2 Bakonzi 20
1 Na tango wana, Ezekiasi abelaki bokono moko ya makasi pene akufa. Mosakoli Ezayi, mwana mobali ya Amotsi, akendeki epai na ye mpe alobaki: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Bongisa makambo ya ndako na yo, pamba te okokufa, okobika te. »
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
2 Ezekiasi abalolaki elongi na ye na mir mpe abondelaki Yawe:
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
3 — Oh Yawe, kanisa ndenge nini natambolaki liboso na Yo na boyengebene, ndenge nini namipesaki epai na Yo na motema na ngai mobimba, mpe ndenge nini nasalaki makambo ya malamu na miso na Yo. Mpe Ezekiasi alelaki mingi.
“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Liboso ete Ezayi akoma na lopango ya monene, Yawe alobaki na ye:
Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
5 — Zonga epai ya Ezekiasi, mokonzi ya bato na Ngai, mpe loba na ye: « Tala makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya tata na yo, Davidi, alobi: ‹ Nayoki libondeli na yo mpe namoni mpinzoli na yo. Tala, nakobikisa yo; mpe sima na lobi, okomata lisusu na Tempelo ya Yawe.
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
6 Nakobakisa mibu zomi na mitano na mikolo ya bomoi na yo. Nakokangola yo elongo na engumba oyo, wuta na maboko ya mokonzi ya Asiri, mpe nakobatela yango mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai mpe mpo na Davidi, mosali na Ngai. › »
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
7 Ezayi alobaki: — Bozwa liboke ya figi. Bazwaki yango, batiaki yango na pota oyo ezalaki kokawuka te, mpe mokonzi abikaki.
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
8 Ezekiasi atunaki Ezayi: — Elembo nini ekolakisa ngai ete Yawe akobikisa ngai, mpe ete nakokende na Tempelo ya Yawe sima na lobi?
Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
9 Ezayi azongisaki: — Tala elembo oyo Yawe apesi yo mpo na kotalisa ete akokokisa makambo oyo alaki yo: Olingi ete elilingi ekende liboso, na matambe zomi to ezonga sima na matambe zomi?
And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
10 Ezekiasi azongisaki: — Ezali pasi te ete elilingi ekende liboso, na matambe zomi; zongisa yango nde na sima, na matambe zomi.
“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
11 Bongo mosakoli Ezayi abelelaki Yawe, mpe Yawe azongisaki elilingi sima, na matambe zomi, kolanda ematelo ya Akazi.
So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
12 Na tango wana, Merodaki-Baladani, mwana mobali ya Baladani, mokonzi ya Babiloni, atindaki mokanda mpe kado epai ya Ezekiasi, pamba te ayokaki sango ete Ezekiasi abelaki.
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
13 Ezekiasi ayambaki bantoma na esengo mpe alakisaki bibombelo biloko na ye ya motuya lokola palata mpe wolo, biloko ya mike-mike ya solo kitoko, mafuta ya kitoko, bibundeli na ye nyonso, mpe bomengo na ye nyonso. Ezalaki na eloko moko te, ezala ya ndako na ye to ya mokili na ye mobimba, oyo azangaki kolakisa bango.
And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
14 Bongo mosakoli Ezayi akendeki epai ya mokonzi Ezekiasi mpe atunaki ye: — Bato wana balobi nini mpe bawuti wapi? Ezekiasi azongisaki: — Bawuti mosika, na mokili ya Babiloni.
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
15 Ezayi atunaki: — Bamoni eloko nini kati na ndako na yo ya bokonzi? Ezekiasi azongisaki: — Bamoni biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na ndako na ngai; ezali na eloko moko te, kati na bibombelo na ngai, oyo nazangi kolakisa bango.
“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
16 Ezayi alobaki na Ezekiasi: — Yoka liloba oyo Yawe alobi:
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:
17 « Solo, na mikolo ekoya, nyonso oyo ezali kati na ndako na yo, mpe nyonso oyo batata na yo babomba kino na mokolo ya lelo, bakomema yango na Babiloni, eloko moko te ekotikala, elobi Yawe.
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
18 Mingi kati na bakitani na yo, kati na ba-oyo babimi penza na mokongo na yo, bakomema bango mpe bakoboma bango mikongo mpo ete bakoma kosala kati na ndako ya mokonzi ya Babiloni. »
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
19 Ezekiasi azongiselaki Ezayi: — Liloba na Yawe, oyo osili koloba ezali malamu. Pamba te azalaki komilobela: « Boni, kimia mpe bobatelami ekozala penza na mikolo ya bomoi na ngai? »
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
20 Makambo mosusu oyo etali Ezekiasi, misala na ye nyonso ya nguya mpe ndenge asalaki liziba mpe nzela ya se ya mabele oyo amemaki mayi kino na engumba, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
21 Ezekiasi akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye esika moko na bakoko na ye. Manase, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
