Isaías 38

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1 En aquellos días Ezequías cayó enfermo de muerte. El profeta Isaías, hijo de Amós, vino a decirle: «Así habla Yahveh: Haz testamento, porque muerto eres y no vivirás».	1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death. And so, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet, entered to him, and he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Put your house in order, for you shall die, and you shall not live.”
2 Ezequías volvió su rostro a la pared y oró a Yahveh.	2 And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and he prayed to the Lord.
3 Dijo: «¡Ah, Yahveh! Dígnate recordar que yo he andado en tu presencia con fidelidad y corazón perfecto haciendo lo recto a tus ojos». Y Ezequías lloró con abundantes lágrimas.	3 And he said: “I beg you, Lord, I beseech you, to remember how I walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and that I have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
4 Entonces le fue dirigida a Isaías la palabra de Yahveh, diciendo:	4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying:
5 «Vete y di a Ezequías: Así habla Yahveh, Dios de tu padre David: He oído tu plegaria, he visto tus lágrimas y voy a curarte. Dentro de tres días subirás a la Casa de Yahveh. Añadiré quince años a tus días.	5 “Go and say to Hezekiah: Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days.
6 Te libraré a ti y a esta ciudad de la mano del rey de Asiria, y ampararé a esta ciudad».	6 And I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
7 Isaías respondió: «Esta será para ti de parte de Yahveh, la señal de que Yahveh hará lo que ha dicho.	7 And this will be a sign for you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word, which he has spoken:
8 Mira, voy a hacer retroceder a la sombra diez gradas de las que ha descendido el sol por las gradas de Ajaz. Y desanduvo el sol diez gradas por las que había descendido.	8 Behold, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz, to move in reverse for ten lines.” And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended.
9 Cántico de Ezequías, rey de Judá cuando estuvo enfermo y sanó de su mal:	9 The writing of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, after he had fallen ill and had recovered from his sickness:
10 Yo dije: A la mitad de mis días me voy; en las puertas del seol se me asigna un lugar para el resto de mis años.	10 “I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years.
11 Dije: No veré a Yahveh en la tierra de los vivos; no veré ya a ningún hombre de los que habitan el mundo.	11 I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I will no longer behold man, nor the habitation of rest.
12 Mi morada es arrancada, se me arrebata como tienda de pastor. Enrollo como tejedor mi vida, del hilo del tejido me cortaste. De la noche a la mañana acabas conmigo;	12 My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd. My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.
13 grité hasta la madrugada: Como león tritura todos mis huesos. De la noche a la mañana acabas conmigo.	13 I hoped, even until morning. Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones. From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.
14 Como grulla, como golondrina chirrío, zureo como paloma. Se consumen mis ojos de mirar hacia arriba. Yahveh, estoy oprimido, sal por mí.	14 I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.
15 ¿Qué diré? ¿De qué le hablaré, cuando él mismo lo ha hecho? Caminaré todos mis años en la amargura de mi alma.	15 What can I say, or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this? I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.
16 El Señor está con ellos, viven y todo lo que hay en ellos es vida de su espíritu. Tú me curarás, me darás la vida.	16 O Lord, if such is life, and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind, may you correct me and may you cause me to live.
17 Entonces mi amargura se trocará en bienestar, pues tú preservaste mi alma de la fosa de la nada, porque te echaste a la espalda todos mis pecados.	17 Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back.
18 Que el Seol no te alaba ni la Muerte te glorifica, ni los que bajan al pozo esperan en tu fidelidad.	18 For Hell will not confess to you, and death will not praise you. Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.
19 El que vive, el que vive, ése te alaba, como yo ahora. El padre enseña a los hijos tu fidelidad.	19 The living, the living, these will give praise to you, as I also do this day! The father will make the truth known to the sons.
20 Yahveh, sálvame, y mis canciones cantaremos todos los días de nuestra vida junto a la Casa de Yahveh.	20 O Lord, save me! And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”
21 Isaías dijo: «Traed una masa de higos, aplicadla sobre la úlcera y sanará».	21 Now Isaiah had ordered them to take a paste of figs, and to spread it like plaster over the wound, so that he would be healed.
22 Ezequías dijo: «¿Cuál será la señal de que subiré a la Casa de Yahveh?»	22 And Hezekiah said, “What will be the sign that I may go up to the house of the Lord?”