以賽亞書 38
1 在那些日期內，希則克雅害病要死，阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞先知前來看他，並對他說：「上主這樣說：快料理你的家務，因為你快死，不能久活了！」
In those days, was Hezekiah sick, unto death, —and Isaiah the prophet son of Amoz came in unto him, and said unto him—Thus, saith Yahweh, Set in order thy house, for, about to die thou art and shalt not recover.
2 希則克雅就轉面朝牆懇求上主說：「
Then Hezekiah turned his face unto the wall, —and prayed unto Yahweh;
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。
and said, —I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with an undivided heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done. And Hezekiah wept aloud.
4 上主的話傳給依撒意亞說：「
Then came the word of Yahweh unto, Isaiah, saying:
5 你去對希則克雅說：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，我要在你的壽數上加多十五年，
Go, and say unto Hezekiah—Thus, saith Yahweh, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears, —Behold me! about to add unto thy days, fifteen years;
6 且由亞述王手中拯救你和這座城，我必要保護這座城。
And out of the hand of the king of Assyria, will I deliver thee, and this city; And I will throw a covering over this city.
7 上主必實踐他所說的話，這將是給你的記號：
And, this, to thee, shall be the sign from Yahweh, —that Yahweh will do this thing which he hath spoken: —
8 看，我要使那射在阿哈次的日晷上的日影倒退十度。」果然，射在日晷上的日影倒退了十度。
Behold me! causing the shadow on the steps, which hath come gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, to return, backwards ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps, by the steps which it had come down.
9 猶大王希則克雅在病中與病愈後所詠的「金詩：」
the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and then recovered from his sickness:
I, said—In the noontide of my days, I must enter the gates of hades, —I am deprived of the residue of my years! (Sheol h7585)
11 我曾想過：「我再不能在活人的地上看見上主，我再不能在世上的居民中看見世人。
I said—I shall not see Yah, Yah, in the land of the living, I shall discern the son of earth no longer, with the dwellers in the quiet land.
12 我的居所被拆除，由我身上撤去，彷彿牧童的帳幕；你好像織工，捲起了我的生命，由織機上將我割斷。白日黑夜你總想將我結束！」
My dwelling, hath been broken up. And is stripped from me, like a shepherd’s tent, —I have rolled up—as a weaver—my life From the loom, doth he cut me off, From day until night, [I said] —Thou wilt finish me.
13 我哀號直到清晨，上主卻如獅子咬碎了我所有的骨骸。
I cried out, until morning, like a lion, Thus, will he break all my bones! From day until night, Thou wilt finish me!
14 我呢喃好似燕子，我哀鳴有如斑鳩；我痛哭的眼睛向上仰視：「上主！我實在痛苦，求你扶持我！」
As a twittering swallow, so, do I chatter, I coo as a dove, —Mine eyes languish through looking on high, O My Lord! distress is upon me—my Surety!
15 我還有什麼話可說﹖因為是上主給我說的，因為是他行的；帶著我內心的痛苦，我要善度我的餘年。
What can I say? Since he hath promised for me, Himself, will perform. I will go softly, all my years. Because of the bitterness of my soul,
16 吾主！我的心唯有仰望你！求你使我的精神甦醒，使我復原，使我生存。
O My Lord! on those things do men live, —And, altogether in them, is the life of my spirit, When thou hast strengthened me and made me live.
17 看，我的苦楚已變為安寧，是你保存了我的生命脫免滅亡的深淵，因為你將我所有的罪惡盡拋於你背後。
Lo! for well-being, I had bitterness—bitterness, —But, thou, cleaving unto my soul, hast raised me from the pit of corruption, For thou hast cast, behind thy back all my sins.
For, hades, cannot praise thee Nor, death, celebrate thee, —They who go down to the pit cannot wait for thy faithfulness. (Sheol h7585)
19 生者，唯有生者能讚頌你，如我今日一樣；為父的當使自己的兒女認識你的忠信。
The living, the living, he, can praise thee, As I do this day, —A father, to his children, can make known thy faithfulness.
20 上主救了我，為此我們願以終生的歲月，在上主的殿內彈奏絃琴！
Yahweh, [was willing] to save me, —Therefore, on my stringed instruments, will we play—All the days of our life By the house of Yahweh.
21 依撒意亞曾吩咐說：「拿一塊無花果餅來，貼在他的瘡口上，他就會好了。」
And Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and let them press it over the boil, that he may recover.
22 希則克雅曾問說：「有什麼憑據，我將登上上主的殿﹖」
And Hezekiah had said—What is the sign—that I shall go up unto the house of Yahweh?
