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Siku hizo Hezekia aliugua, akawa katika hatari ya kufa; na Isaya nabii, mwana wa Amozi, akaenda kwa mfalme, akamwambia, Bwana asema hivi, Tengeneza mambo ya nyumba yako; maana utakufa, wala hutapona.
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
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Basi Hezekia akajigeuza, akaelekeza uso wake ukutani, akamwomba Bwana,
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
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akasema, Ee Bwana, kumbuka haya, nakusihi, kwamba nimekwenda mbele zako katika kweli na kwa moyo mkamilifu, na kutenda yaliyo mema machoni pako. Hezekia akalia sana sana.
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Ikawa, neno la Bwana likamjia Isaya, kusema,
And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
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Enenda ukamwambie Hezekia, Bwana, Mungu wa Daudi, baba yako, asema hivi, Mimi nimeyasikia maombi yako, nimeyaona machozi yako; tazama, nitaziongeza siku zako, kiasi cha miaka kumi na mitano.
“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
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Nami nitakuokoa wewe, na mji huu, na mkono wa mfalme wa Ashuru, nami nitaulinda mji huu.
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
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Jambo hili liwe ishara kwako, itokayo kwa Bwana, ya kuwa Bwana atalitimiza jambo hili alilolisema;
This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
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Tazama, nitakirudisha nyuma kivuli madaraja kumi, ambayo kilishuka juu ya duara ya Ahazi kwa sababu ya jua. Basi jua likarudi madaraja kumi katika hiyo duara, ambayo limekwisha kushuka.
I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
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Haya ndiyo maandiko ya Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda, alipokuwa hawezi, naye akapona ugonjwa wake.
This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
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Nalisema, Katika usitawi wa siku zangu nitakwenda kuingia malango ya kuzimu; Nimenyimwa mabaki ya miaka yangu.
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
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Nalisema, Sitamwona Bwana, yeye Bwana, katika nchi ya walio hai; Sitamwona mwanadamu tena pamoja na hao wakaao duniani.
I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
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Kao langu limeondolewa kabisa, limechukuliwa kama hema ya mchungaji; Nimekunja maisha yangu kama mfumaji; atanikatilia mbali na kitanda cha mfumi; Tangu mchana hata usiku wanimaliza.
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
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Nalijituliza hata asubuhi; kama simba, aivunja mifupa yangu yote; Tangu mchana hata usiku wanimaliza.
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
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Kama mbayuwayu au korongo ndivyo nilivyolia; Naliomboleza kama hua; macho yangu yamedhoofu kwa kutazama juu; Ee Bwana, nimeonewa, na uwe mdhamini wangu.
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
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Niseme nini? Yeye amenena nami, na yeye mwenyewe ametenda hayo; Nitakwenda polepole miaka yangu yote, kwa sababu ya uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
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Ee Bwana, kwa mambo hayo watu huishi; Na uhai wa roho yangu u katika hayo yote; Kwa hiyo uniponye na kunihuisha.
O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
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Tazama; nalikuwa na uchungu mwingi kwa ajili ya amani yangu; Lakini kwa kunipenda umeniokoa na shimo la uharibifu; Kwa maana umezitupa dhambi zangu zote nyuma yako.
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
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Kwa kuwa kuzimu hakuwezi kukusifu; mauti haiwezi kukuadhimisha; Wale washukao shimoni hawawezi kuitarajia kweli yako.
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
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Aliye hai, naam, aliye hai, ndiye atakayekusifu, kama mimi leo; Baba atawajulisha watoto kweli yako.
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
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Bwana yu tayari kunipa wokovu. Basi, kwa vinubi tutaziimba nyimbo zangu, Siku zote za maisha yetu nyumbani mwa Bwana.
The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
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Maana Isaya amesema, Na watwae mkate wa tini, wakauweke juu ya jipu, naye atapona.
Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
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Tena Hezekia alikuwa amesema, Iko ishara gani ya kunionyesha ya kuwa nitapanda niingie nyumbani mwa Bwana?
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”