Secondo libro dei Re 19

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Quae cum audisset rex Ezechias, scidit vestimenta sua et opertus est sacco ingressusque est domum Domini.	1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his garments, wrapped himself in sackcloth, and went into the temple of the LORD.
2 Et misit Eliachim praepositum domus et Sobnam scribam et senes de sacerdotibus opertos saccis ad Isaiam prophetam filium Amos.	2 He sent Eliakim, the master of the palace, Shebnah the scribe, and the elders of the priests, wrapped in sackcloth, to tell the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz,
3 Qui dixerunt: “ Haec dicit Ezechias: Dies tribulationis et increpationis et blasphemiae dies iste; venerunt filii usque ad partum, et vires non habet parturiens.	3 "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace. Children are at the point of birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
4 Forte audiet Dominus Deus tuus universa verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus, ut exprobraret Deum viventem, et puniet verba, quae audivit Dominus Deus tuus; et fac orationem pro reliquiis, quae remanent ”.	4 Perhaps the LORD, your God, will hear all the words of the commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke him for the words which the LORD, your God, has heard. So send up a prayer for the remnant that is here.'"
5 Venerunt ergo servi regis Ezechiae ad Isaiam.	5 When the servants of King Hezekiah had come to Isaiah,
6 Dixitque eis Isaias: “ Haec dicetis domino vestro: Haec dicit Dominus: Noli timere a facie sermonum, quos audisti, quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me;	6 he said to them, "Tell this to your master: 'Thus says the LORD: Do not be frightened by the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 ecce ego immittam ei spiritum, et audiet nuntium et revertetur in terram suam; et deiciam eum gladio in terra sua ”.	7 I am about to put in him such a spirit that, when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own land, and there I will cause him to fall by the sword.'"
8 Reversus est igitur Rabsaces et invenit regem Assyriorum oppugnantem Lobnam; audierat enim quod recessisset de Lachis.	8 When the commander, on his return, heard that the king of Assyria had withdrawn from Lachish, he found him besieging Libnah.
9 Cumque audisset de Tharaca rege Aethiopiae dicentes: “ Ecce egressus est, ut pugnet adversum te ”, iterum misit nuntios ad Ezechiam dicens:	9 The king of Assyria heard a report that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had come out to fight against him. Again he sent envoys to Hezekiah with this message:
10 “ Haec dicite Ezechiae regi Iudae: Non te seducat Deus tuus, in quo habes fiduciam, neque dicas: “Non tradetur Ierusalem in manu regis Assyriorum”.	10 "Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: 'Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.
11 Tu enim ipse audisti, quae fecerint reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverint eas. Num ergo solus poteris liberari?	11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all other countries: they doomed them! Will you, then, be saved?
12 Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium singulos, quos vastaverunt patres mei, Gozan videlicet et Charran et Reseph et filios Eden, qui erant in Thelassar?	12 Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed save them? Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, or the Edenites in Telassar?
13 Ubi est rex Emath et rex Arphad et rex civitatis Sepharvaim, Ana et Ava? ”.	13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, or the kings of the cities Sepharvaim, Hena and Avva?'"
14 Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini et expandit eas coram Domino	14 Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then he went up to the temple of the LORD, and spreading it out before him,
15 et oravit in conspectu eius dicens: “ Domine, Deus Israel, qui sedes super cherubim! Tu es Deus solus regnorum omnium terrae, tu fecisti caelum et terram.	15 he prayed in the LORD'S presence: "O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned upon the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth.
16 Inclina aurem tuam et audi; aperi, Domine, oculos tuos et vide et audi omnia verba Sennacherib, qui misit, ut exprobraret Deum viventem.	16 Incline your ear, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.
17 Vere, Domine, dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes et terras earum	17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
18 et miserunt deos eorum in ignem; non enim erant dii, sed opera manuum hominum ex ligno et lapide, et perdiderunt eos.	18 and cast their gods into the fire; they destroyed them because they were not gods, but the work of human hands, wood and stone.
19 Nunc igitur, Domine Deus noster, salvos nos fac de manu eius, ut sciant omnia regna terrae quia tu, Domine, es Deus solus ”.	19 Therefore, O LORD, our God, save us from the power of this man, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God."
20 Misit autem Isaias filius Amos ad Ezechiam dicens: “ Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Quae deprecatus es me super Sennacherib rege Assyriorum, audivi.	20 Then Isaiah, son of Amoz, sent this message to Hezekiah: "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, in answer to your prayer for help against Sennacherib, king of Assyria: I have listened!
21 Iste est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus de eo: Sprevit te et subsannavit virgo filia Sion; post tergum tuum caput movit filia Ierusalem.	21 This is the word the LORD has spoken concerning him: " 'She despises you, laughs you to scorn, the virgin daughter Zion! Behind you she wags her head, daughter Jerusalem.
22 Cui exprobrasti et quem blasphemasti? Contra quem exaltasti vocem et elevasti in excelsum oculos tuos? Contra Sanctum Israel!	22 Whom have you insulted and blasphemed, against whom have you raised your voice'And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 Per manum servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino et dixisti: “In multitudine curruum meorum ascendi excelsa montium in summitate Libani et succidi sublimes cedros eius, electas abietes eius, et ingressus sum usque ad terminos eius, silvam condensam.	23 Through your servants you have insulted the LORD. You said: With my many chariots I climbed the mountain heights, the recesses of Lebanon; I cut down its lofty cedars, its choice cypresses; I reached the remotest heights, its forest park.
24 Ego fodi et bibi aquas alienas et siccavi vestigiis pedum meorum omnes aquas Aegypti”.	24 I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands; I dried up with the soles of my feet all the rivers of Egypt.
25 Numquid non audisti, ab initio quid fecerim? Ex diebus antiquis plasmavi illud et nunc adduxi; eruntque in eradicationem, in acervos ruinarum civitates munitae.	25 " 'Have you not heard? Long ago I prepared it, From days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass: That you should reduce fortified cities into heaps of ruins,
26 Et, qui sedent in eis breviata manu, contremuerunt et confusi sunt; facti sunt quasi fenum agri et gramen virens, herba tectorum, quae arefacta est, antequam veniret ad maturitatem.	26 While their inhabitants, shorn of power, are dismayed and ashamed, Becoming like the plants of the field, like the green growth, like the scorched grass on the housetops.
27 Sessionem tuam et egressum tuum et introitum tuum ego praescivi et furorem tuum contra me;	27 I am aware whether you stand or sit; I know whether you come or go,
28 insanisti in me, et superbia tua ascendit in aures meas. Ponam itaque circulum in naribus tuis et frenum in labris tuis et reducam te in viam, per quam venisti.	28 and also your rage against me. Because of your rage against me and your fury which has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and make you return the way you came.
29 Tibi autem, Ezechia, hoc erit signum: Comede hoc anno, quod reppereris, in secundo autem anno, quae sponte nascuntur; porro in anno tertio seminate et metite, plantate vineas et comedite fructum earum.	29 " 'This shall be a sign for you: this year you shall eat the aftergrowth, next year, what grows of itself; But in the third year, sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit!
30 Et, quodcumque reliquum fuerit de domo Iudae, mittet radicem deorsum et faciet fructum sursum;	30 The remaining survivors of the house of Judah shall again strike root below and bear fruit above.
31 de Ierusalem quippe egredientur reliquiae, et, quod relinquetur, de monte Sion. Zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc.	31 For out of Jerusalem shall come a remnant, and from Mount Zion, survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.'
32 Quam ob rem haec dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: Non ingredietur urbem hanc nec mittet in eam sagittam nec occurret ei clipeo nec fundet aggerem circa eam.	32 "Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: 'He shall not reach this city, nor shoot an arrow at it, nor come before it with a shield, nor cast up siege-works against it.
33 Per viam, qua venit, revertetur et civitatem hanc non ingredietur, dicit Dominus.	33 He shall return by the same way he came, without entering the city, says the LORD.
34 Protegamque urbem hanc et salvabo eam propter me et propter David servum meum ”.	34 I will shield and save this city for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.'"
35 Factum est igitur in nocte illa: egressus est angelus Domini et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque milia. Cumque diluculo surrexissent, viderunt omnia corpora mortuorum.	35 That night the angel of the LORD went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. Early the next morning, there they were, all the corpses of the dead.
36 Et recedens abiit et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum et mansit in Nineve.	36 So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, broke camp, and went back home to Nineveh.
37 Cumque adoraret in templo Nesroch dei sui, Adramelech et Sarasar filii eius percusserunt eum gladio fugeruntque in terram Armeniorum. Et regnavit Asarhaddon filius eius pro eo.	37 When he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer slew him with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon reigned in his stead.