Hezekiah Gets Sick and Almost Dies
(2 Chronicles 32.24-26Isaiah 38.1-8Isaiah 21Isaiah 22)1 About this time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. Isaiah the prophet went in and told him, “The Lord says you won't ever get well. You are going to die, so you had better start doing what needs to be done.”
2 Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed, 3 “Don't forget that I have been faithful to you, Lord. I have obeyed you with all my heart, and I do whatever you say is right.” After this, he cried bitterly.
4 Before Isaiah got to the middle court of the palace, 5 the Lord sent him back to Hezekiah with this message:
Hezekiah, you are the ruler of my people, and I am the Lord God, who was worshiped by your ancestor David. I heard you pray, and I saw you cry. I will heal you, so that three days from now you will be able to worship in my temple. 6 I will let you live 15 years more, while I protect you and your city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city as an honor to me and to my servant David.
7 Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, “Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well.”
8 Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “Can you prove that the Lord will heal me, so that I can worship in his temple in three days?”
9 Isaiah replied, “The Lord will prove to you that he will keep his promise. Will the shadow made by the setting sun on the stairway go forward ten steps or back ten steps?”
10 “It's normal for the sun to go forward,” Hezekiah answered. “But how can it go back?”
11 Isaiah prayed, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway built for King Ahaz.
The Lord Is Still with Hezekiah
(Isaiah 39.1-8)12 Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah had been sick, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him. 13 Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oils that were in his storehouse. He even showed them where he kept his weapons. Nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom was kept hidden from them.
14 Isaiah asked Hezekiah, “Where did these men come from? What did they want?”
“They came all the way from Babylonia,” Hezekiah answered.
15 “What did you show them?” Isaiah asked.
Hezekiah answered, “I showed them everything in my kingdom.”
16 Then Isaiah told Hezekiah:
I have a message for you from the Lord. 17 One day everything you and your ancestors have stored up will be taken to Babylonia. The Lord has promised that nothing will be left. 18 Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king's palace.
19 Hezekiah thought, “At least our nation will be at peace for a while.” So he told Isaiah, “The message you brought me from the Lord is good.”
Hezekiah Dies
(2 Chronicles 32.322 33)20 Everything else Hezekiah did while he was king, including his brave deeds and how he made the upper pool and tunnel bring water into Jerusalem, is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 21 Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh became king.
Bugwele gwa Hezekiya ne pola kukwe
(Isaya 38:1-8, Isaya 21-222 Zwiyitikalo 32:24-26)1 Kwakati mu mazhuba iyawo Hezekiya kagwala kwaakabe pejo ngofa. Isaya nlebesambeli nkololo wa Amozi, kayenda kunli kan'dwa kati, “Yahwe bakati, ‘Lulwamisa zwe nsha uwo ngoti unowofa, autowopola.’ ” 2 Ipapo Hezekiya kashanduka kalinga ku guma ngono katembezela Yahwe eti, 3 “Yahwe ndomukumbila, alakanani sekwa ndakatjila mbeli kwenyu, ndigalikabgwe nge buzhalo, ndishinga nge moyo wangu wose kakale ndishinga zwakanaka mbeli kwenyu.” Hezekiya kalila zwinogwadza. 4 Ngono kwakati Isaya asathu kabhuda mu nsha upakati, dama la Yahwe likazha kunli liti, 5 “Shanduka udwe Hezekiya ntungamili we bathu bangu uti, ‘Etji nditjo tjinolebgwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wa tate babo Dafite, nda hwa ntembezelo uwo, ndabona mishodzi iyo, bona, ndowokupodza ngono mu zhuba le butatu unowoyenda ku ng'umba ya Yahwe. 6 Ndowopapha butjilo gugo nge makole ali gumi lina mashanu (15). Ndowosunungula iwe ne nzi nkulu iwoyu mu luboko gwa mambo we Asiriya. Ndowobakilila nzi nkulu iwoyu nge kwangu ne ngekwe nlanda wangu Dafite.’ ” 7 Ipapo Isaya kati, “Zhisani tjiwunga tje phaya ngono mutjibige pa londa kuti ndizo apole.” 8 Ngono Hezekiya kabhuzwa Isaya kati, “Tjilakidzo tjowobeni tjekuti Yahwe banowondipodza, nekuti ndiyende ku ng'umba ya Yahwe mu zhuba le butatu?” 9 Ngono Isaya kandwa kati, “Yetji nditjo tjilakidzo kukuli tjinodwa kuna Yahwe tjekuti Yahwe banowothama tjabakakugadzabgwe. Apa unoshaka ntutshi uyende mbeli thambo dzili gumi, kene ubgwilile shule thambo dzili gumi kene?” 10 Ngono Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Tjithu tjilelulelu kuti ntutshi uyende mbeli thambo dzili gumi, koyita ungabgwilila shule thambo dzili gumi.” 11 Isaya we nlebesambeli kalilila kuna Yahwe ngono bakabgwiliza ntutshi shule thambo dzili gumi pawakabe wapinda tjilakidza tjibaka tja Ahazi.
Batumwa banodwa ku Bhabhiloni
(Isaya 39:1-8)12 Mu tjibaka itjetjo Merodakhi Baladani nkololo wa Baladani mambo we Bhabhiloni katumila hwalo ne zwipo kuna Hezekiya ngoti wakabe ahwa ngekwe bugwele gwa Hezekiya. 13 Hezekiya kabaamutjila ngono kabalakidza dula le fumwa iye. Kabalakidza siliva ne golide ne zwipayisi ne mafuta e themba ipezhugwi, kabalakidza ne zwibhayano zwizwe, kabalakidza kose kwakabe kuli mu matula awe. Akuna tjimwe Hezekiya tjaakasiya mu ng'umba iye kene mu bumambo gugwe asabalakidza itjo. 14 Ipapo nlebesambeli Isaya kazha kuna Mambo Hezekiya kan'dwa kati, “Balume ibaba badwa ngayi, bakatini?” Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Bazha kundili bedwa ku shango ikule, shango ye Bhabhiloni.” 15 Isaya kabhuzwa eti, “Babonani mu ng'umba iyo?” Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Babona kose kungabong'wa mu ng'umba yangu, akuna tjimu matula angu tjandisabalakidza.” 16 Ipapo Isaya kabe edwa Hezekiya eti, “Ihwa kuti Yahwe bakatini? 17 Bona, mazhuba anozha anowoti zose zwimu ng'umba iyo naizo zose zwetjinga zwakakubunganyiwa ndi botate babo mu matula kuswikila nasi zwikasengegwa ku Bhabhiloni, akuna tjinowosala, koleba Yahwe. 18 Bamwe be bakololo babo bawakazwala banowotapiwa, banowobe ngomwa mu ng'umba ye bumambo ya mambo we Bhabhiloni.” 19 Ipapo Hezekiya kabe eti kuna Isaya, “Dama la Yahwe lawaleba lakalulwama.” Wakajalo ngobe wakakumbula eti, “Mbakiso ne mbakililo zowobepo mu mazhuba angu.”
Bhelelo le mbuso wa Hezekiya
(2 Zwiyitikalo 32:32-33)20 Mimwe mishingo ya Hezekiya na zose zwaakatubula na sekwaakathama tshime ne kuzhisa vula mu nzi nkulu zwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Juda. 21 Hezekiya kalala na botate babe ngono Manase nkololo uwe kan'gala thaka.