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1 在那些日子內,希則克雅患病垂危,阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞來看他,對他說:「上主這樣說:快料理你的家務,因為你快要死,不能久活了。」
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.’”
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
3 上主,求你記憶我如何懷著忠誠齊全的心,在你面前行走;如何作了你視為正義的事。」然後希則克雅放聲大哭。
“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.
4 依撒意亞出來,還沒有走到中院,上主的話傳於他說:「
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
5 你回去,告訴我人民的領袖希則克雅說:上主,你祖先達味的天主這樣說:我聽見了你的祈禱,看見了你的眼淚。看,我必要治好你,第三天你就能上上主的殿。
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.
6 我要在你的壽數上多加十五年,且由亞述王手中拯救你和這座城;為了我自己和我的僕人達味,我必要保護這座城。」
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].’”
7 依撒意亞遂吩咐說:「拿一塊無花果餅來。」人就拿來,貼在瘡口上;君王就好了。
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.”
8 希則克雅對依撒意亞說:「有什麼徵兆,上主要治好我,第三天我就能上上主的殿﹖」
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?”
9 依撒意亞回答說:「這就是上主給你的徵兆,上主必實踐他所說的話:你要日影向前進十度,還是要往後退十度﹖」
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?”
10 希則克雅答說:「日影向前進十度太容易,我不要;我要日影倒退十度。」
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.”
11 先知依撒意亞呼求上主,上主就使射在阿哈次日晷上的日影倒退了十度。
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).
12 那時,巴比倫王巴拉丹的兒子默洛達客捌拉丹派人來見希則克雅,呈上書信和禮物,因為他聽說希則克雅患病又好了。
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.
13 希則克雅非常高興,就叫使者參觀自己的寶庫、金銀、香料、珍膏和武器庫,以及他府庫內所有的財寶:凡他宮中和全國內所有的,希則克雅沒有一樣不叫他們不看的。
[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.
14 依撒意亞先知遂來見希則克雅,對他說:「這些人說了什麼﹖他們是從什麼地方到你這裡來的﹖」希則克雅回答說:「他們是從遠方,從巴比倫來的。」
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.”
15 先知又問說:「他們在你宮中看見了什麼﹖」希則克雅回答說:「凡我宮中所有的,他們都看了;凡我府庫內所有的,沒有一樣我不叫他們不看的。」
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.”
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
17 日子要到,凡你宮中所有的,及你祖先直到今日所積蓄的,都要被帶到巴比倫去,什麼也不會留下:上主說。
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]
18 此外,由你所出,即你所生的子孫中也有一些要被擄去,在巴比倫王宮內充當太監。
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.”
19 希則克雅對依撒意亞說:「你所說的上主的話是合理的!」繼而說:「惟願我有生之日有平安,有安全! 」
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.”
20 希則克雅其餘的事蹟,他的英勇和他怎樣鑿池築溝,引水入城的事,都記載在猶大列王實錄上。
[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’.
21 希則克雅與他的列祖同眠,他的兒子默納舍繼位為王。
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.