זוהר, תרומה צ״גZohar, Terumah 93

Segment 1א׳

בָּתַר דְּשָׁכִיב, לָא הֲוָה בַּר נָשׁ דְּהֲוָה לֵיהּ מַרְעִין, דְּלָא מִית. עַד דְּאָתָא חִזְקִיָּה, מָה כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ, (ישעיהו ל״ח:א׳) בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם חָלָה חִזְקִיָּהוּ לָמוּת וְגוֹ'. תָּא חֲזִי, מָה כְּתִיב וַיַסֵּב חִזְקִיָּהוּ פָּנָיו אֶל הַקִּיר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֶל יְיָ', אָמַר לֵיהּ, אִי נִיחָא קָמָךְ דְּיִתְּסוּן בְּנֵי נָשָׁא מִבֵּי מַרְעֵיהוֹן, וְיוֹדוּן שְׁמָךְ, וְיִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעוּן, וִיתוּבוּן לְבָתַר בְּתִיּוּבְתָא שְׁלֵימָתָא, וְיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּן בְּנֵי עָלְמָא זַכָּאִין קֳדָמָךְ. אָמַר לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, יֵאוֹת הוּא, אַתּ תְּהֵא סִימָנָא בְּעָלְמָא, וְכַךְ הוּא, מַאי דְּלָא הֲוָה מִקַּדְמַת דְּנָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, (ישעיהו ל״ח:ט׳) מִכְתָּב לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בַּחֲלוֹתוֹ וַיְחִי מֵחָלְיוֹ. וְתָאנָא, הַהוּא יוֹמָא אִתְחָזַר שִׁמְשָׁא עֶשֶׂר דַּרְגִּין.

From the death of Jacob until the time of King Hezekiah, no man ever recovered from an illness, but of Hezekiah it is written, “In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death” (Isa. 38, 1), and later, “Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the Lord” (V. 2). He said unto Him: “May it be Thy pleasure that men should be enabled to recover from their maladies, so that they may praise Thy Name and acknowledge Thee and turn unto Thee with perfect repentance, and thus be found worthy before Thee.” And the Holy One replied: “So be it! And thou shalt be the first sign thereof.” So Hezekiah experienced something which no human being had previously experienced, concerning which it is written: “The writing of Hezekiah King of Judah, and he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness” (Ibid. 5, 9). We are also told that on that day the sun went backward ten degrees.

Segment 2ב׳

וְתָאנָא, מְרוֹדָךְ בַּלְאֲדָן הֲוָה אָכִיל כָּל יוֹמָא בְּד' שַׁעְתֵּי, וְנָאִים עַד תֵּשַׁע שַׁעְתֵּי, וְהַהוּא יוֹמָא נָאִים עַד ט' שַׁעְתֵּי, כַּד אִתְּעַר חָמָא שִׁמְשָׁא דְּקָאִים בְּד' שַׁעְתֵּי, אָמַר מַאי הַאי, בְּקִטּוּלָא דְּקוּנְטִירָא קוֹנְטְרוֹי אַנְקָטַּרְתּוּן. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ לָמָּה. אָמַר, דְּנָאִימְנָא יוֹמָא חַד, וּתְלָתוּת יוֹמָא. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ, לָאו הָכִי, אֶלָּא אֱלָהָא דְּחִזְקִיָה עֲבַד יוֹמָא דֵּין תְּרֵין נִיסִּין. אָסֵי לְחִזְקִיָה מִבֵּי מַרְעֵיהּ, וְאַחְזָר שִׁמְשָׁא לְעִדָּנָא דָּא. אָמַר וְכִי אִית בְּעָלְמָא אֱלָהָא רַבָּא בַּר מֵאֱלָהַי. אָמְרוּ, אֱלָהָא דְּחִזְּקִיָהוּ.

Merodach Baladan used to dine at the fourth hour (of the afternoon), having got up at the ninth hour. When he awoke on that day, he saw the sun still standing at the fourth hour! In great wrath he cried out to his attendants, saying: “What is this conspiracy that ye have devised to kill me by starvation?” “How, master?” they inquired. “Have ye not let me sleep for the space of a day and the third part of a day?” said he. “Not so!” they replied. “What has happened is that the God of Hezekiah has performed two miracles this day: He has healed Hezekiah and brought back the sun unto this hour.” Then said the King: “Is there in the whole world a greater god than mine?” They replied: “Yea, the God of Hezekiah.”

Segment 3ג׳

קָם וְכָתַב כְּתָבוֹי, שְׁלָם לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מַלְכָּא דִּיהוּדָה וּשְׁלָם לְאֱלָהֵיהּ וּשְׁלָם לִיְרוּשָׁלַ ם קַרְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא. לְבָתַר אַמְלִיךְ וְקָם מִכֻּרְסְיָה, וּפָסַע תְּלַת פְּסִיעָן, וְכָתַב אַחֲרָנִין, שְׁלָם לֶאֱלָהָא רַבָּא דְּבִיְרוּשָׁלַ ם וּשְׁלָם לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מַלְכָּא דִּיהוּדָה וּשְׁלָם לִיְרוּשָׁלַ ם קַרְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אַנְתְּ פָּסַעְתְּ בְּגִין יְקָרִי תְּלַת פְּסִיעָן, חַיֶּיךָ, מִינָךְ יִפְקוּן תְּלַת מַלְכִּין שַׁלִּיטִין, קַסְטִירִין רוּפִינִין דְּשָׁלִיטִין בְּכָל עָלְמָא, וְקַדְמָאָה מִנַּיְיהוּ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַר הֲוָה.

The King rose from his throne, and wrote: “Peace be to Hezekiah the King of Judah, peace be to his God, and peace be to Jerusalem, the holy city.” Presently he again rose up from his throne, and retiring three steps as though in a king’s presence, wrote: “Peace be to the great God in Jerusalem, peace be to Hezekiah the King of Judah, and peace be to Jerusalem the holy city.” Then the Holy One spake to him and said: “Thou hast stepped back in my honour three paces. By thy life! three august kings who shall rule over the whole world will descend from thee!” And so it was. The first was Nebuchadnezzar.