< 2 Kings 20 >

1 In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.'"
那時,希西家病得要死。亞摩斯的兒子先知以賽亞去見他,對他說:「耶和華如此說:『你當留遺命與你的家,因為你必死,不能活了。』」
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,
希西家就轉臉朝牆,禱告耶和華說:
3 "Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.
「耶和華啊,求你記念我在你面前怎樣存完全的心,按誠實行事,又做你眼中所看為善的。」希西家就痛哭了。
4 It happened, before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
以賽亞出來,還沒有到中院,耶和華的話就臨到他,說:
5 "Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of the LORD.
「你回去告訴我民的君希西家說:耶和華-你祖大衛的上帝如此說:『我聽見了你的禱告,看見了你的眼淚,我必醫治你;到第三日,你必上到耶和華的殿。
6 I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake."'"
我必加增你十五年的壽數,並且我要救你和這城脫離亞述王的手。我為自己和我僕人大衛的緣故,必保護這城。』」
7 Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
以賽亞說:「當取一塊無花果餅來。」人就取了來,貼在瘡上,王便痊癒了。
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?"
希西家問以賽亞說:「耶和華必醫治我,到第三日,我能上耶和華的殿,有甚麼兆頭呢?」
9 Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?"
以賽亞說:「耶和華必成就他所說的。這是他給你的兆頭:你要日影向前進十度呢?是要往後退十度呢?」
10 Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."
希西家回答說:「日影向前進十度容易,我要日影往後退十度。」
11 Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
先知以賽亞求告耶和華,耶和華就使亞哈斯的日晷向前進的日影,往後退了十度。
12 At that time Marduk-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick, and had recovered.
那時,巴比倫王巴拉但的兒子米羅達‧巴拉但聽見希西家病而痊癒,就送書信和禮物給他。
13 Hezekiah was delighted at this, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.
希西家聽從使者的話,就把他寶庫的金子、銀子、香料、貴重的膏油,和他武庫的一切軍器,並他所有的財寶,都給他們看。他家中和他全國之內,希西家沒有一樣不給他們看的。
14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say? From where did they come to you?" Hezekiah said, "They have come from a far country, even from Babylon."
於是先知以賽亞來見希西家王,問他說:「這些人說甚麼?他們從哪裏來見你?」希西家說:「他們從遠方的巴比倫來。」
15 He said, "What have they seen in your house?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."
以賽亞說:「他們在你家裏看見了甚麼?」希西家說:「凡我家中所有的,他們都看見了;我財寶中沒有一樣不給他們看的。」
16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD.
以賽亞對希西家說:「你要聽耶和華的話,
17 'Look, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left,' says the LORD.
日子必到,凡你家裏所有的,並你列祖積蓄到如今的,都要被擄到巴比倫去,不留下一樣。這是耶和華說的。
18 'Of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you shall father, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"
並且從你本身所生的眾子,其中必有被擄去在巴比倫王宮裏當太監的。」
19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?"
希西家對以賽亞說:「你所說耶和華的話甚好!若在我的年日中有太平和穩固的景況,豈不是好嗎?」
20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
希西家其餘的事和他的勇力,他怎樣挖池、挖溝、引水入城,都寫在猶大列王記上。
21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
希西家與他列祖同睡。他兒子瑪拿西接續他作王。

< 2 Kings 20 >