1 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، مَرِضَ حَزَقِيّا وَقارَبَ المَوْتَ. فَذَهَبَ النَّبِيُّ إشَعْياءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ إلَى حَزَقِيّا وَقالَ لَهُ: «يَقُولُ اللهُ لَكَ: ‹رَتِّبْ شُؤُونَ بَيْتِكَ، لِأنَّهُ لَنْ يَطُولَ بِكَ العُمْرُ. بَلْ سَتَمُوتُ قَرِيباً!›»

In those days King Hezekiah of Judah became ill and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.

2 ف َأدارَ حَزَقِيّا وَجهَهُ إلَى الحائِطِ. وَصَلَّى إلَى اللهِ

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord

3 و َقالَ: «اذْكُرْ، يا اللهُ أنِّي خَدَمْتُكَ بِوَفاءٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِي. وَفَعَلْتُ ما يُرْضِيكَ.» ثُمَّ بَكَى حَزَقِيّا بُكاءً مُرّاً.

And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in faithfulness and in truth, with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 ف َجاءَتْ كَلَّمَهُ اللهِ إلَى إشَعْياءُ فَقالَ لَهُ:

Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

5 « اذهَبْ وَكَلِّمْ حَزَقِيّا وَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ جَدِّكَ داوُدَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ وَرَأيتُ دُمُوعَكَ. وَسَأُضِيفُ إلَى حَياتِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add to your life fifteen years.

6 و َسَأُنْقِذُكَ وَأُنْقِذُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ مِنْ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. وَسَأحمِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ.›»

And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.

7 و َهَذِهِ هِيَ العَلامَةُ الَّتِي يُعطِيها لَكَ اللهُ دَليلاً عَلَى أنَّ اللهَ سَيُحَقِّقُ كَلامَهُ:

And this will be the sign to you from the Lord that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken:

8 « سَأجعَلُ الظِلَّ الَّذِي تَحَرَّكَ مَعَ الشَّمسِ عَلَى مِقياسِ آحازَ لِلوَقتِ يِتِراجَعُ عَشَرَ دَرَجاتٍ. فَتَراجَعَ الظِلُّ عَشَرَ دَرَجاتٍ عَلَى مِقياسِ آحازَ لِلوَقتِ.» ترنيمةُ آحاز

Behold, I will turn the shadow on the steps or degrees, which has gone down on the steps or sundial of Ahaz, backward ten steps or degrees. And the sunlight turned back ten steps on the steps on which it had gone down.

9 و َهَذا ما كَتَبَهُ حَزَقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، بَعدَ مَرَضِهِ وَشِفائِهِ مِنَ المَرَضِ:

This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

10 ق ُلْتُ لِنَفسِي: «فِي مُنتَصَفِ حَياتِي سَأعبُرُ بَوّاباتِ الهاوِيَةِ. قَدِ امتُحِنْتُ، وَأُخِذَتْ بَقِيَّةُ سَنَواتِ حَياتِي مِنِّي.

I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years.

11 ق ُلْتُ لَنْ أرَى اللهَ ياه فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ، لَنْ أرَى النّاسَ، وَلَنْ أعِيشَ مَعَ سُكّانِ الأرضِ.

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

12 ح َياتِي زالَتْ وَأُخِذَتْ مِنِّي، مِثلَ خَيمَةِ الرّاعِي. قُطِعَتْ حَياتِي وَلُفَّتْ، مِثلَ نَسّاجٍ يَفصِلُ البِساطَ عَنِ آلَةِ الحِياكَةِ، قَدِ انتَهَتْ فِي فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ!

My dwelling is plucked up and is removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life as a weaver; cuts me free from the loom; from day to night You bring me to an end.

13 ص َرَختُ طَلَباً لِلعَونِ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ. كَالأسَدِ يُهَشِّمُ عِظامِي. أنهَيتَ حَياتِي فِي فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ.

I thought and quieted myself until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day to night You bring me to an end.

14 أ بكِي كَسُنُونَةٍ، أنُوحُ كَيَمامَةٍ. تَعِبَتْ عَينايَ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إلَى الأعلَى. يا رَبُّ أنا مُتَضايِقٌ فَأطلِقْنِي.

Like a twittering swallow or a crane, so do I chirp and chatter; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary and dim with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; take my side and be my security.

15 م اذا أستَطِيعُ أنْ أقُولَ؟ فَهُوَ تَكَلَّمَ، وَهُوَ نَفسُهُ سَيَعمَلُ. سَأتَمَشَّى عَلَى مَهلٍ كُلَّ سِنِيِّ حَياتِي، بِسَبَبِ مَرارَةِ نَفسِي.

But what can I say? For He has both spoken to me and He Himself has done it. I must go softly all my years and my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.

16 ي ا سَيِّدِي، بِسَبَبِ أعمالِكَ يَحيا الإنسانُ، وَفِي كُلِّ هَذِهِ الأعمالِ تَجِدُ رُوحِي حَياةً. فَأعطِنِي صِحَّةً وَحَياةً.

O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these is the life of my spirit. O give me back my health and make me live!

17 « فَهُوَذا المَرارَةُ الَّتِي فِيَّ تَحَوَّلَتْ لِخَيرِيَ. وَأنتَ حَفِظتَ حَياتِيَ مِنْ حُفرَةِ الفَناءِ. لأنَّكَ ألقَيتَ وَراءَ ظَهرِكَ كُلَّ خَطايايَ.

Behold, it was for my peace that I had intense bitterness; but You have loved back my life from the pit of corruption and nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

18 ا لقَبرُ لا يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَشكُرَكَ، وَالمَوتُ لا يُسَبِّحُكَ، وَأُولَئِكَ النّازِلُونَ إلَى القَبرِ لا يَضَعُونَ رَجاءَهُمْ فِي أمانَتِكَ.

For Sheol (the place of the dead) cannot confess and reach out the hand to You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You; they who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

19 ا لأحياءُ وَحدَهُمْ يَشكُرُونَكَ. كَما أفعَلُ أنا اليَومَ. الآباءُ يُعَلِّمُونَ الأولادَ عَنْ أمانَتِكَ.

The living, the living—they shall thank and praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make known to the children Your faithfulness and Your truth.

20 س َيُخَلِّصُنِي اللهُ ، لِذا سَنَعزِفُ عَلَى آلاتِنا المُوسِيقِيَّةِ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِنا فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

The Lord is ready to save (deliver) me; therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

21 و َكانَ إشَعْياءُ قَدْ قالَ: «لِيَأخُذُوا ضَمّادَةً مِنْ تِينٍ مَهرُوسٍ وَيَفرُكُوا بِها البُثُورَ، وَسَيُشفَى حَزَقِيّا.»

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, that he may recover.

22 و َقالَ حَزَقِيّا: «ما هِيَ العَلامَةُ بِأنِّي سأُشفَى وَأصعَدُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ ؟»

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?