4. Krallar 20

¹O günlerde Hezekiya ölümcül bir hastalığa yakalandı. Amos oğlu Peygamber Yeşaya ona gelip şöyle dedi: "Rab şöyle buyuruyor: 'Ev halkına son vasiyetini bildir, çünkü öleceksin ve yaşayamayacaksın.'"

²Bunun üzerine Hezekiya yüzünü duvara döndü ve Rab'be şöyle dua etti:

³"Yalvarırım ey Rab, senin önünde nasıl sadakatle ve bütün bir yürekle yürüdüğümü, senin gözünde iyi olanı yaptığımı hatırla." Ve Hezekiya büyük bir hıçkırıkla ağladı.

⁴Yeşaya henüz orta avludayken Rab'bin sözü ona şöyle geldi:

⁵"Geri dön ve halkımın önderi Hezekiya'ya de ki: 'Atan Davut'un Tanrısı Rab şöyle diyor: Duanı işittim, gözyaşlarını gördüm. İşte, seni bizzat ben iyileştireceğim; üçüncü gün Rab'bin tapınağına çıkacaksın.

⁶Ömrüne on beş yıl daha katacağım. Seni de bu kenti de Asur kralının elinden kurtaracağım; kendim için ve kulum Davut uğruna bu kente kalkan olup onu koruyacağım.'"

⁷Sonra Yeşaya, "Bir incir pestili getirin, yaranın üzerine koysunlar ki sağlığına kavuşsun" dedi.

⁸Hezekiya Yeşaya'ya, "Rab'bin beni iyileştireceğine ve üçüncü gün Rab'bin tapınağına çıkacağıma dair işaret nedir?" diye sordu.

⁹Yeşaya, "Rab'bin söylediği sözü yerine getireceğine dair Rab'den sana gelecek işaret şudur: Gölge on basamak ilerleyecek, eğer on basamak geri dönerse" dedi.

¹⁰Hezekiya, "Gölgenin on basamak uzaması kolaydır" dedi, "Hayır, aksine gölge basamaklar üzerinde on basamak geriye döndürülsün."

¹¹Bunun üzerine Peygamber Yeşaya Rab'be feryat etti ve Rab gölgeyi basamaklar üzerinde on basamak geriye döndürdü.

¹²O sırada Babil Kralı Baladan oğlu Merodak-Baladan, Hezekiya'nın hastalandığını duyduğu için ona mektuplar ve bir sunu gönderdi.

¹³Hezekiya gelenlere sevindi ve onlara bütün hazine evini; gümüşü, altını, baharatı, değerli yağı, silah deposunu ve hazinelerinde bulunan her şeyi gösterdi. Hezekiya'nın sarayında ve egemenliği altındaki topraklarda onlara göstermediği hiçbir şey kalmadı.

¹⁴Peygamber Yeşaya Kral Hezekiya'ya gelip, "Bu adamlar ne konuştu, sana nereden geldiler?" diye sordu. Hezekiya, "Uzak bir ülkeden, Babil'den geldiler" diye yanıtladı.

¹⁵Yeşaya, "Sarayında ne gördüler?" diye sordu. Hezekiya, "Sarayımda ne varsa hepsini gördüler; hazinelerimde onlara göstermediğim hiçbir şey kalmadı, hatta hazinelerimdekileri bile gösterdim" dedi.

¹⁶Bunun üzerine Yeşaya Hezekiya'ya şöyle dedi: "Rab'bin sözünü işit:

¹⁷'İşte, günler geliyor; sarayındaki her şey ve atalarının bugüne dek biriktirdiği her şey Babil'e taşınacak. Hiçbir şey geride bırakılmayacak' diyor Rab.

¹⁸'Senin soyundan gelecek olan, senin nemalandığın öz oğullarından bazıları da alınacak ve Babil Kralı'nın sarayında hadım edilecekler.'"

¹⁹Hezekiya Yeşaya'ya, "Söylediğin Rab'bin sözü iyidir" dedi. Çünkü, "Hiç değilse benim günlerimde barış olsun" diye düşünüyordu.

²⁰Hezekiya'nın yaptığı diğer işler, bütün iktidarı, havuzu ve su kanalını yapıp kente nasıl su getirdiği, Yahuda krallarının tarihlerini içeren günlüklerde yazılı değil midir?

²¹Hezekiya atalarıyla birlikte uykuya daldı ve yerine oğlu Manasse kral oldu.

¹ΕΝ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἠρρώστησεν ᾿Εζεκίας εἰς θάνατον. καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν ῾Ησαΐας υἱὸς ᾿Αμὼς ὁ προφήτης καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἔντειλαι τῷ οἴκῳ σου, ὅτι ἀποθνήσκεις σὺ καὶ οὐ ζήσῃ.

²καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς τὸν τοῖχον καὶ ηὔξατο πρὸς Κύριον λέγων·

³Κύριε, μνήσθητι δὴ ὅσα περιεπάτησα ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ καρδίᾳ πλήρει καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἐποίησα. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ᾿Εζεκίας κλαυθμῷ μεγάλῳ.

⁴καὶ ἦν ῾Ησαΐας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῇ μέσῃ, καὶ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων·

⁵ἐπίστρεψον καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν τὸν ἡγούμενον τοῦ λαοῦ μου· τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρός σου· ἤκουσα τῆς προσευχῆς σου, εἶδον τὰ δάκρυά σου· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαί σε, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναβήσῃ εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου·

⁶καὶ προσθήσω ἐπὶ τὰς ἡμέρας σου πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων σώσω σε καὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην καὶ ὑπερασπιῶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης δι᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ διὰ Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν μου.

⁷καὶ εἶπε· λαβέτωσαν παλάθην σύκων καὶ ἐπιθέτωσαν ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλκος, καὶ ὑγιάσει.

⁸καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς ῾Ησαΐαν· τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅτι ἰάσεταί με Κύριος καὶ ἀναβήσομαι εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ;

⁹καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ησαΐας· τοῦτο τὸ σημεῖον παρὰ Κυρίου, ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος τὸν λόγον, ὃν ἐλάλησε· πορεύσεται ἡ σκιὰ δέκα βαθμούς, ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ δέκα βαθμούς.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας· κοῦφον τὴν σκιὰν κλῖναι δέκα βαθμούς· οὐχί, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπιστραφήτω ἡ σκιὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀναβαθμοῖς δέκα βαθμοὺς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.

¹¹καὶ ἐβόησεν ῾Ησαΐας ὁ προφήτης πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἡ σκιὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀναβαθμοῖς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω δέκα βαθμούς.

¹²ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλε Μαρωδὰχ Βαλαδὰν υἱὸς Βαλαδὰν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος βιβλία καὶ μαναὰ πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ὅτι ἠρρώστησεν ᾿Εζεκίας.

¹³καὶ ἐχάρη ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς ᾿Εζεκίας καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς ὅλον τὸν οἶκον τοῦ νεχωθά, τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, τὰ ἀρώματα καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τὸ ἀγαθόν, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τῶν σκευῶν καὶ ὅσα ηὑρέθη ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἦν λόγος, ὃν οὐκ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς ᾿Εζεκίας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ῾Ησαΐας ὁ προφήτης πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Εζεκίαν καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· τί ἐλάλησαν οἱ ἄνδρες οὗτοι καί πόθεν ἥκασι πρός σε; καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας· ἐκ γῆς πόρρωθεν ἥκασι πρός με, ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπε· τί εἶδον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου; καὶ εἶπε· πάντα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου εἶδον, οὐκ ἦν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου, ὃ οὐκ ἔδειξα αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ησαΐας πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν· ἄκουσον λόγον Κυρίου·

¹⁷ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται καὶ ληφθήσεται πάντα τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ σου καὶ ὅσα ἐθησαύρισαν οἱ πατέρες σου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης εἰς Βαβυλῶνα· καὶ οὐχ ὑπολειφθήσεται ρῆμα, ὃ εἶπε Κύριος·

¹⁸καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου, οἳ ἐξελεύσονται ἐκ σοῦ, οὓς γεννήσεις λήψεται, καὶ ἔσονται εὐνοῦχοι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος.

¹⁹καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς ῾Ησαΐαν· ἀγαθὸς ὁ λόγος Κυρίου, ὃν ἐλάλησεν· ἔστω εἰρήνη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις μου.

²⁰καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Εζεκίου καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅσα ἐποίησε, τὴν κρήνην καὶ τὸν ὑδραγωγὸν καὶ εἰσήγαγε τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα;

²¹καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Εζεκίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Μανασσῆς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹In those days was Ezekias sick [even] to death. And the prophet Esaias the son of Amos came in to him, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give charge to thy household; [for] thou shalt die, and not live.

²And Ezekias turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,

³Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Ezekias wept with a great weeping.

⁴And Esaias was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

⁵Turn back, and thou shalt say to Ezekias the ruler of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of the Lord.

⁶And I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant’s David sake.

⁷And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.

⁸And Ezekias said to Esaias, What [is] the sign that the Lord will heal me, and I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

⁹And Esaias said, This [is] the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow [of the dial] shall advance ten degrees: [or] if it should go back ten degrees [this would also be the sign].

¹⁰And Ezekias said, [It is] a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.

¹¹And Esaias the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial.

¹²At that time Marodach Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Ezekias, because he had heard that Ezekias was sick.

¹³And Ezekias rejoiced at them, and shewed all the house of his spices, the silver and the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and the armory, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing which Ezekias did not shew them in his house, and in all his dominion.

¹⁴And Esaias the prophet went in to king Ezekias, and said to him, What said these men? and whence came they to thee? And Ezekias said, they came to me from a distant land, [even] from Babylon.

¹⁵And he said, What saw they in thy house? And he said, They saw all things that [are] in my house: there was nothing in my house which I shewed not to them; yea, all that was in my treasures also.

¹⁶And Esaias said to Ezekias, Hear the word of the Lord:

¹⁷Behold, the days come, that all things that are in thy house shall be taken, and all that thy fathers have treasured up until this day, to Babylon; and there shall not fail a word, which the Lord has spoken.

¹⁸And as for thy sons which shall come forth of thee, which thou shalt beget, [the enemy] shall take them, and they shall be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.

¹⁹And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good [is] the word of the Lord which he has spoken: [only] let there be peace in my days.

²⁰And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and all his might, and all that he made, the fountain and the aqueduct, and [how] he brought water into the city, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

²¹And Ezekias slept with his fathers: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead.