اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلثَّانِي 20
| فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ مَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا لِلْمَوْتِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ إِشَعْيَا بْنُ آمُوصَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَوْصِ بَيْتَكَ لِأَنَّكَ تَمُوتُ وَلَا تَعِيشُ». | ١ 1 |
About this time Hezekiah fell very sick and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your affairs in order, because you are going to die. You won't recover.”
| فَوَجَّهَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى ٱلْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: | ٢ 2 |
When Hezekiah heard this, he went to pray privately to the Lord, saying
| «آهِ يَارَبُّ، ٱذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سِرْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ وَبِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ، وَفَعَلْتُ ٱلْحَسَنَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا. | ٣ 3 |
“Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah cried and cried.
| وَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِشَعْيَا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْوُسْطَى حَتَّى كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلًا: | ٤ 4 |
Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the Lord spoke to him, saying,
| «ٱرْجِعْ وَقُلْ لِحَزَقِيَّا رَئِيسِ شَعْبِي: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلَاتَكَ. قَدْ رَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ. هَأَنَذَا أَشْفِيكَ. فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٥ 5 |
“Go back in and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, This is what the Lord, the God of your forefather David, says: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Look! I am going to heal you. In three days time you will go to the Lord's Temple.
| وَأَزِيدُ عَلَى أَيَّامِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ مَعَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَأُحَامِي عَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي». | ٦ 6 |
I will add fifteen years to your life. I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
| فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَا: «خُذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ». فَأَخَذُوهَا وَوَضَعُوهَا عَلَى ٱلدَّبْلِ فَبَرِئَ. | ٧ 7 |
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a dressing from figs.” Hezekiah's servants did so and put it on the skin sores, and Hezekiah got better.
| وَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لِإِشَعْيَا: «مَا ٱلْعَلَامَةُ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَشْفِينِي فَأَصْعَدَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ؟» | ٨ 8 |
Hezekiah had previously asked Isaiah, “What is the sign to confirm that the Lord is going heal me and that I will go to the Lord's Temple in three days time?”
| فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَا: «هَذِهِ لَكَ عَلَامَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ: هَلْ يَسِيرُ ٱلظِّلُّ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ أَوْ يَرْجِعُ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ؟». | ٩ 9 |
Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to you that the Lord will do what he promised: Do you want the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
| فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا: «إِنَّهُ يَسِيرٌ عَلَى ٱلظِّلِّ أَنْ يَمْتَدَّ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ. لَا! بَلْ يَرْجِعُ ٱلظِّلُّ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ!». | ١٠ 10 |
“It's easy enough for the shadow to go forward ten steps, but not to go back ten steps,” Hezekiah answered.
| فَدَعَا إِشَعْيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱلرَّبَّ، فَأَرْجَعَ ٱلظِّلَّ بِٱلدَّرَجَاتِ ٱلَّتِي نَزَلَ بِهَا بِدَرَجَاتِ آحَازَ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ. | ١١ 11 |
So Isaiah the prophet asked the Lord, and he moved the shadow back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
| فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ أَرْسَلَ بَرُودَخُ بَلَادَانُ بْنُ بَلَادَانَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ رَسَائِلَ وَهَدِيَّةً إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا، لِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا قَدْ مَرِضَ. | ١٢ 12 |
At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick.
| فَسَمِعَ لَهُمْ حَزَقِيَّا وَأَرَاهُمْ كُلَّ بَيْتِ ذَخَائِرِهِ، وَٱلْفِضَّةَ وَٱلذَّهَبَ وَٱلْأَطْيَابَ وَٱلزَّيْتَ ٱلطَّيِّبَ، وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَسْلِحَتِهِ وَكُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِي خَزَائِنِهِ. لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ لَمْ يُرِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ حَزَقِيَّا فِي بَيْتِهِ وَفِي كُلِّ سَلْطَنَتِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Hezekiah welcomed the visitors and showed them everything in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.
| فَجَاءَ إِشَعْيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالُ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ؟» فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا: «جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، مِنْ بَابِلَ» | ١٤ 14 |
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they tell you?” “They came from a long way away, from Babylon,” Hezekiah replied.
| فَقَالَ: «مَاذَا رَأَوْا فِي بَيْتِكَ؟» فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا: «رَأَوْا كُلَّ مَا فِي بَيْتِي. لَيْسَ فِي خَزَائِنِي شَيْءٌ لَمْ أُرِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ». | ١٥ 15 |
“What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezekiah. “There wasn't anything in all my storehouses I didn't show them.”
| فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَا لِحَزَقِيَّا: «ٱسْمَعْ قَوْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ: | ١٦ 16 |
Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says:
| هُوَذَا تَأْتِي أَيَّامٌ يُحْمَلُ فِيهَا كُلُّ مَا فِي بَيْتِكَ، وَمَا ذَخَرَهُ آبَاؤُكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. لَا يُتْرَكُ شَيْءٌ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ١٧ 17 |
You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord.
| وَيُؤْخَذُ مِنْ بَنِيكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْكَ، ٱلَّذِينَ تَلِدُهُمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ خِصْيَانًا فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ». | ١٨ 18 |
Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
| فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لِإِشَعْيَا: «جَيِّدٌ هُوَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «فَكَيْفَ لَا، إِنْ يَكُنْ سَلَامٌ وَأَمَانٌ فِي أَيَّامِي؟». | ١٩ 19 |
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to himself, “Why not, if there'll be peace and safety in my lifetime.”
| وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ حَزَقِيَّا وَكُلُّ جَبَرُوتِهِ، وَكَيْفَ عَمِلَ ٱلْبِرْكَةَ وَٱلْقَنَاةَ وَأَدْخَلَ ٱلْمَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
The rest of what happened in Hezekiah's reign, all he did, and how he made the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
| ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ حَزَقِيَّا مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَمَلَكَ مَنَسَّى ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh succeeded him as king.
