1In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
1Zvino namazuva iwayo Hezekia akarwara, akasvikira pakufa. Muporofita Isaya mwanakomana waAmozi akasvika kwaari, akati kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Chirayira nhaka yako, nekuti uchafa, haungararami.
2And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,
2Ipapo Hezekia akatendeukira kumadziro, akanyengetera kuna Jehovha,
3and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, 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 much.
3akati, Dorangarirai henyu, Jehovha, kuti ndakafamba pamberi penyu nechokwadi nomoyo wose, ndikaita zvakanaka pamberi penyu. Hezekia akachema kwazvo.
4And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,
4Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Isaya, richiti,
5Go 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 to thy days fifteen years.
5Enda undoti kuna Hezekia, zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wababa vako Dhavhidhi, Ndanzwa kunyengetera kwako, ndaona misodzi yako; tarira, ndichawedzera pamazuva ako makore ane gumi namashanu.
6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
6Ndichakurwira iwe neguta rino paruoko rwamambo weAsiria; uye ndichadzivirira guta rino.
7And this [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
7Hechi chiratidzo chaJehovha kwauri, kuti Jehovha achaita chinhu ichi chaakataura.
8behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.
8Tarira, ndichadzosa mumvuri pamitaro, yakanga yakadzira nezuva pachikati chaAhazi, udzoke mitaro ine gumi. Naizvozvo zuva rakadzoka mitaro ine gumi pachikati chaAhazi, pawakanga wadzikira.
9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
9Horwu runyoro rwaHezekia mambo waJudha, panguva yaakanga arwara, akaporazve pakurwara kwake.
10I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
10Ndakati, ndichapinda pamasuwo eSheori achiri masikati pamazuva angu; Ndatorerwa makore angu akanga asara.
11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.
11Ndakati, handichazooni Jehovha, iye Jehovha, panyika yavapenyu; Handichazooni vanhu pamwechete navagere panyika.
12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: -- from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
12Ugaro hwangu hwaputswa, hwabviswa kwandiri setende romufudzi; Ndapeta upenyu hwangu, somuruki, uchandigura pachirukiso; Muchandigumisa kubvira mangwanani kusvikira madekwana.
13I kept still until the morning; ... as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
13Ndakachema kusvikira kwaedza; unovhuna mafupa angu ose seshumba; Muchandigumisa kubvira mangwanani kusvikira madekwana.
14Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
14Ndakarira senyenganyenga kana kondo; Ndakachema senjiva; meso angu akapera nokutarira kumusoro; Haiwa Jehovha, ndakamanikidzwa, ivai mumiririri wangu imi.
15What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
15Ndingatiiko? Ndiye akataura neni, ndiye akazviita; Ndichanyasa kufamba makore angu ose, nokuda kokurwadziwa komoyo wangu.
16Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.
16Ishe, vanhu vanorarama nezvinhu izvozvi; Upenyu hwose hwomweya wangu huri mazviri; Naizvozvo ndiporesei, mundiraramise.
17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
17Tarirai, kutambudzika kwangu kukuru kwakazondivigira rugare; Asi makarwira mweya wangu norudo pagomba rokuparadzwa; nekuti makarasira zvivi zvangu zvose shure kwenyu.
18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.
18nekuti Sheori harigoni kukuvongai, rufu harugoni kukurumbidzai; Vanoburukira kugomba havangagoni kutarira zvokwadi yenyu.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
19Mupenyu, mupenyu, ndiye uchakuvongai, sezvandinoita nhasi; baba vachazivisa vana vavo zvokwadi yenyu.
20Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. -- And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.
20Jehovha akazvigadzirira kundiponesa; Naizvozvo tichaimba nziyo dzangu nemitengeramwa Mazuva ose oupenyu bwedu mumba maJehovha.
21Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.
21Zvino Isaya akanga ati, Ngavatore bundu, ramawonde varinamire pamota, ipapo achapora.
22And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?
22Hezekiawo akanga ati, Chiratidzo ndechipi kuti ndichakwira kuimba yaJehovha?