2 مُلُوك 20
| وَمَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ حَتَّى أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ قَائِلاً: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ:’نَظِّمْ شُؤُونَ بَيْتِكَ لأَنَّكَ لَنْ تَبْرَأَ بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ‘». | ١ 1 |
About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”
| فَأَشَاحَ بِوَجْهِهِ نَحْوَ الْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى قَائِلاً: | ٢ 2 |
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
| «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سَلَكْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ وَإِخْلاصِ قَلْبٍ، وَصَنَعْتُ مَا يُرْضِيكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً مُرّاً. | ٣ 3 |
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
| وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ إِشَعْيَاءُ فِنَاءَ الْقَصْرِ الأَوْسَطِ خَاطَبَهُ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً: | ٤ 4 |
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
| «ارْجِعْ وَقُلْ لِحَزَقِيَّا رَئِيسِ شَعْبِي: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ، وَرَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ، وَهَا أَنَا أُبْرِئُكَ، فَتَذْهَبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ لِلصَّلاةِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ. | ٥ 5 |
which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my temple.
| وَأُضِيفُ عَلَى سِنِي حَيَاتِكَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ عَاماً وَأُنْقِذُكَ أَنْتَ وَهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، وَأُدَافِعُ عَنْهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي وَإِكْرَاماً لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ». | ٦ 6 |
I will enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «خُذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ». فَأَخَذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ وَضَعُوهُ عَلَى الْقُرْحِ فَبَرِىءَ. | ٧ 7 |
So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”
| وَسَأَلَ حَزَقِيَّا إِشَعْيَاءَ: «مَا الْعَلامَةُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَشْفِينِي، فَأَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ؟» | ٨ 8 |
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”
| فَأَجَابَهُ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «إِلَيْكَ الْعَلامَةَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ بِأَنَّهُ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يُتَمِّمَ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ. أَجِبْنِي، هَلْ يَتَقَدَّمُ الظِّلُّ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ أَمْ يَرْتَدُّ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ؟» | ٩ 9 |
Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”
| فَأَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا: «مِنْ شَأْنِ الظِّلِّ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ، لِذَلِكَ لِيَرْتَدَّ الظِّلُّ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ، فَتَكُونَ هَذِهِ هِيَ الْعَلامَةُ». | ١٠ 10 |
Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”
| فَابْتَهَلَ إِشَعْيَاءُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَتَراجَعَ الظِّلُّ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ فَوْقَ سُلَّمِ آحَازَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ الظِّلُّ قَدِ امْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا إِلَى الأَمَامِ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ. | ١١ 11 |
So Isaiah prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King Ahaz).
| وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ بَرُودَخُ بَلادَانُ ابْنُ الْمَلِكِ الْبَابِلِيِّ بَلادَانَ بِمَرَضِ حَزَقِيَّا، بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ (وَفْداً) وَرَسَائِلَ وَهَدَايَا. | ١٢ 12 |
At that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.
| فَاحْتَفَى بِهِمْ حَزَقِيَّا، وَأَطْلَعَهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا فِي خَزَائِنِ نَفَائِسِهِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَأَطْيَابٍ وَعُطُورٍ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَخَازِنِ أَسْلِحَتِهِ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَا يَحْتَفِظُ بِهِ فِي خَزَائِنِهِ. لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً فِي قَصْرِهِ وَفِي كُلِّ مَمْلَكَتِهِ لَمْ يُطْلِعْهُمْ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
[When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.
| فَوَفَدَ إِشَعْيَاءُ النَّبِيُّ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجَالُ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءُوا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، مِنْ بَابِلَ». | ١٤ 14 |
Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”
| فَعَادَ يَسْأَلُهُ: «مَاذَا شَاهَدُوا فِي قَصْرِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا: «شَاهَدُوا كُلَّ مَا فِي قَصْرِي. لَمْ أَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً فِي مَخَازِنِي لَمْ أُطْلِعْهُمْ عَلَيْهِ». | ١٥ 15 |
Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”
| فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ لِحَزَقِيَّا: «اسْمَعْ كَلامَ الرَّبِّ. | ١٦ 16 |
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
| هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي يُنْقَلُ فِيهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ كُلُّ مَا فِي قَصْرِكَ، وَمَا ادَّخَرَهُ أَسْلافُكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ١٧ 17 |
There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]
| وَيُسْبَى بَعْضُ أَبْنَائِكَ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ لِيَكُونُوا خِصْيَاناً فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ». | ١٨ 18 |
Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants in the palace of the King of Babylon.”
| فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لإِشَعْيَاءَ: «صَالِحٌ قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَعْلَنْتَهُ». ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ: «لِمَ لا؟ إِنْ كَانَ السَّلامُ وَالأَمَانُ يَسُودَانِ فِي أَيَّامِي». | ١٩ 19 |
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ حَزَقِيَّا وَكُلُّ أَعْمَالِهِ وَمُنْجَزَاتِهِ، وَكَيْفَ صَنَعَ الْبِرْكَةَ وَالْقَنَاةَ، وَأَدْخَلَ الْمَاءَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، أَلَيْسَتْ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
[If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
| ثُمَّ مَاتَ حَزَقِيَّا، وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ مَنَسَّى عَلَى الْمُلْكِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
