< Kings IV 20 >
1 In those days was Ezekias sick [even] to death. And the prophet Esaias the son of Amos came in to him, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Give charge to your household; [for] you shall die, and not live.
在那些日子內,希則克雅患病垂危,阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞來看他,對他說:「上主這樣說:快料理你的家務,因為你快要死,不能久活了。」
2 And Ezekias turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
希則克雅就轉面向牆,懇求上主說:「
3 Lord, remember, I pray you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your eyes. And Ezekias wept with a great weeping.
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。
4 And Esaias was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
依撒意亞出來,還沒有走到中院,上主的話傳於他說:「
5 Turn back, and you shall say to Ezekias the ruler of my people, Thus says the Lord God of your father David, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
你回去,告訴我人民的領袖希則克雅說: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,我必要治好你,第三天你就能上上主的殿。
6 And I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant's David sake.
我要在你的壽數上多加十五年,且由亞述王手中拯救你和這座城;為了我自己和我的僕人達味,我必要保護這座城。」
7 And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.
依撒意亞遂吩咐說:「拿一塊無花果餅來。」人就拿來,貼在瘡口上;君王就好了。
8 And Ezekias said to Esaias, What [is] the sign that the Lord will heal me, and I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?
希則克雅對依撒意亞說:「有什麼徵兆,上主要治好我,第三天我就能上上主的殿﹖」
9 And Esaias said, This [is] the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow [of the dial] shall advance ten degrees: [or] if it should go back ten degrees [this would also be the sign].
依撒意亞回答說:「這就是上主給你的徵兆,上主必實踐他所說的話:你要日影向前進十度,還是要往後退十度﹖」
10 And Ezekias said, [It is] a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.
希則克雅答說:「日影向前進十度太容易,我不要;我要日影倒退十度。」
11 And Esaias the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial.
先知依撒意亞呼求上主,上主就使射在阿哈次日晷上的日影倒退了十度。
12 At that time Marodach Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Ezekias, because he had heard that Ezekias was sick.
那時,巴比倫王巴拉丹的兒子默洛達客捌拉丹派人來見希則克雅,呈上書信和禮物,因為他聽說希則克雅患病又好了。
13 And Ezekias rejoiced at them, and showed all the house of his spices, the silver and the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and the armoury, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing which Ezekias did not show them in his house, and in all his dominion.
希則克雅非常高興,就叫使者參觀自己的寶庫、金銀、香料、珍膏和武器庫,以及他府庫內所有的財寶:凡他宮中和全國內所有的,希則克雅沒有一樣不叫他們不看的。
14 And Esaias the prophet went in to king Ezekias, and said to him, What said these men? and whence came they to you? And Ezekias said, they came to me from a distant land, [even] from Babylon.
依撒意亞先知遂來見希則克雅,對他說:「這些人說了什麼﹖他們是從什麼地方到你這裡來的﹖」希則克雅回答說:「他們是從遠方,從巴比倫來的。」
15 And he said, What saw they in your house? And he said, They saw all things that [are] in my house: there was nothing in my house which I showed not to them; yes, all that was in my treasures also.
先知又問說:「他們在你宮中看見了什麼﹖」希則克雅回答說:「凡我宮中所有的,他們都看了;凡我府庫內所有的,沒有一樣我不叫他們不看的。」
16 And Esaias said to Ezekias, Hear the word of the Lord:
依撒意亞遂對希則克雅說:「你聽上主的話罷!
17 Behold, the days come, that all things that are in your house shall be taken, and all that your fathers have treasured up until this day, to Babylon; and there shall not fail a word, which the Lord has spoken.
日子要到,凡你宮中所有的,及你祖先直到今日所積蓄的,都要被帶到巴比倫去,什麼也不會留下:上主說。
18 And as for your sons which shall come forth of you, which you shall beget, [the enemy] shall take them, and they shall be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.
此外,由你所出,即你所生的子孫中也有一些要被擄去,在巴比倫王宮內充當太監。
19 And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good [is] the word of the Lord which he has spoken: [only] let there be peace in my days.
希則克雅對依撒意亞說:「你所說的上主的話是合理的!」繼而說:「惟願我有生之日有平安,有安全! 」
20 And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and all his might, and all that he made, the fountain and the aqueduct, and [how] he brought water into the city, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
希則克雅其餘的事蹟,他的英勇和他怎樣鑿池築溝,引水入城的事,都記載在猶大列王實錄上。
21 And Ezekias slept with his fathers: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead.
希則克雅與他的列祖同眠,他的兒子默納舍繼位為王。