2 Kings 20
1 In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, and saith unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost 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 he turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, saying,
希則克雅就轉面向牆，懇求上主說：「
3 'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth — 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 it cometh to pass — Isaiah hath not gone out to the middle court — that the word of Jehovah hath been unto 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 thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah;
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 have added to thy days fifteen years, and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city for Mine own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.'
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 Isaiah saith, 'Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he reviveth.
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 Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, 'What [is] the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'
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 Isaiah saith, 'This [is] to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken — The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?'
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 Hezekiah saith, 'It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.'
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 Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz — backward ten degrees.
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 hath Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been 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 Hezekiah hearkeneth unto them, and sheweth them all the house of his treasury, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that hath been found in his treasuries; there hath not been a thing that Hezekiah hath not shewed 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 Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, 'What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, 'From a land afar off they have come — 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 saith, 'What saw they in thy house?' and Hezekiah saith, 'All that [is] in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.'
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 Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, 'Hear a word of Jehovah:
依撒意亞遂對希則克雅說：「你聽上主的話罷!
17 Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that [is] in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;
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 of thy sons who go out from thee, whom thou begettest, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in the palace 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 Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, 'Good [is] the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;' and he saith, 'Is it not — if peace and truth are 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 matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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 Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Manasseh his son 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。
