2 Kings 20

1 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.

١ وَمَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ حَتَّى أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ قَائِلاً: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ:’نَظِّمْ شُؤُونَ بَيْتِكَ لأَنَّكَ لَنْ تَبْرَأَ بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ‘».

2 Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,

٢ فَأَشَاحَ بِوَجْهِهِ نَحْوَ الْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى قَائِلاً:

3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

٣ «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سَلَكْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ وَإِخْلاصِ قَلْبٍ، وَصَنَعْتُ مَا يُرْضِيكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً مُرّاً.

4 Now before Isaiah had gone out of the middle of the town, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

٤ وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ إِشَعْيَاءُ فِنَاءَ الْقَصْرِ الأَوْسَطِ خَاطَبَهُ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً:

5 Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.

٥ «ارْجِعْ وَقُلْ لِحَزَقِيَّا رَئِيسِ شَعْبِي: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ، وَرَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ، وَهَا أَنَا أُبْرِئُكَ، فَتَذْهَبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ لِلصَّلاةِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

6 I will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

٦ وَأُضِيفُ عَلَى سِنِي حَيَاتِكَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ عَاماً وَأُنْقِذُكَ أَنْتَ وَهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، وَأُدَافِعُ عَنْهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي وَإِكْرَاماً لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ».

7 Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

٧ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «خُذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ». فَأَخَذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ وَضَعُوهُ عَلَى الْقُرْحِ فَبَرِىءَ.

8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

٨ وَسَأَلَ حَزَقِيَّا إِشَعْيَاءَ: «مَا الْعَلامَةُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَشْفِينِي، فَأَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ؟»

9 And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?

٩ فَأَجَابَهُ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «إِلَيْكَ الْعَلامَةَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ بِأَنَّهُ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يُتَمِّمَ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ. أَجِبْنِي، هَلْ يَتَقَدَّمُ الظِّلُّ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ أَمْ يَرْتَدُّ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ؟»

10 And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

١٠ فَأَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا: «مِنْ شَأْنِ الظِّلِّ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ، لِذَلِكَ لِيَرْتَدَّ الظِّلُّ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ، فَتَكُونَ هَذِهِ هِيَ الْعَلامَةُ».

11 Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.

١١ فَابْتَهَلَ إِشَعْيَاءُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَتَراجَعَ الظِّلُّ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ فَوْقَ سُلَّمِ آحَازَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ الظِّلُّ قَدِ امْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا إِلَى الأَمَامِ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ.

12 At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill.

١٢ وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ بَرُودَخُ بَلادَانُ ابْنُ الْمَلِكِ الْبَابِلِيِّ بَلادَانَ بِمَرَضِ حَزَقِيَّا، بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ (وَفْداً) وَرَسَائِلَ وَهَدَايَا.

13 And Hezekiah was glad at their coming and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil of great price, and the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores; there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which Hezekiah did not let them see.

١٣ فَاحْتَفَى بِهِمْ حَزَقِيَّا، وَأَطْلَعَهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا فِي خَزَائِنِ نَفَائِسِهِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَأَطْيَابٍ وَعُطُورٍ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَخَازِنِ أَسْلِحَتِهِ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَا يَحْتَفِظُ بِهِ فِي خَزَائِنِهِ. لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً فِي قَصْرِهِ وَفِي كُلِّ مَمْلَكَتِهِ لَمْ يُطْلِعْهُمْ عَلَيْهِ.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

١٤ فَوَفَدَ إِشَعْيَاءُ النَّبِيُّ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجَالُ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءُوا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، مِنْ بَابِلَ».

15 And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

١٥ فَعَادَ يَسْأَلُهُ: «مَاذَا شَاهَدُوا فِي قَصْرِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا: «شَاهَدُوا كُلَّ مَا فِي قَصْرِي. لَمْ أَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً فِي مَخَازِنِي لَمْ أُطْلِعْهُمْ عَلَيْهِ».

16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.

١٦ فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ لِحَزَقِيَّا: «اسْمَعْ كَلامَ الرَّبِّ.

17 Truly, days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone, says the Lord.

١٧ هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي يُنْقَلُ فِيهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ كُلُّ مَا فِي قَصْرِكَ، وَمَا ادَّخَرَهُ أَسْلافُكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

18 And your sons, the offspring of your body, they will take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

١٨ وَيُسْبَى بَعْضُ أَبْنَائِكَ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ لِيَكُونُوا خِصْيَاناً فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ».

19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?

١٩ فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لإِشَعْيَاءَ: «صَالِحٌ قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَعْلَنْتَهُ». ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ: «لِمَ لا؟ إِنْ كَانَ السَّلامُ وَالأَمَانُ يَسُودَانِ فِي أَيَّامِي».

20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

٢٠ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ حَزَقِيَّا وَكُلُّ أَعْمَالِهِ وَمُنْجَزَاتِهِ، وَكَيْفَ صَنَعَ الْبِرْكَةَ وَالْقَنَاةَ، وَأَدْخَلَ الْمَاءَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، أَلَيْسَتْ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

21 And Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers; and Manasseh his son became king in his place.

٢١ ثُمَّ مَاتَ حَزَقِيَّا، وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ مَنَسَّى عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.