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.'
那时希西家病得要死，亚摩斯的儿子先知以赛亚去见他，对他说：“耶和华如此说：你当留遗命与你的家，因为你必死不能活了。”
2 And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah,
希西家就转脸朝墙，祷告耶和华说：
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.
“耶和华啊，求你记念我在你面前怎样存完全的心，按诚实行事，又做你眼中所看为善的。”希西家就痛哭了。
4 And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying,
耶和华的话临到以赛亚说：
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,
“你去告诉希西家说，耶和华—你祖大卫的 神如此说：我听见了你的祷告，看见了你的眼泪。我必加增你十五年的寿数；
6 and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city.
并且我要救你和这城脱离亚述王的手，也要保护这城。
7 And this [is] to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken.
“我—耶和华必成就我所说的。我先给你一个兆头，
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.
就是叫亚哈斯的日晷，向前进的日影往后退十度。”于是，前进的日影果然在日晷上往后退了十度。
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness:
犹大王希西家患病已经痊愈，就作诗说：
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)
我说：正在我中年之日 必进入阴间的门； 我余剩的年岁不得享受。 (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.
我说：我必不得见耶和华， 就是在活人之地不见耶和华； 我与世上的居民不再见面。
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.
我的住处被迁去离开我， 好像牧人的帐棚一样； 我将性命卷起， 像织布的卷布一样。 耶和华必将我从机头剪断， 从早到晚，他要使我完结。
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.
我使自己安静直到天亮； 他像狮子折断我一切的骨头， 从早到晚，他要使我完结。
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.
我像燕子呢喃， 像白鹤鸣叫， 又像鸽子哀鸣； 我因仰观，眼睛困倦。 耶和华啊，我受欺压， 求你为我作保。
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.
我可说什么呢？ 他应许我的，也给我成就了。 我因心里的苦楚， 在一生的年日必悄悄而行。
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,
主啊，人得存活乃在乎此。 我灵存活也全在此。 所以求你使我痊愈，仍然存活。
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.
看哪，我受大苦，本为使我得平安； 你因爱我的灵魂便救我脱离败坏的坑， 因为你将我一切的罪扔在你的背后。
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)
原来，阴间不能称谢你， 死亡不能颂扬你； 下坑的人不能盼望你的诚实。 (Sheol h7585)
19 The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.
只有活人，活人必称谢你， 像我今日称谢你一样。 为父的，必使儿女知道你的诚实。
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.'
耶和华肯救我， 所以，我们要一生一世 在耶和华殿中 用丝弦的乐器唱我的诗歌。
21 And Isaiah saith, 'Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'
以赛亚说：“当取一块无花果饼来，贴在疮上，王必痊愈。”
22 And Hezekiah saith, 'What [is] the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'
希西家问说：“我能上耶和华的殿，有什么兆头呢？”
