Isaya 38
1 Siku zile Hezekia alikuwa anaumwa karibia na kufa. Hivyo Isaya mtoto wa Amozi, nabii alikuja kwake na kumwambia, ''Yahwe amesema, 'panga mambo yako maana utakufa, hautaishi.'
In those days has Hezekiah been sick to death, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, comes to him and says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Give a charge to your house, for you [are] dying, and do not live.”
2 'Halafu Hezekia akaugeukia ukuta na akamuomba Yahwe.
And Hezekiah turns around his face to the wall, and prays to YHWH,
3 Na akasema, ''samahani Yahwe, kumbuka jinsi nilivyoenenda kwa uaminifu mbele zako kwa moyo wangu wote, na jinsi nilivyofanya matendo mema katika macho yako.'' Na Hezekia akalia kwa sauti.
and says, “Ah, now, O YHWH, please remember how I have habitually walked before You in truth, and with a perfect heart, and I have done that which [is] good in your eyes”; and Hezekiah weeps [with] a great weeping.
4 Basi neno la Yawe likamjia Isaya, na kusema,
And a word of YHWH is to Isaiah, saying,
5 ''Nenda ukamwambie Hezekia, kiongozi wa watu wangu, ''Hivi ndivyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Daudi babu yenu, amesema: Nimeyasikiliza maombi yako, na nimeyaona machozi yako. Ona ninakaribia kuongeza miaka kumi na tano katika maisha yako.
“Go, and you have said to Hezekiah, Thus said YHWH, God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tear, behold, I am adding fifteen years to your days,
6 Na nitakukomboa wewe pamoja mji huu kutoka kwenye mkono wamfalme wa Asiria, na nitaulinda huu mji.
and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver you and this city, and have covered over this city.
7 Na hii itakuwa alama kwako kutoka kwangu, Yahwe, kwamba nitafanya nilichokisema:
And this [is] to you the sign from YHWH, that YHWH does this thing that He has spoken.
8 Angalia, nitasababisha kimvuli katika nyumba ya Ahazi kwenda nyuma hautua kumi.'' hivvyo basi kivuli kilirudi nyuma hatua kumi juu ya nyumba iliyopanda juu.
Behold, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it has gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees”; and the sun turns back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.
9 Haya ndiyo maandishi ya maombi ya Hezekia mfalme wa Yuda, alipokuwa anaumwa halafu akapona:
A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick when he revives from his sickness:
10 ''Nimesema kwamba nusu ya maisha yangu nitapita katika mlango wa kuzimu; Nilitumwa pale miaka yangu yote. (Sheol h7585)
“I said in the cutting off of my days, I go to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of my years. (Sheol h7585)
11 Nikasema sitamuona tena Yahwe, Yahwe kaika nchi ninayoishi; sitaangalia watu tena au wenyeji wa dunia hii.
I said, I do not see YAH—YAH! In the land of the living, I do not behold man anymore, With the inhabitants of the world.
12 Maisha yangu yameondolea na kupelekwa mbali na mimi kama hema la mchungaji; Niliyakunja maisha yangu juu kama mfumaji; ameniondoa katika kifungo; kati ya mchana na usiku ameyakomesha maisha yangu.
My sojourning has departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd’s tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cuts me off, From day to night You end me.
13 Nililia mpaka asubuhi; kama simba anaivunja mifupa yangu. Kati ya usiku na mchana ameyakomesha maisha yangu.
I have set [Him] as a lion until morning, So He breaks all my bones, From day to night You end me.
14 Kama mbayuwayu ndivyo nilivyolia; nililia kama njiwa; macho yangu yalichoka kuangalia juu. Bwana ninateseka; nisaidie mimi.
As a crane—a swallow—so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, My eyes have been drawn up on high, O YHWH, oppression [is] on me, be my guarantor.
15 Niseme nini? wote wameongea na mimi na amefanya hivyo; Nitatembea taratibu miaka yangu yote maana ninayashinda kwa huzuni.
What do I say? Seeing He spoke to me, And He Himself has worked, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.
16 Bwana, mateso uliyoyatuma ni mazuri kwangu; ikiwezekana nirudishiwe tena maisha yangu; umeyahifadhi maisha maisha yangu na afya yangu.
Lord, [men] live by these, And by all in them [is] the life of my spirit, And You save me, make me to also live,
17 Ni kwa faida yangu kwamba nimwpitia huzuni kama hii. Umenikomboa kutoka kwenye shimo la uharibifu; maana umetupa dhambi zangu nyuma yako.
Behold, He changed bitterness to peace for me, And You have delighted in my soul without corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
18 Maana kuzimu hapata kushukuru wewe; kifo hakikusifu wewe; wale wote waendao ndani ya shimo hawana matumaini ya uaminifu wako. (Sheol h7585)
For Sheol does not confess You, Death does not praise You, Those going down to the pit do not hope for Your truth. (Sheol h7585)
19 Mtu anayeishi, mtu anayeishi, ndiye anayekushukuru wewe, kama ninavyofanya leo; baba atawjulisha watoto uaminifu wako.
The living, the living, he confesses You,
20 Yahwe anakarbia kunikomboa mimi, na tutasherekea kwa mziki siku zote za maisha yetu katika nyumba ya Yahwe.''
Like myself today; A father makes known to [his] sons of Your faithfulness, O YHWH—to save me: And we sing my songs all [the] days of our lives In the house of YHWH.”
21 Sasa Isaya alisema, ''Waacheni wachukue donge mitini na kuliweka kweye jipu naye atapona.
And Isaiah says, “Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he lives.”
22 ''Hezekia pia alisema, ''Je ni ishara gan ya kwamba nitaiende juu katika nyumba ya Yahwe?''
And Hezekiah says, “What [is] the sign that I go up to the house of YHWH?”
