2 Kings 20
1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
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 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
Kisha Ahazi akageuza uso wake kwenye ukuta na kumuomba Yahwe, akisema,
3 “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was 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 left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Kabla ya Isaya hajatoka nje kwenye mji wa kati, neno la Yahwe likamjia, kusema,
5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
'“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 fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Nitakuongeza miaka kumi na tano ya maisha yako, na nitakulinda na huu mji kwa ajili yangu na kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu."”'
7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
Hivyo Isaya akasema, “Chukueni mkate wa tini.” Walifanya hivyo na kuweka kwenye jipu lake, na akapona.
8 Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on 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 And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or 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 “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
Hezekia akajibu, “Ni kitu chepesi kwa kivuli kwenda mbele hatua kumi. Hapana, hicho kivuli kirudi nyuma hatua kumi.”
11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway 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 Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
Katika kipindi hicho Merodak Baladani mfalme wa Babeli alituma barua na zawadi kwa Hezekia, kwa kuwa alisikia kwamba Hezekia alikuwa anaumwa.
13 And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace 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 the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “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 “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show 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 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:
Basi Isaya akamwambia Hezekia, “Sikiliza neno la Yahwe:
17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off 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 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to 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 But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, “neno la Yahwe uliloliongea ni jema.” Kwa kuwa alifikiri, Je sivyo ikiwapo amani na kweli katika siku zangu?”
20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not 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 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
Hezekia akalala na babu zake, na Manase mwanae akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
