Kuugua Kwa Mfalme Hezekia
(2 Wafalme 20:1-11; 2 Nyakati 32:24-26)
138:1 Isa 37:2-3; 2Sam 17:23; 2Fal 8:10Katika siku hizo Hezekia akaugua, naye akawa karibu kufa. Nabii Isaya mwana wa Amozi akaenda kwake na kumwambia, “Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: Tengeneza mambo ya nyumba yako, kwa sababu utakufa, hutapona.”
2Hezekia akaelekeza uso wake ukutani, akamwomba Bwana: 338:3 Neh 5:19; 13:14; Kum 6:18; Za 26:3; 1Fal 8:61; 2Nya 29:19; Za 6:8“Ee Bwana, kumbuka jinsi nilivyoenenda mbele zako kwa uaminifu na kujitoa kwa moyo wangu wote, na kufanya yaliyo mema machoni pako.” Naye Hezekia akalia kwa uchungu.
438:4 1Sam 13:13; Isa 39:5Ndipo neno la Bwana likamjia Isaya, kusema: 538:5 2Fal 18:2-3; Za 6:6“Nenda ukamwambie Hezekia, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, Mungu wa baba yako Daudi: Nimeyasikia maombi yako na nimeona machozi yako. Nitakuongezea miaka kumi na mitano katika maisha yako. 638:6 Isa 31:5; 37:35Nami nitakuokoa wewe pamoja na mji huu mkononi mwa mfalme wa Ashuru. Nitaulinda mji huu.
738:7 Mwa 24:14; 2Fal 20:8; 2Nya 32:31; Isa 7:11, 14; 20:3“ ‘Hii ndiyo ishara ya Bwana kwako ya kwamba Bwana atafanya kile alichoahidi: 838:8 Yos 10:13Nitafanya kivuli cha jua kwenye ngazi iliyojengwa na Ahazi kirudi nyuma madaraja kumi.’ ” Hivyo jua likarudi nyuma madaraja kumi ambayo lilikuwa limeshuka.
9Maandiko ya Hezekia mfalme wa Yuda baada ya kuugua kwake na kupona:
1038:10 Ay 17:16; Za 102:24; 2Kor 1:9; Ay 17:11; Za 107:18Nilisema, “Katika ustawi wa maisha yangu,
je, ni lazima nipite katika malango ya mauti,38:10 Mauti hapa maana yake ni Kuzimu.
na kupokonywa miaka yangu iliyobaki?”
1138:11 Za 27:13; Ay 28:13; 35:14; Isa 12:2; Za 116:5Nilisema, “Sitamwona tena Bwana,
Bwana katika nchi ya walio hai,
wala sitamtazama tena mwanadamu,
wala kuwa na wale ambao sasa wanakaa katika ulimwengu huu.
1238:12 2Kor 5:4; Ay 4:21; Isa 33:20; Ebr 1:12; Hes 11:15; Za 32:4; 1Pet 1:13-14Kama hema la mchunga mifugo,
nyumba yangu imebomolewa na kutwaliwa kutoka kwangu.
Kama mfumaji nimevingirisha maisha yangu,
naye amenikatilia mbali kutoka kitanda cha mfumi.
Mchana na usiku uliyakomesha maisha yangu.
1338:13 Ay 9:17; Mao 3:4; Yer 34:17; Za 37:7; 51:8; Ay 10:16; Dan 6:24Nilingoja kwa uvumilivu hadi mapambazuko,
lakini alivunja mifupa yangu yote kama simba.
Mchana na usiku uliyakomesha maisha yangu.
1438:14 Isa 59:11; Mwa 50:24; Ay 17:3; Mwa 8:8; Za 6:7Nililia kama mbayuwayu au korongo,
niliomboleza kama hua aombolezaye.
Macho yangu yalififia nilipotazama mbinguni.
Ee Bwana, ninataabika, njoo unisaidie!”
1538:15 Ay 7:11; 1Fal 21:27; Za 39:9; 2Sam 7:20Lakini niseme nini?
Amesema nami, naye yeye mwenyewe amelitenda hili.
Nitatembea kwa unyenyekevu
katika miaka yangu yote
kwa sababu ya haya maumivu makali
ya nafsi yangu.
1638:16 Ebr 12:9; Za 119:25Bwana, kwa mambo kama haya watu huishi,
nayo roho yangu hupata uzima katika hayo pia.
Uliniponya
na kuniacha niishi.
1738:17 Yer 31:34; Mik 7:19; Ay 17:16; Za 103:3, 12; Rum 8:28; Ebr 12:11; Isa 43:25Hakika ilikuwa ya faida yangu
ndiyo maana nikapata maumivu makali.
Katika upendo wako ukaniokoa
kutoka shimo la uharibifu;
umeziweka dhambi zangu zote
nyuma yako.
1838:18 Mhu 9:10; Hes 16:30; Za 6:5; 30:9; 88:10-11; 115:17Kwa maana kaburi38:18 Kaburini hapa maana yake ni Kuzimu, kwa Kiebrania ni Sheol. haliwezi kukusifu,
mauti haiwezi kuimba sifa zako;
wale washukao chini shimoni
hawawezi kuutarajia uaminifu wako.
1938:19 Kum 6:7; 11:19; Za 78:3; 118:7; 119:175Walio hai, walio hai: hao wanakusifu,
kama ninavyofanya leo.
Baba huwaambia watoto wao
habari za uaminifu wako.
2038:20 Za 68:25; 9:13; 45:8; 116:17-19; 63:4; 23:6Bwana ataniokoa,
nasi tutaimba kwa vyombo vya nyuzi
siku zote za maisha yetu
katika Hekalu la Bwana.
21Isaya alikuwa amesema, “Tengenezeni dawa ya kubandika ya tini, mweke juu ya jipu, naye atapona.”
22Hezekia alikuwa ameuliza, “Kutakuwa na ishara gani kwamba nitapanda kwenda Hekalu la Bwana?”
Hezekiah’s illness
1In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.’
2Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3‘Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.’ And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5‘Go and tell Hezekiah, “This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7‘ “This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 8I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.” ’ So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.
9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10I said, ‘In the prime of my life
must I go through the gates of death
and be robbed of the rest of my years?’
11I said, ‘I will not again see the Lord himself
in the land of the living;
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12Like a shepherd’s tent my house
has been pulled down and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled up my life,
and he has cut me off from the loom;
day and night you made an end of me.
13I waited patiently till dawn,
but like a lion he broke all my bones;
day and night you made an end of me.
14I cried like a swift or thrush,
I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.
I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!’
15But what can I say?
He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.
I will walk humbly all my years
because of this anguish of my soul.
16Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.
17Surely it was for my benefit
that I suffered such anguish.
In your love you kept me
from the pit of destruction;
you have put all my sins
behind your back.
18For the grave cannot praise you,
death cannot sing your praise;
those who go down to the pit
cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19The living, the living – they praise you,
as I am doing today;
parents tell their children
about your faithfulness.
20The Lord will save me,
and we will sing with stringed instruments
all the days of our lives
in the temple of the Lord.
21Isaiah had said, ‘Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.’
22Hezekiah had asked, ‘What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?’
