Hezekiah's Sickness
1 In 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.
Siku hizo Hezekia aliugua, akawa katika hatari ya kufa; na Isaya nabii, mwana wa Amozi, akaenda kwa mfalme, akamwambia, Bwana asema hivi, Tengeneza mambo ya nyumba yako; maana utakufa, wala hutapona.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
Basi Hezekia akajigeuza, akaelekeza uso wake ukutani, akamwomba Bwana,
3 and 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.
akasema, Ee Bwana, kumbuka haya, nakusihi, kwamba nimekwenda mbele zako katika kweli na kwa moyo mkamilifu, na kutenda yaliyo mema machoni pako. Hezekia akalia sana sana.
4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
Ikawa, neno la Bwana likamjia Isaya, kusema,
5 Go, 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.
Enenda ukamwambie Hezekia, Bwana, Mungu wa Daudi, baba yako, asema hivi, Mimi nimeyasikia maombi yako, nimeyaona machozi yako; tazama, nitaziongeza siku zako, kiasi cha miaka kumi na mitano.
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
Nami nitakuokoa wewe, na mji huu, na mkono wa mfalme wa Ashuru, nami nitaulinda mji huu.
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Jambo hili liwe ishara kwako, itokayo kwa Bwana, ya kuwa Bwana atalitimiza jambo hili alilolisema;
8 Behold, 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.
Tazama, nitakirudisha nyuma kivuli madaraja kumi, ambayo kilishuka juu ya duara ya Ahazi kwa sababu ya jua. Basi jua likarudi madaraja kumi katika hiyo duara, ambayo limekwisha kushuka.
Hymn of Thanksgiving
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
Haya ndiyo maandiko ya Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda, alipokuwa hawezi, naye akapona ugonjwa wake.
10 I 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.
Nalisema, Katika usitawi wa siku zangu nitakwenda kuingia malango ya kuzimu; Nimenyimwa mabaki ya miaka yangu.
11 I 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.
Nalisema, Sitamwona Bwana, yeye Bwana, katika nchi ya walio hai; Sitamwona mwanadamu tena pamoja na hao wakaao duniani.
12 Mine 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.
Kao langu limeondolewa kabisa, limechukuliwa kama hema ya mchungaji; Nimekunja maisha yangu kama mfumaji; atanikatilia mbali na kitanda cha mfumi; Tangu mchana hata usiku wanimaliza.
13 I 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.
Nalijituliza hata asubuhi; kama simba, aivunja mifupa yangu yote; Tangu mchana hata usiku wanimaliza.
14 Like 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.
Kama mbayuwayu au korongo ndivyo nilivyolia; Naliomboleza kama hua; macho yangu yamedhoofu kwa kutazama juu; Ee Bwana, nimeonewa, na uwe mdhamini wangu.
15 What 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.
Niseme nini? Yeye amenena nami, na yeye mwenyewe ametenda hayo; Nitakwenda polepole miaka yangu yote, kwa sababu ya uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
16 O 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.
Ee Bwana, kwa mambo hayo watu huishi; Na uhai wa roho yangu u katika hayo yote; Kwa hiyo uniponye na kunihuisha.
17 Behold, 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.
Tazama; nalikuwa na uchungu mwingi kwa ajili ya amani yangu; Lakini kwa kunipenda umeniokoa na shimo la uharibifu; Kwa maana umezitupa dhambi zangu zote nyuma yako.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee:
They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Kwa kuwa kuzimu hakuwezi kukusifu; mauti haiwezi kukuadhimisha; Wale washukao shimoni hawawezi kuitarajia kweli yako.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:
The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Aliye hai, naam, aliye hai, ndiye atakayekusifu, kama mimi leo; Baba atawajulisha watoto kweli yako.
20 The 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.
Bwana yu tayari kunipa wokovu. Basi, kwa vinubi tutaziimba nyimbo zangu, Siku zote za maisha yetu nyumbani mwa Bwana.
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Maana Isaya amesema, Na watwae mkate wa tini, wakauweke juu ya jipu, naye atapona.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Tena Hezekia alikuwa amesema, Iko ishara gani ya kunionyesha ya kuwa nitapanda niingie nyumbani mwa Bwana?
