Isaia 38

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 In diebus illis aegrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem. Et introivit ad eumIsaias filius Amos propheta et dixit ei: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Dispone domuituae, quia morieris tu et non vives”.	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 Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam adparietem et oravit ad Dominum	2 And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and he prayed to the Lord.
3 et dixit: “ Obsecro, Domine; memento, quaeso,quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate et in corde perfecto et, quod bonum estin oculis tuis, fecerim ”. Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.	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 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam dicens:	4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying:
5 “ Vade et dic Ezechiae: “Haecdicit Dominus, Deus David patris tui: Audivi orationem tuam, vidi lacrimas tuas;ecce ego adiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos	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 et de manu regis Assyriorumeruam te et civitatem istam et protegam hanc civitatem”.	6 And I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
7 Hoc autem tibi eritsignum a Domino quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc, quod locutus est:	7 And this will be a sign for you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word, which he has spoken:
8 Ecce egoreverti faciam umbram graduum, per quos descenderat in horologio Achaz in soleretrorsum decem gradibus ”. Et reversus est sol decem gradibus per gradus,quos descenderat.	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 Scriptura Ezechiae regis Iudae, cum aegrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitatesua:	9 The writing of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, after he had fallen ill and had recovered from his sickness:
10 “ Ego dixi: In dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi; quaesivi residuum annorum meorum.	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 Dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium, non aspiciam hominem ultra inter habitatores orbis.	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 Habitaculum meum ablatum est et abductum longe a me quasi tabernaculum pastorum; convolvit sicut textor vitam meam; de stamine succidit me. De mane usque ad vesperam confecisti me.	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 Prostratus sum usque ad mane, quasi leo sic conterit omnia ossa mea; de mane usque ad vesperam confecisti me.	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 Sicut pullus hirundinis, sic mussitabo, meditabor ut columba; attenuati sunt oculi mei suspicientes in excelsum. Domine, vim patior, sponde pro me.	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 Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi? Ipse fecit! Incedam per omnes annos meos in amaritudine animae meae.	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 Domine, in te sperat cor meum; vivat spiritus meus, sana me et vivifica me;	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 ecce in pacem versa est amaritudo mea. Tu autem eruisti animam meam a fovea consumptionis, proiecisti enim post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.	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 Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te; non exspectabunt, qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam.	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 Vivens, vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie; pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.	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 Domine, salvum me fac, et ad sonum citharae cantabimus cunctis diebus vitae nostrae in domo Domini ”.	20 O Lord, save me! And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”
21 Et iussit Isaias, ut tollerent massam de ficis et cataplasmarent supervulnus, et sanaretur.	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 Et dixit Ezechias: “ Quod erit signum quia ascendamin domum Domini?”.	22 And Hezekiah said, “What will be the sign that I may go up to the house of the Lord?”