Isaiah 38
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
In diebus illis aegrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem: et introivit ad eum Isaias filius Amos propheta, et dixit ei: Haec dicit Dominus: Dispone domui tuae, quia morieris tu, et non vives.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,
3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, 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 sore.
et dixit: Obsecro Domine, memento quaeso quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate, et in corde perfecto, et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim. Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.
4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens:
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Vade, et dic Ezechiae: Haec dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui: Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrymas tuas: ecce ego adiiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos:
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.
7 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc, quod locutus est:
8 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.
Ecce ego reverti faciam umbram linearum, per quas descenderat in horologio Achaz in sole, retrorsum decem lineis. Et reversus est sol decem lineis per gradus, quos descenderat.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
Scriptura Ezechiae regis Iuda cum aegrotasset, et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.
10 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. (Sheol h7585)
Ego dixi: In dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi. Quaesivi residuum annorum meorum. (Sheol h7585)
11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium. Non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.
12 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 [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Generatio mea ablata est; et convoluta est a me, quasi tabernaculum pastorum: Praecisa est velut a texente, vita mea: dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me: de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.
13 I reckoned till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Sperabam usque ad mane, quasi leo sic contrivit omnia ossa mea: De mane usque ad vesperam finies me:
14 Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo, meditabor ut columba: Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum: Domine vim patior, responde pro me.
15 What 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.
Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit? Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animae meae.
16 O Lord, by these [things men] live, and in all these [things is] the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
Domine si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me.
17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima: Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret, proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (Sheol h7585)
Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam. (Sheol h7585)
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Vivens vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie: pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.
20 The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
Domine salvum me fac, et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitae nostrae in domo Domini.
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay [it] for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Et iussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?
