Isaiah 38

U ono se vrijeme Ezekija razbolje nasmrt. Prorok Izaija, sin Amosov, dođe mu i reče: "Ovako veli Jahve: 'Uredi kuću svoju, jer ćeš umrijeti, nećeš ozdraviti.'"

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.

Ezekija se okrenu zidu i ovako se pomoli Jahvi:

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

"Ah, Jahve, sjeti se da sam pred tobom hodio vjerno i poštena srca i učinio što je dobro u tvojim očima." I Ezekija briznu u gorak plač.

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.

Tada dođe riječ Jahvina Izaiji:

Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

"Idi i reci Ezekiji: Ovako kaže Jahve, Bog oca tvoga Davida: 'Uslišao sam tvoju molitvu, vidio tvoje suze. Izliječit ću te; za tri dana uzići ćeš u Dom Jahvin. Dodat ću tvome vijeku petnaest godina.

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.

Izbavit ću tebe i ovaj grad iz ruku asirskoga kralja. Jest, zakrilit ću ovaj grad!'"

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

Izaija odgovori: "Evo ti znaka od Jahve da će učiniti što je rekao:

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

sjenu koja je sišla po stupnjevima Ahazova sunčanika vratit ću za deset stupnjeva natrag." I vrati se sunce deset stupnjeva natrag po stupnjevima po kojima bijaše već sišlo.

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.

Pjesan Ezekije, kralja judejskoga, kada se razbolio pa ozdravio od svoje bolesti:

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

"Govorio sam: U podne dana svojih ja moram otići. Na vratima Podzemlja mjesto mi je dano za ostatak mojih ljeta.

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.

Govorio sam: Vidjet više neću Jahve na zemlji živih, vidjet više neću nikoga od stanovnika ovog svijeta.

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.

Stan je moj razvrgnut, bačen daleko, kao šator pastirski; poput tkalca moj si život namotao da bi me otkinuo od osnove. Od jutra do noći skončat ćeš me,

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.

vičem sve do jutra; kao što lav mrska kosti moje, od jutra do noći skončat ćeš me.

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.

Poput laste ja pijučem, zapomažem kao golubica, uzgor mi se okreću oči, zauzmi se, jamči za me.

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.

Kako ću mu govoriti i što ću mu reći? TÓa on je koji djeluje. Slavit ću te sva ljeta svoja, premda s gorčinom u duši.

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.

Gospodine, za tebe živjet će srce moje i živjet će moj duh. Ti ćeš me izliječiti i vratiti mi život,

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.

bolest će mi se pretvorit' u zdravlje. Ti si spasio dušu moju od jame uništenja, za leđa si bacio sve moje grijehe.

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.

Jer Podzemlje ne slavi te, ne hvali te Smrt; oni koji padnu u rupu u tvoju se vjernost više ne uzdaju.

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Živi, živi, jedino on te slavi kao ja danas. Otac naučava sinovima tvoju vjernost.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

U pomoć mi, Jahve priteci, i mi ćemo pjevati uz harfe sve dane svojega života pred Hramom Jahvinim."

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.

Izaija naloži: "Donesite oblog od smokava, privijte mu ga na čir i on će ozdraviti."

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Ezekija upita: "Po kojem ću znaku prepoznati da ću uzići u Dom Jahvin?"

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?