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 that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”
2 Dia nitodika nankany amin’ ny rindrina izy ka nivavaka tamin’ i Jehovah hoe:
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
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.
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
4 Ary raha tsy mbola tafavoaka ny tanàna afovoany Isaia, dia tonga taminy ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
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.
which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my 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 enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”
7 Ary hoy Isaia: Makà ampempan’ aviavy. Ary dia nalainy ka napetany tamin’ ny vay, dia sitrana izy.
So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”
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?
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”
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, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”
10 Ary Hezekia namaly hoe: Mora foana ny handrosoan’ ny aloka hàdiny folo; tsy izany, fa aoka ny aloka hiverina hàdiny folo.
Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”
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 prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King 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 that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.
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.
[When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.
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 Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”
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.
Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”
16 Ary hoy Isaia tamin’ i Hezekia: Henoy ary ny tenin’ i Jehovah:
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
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.
There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]
18 Ary na dia ny terakao aza dia hisy ho entiny koa; ka ho tandonaka any amin’ ny lapan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona ireo.
Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants 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?
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”
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?
[If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
21 Ary Hezekia lasa nodimandry any amin’ ny razany; ary Manase zanany no nanjaka nandimby azy
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
