Isaiæ 38
1 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.
In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.
2 Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,
And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying,
3 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.
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
4 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens:
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
5 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:
Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.
6 et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.
And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.
7 Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc, quod locutus est:
And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:
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.
See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.
9 Scriptura Ezechiae regis Iuda cum aegrotasset, et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.
The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease.
10 Ego dixi: In dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi. Quaesivi residuum annorum meorum. (Sheol h7585)
I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me. (Sheol h7585)
11 dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium. Non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.
I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.
12 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.
My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.
13 Sperabam usque ad mane, quasi leo sic contrivit omnia ossa mea: De mane usque ad vesperam finies me:
I am crying out with pain till the morning; it is as if a lion was crushing all my bones.
14 sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo, meditabor ut columba: Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum: Domine vim patior, responde pro me.
I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
15 Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit? Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animae meae.
What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.
16 Domine si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me.
O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.
17 Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima: Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret, proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.
See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
18 Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam. (Sheol h7585)
For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. (Sheol h7585)
19 Vivens vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie: pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
20 Domine salvum me fac, et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitae nostrae in domo Domini.
O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.
21 Et iussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.
And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well.
22 Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?
And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?
