2 Ruodhi 20
1 E ndalogo Hezekia nobedo matuo kendo nohewore. Janabi Isaya wuod Amoz nodhi ire mowachone niya, “Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: Los weche mag dalani maber nikech ndaloni mar tho ochopo kendo ok inichangi.”
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.’”
2 Hezekia nolokore kongʼiyo kor ot mi olamo Jehova Nyasaye kama.
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
3 “Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, parie kaka asewuotho e nyimi gi adiera kod chuny modimbore kendo asetimo gigo makare e nyim wangʼi.” Bangʼe Hezekia noywak malit.
“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 Kane pok Isaya owuok e laru madiere wach Jehova Nyasaye nobirone mawacho niya,
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
5 “Dhi mondo inyis Hezekia ma jatend joga ni, ‘Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasach Daudi kwaru wacho: Asewinjo lemoni kendo aseneno pi wangʼi omiyo abiro changi. E odiechiengʼ mar adek kochakore sani, ibiro dhi e hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye.
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 Abiro medi ngima moromo higni apar gabich kendo abiro resi kaachiel gi dala maduongʼni e lwet ruodh Asuria. Abiro rito dala maduongʼni nikech nyinga kod nying Daudi jatichna.’”
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 Eka Isaya nowacho niya, “Swag ngʼowu.” Negitimo kamano mi gimuone kama ne bur okuodono, bangʼe nochango.
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 Hezekia noyudo osepenjo Isaya niya, “Ere gima biro bedona ranyisi ni Jehova Nyasaye biro changa kendo ni abiro dhi e hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye e odiechiengʼ mar adek kochakore kawuono?”
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 Isaya nodwoke niya, “Ranyisi ma Jehova Nyasaye biro timoni kuom chopo singruokne ema: Diher mondo tipo odhi nyime ondamo apar kata odog chien ondamo apar?”
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 Hezekia nodwoke niya, “En gima yot ahinya mondo tipo odhi nyime tielo apar, maloyo duogo chien tielo apar.”
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 Eka janabi Isaya noluongo Jehova Nyasaye kendo Jehova Nyasaye nomiyo tipo odok chien ondamo apar e kar raidhi mar Ahaz.
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 E kindeno Marduk-Baladan wuod Baladan ruodh Babulon nooro joote ir Hezekia gi barupe kod mich nikech ne osewinjo tuone.
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 Hezekia norwako joote mi onyisogi gik moko duto mane nitiere utege mag keno kaka fedha, dhahabu, gik mangʼwe ngʼar kod modhi ma nengogi tek kaachiel gi kar kenone mar gige lweny duto kod gik moko duto mane yudore kuom mwandune. Onge gimoro amora mane odongʼ e ode kata e pinye mane ok onyisogi.
[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 Eka Isaya janabi nodhi ir ruoth Hezekia mopenje niya, “Angʼo mane jogo owacho kendo negia kanye?” Hezekia nodwoke niya, “Negia e piny mabor miluongo ni Babulon.”
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 Janabi nopenjo niya, “Angʼo mane gineno e odi?” Hezekia nodwoke niya, “Giseneno gik moko duto manie oda. Onge gimoro amora modongʼ e mwanduna mane ok anyisogi.”
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.”
16 Eka Isaya nowachone Hezekia niya, “Wach Jehova Nyasaye wacho kama:
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
17 Ndalo biro chopo adier ma gik moko duto manie odi kod gik moko duto mane kwereni osekano nyaka chil kawuono, noter Babulon. Onge gimoro amora mane odongʼ, Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
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 Kendo nyikwayi moko mowuok e ringri kendo rembi iwuon, noter e twech mi nolokgi wasumbini mabwoch e od ruoth mar ruodh Babulon.”
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 Hezekia nodwoke niya, “Wach Jehova Nyasaye misewacho ber.” Nodwoke kamano koparo niya, “Bende kwe kod rit makare nobedi e ndalo mar ngimana?”
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 To kuom gik mamoko duto mag ndalo loch Hezekia, gi gik moko duto mane otimo kod kaka ne oloso soko kod kuonde pi mokelo e dala maduongʼ, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche ruodhi mag Juda?
[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 Hezekia notho moyweyo kaka kwerene kendo Manase wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
