2 Mpanjaka 20
1 Ary tamin’ izany andro izany dia narary saiky maty Hezekia. Ary Isaia mpaminany, zanak’ i Amoza, nankao aminy ka nilaza taminy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Hafaro ny ankohonanao, fa ho faty ianao, fa tsy ho velona.
About this time Hezekiah fell very sick and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your affairs in order, because you are going to die. You won't recover.”
2 Dia nitodika nankany amin’ ny rindrina izy ka nivavaka tamin’ i Jehovah hoe:
When Hezekiah heard this, he went to pray privately to the Lord, saying
3 Jehovah ô, enga anie ka hotsarovanao ny nandehanako teo anatrehanao tamin’ ny fahamarinana sy tamin’ ny foko rehetra ary ny nanaovako izay tsara eo imasonao. Dia nitomany mafy dia mafy izy.
“Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah cried and cried.
4 Ary raha tsy mbola tafavoaka ny tanàna afovoany Isaia, dia tonga taminy ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the Lord spoke to him, saying,
5 Miverena, ka lazao amin’ i Hezekia, mpanapaka ny oloko, hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitr’ i Davida rainao: Efa nohenoiko ny fitarainanao, ary efa hitako ny ranomasonao; indro, hahasitrana anao Aho, ka raha afaka ampitso dia hiakatra ho ao an-tranon’ i Jehovah ianao.
“Go back in and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, This is what the Lord, the God of your forefather David, says: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Look! I am going to heal you. In three days time you will go to the Lord's Temple.
6 Ary hampiako dimy ambin’ ny folo taona ny andronao; sady hamonjy anao sy ity tanàna ity amin’ ny tanan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Asyria Aho; ary hiaro ity tanàna ity Aho noho ny amin’ ny tenako sy Davida mpanompoko.
I will add fifteen years to your life. I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
7 Ary hoy Isaia: Makà ampempan’ aviavy. Ary dia nalainy ka napetany tamin’ ny vay, dia sitrana izy.
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a dressing from figs.” Hezekiah's servants did so and put it on the skin sores, and Hezekiah got better.
8 Ary hoy Hezekia tamin’ i Isaia: Inona no famantarana fa hositranin’ i Jehovah aho ka hiakatra any an-tranon’ i Jehovah raha afaka ampitso?
Hezekiah had previously asked Isaiah, “What is the sign to confirm that the Lord is going heal me and that I will go to the Lord's Temple in three days time?”
9 Dia hoy Isaia: Izao no famantarana ho anao avy amin’ i Jehovah hahalalanao fa Jehovah hanao izay zavatra nolazainy: handroso hàdiny folo va ny aloka, sa hiverina hàdiny folo?
Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to you that the Lord will do what he promised: Do you want the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
10 Ary Hezekia namaly hoe: Mora foana ny handrosoan’ ny aloka hàdiny folo; tsy izany, fa aoka ny aloka hiverina hàdiny folo.
“It's easy enough for the shadow to go forward ten steps, but not to go back ten steps,” Hezekiah answered.
11 Ary Isaia mpaminany nitaraina tamin’ i Jehovah, ka nampiverina ny aloka hàdiny folo Jehovah, dia ilay nidinany teo amin’ ny dialin’ i Ahaza.
So Isaiah the prophet asked the Lord, and he moved the shadow back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
12 Tamin’ izany andro izany no nampitondran’ i Berodaka baladana, zanak’ i Baladana, mpanjakan’ i Babylona, taratasy sy fanomezana ho an’ i Hezekia; fa efa reny fa narary izy.
At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick.
13 Ary Hezekia nandray azy ka naneho azy ny trano rehetra fitehirizany zava-tsoa, dia volafotsy sy volamena sy zava-manitra ary menaka tsara, sy ny trano fitehirizana ny fiadiany rehetra mbamin’ izay rehetra tao amin’ ny firaketany: tsy nisy zavatra tsy nasehon’ i Hezekia azy, na ny tao an-tranony, na ny tao amin’ ny fanjakany rehetra.
Hezekiah welcomed the visitors and showed them everything in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.
14 Dia nankany amin’ i Hezekia mpanjaka Isaia mpaminany ka nanao taminy hoe: Ahoana no nolazain’ ireo olona nankaty aminao ireo, ary avy taiza moa izy? Ary hoy Hezekia: Avy tany an-tany lavitra izy, dia avy tany Babylona.
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they tell you?” “They came from a long way away, from Babylon,” Hezekiah replied.
15 Dia hoy izy: Ka inona avy anefa no hitany tato an-tranonao? Ary hoy Hezekia: Izay rehetra ato an-tranoko dia efa hitany avokoa: tsy misy zavatra tsy nasehoko azy ny ato amin’ ny firaketako rehetra.
“What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezekiah. “There wasn't anything in all my storehouses I didn't show them.”
16 Ary hoy Isaia tamin’ i Hezekia: Henoy ary ny tenin’ i Jehovah:
Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says:
17 Indro, avy ny andro, ka ho entina ho any Babylona izay rehetra ao an-tranonao sy izay rehetra noharin’ ny razanao ka voarakitra mandraka androany; eny, tsy hisy sisa hijanona na inona na inona, hoy Jehovah.
You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord.
18 Ary na dia ny terakao aza dia hisy ho entiny koa; ka ho tandonaka any amin’ ny lapan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona ireo.
Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
19 Dia hoy Hezekia tamin’ Isaia: Tsara ny tenin’ i Jehovah izay nolazainao. Ary hoy koa izy: Eny, tsy izany va, raha misy fiadanana amin’ ny androko ka handry fahizay?
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to himself, “Why not, if there'll be peace and safety in my lifetime.”
20 Ary ny tantaran’ i Hezekia sisa sy ny heriny rehetra mbamin’ ny nanaovany ny kamory sy ny lakan-drano nitarihany rano ho ao an-tanàna, tsy efa voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny tantaran’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda va izany?
The rest of what happened in Hezekiah's reign, all he did, and how he made the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
21 Ary Hezekia lasa nodimandry any amin’ ny razany; ary Manase zanany no nanjaka nandimby azy
Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh succeeded him as king.
