Yesaya 38

1 Sekitar waktu itu Hizkia jatuh sakit dan hampir saja meninggal. Nabi Yesaya anak Amos, mengunjungi dia dan berkata, "TUHAN berpesan supaya Baginda membereskan semua urusan, sebab Baginda tak akan sembuh. Tidak lama lagi Baginda akan meninggal."

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’”

2 Hizkia berpaling ke tembok, lalu berdoa,

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

3 "TUHAN, ingatlah bahwa aku ini sudah mengabdi kepada-Mu dengan setia dan tulus hati. Aku selalu berusaha menuruti kemauan-Mu." Lalu Hizkia menangis dengan pilu.

and said, “Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Sesudah Yesaya pergi, TUHAN menyuruh dia

Then the LORD’s word came to Isaiah, saying,

5 kembali kepada Hizkia dan menyampaikan pesan ini, "Aku, TUHAN, Allah yang disembah Daud leluhurmu, telah mendengar doamu dan melihat air matamu. Aku akan menambah umurmu dengan lima belas tahun lagi.

“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

6 Engkau dan kota Yerusalem akan Kulepaskan dari raja Asyur. Kota ini akan tetap Kulindungi."

I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

7 Yesaya menjawab, "Inilah tanda yang diberikan TUHAN kepada Baginda bahwa Ia menepati janji-Nya.

This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken.

8 Pada penunjuk jam matahari buatan Raja Ahas, TUHAN akan membuat bayangannya mundur sepuluh garis." Maka mundurlah bayangan itu sepuluh garis.

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.

9 Sesudah Hizkia sembuh, ia menulis lagu pujian ini:

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:

10 "Kataku, baru setengah umur aku harus pergi, mengakhiri sisa hidupku di dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.” (Sheol h7585)

11 Kataku, aku takkan lagi memandang TUHAN di bumi, atau melihat manusia di dunia ini.

I said, “I won’t see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12 Nyawaku putus, sampailah ajalku, seperti kemah gembala yang dibongkar; seperti kain dipotong dari alat penenun; kusangka Allah akan mengakhiri hidupku.

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

13 Sepanjang malam aku berteriak kesakitan, seolah-olah tulang-tulangku diremukkan seekor singa; kusangka Allah akan mengakhiri hidupku.

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

14 Suaraku makin redup dan lemah, seperti burung dara aku berkeluh kesah. Mataku letih karena menengadah ke langit, TUHAN, bebaskanlah aku dari kesusahan ini.

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”

15 Apa yang dapat kukatakan? Ini perbuatan TUHAN; aku tak dapat tidur karena kesedihan.

What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

16 Ya TUHAN, berilah aku hidup oleh perkataan dan perbuatan-Mu, biarlah aku hidup bagi-Mu saja.

Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live.

17 Kepedihanku akan berubah menjadi ketentraman, Engkau menyelamatkan aku dari bahaya; dosa-dosaku telah Kauampuni semuanya.

Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

18 Di alam maut tak ada yang memuji Engkau, orang mati tak dapat mengharapkan kesetiaan-Mu. (Sheol h7585)

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth. (Sheol h7585)

19 Hanya orang hidup yang memuji Engkau, seperti yang kulakukan hari ini. Orang tua menceritakan kepada anaknya betapa setianya Engkau, ya TUHAN.

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

20 TUHAN, Engkau telah menyembuhkan aku, maka kami nyanyikan pujian di Rumah-Mu dengan memetik kecapi, sepanjang hidup kami."

The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.

21 Lalu Yesaya menyuruh orang melumatkan buah ara dan mengoleskannya pada bisul Hizkia supaya sembuh.

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”

22 Raja Hizkia bertanya, "Apakah tandanya bahwa TUHAN akan menyembuhkan aku dan bahwa aku dapat pergi ke Rumah TUHAN lagi?"

Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”