KUUGUA KWA HEZEKIA.

KUUGUA KWA HEZEKIA.

MHUBIRI: MCH. JONATHAN BUCHA.

2 Wafalme 20:1-11

[1]Siku hizo Hezekia akaugua, akawa katika hatari ya kufa. Isaya, nabii, mwana wa Amozi, akamjia akamwambia, BWANA asema hivi, Tengeza mambo ya nyumba yako; maana utakufa, wala hutapona. 

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

[2]Basi Hezekia akajigeuza, akaelekeza uso wake ukutani, akamwomba BWANA akasema, 

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

[3]Nakusihi, BWANA, ukumbuke sasa, jinsi nilivyokwenda mbele zako katika kweli na kwa moyo mkamilifu, na kutenda yaliyo mema machoni pako. Hezekia akalia sana sana. 

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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]Ikawa, kabla Isaya hajatoka katika mji wa kati, neno la BWANA likamjia, kusema, 

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

[5]Rudi, ukamwambie Hezekia, mkuu wa watu wangu, BWANA, Mungu wa Daudi baba yako asema hivi, Nimeyasikia maombi yako, na kuyaona machozi yako; tazama, nitakuponya; siku ya tatu utapanda nyumbani kwa BWANA. 

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

[6]Tena, nitazizidisha siku zako, kiasi cha miaka kumi na mitano, nami nitakuokoa wewe, na mji huu, na mkono wa mfalme wa Ashuru, nami nitaulinda mji huu kwa ajili yangu, na kwa ajili ya Daudi, mtumishi wangu. 

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

[7]Naye Isaya akasema, Twaeni mkate wa tini. Wakautwaa, wakauweka juu ya jipu, naye akapona. 

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

[8]Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, Je! Kutakuwa na ishara gani ya kwamba BWANA ataniponya, nami siku ya tatu nitapanda nyumbani kwa BWANA. 

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

[9]Isaya akamwambia, Jambo hili litakuwa ishara kwako, itokayo kwa BWANA, ya kwamba BWANA atalifanya neno hilo alilolinena; je! Kivuli kiendelee madaraja kumi, au kirudi nyuma madaraja kumi? 

And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

[10]Hezekia akajibu, Ni jambo jepesi kivuli kuendelea madaraja kumi; la, hicho kivuli na kirudi nyuma madaraja kumi. 

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

[11]Isaya nabii akamlilia BWANA; akakirudisha nyuma kile kivuli madaraja kumi, ambayo kilikuwa kimeshuka katika madaraja ya Ahazi. 

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.