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.

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.'"

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

Ezekija se okrenu zidu i ovako se pomoli Jahvi:

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.

"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.

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

Tada dođe riječ Jahvina Izaiji:

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.

"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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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,

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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