Isaiæ 38

1 in diebus illis aegrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem et introivit ad eum Isaias filius Amos propheta et dixit ei haec dicit Dominus dispone domui tuae quia morieris tu et non vives

In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Adonai says, ‘Enjoin your house, set it in order, for you will die, and not live.’”

2 et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem et oravit ad Dominum

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Adonai,

3 et dixit obsecro Domine memento quaeso quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate et in corde perfecto et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim et flevit Ezechias fletu magno

and said, “Remember now, Adonai, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam dicens

Then Adonai’s word came to Isaiah [Salvation of Yah], saying,

5 vade et dic Ezechiae haec dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui audivi orationem tuam vidi lacrimam tuam ecce ego adiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos

“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Adonai says, the God of David [Beloved] your father, “I have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

6 et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te et civitatem istam et protegam eam

I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria [Level plain], and I will defend this city.

7 hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est

This shall be the sign to you from Adonai, that Adonai will do this thing that he has spoken.

8 ecce ego reverti faciam umbram linearum per quas descenderat in horologio Ahaz in sole retrorsum decem lineis et reversus est sol decem lineis per gradus quos descenderat

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to make teshuvah ·complete return· backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.”’”

9 scriptura Ezechiae regis Iuda cum aegrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitate sua

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah [Praised], when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness.

10 ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi quaesivi residuum annorum meorum (Sheol h7585)

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol ·Place of the dead·. I am deprived of the residue of my years.” (Sheol h7585)

11 dixi non videbo Dominum Dominum in terra viventium non aspiciam hominem ultra et habitatorem quievit

I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12 generatio mea ablata est et convoluta est a me quasi tabernaculum pastorum praecisa est velut a texente vita mea dum adhuc ordirer succidit me de mane usque ad vesperam finies me

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

13 sperabam usque ad mane quasi leo sic contrivit omnia ossa mea de mane usque ad vesperam finies me

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

14 sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo meditabor ut columba adtenuati sunt oculi mei suspicientes in excelsum Domine vim patior sponde pro me

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”

15 quid dicam aut quid respondebit mihi cum ipse fecerit recogitabo omnes annos meos in amaritudine animae meae

What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

16 Domine sic vivitur et in talibus vita spiritus mei corripies me et vivificabis me

Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.

17 ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea

Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in chasak ·desire, to make bands· for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

18 quia non infernus confitebitur tibi neque mors laudabit te non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam (Sheol h7585)

For Sheol ·Place of the dead· can’t yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· unto you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol) can’t hope for your truth. (Sheol h7585)

19 vivens vivens ipse confitebitur tibi sicut et ego hodie pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam

The living, the living, he shall yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

20 Domine salvum me fac et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitae nostrae in domo Domini

Adonai will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Adonai’s house.

21 et iussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis et cataplasmarent super vulnus et sanaretur

Now Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”

22 et dixit Ezechias quod erit signum quia ascendam in domo Domini

Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Adonai’s house?”