2 Kings 20
1 About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.
Katika siku hizo, Hezekia akaugua, naye akawa karibu kufa. Nabii Isaya mwana wa Amozi akaenda kwake na kumwambia, “Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: Tengeneza mambo ya nyumba yako, kwa sababu utakufa, hutapona.”
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
Hezekia akaelekeza uso wake ukutani, akamwomba Bwana:
3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember nowe, howe I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.
“Ee Bwana, kumbuka jinsi nilivyoenenda mbele zako kwa uaminifu na kujitoa kwa moyo wangu wote, na kufanya yaliyo mema machoni pako.” Naye Hezekia akalia kwa uchungu.
4 And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,
Kabla Isaya hajaondoka katika ua wa kati, neno la Bwana likamjia, akaambiwa:
5 Turne againe, and tell Hezekiah the captaine of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I haue healed thee, and ye third day thou shalt go vp to ye house of ye Lord,
“Rudi ukamwambie Hezekia, kiongozi wa watu wangu, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, Mungu wa baba yako Daudi: Nimeyasikia maombi yako na nimeona machozi yako; nitakuponya. Siku ya tatu kuanzia sasa utapanda kwenda Hekalu la Bwana.
6 And I wil adde vnto thy dayes fiftene yere, and wil deliuer thee and this citie out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and will defende this citie for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruats sake.
Nitakuongezea miaka kumi na mitano katika maisha yako. Nami nitakuokoa wewe pamoja na mji huu mkononi mwa mfalme wa Ashuru. Nitaulinda mji huu kwa ajili yangu, na kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu Daudi!’”
7 Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges. And they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.
Kisha Isaya akasema, “Tengenezeni dawa ya kubandika ya tini.” Wakafanya hivyo na kuiweka kwenye jipu, naye akapona.
8 For Hezekiah had saide vnto Isaiah, What shalbe the signe that the Lord will heale me, and that I shall goe vp into the house of the Lord the thirde day?
Hezekia alikuwa amemuuliza Isaya, “Kutakuwa na ishara gani kwamba Bwana ataniponya mimi, na kwamba nitapanda kwenda Hekalu la Bwana siku ya tatu tangu leo?”
9 And Isaiah answered, This signe shalt thou haue of the Lord, that the Lord will doe that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the shadowe goe forwarde ten degrees, or go backe ten degrees?
Isaya akajibu, “Hii ndiyo ishara ya Bwana kwako kwamba Bwana atafanya kile alichoahidi: Je, kivuli kiende hatua kumi mbele, au kivuli kirudi nyuma hatua kumi?”
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadowe to passe forward ten degrees: not so then, but let ye shadow go backe ten degrees.
Hezekia akasema, “Ni jambo rahisi kwa kivuli kutangulia mbele hatua kumi, kuliko kukifanya kirudi nyuma hatua kumi.”
11 And Isaiah the Prophet called vnto the Lord, and he brought againe the shadowe ten degrees backe by the degrees whereby it had gone downe in the diall of Ahaz.
Ndipo nabii Isaya akamwita Bwana, naye Bwana akakifanya kivuli kurudi nyuma hatua kumi ambazo kilikuwa kimeshuka kwenye ngazi ya Ahazi.
12 The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan King of Babel, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard howe that Hezekiah was sicke.
Wakati huo Merodaki-Baladani, mwana wa Baladani mfalme wa Babeli, akamtumia Hezekia barua na zawadi, kwa sababu alikuwa amesikia habari za kuugua kwa Hezekia.
13 And Hezekiah heard them, and shewed them all his treasure house, to wit, the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, and the precious oyntment, and all the house of his armour, and al that was founde in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, and in all his realme, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
Hezekia akawapokea wale wajumbe na kuwaonyesha vitu vyote vile vilivyokuwa katika ghala zake: yaani fedha, dhahabu, vikolezo na mafuta safi, ghala la silaha na kila kitu kilichokuwa katika hazina zake. Hapakuwa na kitu chochote katika jumba lake la kifalme au katika ufalme wake wote ambacho Hezekia hakuwaonyesha.
14 Then Isaiah the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiah, and saide vnto him, What saide these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babel.
Ndipo nabii Isaya akaenda kwa Mfalme Hezekia na kumuuliza, “Watu hao walisema nini, na wametoka wapi?” Hezekia akamjibu, “Wametoka nchi ya mbali. Walikuja kutoka Babeli.”
15 Then saide he, What haue they seene in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house haue they seene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed the.
Nabii akauliza, “Waliona nini katika jumba lako la kifalme?” Hezekia akajibu, “Waliona kila kitu katika jumba langu la kifalme. Hakuna kitu chochote katika hazina yangu ambacho sikuwaonyesha.”
16 And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lord.
Ndipo Isaya akamwambia Hezekia, “Sikia neno la Bwana:
17 Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
Hakika wakati unakuja ambapo vitu vyote katika jumba lako la kifalme, na vyote ambavyo baba zako waliweka akiba mpaka siku hii, vitachukuliwa kwenda Babeli. Hakuna chochote kitakachosalia, asema Bwana.
18 And of thy sonnes, that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shalbe eunuches in the palace of the King of Babel.
Nao baadhi ya wazao wako, nyama yako na damu yako mwenyewe watakaozaliwa kwako, watachukuliwa mbali, nao watakuwa matowashi katika jumba la mfalme wa Babeli.”
19 Then Hezekiah said vnto Isaiah, The word of the Lord which thou hast spoken, is good: for saide he, Shall it not be good, if peace and trueth be in my dayes?
Hezekia akamjibu Isaya, “Neno la Bwana ulilosema ni jema.” Kwa kuwa alifikiri, “Lakini si patakuwa na amani na usalama wakati wa uhai wangu?”
20 Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiah, and all his valiant deedes, and howe he made a poole and a cundite, and brought water into the citie, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?
Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Hezekia, mafanikio yake yote, na jinsi alivyotengeneza bwawa na mfereji ambao ulileta maji katika mji, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his sonne reigned in his steade.
Hezekia akafa, akazikwa pamoja na baba zake. Naye Manase mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
