Secondo libro dei Re 19

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Quae cum audisset rex Ezechias, scidit vestimenta sua et opertus est sacco ingressusque est domum Domini.	1 And when king Hezekiah had heard this, he tore his garments, and he covered himself with sackcloth, and he entered the house of the Lord.
2 Et misit Eliachim praepositum domus et Sobnam scribam et senes de sacerdotibus opertos saccis ad Isaiam prophetam filium Amos.	2 And he sent Eliakim, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and the elders from the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah, the 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 And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. The sons are ready to be born, but the woman in labor does not have the strength.
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, may hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, sent so that he would reproach the living God, and rebuke with words, which the Lord, your God, has heard. And so, offer a prayer on behalf of the remnant that has been found.”
5 Venerunt ergo servi regis Ezechiae ad Isaiam.	5 And the servants of king Hezekiah went 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 And Isaiah said to them: “So shall you say to your lord. Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid before the face of the words that you have heard, by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians 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 Behold, I will send a spirit to him, and he will hear a report, and he will return to his own land. And I will bring him down by the sword in his own land.”
8 Reversus est igitur Rabsaces et invenit regem Assyriorum oppugnantem Lobnam; audierat enim quod recessisset de Lachis.	8 Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.
9 Cumque audisset de Tharaca rege Aethiopiae dicentes: “ Ecce egressus est, ut pugnet adversum te ”, iterum misit nuntios ad Ezechiam dicens:	9 And when he had heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia, saying, “Behold, he has gone out so that he may fight against you,” and when he went forth against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
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 “So shall you say to Hezekiah, the king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom you trust, lead you astray. And you should not say, ‘Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
11 Tu enim ipse audisti, quae fecerint reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverint eas. Num ergo solus poteris liberari?	11 For you yourself have heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands, the manner in which they have laid waste to them. Therefore, how would you alone be able to be freed?
12 Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium singulos, quos vastaverunt patres mei, Gozan videlicet et Charran et Reseph et filios Eden, qui erant in Thelassar?	12 Have the gods of the nations freed any of those whom my fathers have destroyed, such as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were at Telassar?
13 Ubi est rex Emath et rex Arphad et rex civitatis Sepharvaim, Ana et Ava? ”.	13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena, and of Avva?”
14 Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini et expandit eas coram Domino	14 And so, when Hezekiah had received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he ascended to the house of the Lord, and he spread it out before the Lord.
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 And he prayed in his sight, saying: “O Lord, God of Israel, who sits upon the cherubim, you alone are God, over all the kings of the earth. You made heaven and 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, and listen. Open your eyes, O Lord, and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, who sent so that he might reproach the living God before us.
17 Vere, Domine, dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes et terras earum	17 Truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have devastated all peoples and 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 they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but instead were the works of men’s hands, out of wood and stone. And so they destroyed them.
19 Nunc igitur, Domine Deus noster, salvos nos fac de manu eius, ut sciant omnia regna terrae quia tu, Domine, es Deus solus ”.	19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, bring us salvation from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord 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, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I have heard what you beseeched from me, concerning Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians.
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 that the Lord has spoken about him: The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.
22 Cui exprobrasti et quem blasphemasti? Contra quem exaltasti vocem et elevasti in excelsum oculos tuos? Contra Sanctum Israel!	22 Whom have you reproached, and whom have you blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted 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 By the hand of your servants, you have reproach the Lord, and you have said: ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon. And I have cut down its sublime cedars, and its elect spruce trees. And I have entered even to its limits. And its forest of Carmel,
24 Ego fodi et bibi aquas alienas et siccavi vestigiis pedum meorum omnes aquas Aegypti”.	24 I have cut down. And I drank foreign waters, and I dried up all the enclosed waters with the steps of my feet.’
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 But have you not heard what I have done from the beginning? From the days of antiquity, I have formed it, and now I have brought it to be. And fortified cities of fighting men will become piles 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 And whoever may settle in these, they have trembled, with a weak hand, and they have been confounded. They have become like the hay of the field, and like weeds sprouting on the rooftops, which dry up before they reached maturity.
27 Sessionem tuam et egressum tuum et introitum tuum ego praescivi et furorem tuum contra me;	27 Your habitation, and your exit, and your entrance, and your way, I knew beforehand, along with your fury against me.
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 You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears. And so, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will lead you back along the way by which 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 But as for you, Hezekiah, this shall be a sign: Eat this year whatever you will find, and in the second year, whatever may spring up of itself. But in the third year, sow and reap; plant vineyards, and eat from their fruit.
30 Et, quodcumque reliquum fuerit de domo Iudae, mittet radicem deorsum et faciet fructum sursum;	30 And whatever will have been left behind, from the house of Judah, shall send a root downward, and shall bear fruit upward.
31 de Ierusalem quippe egredientur reliquiae, et, quod relinquetur, de monte Sion. Zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc.	31 Indeed, a remnant shall go forth from Jerusalem, and what may be saved shall go forth from mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish 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 For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians: He shall not enter into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor overtake it with the shield, nor encircle it with fortifications.
33 Per viam, qua venit, revertetur et civitatem hanc non ingredietur, dicit Dominus.	33 By the way that he came, so shall he return. And he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
34 Protegamque urbem hanc et salvabo eam propter me et propter David servum meum ”.	34 And I will protect this city, and I will save it 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 And so it happened that, in the same night, an Angel of the Lord went and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he had risen up, at first light, he saw all the bodies of the dead. And withdrawing, he went away.
36 Et recedens abiit et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum et mansit in Nineve.	36 And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, returned and dwelled in 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 And while he was worshipping in the temple of his god, Nisroch, his sons, Adram-melech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of the Armenians. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.