2 Kings 20

1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

1 那些日子，希西迦病危，亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚先知前来对他说：“耶和华说，‘你要交待后事，因为你要死了，你必无法康复。’”

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

2 希西迦把脸转向墙，向耶和华祷告，说：

3 “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

3 “耶和华啊，求你顾念我怎样全心、忠诚地事奉你，做你视为善的事。”希西迦痛哭起来。

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

4 当时，以赛亚还没有走出中院，耶和华对他说：

5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.

5 “回去告诉我子民的首领希西迦，‘你祖先大卫的上帝耶和华说，我垂听了你的祷告，也看见了你的眼泪。我要医治你，第三天你就可以上耶和华的殿。

6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

6 我要使你的寿命增加十五年，我要从亚述王手中拯救你和这城。我要为自己和我仆人大卫的缘故保护这城。’”

7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

7 以赛亚说：“拿一块无花果饼来。”他们就拿来贴在王的疮上，他就痊愈了。

8 Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”

8 希西迦问以赛亚：“有什么兆头证明耶和华要医治我，第三天我可以上耶和华的殿呢？”

9 And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”

9 以赛亚说：“耶和华要给你一个兆头，证明祂言出必行。你要日影前进十度还是后退十度呢？”

10 “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

10 希西迦说：“日影前进十度容易，让日影后退十度吧。”

11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

11 以赛亚先知向耶和华祈求，耶和华就使亚哈斯日晷上的日影后退了十度。

12 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.

12 那时，巴拉但的儿子巴比伦王米罗达·巴拉但听说希西迦病了，便派人送来书信和礼物。

13 And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

13 希西迦接见使者，让他们观看国库里的金银、香料、珍贵膏油、所有兵器和一切宝物。希西迦把宫中及国内的一切悉数给他们看。

14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

14 以赛亚先知来见希西迦王，问他：“这些人说了些什么？他们从哪里来？”希西迦答道：“他们来自遥远的巴比伦。”

15 “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

15 以赛亚问：“他们在你宫里看到了什么？”希西迦答道：“他们看到了我宫中的一切。我把国库里的一切悉数给他们看了。”

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:

16 以赛亚对希西迦说：“你要听耶和华的话，

17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

17 ‘看啊，时候快到了，你宫中的一切和你祖先积攒到现在的一切必被掳到巴比伦，一件不留。这是耶和华说的。

18 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

18 你自己亲生的子孙中必有人被掳去，在巴比伦王的宫中做太监。’”

19 But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

19 希西迦对以赛亚说：“耶和华借你说的话很好。”因为他想：“至少我有生之年将平安稳妥。”

20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

20 希西迦其他的事和功业，包括他建造水池和挖沟引水入城的事迹，都记在《犹大列王史》上。

21 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

21 希西迦与祖先同眠后，他儿子玛拿西继位。