¹Et factum est,And it happened that,cum audisset rex Ezechias,when king Hezekiah had heard this,scidit vestimenta sua,he rent his garments,et obvolutus est sacco,and he wrapped himself in sackcloth,et intravit in domum Domini.and he entered the house of the Lord.

¹Et factum est,And it happened that,cum audisset rex Ezechias,when king Hezekiah had heard this,scidit vestimenta sua,he rent his garments,et obvolutus est sacco,and he wrapped himself in sackcloth,et intravit in domum Domini.and he entered the house of the Lord.

²Et misit Eliacim,And he sent Eliakim,qui erat super domum,who was over the house,et Sobnam scribam,and Shebna, the scribe,et seniores de sacerdotibus,and the elders of the priests,opertos saccis,covered with sackcloth,ad Isaiam,to Isaiah,filium Amos,the son of Amoz,prophetam,the prophet.

²Et misit Eliacim,And he sent Eliakim,qui erat super domum,who was over the house,et Sobnam scribam,and Shebna, the scribe,et seniores de sacerdotibus,and the elders of the priests,opertos saccis,covered with sackcloth,ad Isaiam,to Isaiah,filium Amos,the son of Amoz,prophetam,the prophet.

³et dixerunt ad eum:And they said to him:Hæc dicit Ezechias:“Thus says Hezekiah:Dies tribulationis, et correptionis,This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke,et blasphemiæ,and of blasphemy.dies hæc; quia venerunt filii usque ad partum,For the sons have arrived at the time for birth,et virtus non est pariendi.but there is not enough strength to bring them forth.

³et dixerunt ad eum:And they said to him:Hæc dicit Ezechias:“Thus says Hezekiah:Dies tribulationis, et correptionis,This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke,et blasphemiæ,and of blasphemy.dies hæc; quia venerunt filii usque ad partum,For the sons have arrived at the time for birth,et virtus non est pariendi.but there is not enough strength to bring them forth.

⁴Si quomodo audiat Dominus Deus tuus verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ad blasphemandum Deum viventem et exprobrandum sermonibus quos audivit Dominus Deus tuus: leva ergo orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.Perhaps, somehow, the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, has sent to blaspheme the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up your prayers on behalf of the remnant which has been left behind.”

⁴Si quomodo audiat Dominus Deus tuus verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ad blasphemandum Deum viventem et exprobrandum sermonibus quos audivit Dominus Deus tuus: leva ergo orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.Perhaps, somehow, the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, has sent to blaspheme the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up your prayers on behalf of the remnant which has been left behind.”

⁵Et venerunt servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam.And so the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.

⁵Et venerunt servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam.And so the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.

⁶Et dixit ad eos Isaias:And Isaiah said to them:Hæc dicetis domino vestro:“You shall say this to your lord:Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Ne timeas a facie verborum quæ audisti,Do not be afraid to face the words that you have heard,quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me.by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians blasphemed me.

⁶Et dixit ad eos Isaias:And Isaiah said to them:Hæc dicetis domino vestro:“You shall say this to your lord:Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Ne timeas a facie verborum quæ audisti,Do not be afraid to face the words that you have heard,quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me.by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians blasphemed me.

⁷Ecce ego dabo ei spiritum,Behold, I will send a spirit to him,et audiet nuntium,and he will hear a message,et revertetur ad terram suam,and he will return to his own land.et corruere eum faciam gladio in terra sua.And I will cause him to fall by the sword, in his own land.”

⁷Ecce ego dabo ei spiritum,Behold, I will send a spirit to him,et audiet nuntium,and he will hear a message,et revertetur ad terram suam,and he will return to his own land.et corruere eum faciam gladio in terra sua.And I will cause him to fall by the sword, in his own land.”

⁸Reversus est autem Rabsaces,Then Rabshakeh returned,et invenit regem Assyriorum præliantem adversus Lobnam:and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah.audierat enim quia profectus esset de Lachis.For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.

⁸Reversus est autem Rabsaces,Then Rabshakeh returned,et invenit regem Assyriorum præliantem adversus Lobnam:and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah.audierat enim quia profectus esset de Lachis.For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.

⁹Et audivit de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ,And he heard from Tirhakah,dicentes:the king of Ethiopia:Egressus est ut pugnet contra te.“He has gone forth so that he may fight against you.”Quod cum audisset,And when he had heard this,misit nuntios ad Ezechiam,he sent messengers to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:

⁹Et audivit de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ,And he heard from Tirhakah,dicentes:the king of Ethiopia:Egressus est ut pugnet contra te.“He has gone forth so that he may fight against you.”Quod cum audisset,And when he had heard this,misit nuntios ad Ezechiam,he sent messengers to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:

¹⁰Hæc dicetis Ezechiæ regi Judæ,“You shall say this to Hezekiah,loquentes:the king of Judah, saying:Non te decipiat Deus tuus in quo tu confidis,Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying:dicens: Non dabitur Jerusalem in manu regis Assyriorum.‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’

¹⁰Hæc dicetis Ezechiæ regi Judæ,“You shall say this to Hezekiah,loquentes:the king of Judah, saying:Non te decipiat Deus tuus in quo tu confidis,Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying:dicens: Non dabitur Jerusalem in manu regis Assyriorum.‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’

¹¹Ecce tu audisti omnia quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum omnibus terris, quas subverterunt:Behold, you have heard about all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands that they have conquered,et tu poteris liberari?and so, how can you be delivered?

¹¹Ecce tu audisti omnia quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum omnibus terris, quas subverterunt:Behold, you have heard about all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands that they have conquered,et tu poteris liberari?and so, how can you be delivered?

¹²Numquid eruerunt eos dii gentium quos subverterunt patres mei,Have the gods of the nations rescued those whom my fathers have conquered:Gozam,Gozan,et Haram,and Haran,et Reseph,and Rezeph,et filios Eden qui erant in Thalassar?and the sons of Eden who were at Telassar?

¹²Numquid eruerunt eos dii gentium quos subverterunt patres mei,Have the gods of the nations rescued those whom my fathers have conquered:Gozam,Gozan,et Haram,and Haran,et Reseph,and Rezeph,et filios Eden qui erant in Thalassar?and the sons of Eden who were at Telassar?

¹³Ubi est rex Emath,Where is the king of Hamathet rex Arphad,and the king of Arpad,et rex urbis Sepharvaim,or the king of the city of Sepharvaim,Ana,or of Henaet Ava?and Ivvah?”

¹³Ubi est rex Emath,Where is the king of Hamathet rex Arphad,and the king of Arpad,et rex urbis Sepharvaim,or the king of the city of Sepharvaim,Ana,or of Henaet Ava?and Ivvah?”

¹⁴Et tulit Ezechias libros de manu nuntiorum,And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers,et legit eos,and he read it,et ascendit in domum Domini,and he went up to the house of the Lord,et expandit eos Ezechias coram Domino:and Hezekiah spread it out in the sight of the Lord.

¹⁴Et tulit Ezechias libros de manu nuntiorum,And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers,et legit eos,and he read it,et ascendit in domum Domini,and he went up to the house of the Lord,et expandit eos Ezechias coram Domino:and Hezekiah spread it out in the sight of the Lord.

¹⁵et oravit Ezechias ad Dominum,And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord,dicens:saying:

¹⁵et oravit Ezechias ad Dominum,And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord,dicens:saying:

¹⁶Domine exercituum,“O Lord of hosts,Deus Israël,the God of Israel who sits upon the Cherubim:qui sedes super cherubim,you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth.tu es Deus solus omnium regnorum terræ:You have made heaventu fecisti cælum et terram.and earth.

¹⁶Domine exercituum,“O Lord of hosts,Deus Israël,the God of Israel who sits upon the Cherubim:qui sedes super cherubim,you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth.tu es Deus solus omnium regnorum terræ:You have made heaventu fecisti cælum et terram.and earth.

¹⁷Inclina,O Lord,Domine, aurem tuam, et audi;incline your ear and listen.aperi,O Lord,Domine, oculos tuos,open your eyes and see.et vide: et audi omnia verba Sennacherib,And hear all the words of Sennacherib,quæ misit ad blasphemandum Deum viventem.which he has sent to blaspheme the living God.

¹⁷Inclina,O Lord,Domine, aurem tuam, et audi;incline your ear and listen.aperi,O Lord,Domine, oculos tuos,open your eyes and see.et vide: et audi omnia verba Sennacherib,And hear all the words of Sennacherib,quæ misit ad blasphemandum Deum viventem.which he has sent to blaspheme the living God.

¹⁸Vere enim,For truly,Domine,O Lord,desertas fecerunt reges Assyriorum terras,the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste to countrieset regiones earum,and territories.

¹⁸Vere enim,For truly,Domine,O Lord,desertas fecerunt reges Assyriorum terras,the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste to countrieset regiones earum,and territories.

¹⁹et dederunt deos earum igni:And they have cast their gods into the fire.non enim erant dii,For these were not gods,sed opera manuum hominum,but the works of men’s hands,lignum et lapis,of wood and of stone.et comminuerunt eos.And they broke them into pieces.

¹⁹et dederunt deos earum igni:And they have cast their gods into the fire.non enim erant dii,For these were not gods,sed opera manuum hominum,but the works of men’s hands,lignum et lapis,of wood and of stone.et comminuerunt eos.And they broke them into pieces.

²⁰Et nunc,And now,Domine Deus noster,O Lord our God,salva nos de manu ejus,save us from his hand.et cognoscant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus solus.And let all the kingdoms of the earth acknowledge that you alone are Lord.”

²⁰Et nunc,And now,Domine Deus noster,O Lord our God,salva nos de manu ejus,save us from his hand.et cognoscant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus solus.And let all the kingdoms of the earth acknowledge that you alone are Lord.”

²¹Et misit Isaias,And Isaiah,filius Amos,the son of Amoz,ad Ezechiam,sent to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Pro quibus rogasti me de Sennacherib,Because of what you have prayed to me about Sennacherib,rege Assyriorum,the king of the Assyrians,

²¹Et misit Isaias,And Isaiah,filius Amos,the son of Amoz,ad Ezechiam,sent to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Pro quibus rogasti me de Sennacherib,Because of what you have prayed to me about Sennacherib,rege Assyriorum,the king of the Assyrians,

²²hoc est verbum quod locutus est Dominus super eum:this is the word that the Lord has spoken over him:Despexit te et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion;The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and mocked you.post te caput movit, filia Jerusalem.The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

²²hoc est verbum quod locutus est Dominus super eum:this is the word that the Lord has spoken over him:Despexit te et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion;The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and mocked you.post te caput movit, filia Jerusalem.The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

²³Cui exprobrasti?Whom have you insulted?et quem blasphemasti?And whom have you blasphemed?et super quem exaltasti vocem,And against whom have you lifted up your voiceet levasti altitudinem oculorum tuorum?and raised up your eyes on high?ad Sanctum Israël.Against the Holy One of Israel!

²³Cui exprobrasti?Whom have you insulted?et quem blasphemasti?And whom have you blasphemed?et super quem exaltasti vocem,And against whom have you lifted up your voiceet levasti altitudinem oculorum tuorum?and raised up your eyes on high?ad Sanctum Israël.Against the Holy One of Israel!

²⁴In manu servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino,By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord.et dixisti:And you have said:In multitudine quadrigarum mearum ego ascendi altitudinem montium juga Libani;‘With a multitude of my four-horse chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains adjoining Lebanon.et succidam excelsa cedrorum ejus, et electas abietes illius,And I will cut down its lofty cedars and its choice pine trees.et introibo altitudinem summitatis ejus,And I will reach the top of its summit,saltum Carmeli ejus.to the forest of its Carmel.

²⁴In manu servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino,By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord.et dixisti:And you have said:In multitudine quadrigarum mearum ego ascendi altitudinem montium juga Libani;‘With a multitude of my four-horse chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains adjoining Lebanon.et succidam excelsa cedrorum ejus, et electas abietes illius,And I will cut down its lofty cedars and its choice pine trees.et introibo altitudinem summitatis ejus,And I will reach the top of its summit,saltum Carmeli ejus.to the forest of its Carmel.

²⁵Ego fodi,I dug deep,et bibi aquam,and I drank water,et exsiccavi vestigio pedis mei omnes rivos aggerum.and I dried up all the river banks with the sole of my foot.’

²⁵Ego fodi,I dug deep,et bibi aquam,and I drank water,et exsiccavi vestigio pedis mei omnes rivos aggerum.and I dried up all the river banks with the sole of my foot.’

²⁶Numquid non audisti quæ olim fecerim ei?Have you not heard what I have done to it in past times?Ex diebus antiquis ego plasmavi illud;In ancient times, I formed it. And now I have brought it forth.et nunc adduxi, et factum est in eradicationem collium compugnantium,And it has been made so that the hills and the fortified cities would fight together,et civitatum munitarum.unto its destruction.

²⁶Numquid non audisti quæ olim fecerim ei?Have you not heard what I have done to it in past times?Ex diebus antiquis ego plasmavi illud;In ancient times, I formed it. And now I have brought it forth.et nunc adduxi, et factum est in eradicationem collium compugnantium,And it has been made so that the hills and the fortified cities would fight together,et civitatum munitarum.unto its destruction.

²⁷Habitatores earum breviata manu contremuerunt,Their inhabitants had unsteady hands.et confusi sunt.They trembled and were confused.Facti sunt sicut fœnum agri,They became like the plants of the field,et gramen pascuæ,and the grass of the pastures,et herba tectorum,and like the weeds on the rooftops,quæ exaruit antequam maturesceret.which wither before they are mature.

²⁷Habitatores earum breviata manu contremuerunt,Their inhabitants had unsteady hands.et confusi sunt.They trembled and were confused.Facti sunt sicut fœnum agri,They became like the plants of the field,et gramen pascuæ,and the grass of the pastures,et herba tectorum,and like the weeds on the rooftops,quæ exaruit antequam maturesceret.which wither before they are mature.

²⁸Habitationem tuam,I know your habitation,et egressum tuum,and your arrival,et introitum tuum cognovi,and your departure,et insaniam tuam contra me.and your madness against me.

²⁸Habitationem tuam,I know your habitation,et egressum tuum,and your arrival,et introitum tuum cognovi,and your departure,et insaniam tuam contra me.and your madness against me.

²⁹Cum fureres adversum me,When you became angry against me,superbia tua ascendit in aures meas.your arrogance rose up to my ears.Ponam ergo circulum in naribus tuis,Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose,et frenum in labiis tuis,and a bit between your lips.et reducam te in viam per quem venisti.And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.

²⁹Cum fureres adversum me,When you became angry against me,superbia tua ascendit in aures meas.your arrogance rose up to my ears.Ponam ergo circulum in naribus tuis,Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose,et frenum in labiis tuis,and a bit between your lips.et reducam te in viam per quem venisti.And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.

³⁰Tibi autem hoc erit signum:But this shall be a sign for you: Eat,comede hoc anno quæ sponte nascuntur,in this year, whatever springs up on its own.et in anno secundo pomis vescere;And in the second year, eat fruits.in anno autem tertio seminate et metite,But in the third year, sow and reap,et plantate vineas,and plant vineyards,et comedite fructum earum.and eat their fruit.

³⁰Tibi autem hoc erit signum:But this shall be a sign for you: Eat,comede hoc anno quæ sponte nascuntur,in this year, whatever springs up on its own.et in anno secundo pomis vescere;And in the second year, eat fruits.in anno autem tertio seminate et metite,But in the third year, sow and reap,et plantate vineas,and plant vineyards,et comedite fructum earum.and eat their fruit.

³¹Et mittet id quod salvatum fuerit de domo Juda,And what will be saved from the house of Judah,et quod reliquum est,and what is left behind,radicem deorsum,will form deep roots,et faciet fructum sursum:and will bear high fruits.

³¹Et mittet id quod salvatum fuerit de domo Juda,And what will be saved from the house of Judah,et quod reliquum est,and what is left behind,radicem deorsum,will form deep roots,et faciet fructum sursum:and will bear high fruits.

³²quia de Jerusalem exibunt reliquiæ,For from Jerusalem, a remnant shall go forth,et salvatio de monte Sion:and salvation from mount Zion.zelus Domini exercituum faciet istud.The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

³²quia de Jerusalem exibunt reliquiæ,For from Jerusalem, a remnant shall go forth,et salvatio de monte Sion:and salvation from mount Zion.zelus Domini exercituum faciet istud.The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

³³Propterea hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum:For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians:Non intrabit civitatem hanc,He will not enter this city,et non jaciet ibi sagittam,nor shoot an arrow into it,et non occupabit eam clypeus,nor overtake it with a shield,et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem.nor dig a rampart all around it.

³³Propterea hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum:For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians:Non intrabit civitatem hanc,He will not enter this city,et non jaciet ibi sagittam,nor shoot an arrow into it,et non occupabit eam clypeus,nor overtake it with a shield,et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem.nor dig a rampart all around it.

³⁴In via qua venit,He will return on the road by which he arrived.per eam revertetur,And into this city,et civitatem hanc non ingredietur,he will not enter,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

³⁴In via qua venit,He will return on the road by which he arrived.per eam revertetur,And into this city,et civitatem hanc non ingredietur,he will not enter,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

³⁵Et protegam civitatem istam,And I will protect this city,ut salvem eam propter me,so that I may save it for my own sake,et propter David,and for the sake of David,servum meum.my servant.”

³⁵Et protegam civitatem istam,And I will protect this city,ut salvem eam propter me,so that I may save it for my own sake,et propter David,and for the sake of David,servum meum.my servant.”

³⁶Egressus est autem angelus Domini,Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down,et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia.in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand.Et surrexerunt mane,And they arose in the morning,et ecce omnes cadavera mortuorum.and behold, all these were dead bodies.

³⁶Egressus est autem angelus Domini,Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down,et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia.in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand.Et surrexerunt mane,And they arose in the morning,et ecce omnes cadavera mortuorum.and behold, all these were dead bodies.

³⁷Et egressus est,And Sennacherib,et abiit, et reversus est Sennacherib,the king of the Assyrians, departed and went away.rex Assyriorum, et habitavit in Ninive.And he returned and lived at Nineveh.

³⁷Et egressus est,And Sennacherib,et abiit, et reversus est Sennacherib,the king of the Assyrians, departed and went away.rex Assyriorum, et habitavit in Ninive.And he returned and lived at Nineveh.

³⁸Et factum est,And it happened that,cum adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum,as he was adoring his god in the temple of Nisroch,Adramelech et Sarasar,his sons,filii ejus,Adramelech and Sharezer,percusserunt eum gladio,struck him with the sword.fugeruntque in terram Ararat;And they fled into the land of Ararat.et regnavit Asarhaddon,And Esarhaddon,filius ejus,his son,pro eo.reigned in his place.

³⁸Et factum est,And it happened that,cum adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum,as he was adoring his god in the temple of Nisroch,Adramelech et Sarasar,his sons,filii ejus,Adramelech and Sharezer,percusserunt eum gladio,struck him with the sword.fugeruntque in terram Ararat;And they fled into the land of Ararat.et regnavit Asarhaddon,And Esarhaddon,filius ejus,his son,pro eo.reigned in his place.