Isaiah 38
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Isaiah 38
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| In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. | In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near. |
| Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, | And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying, |
| and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, 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. | O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping. |
| Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, | Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, |
| Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. | Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life. |
| And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city. | And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town. |
| And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken: | And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said: |
| behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down. | See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down. |
| The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness. | The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease. |
| I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years. | I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me. |
| I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. | I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world. |
| My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. | My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain. |
| I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. | I am crying out with pain till the morning; it is as if a lion was crushing all my bones. |
| Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. | I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause. |
| What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. | What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest. |
| O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live. | O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life. |
| Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] 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. | See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory. |
| For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. | For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. |
| The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth. | The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children. |
| Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah. | O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord. |
| Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. | And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well. |
| Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah? | And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord? |
