2 Kings 20
1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”
Katika siku hizo Hezekia aliugua akawa kwenye hatari ya kufa. Hivyo Isaya mwana wa Amozi, akaja, na kumwambia, “Yahwe asema, 'Weka nyumba yako kwenye mpangilio; kwa kuwa utakufa, na hutapona.'”
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,
Kisha Ahazi akageuza uso wake kwenye ukuta na kumuomba Yahwe, akisema,
3 “Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
“Tafadhali, Yahwe, ukumbuke jinsi nilivyo mwaminifu kutembea mbele yako kwa moyo wangu wote, na jinsi nilivyofanya yaliyo mazuri usoni kwako.” Kisha Hezekia akalia kwa sauti.
4 Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, the LORD’s word came to him, saying,
Kabla ya Isaya hajatoka nje kwenye mji wa kati, neno la Yahwe likamjia, kusema,
5 “Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the LORD’s house.
'“Rudi, na umwambie Hezekia, kiongozi wa watu wangu, 'Hivi ndivyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Daudi babu yako, asemavyo: “Nimesikia maombi yako, na nimeyaona machozi yako. Nitakuponya katika siku ya tatu, na utapanda juu kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
6 I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”
Nitakuongeza miaka kumi na tano ya maisha yako, na nitakulinda na huu mji kwa ajili yangu na kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu."”'
7 Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Hivyo Isaya akasema, “Chukueni mkate wa tini.” Walifanya hivyo na kuweka kwenye jipu lake, na akapona.
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?”
Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, “Je kutakuwa na alama gani ambayo Yahwe ataniponya, na kwamba nitapanda juu hadi kwenye hekalu la Yahwe katika siku ya tatu?”
9 Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
Isaya akajibu, “Hii ndiyo itakuwa ishara kwako kutoka kwa Yahwe, kwamba Yahwe atafanya kitu amacho alichokisema. Je kivuli kitaenda mbele hatua saba, au kurudi nyuma hatua saba?”
10 Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”
Hezekia akajibu, “Ni kitu chepesi kwa kivuli kwenda mbele hatua kumi. Hapana, hicho kivuli kirudi nyuma hatua kumi.”
11 Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.
Hivyo Isaya nabii akamlilia Yahwe, na akaleta kivuli hatua kumi nyuma, kutoka pale ambapo zilikuwa zimevuka kwenye ngazi za Ahazi.
12 At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
Katika kipindi hicho Merodak Baladani mfalme wa Babeli alituma barua na zawadi kwa Hezekia, kwa kuwa alisikia kwamba Hezekia alikuwa anaumwa.
13 Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.
Hezekia akasikiliza hizo barua, na kisha kuwaonyesha wajumbe sehemu zote na sehemu zake za thamani, fedha, dhahabu, manukato na marhamu na nyumba yenye ghala la silaha zake, na yote yaliyokutwa kwenye ghala za nyumba zake. Hapakuwa na kitu kwenye nyumba, wala kwenye ufalme wake wote, ambao Hezekia hakuwaonyesha.
14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”
Kisha Isaya akaja kwa Hezekia na kumuuliza, “Hawa watu walikuwa wanakwambiaje? Wanatokea wapi?” Hezekia aksema, “Wamekuja kutoka nchi ya mbali ya Babeli.
15 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”
Isaya akauliza, “Wameona nini kwenye nyumba yako?” Hezekia akajibu, “Wameona kila kitu kwenye nyumba yangu. Hakuna kitu miongoni mwa vitu vyangu vya thamani ambavyo sijawaonyesha.”
16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the LORD’s word.
Basi Isaya akamwambia Hezekia, “Sikiliza neno la Yahwe:
17 ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.
'Tazama siku zinakuja wakati kila kitu kwenye kwenye nyumba yako ya kifalme, vitu ambavyo babu zako walivitunza huko hadi leo, vitabebwa kwenda Babeli. Hakuna kitakachobakia, Yahwe asema.
18 ‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
Watoto waliozaliwa na wewe, ambao umewazaa wewe mwenyewe-watawachukua mbali, na watakuwa matowashi kwenye nyumba ya kifalme ya mfalme wa Babeli.'”
19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The LORD’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Is not it so, if peace and truth will be in my days?”
Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, “neno la Yahwe uliloliongea ni jema.” Kwa kuwa alifikiri, Je sivyo ikiwapo amani na kweli katika siku zangu?”
20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are not they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Kama kwa mambo mengine yanamuhusu Hezekia, na ushujaa wake wote, na jinsi alivyotengeza bwawa la maji na mfereji, na kuleta maji kwenye mji-hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha ya matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
Hezekia akalala na babu zake, na Manase mwanae akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
