2 Kings 20
1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”
| در آن روزها حِزِقیا سخت بیمار شد و نزدیک بود بمیرد. اشعیای نبی (پسر آموص) به عیادتش رفت و از جانب خداوند این پیغام را به او داد: «وصیتت را بکن، چون عمرت به آخر رسیده است؛ تو از این مرض شفا نخواهی یافت.» |
2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
| حِزِقیا صورت خود را به طرف دیوار برگردانید و به پیشگاه خداوند دعا کرده، گفت: |
3 “Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
| «خداوندا، به خاطر آور چقدر نسبت به تو وفادار و امین بوده‌ام و چطور سعی کرده‌ام مطابق میل تو رفتار کنم.» سپس بغض گلویش را گرفت و به تلخی گریست. |
4 Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
| پیش از آنکه اشعیا قصر را ترک کند خداوند بار دیگر با او سخن گفت و فرمود: |
5 which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my temple.
| «نزد حِزِقیا رهبر قوم من برگرد و به او بگو که خداوند، خدای جدت داوود دعای تو را شنیده و اشکهایت را دیده است. او تو را شفا خواهد داد. سه روز دیگر از بستر بیماری بلند خواهی شد و به خانهٔ خداوند خواهی رفت. |
6 I will enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”
| او پانزده سال دیگر بر عمر تو خواهد افزود. او تو را و این شهر را از چنگ پادشاه آشور نجات خواهد داد. تمام این کارها را به خاطر خود و به خاطر خادمش داوود انجام خواهد داد.» |
7 So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”
| پس اشعیا به افراد حِزِقیای پادشاه گفت که مقداری انجیر بگیرند و آن را له کرده، روی دمل حِزِقیا بگذارند. آنها چنین کردند و حِزِقیا شفا یافت. |
8 Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”
| (در ضمن حِزِقیای پادشاه به اشعیای نبی گفته بود: «برای اینکه ثابت شود که خداوند مرا شفا خواهد داد و بعد از سه روز خواهم توانست به خانهٔ خداوند بروم او چه نشانه‌ای به من می‌دهد؟» |
9 Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”
| اشعیا به او گفت: «خداوند با این نشانه آنچه را گفته، ثابت خواهد کرد: آیا می‌خواهی که سایهٔ ساعت آفتابی ده درجه جلو برود یا ده درجه به عقب برگردد؟» |
10 Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”
| حِزِقیا جواب داد: «جلو رفتن سایه روی ساعت آفتابی آسان است، پس بهتر است سایه ده درجه به عقب برگردد.» |
11 So Isaiah prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King Ahaz).
| اشعیا از خداوند درخواست نمود که چنین کند، و او سایهٔ روی ساعت آفتابی آحاز را ده درجه به عقب برگرداند.) |
12 At that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.
| در آن موقع مِرودِک بَلَدان (پسر بَلَدان، پادشاه بابِل) نامه‌ای همراه هدیه‌ای توسط قاصدان خود برای حِزِقیا فرستاد، زیرا شنیده بود که بیمار است. |
13 [When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.
| حِزِقیا فرستادگان بابِلی را پذیرفت و ایشان را به کاخ سلطنتی برد و خزانه‌های طلا و نقره، ادویه و روغنهای معطر، و نیز اسلحه‌خانهٔ خود را به آنها نشان داد. بدین ترتیب، فرستادگان بابِلی تمام خزاین او را دیدند و هیچ چیز از نظر آنان پوشیده نماند. |
14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”
| آنگاه اشعیای نبی نزد حِزِقیای پادشاه رفت و از او پرسید: «این مردان از کجا آمده بودند و چه می‌خواستند؟» حِزِقیا جواب داد: «از جای دور! آنها از بابِل آمده بودند.» |
15 Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”
| اشعیا پرسید: «در کاخ تو چه دیدند؟» حِزِقیا جواب داد: «تمام خزاین مرا که در کاخ من است دیدند.» |
16 [Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
| اشعیا به او گفت: «پس به این پیغامی که از طرف خداوند است، گوش کن: |
17 There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]
| زمانی می‌رسد که هر چه در کاخ داری و گنجهایی که اجدادت اندوخته‌اند به بابِل برده خواهد شد و چیزی از آنها برایت باقی نخواهد ماند. |
18 Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants in the palace of the King of Babylon.”
| بابِلی‌ها برخی از پسرانت را به اسارت گرفته، آنان را خواجه خواهند کرد و در کاخ پادشاه بابِل به خدمت خواهند گماشت.» |
19 Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”
| حِزِقیا جواب داد: «آنچه خداوند فرموده، نیکوست. لااقل تا وقتی که زنده‌ام این اتفاق نخواهد افتاد و صلح و امنیت برقرار خواهد بود.» |
20 [If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
| شرح بقیهٔ رویدادهای سلطنت حِزِقیا و فتوحات او، و نیز حوض و قناتی که درست کرد و آب را به شهر آورد در کتاب تاریخ پادشاهان یهودا ثبت گردیده است. |
21 Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
| پس از مرگ حِزِقیا، پسرش مَنَسی پادشاه شد. |
