إشَعْياء 38

١ 1 وَمَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ حَتَّى أَوْشَكَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: نَظِّمْ شُؤُونَ بَيْتِكَ لأَنَّكَ لَنْ تَبْرَأَ بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ».

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Set thy house in order, for thou shall die, and not live.

٢ 2 فَأَدَارَ حَزَقِيَّا وَجْهَهُ نَحْوَ الْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ،

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,

٣ 3 قَائِلاً: «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سَلَكْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِالأَمَانَةِ وَبِقَلْبٍ خَالِصٍ، وَصَنَعْتُ مَا يُرْضِيكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً مُرّاً.

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.

٤ 4 فَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِشَعْيَاءَ قَائِلاً:

Then the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,

٥ 5 «اذْهَبْ بَلِّغْ حَزَقِيَّا: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ وَرَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ، وَهَا أَنَا أُضِيفُ إِلَى عُمْرِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً،

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of David thy father. I have heard thy prayer. I have seen thy tears. Behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.

٦ 6 وَأُنْقِذُكَ أَنْتَ وَهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، وَأُدَافِعُ عَنْهَا.

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

٧ 7 وَهَذِهِ لَكَ عَلامَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُحَقِّقَ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ:

And this shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he has spoken:

٨ 8 سَأُرْجِعُ ظِلَّ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ عَلَى مِقْيَاسِ دَرَجَاتِ آحَازَ». وَهَكَذَا تَرَاجَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَخَطَّتْهَا.

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which has gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial on which it had gone down.

٩ 9 وَحِينَ شُفِيَ حَزَقِيَّا كَتَبَ هَذِهِ الْقَصِيدَةَ:

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

١٠ 10 قُلْتُ «هَا أَنَا فِي رَيْعَانِ أَيَّامِي أَنْحَدِرُ إِلَى عَالَمِ الْمَوْتَى وَتَفْنَى بَقِيَّةُ سَنَوَاتِ عُمْرِي» (Sheol h7585)

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years. (Sheol h7585)

١١ 11 وَقُلْتُ «لَنْ أَرَى الرَّبَّ بَعْدُ فِي أَرْضِ الأَحْيَاءِ، وَلَنْ أُبْصِرَ أَحَداً مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ.

I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

١٢ 12 قَدْ خُلِعَ عَنِّي مَسْكَنِي، وَانْتَقَلَ كَخَيْمَةِ الرَّاعِي. طَوَى حَيَاتِي كَحَائِكٍ: قَطَعَنِي مِنَ النَّوْلِ. أَنْتَ تُفْنِينِي لَيْلَ نَهَارَ.

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me.

١٣ 13 انْتَظَرْتُ بِصَبْرٍ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَأَسَدٍ هَشَّمَ كُلَّ عِظَامِي. أَنْتَ تُفْنِينِي لَيْلَ نَهَارَ.

I quieted myself until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me.

١٤ 14 أَصِيحُ كَسُنُونَةٍ، وَأَنُوحُ كَهَدِيلِ الْحمَامَةِ. كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، يَا رَبُّ إِنِّي مُتَضَايِقٌ فَكُنْ لِي مَأْمَناً.»

Like a swallow or a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

١٥ 15 وَلَكِنْ مَاذَا أَقُولُ؟ فَقَدْ خَاطَبَنِي هُوَ. هُوَ نَفْسُهُ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ. طَارَ النَّوْمُ مِنِّي لِفَرْطِ مَرَارَةِ رُوحِي.

What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

١٦ 16 يَا رَبُّ، بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ يَحْيَا النَّاسُ، وَفِي هَذِهِ حَيَاةُ رُوحِي، فَرُدَّ لِي عَافِيَتِي وَأَحْيِنِي.

O Lord, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

١٧ 17 حَقَّا إِنَّ مَا قَاسَيْتُهُ مِنْ مَرَارَةٍ كَانَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَيْرِي، فَقَدْ حَفِظْتَنِي بِحُبِّكَ مِنْ حُفْرَةِ الْهَلاكِ، وَأَلْقَيْتَ جَمِيعَ خَطَايَايَ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِكَ.

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back.

١٨ 18 لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْهَاوِيَةِ أَنْ تَحْمَدَكَ، وَالْمَوْتُ لَا يُسَبِّحُكَ، وَلا يَقْدِرُ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ أَنْ يَرْجُوا أَمَانَتَكَ. (Sheol h7585)

For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (Sheol h7585)

١٩ 19 الأَحْيَاءُ وَحْدَهُمْ يُسَبِّحُونَكَ كَمَا أَفْعَلُ الْيَوْمَ، وَيُحَدِّثُ الآبَاءُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ عَنْ أمَانَتِكَ

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

٢٠ 20 الرَّبُّ يُنْقِذُنِي. فَلْنَشْدُ بِآلاتٍ وَتَرِيَّةٍ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِنَا فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

Jehovah is ready to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «ضَمِّدُوا الْقُرْحَةَ بِقُرْصِ تِينٍ فَيَبْرَأَ».

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

٢٢ 22 وَكَانَ حَزَقِيَّا قَدْ سَأَلَ: «مَا هِيَ الْعَلامَةُ الَّتِي تُؤَكِّدُ لِي أَنَّنِي سَأَذْهَبُ لِلصَّلاةِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ؟»

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