2 Reis 20
1 Naqueles dias, Hezekiah estava doente e morrendo. Isaías, o profeta filho de Amoz, veio até ele e lhe disse: “Javé diz: 'Ponha sua casa em ordem, pois você morrerá e não viverá'”.
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 Então ele virou seu rosto para a parede e rezou a Javé, dizendo:
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
3 “Lembre-se agora, Javé, eu lhe imploro, como eu caminhei diante de você em verdade e com um coração perfeito, e fiz o que é bom à sua vista”. E Hezekiah chorou amargamente.
“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 Antes de Isaías ter saído para a parte central da cidade, a palavra de Javé veio a ele, dizendo:
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
5 “Volte para trás e diga a Ezequias, o príncipe do meu povo: 'Javé, o Deus de Davi, seu pai, diz: “Ouvi a sua oração. Eu vi suas lágrimas. Eis que eu te curarei”. No terceiro dia, você irá até a casa de Iavé.
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 Acrescentarei a seus dias quinze anos. Eu te entregarei a ti e a esta cidade da mão do rei da Assíria. Defenderei esta cidade por mim e pelo meu servo Davi””.
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 Isaías disse: “Pegue um bolo de figos”. Eles o pegaram e colocaram em ebulição, e ele se recuperou.
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 Hezekiah disse a Isaías: “Qual será o sinal de que Javé me curará e que eu subirei à casa de Javé no terceiro dia?
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 Isaías disse: “Este será o sinal para você de Javé, que Javé fará o que ele falou: a sombra deve avançar dez passos, ou retroceder dez passos”?
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 Hezekiah respondeu: “É uma coisa leve para a sombra dar dez passos à frente. Não, mas deixe a sombra voltar dez passos para trás”.
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 Isaías, o profeta, chorou a Javé; e trouxe a sombra dez passos para trás, através dos quais ela tinha descido sobre o relógio de sol de Ahaz.
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 Naquele tempo Berodach Baladan, filho de Baladan, rei da Babilônia, enviou cartas e um presente a Ezequias, pois tinha ouvido dizer que Ezequias tinha estado doente.
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 Ezequias ouviu-os e mostrou-lhes todo o depósito de suas preciosidades - a prata, o ouro, as especiarias e o óleo precioso, e a casa de sua armadura, e tudo o que foi encontrado em seus tesouros. Não havia nada em sua casa, ou em todo seu domínio, que Hezekiah não lhes mostrasse.
[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 Então o profeta Isaías veio ao rei Ezequias e lhe disse: “O que estes homens disseram? De onde eles vieram até você”? Hezekiah disse: “Eles vieram de um país distante, mesmo da Babilônia”.
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 Ele disse: “O que eles viram em sua casa”? Hezekiah respondeu: “Eles viram tudo o que há em minha casa. Não há nada entre meus tesouros que eu não tenha mostrado a eles”.
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 Isaías disse a Hezekiah: “Escutai a palavra de Javé”.
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
17 'Eis que vêm os dias em que tudo o que está em sua casa, e tudo o que seus pais guardaram até hoje, será levado para a Babilônia. Nada restará”, diz Javé.
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 'Eles tirarão alguns de seus filhos que emitirão de você, que você será pai; e eles serão eunucos no palácio do rei da Babilônia'”.
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 Então Hezekiah disse a Isaías: “A palavra de Javé que você falou é boa”. Ele disse ainda: “Não é assim, se a paz e a verdade estiverem em meus dias?”
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 Agora o resto dos atos de Ezequias, e todas as suas forças, e como ele fez a piscina, e o conduto, e trouxe água para a cidade, não estão escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?
[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 Ezequias dormiu com seus pais, e Manassés seu filho reinou em seu lugar.
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
