希西迦的病危与康复

20 那些天,希西迦病危,亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚先知前来对他说:“耶和华说,‘你要交待后事,因为你要死了,你的病不能康复。’” 希西迦把脸转向墙,向耶和华祷告,说: “耶和华啊,求你顾念我怎样全心、忠诚地事奉你,做你视为善的事。”希西迦痛哭起来。 当时,以赛亚还没有走出中院,耶和华对他说: “回去告诉我子民的首领希西迦,‘你祖先大卫的上帝耶和华说,我已听见你的祷告,看见了你的眼泪。我要医治你,三天后你就可以上耶和华的殿。 我要使你的寿命增加十五年,我要从亚述王手中拯救你和这城。为我自己和我仆人大卫的缘故,我要保护这城。’”

以赛亚说:“拿一块无花果饼贴在王的疮上,他就会痊愈。”

希西迦问以赛亚:“有什么兆头证明耶和华要医治我,三天后我可以上耶和华的殿呢?” 以赛亚说:“耶和华要给你一个兆头,证明祂言出必行。你要日影前进十度还是后退十度呢?” 10 希西迦说:“日影前进十度容易,让日影后退十度吧。” 11 以赛亚先知向耶和华祈求,耶和华就使亚哈斯日晷上的日影后退了十度。

巴比伦的使者来访

12 那时,巴拉但的儿子巴比伦王米罗达·巴拉但听说希西迦病了,便派人送去书信和礼物。 13 希西迦接见使者,让他们观看国库里的金银、香料、珍贵膏油、所有兵器和一切宝物。希西迦把宫中及国内的一切都给他们看。

14 以赛亚先知来见希西迦王,问他:“这些人说了些什么?他们从哪里来?”希西迦答道:“他们来自遥远的巴比伦。” 15 以赛亚问:“他们在你宫里看到了什么?”希西迦答道:“他们看到了我宫中的一切。我把国库里的一切都给他们看了。”

16 以赛亚对希西迦说:“你听着,耶和华说, 17 ‘终有一天,你宫中的一切和你祖先积攒到现在的一切,必一件不留地被掳到巴比伦。这是耶和华说的。 18 你的子孙当中必有人被掳去,在巴比伦王的宫中做太监。’” 19 希西迦对以赛亚说:“耶和华借你说的话很好。”因为他想:“至少我有生之年将平安稳妥。”

20 希西迦其他的事迹和成就,包括怎样建造水池和挖沟引水入城,都记在犹大的列王史上。 21 希西迦与祖先同眠后,他儿子玛拿西继位。

希西家病危與康復(A)

20 在那些日子,希西家病得要死了。亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞先知來見他,對他說:“耶和華這樣說:‘你要留遺命給你的家人,因為你將要死,不能再活了。’” 他卻轉臉向牆,禱告耶和華說: “唉,耶和華啊!求你記念我曾怎樣以真誠和完全的心在你面前行事為人,我所行的都是你看為善的事。”希西家就痛哭起來。 以賽亞還沒有出到中院,耶和華的話就臨到他說: “你回去對我子民的君主希西家說:‘你祖大衛的 神耶和華這樣說:我聽見了你的禱告,看見了你的眼淚。看哪,我必醫治你,第三日你要上耶和華的殿。 我必把十五年的壽命增添給你。我要拯救你和這城脫離亞述王的手,又要因我自己和我僕人大衛的緣故保護這城。’” 以賽亞說:“取一片無花果餅來。”他們就取了來,把它貼在瘡上。希西家就痊愈了。

希西家對以賽亞說:“有甚麼徵兆告訴我耶和華必醫治我,第三日我能上耶和華的殿呢?” 以賽亞說:“這就是耶和華給你的徵兆,顯明耶和華必成全他應許的這事:你要日影向前進十級或是倒退十級呢?” 10 希西家說:“日影延伸十級容易;不,我要日影倒後十級。” 11 以賽亞先知呼求耶和華,他就使日晷上的日影,就是在亞哈斯的日晷上已經下移的日影倒退了十級。

希西家展示所有寶物(B)

12 那時,巴比倫王巴拉但的兒子比羅達.巴拉但送信和禮物給希西家,因為他聽見希西家病了。 13 希西家聽了使者的話,隨後把寶庫內的一切銀子、金子、香料、貴重的油和軍器庫,以及他寶庫內一切所有的,都給他們看。無論是在他的宮中或是在全國各地的,希西家沒有一樣不給他們看的。 14 後來,以賽亞先知來到希西家王那裡,對他說:“這些人說了些甚麼?他們是從哪裡來見你的呢?”希西家說:“他們是從遙遠的巴比倫來見我的。” 15 以賽亞說:“他們在你宮中看到了甚麼呢?”希西家說:“我宮中的一切,他們都看見了。在我寶庫內的,我沒有一樣不給他們看的。”

以賽亞預言被擄(C)

16 以賽亞對希西家說:“你要聽耶和華的話: 17 ‘看哪,日子快到,那時你宮中的一切和你的祖先所積存直到今日的一切,都要被掠到巴比倫去,沒有一樣留下。’這是耶和華說的。 18 並且你的眾子中,就是由你所出,你所生的,有一部分要被擄去。他們要在巴比倫王的王宮中當太監。” 19 希西家對以賽亞說:“你所說耶和華的話很好。”他心裡說:“在我的日子有和平和安全不是很好嗎?” 20 希西家其餘的事蹟和他所有的英勇事蹟,以及他做水池和引水道,把水引入城裡的事,不是都寫在猶大列王的年代誌上嗎? 21 希西家和他的祖先一同長眠,他的兒子瑪拿西就接續他作王。

Hezekiah’s Illness(A)

20 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, “Remember,(B) Lord, how I have walked(C) before you faithfully(D) and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard(E) your prayer and seen your tears;(F) I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend(G) this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’”

Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil,(H) and he recovered.

Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”

Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign(I) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”

10 “It is a simple(J) matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”

11 Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back(K) the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

Envoys From Babylon(L)(M)

12 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness. 13 Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine olive oil—his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?”

“From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came from Babylon.”

15 The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?”

“They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: 17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.(N) Nothing will be left, says the Lord. 18 And some of your descendants,(O) your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”(P)

19 “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?”

20 As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool(Q) and the tunnel(R) by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 21 Hezekiah rested with his ancestors. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.

20 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now 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.

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?

And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.

12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.

15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord.

17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.