Isaiah 38

1 In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in 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.'

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

2 And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah,

٢ فَأَدَارَ حَزَقِيَّا وَجْهَهُ نَحْوَ الْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ،

3 and saith, '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.

٣ قَائِلاً: «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سَلَكْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِالأَمَانَةِ وَبِقَلْبٍ خَالِصٍ، وَصَنَعْتُ مَا يُرْضِيكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً مُرّاً.

4 And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying,

٤ فَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِشَعْيَاءَ قَائِلاً:

5 Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, 'I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years,

٥ «اذْهَبْ بَلِّغْ حَزَقِيَّا: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ وَرَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ، وَهَا أَنَا أُضِيفُ إِلَى عُمْرِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً،

6 and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city.

٦ وَأُنْقِذُكَ أَنْتَ وَهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، وَأُدَافِعُ عَنْهَا.

7 And this [is] to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken.

٧ وَهَذِهِ لَكَ عَلامَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُحَقِّقَ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ:

8 Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.

٨ سَأُرْجِعُ ظِلَّ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ عَلَى مِقْيَاسِ دَرَجَاتِ آحَازَ». وَهَكَذَا تَرَاجَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَخَطَّتْهَا.

9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness:

٩ وَحِينَ شُفِيَ حَزَقِيَّا كَتَبَ هَذِهِ الْقَصِيدَةَ:

10 'I — I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years. (Sheol h7585)

١٠ قُلْتُ «هَا أَنَا فِي رَيْعَانِ أَيَّامِي أَنْحَدِرُ إِلَى عَالَمِ الْمَوْتَى وَتَفْنَى بَقِيَّةُ سَنَوَاتِ عُمْرِي» (Sheol h7585)

11 I said, I do not see Jah — Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.

١١ وَقُلْتُ «لَنْ أَرَى الرَّبَّ بَعْدُ فِي أَرْضِ الأَحْيَاءِ، وَلَنْ أُبْصِرَ أَحَداً مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ.

12 My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

١٢ قَدْ خُلِعَ عَنِّي مَسْكَنِي، وَانْتَقَلَ كَخَيْمَةِ الرَّاعِي. طَوَى حَيَاتِي كَحَائِكٍ: قَطَعَنِي مِنَ النَّوْلِ. أَنْتَ تُفْنِينِي لَيْلَ نَهَارَ.

13 I have set [Him] till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

١٣ انْتَظَرْتُ بِصَبْرٍ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَأَسَدٍ هَشَّمَ كُلَّ عِظَامِي. أَنْتَ تُفْنِينِي لَيْلَ نَهَارَ.

14 As a crane — a swallow — so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression [is] on me, be my surety.

١٤ أَصِيحُ كَسُنُونَةٍ، وَأَنُوحُ كَهَدِيلِ الْحمَامَةِ. كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، يَا رَبُّ إِنِّي مُتَضَايِقٌ فَكُنْ لِي مَأْمَناً.»

15 — What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

١٥ وَلَكِنْ مَاذَا أَقُولُ؟ فَقَدْ خَاطَبَنِي هُوَ. هُوَ نَفْسُهُ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ. طَارَ النَّوْمُ مِنِّي لِفَرْطِ مَرَارَةِ رُوحِي.

16 Lord, by these do [men] live, And by all in them [is] the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,

١٦ يَا رَبُّ، بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ يَحْيَا النَّاسُ، وَفِي هَذِهِ حَيَاةُ رُوحِي، فَرُدَّ لِي عَافِيَتِي وَأَحْيِنِي.

17 Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

١٧ حَقَّا إِنَّ مَا قَاسَيْتُهُ مِنْ مَرَارَةٍ كَانَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَيْرِي، فَقَدْ حَفِظْتَنِي بِحُبِّكَ مِنْ حُفْرَةِ الْهَلاكِ، وَأَلْقَيْتَ جَمِيعَ خَطَايَايَ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِكَ.

18 For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth. (Sheol h7585)

١٨ لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْهَاوِيَةِ أَنْ تَحْمَدَكَ، وَالْمَوْتُ لَا يُسَبِّحُكَ، وَلا يَقْدِرُ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ أَنْ يَرْجُوا أَمَانَتَكَ. (Sheol h7585)

19 The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

١٩ الأَحْيَاءُ وَحْدَهُمْ يُسَبِّحُونَكَ كَمَا أَفْعَلُ الْيَوْمَ، وَيُحَدِّثُ الآبَاءُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ عَنْ أمَانَتِكَ

20 Like myself to-day — a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah — to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'

٢٠ الرَّبُّ يُنْقِذُنِي. فَلْنَشْدُ بِآلاتٍ وَتَرِيَّةٍ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِنَا فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

21 And Isaiah saith, 'Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'

٢١ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «ضَمِّدُوا الْقُرْحَةَ بِقُرْصِ تِينٍ فَيَبْرَأَ».

22 And Hezekiah saith, 'What [is] the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'

٢٢ وَكَانَ حَزَقِيَّا قَدْ سَأَلَ: «مَا هِيَ الْعَلامَةُ الَّتِي تُؤَكِّدُ لِي أَنَّنِي سَأَذْهَبُ لِلصَّلاةِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ؟»