Isaiah 38

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,

2 希西迦把脸转向墙，向耶和华祷告，说：

3 saying, “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 And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

4 耶和华对以赛亚说：

5 “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

5 “你去告诉希西迦，‘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，我要使你的寿命增加十五年。

6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

6 我要从亚述王手中拯救你和这城，我要保护这城。’”

7 This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

7 以赛亚说：“耶和华要给你一个预兆，以证明祂言出必行。

8 I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

8 祂要使亚哈斯日晷上的日影后退十度。”果然，日影后退了十度。

9 This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

9 犹大王希西迦病愈后， 写了一首诗：

10 I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

10 “我以为自己盛年之际， 就要踏入阴间之门， 不能享受余年。

11 I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

11 我以为再也见不到耶和华， 在世间再不能见到祂， 也不能再见到世人。

12 My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

12 我的居所像牧人的帐篷一样被拆走， 我像织布的卷布一样卷起自己的生命， 祂从织布机上把我剪断。 旦夕之间，祂使我的生命戛然而止。

13 I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

13 我整夜哀号， 祂像狮子一样咬断我全身的骨头。 旦夕之间，祂使我的生命戛然而止。

14 I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

14 “我像燕、鹤一样哀鸣， 像鸽子一样呻吟； 我举目望天，双眼疲倦。 耶和华啊！ 我困苦不堪，求你保护我。

15 What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

15 我能说什么呢？ 祂对我说的，祂都亲自成就了。 因为心灵的苦痛，我要一生谨慎行事。

16 O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

16 “主啊，你的法令使人存活， 使我的心灵存活。 主啊，求你使我身体复原， 让我存活。

17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

17 其实我受大苦对我有益。 你施慈爱，从死亡的深坑中拯救我的生命， 将我一切罪恶抛在你背后。

18 For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

18 诚然，阴间不会称谢你， 死亡不会赞美你， 下坟墓的人不会仰望你的信实。

19 The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

19 只有活着的人会像我今天这样称谢你， 父亲会把你的信实告诉子女。

20 The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.

20 “耶和华必救我， 我们要一生一世在祂殿中弹琴歌唱。”

21 Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

21 以赛亚说：“拿一块无花果饼贴在王的疮上，他就会痊愈。”

22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

22 希西迦问：“有什么兆头证明我会上耶和华的殿呢？”