Isaiah 38

1 in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) be weak: ill Hezekiah to/for to die and to come (in): come to(wards) him Isaiah son: child Amoz [the] prophet and to say to(wards) him thus to say LORD to command to/for house: household your for to die you(m. s.) and not to live

About that time, Hezekiah became [very] ill and was close to dying. [So] I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”

2 and to turn: turn Hezekiah face his to(wards) [the] wall and to pray to(wards) LORD

Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:

3 and to say Please! LORD to remember please [obj] which to go: walk to/for face: before your in/on/with truth: faithful and in/on/with heart complete and [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: seeing your to make: do and to weep Hezekiah weeping great: large

“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah [started to] cry loudly.

4 and to be word LORD to(wards) Isaiah to/for to say

[I left his room, but] Yahweh gave me this message:

5 to go: went and to say to(wards) Hezekiah thus to say LORD God David father your to hear: hear [obj] prayer your to see: see [obj] tears your look! I to add upon day your five ten year

“Go [back] to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more.

6 and from palm king Assyria to rescue you and [obj] [the] city [the] this and to defend upon [the] city [the] this

And, I will rescue you and this city from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city.

7 and this to/for you [the] sign: miraculous from with LORD which to make: do LORD [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this which to speak: promise

And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’”

8 look! I to return: return [obj] shadow [the] step which to go down in/on/with step Ahaz in/on/with sun backwards ten step and to return: return [the] sun ten step in/on/with step which to go down

So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps.

9 writing to/for Hezekiah king Judah in/on/with be weak: ill he and to live from sickness his

When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:

10 I to say in/on/with quiet day my to go: went in/on/with gate hell: Sheol to reckon: put remainder year my (Sheol h7585)

I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)

11 to say not to see: see LORD LORD in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive not to look man still with to dwell world

I said, “I will not see Yahweh [again] in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who [now] are alive in this world.

12 generation my to set out and to reveal: remove from me like/as tent to pasture my to roll like/as to weave life my from hair to cut off me from day till night to complete me

[It is as if] my life has been taken away like [SIM] a tent [whose pegs] have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver [cuts and] rolls up [after he has finished weaving a cloth].” Suddenly, [it seemed that] my life was ending.

13 to set till morning like/as lion so to break all bone my from day till night to complete me

I waited patiently all during the night, but [my pain was as though] [MET] I was being torn apart by lions. [It seemed that] my life was finished.

14 like/as swallow crane so to whisper to mutter like/as dove to languish eye my to/for height Lord oppression to/for me to pledge me

[I was delirious, and] I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up [toward heaven] for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, [because] I am distressed!’

15 what? to speak: speak and to say to/for me and he/she/it to make: do to go slowly all year my upon bitter soul my

But there was really nothing [RHQ] that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. [So now] I will live humbly during my [remaining] years because I am very anguished.

16 Lord upon them to live and to/for all in/on/with them life spirit my and be healthy me and to live me

Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, [because] what you do and what you say bring [new] life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me [to continue] to live!

17 behold to/for peace: well-being to provoke to/for me bitter and you(m. s.) to desire soul: life my from Pit: hell without for to throw after back your all sin my (questioned)

Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins.

18 for not hell: Sheol to give thanks you death to boast: praise you not to await to go down pit to(wards) truth: faithful your (Sheol h7585)

Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)

19 alive alive he/she/it to give thanks you like me [the] day father to/for son: child to know to(wards) truth: faithful your

Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, [and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing].

20 LORD to/for to save me and music my to play all day life our upon house: temple LORD

[I know that] Yahweh will fully heal me, [so] I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”

21 and to say Isaiah to lift: raise fig cake fig and to rub upon [the] boil and to live

I had [previously] said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from [mashed] figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” [So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered].

22 and to say Hezekiah what? sign: miraculous for to ascend: rise house: temple LORD

And Hezekiah had [previously] asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will [recover and be able to] go to his temple?”