein Land ziehen; und will ihn durchs Schwert fällen in seinem Lande.
8 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].
Und da der Erzschenke wiederkam, fand er den König von Assyrien streiten wider Libna; denn er hatte gehöret, daß er von Lachis gezogen war.
9 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.
Und da er hörete von Thirhaka, dem Könige der Mohren: Siehe, er ist ausgezogen, mit dir zu streiten, wandte er um und sandte Boten zu Hiskia und ließ ihm sagen:
10 [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].
So saget Hiskia, dem Könige Judas: Laß dich deinen Gott nicht aufsetzen, auf den du dich verlässest, und sprichst: Jerusalem wird nicht in die Hände des Königs von Assyrien gegeben werden.
11 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]
Siehe, du hast gehöret, was die Könige von Assyrien getan haben allen Landen und sie verbannet; und du solltest errettet werden?
12 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.
Haben der Heiden Götter auch sie errettet, welche meine Väter haben verderbet: Gosan, Haran, Rezeph und die Kinder Edens, die zu Thelassar waren?
13 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]!”
Wo ist der König zu Hemath, der König zu Arphad und der König der Stadt Sepharvaim, Hena und Iwa?
14 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.
Und da Hiskia die Briefe von den Boten empfangen und gelesen hatte, ging er hinauf zum Hause des HERRN und breitete sie aus vor dem HERRN.
15 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.
Und betete vor dem HERRN und sprach: HERR, Gott Israels, der du über Cherubim sitzest, du bist allein Gott unter allen Königreichen auf Erden, du hast Himmel und Erde gemacht.
16 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.
HERR, neige deine Ohren und höre, tu deine Augen auf und siehe, und höre die Worte Sanheribs, der hergesandt hat, Hohn zu sprechen dem lebendigen Gott.
17 “Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
Es ist wahr, HERR, die Könige von Assyrien haben die Heiden mit dem Schwert umgebracht und ihr Land
18 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].
und haben ihre Götter ins Feuer geworfen. Denn es waren nicht Götter, sondern Menschenhände Werk, Holz und Steine; darum haben sie sie umgebracht.
19 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.”
Nun aber, HERR, unser Gott, hilf uns aus seiner Hand, auf daß alle Königreiche auf Erden erkennen, daß du, HERR, allein Gott bist.
20 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.
Da sandte Jesaja, der Sohn Amoz, zu Hiskia und ließ ihm sagen: So spricht der HERR, der Gott Israels: Was du zu mir gebetet hast um Sanherib, den König von Assyrien, das habe ich gehöret.
21 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.
Das ist's, das der HERR wider ihn geredet hat: Die Jungfrau, die Tochter Zion, verachtet dich und spottet dein; die Tochter Jerusalem schüttelt ihr Haupt dir nach.
22 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.
Wen hast du gehöhnet und gelästert? Über wen hast du deine Stimme erhoben? Du hast deine Augen erhoben wider den Heiligen in Israel.
23 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.
Du hast den HERRN durch deine Boten gehöhnet und gesagt: Ich bin durch die Menge meiner Wagen auf die Höhe der Berge gestiegen, auf den Seiten des Libanon; ich habe seine hohen Zedern und auserlesenen Tannen abgehauen und bin kommen an die äußerste Herberge des Waldes seines Karmels;
24 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]!”’
ich habe gegraben und ausgetrunken die fremden Wasser und habe vertrocknet mit meinen Fußsohlen die Seen.
25 [‘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.
Hast du aber nicht gehöret, daß ich solches lange zuvor getan habe, und von Anfang habe ich's bereitet? Nun, jetzt aber habe ich's kommen lassen, daß feste Städte würden fallen in einen wüsten Steinhaufen,
26 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.
und die drinnen wohnen, matt werden und sich fürchten und schämen müßten und werden wie das Gras auf dem Felde und wie das grüne Kraut zum Heu auf den Dächern, das verdorret, ehe denn es reif wird.
27 “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.
Ich weiß dein Wohnen, dein Aus- und Einziehen, und daß du tobest wider mich.
28 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].” '
Weil du denn wider mich tobest, und dein Übermut vor meine Ohren heraufkommen ist, so will ich dir einen Ring an deine Nase legen und ein Gebiß in dein Maul und will dich den Weg wiederum führen, da du herkommen bist.
29 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.
Und sei dir ein Zeichen: In diesem Jahr iß, was zertreten ist; im andern Jahr, was selber wächst; im dritten Jahr säet und erntet und pflanzet Weinberge und esset ihre Früchte.
30 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].
Und die Tochter Juda, die errettet und überblieben ist, wird fürder unter sich wurzeln und über sich Frucht tragen.
31 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.
Denn von Jerusalem werden ausgehen, die überblieben sind, und die Erretteten vom Berge Zion. Der Eifer des HERRN Zebaoth wird solches tun.
32 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].
Darum spricht der HERR vom Könige zu Assyrien also: Er soll nicht in diese Stadt kommen und keinen Pfeil drein schießen und kein Schild davor kommen und soll keinen Wall drum schütten,
33 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!
sondern er soll den Weg wiederum ziehen, den er kommen ist, und soll in diese Stadt nicht kommen; der HERR sagt es.
34 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.'”
Und ich will diese Stadt beschirmen, daß ich ihr helfe um meinetwillen und um Davids, meines Knechts, willen.
35 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!
Und in derselben Nacht fuhr aus der Engel des HERRN und schlug im Lager von Assyrien hundertundfünfundachtzigtausend Mann. Und da sie sich des Morgens frühe aufmachten, siehe, da lag es alles eitel tote Leichname.
36 Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
Also brach Sanherib, der König von Assyrien, auf und zog weg und kehrete um; und blieb zu Ninive.
37 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.
Und da er anbetete im Hause Nisrochs, seines Gottes, schlugen ihn mit dem Schwert Adramelech und Sarezer, seine Söhne; und sie entrannen ins Land Ararat. Und sein Sohn Assar-Haddon ward König an seiner Statt.
