Isaiah 38

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.

فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ مَرِضَ حَزَقِيَّا لِلْمَوْتِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ النَّبِيُّ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: أَوْصِ بَيْتَكَ لأَنَّكَ تَمُوتُ وَلاَ تَعِيشُ».

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

فَوَجَّهَ حَزَقِيَّا وَجْهَهُ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ

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.

وَقَالَ: «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، اذْكُرْ كَيْفَ سِرْتُ أَمَامَكَ بِالأَمَانَةِ وَبِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ وَفَعَلْتُ الْحَسَنَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ». وَبَكَى حَزَقِيَّا بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا.

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

فَصَارَ قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى إِشَعْيَاءَ قَائِلاً:

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.

«اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِحَزَقِيَّا: هكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ صَلاَتَكَ. قَدْ رَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَكَ. هأَنَذَا أُضِيفُ إِلَى أَيَّامِكَ خَمْسَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً.

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

وَمِنْ يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ أُنْقِذُكَ وَهذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ. وَأُحَامِي عَنْ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

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

وَهذِهِ لَكَ الْعَلاَمَةُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَفْعَلُ هذَا الأَمْرَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ:

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.

هأَنَذَا أُرَجِّعُ ظِلَّ الدَّرَجَاتِ الَّذِي نَزَلَ فِي دَرَجَاتِ آحَازَ بِالشَّمْسِ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ». فَرَجَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَشَرَ دَرَجَاتٍ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ الَّتِي نَزَلَتْهَا.

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

كِتَابَةٌ لِحَزَقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا إِذْ مَرِضَ وَشُفِيَ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ:

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.

أَنَا قُلْتُ: «فِي عِزِّ أَيَّامِي أَذْهَبُ إِلَى أَبْوَابِ الْهَاوِيَةِ. قَدْ أُعْدِمْتُ بَقِيَّةَ سِنِيَّ.

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.

قُلْتُ: لاَ أَرَى الرَّبَّ. الرَّبَّ فِي أَرْضِ الأَحْيَاءِ. لاَ أَنْظُرُ إِنْسَانًا بَعْدُ مَعَ سُكَّانِ الْفَانِيَةِ.

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.

مَسْكِنِي قَدِ انْقَلَعَ وَانْتَقَلَ عَنِّي كَخَيْمَةِ الرَّاعِي. لَفَفْتُ كَالْحَائِكِ حَيَاتِي. مِنَ النَّوْلِ يَقْطَعُنِي. النَّهَارَ وَاللَّيْلَ تُفْنِينِي.

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.

صَرَخْتُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ. كَالأَسَدِ هكَذَا يُهَشِّمُ جَمِيعَ عِظَامِي. النَّهَارَ وَالَّلَيْلَ تُفْنِينِي.

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.

كَسُنُونةٍ مُزَقْزِقةٍ هكَذَا أَصِيحُ. أَهْدِرُ كَحَمَامَةٍ. قَدْ ضَعُفَتْ عَيْنَايَ نَاظِرَةً إِلَى العَلاَءِ. يَا رَبُّ، قَدْ تَضَايَقْتُ. كُنْ لِي ضَامِنًا.

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.

بِمَاذَا أَتَكَلَّمُ، فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لِي وَهُوَ قَدْ فَعَلَ. أَتَمَشَّى مُتَمَهِّلاً كُلَّ سِنِيَّ مِن أَجْلِ مَرَارَةِ نَفْسِي.

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.

أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ، بِهذِهِ يَحْيَوْنَ، وَبِهَا كُلُّ حَيَاةِ رُوحِي فَتَشْفِينِي وَتُحْيِينِي.

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.

هُوَذَا لِلسَّلاَمَةِ قَدْ تَحَوَّلَتْ لِيَ الْمَرَارَةُ، وَأَنْتَ تَعَلَّقْتَ بِنَفْسِي مِنْ وَهْدَةِ الْهَلاَكِ، فَإِنَّكَ طَرَحْتَ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِكَ كُلَّ خَطَايَايَ.

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

لأَنَّ الْهَاوِيَةَ لاَ تَحْمَدُكَ. الْمَوْتُ لاَ يُسَبِّحُكَ. لاَ يَرْجُو الْهَابِطُونَ إِلَى الْجُبِّ أَمَانَتَكَ.

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

الْحَيُّ الْحَيُّ هُوَ يَحْمَدُكَ كَمَا أَنَا الْيَوْمَ. الأَبُ يُعَرِّفُ الْبَنِينَ حَقَّكَ.

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.

الرَّبُّ لِخَلاَصِي. فَنَعْزِفُ بِأَوْتَارِنَا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِنَا فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ».

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

وَكَانَ إِشَعْيَاءُ قَدْ قَالَ: «لِيَأْخُذُوا قُرْصَ تِينٍ وَيَضْمُدُوهُ عَلَى الدَّبْلِ فَيَبْرَأَ».

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

وَحَزَقِيَّا قَالَ: «مَا هِيَ الْعَلاَمَةُ أَنِّي أَصْعَدُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ؟».