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 فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ مَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا لِلْمَوْتِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ إِشَعْيَا بْنُ آمُوصَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَوْصِ بَيْتَكَ لِأَنَّكَ تَمُوتُ وَلَا تَعِيشُ».

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

2 فَوَجَّهَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى ٱلْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

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 «آهِ يَارَبُّ، ٱذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سِرْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ وَبِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ، وَفَعَلْتُ ٱلْحَسَنَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا.

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

4 وَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِشَعْيَا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْوُسْطَى حَتَّى كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلًا:

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 «ٱرْجِعْ وَقُلْ لِحَزَقِيَّا رَئِيسِ شَعْبِي: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلَاتَكَ. قَدْ رَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ. هَأَنَذَا أَشْفِيكَ. فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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 وَأَزِيدُ عَلَى أَيَّامِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ مَعَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَأُحَامِي عَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي».

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

7 فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَا: «خُذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ». فَأَخَذُوهَا وَوَضَعُوهَا عَلَى ٱلدَّبْلِ فَبَرِئَ.

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 وَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لِإِشَعْيَا: «مَا ٱلْعَلَامَةُ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَشْفِينِي فَأَصْعَدَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ؟»

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 فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَا: «هَذِهِ لَكَ عَلَامَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ: هَلْ يَسِيرُ ٱلظِّلُّ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ أَوْ يَرْجِعُ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ؟».

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

10 فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا: «إِنَّهُ يَسِيرٌ عَلَى ٱلظِّلِّ أَنْ يَمْتَدَّ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ. لَا! بَلْ يَرْجِعُ ٱلظِّلُّ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ!».

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 فَدَعَا إِشَعْيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱلرَّبَّ، فَأَرْجَعَ ٱلظِّلَّ بِٱلدَّرَجَاتِ ٱلَّتِي نَزَلَ بِهَا بِدَرَجَاتِ آحَازَ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ.

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 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ أَرْسَلَ بَرُودَخُ بَلَادَانُ بْنُ بَلَادَانَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ رَسَائِلَ وَهَدِيَّةً إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا، لِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا قَدْ مَرِضَ.

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 فَسَمِعَ لَهُمْ حَزَقِيَّا وَأَرَاهُمْ كُلَّ بَيْتِ ذَخَائِرِهِ، وَٱلْفِضَّةَ وَٱلذَّهَبَ وَٱلْأَطْيَابَ وَٱلزَّيْتَ ٱلطَّيِّبَ، وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَسْلِحَتِهِ وَكُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِي خَزَائِنِهِ. لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ لَمْ يُرِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ حَزَقِيَّا فِي بَيْتِهِ وَفِي كُلِّ سَلْطَنَتِهِ.

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 فَجَاءَ إِشَعْيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالُ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ؟» فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا: «جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، مِنْ بَابِلَ»

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 فَقَالَ: «مَاذَا رَأَوْا فِي بَيْتِكَ؟» فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا: «رَأَوْا كُلَّ مَا فِي بَيْتِي. لَيْسَ فِي خَزَائِنِي شَيْءٌ لَمْ أُرِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ».

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

16 فَقَالَ إِشَعْيَا لِحَزَقِيَّا: «ٱسْمَعْ قَوْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ:

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 هُوَذَا تَأْتِي أَيَّامٌ يُحْمَلُ فِيهَا كُلُّ مَا فِي بَيْتِكَ، وَمَا ذَخَرَهُ آبَاؤُكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. لَا يُتْرَكُ شَيْءٌ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

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 وَيُؤْخَذُ مِنْ بَنِيكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْكَ، ٱلَّذِينَ تَلِدُهُمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ خِصْيَانًا فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ».

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 فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لِإِشَعْيَا: «جَيِّدٌ هُوَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «فَكَيْفَ لَا، إِنْ يَكُنْ سَلَامٌ وَأَمَانٌ فِي أَيَّامِي؟».

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 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ حَزَقِيَّا وَكُلُّ جَبَرُوتِهِ، وَكَيْفَ عَمِلَ ٱلْبِرْكَةَ وَٱلْقَنَاةَ وَأَدْخَلَ ٱلْمَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

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

21 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ حَزَقِيَّا مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَمَلَكَ مَنَسَّى ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.