Isaiæ 38

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1 In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem ; et introivit ad eum Isaias, filius Amos, propheta, et dixit ei : Hæc dicit Dominus : Dispone domui tuæ, quia morieris tu, et non vives.	1 In those days, when Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: "Thus says the LORD: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you shall not recover."
2 Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,	2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:
3 et dixit : Obsecro, Domine, memento, quæso, quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate et in corde perfecto, et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim. Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.	3 "O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was pleasing to you!" And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens :	4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:
5 Vade, et dic Ezechiæ : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui : Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrimas tuas ; ecce ego adjiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos,	5 "Go, tell Hezekiah: Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you: in three days you shall go up to the LORD'S temple; I will add fifteen years to your life.
6 et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.	6 I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; I will be a shield to this city."
7 Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est :	7 (Isaiah answered:) "This will be the sign for you from the LORD that he will do what he has promised:
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.	8 See, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway to the terrace of Ahaz go back the ten steps it has advanced." So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced.
9 Scriptura Ezechiæ, regis Juda, cum ægrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.	9 The song of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:
10 Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum : Vadam ad portas inferi ; quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.	10 Once I said, "In the noontime of life I must depart! To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned for the rest of my years."
11 Dixi : Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium ; non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.	11 I said, "I shall see the LORD no more in the land of the living. No longer shall I behold my fellow men among those who dwell in the world."
12 Generatio mea ablata est, et convoluta est a me, quasi tabernaculum pastorum. Præcisa est velut a texente vita mea ; dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me : de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.	12 My dwelling, like a shepherd's tent, is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs the last thread. Day and night you give me over to torment;
13 Sperabam usque ad mane ; quasi leo, sic contrivit omnia ossa mea : de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.	13 I cry out until the dawn. Like a lion he breaks all my bones; (day and night you give me over to torment).
14 Sicut pullus hirundinis, sic clamabo ; meditabor ut columba. Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum. Domine, vim patior : responde pro me.	14 Like a swallow I utter shrill cries; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak, gazing heavenward: O Lord, I am in straits; be my surety!
15 Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit ? Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animæ meæ.	15 What am I to say or tell him? He has done it! I shall go on through all my years despite the bitterness of my soul.
16 Domine, si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me.	16 Those live whom the LORD protects; yours. . . the life of my spirit. You have given me health and life;
17 Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima. Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret ; projecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.	17 thus is my bitterness transformed into peace. You have preserved my life from the pit of destruction, When you cast behind your back all my sins.
18 Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te : non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam.	18 For it is not the nether world that gives you thanks, nor death that praises you; Neither do those who go down into the pit await your kindness.
19 Vivens, vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie ; pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.	19 The living, the living give you thanks, as I do today. Fathers declare to their sons, O God, your faithfulness.
20 Domine, salvum me fac ! et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.	20 The LORD is our savior; we shall sing to stringed instruments In the house of the LORD all the days of our life.
21 Et jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.	21 Isaiah then ordered a poultice of figs to be taken and applied to the boil, that he might recover.
22 Et dixit Ezechias : Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini ?	22 Then Hezekiah asked, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the temple of the LORD?"