1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.38.1 Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house 2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, 3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.38.3 sore: Heb. with great weeping
4¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. 6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. 7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; 8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.38.8 sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun
9¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.38.12 with…: or, from the thrum 13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.38.14 undertake…: or, ease me 15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. 16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.38.17 for peace…: or, on my peace came great bitterness38.17 thou hast in…: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit 18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. 21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. 22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Kudwala kwa Hezekiya
1Nthawi imeneyo Mfumu Hezekiya anadwala ndipo anali pafupi kufa. Mneneri Yesaya mwana wa Amozi anapita kukamuona ndipo anati “Yehova akuti: Konza bwino nyumba yako, pakuti ukufa; suchira.”
2Hezekiya anatembenuka nayangʼana kukhoma, napemphera kwa Yehova kuti, 3“Inu Yehova, kumbukirani momwe ndayendera pamaso panu mokhulupirika ndi modzipereka ndipo ndakhala ndikuchita zabwino pamaso panu.” Ndipo Hezekiya analira mosweka mtima.
4Ndipo Yehova analamula Yesaya kuti: 5“Pita kwa Hezekiya ndipo ukamuwuze kuti, ‘Yehova, Mulungu wa kholo lake Davide akuti: Ndamva pemphero lako ndipo misozi yako ndayiona; ndidzakuwonjezera zaka 15 pa moyo wako. 6Ndipo ndidzakupulumutsa, iwe pamodzi ndi mzindawu mʼdzanja la mfumu ya ku Asiriya, Ine ndidzawuteteza mzindawu.
7“ ‘Ichi ndi chizindikiro cha Yehova kwa iwe kutsimikiza kuti Yehova adzachita zimene walonjeza: 8Chithunzithunzi chimene dzuwa likuchititsa pa makwerero a Ahazi ndidzachibweza mʼmbuyo makwerero khumi.’ ” Ndipo chithunzithunzi chinabwerera mʼmbuyo makwerero khumi.
9Ndakatulo ya Hezekiya mfumu ya ku Yuda imene analemba atadwala ndi kuchira:
10Ine ndinaganiza kuti
ndidzapita ku dziko la akufa
pamene moyo ukukoma.
11Ndinaganiza kuti, “Sindidzaonanso Yehova,
mʼdziko la anthu amoyo,
sindidzaonanso mtundu wa anthu
kapena kukhala pamodzi ndi amene amakhala pa dziko lapansi lino.
12Nyumba yanga yasasuka
ndipo yachotsedwa.
Ngati tenti ya mʼbusa mwapindapinda moyo wanga,
ngati munthu wowomba nsalu;
kuyambira usana mpaka usiku mwakhala mukundisiya.
13Ndinkalira kupempha chithandizo usiku wonse mpaka mmawa;
koma Inu Yehova munaphwanya mafupa anga ngati mkango,
ndipo mwakhala mukundisiya.
14Ndinkalira ngati namzeze kapena chumba,
ndinkabuwula ngati nkhunda yodandaula.
Maso anga anatopa nʼkuyangʼana mlengalenga.
Inu Ambuye, ine ndili mʼmavuto bwerani mudzandithandize!”
15Koma ine ndinganene chiyani?
Yehova wayankhula nane, ndipo Iye ndiye wachita zimenezi.
Chifukwa cha kuwawa kwa mtima wanga,
ine ndidzayenda modzichepetsa masiku amoyo wanga onse.
16Ambuye, masiku anga ali mʼmanja mwanu.
Mzimu wanga upeza moyo mwa Inu.
Munandichiritsa ndi
kundikhalitsa ndi moyo.
17Ndithudi, ine ndinamva zowawa zotere
kuti ndikhale ndi moyo;
Inu munandisunga
kuti ndisapite ku dzenje la chiwonongeko
chifukwa mwakhululukira
machimo anga onse.
18Pakuti akumanda sangathe kukutamandani,
akufa sangayimbe nyimbo yokutamandani.
Iwo amene akutsikira ku dzenje
sangakukhulupirireni.
19Amoyo, amoyo okha ndiwo amakutamandani,
monga mmene ndikuchitira ine lero lino;
abambo amawuza ana awo za
kukhulupirika kwanu.
20Yehova watipulumutsa.
Tiyeni tiyimbe ndi zoyimbira za zingwe
masiku onse a moyo wathu
mʼNyumba ya Yehova.
21Yesaya anati, “Anthu atenge mʼbulu wankhunyu ndipo apake pa chithupsacho ndipo Hezekiya adzachira.”
22Hezekiya nʼkuti atafunsa kuti, “Kodi chizindikiro chako nʼchiyani chotsimikiza kuti ndidzapita ku Nyumba ya Yehova?”
