2 Ahemfo 20
1 Saa ɛberɛ no mu, ɔhene Hesekia yaree yarewuo, ɛnna Amos babarima odiyifoɔ Yesaia kɔsraa no. Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi kyerɛɛ ɔhene no, “Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Hyɛ wo nsamanseɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, wobɛwu. Wo yadeɛ no rennyae.”
In those days Hezekiah fell sick unto death; and there came to him Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Give thy charge to thy house; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Ɛberɛ a Hesekia tee asɛm yi, ɔtwaa nʼani hwɛɛ fasuo, bɔɔ Awurade mpaeɛ sɛ,
Then did he turn his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,
3 “Kae, Ao, Awurade, sɛdeɛ manante wʼanim nokorɛm na mede mʼakoma ayɛ deɛ ɛfata wɔ wʼanim.” Na Hesekia suu bebree.
I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.
4 Na ansa na Yesaia bɛfiri adihɔ no mfimfini no, Awurade de asɛm yi bɛsii ne so sɛ,
And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
5 “Sane kɔ Hesekia a ɔyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ ɔkannifoɔ no nkyɛn, na kɔka kyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Sei na Awurade a ɔyɛ wʼagya Dawid Onyankopɔn seɛ: Mate wo mpaeɛbɔ no, ahunu wo nisuo no. Mɛsa wo yadeɛ, na nnansa akyi no, wobɛsɔre afiri mpa so, na woakɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu.
Return, and say to Hezekiah the ruler of my people, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day shalt thou go up unto the house of the Lord.
6 Mede mfeɛ dunum bɛka wo mfeɛ ho, na mɛgye wo ne saa kuropɔn yi afiri Asiriahene nsam. Me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid enti, mɛyɛ yei, de agye mʼanimuonyam.’”
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and out of the hand of the king of Assyria will I deliver thee and this city; and I will shield this city for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
7 Na Yesaia ka kyerɛɛ Hesekia asomfoɔ no sɛ, “Momfa borɔdɔma nyɛ ngo, na momfa nsrasra pɔmpɔ no so.” Wɔyɛɛ saa, na Hesekia nyaa ahoɔden.
And Isaiah said, Fetch a lump of figs. And they fetched and laid it on the inflammation, and he recovered.
8 Ansa na ɔrebɛnya ayaresa no, Hesekia bisaa Yesaia sɛ, “Nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bɛn na Awurade bɛyɛ, de akyerɛ sɛ ɔbɛsa me yadeɛ, na matumi akɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu nnansa so?”
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What sign shall there be that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?
9 Yesaia buaa sɛ, “Yei ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a Awurade bɛyɛ akyerɛ wo sɛ ɔbɛdi ne bɔhyɛ so. Wopɛ sɛ sunsum a ɛda sunsumma susuniwa no kɔ nʼanim anammɔntuo edu anaa ɛsane nʼakyi anammɔntuo edu?”
And Isaiah said, This shall be unto thee the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: Shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10 Hesekia buaa sɛ, “Sunsum no kɔ nʼanim ɛberɛ biara. Na mmom, ma ɛnkɔ nʼakyi.”
And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten degrees: no; but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11 Enti, Yesaia bisaa Awurade sɛ ɔnyɛ yei, na ɔmaa sunsum no tete sane nʼakyi anammɔntuo edu wɔ Ahas sunsumma susuniwa no so.
And Isaiah the prophet called unto the Lord; and he caused the shadow to return, by the degrees which the [sun] was gone down on the dial of Achaz, backward, ten degrees.
12 Yei akyi, Babiloniahene Baladan babarima Merodak-Baladan soma ma wɔkɔmaa Hesekia tirinkwa ne akyɛdeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na wate sɛ yare denden bi bɔɔ Hesekia.
And at that time sent Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13 Hesekia gyee Babilonia ananmusifoɔ yi, kyerɛɛ wɔn biribiara a ɔwɔ wɔ nʼadekoradan mu a ɛyɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, nnuhwam ne ngo a ɛyɛ hwam. Afei nso, ɔde wɔn kɔɔ nʼadekorabea, sane kyerɛɛ wɔn nʼadekoradan mu biribiara. Biribiara nni nʼahemfie hɔ anaa nʼahemman mu hɔ a Hesekia ankyerɛ wɔn.
And Hezekiah listened unto them, and showed them the whole of his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the whole of his armor-house, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing that Hezekiah showed them not, in his house and in all his dominion.
14 Na odiyifoɔ Yesaia kɔɔ ɔhene Hesekia nkyɛn, kɔbisaa no sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na saa nnipa no repɛ? Na wɔfiri he na wɔbaeɛ?” Hesekia buaa sɛ, “Wɔfiri Babilonia akyirikyiri asase so pɛɛ.”
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What did these men say? and whence did they come unto thee? And Hezekiah said, From a far off country are they come, from Babylon.
15 Yesaia bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na wɔhunuu wɔ wʼahemfie hɔ?” Hesekia buaa sɛ, “Wɔhunuu biribiara a ɛwɔ mʼahemfie ha. Biribiara nni mʼademudeɛ mu a mamfa ankyerɛ wɔn.”
And he said, What did they see in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there was nothing that I did not show them in my treasures.
16 Na Yesaia ka kyerɛɛ Hesekia sɛ, “Tie saa asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn yi:
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord,
17 Ɛberɛ bi reba a biribiara a wowɔ no, agyapadeɛ a wʼagyanom akora no nyinaa, wɔbɛtwe akɔ Babilonia a ɛrenka hwee. Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie:
Behold, days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
18 Wʼankasa wʼasefoɔ bi mpo, wɔbɛfa wɔn nnommum. Wɔbɛyɛ apiafoɔ a wɔbɛsom wɔ Babiloniahene ahemfie.”
And of thy sons that will issue from thee, whom thou wilt beget, shall they take; and they shall be court-servants in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 Na Hesekia ka kyerɛɛ Yesaia sɛ, “Saa asɛm yi a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn a woaka akyerɛ me yi yɛ asɛm papa.” Nanso, na ɔhene no redwene sɛ, “Me berɛ so deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yɛnya asomdwoeɛ ne banbɔ.”
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not so, if there be peace and stability in my days?
20 Nsɛm a ɛsisii Hesekia ahennie mu nkaeɛ no a ne tumidie ka ho, ne sɛdeɛ ɔyɛɛ subunu, twaa suka maa nsuo baa kuro no mu no nyinaa, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his mighty deeds, and how he made the pool, and the aqueduct, and brought the water into the city, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
21 Ɛberɛ a Hesekia wuiɛ no, ne babarima Manase na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Menasseh his son became king in his stead.
