Hezekiah Gets Sick and Almost Dies
(2 Chronicles 32.24-26Isaiah 38.1-8Isaiah 21Isaiah 22)1 About this time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. Isaiah the prophet went in and told him, “The Lord says you won't ever get well. You are going to die, so you had better start doing what needs to be done.”
2 Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed, 3 “Don't forget that I have been faithful to you, Lord. I have obeyed you with all my heart, and I do whatever you say is right.” After this, he cried bitterly.
4 Before Isaiah got to the middle court of the palace, 5 the Lord sent him back to Hezekiah with this message:
Hezekiah, you are the ruler of my people, and I am the Lord God, who was worshiped by your ancestor David. I heard you pray, and I saw you cry. I will heal you, so that three days from now you will be able to worship in my temple. 6 I will let you live 15 years more, while I protect you and your city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city as an honor to me and to my servant David.
7 Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, “Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well.”
8 Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “Can you prove that the Lord will heal me, so that I can worship in his temple in three days?”
9 Isaiah replied, “The Lord will prove to you that he will keep his promise. Will the shadow made by the setting sun on the stairway go forward ten steps or back ten steps?”
10 “It's normal for the sun to go forward,” Hezekiah answered. “But how can it go back?”
11 Isaiah prayed, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway built for King Ahaz.
The Lord Is Still with Hezekiah
(Isaiah 39.1-8)12 Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah had been sick, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him. 13 Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oils that were in his storehouse. He even showed them where he kept his weapons. Nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom was kept hidden from them.
14 Isaiah asked Hezekiah, “Where did these men come from? What did they want?”
“They came all the way from Babylonia,” Hezekiah answered.
15 “What did you show them?” Isaiah asked.
Hezekiah answered, “I showed them everything in my kingdom.”
16 Then Isaiah told Hezekiah:
I have a message for you from the Lord. 17 One day everything you and your ancestors have stored up will be taken to Babylonia. The Lord has promised that nothing will be left. 18 Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king's palace.
19 Hezekiah thought, “At least our nation will be at peace for a while.” So he told Isaiah, “The message you brought me from the Lord is good.”
Hezekiah Dies
(2 Chronicles 32.322 33)20 Everything else Hezekiah did while he was king, including his brave deeds and how he made the upper pool and tunnel bring water into Jerusalem, is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 21 Hezekiah died, and his son Manasseh became king.
Hizkijas slimība
(2L 32:24–26Jes 38:1–8)1 Tajās dienās Hizkija saslima uz miršanu. Pie viņa atnāca pravietis Jesaja, Āmoca dēls, un sacīja: “Tā saka Kungs: nokārto sava nama lietas, jo tu mirsi un vairs neatveseļosies.” 2 Hizkija pagriezās pret sienu un lūdza Kungu: 3 “Ak, Kungs, atceries taču, ka es staigāju tavā priekšā patiesībā un no visas sirds un ka es darīju labu!” – un Hizkija gauži raudāja.
4 Bet Jesaja vēl nebija aizgājis līdz pilsētas vidum, kad Kunga vārds nāca pār viņu: 5 “Griezies atpakaļ un saki manas tautas valdniekam Hizkijam: tā saka Kungs, tava tēva Dāvida Dievs: es dzirdēju tavu lūgšanu un redzēju tavas asaras, redzi – es tevi dziedināšu! Trešajā dienā tu dosies uz Kunga namu! 6 Tavai dzīvei es pielikšu vēl piecpadsmit gadus. Es atbrīvošu šo pilsētu un tevi no Asīrijas ķēniņa rokas, es pasargāšu šo pilsētu manis un mana kalpa Dāvida dēļ!” 7 Jesaja teica: “Ņemiet saspiestas vīģes.” Tie ņēma un lika uz augoņa, un viņš kļuva vesels. 8 Un Hizkija teica Jesajam: “Kāda būs zīme, ka Kungs mani dziedina un ka es trešajā dienā varēšu doties uz Kunga namu?” 9 Jesaja atbildēja: “Zīme no Kunga, ka Kungs darīs to, ko teicis, būs šāda – ēna ies desmit iedaļas uz priekšu vai desmit iedaļas atpakaļ.” 10 Hizkija teica: “Kas ēnai ko nepavirzīties desmit iedaļas uz priekšu!? Nu nē – lai ēna virzās desmit iedaļas atpakaļ!” 11 Pravietis Jesaja sauca uz Kungu, un viņš lika ēnai virzīties pa Āhāza saules pulksteņa iedaļām desmit iedaļas atpakaļ.
Sūtņi no Bābeles
(Jes 39:1–8)12 Tolaik Bābeles ķēniņš Brodah-Baladāns, Baladāna dēls, sūtīja vēstuli un dāvanu Hizkijam, jo bija uzzinājis, ka Hizkija ir saslimis. 13 Hizkija uzklausīja vēstnešus un izrādīja tiem savu dārgumu krātuvi – sudrabu, zeltu, balzamus, dārgo eļļu, ieroču namu un visu, kas bija atrodams mantnīcās. Hizkijas namā un visā viņa valstī nebija nekā, ko viņš tiem nebūtu parādījis. 14 Tad pravietis Jesaja nāca pie Hizkijas un teica: “Ko šie vīri sacīja, un no kurienes tie pie tevis bija atnākuši?” Hizkija atbildēja: “Tie atnākuši no tālas zemes, no Bābeles!” 15 Viņš jautāja: “Ko tie redzēja tavā namā?” Hizkija teica: “Viņi redzēja visu, kas ir manā namā – manās mantnīcās nebija nekā, ko es tiem nebūtu rādījis.” 16 Jesaja teica Hizkijam: “Klausies Kunga vārdu: 17 redzi, nāks diena, kad visu, kas ir tavā namā un ko tavi tēvi krājuši līdz šai dienai, aizvedīs uz Bābeli – nepaliks nekā! – saka Kungs. 18 Daži tavi dēli, kas no tevis cēlušies, kurus tu dzemdināji, tiks paņemti uz Bābeles ķēniņa pili par einuhiem!” 19 Hizkija sacīja Jesajam: “Labs ir Kunga vārds, kuru tu pavēstīji.” Un tas nodomāja: “Kāpēc ne? Kaut tik manā laikā būtu miers un drošība.”
Hizkijas nāve
(2L 32:32–33)20 Pārējie Hizkijas darbi un visa viņa varenība, un tas, kā viņš taisīja ūdenskrātuvi un ūdensvadu un kā viņš ūdeni novadīja uz pilsētu, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Jūdas ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā? 21 Un Hizkija apgūlās pie tēviem. Pēc tam sāka valdīt viņa dēls Manase.
