¹In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem;In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death. And so,et introivit ad eum Isaias,Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet,filius Amos,entered to him,propheta, et dixit ei:and he said to him:Hæc dicit Dominus:“Thus says the Lord:Dispone domui tuæ,Put your house in order,quia morieris tu, et non vives.for you shall die, and you shall not live.”

¹In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem;In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death. And so,et introivit ad eum Isaias,Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet,filius Amos,entered to him,propheta, et dixit ei:and he said to him:Hæc dicit Dominus:“Thus says the Lord:Dispone domui tuæ,Put your house in order,quia morieris tu, et non vives.for you shall die, and you shall not live.”

²Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem,And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall,et oravit ad Dominum,and he prayed to the Lord.

²Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem,And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall,et oravit ad Dominum,and he prayed to the Lord.

³et dixit:And he said:Obsecro,“I beg you,Domine,Lord,memento,I beseech you,quæso,to remember how I walked before you in truthquomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate et in corde perfecto,and with a whole heart,et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim.and that I have done what is good in your sight.”Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

³et dixit:And he said:Obsecro,“I beg you,Domine,Lord,memento,I beseech you,quæso,to remember how I walked before you in truthquomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate et in corde perfecto,and with a whole heart,et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim.and that I have done what is good in your sight.”Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

⁴Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam,And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah,dicens:saying:

⁴Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam,And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah,dicens:saying:

⁵Vade, et dic Ezechiæ:“Go and say to Hezekiah:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui:Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father:Audivi orationem tuam,I have heard your prayer,et vidi lacrimas tuas;and I have seen your tears.ecce ego adjiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos,Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days.

⁵Vade, et dic Ezechiæ:“Go and say to Hezekiah:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui:Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father:Audivi orationem tuam,I have heard your prayer,et vidi lacrimas tuas;and I have seen your tears.ecce ego adjiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos,Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days.

⁶et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te,And I will rescue youet civitatem istam,and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians,et protegam eam.and I will protect it.

⁶et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te,And I will rescue youet civitatem istam,and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians,et protegam eam.and I will protect it.

⁷Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino,And this will be a sign for you from the Lord,quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est:that the Lord will do this word, which he has spoken:

⁷Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino,And this will be a sign for you from the Lord,quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est:that the Lord will do this word, which he has spoken:

⁸ecce ego reverti faciam umbram linearum per quas descenderat in horologio Achaz in sole,Behold, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz,retrorsum decem lineis.to move in reverse for ten lines.”Et reversus est sol decem lineis per gradus quos descenderat.And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended.

⁸ecce ego reverti faciam umbram linearum per quas descenderat in horologio Achaz in sole,Behold, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz,retrorsum decem lineis.to move in reverse for ten lines.”Et reversus est sol decem lineis per gradus quos descenderat.And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended.

⁹Scriptura Ezechiæ,The writing of Hezekiah,regis Juda,the king of Judah,cum ægrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.after he had fallen ill and had recovered from his sickness:

⁹Scriptura Ezechiæ,The writing of Hezekiah,regis Juda,the king of Judah,cum ægrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.after he had fallen ill and had recovered from his sickness:

¹⁰Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum:“I said: In the middle of my days,Vadam ad portas inferi;I will go to the gates of Hell.quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.So I sought the remainder of my years.

¹⁰Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum:“I said: In the middle of my days,Vadam ad portas inferi;I will go to the gates of Hell.quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.So I sought the remainder of my years.

¹¹Dixi:I said:Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium;I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living.non aspiciam hominem ultra,I will no longer behold man,et habitatorem quietis.nor the habitation of rest.

¹¹Dixi:I said:Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium;I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living.non aspiciam hominem ultra,I will no longer behold man,et habitatorem quietis.nor the habitation of rest.

¹²Generatio mea ablata est,My longevity has been taken away;et convoluta est a me, quasi tabernaculum pastorum.it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd.Præcisa est velut a texente vita mea;My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver.dum adhuc ordirer,While I was still beginning,succidit me:he cut me off.de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.

¹²Generatio mea ablata est,My longevity has been taken away;et convoluta est a me, quasi tabernaculum pastorum.it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd.Præcisa est velut a texente vita mea;My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver.dum adhuc ordirer,While I was still beginning,succidit me:he cut me off.de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.

¹³Sperabam usque ad mane;I hoped, even until morning.quasi leo,Like a lion,sic contrivit omnia ossa mea:so has he crushed all my bones.de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.

¹³Sperabam usque ad mane;I hoped, even until morning.quasi leo,Like a lion,sic contrivit omnia ossa mea:so has he crushed all my bones.de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.

¹⁴Sicut pullus hirundinis,I will cry out,sic clamabo;like a young swallow.meditabor ut columba.I will meditate,Attenuati sunt oculi mei,like a dove.suspicientes in excelsum.My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward.Domine,O Lord,vim patior:I suffer violence!responde pro me.Answer in my favor.

¹⁴Sicut pullus hirundinis,I will cry out,sic clamabo;like a young swallow.meditabor ut columba.I will meditate,Attenuati sunt oculi mei,like a dove.suspicientes in excelsum.My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward.Domine,O Lord,vim patior:I suffer violence!responde pro me.Answer in my favor.

¹⁵Quid dicam,What can I say,aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit?or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this?Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animæ meæ.I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.

¹⁵Quid dicam,What can I say,aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit?or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this?Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animæ meæ.I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.

¹⁶Domine,O Lord,si sic vivitur,if such is life,et in talibus vita spiritus mei,and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind,corripies me,may you correct meet vivificabis me.and may you cause me to live.

¹⁶Domine,O Lord,si sic vivitur,if such is life,et in talibus vita spiritus mei,and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind,corripies me,may you correct meet vivificabis me.and may you cause me to live.

¹⁷Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima.Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter.Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret;But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish.projecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.You have cast all my sins behind your back.

¹⁷Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima.Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter.Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret;But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish.projecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.You have cast all my sins behind your back.

¹⁸Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi,For Hell will not confess to you,neque mors laudabit te:and death will not praise you.non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam.Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.

¹⁸Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi,For Hell will not confess to you,neque mors laudabit te:and death will not praise you.non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam.Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.

¹⁹Vivens,The living,vivens ipse confitebitur tibi,the living,sicutthese will give praise to you,et ego hodie;as I also do this day!pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.The father will make the truth known to the sons.

¹⁹Vivens,The living,vivens ipse confitebitur tibi,the living,sicutthese will give praise to you,et ego hodie;as I also do this day!pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.The father will make the truth known to the sons.

²⁰Domine,O Lord,salvum me fac!save me!et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”

²⁰Domine,O Lord,salvum me fac!save me!et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”

²¹Et jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis,Now Isaiah had ordered them to take a paste of figs,et cataplasmarent super vulnus,and to spread it like plaster over the wound,et sanaretur.so that he would be healed.

²¹Et jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis,Now Isaiah had ordered them to take a paste of figs,et cataplasmarent super vulnus,and to spread it like plaster over the wound,et sanaretur.so that he would be healed.

²²Et dixit Ezechias:And Hezekiah said,Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?“What will be the sign that I may go up to the house of the Lord?”

²²Et dixit Ezechias:And Hezekiah said,Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?“What will be the sign that I may go up to the house of the Lord?”