2 Wafalme 20
1 Katika siku hizo Hezekia aliugua akawa kwenye hatari ya kufa. Hivyo Isaya mwana wa Amozi, akaja, na kumwambia, “Yahwe asema, 'Weka nyumba yako kwenye mpangilio; kwa kuwa utakufa, na hutapona.'”
In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.
2 Kisha Ahazi akageuza uso wake kwenye ukuta na kumuomba Yahwe, akisema,
Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,
3 “Tafadhali, Yahwe, ukumbuke jinsi nilivyo mwaminifu kutembea mbele yako kwa moyo wangu wote, na jinsi nilivyofanya yaliyo mazuri usoni kwako.” Kisha Hezekia akalia kwa sauti.
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
4 Kabla ya Isaya hajatoka nje kwenye mji wa kati, neno la Yahwe likamjia, kusema,
Now before Isaiah had gone out of the middle of the town, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
5 '“Rudi, na umwambie Hezekia, kiongozi wa watu wangu, 'Hivi ndivyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Daudi babu yako, asemavyo: “Nimesikia maombi yako, na nimeyaona machozi yako. Nitakuponya katika siku ya tatu, na utapanda juu kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.
6 Nitakuongeza miaka kumi na tano ya maisha yako, na nitakulinda na huu mji kwa ajili yangu na kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu."”'
I will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
7 Hivyo Isaya akasema, “Chukueni mkate wa tini.” Walifanya hivyo na kuweka kwenye jipu lake, na akapona.
Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.
8 Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, “Je kutakuwa na alama gani ambayo Yahwe ataniponya, na kwamba nitapanda juu hadi kwenye hekalu la Yahwe katika siku ya tatu?”
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?
9 Isaya akajibu, “Hii ndiyo itakuwa ishara kwako kutoka kwa Yahwe, kwamba Yahwe atafanya kitu amacho alichokisema. Je kivuli kitaenda mbele hatua saba, au kurudi nyuma hatua saba?”
And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?
10 Hezekia akajibu, “Ni kitu chepesi kwa kivuli kwenda mbele hatua kumi. Hapana, hicho kivuli kirudi nyuma hatua kumi.”
And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.
11 Hivyo Isaya nabii akamlilia Yahwe, na akaleta kivuli hatua kumi nyuma, kutoka pale ambapo zilikuwa zimevuka kwenye ngazi za Ahazi.
Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.
12 Katika kipindi hicho Merodak Baladani mfalme wa Babeli alituma barua na zawadi kwa Hezekia, kwa kuwa alisikia kwamba Hezekia alikuwa anaumwa.
At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill.
13 Hezekia akasikiliza hizo barua, na kisha kuwaonyesha wajumbe sehemu zote na sehemu zake za thamani, fedha, dhahabu, manukato na marhamu na nyumba yenye ghala la silaha zake, na yote yaliyokutwa kwenye ghala za nyumba zake. Hapakuwa na kitu kwenye nyumba, wala kwenye ufalme wake wote, ambao Hezekia hakuwaonyesha.
And Hezekiah was glad at their coming and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil of great price, and the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores; there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which Hezekiah did not let them see.
14 Kisha Isaya akaja kwa Hezekia na kumuuliza, “Hawa watu walikuwa wanakwambiaje? Wanatokea wapi?” Hezekia aksema, “Wamekuja kutoka nchi ya mbali ya Babeli.
Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.
15 Isaya akauliza, “Wameona nini kwenye nyumba yako?” Hezekia akajibu, “Wameona kila kitu kwenye nyumba yangu. Hakuna kitu miongoni mwa vitu vyangu vya thamani ambavyo sijawaonyesha.”
And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.
16 Basi Isaya akamwambia Hezekia, “Sikiliza neno la Yahwe:
And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.
17 'Tazama siku zinakuja wakati kila kitu kwenye kwenye nyumba yako ya kifalme, vitu ambavyo babu zako walivitunza huko hadi leo, vitabebwa kwenda Babeli. Hakuna kitakachobakia, Yahwe asema.
Truly, days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone, says the Lord.
18 Watoto waliozaliwa na wewe, ambao umewazaa wewe mwenyewe-watawachukua mbali, na watakuwa matowashi kwenye nyumba ya kifalme ya mfalme wa Babeli.'”
And your sons, the offspring of your body, they will take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.
19 Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, “neno la Yahwe uliloliongea ni jema.” Kwa kuwa alifikiri, Je sivyo ikiwapo amani na kweli katika siku zangu?”
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?
20 Kama kwa mambo mengine yanamuhusu Hezekia, na ushujaa wake wote, na jinsi alivyotengeza bwawa la maji na mfereji, na kuleta maji kwenye mji-hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha ya matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
21 Hezekia akalala na babu zake, na Manase mwanae akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
And Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers; and Manasseh his son became king in his place.
