1 I n those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.’”

فِي 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!›»

2 T hen he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,

فَأدارَ حَزَقِيّا وَجهَهُ إلَى الحائِطِ. وَصَلَّى إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ:

3 “ Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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

4 A nd it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

وَقَبلَ أنْ يَتَجاوَزَ إشَعْياءُ السّاحَةَ الوَسِيطَةَ فِي المَدِينَةِ، كَلَّمَهُ اللهُ وَقالَ لَهُ:

5 “ Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

«ارْجِعْ وَكَلِّمْ حَزَقِيّا، قائِدَ شَعبِي، وَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ جَدِّكَ داوُدَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ وَرَأيتُ دُمُوعَكَ. وَلِهَذا سَأشْفِيكَ. وَفِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ سَتَذْهَبُ إلَى بَيْتِ اللهِ.

6 A nd I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.”’”

وَسَأُضِيفُ إلَى حَياتِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. وَسَأُنْقِذُكَ وَأُنْقِذُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ مِنْ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. وَسَأحمِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِي، وَمِنْ أجلِ الوَعدِ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ لِداوُدَ خادِمِي.›»

7 T hen Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

ثُمَّ قالَ إشَعْياءُ: «اصْنَعُوا خَلِيطاً مِنَ التِّينِ وَضَعُوهُ عَلَى مَكانِ الألَمِ.» فَأخَذُوهُ وَوَضَعُوهُ عَلَى مَكانِ الألَمِ. فَتَعافَى حَزَقِيا. عَلامَةٌ لِحَزَقِيّا

8 A nd Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?”

وَقالَ حَزَقِيّا لإشَعْياءَ: «ما هِيَ العَلامَةُ عَلَى أنَّ اللهَ سَيَشْفِينِي شِفاءً كامِلاً وَأنِّي سَأذهَبُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ فِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ.»

9 T hen Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?”

فَقالَ إشَعْياءُ: «اخْتَرْ عَلامةً مِنَ اثْنَتَينِ. هَلْ تُرِيدُ أنْ يَتَحَرَّكَ الظِّلُّ عَشْرَ خُطواتٍ إلَى الأمامِ، أمْ يَتَراجَعُ عَشْرَ دَرَجاتٍ؟ هَذِهِ هِيَ العَلامَةُ عَلَى أنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْعَلُ كَما قالَ.»

10 A nd Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”

فَأجابَ حَزَقِيّا: «إنَّهُ لأمْرٌ سَهلٌ أنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ الظِّلُّ عَشْرَ دَرَجاتٍ، فاجعَلْهُ يَتَراجَعُ عَشْرَ خَطَواتٍ.»

11 S o Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. The Babylonian Envoys

فَصَلَّى إشَعْياءُ إلَى اللهِ ، فَجَعَلَ اللهُ الظِّلَّ يَتَراجَعُ عَشْرَ خَطَواتٍ، حَيثُ عادَ إلَى المَوضِعِ الَّذِي كانَ فِيهِ قَبلَ عَشْرِ خَطَواتٍ. حَزَقِيّا وَوَفدٌ مِنْ بابِل

12 A t that time Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، أرْسَلَ مَردُوخُ بَلاذانُ بْنُ بَلاذانَ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، رَسائِلَ وَهَدِيَّةً إلَى حَزَقِيّا. وَما دَفَعَهُ إلَى عَمَلِ ذَلِكَ هُوَ أنَّهُ سَمِعَ أنَّ حَزَقِيّا كانَ مَرِيضاً.

13 A nd Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory—all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

فَسمِعَ حَزَقِيّا عن الوَفدِ القادِمِ مِنْ بابِلَ وَرَحَّبَ بِهِ، وَأراهُمْ كُلَّ الأشياءِ الثَّمِينَةِ فِي بَيتِهِ. أراهُمُ الفِضَّةَ، وَالذَّهَبَ، وَالأطيابَ، وَالعِطْرَ الثَّمِينَ، وَالأسلِحَةَ، وَكُلَّ شَيءٍ فِي مَخازِنِهِ. فَلَمْ يَبقَ شَيْءٌ فِي بَيتِ حَزَقِيّا لَمْ يُرِهِمْ إيّاهُ.

14 T hen Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” So Hezekiah said, “They came from a far country, from Babylon.”

فَجاءَ النَّبِيُّ إشَعْياءُ إلَى المَلِكِ حَزَقِيّا وَسَألَهُ: «ماذا قالَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ؟ وَمِنْ أينَ جاءُوا؟» فَأجابَ حَزَقِيّا: «جاءُوا مِنْ بَلَدٍ بَعِيدٍ، مِنْ بابِلَ.»

15 A nd he said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

فَقالَ إشَعْياءُ: «وَما الَّذِي رَأَوْهُ فِي بَيتِكَ؟» فَأجابَ حَزَقِيّا: «رَأَوْا كُلَّ شَيءٍ فِي بَيتِي، فَلا يُوجَدُ شَيءٌ فِي مَخازِنِي لَمْ أُرِهِ لَهُمْ.»

16 T hen Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord:

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ إشَعْياءُ لِحَزَقِيّا: «اسْتَمِعْ إلَى رِسالَةِ اللهِ:

17 ‘ Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord.

‹سَيَأْتِي وَقتٌ سَيُؤْخَذُ فِيهِ كُلُّ شَيءٍ فِي بَيتِكَ، وَكُلُّ ما ادَّخَرَهُ آباؤكَ حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ، إلَى بابِلَ. لَنْ يَتَبَقَّى شَيءٌ مِنْهُ. اللهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ هَذا.

18 ‘ And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

وَسَيُؤْخَذُ أولادُكَ أنْتَ لِيَصِيرُوا خُدَّاماً فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ.›»

19 S o Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?” Death of Hezekiah

فَقالَ حَزَقِيّا: «حَسَنَةٌ هِيَ رِسالَةُ اللهِ.» ثُمَّ أضافَ: «لا مانِعَ عِنْدِي مادامَ السَّلامُ وَالأمانُ سَيَسُودانِ فِي حَياتِي!»

20 N ow the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city— are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

وَكُلُّ الأُمُورِ الأُخرَى المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِحَزَقِيّا وَأعمالِهِ وَشَقِّهِ لِلقَناةِ مِنْ أجلِ إدخالِ الماءِ إلَى المَدِينَةِ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

21 S o Hezekiah rested with his fathers. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

وَماتَ حَزَقِيّا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ مَنَسَّى.