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Jirradii Xisqiyaah

20 Oo waagaas ayaa Xisqiyaah bukooday, oo geeri buu u dhowaaday. Markaasaa Nebi Ishacyaah oo ahaa ina Aamoos u yimid oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Reerkaaga la dardaaran, waayo, waad dhimanaysaa oo sii noolaan maysid. Oo isna markaasuu wejigiisii derbiga ku sii jeediyey, oo Rabbiga baryay, oo yidhi, Rabbiyow, waan ku baryayaaye, bal haatan xusuuso sidaan hortaada ugu socday runta iyo qalbi qumman, iyo sidaan u sameeyey waxa hortaada ku wanaagsan. Xisqiyaahna aad buu u ooyay. Oo intaanu Ishacyaah weli magaalada dhexe u bixin ayaa eraygii Rabbigu isagii u yimid oo ku yidhi, Dib u noqo, oo Xisqiyaah oo ah amiirka dadkayga waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha awowgaa Daa'uud wuxuu leeyahay, Baryootankaagii waan maqlay, ilmadaadiina waan arkay, haddaba waan ku bogsiinayaa, oo maalinta saddexaad waxaad u bixi doontaa guriga Rabbiga. Oo cimrigaagiina waxaan kuugu dari doonaa shan iyo toban sannadood, oo adiga iyo magaaladanba waan ka samatabbixin doonaa gacanta boqorka Ashuur, oo waxaan magaaladan u daafici doonaa aniga daraadday iyo addoonkaygii Daa'uud daraaddiis. Markaasaa Ishacyaah yidhi, Waxaad qaaddaan fud berde ah, oo iyana way qaadeen, oo waxay saareen kasoobixii, wuuna bogsaday. Markaasaa Xisqiyaah wuxuu Ishacyaah ku yidhi, Maxaa calaamad ii noqon doona in Rabbigu i bogsiinayo oo aan maalinta saddexaad guriga Rabbiga u baxayo? Kolkaasaa Ishacyaah ku yidhi, Calaamadda xagga Rabbiga kaaga imanaysa in Rabbigu samaynayo wixii uu ballanqaaday waxay ahaan doontaa tan: hoosku ma inuu hore u socdaa toban derejo mase waa inuu dib u socdaa toban derejo? 10 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Waa wax fudud in hoosku toban derejo hore u socdo; hase ahaatee, hoosku dib ha u soo noqdo toban derejo, 11 Markaasaa Nebi Ishacyaah u qayliyey Rabbiga; oo isna markaasuu hooskii toban derejo dib uga soo celiyey intuu hore uga socday derejooyinkii Aaxaas.

Ergadii Baabuloon

12 Waagaas Berodag Baladaan, oo ahaa ina Baladaan oo boqorkii Baabuloon ahaa ayaa warqado iyo hadiyad Xisqiyaah u soo diray, waayo, wuxuu maqlay in Xisqiyaah bukay. 13 Oo markaasuu Xisqiyaah iyagii maqlay oo wuxuu tusay dhammaan gurigii ay yiilleen waxyaalihiisii qaaliga ahaa, kuwaasoo ahaa lacagtii iyo dahabkii, iyo uunsigii iyo saliiddii qaaliga ahayd, iyo gurigiisii hubka, iyo kulli waxyaalihii khasnadihiisa ku jiray oo dhan. Oo Xisqiyaah wax uusan iyaga tusin laguma arag gurigiisa iyo dowladdiisa oo dhan. 14 Markaasaa Nebi Ishacyaah u yimid Boqor Xisqiyaah, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, War nimankanu maxay yidhaahdeen? Xaggee bayse kaaga yimaadeen? Kolkaasaa Xisqiyaah yidhi, Waxay ka yimaadeen dal fog, kaasoo ah Baabuloon. 15 Markaasuu ku yidhi, Maxay gurigaaga ku arkeen? Oo Xisqiyaah wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Way wada arkeen waxa gurigayga yaal oo dhan; oo khasnadahayga kuma jiraan wax aanan tusin. 16 Kolkaasaa Ishacyaah wuxuu Xisqiyaah ku yidhi, Haddaba bal maqal erayga Rabbiga. 17 Bal eeg, waxaa iman doona maalmaha waxa gurigaaga yaal oo dhan iyo wixii ay awowayaashaa ilaa maantadan kaydiyeen Baabuloon loo qaadan doono. Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Waxba ma hadhi doonaan. 18 Wiilashaada kaa soo bixi doona oo aad dhali doontana waa la kaxaysan doonaa; oo iyana waxay ahaan doonaan bohommo jooga daarta boqorka Baabuloon. 19 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah wuxuu Ishacyaah ku yidhi, Erayga Rabbiga oo aad ku hadashay waa wanaagsan yahay. Oo weliba wuxuu kaloo yidhi, Mar haddii nabad iyo rumu ay jirayaan intaan noolahay, sow ma wanaagsana? 20 Haddaba Xisqiyaah falimihiisii kale, iyo xooggiisii oo dhan, iyo siduu u sameeyey balliga iyo biyomareenka, iyo siduu magaalada biyo ugu keenay, sow kuma qorna kitaabkii taariikhda boqorradii dalka Yahuudah? 21 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah dhintay oo la seexday awowayaashiis, oo waxaa meeshiisii boqor ka noqday wiilkiisii Manaseh.

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.