Isaías 38
1 En aquellos días Ezequías cayó enfermo de muerte. [El] profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz, fue a él y le dijo: Yavé dice: Ordena tu casa, porque morirás y no vivirás.
About that time, Hezekiah became [very] ill and was close to dying. [So] I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”
2 Entonces Ezequías volvió su rostro hacia la pared y habló a Yavé:
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this:
3 Oh Yavé, te ruego que te acuerdes ahora que he andado delante de ti en verdad con íntegro corazón e hice lo bueno ante tus ojos. Lloró Ezequías con gran llanto.
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah [started to] cry loudly.
4 Entonces la Palabra de Yavé vino a Isaías:
[I left his room, but] Yahweh gave me this message:
5 Vé y dí a Ezequías: Yavé, ʼElohim de David, tu antepasado, dice: Escuché tu oración y vi tus lágrimas. Mira, añado a tus días otros 15 años.
“Go [back] to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more.
6 Además, te libraré de la mano del rey de Asiria, a ti y a esta ciudad, a la cual ampararé.
And, I will rescue you and this city from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 Esto te servirá de señal de que Yavé hará lo que dijo:
And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’”
8 Ciertamente Yo hago retroceder diez gradas la sombra del sol que descendió en la gradería de Acaz. Y el sol volvió atrás diez gradas, sobre las cuales había descendido.
So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
9 Escrito de Ezequías, rey de Judá, después de su enfermedad y recuperación:
When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this:
10 Yo dije: En lo mejor de mis días entraré por las puertas del Seol. Soy privado del resto de mis años. (Sheol h7585)
I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)
11 Dije: No veré a YA en la tierra de los vivientes. No volveré a ver hombre con los habitantes del mundo.
I said, “I will not see Yahweh [again] in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who [now] are alive in this world.
12 Mi habitación es levantada y enrollada como tienda de pastor. Enrollaste mi vida como tejedor. Me cortaste del hilo del tejido. Me consumes entre el día y la noche.
[It is as if] my life has been taken away like [SIM] a tent [whose pegs] have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver [cuts and] rolls up [after he has finished weaving a cloth].” Suddenly, [it seemed that] my life was ending.
13 Duraba mi clamor hasta el amanecer. Rompes todos mis huesos como león. Me acabarás entre el día y la noche.
I waited patiently all during the night, but [my pain was as though] [MET] I was being torn apart by lions. [It seemed that] my life was finished.
14 Yo chillaba como un ave zancuda o como golondrina. Gemía como paloma. Mis ojos lloraban y miraban hacia lo alto: ¡Oh Yavé, estoy angustiado! ¡Asume responsabilidad por mí!
[I was delirious, and] I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up [toward heaven] for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, [because] I am distressed!’
15 ¿Qué puedo decir, Si Él es el que lo hace? En la amargura de mi alma, andaré todos mis años con inquietud.
But there was really nothing [RHQ] that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. [So now] I will live humbly during my [remaining] years because I am very anguished.
16 Oh ʼAdonay, los hombres viven según estas cosas, Y en todas ellas está la vida de mi espíritu: Restáurame la salud y permíteme vivir.
Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, [because] what you do and what you say bring [new] life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me [to continue] to live!
17 Ciertamente me vino amargura grande en [tiempo de] paz, Pero libraste mi vida del hoyo de la corrupción, Porque echaste todos mis pecados tras tu espalda.
Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins.
18 El Seol no te exaltará, ni la muerte te alabará, ni esperarán en tu fidelidad los que bajan al sepulcro. (Sheol h7585)
Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)
19 El que vive te alaba como yo hoy. El padre enseñará tu fidelidad a sus hijos.
Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, [and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing].
20 Yavé me salvará. Por tanto cantaremos nuestros cánticos en la Casa de Yavé todos los días de nuestra vida.
[I know that] Yahweh will fully heal me, [so] I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”
21 Isaías dijo: Tomen una masa de higos. Aplíquenla sobre la úlcera y sanará.
I had [previously] said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from [mashed] figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” [So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered].
22 Eso, porque Ezequías preguntó: ¿Qué señal tendré de que subiré a la Casa de Yavé?
And Hezekiah had [previously] asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will [recover and be able to] go to his temple?”
