Isaiæ 38

1 In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem: et introivit ad eum Isaias filius Amos propheta, et dixit ei: Hæc dicit Dominus: Dispone domui tuæ, quia morieris tu, et non vives.

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Set thy house in order, for thou shall die, and not live.

2 Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,

3 et dixit: Obsecro Domine, memento quæso quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate, et in corde perfecto, et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim. Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, 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 greatly.

4 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens:

Then the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,

5 Vade, et dic Ezechiæ: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui: Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrymas tuas: ecce ego adiiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos:

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says 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.

6 et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

7 Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc, quod locutus est:

And this shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he has spoken:

8 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.

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which has gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial on which it had gone down.

9 Scriptura Ezechiæ regis Iuda cum ægrotasset, et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

10 Ego dixi: In dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi. Quæsivi residuum annorum meorum. (Sheol h7585)

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years. (Sheol h7585)

11 Dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium. Non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.

I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12 Generatio mea ablata est; et convoluta est a me, quasi tabernaculum pastorum: Præcisa est velut a texente, vita mea: dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me: de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me.

13 Sperabam usque ad mane, quasi leo sic contrivit omnia ossa mea: De mane usque ad vesperam finies me:

I quieted myself until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me.

14 sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo, meditabor ut columba: Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum: Domine vim patior, responde pro me.

Like a swallow or a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

15 Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit? Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animæ meæ.

What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

16 Domine si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me.

O Lord, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

17 Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima: Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret, proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam. (Sheol h7585)

For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (Sheol h7585)

19 Vivens, vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie: pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

20 Domine salvum me fac, et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.

Jehovah is ready to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

21 Et iussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

22 Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?