Isaiah 38

1 In the days those he became sick Hezekiah to die and he went to him Isaiah [the] son of Amoz the prophet and he said to him thus he says Yahweh command to household your for [are] about to die you and not you will live.

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 YHWH, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

2 And he turned Hezekiah face his to the wall and he prayed to Yahweh.

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

3 And he said I beg you O Yahweh remember please this: I have walked about before you in faithfulness and with a heart complete and the good in eyes your I have done and he wept Hezekiah weeping great.

And said, Remember now, O YHWH, 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.

4 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Isaiah saying.

Then came the word of YHWH to Isaiah, saying,

5 Go and you will say to Hezekiah thus he says Yahweh [the] God of David ancestor your I have heard prayer your I have seen tear[s] your here I he will add to days your fif-teen year[s].

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith YHWH, the Elohim of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

6 And from [the] hand of [the] king of Assyria I will deliver you and the city this and I will defend the city this.

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

7 And this for you [will be] the sign from with Yahweh that he will do Yahweh the thing this which he has spoken.

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

8 Here I [am] about to turn back [the] shadow of the steps which it had gone down on [the] steps of Ahaz with the sun backwards ten steps and it went back the sun ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.

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.

9 A writing of Hezekiah [the] king of Judah when was sick he and he lived from sickness his.

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

10 I I said in [the] half of days my let me go in [the] gates of Sheol I have been caused to miss [the] remainder of years my. (Sheol h7585)

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. (Sheol h7585)

11 I said not I will see Yahweh Yahweh in [the] land of the living not I will look at humankind again with [the] inhabitants of cessation.

I said, I shall not see YAH, even YAH, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12 Dwelling-place my it has been pulled up and it has been removed from me like [the] tent of shepherd my I have rolled up like weaver life my from [the] loom he cuts off me from day unto night you make an end of me.

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.

13 I have lain down until morning like lion so he breaks all bones my from day unto night you make an end of 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.

14 Like a swallow a crane so I chirp I moan like dove they are cast down eyes my to the height[s] O Lord oppression [belongs] to me stand surety for me.

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O YHWH, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

15 What? will I say and he has spoken to me and he he has acted I will walk deliberately all years my on [the] bitterness of self my.

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.

16 O Lord on them people live and to all in them [the] life of spirit my and may you restore to health me and preserve alive me.

O YHWH, 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.

17 Here! for welfare bitterness to me it was bitter and you you loved life my from [the] pit of destruction for you threw away behind back your all sins my.

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.

18 For not Sheol it gives thanks to you death it praises you not they hope [those who] go down of [the] pit to faithfulness your. (Sheol h7585)

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (Sheol h7585)

19 [the] living [the] living He he gives thanks to you as I this day a father to children he makes known concerning faithfulness your.

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

20 Yahweh [is] to save me and songs my we will play all [the] days of lives our at [the] house of Yahweh.

YHWH 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 YHWH.

21 And he said Isaiah let them take a cake of figs and let them rub [it] on the boil so he may live.

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

22 And he said Hezekiah what? [will be the] sign that I will go up [the] house of Yahweh.

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