The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 38ישעיהו 38

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם חָלָ֥ה חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לָמ֑וּת וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה

In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says YHWH, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.

וַיַּסֵּ֧ב חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ פָּנָ֖יו אֶל הַקִּ֑יר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל יְהוָֽה

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

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ זְכָר נָ֞א אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי לְפָנֶ֗יךָ בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙ וּבְלֵ֣ב שָׁלֵ֔ם וְהַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ עָשִׂ֑יתִי וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל

And said, Remember now, O YHWH, I beseech you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר

Then came the word of YHWH to Isaiah, saying,

הָל֞וֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ יוֹסִ֣ף עַל יָמֶ֔יךָ חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says YHWH, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.

וּמִכַּ֤ף מֶֽלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֙ אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י עַל הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת

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

וְזֶה לְּךָ֥ הָא֖וֹת מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר

And this a sign to you from YHWH, that YHWH will do this thing that he has spoken;

הִנְנִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת צֵ֣ל הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרְדָה֩ בְמַעֲל֨וֹת אָחָ֥ז בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת וַתָּ֤שָׁב הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֔וֹת בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָֽדָה

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.

מִכְתָּ֖ב לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹ וַיְחִ֖י מֵחָלְיֽוֹ

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

אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי

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.

אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ לֹא אֶרְאֶ֣ה יָ֔הּ יָ֖הּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַחַיִּ֑ים לֹא אַבִּ֥יט אָדָ֛ם ע֖וֹד עִם י֥וֹשְׁבֵי חָֽדֶל

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

דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי

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 to night will you make an end of me.

שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כָּֽאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי

I reckoned till morning, , as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day to night will you make an end of me.

כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי

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

מָֽה אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר לִ֖י וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי

What shall I say? he has both spoken to me, and himself has done : I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל בָּהֶן֙ חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי

O Lord, by these live, and in all these the life of my spirit: so will you recover me, and make me to live.

הִנֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם מַר לִ֣י מָ֑ר וְאַתָּ֞ה חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ נַפְשִׁי֙ מִשַּׁ֣חַת בְּלִ֔י כִּ֥י הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גֵוְךָ֖ כָּל חֲטָאָֽי

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to my soul from the pit of corruption: for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁא֛וֹל תּוֹדֶ֖ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ לֹֽא יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יֽוֹרְדֵי ב֖וֹר אֶל אֲמִתֶּֽךָ

For the grave cannot praise you, death can celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.

חַ֥י חַ֛י ה֥וּא יוֹדֶ֖ךָ כָּמ֣וֹנִי הַיּ֑וֹם אָ֣ב לְבָנִ֔ים יוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶל אֲמִתֶּֽךָ

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.

יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

YHWH to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of YHWH.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וְיֶֽחִי

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

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מָ֣ה א֑וֹת כִּ֥י אֶעֱלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

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