¹Quæ cum audisset Ezechias rex,And when king Hezekiah had heard this,scidit vestimenta sua,he tore his garments,et opertus est sacco,and he covered himself with sackcloth,ingressusque est domum Domini.and he entered the house of the Lord.

¹Quæ cum audisset Ezechias rex,And when king Hezekiah had heard this,scidit vestimenta sua,he tore his garments,et opertus est sacco,and he covered himself with sackcloth,ingressusque est domum Domini.and he entered the house of the Lord.

²Et misit Eliacim præpositum domus,And he sent Eliakim, the first ruler of the house,et Sobnam scribam,and Shebnah, the scribe,et senes de sacerdotibus,and the elders from the priests,opertos saccis,covered with sackcloth,ad Isaiam prophetam filium Amos.to the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.

²Et misit Eliacim præpositum domus,And he sent Eliakim, the first ruler of the house,et Sobnam scribam,and Shebnah, the scribe,et senes de sacerdotibus,and the elders from the priests,opertos saccis,covered with sackcloth,ad Isaiam prophetam filium Amos.to the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.

³Qui dixerunt:And they said to him:Hæc dicit Ezechias:“Thus says Hezekiah:Dies tribulationis,This day is a day of tribulation,et increpationis,and of rebuke,et blasphemiæ dies iste:and of blasphemy.venerunt filii usque ad partum,The sons are ready to be born,et vires non habet parturiens.but the woman in labor does not have the strength.

³Qui dixerunt:And they said to him:Hæc dicit Ezechias:“Thus says Hezekiah:Dies tribulationis,This day is a day of tribulation,et increpationis,and of rebuke,et blasphemiæ dies iste:and of blasphemy.venerunt filii usque ad partum,The sons are ready to be born,et vires non habet parturiens.but the woman in labor does not have the strength.

⁴Si forte audiat Dominus Deus tuus universa verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ut exprobraret Deum viventem et argueret verbis, quæ audivit Dominus Deus tuus: et fac orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.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.”

⁴Si forte audiat Dominus Deus tuus universa verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ut exprobraret Deum viventem et argueret verbis, quæ audivit Dominus Deus tuus: et fac orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.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.”

⁵Venerunt ergo servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam.And the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.

⁵Venerunt ergo servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam.And the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.

⁶Dixitque eis Isaias:And Isaiah said to them:Hæc dicetis domino vestro:“So shall you say to your lord.Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Noli timere a facie sermonum quos audisti,Do not be afraid before the face of the words that you have heard,quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me.by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.

⁶Dixitque eis Isaias:And Isaiah said to them:Hæc dicetis domino vestro:“So shall you say to your lord.Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Noli timere a facie sermonum quos audisti,Do not be afraid before the face of the words that you have heard,quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me.by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.

⁷Ecce ego immittam ei spiritum,Behold, I will send a spirit to him,et audiet nuntium,and he will hear a report,et revertetur in terram suam,and he will return to his own land.et dejiciam eum gladio in terra sua.And I will bring him down by the sword in his own land.”

⁷Ecce ego immittam ei spiritum,Behold, I will send a spirit to him,et audiet nuntium,and he will hear a report,et revertetur in terram suam,and he will return to his own land.et dejiciam eum gladio in terra sua.And I will bring him down by the sword in his own land.”

⁸Reversus est ergo Rabsaces,Then Rabshakeh returned,et invenit regem Assyriorum expugnantem Lobnam:and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah.audierat enim quod recessisset de Lachis.For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.

⁸Reversus est ergo Rabsaces,Then Rabshakeh returned,et invenit regem Assyriorum expugnantem Lobnam:and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah.audierat enim quod recessisset de Lachis.For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.

⁹Cumque audisset de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ,And when he had heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia,dicentes:saying, “Behold,Ecce egressus est ut pugnet adversum te:he has gone out so that he may fight against you,”et iret contra eum, misit nuntios ad Ezechiam,and when he went forth against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:

⁹Cumque audisset de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ,And when he had heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia,dicentes:saying, “Behold,Ecce egressus est ut pugnet adversum te:he has gone out so that he may fight against you,”et iret contra eum, misit nuntios ad Ezechiam,and when he went forth against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:

¹⁰Hæc dicite Ezechiæ regi Juda:“So shall you say to Hezekiah, the king of Judah:Non te seducat Deus tuus in quo habes fiduciam,Let not your God, in whom you trust, lead you astray.neque dicas:And you should not say,Non tradetur Jerusalem in manus regis Assyriorum.‘Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’

¹⁰Hæc dicite Ezechiæ regi Juda:“So shall you say to Hezekiah, the king of Judah:Non te seducat Deus tuus in quo habes fiduciam,Let not your God, in whom you trust, lead you astray.neque dicas:And you should not say,Non tradetur Jerusalem in manus regis Assyriorum.‘Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’

¹¹Tu enim ipse audisti quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverunt eas: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.num ergo solus poteris liberari?Therefore, how would you alone be able to be freed?

¹¹Tu enim ipse audisti quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverunt eas: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.num ergo solus poteris liberari?Therefore, how would you alone be able to be freed?

¹²Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium singulos quos vastaverunt patres mei,Have the gods of the nations freed any of those whom my fathers have destroyed,Gozan videlicet,such as Gozan,et Haran,and Haran,et Reseph,and Rezeph,et filios Eden qui erant in Thelassar?and the sons of Eden, who were at Telassar?

¹²Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium singulos quos vastaverunt patres mei,Have the gods of the nations freed any of those whom my fathers have destroyed,Gozan videlicet,such as Gozan,et Haran,and Haran,et Reseph,and Rezeph,et filios Eden qui erant in Thelassar?and the sons of Eden, who were at Telassar?

¹³ubi est rex Emath,Where is the king of Hamath,et rex Arphad,and the king of Arpad,et rex civitatis Sepharvaim,and the king of the city of Sepharvaim,Ana,and of Hena,et Ava?and of Avva?”

¹³ubi est rex Emath,Where is the king of Hamath,et rex Arphad,and the king of Arpad,et rex civitatis Sepharvaim,and the king of the city of Sepharvaim,Ana,and of Hena,et Ava?and of Avva?”

¹⁴Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum,And so, when Hezekiah had received the letter from the hand of the messengers,et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini,and had read it, he ascended to the house of the Lord,et expandit eas coram Domino,and he spread it out before the Lord.

¹⁴Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum,And so, when Hezekiah had received the letter from the hand of the messengers,et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini,and had read it, he ascended to the house of the Lord,et expandit eas coram Domino,and he spread it out before the Lord.

¹⁵et oravit in conspectu ejus,And he prayed in his sight,dicens:saying:Domine Deus Israël,“O Lord, God of Israel,qui sedes super cherubim,who sits upon the cherubim,tu es Deus solus regum omnium terræ:you alone are God, over all the kings of the earth.tu fecisti cælum et terram.You made heaven and earth.

¹⁵et oravit in conspectu ejus,And he prayed in his sight,dicens:saying:Domine Deus Israël,“O Lord, God of Israel,qui sedes super cherubim,who sits upon the cherubim,tu es Deus solus regum omnium terræ:you alone are God, over all the kings of the earth.tu fecisti cælum et terram.You made heaven and earth.

¹⁶Inclina aurem tuam,Incline your ear,et audi:and listen.aperi, Domine,Open your eyes,oculos tuos,O Lord, and see.et vide: audi omnia verba Sennacherib,And hear all the words of Sennacherib,qui misit ut exprobraret nobis Deum viventem.who sent so that he might reproach the living God before us.

¹⁶Inclina aurem tuam,Incline your ear,et audi:and listen.aperi, Domine,Open your eyes,oculos tuos,O Lord, and see.et vide: audi omnia verba Sennacherib,And hear all the words of Sennacherib,qui misit ut exprobraret nobis Deum viventem.who sent so that he might reproach the living God before us.

¹⁷Vere,Truly,Domine,O Lord,dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes,the kings of the Assyrians have devastated all peopleset terras omnium.and lands.

¹⁷Vere,Truly,Domine,O Lord,dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes,the kings of the Assyrians have devastated all peopleset terras omnium.and lands.

¹⁸Et miserunt deos eorum in ignem:And they have cast their gods into the fire.non enim erant dii,For they were not gods,sed opera manuum hominum,but instead were the works of men’s hands,ex ligno et lapide:out of wood and stone.et perdiderunt eos.And so they destroyed them.

¹⁸Et miserunt deos eorum in ignem:And they have cast their gods into the fire.non enim erant dii,For they were not gods,sed opera manuum hominum,but instead were the works of men’s hands,ex ligno et lapide:out of wood and stone.et perdiderunt eos.And so they destroyed them.

¹⁹Nunc igitur Domine Deus noster,Now therefore, O Lord our God,salvos nos fac de manu ejus,bring us salvation from his hand,ut sciant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus Deus solus.so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord God.”

¹⁹Nunc igitur Domine Deus noster,Now therefore, O Lord our God,salvos nos fac de manu ejus,bring us salvation from his hand,ut sciant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus Deus solus.so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord God.”

²⁰Misit autem Isaias filius Amos ad Ezechiam,Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Quæ deprecatus es me super Sennacherib rege Assyriorum,I have heard what you beseeched from me, concerning Sennacherib,audivi.the king of the Assyrians.

²⁰Misit autem Isaias filius Amos ad Ezechiam,Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah,dicens:saying:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Quæ deprecatus es me super Sennacherib rege Assyriorum,I have heard what you beseeched from me, concerning Sennacherib,audivi.the king of the Assyrians.

²¹Iste est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus de eo:This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him:Sprevit te, et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion:The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you.post tergum tuum caput movit, filia Jerusalem.The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.

²¹Iste est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus de eo:This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him:Sprevit te, et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion:The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you.post tergum tuum caput movit, filia Jerusalem.The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.

²²Cui exprobrasti,Whom have you reproached,et quem blasphemasti?and whom have you blasphemed?contra quem exaltasti vocem tuam,Against whom have you exalted your voice,et elevasti in excelsum oculos tuos?and lifted up your eyes on high?Contra Sanctum Israël.Against the Holy One of Israel!

²²Cui exprobrasti,Whom have you reproached,et quem blasphemasti?and whom have you blasphemed?contra quem exaltasti vocem tuam,Against whom have you exalted your voice,et elevasti in excelsum oculos tuos?and lifted up your eyes on high?Contra Sanctum Israël.Against the Holy One of Israel!

²³Per manum servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino,By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord,et dixisti:and you have said:In multitudine curruum meorum ascendi excelsa montium in summitate Libani,‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon.et succidi sublimes cedros ejus,And I have cut down its sublime cedars,et electas abietes illius.and its elect spruce trees.Et ingressus sum usque ad terminos ejus,And I have entered even to its limits.et saltum Carmeli ejusAnd its forest of Carmel,

²³Per manum servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino,By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord,et dixisti:and you have said:In multitudine curruum meorum ascendi excelsa montium in summitate Libani,‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon.et succidi sublimes cedros ejus,And I have cut down its sublime cedars,et electas abietes illius.and its elect spruce trees.Et ingressus sum usque ad terminos ejus,And I have entered even to its limits.et saltum Carmeli ejusAnd its forest of Carmel,

²⁴ego succidi.I have cut down.Et bibi aquas alienas,And I drank foreign waters,et siccavi vestigiis pedum meorum omnes aquas clausas.and I dried up all the enclosed waters with the steps of my feet.’

²⁴ego succidi.I have cut down.Et bibi aquas alienas,And I drank foreign waters,et siccavi vestigiis pedum meorum omnes aquas clausas.and I dried up all the enclosed waters with the steps of my feet.’

²⁵Numquid non audisti quid ab initio fecerim?But have you not heard what I have done from the beginning?ex diebus antiquis plasmavi illud,From the days of antiquity, I have formed it,et nunc adduxi: eruntque in ruinam collium pugnantium civitates munitæ.and now I have brought it to be. And fortified cities of fighting men will become piles of ruins.

²⁵Numquid non audisti quid ab initio fecerim?But have you not heard what I have done from the beginning?ex diebus antiquis plasmavi illud,From the days of antiquity, I have formed it,et nunc adduxi: eruntque in ruinam collium pugnantium civitates munitæ.and now I have brought it to be. And fortified cities of fighting men will become piles of ruins.

²⁶Et qui sedent in eis,And whoever may settle in these,humiles manu,they have trembled,contremueruntwith a weak hand,et confusi sunt:and they have been confounded.facti sunt velut fœnum agri,They have become like the hay of the field,et virens herba tectorum,and like weeds sprouting on the rooftops,quæ arefacta est antequam veniret ad maturitatem.which dry up before they reached maturity.

²⁶Et qui sedent in eis,And whoever may settle in these,humiles manu,they have trembled,contremueruntwith a weak hand,et confusi sunt:and they have been confounded.facti sunt velut fœnum agri,They have become like the hay of the field,et virens herba tectorum,and like weeds sprouting on the rooftops,quæ arefacta est antequam veniret ad maturitatem.which dry up before they reached maturity.

²⁷Habitaculum tuum,Your habitation,et egressum tuum,and your exit,et introitum tuum,and your entrance,et viam tuam ego præscivi,and your way, I knew beforehand,et furorem tuum contra me.along with your fury against me.

²⁷Habitaculum tuum,Your habitation,et egressum tuum,and your exit,et introitum tuum,and your entrance,et viam tuam ego præscivi,and your way, I knew beforehand,et furorem tuum contra me.along with your fury against me.

²⁸Insanisti in me, et superbia tua ascendit in aures meas:You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears.ponam itaque circulum in naribus tuis,And so, I will place a ring in your nose,et camum in labiis tuis,and a bit between your lips.et reducam te in viam per quam venisti.And I will lead you back along the way by which you came.

²⁸Insanisti in me, et superbia tua ascendit in aures meas:You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears.ponam itaque circulum in naribus tuis,And so, I will place a ring in your nose,et camum in labiis tuis,and a bit between your lips.et reducam te in viam per quam venisti.And I will lead you back along the way by which you came.

²⁹Tibi autem,But as for you,Ezechia,Hezekiah,hoc erit signum:this shall be a sign:comede hoc anno quæ repereris:Eat this year whatever you will find,in secundo autem anno,and in the second year,quæ sponte nascuntur:whatever may spring up of itself.porro in tertio anno seminateBut in the third year,et metite:sow and reap;plantate vineas,plant vineyards,et comedite fructum earum.and eat from their fruit.

²⁹Tibi autem,But as for you,Ezechia,Hezekiah,hoc erit signum:this shall be a sign:comede hoc anno quæ repereris:Eat this year whatever you will find,in secundo autem anno,and in the second year,quæ sponte nascuntur:whatever may spring up of itself.porro in tertio anno seminateBut in the third year,et metite:sow and reap;plantate vineas,plant vineyards,et comedite fructum earum.and eat from their fruit.

³⁰Et quodcumque reliquum fuerit de domo Juda,And whatever will have been left behind, from the house of Judah,mittet radicem deorsum,shall send a root downward,et faciet fructum sursum.and shall bear fruit upward.

³⁰Et quodcumque reliquum fuerit de domo Juda,And whatever will have been left behind, from the house of Judah,mittet radicem deorsum,shall send a root downward,et faciet fructum sursum.and shall bear fruit upward.

³¹De Jerusalem quippe egredientur reliquiæ,Indeed, a remnant shall go forth from Jerusalem,et quod salvetur de monte Sion:and what may be saved shall go forth from mount Zion.zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc.The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.

³¹De Jerusalem quippe egredientur reliquiæ,Indeed, a remnant shall go forth from Jerusalem,et quod salvetur de monte Sion:and what may be saved shall go forth from mount Zion.zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc.The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.

³²Quam ob rem hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum:For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians:Non ingredietur urbem hanc,He shall not enter into this city,nec mittet in eam sagittam,nor shoot an arrow into it,nec occupabit eam clypeus,nor overtake it with the shield,nec circumdabit eam munitio.nor encircle it with fortifications.

³²Quam ob rem hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum:For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians:Non ingredietur urbem hanc,He shall not enter into this city,nec mittet in eam sagittam,nor shoot an arrow into it,nec occupabit eam clypeus,nor overtake it with the shield,nec circumdabit eam munitio.nor encircle it with fortifications.

³³Per viam qua venit,By the way that he came,revertetur:so shall he return.et civitatem hanc non ingredietur,And he shall not enter this city,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

³³Per viam qua venit,By the way that he came,revertetur:so shall he return.et civitatem hanc non ingredietur,And he shall not enter this city,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

³⁴Protegamque urbem hanc,And I will protect this city,et salvabo eam propter me,and I will save it for my own sake,et propter David servum meum.and for the sake of my servant David.”

³⁴Protegamque urbem hanc,And I will protect this city,et salvabo eam propter me,and I will save it for my own sake,et propter David servum meum.and for the sake of my servant David.”

³⁵Factum est igitur in nocte illa,And so it happened that, in the same night,venit angelus Domini,an Angel of the Lord went and struck down,et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia.in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and eighty-five thousand.Cumque diluculo surrexisset,And when he had risen up, at first light,vidit omnia corpora mortuorum:he saw all the bodies of the dead.et recedens abiit,And withdrawing, he went away.

³⁵Factum est igitur in nocte illa,And so it happened that, in the same night,venit angelus Domini,an Angel of the Lord went and struck down,et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia.in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and eighty-five thousand.Cumque diluculo surrexisset,And when he had risen up, at first light,vidit omnia corpora mortuorum:he saw all the bodies of the dead.et recedens abiit,And withdrawing, he went away.

³⁶et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum,And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians,et mansit in Ninive.returned and dwelled in Nineveh.

³⁶et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum,And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians,et mansit in Ninive.returned and dwelled in Nineveh.

³⁷Cumque adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum,And while he was worshipping in the temple of his god, Nisroch,Adramelech et Sarasar filii ejus percusserunt eum gladio,his sons, Adram-melech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword.fugeruntque in terram Armeniorum:And they fled into the land of the Armenians.et regnavit Asarhaddon filius ejus pro eo.And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.

³⁷Cumque adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum,And while he was worshipping in the temple of his god, Nisroch,Adramelech et Sarasar filii ejus percusserunt eum gladio,his sons, Adram-melech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword.fugeruntque in terram Armeniorum:And they fled into the land of the Armenians.et regnavit Asarhaddon filius ejus pro eo.And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.