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 Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “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 truth and 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 the word of the Lord came 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 your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

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

I will deliver you and this city from 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:

“This shall 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 cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

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

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

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

I said, “ In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”

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

I said, “I will not see the Lord, The Lord in the land of the living; I will look on 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!

“Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.

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

“I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.

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

“ Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

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

“ What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years 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 restore me to health and let me live!

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

“Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of 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 cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those 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.

“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

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

“The Lord will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at 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 apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”

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

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